面向原子制造的框架核酸研究进展

框架核酸是核酸分子通过自组装形成的一维到三维的框架结构,不仅能精准定位功能基元,还可实现在纳米甚至原子级尺度上进行力学、光学和电学等物理性质,以及单分子水平化学与生化反应的精准调控.利用框架核酸对物质进行原子级的人工自组装,可实现基本构筑单元的精准物理排布与功能化集成,进而实现器件制造,有望推动从原子到宏观的精确功能化的制备.本文围绕框架核酸和原子制造两大前沿的交叉领域,阐述框架核酸在原子级精准构筑方面的可行性和优势,首先介绍了具有原子级精准性的框架核酸的构建,以及利用框架核酸进行功能化组装的一般策略,然后着重探讨框架核酸在器件构筑方面的研究进展,最后就面向原子制造的未来发展方向进行了展望.     

面向单晶SiC原子级表面制造的等离子体辅助抛光技术

目前Si基半导体由于其自身材料特性的限制,已经越来越难以满足高速发展的现代电力电子技术对半导体器件的性能要求.SiC作为新一代半导体材料具有显著的性能优势,但由于其属于典型的难加工材料,实现SiC晶圆的高质量与高效率加工成为了推动其产业化应用进程的关键.本综述在回顾近年来SiC超精密加工技术研究进展的基础上,重点介绍了一种基于等离子体氧化改性的SiC高效超精密抛光技术,分析了该技术的材料去除机理、典型装置、改性过程及抛光效果.分析结果表明,该技术具有较高的去除效率,能够获得原子级平坦表面,并且不会产生亚表面损伤.同时针对表面改性辅助抛光技术加工SiC表面过程中出现的台阶现象,探讨了该台阶结构的产生机理及调控策略.最后对等离子体辅助抛光技术的发展与挑战进行了展望.     

Selective area laser deposition of FCC beta silicon carbide

Silicon Carbide (SiC) has been deposited onto an alumina substrate by the thermal decomposition of the gaseous precursor tetramethylsilane (TMS). A 500 W ytterbium fibre laser was used to heat the surface of an alumina substrate locally, resulting in deposition of SiC at the sample surface. The SiC deposit was analysed using energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy and X‐ray diffraction (XRD). The deposit was confirmed to be silicon carbide and found to be face centre cubic (FCC) crystal structure. Raman spectroscopy was used to measure the stoichiometry of the deposit which initially was found to be carbon rich. Further analysis by Raman spectroscopy suggests the deposit may be more stoichiometric following a two hour thermal treatment of the sample at 600 degrees celcius in an atmosphere of air.     

Isomeric effects on the self‐assembly of a plausible prebiotic nucleoside analogue: A theoretical study

The self‐assembly properties of N(9)‐(2,3‐dihydroxypropyl adenine) (DHPA), a plausible prebiotic nucleoside analogue of adenosine, were investigated using density functional theory. Two different isomers were considered, and it is found that while both isomers can form a variety of structures, including chains, one of them is also able to form cages and helixes. When these results were put in the context of substrate supported molecular self‐assembly, it is concluded that gas‐phase self‐assembly studies that consider isomer identity and composition not only can aid interpreting the experimental results, but also reveal structures that might be overlooked otherwise. In particular, this study suggest that a double‐helical structure made of DHPA molecules which could have implications in prebiotic chemistry and nanotechnology, is stable even at room temperature. For example electrical properties (energy gap of 4.52eV) and a giant permanent electrical dipole moment (49.22 Debye) were found in our larger double‐helical structure (3.7 nm) formed by 14 DHPA molecules. The former properties could be convenient for construction of organic dielectric‐based devices.     

Polymer network liquid crystal grating/Fresnel lens fabricated by holography

In this article, polymer network liquid crystal (PNLC) grating/Fresnel lens is fabricated by holography. The exposure light pattern for the grating is obtained by interfering two planar wave fronts, while the Fresnel pattern is achieved by interfering a planar wave front and a spherical wave front. Owing to the alignment effect and anchoring power of polymer network, the holographic PNLC grating achieves improved diffraction efficiency, and remarkably reduced operation voltage (reduced by 80%) compared with holographic polymer-dispersed-liquid-crystal and holographic polymer-stabilised blue-phase liquid-crystal gratings, while maintaining submillisecond response. Moreover, it achieves high spatial frequency with a 2-μm grating period, thanks to the holographic fabrication. The holographic PNLC Fresnel lens also exhibits attractive electro-optical properties.     

无压浸渗SiC/Al复合材料的摩擦磨损性能研究

采用无压浸渗法制备不同碳化硅粒度和体积分数的SiC/Al复合材料,利用销-盘摩擦磨损试验机考察了碳化硅的粒度和体积分数等对SiC/Al复合材料干摩擦磨损性能的影响,采用扫描电子显微镜观察磨损表面形貌并分析其磨损机理.结果表明,SiC/Al复合材料的磨损率随碳化硅体积分数增加而降低.与灰铸铁配副时,材料的摩擦系数与磨损率明显依赖于碳化硅粒度,二者均随碳化硅粒度增加而降低.复合材料的磨损机制以碳化硅颗粒的碎裂、脱落和表面犁沟为主要特征.     

Quantum computing measurement and intelligence

One of the grand challenges in the nanoscopic computing era is guarantees of robustness. Robust computing system design is confronted with quantum physical, probabilistic, and even biological phenomena, and guaranteeing high‐reliability is much more difficult than ever before. Scaling devices down to the level of single electron operation will bring forth new challenges due to probabilistic effects and uncertainty in guaranteeing “zero‐one” based computing. Minuscule devices imply billions of devices on a single chip, which may help mitigate the challenge of uncertainty by replication and redundancy. However, such device densities will create a design and validation nightmare with the sheer scale. The questions that confront computer engineers regarding the current status of nanocomputing material and the reliability of systems built from such minuscule devices are difficult to articulate and answer. This article illustrates and discusses two types of quantum algorithms as follows: (1) a simple quantum algorithm and (2) a quantum search algorithm. This article also presents a review of recent advances in quantum computing and intelligence and presents major achievements and obstacles for researchers in the near future. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2010     

The Relevance of the Collaborative Effect in Determining the Performances of Photorefractive Polymer Materials

A derivative of 2‐methylindole, 3‐[2‐(4‐nitrophenyl)ethenyl]‐1‐allyl‐2‐methylindole, NPEMI‐A, is studied for its photoconductivity and photorefractivity behaviour. Its blends with the organic polymer poly‐(2,3‐dimethyl‐N‐vinylindole), PVDMI, are also investigated. Due to the expected and devised mutual solubility of the two components of the blends, it is possible to carry out measurements with the weight percent of the chromophore NPEMI‐A changing from zero to 100. Films were produced by a squeezing process between two ITO‐covered glass sheets. No opacity phenomena, that are so common for many other organic blends due to the segregation of the dissolved chromophore, are observed. The photorefractive optical gain Γ₂ is obtained as a function of the chromophore content. Differential scanning calorimetry measurements (DSC) are also carried out to obtain the whole change of the glass transition temperature T_g as a function of the amount of chromophore contained in the blends. From the experimental trend of T_g a meaningful quantitative estimate of the value of the electrostatic interactions acting in the studied blends, is obtained. The importance of the value of T_g, and of the electrostatic interactions, in determining the extent of the photorefractivity is clearly evident. The results are compared for NPEMI‐A (Γ₂=210 cm^?1) and for NPEMI‐E (Γ₂ ≈ 2000 cm^?1) that has a N‐2‐ethylhexyl group instead of a N‐allyl group. The Pockels and Kerr contributions and—for the first time—a “collaborative effect” of the photorefractivity of NPEMI‐A are distinguished and quantitatively evaluated.     

Current Rectification in Temperature‐Responsive Single Nanopores

Herein we demonstrate a fully abiotic smart single‐nanopore device that rectifies ionic current in response to the temperature. The temperature‐responsive nanopore ionic rectifier can be switched between a rectifying state below 34 °C and a non‐rectifying state above 38 °C actuated by the phase transition of the poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) [PNIPAM] brushes. On the rectifying state, the rectifying efficiency can be enhanced by the dehydration of the attached PNIPAM brushes below the LCST. When the PNIPAM brushes have sufficiently collapsed, the nanopore switches to the non‐rectifying state. The concept of the temperature‐responsive current rectification in chemically‐modified nanopores paves a new way for controlling the preferential direction of the ion transport in nanofluidics by modulating the temperature, which has the potential to build novel nanomachines with smart fluidic communication functions for future lab‐on‐chip devices.