Transmission Electron Microscopic Investigation of the Morphology of High-Speed Spun Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) Fibers

Permanganic etching was performed on high-speed spun (HSS) and regular fibers of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), and their surface morphologies were investigated via the two-stage carbon replica method using a transmission electron microscope (TEM). The HSS PET fibers, with disordered amorphous regions, showed peculiar surface morphology; many small warts corresponding to the pits of etched disordered amorphous regions were observed. Such unevenness, however, was hardly observed on the surface of the permanganic-etched regular PET fibers, with well-oriented amorphous regions, or on the surface of alkali-etched HSS PET fibers. The permanganic etchant removed the disordered amorphous regions more preferentially compared with the alkali etchant.     

基于后向散射模型的蒸汽湿度测量及仿真

为了更加准确地测量出汽轮机末级蒸汽湿度,为锅炉给水量提供依据,促进汽轮机内部除湿技术的发展,采用了后向角散射法的思路设计了湿蒸汽参数测量模型,并对模型所需物理量进行了详细的计算,为后向散射法测量蒸汽湿度的研究提供参考。通过对模型进行仿真模拟以及实验研究,得到了后向散射光光强数据。通过对比仿真模拟数据与实验数据,验证了该模型的可行性与有效性,对光散射法测量蒸汽湿度的实验分析以及工程实践具有重要意义。     

Fabrication of extreme wettability patterns with water-film protection for organic liquids

Selective fabrication of superhydrophilic (S-philic) region on a superhydrophobic (S-phobic) surface requires complex technology and high cost, which has limited applications of extreme wettability patterns. In this paper, a twice-chemical-etching approach without special modification is used to prepare the extreme wettability patterns. Superhydrophobicity and superhydrophilicity can be successfully achieved after twice chemical etching for 20 seconds. The obtained patterns can maintain their extreme wettability for at least 30 days. Functional platforms with single-S-philic and multi-S-philic regions are fabricated to manipulate water and various organic liquids with water-film protection in an air environment.     

湿工况下平直翅片对流传热传质数值研究

建立了湿空气流经平直翅片通道并伴有凝结现象发生的三维对流传热传质的数值模型,在空气进口雷诺数Re为190～3770,进口相对湿度φ_(in)为50%～90%的范围内,对干湿两种工况,平直翅片通道内的换热流动进行了对比研究。结果表明:湿工况换热系数为干工况换热系数的2.8～3.1倍,干工况翅片效率比湿工况翅片效率高35.8%～41.9%。当翅片为部分湿工况时,翅片效率随进口相对湿度的增大而增大,换热系数随进口相对湿度的增大而减小;当翅片为全湿工况后,进口相对湿度对翅片效率和换热系数的影响微弱。     

Characterization of the carrot defect in 4H-SiC epitaxial layers

Characterization of the epitaxial defect known as the carrot defect was performed in thick 4H-SiC epilayers. A large number of carrot defects have been studied using different experimental techniques such as Nomarski optical microscopy, KOH etching, cathodoluminescence and synchrotron white beam X-ray topography. This has revealed that carrot defects appear in many different shapes and structures in the epilayers. Our results support the previous assignment of the carrot defect as related to a prismatic stacking fault. However, we have observed carrot defects with and without a visible threading dislocation related etch pit in the head region, after KOH etching. Polishing of epilayers in a few μm steps in combination with etching in molten KOH and imaging using Nomarski optical microscope has been used to find the geometry and origin of the carrot defects in different epilayers. The defects were found to originate both at the epi-substrate interface and during the epitaxial growth. Different sources of the carrot defect have been observed at the epi-substrate interface, which result in different structures and surfaces appearance of the defect in the epilayer. Furthermore, termination of the carrot defect inside the epilayer and the influence of substrate surface damage and growth conditions on the density of carrot defects are studied.     

Use of chemical etching of CR-39 foils at elevated temperature for fast neutron personnel monitoring in India

CR-39 Solid State Nuclear Track Detecting foils (SSNTD), along with 1 mm thick polyethylene radiator, sealed in triple laminated pouches, are used for country wide Fast Neutron Personnel Monitoring in India. With the present system of processing by elevated temperature electrochemical etching (ETECE) and evaluation using automatic image analysis, only 16 foils are processed at a time and it is useful over the dose equivalent range 0.2 mSv to 10 mSv. It has been reported that, by processing CR-39 of good detection efficiency by chemical etching at elevated temperature, more numbers of foils can be processed simultaneously. In the present study, CR-39 foils from Pershore Moulding (UK) have been chemically etched using 7 N KOH under various conditions of temperature and etching durations and evaluated using high magnification microscope. The duration of chemical etching, has been optimized at a constant temperature of 60°C for chemical etching process. The characteristics of the chemically etched CR-39 foils are compared with the characteristics of the CR-39 foils processed by the existing system of ETECE and the detailed results are presented in the full text of the paper. It has been observed that by chemical etching process, the dose equivalent range of CR-39 foils can be extended above 60 mSv.      

Wire metamaterial based on semiconductor matrices

In this Letter, we have presented a new approach for the fabrication of nanowire media (wire metamaterials) by electrochemical methods. A^IIIB^V porous matrices (a host medium) were prepared by anodic electrochemical etching of industrial substrates. The host medium has been filled via electrochemical deposition with a metal and by means of annealing process. We have shown that this technique can be used to fabricate a nanowire medium with unique parameters (such as aspect ratio, high electric permittivity and strong χ⁽³⁾ nonlinearity near the fundamental absorption edge of the host media). (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

The effect of pre-pattern on the morphology and growth speed of TiO2 nanotube

In this work, we presented a new method which directly acts on the surface of the Ti sheet by mechanical micro-etching using a grating ruling engine. The effect of the pre-pattern on the morphology and growth speed of TiO₂ nanostructure formed on the Ti sheet with the traditional anodization method was investigated. A novel wall structure was observed and the growth speed of TiO₂ nanotube (NT) was greatly affected by the pre-pattern. The wall structure increases the surface-to-volume ratio of the nanotube arrays. The new method provided the possibility of further optimization of fast growth of TiO₂ nanostructure and improving the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) and photocatalysis.     

Measurement of photoneutron doses in and out of high-energy X-ray beam of a SATURNE-20 medical linear accelerator by ECE polycarbonate detectors

Photoneutron contaminations in and out of high energy X-ray beams of the medical linear accelerator SATURNE 20 (CGR) of the Radiotherapy Department of Omeed Hospital in Isfahan, Iran, have been determined using 250 μm polycarbonate (PC) dosimeters, in strips or in sheets, processed by electrochemical etching (ECE) using specially designed ECE chambers to etch larger sheets. A two dimensional or topographical distribution of neutron contamination was also determined in a full size beam. The neutron dose equivalents (Hn) in the beam of 18 MV X-rays at 80 cm FSD were determined to be linear functions of X-ray dose equivalents (Hx) up to 1400 cSv. The distribution of the Hn at different X-ray doses showed bell-shape profiles with maxima at the isocenter. The ratios of dose equivalents of neutrons to those of X-rays increased as the field size increased having values of 0.22%, 0.28%, 0.31% and 0.37% for field sizes of 10×10, 20×20, 30×30, and 40×40 cm² respectively. Although such neutron dose equivalents can be corrected for patient treatment, it can cause radiation protection problems for workers where the design of the facility is not well planned.