Magnetic behaviour of TbMnFe

Neutron diffraction and M?ssbauer measurements have been carried out on the cubic Laves phase intermetallic TbMnFe. The magnetic moment on the transition metal atom is found to be low, 0.2μ _B, at room temperature. This moment is temperature independent down to 10 K. Magnetic moment on the rare earth atom varies from 2.5μ _B at 296 K to 7.27μ _B at 10 K. M?ssbauer spectra recorded at 298 K and 78 K have magnetic character but there is a large distribution of hyperfine field values. Both these features arise due to magnetic frustration created in the sample due to the competing ferro and antiferromagnetic interactions between the transition metal atoms.     

Estimating tail probabilities of heavy tailed distributions with asymptotically zero relative error

Efficient estimation of tail probabilities involving heavy tailed random variables is amongst the most challenging problems in Monte-Carlo simulation. In the last few years, applied probabilists have achieved considerable success in developing efficient algorithms for some such simple but fundamental tail probabilities. Usually, unbiased importance sampling estimators of such tail probabilities are developed and it is proved that these estimators are asymptotically efficient or even possess the desirable bounded relative error property. In this paper, as an illustration, we consider a simple tail probability involving geometric sums of heavy tailed random variables. This is useful in estimating the probability of large delays in M/G/1 queues. In this setting we develop an unbiased estimator whose relative error decreases to zero asymptotically. The key idea is to decompose the probability of interest into a known dominant component and an unknown small component. Simulation then focuses on estimating the latter ‘residual’ probability. Here we show that the existing conditioning methods or importance sampling methods are not effective in estimating the residual probability while an appropriate combination of the two estimates it with bounded relative error. As a further illustration of the proposed ideas, we apply them to develop an estimator for the probability of large delays in stochastic activity networks that has an asymptotically zero relative error.      

重稀土高氯酸盐甲基苯甲酰甲基亚砜配合物的合成及Tb3+的发光

合成了重稀土高氯酸盐甲基苯甲酰甲基亚砜配合物RE(ClO4)3·L5·C2H5OH(RE=Gd,Tb,Dy,Tm,Yb;L=C6H5COCH2SOCH3).经元素分析、稀土络合滴定、摩尔电导及热重分析确定了配合物的组成,测定了配体及配合物的IR谱、1H NMR及铽配合物的磷光光谱、荧光激发和发射光谱,根据荧光发射光谱数据计算了铽配合物的各能级值.     

铕取代的锆硼钨多金属氧酸盐的制备和发光特性

制备了高发射效率的稀土多金属氧酸盐BPOM:Eu及ZrPOM:Eu荧光体,并对其结构及发光性质进行了研究。结果表明样品具有Keggin结构,Eu在两类样品中均有肉眼可见的在红光区的强发射。但在BPOM:Eu中以⁵D₀→⁷F₁磁偶极跃迁发射为主,在ZrPOM:Eu中以⁵D₀→⁷F₂电偶极跃迁发射为主。铕在ZrPOM:Eu中的对称性低于在BPOM:Eu中的对称性。这种差异也使铕离子的激发光谱具有不同的特征。铕在两种多金属氧酸盐中均有浓度猝灭,在BPOM:Eu中浓度为2.0%时发射强度最大;在ZrPOM:Eu中浓度为2.4%时发射强度最大。在ZrPOM:Eu中有较弱的配体到中心铕离子的能量传递,而在BPOM:Eu中却未观测到能量传递现象。     

纳米晶ZrO2:Er3+-Yb3+的制备及其室温上转换发射

用化学共沉淀法制备了ZrO₂:Er³⁺-Yb³⁺纳米晶粉体，所制备的纳米晶粉体具有较强的室温上转换发射和红外发射.研究了样品的晶体结构和上转换发光性质随着Yb³⁺掺杂浓度和煅烧温度的变化关系.通过X射线衍射谱分析发现，经800℃煅烧2h后得到的ZrO₂:Er³⁺-Yb³⁺纳米晶是四方相和单斜相的混合结构，经950℃煅烧2h后得到的样品以单斜相为主，随着Y     

铽与苯甲酸及其衍生物配合物的合成与发光特性

合成了铽与苯甲酸及其衍生物(苯甲酸、邻苯二甲酸、间苯二甲酸、水杨酸、邻氨基苯甲酸、磺基水杨酸)的配合物。经元素分析确定其组成结构式。研究了它们的红外吸收光谱、紫外吸收光谱及荧光光谱。紫外光谱的研究表明,配合物的紫外吸收主要表现为配体的吸收;红外光谱的研究表明,配合物的红外光谱不同于自由配体的红外光谱;荧光光谱的研究表明,铽与这六个配体的配合物都表现出较好的荧光性能,并发现磺基水杨酸铽配合物在本实验系列中其荧光发射最强。     

稀土氟化物Y0.97Er0.03F3纳米材料的制备及上转换发光

通过燃烧法和控温热反应法制备了稀土氟化物纳米材料，利用XRD和TEM对样品进行了分析和表征。测量了发射波长为980nm激光二极管激发下所得纳米材料的上转换发光性质。     

混合稀土储氢合金中氧和氮的测定

研究了混合稀土储氢合金中氧和氮的测定方法。针对稀土金属高温易挥发、分解的特点，选择适宜的加热温度，使用镍浴，选择高温座坩埚进行试验：选择出了合适的助熔剂的预处理方法。方法已用于实际样品。对含氧0．43％、含氮0.018％的试样，分析精密度为氧4．3％，氮5.9％，加标回收率氧为93％～104％，氮为92％～110％。     

稀土及杂质元素对ZA27合金晶间腐蚀的影响

为了从本质上了解杂质与稀土元素对锌铝合金晶间腐蚀的影响 ,探索抑制合金晶间腐蚀的有效途径 ,依据晶界的大角度重位点阵理论编制出相应计算机软件 ,建立含稀土、杂质及 η相颗粒的α相大角度晶界原子集团模型 ,采用递归法计算了α相晶界间的电荷转移 ,由此讨论了杂质 (Pb、Sn、Cd)及稀土元素 (La、Y)对Zn、Al电极电位的影响 .结果表明 ,杂质Pb、Sn、Cd增大原子间的电荷转移量 ,提高Zn、Al电极电位差 ,加速合金的腐蚀 ,稀土元素减小原子间的电荷转移量 ,降低Zn、Al电极电位差 ,具有抑制晶间腐蚀的作用 .     

Tetradecanol dehydrogenation over CuO catalyst supported on BaO, CaO and MgO

Bimetallic Cu/Mg, Ca, Ba mixed oxide compounds acted as catalyst in the dehydrogenation of tetradecanol into tetradecanal, and were characterized by thermal gravimetric analysis, surface area, X-ray diffraction, temperature-programmed reduction and desorption of CO₂. Alkaline earth oxides increased the total basic site concentration in the order of Mg>Ca>Ba. A correlation was found between the total basic site concentration and initial dehydrogenation rate. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.