Preparation and characterization of “green” hybrid clay-dye nanopigments

We obtained a low cost and abundant nanopigment material composed of Rhodamine B (Rh-B) organic dye compound and Unye bentonite (UB) clay from Turkey. The characterization of the nanopigment was investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), particle size distribution, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), Fourier transformed infra-red spectroscopy (FT-IR) and thermal analysis techniques. According to the result of texture analyses, we showed that the particle size distribution (d: 0.5-mean distribution) of Rh-B/UB nanopigment material was around 100 nm diameter. It was also demonstrated that the samples had a particle size around nm diameter in SEM images. As seen in the PXRD and thermal analysis, there is a difference in basal spacing by 1.46° (2θ) and a higher mass loss by 7.80% in the temperature range 200–500 °C compared to the raw bentonite.     

Nd:YAG陶瓷与单晶4F3/2–4I13/2跃迁的弱谱线多波长激光性能对比

报道了基于半导体激光端面抽运Nd:YAG的⁴F_3/2–⁴I_13/2 跃迁的弱谱线多波长激光输出. 实验对比了透明陶瓷与单晶材料的激光输出特性, 表明透明陶瓷和单晶材料荧光谱强度的略微差异, 导致了多波长输出时相同两个波长之间的激光强度比在两种材料中的差异. 基于两种耦合输出镜片, 激光阈值都在2 W左右. 在13.5 W的抽运功率下, 基于Nd:YAG透明陶瓷获得了输出功率4.05 W、强度比1 :2的1338与1356 nm双波长激光和输出功率3.65 W、强度比13 : 1的1356与1414 nm 双波长激光, 斜率效率分别达33.9% 和31.9%.     

ON THE CHANGES OF MEANING OF “LI” AND “LIXUE” (“FORCE” AND “MECHANICS” IN CHINESE)1)

在古代中国,“力”字和“力学”一词早就出现了。“力”的含义最初是对“人的力量”的直观描述,后来发展到对一般物体的重力的描述,再到对运动状态原因的描述。本文对“力”字含义的变迁进行了辨析。中国现代“力学”是西学东渐的结果,学科名字的确定过程也有不小的 曲折。通过分析确定“力学”为学科名字的过程,揭示了中国古人对“力学”学科理解的变迁。     

微穿孔板几何参数估算及其对吸声性能的影响

不规则孔微穿孔板几何参数无法直接获知,造成吸声性能计算困难,故提出一种微穿孔板几何参数估算方法。将不规则孔等效处理为圆孔,利用马氏理论关于圆孔微穿孔板的基本理论,建立了微穿孔板几何参数估算模型;将参数估算结果用于吸声性能预测,理论计算与实验结果吻合。根据微穿孔板几何参数对高吸声性能区域的影响,探讨了马氏理论适用极限与微穿孔板几何参数的关系,以及微穿孔板受粉尘污染后吸声性能演变规律。将微穿孔板参数点取在面积较大的高吸声性能区域中间部位,可获得较大的马氏理论适用极限;微穿孔板参数点位于高吸声性能区域右上部位时,一定程度的粉尘污染不会降低吸声性能.      

Lump waves,solitary waves and interaction phenomena to the (2 + 1)-dimensional Konopelchenko–Dubrovsky equation

In this paper, we investigated the $(2+1)$-dimensional Konopelchenko–Dubrovsky equation. The lump waves, solitary waves as well as interaction between lump waves and solitary waves are presented based on the Hirota bilinear form of this equation. It is worth noting that the rational solutions are obtained by taking a long wave limit, and we also discussed the lump solutions and rogue wave solutions. Moreover, all these solutions are presented via 3-dimensional plots and density plots with choosing some special parameters to show the dynamic graphs.     

2个位势的Ablowitz-Ladik等谱方程的Complexiton解

借助双Casoratian技巧和构造双Wronski行列式元素的矩阵方法,求出2个位势的Ablowitz-Ladik等谱方程的Complexiton解和周期解,并通过将矩阵取成不同的组合类型,进而分别得到该方程具有双Casorati行列式形式的新解,即Complexiton解与类有理解的混合解、Complexiton解与Matveev解的混合解.     

Isogeometric analysis for time-fractional partial differential equations

Numerical Algorithms - In this paper, we study an inverse source problem for the Helmholtz equation from measurements. The purpose of this paper is to reconstruct the salient features of the hidden...     

Room temperature ionic liquid electrolytes for redox flow batteries

Redox flow batteries (RFBs) usually contain aqueous or organic electrolytes. The aim of this communication is to explore the suitability of room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) as solvents for RFBs containing metal complexes. Towards this aim, the electrochemistry of the metal acetylacetonate (acac) complexes Mn(acac)₃, Cr(acac)₃, and V(acac)₃ was studied in imidazolium-based RTILs. The V²⁺/V³⁺, V³⁺/V⁴⁺, and V⁴⁺/V⁵⁺ redox couples are quasi-reversible in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, [C₂C₁Im][N(Tf₂)]. The Mn(acac)₃ and Cr(acac)₃ voltammetry, on the other hand, is irreversible in [C₂C₁Im][N(Tf₂)] at glassy carbon (GC) but the rate of the Mn²⁺/Mn³⁺ reaction increases if Au electrodes are used. Charge–discharge measurements show that a coulombic efficiency of 72% is achievable using a V(acac)₃/[C₂C₁Im][N(Tf₂)]/GC cell.     

Loading rate and confining pressure effect on dilatancy,acoustic emission,and failure characteristics of fissured rock with two pre-existing flaws

Investigating the dilatancy, acoustic emission and failure characteristics of fissured rock are significant to ensure their geotechnical stability. In this paper, the uniaxial and triaxial compression experiments with AE monitoring under different loading rates were carried out on fissured rock specimens with the same geometrical distribution of two pre-existing flaws. The dilatancy and AE activity of these specimens were discussed, and the effects of the confining pressure and loading rate on the mechanical parameters and failure characteristics were analyzed. The results show that the exponential strength criterion is more suitable than the Mohr–Coulomb strength criterion to characterize the strength characteristics of fissured rock. The crack evolution and failure characteristics of fissured rock specimens are more complicated than those of intact rock specimens. The failure characteristics of the fissured rock follow the tensile shear coalescence model, crack branching occurs with increasing the loading rate, and the multi-section coalescence model is verified with increasing the confining pressure. The phenomena of stress drop and yield platform usually occur after the dilatancy onset, the specimen does not fail instantaneously, and the propagation and coalescence of cracks cause a sharp increase in the AE signals, circumferential strain, and volumetric strain.