Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Hydrodynamic Study of Bacterial Viruses. Effect of solution conditions

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - Bacterial viruses genome- ds-DNA -expulsion from the phage capsid is induced by temperature and is not accompanied by heat effects (temperature...     

Study of the fluence dependent interplay between laser induced material removal mechanisms in metals: Vaporization, melt displacement and melt ejection

Three quantitative methods, namely profilometry, high speed imaging and recoil momentum measurements using a ballistic pendulum, are used to determine the interplay of vaporization, melt displacement and melt ejection on nanosecond laser induced material removal. At low to moderate fluences (<7 J cm⁻²) material removal occurs via vaporization and melt displacement in aluminium. At high fluences (>7 J cm⁻²), material removal occurs predominantly via the explosive ejection of liquid droplets from the melt pool.     

Linear ion trap with added octopole field component: the property and method

It is well known that superimposition of some positive octopole field will benefit the performance of ion trap mass analyzer. In the radial‐ejection linear ion trap (LIT), adding some octopole field component to the main quadrupole field is usually accomplished by stretching the ejection rod pair. In this study, the effect of octopole potential and some other higher order potential on the performance of LIT mass analyzer is investigated. A simple and effective method, which is to add some octopole component by building a LIT with a pair of rectangular electrodes and a pair of semi‐circular electrodes, is reported. Its properties were studied by numerical simulations and experiments. The results showed that a certain amount of positive octopole component could be produced by simply adjusting the position and width of the rectangular electrodes. A resolution of over 1200 at m/z 609 (~1600 Da/s) was observed in this type of LIT. They also performed tandem mass spectrometry well. The device with optimum geometry for ion ejection from rectangular electrodes provided comparable performance to that for ion ejection from semi‐circular electrodes. This type of LIT design is easy for fabrication and assembly. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Numerical observation of preferred directionality in ion ejection from stretched rectilinear ion traps

We report on numerical investigations of directionality of ion ejection in stretched rectilinear ion traps (RIT). Three 4-electrode trap geometries have been investigated. In all cases, one pair of electrodes has slits at their center and the other pair has no slits. The studied traps include the RIT-S, in which the mass analyzer electrodes are symmetrically positioned around the central axis; the RIT-X, in which the mass analyzer has a stretch in the direction of the electrodes which have slits (labeled as x-direction); and the RIT-Y, in which the mass analyzer has a stretch in the direction of the electrodes which have no slits (labeled as y-direction).Our analysis has been carried out on two-dimensional (2D) fields at the centre of an infinitely long mass analyzer. The boundary element method (BEM) has been used for field computations. The trajectory of ion motion has been generated using Runge Kutta fourth order integration.Three sets of simulations have been carried out on each of the RIT-S, the RIT-X and the RIT-Y to check for directionality of ion ejection. In the first, we numerically obtain the stability region on the potential (U_dc– V_rf) axes. In the second we generate an escape velocity plot with U_dc=0 for different values of V_rf. In the third, we simulate the mass selective boundary ejection experiment on a single ion.In the symmetric RIT-S, as expected, all three simulations show that there is an equal probability of ion reaching the trap boundary in either of the x- or y-directions. For the stretched traps, however, the results are dramatically different. For the RIT-X, all three simulations suggest that ion destabilization at the stability boundary occurs in the x-direction. Similarly, for the RIT-Y, ions preferentially get destabilized in the y-direction. That is, ions reaching the trap boundary overwhelmingly prefer the stretch direction.     

Ejection of Cluster Ions from a Liquid Beam of an Aniline-Propanol Solution Following Laser Photoionization

A simple technique of preparing a continuous laminar liquid flow in vacuum (liquid beam) was developed and combined with multiphoton ionization and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. This technique was applied to the study on resonance photoionization of an aniline (AN)-propanol (PrOH) solution (0.1 – 0.3 M). Binary cluster ions of aniline and propanol, AN⁺(PrOH)_n (n ≤ 1), and protonated propanol cluster ions, H⁺(PrOH)_n (n ≤ 1), were observed as product ions in the gas phase. The relative intensities of AN⁺PrOH and those of H⁺(PrOH)₂ were measured as functions of the excitation laser power and the concentration of aniline in the propanol solution. The dependences of the ion intensities on the laser power and the AN concentration are explained in terms of a Coulomb ejection model, where the ions are ejected from the surface by Coulomb repulsion exerted from neighboring ions. It is also concluded that H⁺(PrOH)_n is produced by a proton transfer reaction from an aniline ion to solvent molecules in the solution.     

不同加载速率下铝自由面微粒子喷射现象研究

 本文主要研究铝自由面微粒子喷射量随压力加载速率的关系，重点是对微射流机制的研究。用人工楔形槽作为自由面上的模拟几何缺陷，用斜波发生器技术改变加载速度，用石英传感器技术测量微粒子喷射量。研究结果表明：在楔形槽尺寸和峰值应力不变的条件下，微粒子喷射量及其最大喷射速度，均随加载速度（加载波阵面宽度的一种度量）的减小而减小；在压力加载条件不变时，发现微粒子喷射量有随几何缺陷体积的增加而增大的迹象。用HELP编码对本实验进行的二维数值模拟结果表明，在数值上与实测数据基本符合。     

气冷涡轮环形叶栅三维流场的实验与数值研究

采用4种不同的湍流模型对叶片表面带小孔射流的环形涡轮叶栅内部流场进行数值计算,并与热线实验测量结果进行了对比.结果表明,由于射流尾迹的影响,在射流附近靠近壁面处产生二次流,二次流随着射流下游距离的增大逐渐减弱.比较不同湍流模型的计算结果发现,采用κ-ε模型在射流尾迹区域和与主流掺混区域的计算结果与实验吻合较好,B-L模型在近壁面的速度计算结果偏大,其对尾迹区域二次流的捕捉也较差.     

A digital ion trap mass spectrometer coupled with atmospheric pressure ion sources

In a digital ion trap (DIT), the quadrupole trapping and excitation waveforms are generated by the rapid switching between discrete d.c. voltage levels. As the timing of the switch can be controlled precisely by digital circuitry, the approach provides an opportunity to generate mass spectra by means of a frequency scan in contrast to the conventional voltage scan, thus providing a wider mass range of analysis. An instrument has been constructed which employs a 'non-stretched' ion trap and the field fault around the aperture of the end-cap electrode can be corrected electronically using a field-adjusting electrode. The ion trap was coupled with electrospray ionization (ESI) and atmospheric pressure matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (AP-MALDI) sources to demonstrate the capability of the digital method. AP-MALDI mass spectra of singly charged ions with mass-to-charge ratios upto 17 000 Th were generated using a trapping voltage of only 1000 V. Forward and reverse mass scans at resolutions up to 19 000 and precursor ion isolation at resolutions up to 3500 with subsequent tandem mass spectrometric analysis were demonstrated. The method of generating the digital waveforms and period scan is described. Discussion of the issues of mass range, scan speed, ion trapping efficiency and collision-induced dissociation efficiency are also provided.     

飞行弹射救生中的上肢受力及甩打运动研究

本研究了在弹射救生中,飞行员未脱手时上肢的受力状况,以及脱手以后上肢的自由甩打运动。建立了上肢三刚体七自由度的模型,用虚位移原理建立了脱手前上肢约束力的方程,用Ｋａｎｅ方法建立了脱手后上肢自由甩打运动的动力学方程,研究了各种弹射状态下上肢的受力情况及上肢的运动规律。     

氨水工质功冷联供循环内中温中压能的回收

本文提出两种采用引射器回收氨水工质功冷联供循环内的中温中压能量的改进方案,即通过回收热源能量将中温中压稀氨水工质加热至过热蒸汽状态后作为引射器工作工质分别用于:方案一,引射透平排汽以降低背压;方案二,引射蒸发器出口工质以降低蒸发压力.计算表明相同耗能下,相对于基础循环,方案一的净输出功提高0.9%、(火用)效率提高了0.8%;方案二的冷(火用)输出提高了11.1%,(火用)效率提高了0.7%,从而为有效回收系统内部能量提供了新的途径.