8—9.5 keV正电子致Ti的K壳层电离截面的实验研究

低能正电子碰撞原子内壳层电离截面的实验数据目前还很缺乏,从而影响了对近年来发展的各相关理论模型的检验,限制了慢正电子束流技术在诸多领域中的应用.本文采用慢正电子束流装置产生的8—9.5 keV正电子束碰撞纯厚Ti靶,利用硅漂移探测器(SDD)收集正电子碰撞Ti靶产生的X射线,同时采用高纯锗探测器在线获得与靶碰撞的入射正电子数,从而得到Ti的K壳层实验产额,并基于蒙特卡罗模拟程序PENELOPE获得模拟产额.将实验产额分别与内壳层电离截面数据库采用经典光学数据模型(ODM)和扭曲波玻恩近似理论模型(DWBA)的蒙特卡罗模拟产额进行对比,发现基于ODM理论模型的模拟产额与实验值有较大的偏差,基于DWBA理论模型的模拟产额与实验结果符合较好.根据实验产额和基于DWBA理论模型的模拟产额的比较结果,对蒙特卡罗模拟程序使用的DWBA理论模型数据库进行修正后再进行模拟和比较,从而得到可靠的8—9.5 keV正电子致Ti原子K壳层电离截面数据.     

Effect of KOH molarity and annealing temperature on ZnO nanostructure properties

In this work, ZnO nanorods (NRs) were fabricated using a low cost chemical bath deposition (CBD) method. The effect of the potassium hydroxide concentration on the fabricated ZnO nanostructures was studied in depth. The optical, structure, and surface morphology properties of the fabricated ZnO nanostructures were investigated using Uv-vis spectroscopy, XRD, and SEM. The results indicate that the formation of hexagonally structured ZnO nanorods with different lengths and diameters was dependent on the KOH concentration. The sample prepared with 2 M of KOH was the best one for optoelectronic applications, since it has the smallest diameters. This sample was annealed at different temperatures (473 K–1073 K). Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy was used to determine the defects in the ZnO nanorods. The results show that the positron mean lifetime (τ_m) decreased as the annealing temperature increased, which means that the overall defects in the ZnO nanorods decreased with increasing temperature. Consequently, higher performance semiconductor devices based on ZnO nanorods could be fabricated after high annealing of the ZnO nanorods.     

Positron Characteristics in Cadmium and Zinc Chalcogenides

Electron energy levels and positron states have been calculated for cadmium and zinc chalcogenide compounds within the pseudo-potential approach and the independent particle model.Furthermore,the present contribution deals with the electron and positron chemical potentials allowing the calculation of the positron affinity to different materials of interest and hetero-structures formed by these materials.Besides,we here determine the positron diffusion constant by means of the positron deformation potential.An attempt has been made to scale positron affinity and diffusion constant with the lattice constant and the band gap energy,respectively.Such scaling is found to be not possible.The information gathered by the present study is of prime importance for a better understanding of positron trapping at interfaces and precipitates and should be useful in slow positron beam experiments.     

ILC正电子源靶接触热传导冷却技术的初步研究

国际直线对撞机（ILC）正电子靶沉积的热功率将超过20 kW,传统的冷却方式已无法满足要求。美国Argonne国家实验室提出了摩擦接触热传导冷却的方法。根据Argonne实验室的研究方案,设计了一种旋转摩擦接触冷却的简化装置,根据热传导理论,结合ANSYS软件模拟了旋转冷却过程中的温度分布,理论上验证了方法的可行性。按照模拟的参数和结果,进行了摩擦接触热传导冷却实验,通过实验结果和数据分析证实了,低温区（20℃~50℃）有良好的冷却效应,初步验证了摩擦接触热传导冷却方案的有效性。A new scheme that cooling international Linear Collider (ILC) positron source target by touching thermal conduction (TTC) is presented by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).Recent results of simulation for cooling the iron targets with 300 and 450 W heat reservoir by ANSYS and experiment of cooling the iron target with 300 and 450 W friction heat reservoir at Institute of Modern Physics (IMP),Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS),have proved that the TTC has good cooling effect in low temperature zone (20℃~50℃),and preliminarily verified the feasibility of TTC for cooling the ILC positron source target.     

Mechanical annealing under low-amplitude cyclic loading in micropillars

Mechanical annealing has been demonstrated to be an effective method for decreasing the overall dislocation density in submicron single crystal. However, simultaneously significant shape change always unexpectedly happens under extremely high monotonic loading to drive the pre-existing dislocations out of the free surfaces. In the present work, through in situ TEM experiments it is found that cyclic loading with low stress amplitude can drive most dislocations out of the submicron sample with virtually little change of the shape. The underlying dislocation mechanism is revealed by carrying out discrete dislocation dynamic (DDD) simulations. The simulation results indicate that the dislocation density decreases within cycles, while the accumulated plastic strain is small. By comparing the evolution of dislocation junction under monotonic, cyclic and relaxation deformation, the cumulative irreversible slip is found to be the key factor of promoting junction destruction and dislocation annihilation at free surface under low-amplitude cyclic loading condition. By introducing this mechanics into dislocation density evolution equations, the critical conditions for mechanical annealing under cyclic and monotonic loadings are discussed. Low-amplitude cyclic loading which strengthens the single crystal without seriously disturbing the structure has the potential applications in the manufacture of defect-free nano-devices.     

晶体场与磁学性质

深入讨论了晶体场与材料磁学性质之间的关系并且给出了必要的数学推导。内容包括晶体场与轨道磁矩湮灭、磁各向异性的关系,以及通过波谱数据与磁学测量求晶体场参数。     

Photochemical Conjugation and One‐Pot Radiolabelling of Antibodies for Immuno‐PET

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), immunoglobulin fragments, and other proteins are important scaffolds in the development of radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic immuno‐positron emission tomography (immuno‐PET) and targeted radioimmunotherapy (RIT). Conventional methods for radiolabelling proteins with metal ions such as ⁶⁸Ga, ⁶⁴Cu, ⁸⁹Zr, and ⁹⁰Y require multi‐step procedures involving pre‐purification, functionalisation with a chelate, and subsequent radiolabelling. Standard coupling chemistries are time‐consuming, difficult to automate, and involve synthesis, isolation, and storage of an intermediate, new molecular entity (the conjugated mAb) whose biochemical properties can differ from those of the parent protein. To circumvent these issues, we developed a photoradiochemical approach that uses fast, chemoselective, light‐induced protein modification under mild conditions with novel metal‐ion‐binding chelates derivatised with aryl azide (ArN₃) groups. Experiments show that one‐pot photochemical conjugation and radiolabelling of formulated mAbs can be achieved in <20 min.     

Oligo(ethylene glycol)/alkyl‐modified Chromophore Assemblies for Photon Upconversion in Water

Molecular self‐assembly is a powerful means to construct nanoscale materials with advanced photophysical properties. Although the protection of the photo‐excited states from oxygen quenching is a critical issue, it still has been in an early phase of development. In this work, we demonstrate that a simple and typical molecular design for aqueous supramolecular assembly, modification of the chromophoric unit with hydrophilic oligo(ethylene glycol) chains and hydrophobic alkyl chains, is effective to avoid oxygen quenching of triplet–triplet annihilation‐based photon upconversion (TTA‐UC). While a TTA‐UC emission is completely quenched when the donor and acceptor are molecularly dispersed in chloroform, their aqueous co‐assemblies exhibit a clear upconverted emission in air‐saturated water even under extremely low chromophore concentrations down to 40 μm . The generalization of this nano‐encapsulation approach offers new functions and applications using oxygen‐sensitive species for supramolecular chemistry.     

Defect engineering of ZnO

The defect responsible for the transparent to red color change of nominally undoped ZnO bulk single crystals is investigated. Upon annealing in the presence of metallic Zn as reported by Halliburton et al. and also Ti and Zr a native defect forms with an energy level about 0.7 eV below the conduction band. This change is reversible upon annealing in oxygen. Optical transmission data along with positron depth profiles and annealing studies are combined to identify the defect as oxygen vacancies. Vacancy clustering occurs at about 500 °C if isolated zinc and oxygen vacancies. In the absence of zinc vacancies, clusters form at about 800 °C.