常压敞开式离子化质谱技术研究进展

近年来,无需复杂样品前处理、且在开放环境下实现离子化的常压敞开式离子化质谱技术( Ambientionization mass spectrometry,AI - MS)的研制与应用成为质谱学领域的前沿及备受关注的研究方向.该文综述了AI离子源的基本原理、特征与应用进展,并结合笔者研制的空气动力辅助离子化(Air flow assisted ionization,AFAI)技术,介绍了气流辅助常压敞开式离子化技术的基本特点及其应用.展望了常压敞开式离子化技术的发展趋势.     

Ionization of methane clusters in helium nanodroplets

The electron ionization of helium droplets doped with methane clusters is investigated for the first time using high-resolution mass spectrometry. The dominant ion products ejected into the gas phase are the unprotonated (CH(4))(n)(+) cluster ions along with the protonated ions, CH(5)(+)(CH(4))(n-1). The mass spectra show clear evidence for magic numbers, which are broadly consistent with icosahedral shell closings. However, unusual features were observed, including different magic numbers for CH(5)(+)(CH(4))(n-1) (n=55, 148) when compared to (CH(4))(n)(+) (n=54, 147). Possible interpretations for some of these differences are proposed. Products of the type [C(2)H(x)(CH(4))(n)](+), which result from ion-molecule chemistry, are also observed and these too show clear magic number features. Finally, we report the first observation of (CH(4))(n)(2+) dications from methane clusters. The threshold for dication survival occurs at n≥70 and is in good agreement with a liquid droplet model for fission of multiply charged ions. Furthermore, we present evidence showing that these dications are formed by an unusual two-step mechanism which is initiated by charge transfer to generate a monocation and is then followed by Penning ionization to generate a dication.     

圆柱尾流温度标量场的小波分析*

通过使用一排16根冷线探头排在多个空间点同时测量微加热圆柱的尾流温度场,用小波分析技术对瞬时温度场的时间序列信号进行多尺度分析,目的是研究不同尺度脉动温度对总体温度场的贡献.直径为d=12.7 mm的圆柱产生了被测的尾流,对应的雷诺数为5500,测量区域位于下游距离为2d和20d之间.基于小波多尺度分辨技术,尾流温度场被分解为不同温度脉动特征尺度的小波分量.通过分析这些小波分量的瞬时温度等值线图,能够直接观测到不同特征尺度的涡结构运动特征和湍流间歇过程.特别地,我们在近场区从原始信号分解获得的高频区域中发现了K-H涡的存在.不同尺度的温度方差沿流向的变化表明,在下游距离为x=3d和20d之间,中等尺度的结构比大尺度和小尺度结构对总的温度均方根的贡献更大.不同尺度的自相关函数表明,大尺度和中等尺度的结构显示出较大的相关性,而高频的小波分量则更快地失去了原有的拟序性.     

EXPONENTIAL STABILITY TO A NEUTRAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION OF FIRST ORDER WITH DELAY

In this paper, we study the exponential stability of the zero solution to a neutral diferential equation. By applying the Lyapunov-Krasovskiì functional approach, we prove a result on the stability of the zero solution. The result we obtained extends and generalizes the existing ones in the previous literature. Comparing with the previous results, our result is new and complements some known results.     

Electrical transport properties of CuS single crystals

Electrical resistivity, transverse magnetoresistance and thermoelectric power measurements were performed on CuS high quality single crystals in the range 1.2-300 K and under fields of up to 16 T. The zero field resistivity data are well described below 55 K by a quasi-2D model, consistent with a carrier confinement at lower temperatures, before the transition to the superconducting state. The transverse magnetoresistance develops mainly below 30 K and attains values as large as 470% for a 16 T field at 5 K, this behaviour being ascribed to a band effect mechanism, with a possible magnetic field induced DOS change at the Fermi level. The transverse magnetoresistance shows no signs of saturation, following a power law with field Δρ/ρ(0) ∝ H(1.4), suggesting the existence of open orbits for carriers at the Fermi surface. The thermoelectric power shows an unusual temperature dependence, probably as a result of the complex band structure of CuS.     

Geometry- and rate-dependent adhesive failure of micropatterned surfaces

The dynamic nature of adhesive interface failure remains poorly understood, especially when the contact between the two surfaces is localized in microscopic points of adhesion. Here, we explore the dynamic failure of adhesive interfaces composed of a large number of micron-sized pillars against glass. Surprisingly, we find a large influence of the microcontact geometry; ordered arrays of these pillars exhibit significantly stronger adhesive properties than equivalent surfaces in which the pillars are disordered. This can be understood with a simple geometric argument that accounts for the number of adhesive bonds that needs to be broken simultaneously to propagate the crack front. Moreover, the adhesive strength in both cases depends largely on the velocity with which the surfaces are separated. This rate dependence is explained on the basis of a semi-phenomenological model that describes macroscopic failure as a consequence of microscopic bond-rupture events. Our results suggest that the dynamics of adhesive failure, in the limit explored here, is predominantly stress-driven and highly sensitive to local geometry effects.