25 nm resolution single molecular fluorescence imaging by scanning near-field optical/atomic force microscopy

High-resolution single molecular near-field fluorescence images were observed by scanning near-field optical/atomic force microscopy (SNOM/AFM). We modified the SNOM/AFM for both high-resolution fluorescence imaging and high-resolution topographic imaging. The imaged fluorophore, Alexa 532, is prepared with a poly-methyl-methacrylate (PMMA) film coating. A fluorescence resolution of 25 nm was obtained with a simultaneous topographic image of a flat surface. A sample prepared with a lower PMMA concentration exhibited a rough surface in the micro area. The results for the flat surface indicated that the fluorescence resolution is worst in the rough surface sample, that the maximum fluorescence intensities for the individual fluorophore are similar, and that the decay rate is faster. Thus, we concluded that the morphological effect is an important factor in fluorescence image resolution and the apparent lifetimes of the fluorescence molecules.     

Characterization,solution properties,and morphologies of a hydrophobically associating cationic terpolymer

The acrylamide‐based terpolymers (PADB) with 4‐butylstyrene (BST) as the hydrophobic monomer and dimethyldiallyammonium chloride (DMDAAC) were synthesized by the micellar free radical technique. The polymer was determined by UV, FT‐IR and ¹HNMR, and the hydrophobic microblock structure of PADB was characterized successfully by the conventional DSC measurement. The use of DMDAAC improves the water solubility and intermolecular association of terpolymers. The feed amount of BST affects greatly the apparent viscosity of PADB solution. The polymer exhibits good viscosification property, salt resistance, temperature‐thickening, thixotropy, pseudoplastic behavior and shear‐thickening at low shear rate. The apparent viscosities of PADB solution remarkably increase by the addition of a small amount of surfactant. AFM measurements show that hydrophobic aggregates have been formed in 0.1 g dL^?1 PADB aqueous solution, indicative of strong associations of hydrophobic groups, which are reinforced with increasing PADB concentration. The microstructures of PADB are disrupted by the addition of small amounts of salt, resulting in the decrease in solution viscosity. However, with increasing NaCl concentration, the tree‐like associating structures are formed, leading to the increase in the solution viscosity of PADB. The AFM results reveal that the solution properties of PADB are due to the associating structures in the aqueous solution and brine solution. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 45: 826–839, 2007     

An Improved Solow—Swan Model

§1.　IntroductionThetheoryofeconomicgrowthisanimportanttopicinMacroeconomics.Afterador-mancynearlytwodecades,thestudyofeconomicgrowthbecamevigorousagaininthemid-1980s.TheSolow-Swanmodel[1]isoneofthemostusedinthisfield.Thismodelhasarousedmanyresearchersinterestintherecentyears.N.G.Manki,etal(1992)[2]appliedthismodeltoexaminewhetheritisconsistentwiththeinternationalvariationinthestandardofliving.W.Easterly(1993)[3]gavearevisedSolow-SwanmodelbyintroducingtheCESproductionfunction.Inthepaper…     

质子辐照空间级硅橡胶的正电子淹没寿命谱研究

 用正电子淹没寿命谱方法（PALS）研究了质子辐照对空间级硅橡胶KH-L-Y微观结构的影响。试验结果表明，PALS谱所揭示的最长寿命成分的t₃, I₃及自由体积分数Vf随辐照剂量的增加开始明显下降；而当辐照剂量大于10¹⁵cm^-2后，随剂量的增加平缓上升。辐照剂量小于10¹⁵cm^-2时，质子辐照使硅橡胶自由体积减小，分子链间堆砌紧密；辐照剂量大于10¹⁵cm^-2时，质子辐照使硅橡胶自由体积增大。交联密度及DMA测试结果同样表明，质子辐照在剂量较小时硅橡胶的交联密度及玻璃化转变温度增加，辐照以交联效应为主；而剂量较大时辐照降解占优势。     

The membrane picture of Hawking radiation

The effect of a black hole on the classical physics of exterior electromagnetic fields can be expressed by replacing the black hole by a conducting membrane. We show that when we introduce quantum mechanics the currents in this membrane must also satisfy a quantum Langevin equation and that this, together with the nonzero transmission coefficient for the potential barrier around the hole in the membrane picture, gives rise to the Hawking radiation.     

激光脉冲能量对激光烧蚀保护气体电离的影响

用Ar气作保护气体 ,气压保持在一个标准大气压 ,用Nd :YAG脉冲激光烧蚀Al靶获得等离子体。利用时空分辨技术 ,采集了激光脉冲能量在 5 2 ,92 ,115和 14 5mJ情况下等离子体辐射的时空分辨谱。详细描述了 115mJ时等离子体的辐射特征 ,简要分析了其他脉冲能量下Ar的特征辐射规律。根据这些脉冲能量下Ar 特征谱线的分布规律 ,简要论述了Ar气体电离与激光脉冲能量的关系。讨论了环境气体电离机制 ,并对结果进行了简单解释。结果发现 ,在本实验采用的能量范围内 ,较高的脉冲能量更容易使环境气体电离 ,产生较强的Ar 离子辐射 ,且Ar 辐射持续时间较长。     

Ultraviolet laser removal of small metallic particles from silicon wafers

Laser removal of small 1 μm sized copper, gold and tungsten particles from silicon wafer surfaces was carried out using ultraviolet radiation at 266 nm generated by Nd:YAG harmonic generation. Successful removal of both copper and gold particles from the surface was achieved whereas tungsten particles proved to be difficult to remove. The cleaning efficiency was increased with an increase of laser fluence. The optimum processing window for safe cleaning of the surface without any substrate damage was determined by measuring the damage threshold laser fluence on the silicon substrate and the required fluence for complete removal of the particles. The different cleaning efficiencies with particle type are discussed by considering the adhesion force of the particle on the surface and the laser-induced cleaning force for the three different particles.     

Low-temperature photoluminescence in germanium irradiated by fast neutrons

This study was carried out to investigate low-temperature (T=4.2 K) photoluminescence caused by interdopant recombination transitions in n-germanium irradiated by fast (epicadmium) reactor neutrons and subjected to “complete” annealing (+450°C, 24 h). It is shown that lines of interdopant radiative recombination observed in initial and in irradiated and annealed specimens are caused by both initial impurities and (mainly) dopants (As and Ga) implanted by transmutation as well as by defect sets stable at long-time high-temperature annealing that do not contain fine dopants. Belarusian State University, 4, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220050, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 479–482, July–August, 1997.     

Ion chromatographic determination of salicylate in human serum with a bulk acoustic wave sensor as detector

Salicylate is a hydrolysis product of salicylate-containing drugs (such as aspirin) in patients' blood. Monitoring of this ion in blood is helpful for diagnosing of overdosage of these drugs. The present paper describes an ion chromatography (IC) method developed for determination of total salicylate in human serum, in which a hulk acoustic wave (BAW) sensor was used as detector; 0.5 mmoI/L sodium carbonate (Na₂CO₃, pH 8.5) served as mobile phase. Interference in the determination was negligible. The method is simple, rapid, accurate, and precise. Serum salicylate was analyzed using both the proposed IC-BAW method and the classical Trinder spec-trophotometric method, and the results showed that the two method agreed well.     

拉伸流扩散火焰面结构及熄火的研究

对拉伸层流扩散火焰面进行了数值模拟,考察了在以往湍流燃烧的火焰面模型中,假定Lewis数等于1的可靠性,研究了不同分子扩散和火焰辐射对火焰面结构、氮氧化物排放和熄火临界的影响.计算结果表明,Lewis数等于1的假定在火焰面结构的计算中存在很大的近似性,火焰辐射可以引起低拉伸条件下的熄火临界.