Reversible wettability of nanostructured ZnO thin films by sol-gel method

Nanostructured ZnO thin films were deposited on Si(1 1 1) and quartz substrate by sol-gel method. The thin films were annealed at 673 K, 873 K, and 1073 K for 60 min. Microstructure, surface topography, and water contact angle of the thin films have been measured by X-ray diffractometer, atomic force microscopy, and water contact angle apparatus. XRD results showed that the ZnO thin films are polycrystalline with hexagonal wurtzite structure. AFM studies revealed that rms roughness changes from 2.3 nm to 7.4 nm and the grain size grow up continuously with increasing annealing temperature. Wettability results indicated that hydrophobicity of the un-irradiated ZnO thin films enhances with annealing temperature increase. The hydrophobic ZnO surfaces could be reversibly switched to hydrophilic by alternation of UV illumination and dark storage (thermal treatment). By studying the magnitude and the contact angle reduction rate of the light-induced process, the contribution of surface roughness is discussed.     

Stability of widely tuneable,continuous wave external-cavity quantum cascade laser for absorption spectroscopy

The performance of widely tuneable, continuous wave (cw) external-cavity quantum cascade laser (EC-QCL) has been evaluated for direct absorption spectroscopy measurements of nitric oxide (NO) in the wavenumber range 1872–1958 cm^?1 and with a 13.5 cm long optical cell. In order to reduce the absorption measurement errors due to the large variations of laser intensity, normalisation with a reference channel was used. Wavelength stability within the scans was analysed using the Allan plot technique for the reduced wavenumber range of 1892.4–1914.5 cm^?1. The Allan variances of the NO absorption peak centres and areas were observed to increase with successive scan averaging for all absorption peaks across the wavelength scan, thus revealing short- and long-term drifts of the cw EC-QCL wavelength between successive scans. As an example application, the cw EC-QCL was used for NO measurements in the exhaust of an atmospheric pressure packed-bed plasma reactor applied to the decomposition of dichloromethane in waste gas streams. Etalon noise was reduced by subtracting a reference spectrum recorded when the plasma was off. The NO limit of detection (SNR = 1) was estimated to be ～2 ppm at atmospheric pressure in a 20.5 cm long optical cell with a double pass and a single 7 s scan over 1892.4–1914.5 cm^?1.     

Development of an optical probe to measure the flattened area of ocular cornea

The optical probe in tonometers is a key component in measuring the flattened diameter or area of the ocular cornea. A new kind of optical probe for the direct measurement of the flattened area of the ocular cornea is presented. The optical probe uses the cone prism with a modulating flake of light intensity as its measuring body. The test results on simulated eyeballs with different radii of curvature of the ocular cornea show that there is a linear relation between the flattened area of the ocular cornea and the normalized current. The optical probe, which is more compact compared with existing optical probes and easily configured with its coaxiality of optical parts, may be an excellent probe for constructing a low-cost, miniaturized applanation tonometer.     

Conjugated tricyclic graphs with the maximum zeroth-order general Randić index

Let G be a simple connected graph and α be a given real number. The zeroth-order general Randi? index of G is defined as ⁰ R _α (G)=∑ _v∈V(G)[d _G (v)] ^α , where d _G (v) denotes the degree of the vertex v of G. In this paper, for any α>2, we give sharp upper bounds of the zeroth-order general Randi? index ⁰ R _α of all conjugated tricyclic graphs with 2m vertices.     

不确定时变时滞退化系统的新鲁棒稳定性判据(英文)

介绍了不确定时变时滞退化系统的一种新的鲁棒稳定性判据,该判据的提出利用适当的Lyapunov-Krasovskii函数方法,由一组线性矩阵不等式表示出来,判据可借助Matlab软件中LMI工具箱中得以验证.最后,数值实例证明了方法的有效性和优势.     

一类带有分数阶积分边值条件的分数阶微分方程的可解性(英文)

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由一道高考数学题来看中学数学与大学数学衔接问题

高考是高等学校选拔人才的重要手段．高考命题不仅引导着中学教学的方向,而且对高等教育也具有一定的启示作用．本文通过一道安徽省高考数学试题的解答情况,简要分析了中学当前数学教学中存在的问题,并指出大学数学与之衔接应注意的几个方面,以期为高校培养创新型人才提供一定的思路．