Negative thermal expansion: Mechanisms and materials

Negative thermal expansion (NTE) of materials is an intriguing phenomenon challenging the concept of traditional lattice dynamics and of importance for a variety of applications. Progresses in this field develop markedly and update continuously our knowledge on the NTE behavior of materials. In this article, we review the most recent understandings on the underlying mechanisms (anharmonic phonon vibration, magnetovolume effect, ferroelectrorestriction and charge transfer) of thermal shrinkage and the development of NTE materials under each mechanism from both the theoretical and experimental aspects. Besides the low frequency optical phonons which are usually accepted as the origins of NTE in framework structures, NTE driven by acoustic phonons and the interplay between anisotropic elasticity and phonons are stressed. Based on the data documented, some problems affecting applications of NTE materials are discussed and strategies for discovering and design novel framework structured NET materials are also presented.     

HL-2M 初始等离子体放电阶段的辉光放电 清洗系统电极的设计与分析

针对 HL-2M 装置初始等离子体放电阶段所需的直流辉光放电清洗系统的电极进行了设计。对辉光 放电清洗系统在不同工况下的系统负载进行了分析和拟定，并确定了电极结构设计分析标准。根据系统电极的结 构特点并结合系统负载规范与分析标准，依据不同的失效模式对电极进行了失效分析。分析结果表明，此针对初 始等离子体放电的电极设计能可靠安全运行，满足设计需求。     

Quantum Watermark Algorithm Based on Maximum Pixel Difference and Tent Map

International Journal of Theoretical Physics - A new quantum watermark algorithm is presented by combining maximum pixel difference partitioning with the least significant bit substitution...     

A Lower Bound Sequence for the Minimum Eigenvalue of Hadamard Product of an M-Matrix and its Inverse

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal - We propose a lower bound sequence for the minimum eigenvalue of Hadamard product of an M-matrix and its inverse, in terms of an S-type eigenvalues inclusion set...     

Hopf–Hopf bifurcation analysis based on resonance and non-resonance in a simplified railway wheelset model

Nonlinear Dynamics - This paper mainly investigates the dynamics of the non-resonant and near-resonant Hopf–Hopf bifurcations caused by the interaction of the lateral and yaw motion in a...     

In situ confinement of iron-based active sites within high porosity carbon frameworks with enhanced activity for rechargeable Zn–air battery

Non-noble bifunctional electrocatalysts with robust activity and stability toward oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are greatly significant but challenging for Zn-air batteries. Here, in situ confinement of FeN_x active sites in high porosity carbon framework (FeN_x/CMCC) derived from chelate of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and iron ions were synthesized. Particularly, construction of FeN_x within porous carbon framework accelerates the electron transfer and the sufficient utilization of active centers, and then expedites the reaction kinetics of ORR and OER. As expected, the optimized FeN_x/CMCC exhibits superior ORR activity with a larger half-wave potential of 0.869 V. The rechargeable Zn-air battery delivers a higher power density of 99.6 mW/cm² and a special capacity of 781.9 mA h/g_Zn at 10 mA/cm², together with excellent durability of over 335 h. Remarkably, the as-assembled solid-state battery exhibits a higher open circuit voltage (OCV) of 1.5 V, a special capacity of 709.7 mA h/g_Zn, as well as prolonged cycling stability (90 h). Moreover, the flexible solid-state battery displays negligible loss of electrochemical performance under various bending angles, illustrating its potential application in flexible electronic devices.     

Hybrid control strategy of delayed neural networks and its application to sampled-data systems: an impulsive-based bilateral looped-functional approach

Nonlinear Dynamics - In this work, the problem of hybrid control strategy for delayed neural networks is investigated via an impulsive-based bilateral looped-functional (IBBLF) approach. Firstly, a...     

Flatness,plateau limit and limit length of single-plateau functions

In this paper we consider iteration of single-plateau functions, an important class of continuous functions with infinitely many forts, and investigate changes of number and length of plateaux under iteration.We use the indices flatness, plateau limit and limit length to formulate those changes. Furthermore, we compute the flatness, plateau limit and limit length for all the nine types of single-plateau functions.     

Quantitative Analysis of Al in Flour Products by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Combined with Partial Least Squares

Journal of Applied Spectroscopy - Based on partial least squares (PLS) analysis, the effects of different smoothing points and different preprocessing methods on the accuracy and precision of the...     

Asymptotic Behavior of Least Energy Solutions for a Fractional Laplacian Eigenvalue Problem on ℝN

Acta Mathematica Sinica, English Series - We are interested in the existence and asymptotic behavior for the least energy solutions of the following fractional eigenvalue problem $$\left({\rm{P}}...