X-ray generation induced by visible lasers in ZnS aqueous suspensions

We present experimental results on the interaction of pulsed laser radiation with ZnS-quantum-dot aqueous suspensions. We detect luminescence in the blue spectral range as well as narrow beams of X-ray radiation. We describe the experimental conditions of X-ray generation and discuss the triboluminescence as a possible mechanism of the emission.     

Application of metal nanoparticles/porous silicon diffraction grating in rhodamine 6 G fluorescence signal enhancement

We present a technique for fabricating a fluorescence enhancement device composed of metal nanoparticles(NPs) and porous silicon(PSi) diffraction grating.The fluorescence emission enhancement properties of the PSi and the fluorescence enhancement of the probe molecules are studied on PSi gratings.The fluorescence enhancement of the probe molecules on a fluorescence enhancement device is further improved through the deposition of metal NPs onto the PSi grating.In comparison to metal NP/PSi devices,metal NP periodic distributions can produce a stronger fluorescence enhancement that couples with the PSi grating fluorescence enhancement to achieve an overall three-fold enhancement of the fluorescence intensity.     

X射线不同方向辐照80C196KC20单片机研究

为明确X射线不同方向入射对器件的影响,利用中国测试技术研究院的直流SJ-A X光机产生的X射线,从与垂直80C196KC20单片机表面不同方向角度对单片机进行辐照试验。试验结果显示,随着辐照角度由0°增加到90°,单片机所受的影响逐渐减小,90°时最不明显,表明此种单片机外壳在对其X射线总剂量效应的影响最大,原因在于X射线在不同方向照射时,需要穿过不同厚度的封套材料,X射线在此过程受到的衰减不同。     

X射线不同方向辐照80C196KC20单片机研究

 为明确X射线不同方向入射对器件的影响,利用中国测试技术研究院的直流SJ-A X光机产生的X射线,从与垂直80C196KC20单片机表面不同方向角度对单片机进行辐照试验。试验结果显示,随着辐照角度由0°增加到90°,单片机所受的影响逐渐减小,90°时最不明显,表明此种单片机外壳在对其X射线总剂量效应的影响最大,原因在于X射线在不同方向照射时,需要穿过不同厚度的封套材料,X射线在此过程受到的衰减不同。     

X-ray spectroscopic observations of a superdense plasma in nanoparticles irradiated by superintense femtosecond laser radiation

The interaction of femtosecond laser pulses with SiO₂ aerogel targets has been analyzed by x-ray spectroscopic methods. The use of an aerogel target with transparent grains makes it possible to considerably reduce the requirements on laser-pulse contrasts for which heating occurs without the formation of a preplasma. A nanoplasma with a density sevenfold higher than the solid-state density has been detected.     

Impact of thermal effects induced by ultrasound on viability of rat C6 glioma cells

In order to have consistent and repeatable effects of sonodynamic therapy (SDT) on various cancer cells or tissue lesions we should be able to control a delivered ultrasound energy and thermal effects induced. The objective of this study was to investigate viability of rat C6 glioma cells in vitro depending on the intensity of ultrasound in the region of cells and to determine the exposure time inducing temperature rise above 43 °C, which is known to be toxic for cells. For measurements a planar piezoelectric transducer with a diameter of 20 mm and a resonance frequency of 1.06 MHz was used. The transducer generated tone bursts with 94 μs duration, 0.4 duty-cycle and initial intensity I_SATA (spatial averaged, temporal averaged) varied from 0.33 W/cm² to 8 W/cm² (average acoustic power varied from 1 W to 24 W). The rat C6 glioma cells were cultured on a bottom of wells in 12-well plates, incubated for 24 h and then exposed to ultrasound with measured acoustic properties, inducing or causing no thermal effects leading to cell death. Cell viability rate was determined by MTT assay (a standard colorimetric assay for assessing cell viability) as the ratio of the optical densities of the group treated by ultrasound to the control group. Structural cellular changes and apoptosis estimation were observed under a microscope. Quantitative analysis of the obtained results allowed to determine the maximal exposure time that does not lead to the thermal effects above 43 °C in the region of cells for each initial intensity of the tone bursts used as well as the threshold intensity causing cell death after 3 min exposure to ultrasound due to thermal effects. The averaged threshold intensity was found to be about 5.7 W/cm².     

Dielectric relaxation in aqueous solutions and suspensions

A method is proposed for measuring the relaxational dielectric losses of liquids at radio frequencies on a background of large conductivity losses. The absorption of the electromagnetic field energy is explained by structural relaxation, i.e., by the processes of formation and destruction of clusters.Translated from Isvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 2, pp. 81–85, February, 1975.     

Dielectric relaxation in aqueous solutions and suspensions I. Solutions and suspensions

The dielectric constants and dielectric loss factors of aqueous solutions and suspensions are measured as a function of the specific electrical conductivity, temperature, and electric field frequency. The dispersion of the dielectric constant and the dielectric loss factor in solutions is explained by the formation of a electric double layer at the electrodes and the redistribution of the electric field between the region adjoining the electrodes and the remaining volume of the measuring cell. An equivalent-circuit calculations for suspensions displays acceptable agreement with experiment.     

Soft X-ray enhancement from porous target irradiated by high power sub-nanosecond laser beam and the effect of plasma opacity

In this paper, we investigate numerically the enhancement of the soft continuum X-ray yield emitted from porous aluminum targets irradiated by sub-nanosecond high power pulsed laser beam. The calculations were conducted for two different conditions: (i) ignoring plasma opacity, and (ii) including it in the calculations; and finally the results were compared. In the calculations, the main emission mechanisms were assumed to be the free–bound and free–free (bremsstrahlung) transitions at water windows wavelengths ranges 2.3–4.4 nm and also 12.6–14.6 nm, which is useful for lithography applications. The free–free and bound–free transitions were also considered for calculating the opacity. The results show that for both conditions, the X-ray yield rises with increasing the porosity and the increase rate is almost equal in both cases; however, the calculations are not appropriate for estimating the absolute values of the X-ray yield when the plasma opacity is ignored.     

Porous SiO2 nanoparticles containing ruthenium or sulfur compounds: Sonochemical producing and sonoluminescence in aqueous suspensions

Aqueous suspensions of silicon dioxide porous nanoparticles (average size 10–30 nm, average pore size 5.8 nm) were obtained via ultrasonic dispersing. As was shown through recording SiO molecular lines in a moving single-bubble sonoluminescence spectrum, these nanoparticles penetrate into the bubble and then undergo decay. Similarly, suspensions of SiO₂ nanoparticles, the pores of which were saturated with ruthenium dodecacarbonyl or elemental sulfur, were obtained by impregnation of the initial powder with solutions of these reagents in chloroform followed by evaporation of the solvent. Single-bubble sonoluminescence spectra of these suspensions contain more intense lines of Ru or S and Sⁿ⁺ as compared with the SiO lines. This also proves the involvement of water insoluble ruthenium and sulfur compounds into bubble sonoluminescent reactions in the heterogenic aqueous medium. Using the method of comparing the experimentally obtained and computer simulated luminescent spectra, we determined the effective electronic temperature T_e^Ru, which was 9000 ± 500 K, in non-equilibrium plasma of a bubble levitating in the ultrasonic field.     

Unwanted combustion enhancement by C6F12O fire suppressant

Several agents are under consideration to replace CF₃Br for use in suppressing fires in aircraft cargo bays. In a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) performance test simulating the explosion of an aerosol can, however, the replacements, when added at sub-inerting concentrations, have all been found to create higher pressure rise than with no agent, hence failing the test. Thermodynamic equilibrium calculations as well as perfectly-stirred reactor (PSR) simulations with detailed reaction kinetics, are performed for one of these agents, C₆F₁₂O (Novec 1230), to understand the reasons for the unexpected enhanced combustion rather than suppression. The high pressure rise with added agent is shown to depend on the amount of agent, and can only occur if a large fraction of the available oxidizer in the chamber is consumed, corresponding to stoichiometric proportions of fuel, oxygen, and agent. A kinetic model for the reaction of C₆F₁₂O in hydrocarbon–air flames has been developed. Stirred-reactor simulations predict that at higher agent loadings, the inhibition effectiveness of C₆F₁₂O is relatively insensitive to the overall stoichiometry, and the marginal inhibitory effect of the agent is greatly reduced, so that the mixture remains flammable over a wide range of conditions corresponding to those of the FAA test. The present findings are consistent with and support the earlier analyses for C₂HF₅ and CF₃Br, which were also evaluated in the FAA test.     

Preparation of stable suspensions of gold nanoparticles in water by sonoelectrochemistry

Stable suspensions of gold nanoparticles in water were prepared with high yield by a novel one-step ultrasound assisted electrochemical process. Various strategies based on the addition of either tailor-made polymers or mixtures of commercially available polymers, in the electrochemical bath have been found successful to avoid nanoparticles aggregation commonly observed by sonoelectrochemistry. alpha-Methoxy-omega-mercapto-poly(ethylene oxide) or poly(vinyl pyrrolidone)/polyethylene oxide mixtures were able to build up a coalescence barrier around the gold nanoparticles. The results showed that the size of the gold nanoparticles could be easily tuned between 5 nm and 35 nm by simple control of the electrochemical parameters, i.e. the deposition time (T(ON)) from 10 ms to 20 ms. The properties of as-prepared gold nanoparticles were compared to the ones of gold colloids prepared by the more conventional wet nanoprecipitation method using chemical reductive agents.     

Possibilities of studying nanoobjects in porous silicon and silicon substrates irradiated with protons by positron annihilation spectroscopy

The chemical composition of the material at the annihilation sites (silicon atoms of the pore “wall”), the size of nanodefects, and their concentration in porous silicon and single-crystal silicon wafers irradiated by protons have been determined using the angular distribution of annihilation photons.     

脉冲激光辐照单晶硅形成的低维结构及其光致荧光特性

 将功率密度约为0.5 J·s^-1·cm^-2、脉冲宽度约为8 ns、束斑直径为0.045 mm、波长为1 064 nm的YAG激光束照射在硅样品表面打出小孔,在孔内的侧壁上形成较规则的网孔状结构;该结构有很强的光致荧光,其强度比该样品的瑞利散射强;发光峰中心约在700 nm处。在无氧化的环境里用激光加工出的硅样品几乎无发光,这证实了氧在光致荧光增强上起着重要作用。用冷等离子体波模型来解释孔侧壁网孔状结构形成的机理,并用量子受限-发光中心模型来解释纳米网孔壁结构的强荧光效应。当激光辐照时间为9 s时,孔洞侧壁上的网孔状结构较稳定,且有较强的光致荧光。     

Aggregation and settling in aqueous polydisperse alumina nanoparticle suspensions

Nanoparticle suspensions (also called nanofluids) are often polydisperse and tend to settle with time. Settling kinetics in these systems are known to be complex and hence challenging to understand. In this study, polydisperse spherical alumina (Al₂O₃) nanoparticles in the size range of ~10–100 nm were dispersed in water and examined for aggregation and settling behaviour near its isoelectric point. A series of settling experiments were conducted and the results were analysed by photography and by small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The settling curve obtained from standard bed height measurement experiments indicated two different types of behaviour, both of which were also seen in the SAXS data. But the SAXS data were remarkably able to pick out the rapid settling regime as a result of the high temporal resolution (10 s) used. By monitoring the SAXS intensity, it was further possible to record the particle aggregation process for the first time. Optical microscopy images were produced on drying and dried droplets extracted from the suspension at various times. Dried deposits showed the rapid decrease in the number of very large particles with time which qualitatively validates the SAXS prediction, and therefore its suitability as a tool to study unstable polydisperse colloids.     

Synthesis of nanoparticles and suspensions by pulsed laser ablation of microparticles in liquid

Recent studies demonstrated that the process to produce metal and oxide nanoparticles by laser ablation of consolidated microparticles is a convenient and energy-efficient way to prepare nanoparticles. In this work, the novel process is applied to nanoparticle synthesis in the liquid environment and the results are compared with those by the gas-phase process. Metal and oxide nanoparticles are synthesized by pulsed laser ablation of the compacted metal microparticles using a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser in water. It is shown that the process is effective for preparing nanoparticle suspensions having relatively uniform size distributions. While the laser fluence and the degree of compaction strongly influence the size of the produced nanoparticle in air, the sedimentation time is shown to be the most critical factor to determine the mean size of the suspended particles.     

脉冲激光辐照单晶硅形成的低维结构及其光致荧光特性

将功率密度约为0.5 J·s-1·cm-2、脉冲宽度约为8 ns、束斑直径为0.045 mm、波长为1 064 nm的YAG激光束照射在硅样品表面打出小孔,在孔内的侧壁上形成较规则的网孔状结构;该结构有很强的光致荧光,其强度比该样品的瑞利散射强;发光峰中心约在700 nm处。在无氧化的环境里用激光加工出的硅样品几乎无发光,这证实了氧在光致荧光增强上起着重要作用。用冷等离子体波模型来解释孔侧壁网孔状结构形成的机理,并用量子受限-发光中心模型来解释纳米网孔壁结构的强荧光效应。当激光辐照时间为9 s时,孔洞侧壁上的网孔状结构较稳定,且有较强的光致荧光。     

Dynamic light scattering by charged silicon nanoparticles in colloid

The experimental results of diameter measurament silicon nanoparticles with using dynamic light scattering method are presented in this article. Colloids of nanosilicon in acetone, in methanol and in water were studied. The measurements were taken with nanotrak device (“Photocor complex,” dynamic light scattering instrument, produced by Photocor Instruments Inc.) during regular time intervals (about several minutes). The results from each solution were compared with the results in other solutions and the stable ones were examined. Results obtained in water appeared to be nonrecurrent. Electrical double layer of nanosilicon particles in liquid had been measured for all samples. It was established that the reason of such behavior of n-Si in water solution was double charge layer which changed hydrodynamical parameters of water.     

Structure of molten silicon and germanium by X-ray diffraction

X-ray diffraction patterns have been obtained from molten silicon and germanium near the melting point. In both cases the structure factor was a low first peak maximum with a small hump on its high angle side in contrast with those of simple molten metals such as sodium and aluminum. It was also found that the pair correlation functions for these molten elements are characterized by a low peak maximum which follows the usual first peak maximum corresponding to the nearest neighbour distance. The electrical resistivity and thermoelectric power have been calculated on the Ziman theory using thet-matrix of muffin-tin potential based on the structural data observed in this work. Good agreement was found in most cases.