Wettability behaviour of RTV silicone rubber coated on nanostructured aluminium surface

A nanostructutered superhydrophobic surface was elaborated by applying an RTV silicone rubber coating on electrochemically processed aluminium substrates. Study of anodisation voltage on surface morphology showed that higher anodising voltage led to larger pore sizes. Scanning electron microscopy image analysis showed bird's nest and beehive structures formed on anodised surfaces at 50 V and 80 V. Water static contact angle on the treated surfaces reached up to 160° at room temperature. Study of superhydrophobic surfaces at super cooled temperature showed important delayed freezing time for RTV hydrophobic surfaces when compared to non-treated aluminium. However, lower wettability was observed when surface temperature went down from 20 °C to −10 °C. Also, it was found that the capacitance of superhydrophobic surfaces decreased with increasing anodising voltage.     

Determining factors for high performance silicone rubber microwave absorbing materials

Silicone rubber microwave absorbing materials (RMAMs) based on ferrite as the major absorbent were prepared by the mechanical blending method. The determining factors for the complex permittivity, complex permeability, and reflectivity of RMAM were thoroughly investigated with various samples including different crystal structures of Ba-ferrite (M-type, W-type, and Y-type), the ferrite with doped elements (Ba, Sr), the materials' thickness, the combination ratio of ferrite and carbonyl iron. The effects of surface modification and loading amount of ferrite on the mechanical properties, processing performance, and absorbing property of RMAM were also assessed. The results show that W-type Ba-ferrite based RMAM exhibits better absorbing property at high frequencies (8-18 GHz) than the other two barium ferrites (M-type and Y-type) based ones, and the absorbing property of RMAM based on Sr-ferrite is best. As the thickness of RMAM and the amount of absorbents increase, the absorption peak moves toward low frequency, the absorption frequency bandwidth is narrowed, and the reflectivity first decreases and later increases. The optimum thickness is 1.5-1.7 mm, and the amount of ferrite is 450 parts per hundreds of rubber (phr). Surface modification of the absorbent with silane coupling agent could improve the mechanical properties and processing performance of RMAM. It is concluded that there will be a synergistic effect when carbonyl iron (CI) is used in combination with Sr-ferrite (Sr-W) in an appropriate proportion. When the total volume fraction of absorbents is 51%, the optimum ratio of Cl to Sr-W is 17:34, the absorption frequency bandwidth (<−10 dB) is about 8 GHz, and the absorption area is −99 dB.     

Electrical tree initiation in silicone rubber under DC and polarity reversal voltages

With the fast development of high voltage DC (HVDC) cable, cable insulation under DC conditions has got more attention. In this paper, tests were conducted to study the electrical tree initiation in silicone rubber (SIR) under DC and polarity reversal voltages. It is found that electrical tree initiation has significant polarity effects under both DC and polarity reversal voltages. There are only single-branch-like trees and branch-like trees under DC and polarity reversal voltages. As for pre-stressing effects under polarity reversal, the pre-stressing voltage has positive effects to electrical tree initiation, while the pre-stressing time has little influence. Space charge distribution of SIR under high electric field was studied with flat plate pulsed electro-acoustic (PEA) system, and their characteristics were discussed to explain this phenomenon. Moreover, different treeing breakdown phenomenon is found under polarity reversal voltage which differs from that under DC voltage. The existence of fast charges and slow charges gives reasonable explanation to it. Special attention should be paid to the transient situation like polarity reversal which would result in irreversible effects more easily, and affect true length of life for HVDC cables.     

CF4 radio frequency plasma surface modification of silicone rubber for use as outdoor insulations

For further prolonging the serve life of silicone rubber (SIR) for outdoor insulation and increasing its resistance of pollution flashover, surface modifications of SIR were carried out via CF₄ capacitively coupled plasma at radio frequency (RF) power of 60, 100 and 200 W for a treatment time up to 20 min under CF₄ flow rate of 20 sccm. Static contact angle measurement was employed to estimate the change of hydrophobicity of the modified SIR. The variation of the surface functional groups of the modified SIR was observed by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectrum and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The surface topography was observed by atom force microscopy (AFM). The results indicate that the static contact angle of SIR surface is improved from 100.7° to 150.2° via the CF₄ plasma modification, and the super-hydrophobic surface of modified SIR, which corresponds to a static contact angle of 150.2°, appears at RF power of 200 W for a 5-min treatment time. According to the results, it is suggested that the formation of super-hydrophobic surface is ascribed to the co-action of the increase of roughness created by the ablation reaction of CF₄ plasma and the formation of [SiF_x(CH₃)_2−xO]_n (x = 1, 2) structure produced by the direct attachment of F atoms to Si.     

Transformation of medical grade silicone rubber under Nd:YAG and excimer laser irradiation: First step towards a new miniaturized nerve electrode fabrication process

Medical grade silicone rubber, poly-dimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is a widely used biomaterial. Like for many polymers, its surface can be modified in order to change one or several of its properties which further allow this surface to be functionalized. Laser-induced surface modification of PDMS under ambient conditions is an easy and powerful method for the surface modification of PDMS without altering its bulk properties. In particular, we profit from both UV laser inducing surface modification and of UV laser micromachining to develop a first part of a new process aiming at increasing the number of contacts and tracks within the same electrode surface to improve the nerve selectivity of implantable self sizing spiral cuff electrodes. The second and last part of the process is to further immerse the engraved electrode in an autocatalytic Pt bath leading in a selective Pt metallization of the laser irradiated tracks and contacts and thus to a functionalized PDMS surface. In the present work, we describe the different physical and chemical transformations of a medical grade PDMS as a function of the UV laser and of the irradiation conditions used. We show that the ablation depths, chemical composition, structure and morphology vary with (i) the laser wavelength (using an excimer laser at 248 nm and a frequency-quadrupled Nd:YAG laser at 266 nm), (ii) the conditions of irradiation and (iii) the pulse duration. These different modified properties are expected to have a strong influence on the nucleation and growth rates of platinum which govern the adhesion and the thickness of the Pt layer on the electrodes and thus the DC resistance of tracks.     

Super-hydrophobicity and oleophobicity of silicone rubber modified by CF4 radio frequency plasma

Owing to excellent electric properties, silicone rubber (SIR) has been widely employed in outdoor insulator. For further improving its hydrophobicity and service life, the SIR samples are treated by CF₄ radio frequency (RF) capacitively coupled plasma. The hydrophobic and oleophobic properties are characterized by static contact angle method. The surface morphology of modified SIR is observed by atom force microscope (AFM). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is used to test the variation of the functional groups on the SIR surface due to the treatment by CF₄ plasma. The results indicate that the static contact angle of SIR surface is improved from 100.7° to 150.2° via the CF₄ plasma modification, and the super-hydrophobic surface of modified SIR, which the corresponding static contact angle is 150.2°, appears at RF power of 200 W for a 5 min treatment time. It is found that the super-hydrophobic surface ascribes to the coaction of the increase of roughness created by the ablation action and the formation of [-SiF_x(CH₃)_2−x-O-]_n (x = 1, 2) structure produced by F atoms replacement methyl groups reaction, more importantly, the formation of [-SiF₂-O-]_n structure is the major factor for super-hydrophobic surface, and it is different from the previous studies, which proposed the fluorocarbon species such as C-F, C-F₂, C-F₃, CF-CF_n, and C-CF_n, were largely introduced to the polymer surface and responsible for the formation of low surface energy.     

利用自相关方法实现光脉冲时间延迟精确测量

为了满足在高精度波分复用/时分复用光采样系统中,采样光脉冲时间抖动低于100 fs的要求,开发了一套基于自相关法测量时间延迟的系统。通过光纤耦合器连接一路参考光路将光脉冲在时域上进行"复制",并使初始光脉冲和"复制"光脉冲相关,得到参考光路和被测光路的精确光程差,进而固定参考光路并接入不同被测光路从而得到多路被测光路之间相对延时。实验结果表明,利用自相关法测量脉冲时间间隔精度优于50 fs,满足波分复用/时分复用光采样系统研究需要。     

非晶粉/硅橡胶复合薄膜应力阻抗性能

选用硅橡胶为基材,Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9非晶纳米晶软磁合金粉体为磁性功能填料,采用机械共混的方法制备非晶粉/硅橡胶力敏复合材料。采用自制测试夹具测试非晶粉/硅橡胶复合材料的阻抗值,采用扫描电镜分析非晶粉颗粒形貌及其在硅橡胶基材中分散情况,在此基础上研究了复合材料界面绝缘性、单层与多层叠加复合薄膜、加入导电层及其层数对复合应力阻抗性能的影响。研究结果表明：铜箔作为界面强化导电层的加入是提高复合薄膜力敏特性的有效途径之一,设计实验中的复合薄膜/铜箔/复合薄膜结构相当于聚合物/金属/聚合物三明治多层膜结构,对敏感性具有增强效应。     

多道时间谱仪测量光速

介绍了多道时间谱仪的时间幅度变换原理，描述了谱仪的调试和主要指标的测定，并应用多道时间谱仪测量了光速．     

时间飞行法测量光阱刚度的实验研究

传统的测量光阱刚度的方法如功率谱法是基于微粒的布朗运动,适用于直径范围几百纳米到几微米的微球,在几微米以上并不具有明显优势．本文发展一种时间飞行的方法测量光阱对微球的刚度．该方法是基于跟踪微粒的运动轨迹获得光阱刚度．通过比较不同功率下,不同大小以及不同材料的微球的光阱刚度和误差,结果表明时间飞行法适用于直径范围5—10μm的微球;论文中用功率谱法和均方位移法测量了5μm标准聚苯乙烯小球的光阱刚度与时间飞行法测得的结果作为对比,由于受相机采集速率的影响,所测刚度值比理想值偏高,比较而言,时间飞行法的测量结果更加接近于真实值,对于光阱刚度的快速标定有着重要意义．该方法可以应用在特殊光场分布的激光阱中测量微球的光阱刚度;在实现细胞层次的力学特性测量中它可避免使用微球作为探针,为更深层次研究细胞上的复杂单分子过程提供了一个研究手段．     

The effect of ultrasonic processing on solidification microstructure and heat transfer in stainless steel melt

The heat transfer in the ultrasonic processing of stainless steel melt is studied in this thesis. The temperature field is simulated when the metal melt is treated with and without ultrasound. In order to avoid the erosion of high temperature melt, ultrasound was introduced from the bottom of melt. It is found that the temperature of melt apparently increases when processed with ultrasound, and the greater the ultrasonic power is, the higher the melt temperature will be; ultrasonic processing can reduce the temperature gradient, leading to more uniform temperature distribution in the melt. The solidification speed is obviously brought down due to the introduction of ultrasound during solidification, with the increasing of ultrasonic power, the melt temperature rises and the solidification speed decreases; as without ultrasound, the interface of solid and mushy zone is arc-shaped, so is the interface of liquid and mushy zone, with ultrasound, the interface of solid and mushy zone is still arc-shaped, but the interface of liquid and mushy zone is almost flat. The simulation results of temperature field are verified in experiment, which also indicates that the dendrite growth direction is in accord with thermal flux direction. The effect of ultrasonic treatment, which improves with the increase of treating power, is in a limited area due to the attenuation of ultrasound.     

光电倍增管渡越时间的测量

响应时间为10-9 s的LED灯作为光源,使用MCP-PM T测量系统的固有时间特性,用示波器记录波形并获取时间差,实验测量了俄罗斯CHФ型光电倍增管的渡越时间。     

Measuring the angle of optical rotation with subnanosecond time resolution

A method is presented for measuring the angle of optical rotation in the course of a single pulse of radiation with time resolution better than 0.5 nsec. The method is based on the combination of two data channels on a single photodetector, separated in time by an optical delay line. The feasibility of the method is illustrated by studying the dynamics of the rotation of the plane of polarization of radiation from a pulsed dye laser with an optically active object placed in the resonator.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp. 34–39, September, 1990.     

二次渗滤现象对镍基导电硅橡胶屏蔽性能的影响

通过对镍粉填充RTV硅橡胶的电阻率的测量确定了镍基导电硅橡胶的渗滤值点. 在此基础上 添加不同含量的炭黑，发现了有别于单一导电填料填充两相体系的渗滤值规律，即二次渗滤 现象. 根据导电机理模型推测了二次渗滤现象产生的原因，并对实验结果进行了拟合. 同时 针对高导电硅橡胶的屏蔽性能，发现可用Schelkunoff理论较好地描述其屏蔽效果. 结合二 次渗滤现象，分析了其对屏蔽性能的影响. 关键词： 镍粉 渗滤阈值 二次渗滤现象 导电机理     

The combined effect of temperature of operation and external optical feedback on the turn-on time delay of semiconductor laser diodes

In this paper, the combined effect of temperature of operation (T) and external optical feedback (EOF) on the turn-on time delay (t_on) of semiconductor laser (SLD) is investigated theoretically. General and exact analytical model of t_on in term nonradiative (A), radiative (B) and Auger (C) recombination coefficients, carrier density, injection current (I_inj) and T is derived for the first time. In addition, EOF parameters, i.e. external reflectivity (r_ext) and phase of reflected light (?) is also included. The combined effect of T and EOF on t_on is calculated according to its effect on threshold carrier density (N_th). We show that when SLD operates under the effect of coherent (incoherent) EOF, t_on decreases (increases) as r_ext increases due to decreasing (increasing) of N_th at coherent (incoherent) EOF. Moreover, t_on increases as T increases due to increasing of N_th. Moreover, we identified in operable regions of SLD where the latter fails to operate due to very long t_on.     

Investigation of the performance of an SPR-based optical fiber sensor using finite-difference time domain

Finite-difference time domain (FDTD) method was used to investigate the performance of surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based optical fiber sensors. The results show that the performance of the fiber sensor can be optimized by choosing a proper combination of metal layer thickness of 40–60 nm and residual cladding thickness of 400–500 nm. Furthermore, the roughness effect of the gold surface layering the fiber sensor is significant in rough surfaces when sigma rms is greater than 5 nm or correlation length is lower than 100 nm.     

用图像数字化处理技术测试LED的光参数

由于LED的光比较微弱、体积小,所以在用常规的方法进行测试和使用较大的传感器时,容易产生较大的误差。为此,利用图像数字化处理技术及相应的装置对LED的配光曲线和光通量进行了测试,并介绍了它的基本原理和方法。     

Fabrication of broadband antireflection coatings using broadband optical monitoring mixed with time monitoring

Multi-layer optical coatings with complex spectrum requirements, such as multi-band pass filters, notch filters, and ultra-broadband antireflection coating, which usually contain very thin layers and sensitive layers, are difficult to be fabricated using a quartz crystal monitoring method or a single wavelength optical monitoring system(SWLOMS). In this paper, a broadband antireflection(AR) coating applied in the wavelength range from 800 nm to 1800 nm was designed and deposited by ion beam sputtering(IBS). Ta_2O_5 and Si O_2 were chosen as high and low refractive index coating materials,respectively. The optimized coating structure contains 9 non-quarter-wave(QW) layers totally with ultra-thin layers and sensitive layers in this coating stack. In order to obtain high transmittance, it is very important to realize the thickness accurate control on these thin layers and sensitive layers. A broadband optical monitoring mixed with time monitoring strategy was successfully used to control the layer thickness during the deposition process. At last, the measured transmittance of AR coating is quite close to the theoretical value. A 0.6% variation in short wavelength edge across the central 180 mm diameter is demonstrated. A spectrum shift of less than 0.5% for 2 continuous runs is also presented.     

射线实时成像检测中图像增强方法的研究

以射线实时成像检测系统为研究对像,根据射线实时成像的特点,对其图像预处理部分进行了较为详细的研究,结合射线衰减的特点,提出了使图像灰度与工件厚度变化成线性关系的处理方法;为进一步进行特征提取的需要,设计了模糊变换法,使图像得到有效增强。为提高处理速度,设计了快速变换法。并对以上方法均进行了详细分析并给出了处理结果。实际应用表明,以上方法对射线实时成像图像的处理具有很好的效果。     

门控型像增强器开门时间测量

提出了采用超快激光脉冲与光纤阵列形成的光延时、跟CCD相机相结合的方法,对门控型像增强器进行了开门时间的测量,分析了该测量方法的可行性,建立了门控型像增强器开门时间的测量系统。用该测量方法对超高速光电分幅相机中的门控型像增强器开门时间进行了测量,得到了10,20,30,50 ns档开门时间的实验图片,与所加的快高压脉冲时间12.50,18.50,28.75,48.60 ns相比较,开门时间的测量精度得到了提高,该测量方法可用于超高速光电分幅相机曝光时间的标定。