铁磁形状记忆合金Ni52.2Mn23.8Ga24的马氏体相变及其物理表征

对Ni52.2Mn23.8Ga24的单晶样品在马氏体相变过程中的相变潜热、磁性、电阻以及应变等物理序参量进行了测量.测量结果表明:不同的物理机制表征的相变温度有所不同.利用马氏体相变的GT关系予以分析,解释了不同测量方法获得的相变温度差别的原因.研究指出,Heusler合金Ni2MnGa的相变是分布晶格畸变类型,磁结构的变化发生在第二步晶格的非均匀切变,但相变应变与GT模型有区别. 关键词： 马氏体相变 Ni52.2Mn23.8Ga24     

The Effect of Post Hot Compaction on Crystallinity and Thermal Behavior of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fiber Laminates

Thermal compacting of previously prepared ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber laminates can raise its melting temperature and crystallinity. In this article, thermal shrinkage and the effect of post hot compaction on a commercial UHMWPE fiber laminate at various temperatures was investigated. The temperature range of post hot compaction was between 115 and 145°C, while other processing parameters like pressure, time, and cooling rate were kept constant during compaction. The shrinkage of the fiber laminates increased slowly up to 138°C; as soon as the temperature passed 140°C, the shrinkage increased rapidly and reached its maximum value very quickly. The crystallinity of the fiber laminates increased with rising temperature up to 135°C, then decreased at 145°C.     

Coarsening in Sintering: Grain Shape Distribution,Grain Size Distribution,and Grain Growth Kinetics in Solid-Pore Systems

Sintering occurs when packed particles are heated to a temperature where there is sufficient atomic motion to grow bonds between the particles. The conditions that induce sintering depend on the material, its melting temperature, particle size, and a host of processing variables. It is common for sintering to produce a dimensional change, typically shrinkage, where the powder compact densifies, leading to significant strengthening. Microstructure coarsening is inherent to sintering, most evident as grain growth, but it is common for pore growth to occur as density increases. During coarsening, the grain structure converges to a self-similar character seen in both the grain shape distribution and grain size distribution. Coarsening behavior during sintering conforms to classic grain growth kinetics, modified to reflect the evolving microstructure. These modifications involve the grain boundary coverage due to pores, liquid films, or second phases and the altered grain boundary mobility due to these phases. The mass transport rates associated with each of these interfaces are different, with different temperature and composition dependencies. Hence, the coarsening rate during sintering is not constant, but changes with the evolving microstructure. Core aspects treated in this review include models for coarsening, grain shape, grain size distribution, and how pores, liquids, dispersoids, and other phases determine microstructure coarsening during sintering.     

Sonochemical degradation of martius yellow dye in aqueous solution

The sonolytic degradation of the textile dye martius yellow, also known as either naphthol yellow or acid orange 24, was studied at various initial concentrations in water. The degradation of the dye followed first-order kinetics under the conditions examined. Based on gas chromatographic results and sonoluminescence measurements of sonicated aqueous solutions of the dye, it is concluded that pyrolysis does not play a significant role in its degradation. The chromatographic identification of hydroxy added species indicates that an OH radical induced reaction is the main degradation pathway of the dye. Considering the non-volatility and surface activity of the dye, the degradation of the dye most probably takes place at the bubble/solution interface. The quantitative and qualitative formation of the degradation intermediates and final products were monitored using HPLC and ESMS. The analytical results suggest that the sonolytic degradation of the dye proceeds via hydroxylation of the aryl ring and also by C-N bond cleavage of the chromophoric ring, either through OH radical attack or through another unidentified process. The identification of various intermediates and end products also imply that the degradation of martius yellow proceeds through multiple reaction pathways. Total organic carbon (TOC) analyses of the dye solutions at various times following sonication revealed that sonolysis was effective in the initial degradation of the parent dye but very slow in achieving mineralization. The slow rate of mineralization is likely to be due to the inability of many of the intermediate products such as, the carboxylic acids, to accumulate at the bubble (air/water) interface and undergo decomposition due to their high water solubility (low surface activity).     

Shrinkage of freeze-dried cryosections of cells: Investigations by EFTEM and cryo-CLEM

Freeze-drying of cryosections of cells or tissues is considered to be the most efficient preparation for microanalysis purpose related to transmission electron microscopy. It allows the measurements of ions and water contents at the ultrastructural level. However an important drawback is associated to freeze-drying: the shrinkage of the cryosections. The aim of this paper is the investigation of this phenomenon by means of three different methods applied to both hydrated and dehydrated cryosections: direct distance measurements on fiducial points, thickness measurements by energy filtered transmission microscopy (EFTEM) and cryo-correlative light electron microscopy (cryo-CLEM). Measurements in our experimental conditions reveal a lateral shrinkage around 10% but the most important result concerns the lack of differential shrinkage between most of the cellular compartments.     

Self degradation of polymer electrolyte based dye-sensitized solar cells and their remedy

Self degradation of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) has been observed due to shrinkage of the polymer electrolytes at room temperature with a relatively high humidity atmosphere. The cell efficiency has also shown to depend on the shrinkage of the polymer. The actual interface area between the polymer electrolyte and the dye soaked nanoporous TiO₂ electrode has been observed to become reduced for alkali salt complexed poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) polymer electrolyte. This problem can relatively easily be reduced by two step casting and by incorporating ionic liquids in the polymer electrolyte. A possible reason has been sought as the reduced crystallinity and growth of spherulites in the polymer matrix.     

Nonisothermal Degradation Kinetics and Life Prediction of the Pendent Phenyl-Containing Polyarylate

The nonisothermal degradation kinetics of a pendent phenyl-containing polyarylate (PAR-P)were studied using different kinetic models, including the Kissinger method, Flynn–Wall–Ozawa (FWO) method, and Coats–Redfern (CR) method. The “three kinetic factors” of degradation, namely, activation energy (E), pre-exponential factor (A), and the reaction mechanism function (f(α)) were determined by these methods. Moreover, the lifetime equations of PAR-P were deduced, and its lifetime was predicted. The Kissinger method could be used to describe the nonisothermal degradation of PAR-P, and the results indicated that PAR-P could be degraded more easily in air than in nitrogen. The FWO method was expected to give more reliable values of the activation energy (209.71 kJ·mol^?1 in nitrogen and 176.22 kJ·mol^?1 in air) due to not having to introduce the reaction mechanism function during the calculation. According to the results of the CR method, the thermal degradation reaction mechanism was probably the R1 model in nitrogen, while it was likely to be the F2 model in air. The long-term and short-term use temperatures of PAR-P in air were 260°C and 300°C, respectively. The lifetime of PAR-P in nitrogen was much longer than that in air at low temperature, but had little difference when the use temperature exceeded 260°C. Although the lifetime of PAR-P obtained from the present work was unrealistic due to probable contributions from other unconsidered factors and being determined by a single factor method, it still could play a guiding role for designing the structure and determining the use conditions of the material.     

Protein Renaturation in the Gelatin Film Formation Process

The protein collagen is found in gelatin films in its native (crystalline) phase or in its denaturated (amorphous) phase. The denaturated collagen in gelatin undergoes partial renaturation during the process of film formation from solution at room temperature. It is of particular interest to identify the timescale when the structure of the native collagen is restored in the process of the film formation. The present study demonstrates that using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and calorimetric methods in controlled stages of the film formation, it is possible to follow the renaturation transition of collagen during this process. The signature of the transition from the random coil to the collagen-like partial triple-helix structure is observed through the linewidth parameter of the NMR spectra which is further complemented by a differential scanning calorimetry study.     

Kinetics and mechanisms of the sonolytic destruction of non-volatile organic compounds: investigation of the sonochemical reaction zone using several OH* monitoring techniques

This study investigates the sonolytic degradation mechanism of non-volatile organic compounds and reaction sites for its degradation using various tools that allow OH* to be monitored, such as: the spin-trapping method of OH* detection using non-volatile nitrone trap 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide (DMPO), the hydrogen peroxide analytical methods and the p-chlorobenzoic acid (pCBA)-probe method. These methods can successfully monitor OH* produced during sonochemical processes, and identify the major reaction sites involving OH* of the three proposed reaction zones--within the cavity, in the bulk solution, and at the gas-liquid interfacial (shell) region. The patterns of hydrogen peroxide accumulation under the various conditions suggest that peroxides pre-form at the interfacial region, but the self-scavenging reaction by hydrogen peroxide simultaneously takes place in the same region. The simultaneously measured peroxide concentration, in the absence and presence of DMPO, and that of the DMPO-OH adduct indicated the peroxide production and DMPO-OH adduct formation reaction occur at the shell region. The sonolytic destruction efficiency of ultrasound coupled with Fe(II) has been also investigated. The coupled Fe(II)/ultrasound process was found to enhance the OH* production rate by 70% compared to the ultrasound process alone due to the reaction of Fe(II) with sonochemically produced hydrogen peroxide (Fenton's reaction). This accelerated reaction was also found to occur at the shell region rather than in the bulk solution. The enhancement effect of Fe(II)/ultrasound was also examined using pCBA as a probe. 2.8-fold and 3.6-fold increases of the pCBA degradation rate were observed at Fe(II) concentrations of 10 and 20 microM, respectively.     

Compressed Sensing MRI Using Sparsity Averaging and FISTA

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely adopted for clinical diagnosis due to its non-invasively detection. However, acquisition of full k-space data limits its imaging speed. Compressed sensing (CS) provides a new technique to significantly reduce the measurements with high-quality MR image reconstruction. The sparsity of the MR images is one of the crucial bases of CS-MRI. In this paper, we present to use sparsity averaging prior for CS-MRI reconstruction in the basis of that MR images have average sparsity over multiple wavelet frames. The problem is solved using a Fast Iterative Shrinkage Thresholding Algorithm (FISTA), each iteration of which includes a shrinkage step. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated for several types of MR images. The experiment results illustrate that our approach exhibits a better performance than those methods that using redundant frame or a single orthonormal basis to promote sparsity.     

Latent-Crimp Behavior of PET/PTT Elastomultiester and a Concise Interpretation

The latent-crimp behavior of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)/poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) elastomultiester was investigated by comparing the crimp state before and after annealing at different temperatures. Both the work of crimp extension and the work of crimp retraction in a multicycle tensile-recovery action are introduced to characterize the crimp transition. The variations of the work with the number of cycles and the ultimate work ratio were analyzed by a nonlinear fitting method to find some relation with the annealing temperature, and the morphological changes of the crimp were observed. The governing mechanism for crimp development was also studied by contrasting the shrinkage behaviors of PET/PTT, with PET and PTT single-component filaments. Two criteria were applied to determine the optimum temperature for PET/PTT to fully develop its crimp, and the results were only slightly different. Finally, isothermal shrinkage kinetic measurements were also performed to find a proper annealing duration for PET/PTT at an optimum temperature.     

Morphology and bilayer integrity of small liposomes during aerosol generation by air-jet nebulisation

Small liposome suspensions (hydrodynamic diameter, 80–130 nm) were nebulised, and the resulting changes in morphology and bilayer integrity were found to be related to surface properties controlled by bilayer composition. Four separate liposome compositions (or liposome types) were investigated using three different phospholipids with unique properties. Morphological changes were studied using light scattering and imaging of liposomes before and after nebulisation, and structural integrity was investigated on the basis of the retention of an encapsulated dye (probe molecule). Nebulisation generated droplets contained liposomes. The liposome particles generated on droplet evaporation had a hollow structure as evidenced by electron imaging, indicating that the lipid bilayer does not collapse on evaporation. The particles of all compositions had mobility diameters between 50 and 90 nm, 1.4–1.6 times smaller than their diameters (hydrodynamic) measured before nebulisation, implying considerable volume shrinkage. Liposomes that had polymer-conjugated lipids covering their external surface underwent aggregation during nebulisation, evidenced by increased diameter after nebulisation. Incorporation of charged lipids reduced nebulisation-induced aggregation, but induced greater membrane rupture during aerosol generation, causing leakage of encapsulated probe molecules. Incorporation of both cholesterol and charged lipids prevented aggregation, but also preserved bilayer integrity, evidenced by the maximum retention of encapsulated dye observed in these conditions (>85%). The findings suggest that liposome bilayer composition can be manipulated to improve the efficiency of liposome aerosol delivery.     

Optical Bragg,atomic Bragg and cavity QED detections of quantum phases and excitation spectra of ultracold atoms in bipartite and frustrated optical lattices

Ultracold atoms loaded on optical lattices can provide unprecedented experimental systems for the quantum simulations and manipulations of many quantum phases and quantum phase transitions between these phases. However, so far, how to detect these quantum phases and phase transitions effectively remains an outstanding challenge. In this paper, we will develop a systematic and unified theory of using the optical Bragg scattering, atomic Bragg scattering or cavity QED to detect the ground state and the excitation spectrum of many quantum phases of interacting bosons loaded in bipartite and frustrated optical lattices. The physically measurable quantities of the three experiments are the light scattering cross sections, the atom scattered clouds and the cavity leaking photons respectively. We show that the two photon Raman transition processes in the three detection methods not only couple to the density order parameter, but also the valence bond order parameter due to the hopping of the bosons on the lattice. This valence bond order coupling is very sensitive to any superfluid order or any valence bond (VB) order in the quantum phases to be probed. These quantum phases include not only the well-known superfluid and Mott insulating phases, but also other important phases such as various kinds of charge density waves (CDW), valence bond solids (VBS), and CDW-VBS phases with both CDW and VBS orders unique to frustrated lattices, and also various kinds of supersolids. We analyze respectively the experimental conditions of the three detection methods to probe these various quantum phases and their corresponding excitation spectra. We also address the effects of a finite temperature and a harmonic trap. We contrast the three scattering methods with recent in situ measurements inside a harmonic trap and argue that the two kinds of measurements are complementary to each other. The combination of both kinds of detection methods could be used to match the combination of Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), the Angle Resolved Photo Emission spectroscopy (ARPES) and neutron scattering in condensed matter systems, therefore achieve the putative goals of quantum simulations     

用布喇格光纤光栅传感器测定口腔复合树脂材料光固化收缩与温度演化特性

复合树脂材料已成为重要的牙齿美容修复材料.本文利用两种布喇格光纤光栅传感器测定了口腔复合树脂材料在光固化过程中的收缩与温度演化特性.一种为普通的光纤布喇格光栅,另一种为经过了化学镀镍的光纤布喇格光栅,同时埋入复合树脂样品中,用光照射使其固化,测得光纤布喇格光栅在固化过程中温度和应力随时间的演化曲线.实验结果表明,在光固化过程中,因为聚合反应,树脂产生了强烈的收缩应力和温度变化.掌握复合树脂的光固化收缩特性和温度变化特性对不断改良材料性能以及优化口腔材料的治疗效果具有实际意义.     

用布喇格光纤光栅传感器测定口腔复合树脂材料光固化收缩与温度演化特性

复合树脂材料已成为重要的牙齿美容修复材料.本文利用两种布喇格光纤光栅传感器测定了口腔复合树脂材料在光固化过程中的收缩与温度演化特性.一种为普通的光纤布喇格光栅,另一种为经过了化学镀镍的光纤布喇格光栅,同时埋入复合树脂样品中,用光照射使其固化,测得光纤布喇格光栅在固化过程中温度和应力随时间的演化曲线.实验结果表明,在光固化过程中,因为聚合反应,树脂产生了强烈的收缩应力和温度变化.掌握复合树脂的光固化收缩特性和温度变化特性对不断改良材料性能以及优化口腔材料的治疗效果具有实际意义.     

Local correlation of current density,radiant emittance and temperature within GaAsP light-emitting diodes

Two experimental methods are described which allow local and temporal investigations of radiant emittance and temperature within the active area of GaAsP lightemitting diodes. Resolution is in the order of 1 μm and 10 μs, respectively. The measurements are correlated with theoretical calculations of the local current density. Non-uniformity and saturation are observed under pulsed operating conditions. The results demonstrate the importance of local measurements, especially in the case of degradation studies, where current density and temperature are supposed to play a major role.     

Sintering in Cu-Al powders

Various methods of examination have been applied to Cu-Al alloys (10 at. % Al) during sintering over a wide temperature range. The density change is found to result from balance between shrinkage and volume growth.     

Molecular dynamics simulations of aggregation of copper nanoparticles with different heating rates

Molecular dynamics simulations were employed to investigate the heating rates’ effect on aggregation of two copper nanoparticles. The aggregation can be distinguished into three distinct regimes by the contacting and melting of nanoparticles. The nanoparticles contacting at a lower temperature during the sintering with lower heating rate, meanwhile, some temporary stacking fault exists at the contacting neck. The aggregation properties of the system, i.e. neck diameter, shrinkage ratio, potential energy, mean square displacement (MSD) and relative gyration radius, experience drastic changes due to the free surface annihilation. After the nanoparticles coalesced for a stable period, the shrinkage ratio, MSD, relative gyration radius and neck diameter of the system are dramatically changed during the melting process. It is shown that the shrinkage ratio and MSD have relative larger increasing ratio for a lower heating rate. While the evolution of the relative gyration radius and neck diameter is only sensitive to the temperature.     

A Study of the Thermal Hysteresis in AgNO3

The reversible phase transformation of AgNO₃ is studied. Dielectric constant, d.c. resistivity, differential thermal analysis (DTA) and dilatometric measurements show the occurrence of a reversible phase transition II→I at 160°C with heat of transformation H = 0.78 kcal/mol. The thermal hysteresis in this reversible transformation is examined, the magnitude of the temperature hysteresis does not exceed 12°C. An acceptable agreement is observed between the measured values of the transition temperature obtained by three different experimental techniques. The dilatometric analysis shows that this transition is accompanied by thermal shrinkage with relative shrinkage coefficient 8 × 10^?4. Thermal analysis are also used to get thermodynamic and kinetic data of this phase transition. The temperature dependence of the dielectric constant and d.c. resistivity for single crystals as well as polycrystalline samples of AgNO₃ have clearly located and confirm the phase transitions II→I→II with a strong support to its thermal hysteresis character. The conduction mechanism is found to be activated by energy 0.12 eV for phase I and 0.36 eV for phase II. The observed thermal behaviour of the various measured parameters is attributed to orientational disorder of the nitrate group leading to an order-disorder phase transition which is reported here for first time in AgNO₃.