Transition to Film Boiling in Microgravity： Influence of Subcooling

The transition process to film pool boiling in microgravity is studied experimentally aboard the Chinese recoverable satellite S J-8. A quasi-steady heating method is adopted, in which the heating voltage is controlled to increase exponentially with time. Small, primary bubbles are formed and slid on the surface, which coalesce with each other to form a large coalesced bubble. Two ways are observed for the transition from nucleate to film boiling at different subcoolings. At high subcooling, the coalesced bubble with a smooth surface grows slowly. It is then difficult for the coalesced bubble to cover the whole heater surface, resulting in a special region of transition boiling in which nucleate boiling and local dry areas can coexist. In contrast, strong oscillation of the coalesced bubble surface at low subcooling may cause rewetting of local dry areas and activation of more nucleate sites, resulting in an abrupt transition to film boiling.     

The engineering of doxorubicin-loaded liposome-quantum dot hybrids for cancer theranostics

In the fabrication of phase change random access memory(PRAM) devices, high temperature thermal processes are inevitable. We investigate the thermal stability of Ge2Sb2Te5(GST) which is a prototypical phase change material. After high temperature process, voids of phase change material exist at the interface between Ge2Sb2Te5 and substrate in the initial open memory cell. This lower region of Ge2Sb2Te5 is found to be a Te-rich phase change layer. Phase change memory devices are fabricated in different process conditions and examined by scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray. It is found that hot-chuck process, nitrogen-doping process, and lower temperature inter-metal dielectric(IMD) deposition process can ease the thermal impact of line-GST PRAM cell.     

Microstructure on Surface of LiNbO3：Fe Induced by a Single Ultra—Short Laser Pulse

A tightly focused femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser pulse is used to initiate micro-explosions on the surface and internal to an Fe:LiNb03 crystal. The resulting structure is morphologically different from that induced in an isotropic sample such as fused silica. The regular pyramid and irregular pyramid craters on the surface of the sample are produced at different positions of focal points. The craters suggest vaporization of materials in the process of micro-explosion due to the expansion of high temperature plasma. The embossment pyramids on the surface present the dynamical process of large volume material displacements under high temperature and pressure, and recrystallization of anisotropy crystal materials.     

Size-dependent thermal stresses in the core–shell nanoparticles

The thermal stress in a magnetic core–shell nanoparticle during a thermal process is an important parameter to be known and controlled in the magnetization process of the core–shell system. In this paper we analyze the stress that appears in a core–shell nanoparticle subjected to a cooling process. The external surface temperature of the system, considered in equilibrium at room temperature, is instantly reduced to a target temperature. The thermal evolution of the system in time and the induced stress are studied using an analytical model based on a time-dependent heat conduction equation and a differential displacement equation in the formalism of elastic displacements. The source of internal stress is the difference in contraction between core and shell materials due to the temperature change. The thermal stress decreases in time and is minimized when the system reaches the thermal equilibrium. The radial and azimuthal stress components depend on system geometry, material properties, and initial and final temperatures. The magnitude of the stress changes the magnetic state of the core–shell system. For some materials, the values of the thermal stresses are larger than their specific elastic limits and the materials begin to deform plastically in the cooling process. The presence of the induced anisotropy due to the plastic deformation modifies the magnetic domain structure and the magnetic behavior of the system.     

Structures of surface—and bulk—dispersion phases of NiO／Al2O3

The structural features of surface-disperison and bulk-dispersion states of NiO on/in γ-Al2O3 have been studied by x-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) in combination with x-ray diffraction(XRD) and XPS.The results obtained from XRD and XAFS show that surface and buld dispersions of Ni^2 ions need different conditions and have different diffraction features and different corrdination structures.In both the surace-dispersion phase and the solid solution,Ni^2 ions seem to prefer to keep the coordination mode in NiO,which is quite different from that in the stoichioetric spinel.The Ni/Ai intensity ratios of XPS at different etching depths of samples have a maximum and the distribution of Ni^2 ions in the solid solution is not homogeneous.Both it and the coordination features provide evidence of the transition process of dispersing from surface to bulk.Copyright 2001 John Wiley and Sons,Ltd.     

Molecular dynamics simulation of surface melting behaviours of the V（110） plane

The modified analytic embedded-atom method and molecular dynamics simulations are applied to the investigation of the surface premelting and melting behaviours of the V（110） plane by calculating the interlayer relaxation, the layer structure factor and atomic snapshots in this paper. The results obtained indicate that the premelting phenomenon occurs on the V（110） surface at about 1800K and then a liquid-like layer, which approximately keeps the same thickness up to 2020K, emerges on it. We discover that the temperature 2020K the V（110） surface starts to melt and is in a completely disordered state at the temperature of 2140K under the melting point for the bulk vanadium.     

Ion pickup by intrinsic low-frequency Alfven waves with a spectrum

<正>Ion pickup by a monochromatic low-frequency Alfven wave,which propagates along the background magnetic field,has recently been investigated in a low beta plasma(Lu and Li 2007 Phys.Plasmas 14 042303).In this paper, the monochromatic Alfven wave is generalized to a spectrum of Alfven waves with random phase.It finds that the process of ion pickup can be divided into two stages.First,ions are picked up in the transverse direction,and then phase difference(randomization) between ions due to their different parallel thermal motions leads to heating of the ions.The heating is dominant in the direction perpendicular to the background magnetic field.The temperatures of the ions at the asymptotic stage do not depend on individual waves in the spectrum,but are determined by the total amplitude of the waves.The effect of the initial ion bulk flow in the parallel direction on the heating is also considered in this paper.     

Pressure Effects on Solid State Phase Transformation of Aluminium Bronze in Cooling Process

Effects of high pressure （6 CPa） on the solid state phase transformation kinetic parameters of aluminum bronze during the cooling process axe investigated, based on the measurement and calculation of its solid state phase transformation temperature, duration and activation energy and the observation of its microstructures. The results show that high pressure treatment can reduce the solid phase transformation temperature and activation energy in the cooling process and can shorten the phase transformation duration, which is favorable when forming fine-grained aluminum bronze.     

Local Heating Effect of Flow Past a Circular Cylinder

Heating effects of air flows past a two-dimensional circular cylinder at low Reynolds numbers and low Mach numbers are investigated by numerical simulation. The cylinder wall is heated partially rather than heated on the whole surface as with previous researches. The heating effects are completely different for various heating locations on the cylinder surface. Heating either windward or leeward side stabilizes the flow and reduces or completely suppresses vortex shedding from the cylinder at supercritical Reynolds numbers, which is consistent with previous results of heating on the whole surface of the cylinder. However, as the lateral sides of the cylinder （perpendicular to the stream-wise direction） are heated, an adverse effect is found for the first time in that the flow is destabilized and vortex shedding can be excited at subcritical Reynolds numbers. As the lateral sides of the cylinder are cooled, the flow is stabilized.     

A high-pressure study of PbCO3 by XRD and Raman spectroscopy

The pressure-induced phase transitions of PbCO3 are studied using synchrotron radiation in a diamond anvil cell at room temperature. The XRD measurement indicates that PbCO3 with an initial phase of aragonite-type structure undergoes two phase transitions at ～7.8GPa and ～15.7GPa respectively. The higher-pressure phase appearing at ～ 15.7GPa is stable up to 51.8GPa. The two phase transitions are further confirmed by Raman scattering up to 23.3GPa. During the decompression process, the high-pressure phases of PbCO3 are gradually recovered to the starting aragonite-type structure, but exhibit some hysteresis. The bulk modulus B0 of the aragonite-type structure is obtained to be 63±(3) GPa by fitting the volume-pressure data to the Birch-Murnaghan equation of states with B0 fixed to 4.     

Microscopic structure of the wetting film at the surface of liquid Ga-Bi alloys

X-ray reflectivity measurements of the binary liquid Ga-Bi alloy reveal a dramatically different surface structure above and below the monotectic temperature T(mono) = 222 degrees C. A Gibbs-adsorbed Bi monolayer resides at the surface in both regimes. However, a 30 A thick, Bi-rich wetting film intrudes between the Bi monolayer and the Ga-rich bulk for T>T(mono). The wetting film's internal structure, not hitherto measured, is determined with A resolution, showing a concentration gradient not predicted by theory and a highly diffuse interface with the bulk phase.     

As-rich (2 × 2) surface reconstruction on GaAs(111)A

The atomic structures and the formation processes of the Ga- and As-rich (2×2) reconstructions on GaAs(111)A have been studied. The Ga-rich (2×2) structure is formed by heating the As-rich (2×2) phase, but the reverse change hardly occurs by cooling the Ga-rich surface under the As₂ flux. Only when the Ga-rich (2×2) surface covered with amorphous As layers was thermally annealed, the As-rich (2×2) surface is formed. The As-rich (2×2) surface consists of As trimers located at a fourfold atop site of the outermost Ga layer, in which the rest-site Ga atom is replaced by the As atom.     

利用微悬臂梁表面应力研究聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺分子的构象转变

提出了一种基于微悬臂梁传感技术研究大分子折叠/构象转变的新方法.通过分子自组装的方法将热敏性的聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(PNIPAM)分子链修饰到微悬臂梁的单侧表面，用光杠杆技术检测温度在20—40℃之间变化时由于微悬臂梁上的PNIPAM分子在水中的构象转变所引起的微悬臂梁变形.实验结果显示：在升温过程中，微悬臂梁的表面应力发生了变化并且导致微悬臂梁产生了弯曲变形，这个过程对应着微悬臂梁上的PNIPAM分子从无规线团构象到塌缩小球构象的构象转变.在降温过程中，微悬臂梁发生了反方向的弯曲变形，这对应着PNIPA 关键词： 构象转变 聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺分子链 表面应力 微悬臂梁     

高温原位拉曼光谱研究BiFeO3陶瓷反应烧结相变过程

多铁性材料BiFeO3(BFO)由于具有潜在的磁电耦合效应而备受关注,但纯相陶瓷的制备始终是一个难点,部分原因在于对其反应烧结相变规律的认识尚不充分。高温原位拉曼光谱技术(HT-Raman)是表征复杂的固体相变及反应的有力手段。首次利用HT-Raman,研究了不同配比(1∶1, 1.03∶1和1.05∶1)的Bi2O3-Fe2O3在不同升降温速率(10和100℃·min-1)下的反应烧结相变过程,以及降温时反应产物的收缩效应。结果表明:Bi2O3-Fe2O3反应烧结生成BiFeO3的过程中,会产生中间过渡相Bi2Fe4O9和Bi25FeO39∶Bi2O3-Fe2O3配比为1.03∶1、升降温速率较快时,产物中杂相含量最少,可见Bi过量及较快的升降温速率能有效抑制杂相的生成。降温过程中,发现BFO的A1-1峰位随着温度降低发生蓝移,且二者呈良好的线性关系,这说明降温过程中BFO仅因温度变化产生晶格收缩,并没有结构相变。此外,还利用二维X射线衍射(2D-XRD)及背散射电子衍射(EBSD),表征了烧结产物的相组成及形貌。XRD结果也显示Bi过量时杂相含量较少,与拉曼结果一致。结合2D-XRD和EBSD的结果可知, Bi过量时烧结产物晶粒尺寸较大且均一,可见快速升降温有利于晶粒的成核与生长。研究结果可帮助进一步认清反应烧结规律,并指导纯相BiFeO3基陶瓷的制备。     

大冷量相变喷雾冷却的实验研究

相变喷雾冷却具有很高的换热效率和临界热流密度,为了获得大冷量相变喷雾冷却特性,文中设计并搭建了开式喷雾冷却性能实验台,采用R22制冷剂开展了大热流密度喷雾冷却特性的实验研究,详细研究了不同喷嘴入口压力、不同喷雾高度以及不同加热功率下R22的喷雾相变冷却效果。实验结果的分析表明:采用R22时最高热流密度可达到150W.cm-2,其对应的被冷却表面温度为-29.0℃,具有高热流密度及低冷却表面温度的显著特点;实验还从一定程度上揭示了喷嘴高度和喷嘴入口压力对R22喷雾冷却效果的影响。     

温度对AZO薄膜红外辐射性能的影响

随着全球资源的减少和环境的恶化,节能减排已成为人们关注的焦点,具有保温隔热功能的低辐射玻璃成为研究的热点。提高玻璃保温隔热性能最有效的方法就是在其表面涂覆低辐射率层。原材料丰富、导电性能好、可见光透过率高等优势使得Al掺杂ZnO (AZO)薄膜成为最具潜力的低辐射率层。系统研究了温度对AZO薄膜红外辐射性能的影响,分析了变化机理。首先研究了在一定的温度下持续一段时间后,AZO薄膜的红外比辐射率的变化情况。然后研究了在变温环境中红外比辐射率的变化情况。采用直流磁控溅射法在室温下玻璃基片上沉积500 nm厚的AZO薄膜,将薄膜放到马弗炉中进行热处理,在100～400 ℃空气气氛下保温1 h,随炉冷却。采用X射线衍射仪对AZO薄膜进行物相分析,采用扫描电子显微镜观察薄膜表面形貌变化。利用四探针测试法测量AZO薄膜的电阻率,采用红外比辐射率测试仪测试薄膜红外比辐射率, 可见分光光度计测量可见光谱。测试的结果表明,薄膜热处理前后均为六角纤锌矿结构,(002)择优取向。300 ℃及以下热处理1 h后,(002)衍射峰增强,半高宽变窄,晶粒尺寸长大。随着热处理温度的升高,薄膜的电阻率先减小后增大,200 ℃热处理后的薄膜具有最小的电阻率(0.9×10-3 Ω·cm)。热处理温度升高,晶粒长大使得薄膜电阻率降低。热处理温度过高,薄膜会从空气中吸收氧,电阻率下降。薄膜的红外比辐射率变化趋势和电阻率的一致,在200 ℃热处理后获得最小值(0.48)。自由电子对红外光子有较强的反射作用,当电阻率低,自由电子浓度高的时候,更多的红外光子被反射,红外辐射作用弱,红外比辐射率小。薄膜的可见光透过率随着热处理温度的升高先减小后增大,200 ℃热处理后的薄膜的可见光透过率最小,但仍高达82%。这种变化是由于自由电子浓度变化引起的,自由电子对可见光有很强的反射作用。选取未热处理和200 ℃热处理后的样品进行变温红外比辐射率的测量,将样品放在可加热的样品台上,位置固定,在室温到350 ℃的升温和降温过程中每隔25 ℃测量一次红外比辐射率,结果表明,在室温到350 ℃的温度范围内,AZO薄膜的红外比辐射率在升温过程中随着温度的上升而增大,在降温过程中减小,经过整个升、降温过程后,薄膜的红外比辐射率增大。     

环丁醇温致相变的原位拉曼光谱研究

采用拉曼光谱和红外光谱解析了常温条件下环丁醇的各个振动模式及其与分子构象间的关联,结果表明液态环丁醇以赤道–反式构象为主,并含有少量的赤道间扭式构象。在此基础上结合差示扫描量热技术和变温拉曼光谱,原位研究了环丁醇的温致相变过程和分子构象随温度的变化。结果表明,冷却至140 K的过程中,环丁醇并未结晶固化,而是保持亚稳定的无序液体状态,即出现过冷现象,继续降温至138 K出现玻璃化转变。升温过程中,在170 K时出现放热峰,同时有新的拉曼峰出现,并且拉曼峰的半高宽和强度发生明显的突变,表明环丁醇由无序结构转变为有序的结晶相。因此,我们获得了环丁醇的温致相变序列： 液态→过冷液体→玻璃态→结晶态→液态。通过对环丁醇不同分子构象的拉曼特征峰的定量分析,证实环丁醇在降温过程中,反式构象和间扭式构象的比例未发生明显改变,即没有发生构象变化。然而升温时,伴随170 K时结晶态的转变,反式构象特征峰的相对强度减小,表明部分分子由赤道–反式构象转变为赤道–间扭式构象。该研究结果对进一步理解和研究其他有机小分子的温致相变和构象变化具有指导意义。     

Electrical resistivity of liquid Bi–Sb alloys

The electrical resistivities of liquid Bi–Sb alloys have been measured by DC four-probe method within Bi-rich composition through a wide temperature range. The distinct anomaly of a hump shape was observed on resistivity–temperature (ρndash;T) curves for liquid Bi–Sb alloys on heating at the relatively high temperatures. These anomalies have revealed the temperature-induced liquid–liquid phase transition in Bi–Sb melts. The DSC results for BiSb20wt% alloy further prove the existence of liquid–liquid transition. Measuring the ρ–T curves first on heating and then on cooling we have found that on cooling the ρ–T curve remained linear. It means that the postulated liquid–liquid transition may be irreversible.     

Temperature mapping in a two-phase water-steam horizontal flow

This experimental study focuses on the investigation of a flow boiling that occurs during the cooling process of a high temperature heated horizontal channel. Unpressurized water is used as working fluid. An intrusive thermally instrumented cell enables the phase change to be detected at different positions inside the channel. Alongside, welded thermocouples on the external wall of the channel give information about the influence of the phase change. Several cooling flowrates are tested in order to study their influence on the phase change duration. Finally, experimental results are compared to numerical simulations to determine some characteristic parameters as bulk temperature and heat transfer coefficient.     

Repetitive laser pulse heating analysis: Pulse parameter variation effects on closed form solution

Laser conduction limited heating finds wide application in surface processing industry. Modelling of the heating process gives insight into the physical processes involved in conduction limited heating. Moreover, analytical solutions provide functional relation among the parameters that influence the heating process. In the present study, repetitive laser pulse heating of a solid substrate is considered. A closed form solution for the temperature rise including the cooling cycle is obtained using a Laplace transformation method. It is found that the results obtained from the closed form solution agree well with the numerical predictions. The maximum surface temperature rises rapidly once the cooling period between the consecutive pulses reduces.