金纳米棒表面等离子体共振瑞利散射能量转移光谱测定痕量硼

硼是一种生命体必需的微量元素,但过量的硼对人体以及动植物有害。建立一种高灵敏度,高选择性以及简便的硼检测方法,对于环境和人类健康都具有很重要的意义。本研究的目的是建立一种简便,灵敏,选择性测定硼的金纳米棒等离子体共振瑞利散射能量转移光谱新方法。直径为12 nm, 长度为37 nm的金纳米棒采用种子生长法制备。在pH 5.6的NH₄Ac-HAc的缓冲溶液中和甲亚胺-H存在下,金纳米棒在404 nm处产生较强的共振瑞利散射峰。当体系中存在硼酸时,硼酸与甲亚胺-H形成硼酸-甲亚胺-H配合物。作为散射受体的配合物与散射共振能量转移的给体纳金米棒靠近时,发生瑞利散射共振能量转移,导致瑞利散射信号猝灭。随着硼酸浓度的增加,形成的配合物增加,金纳米棒转移给黄色配合物的散射光能量增大,导致体系404 nm处的瑞利散射强度线性降低。其降低值ΔI_{404 nm}与硼的浓度在10～750 ng·mL-1范围内呈良好的线性关系。考察了共存物质对该法测定2.3×10-7 mol·L-1 B的干扰情况。结果表明该法具有较高的选择性,即4×10-4 mol·L-1的Mn2+,Cd2+,Zn2+,Bi3+,Na+,Al3+,葡萄糖,Hg2+,IO-₃,F-,SO2-₄,SiO2-₃,NO-₃,ClO-₄,过氧化氢等对硼的测定无干扰。据此建立了一个灵敏度高,选择性好,简便快速检测硼的瑞利散射共振能量转移新方法。     

The relative effects of particles and turbulence on acoustic scattering from deep-sea hydrothermal vent plumes

Acoustic methods are applied to the investigation and monitoring of a vigorous hydrothermal plume within the Main Endeavor vent field at the Endeavor segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Forward propagation and scattering from suspended particulates using Rayleigh scattering theory is shown to be negligible (log-amplitude variance σ(χ) (2)~10(-7)) compared to turbulence induced by temperature fluctuations (σ(χ) (2)~0.1). The backscattering from turbulence is then quantified using the forward scattering derived turbulence level, which gives a volume backscattering strength of s(V)=6.5 × 10(-8) m(-1). The volume backscattering cross section from particulates can range from s(V)=3.3 × 10(-6) to 7.2 × 10(-10) m(-1) depending on the particle size. These results show that forward scatter acoustic methods in hydrothermal vent applications can be used to quantify turbulence and its effect on backscatter measurements, which can be a dominant factor depending on the particle size and its location within the plume.     

Study of the planar optical fiber Bragg grating hydrophone probe with acceleration compensation

Since the probe acceleration response of a planar optical FBG hydrophone is very obvious and has an adverse influence on normal underwater acoustic pressure detection,an acceleration desensitization method employing an acceleration compensation measure is presented here.Results indicate that by utilizing this method,the equivalent pressure output applied by one unit of acceleration(1m·s^-2) is reduced from a range of 2.52-3.26 Pa to 0.0758-0.217 Pa, while the structural sensitivity decreases from 28 fm/Pa to 20 fm/Pa,however,the resonance frequency increases slightly from 6.2 kHz to 6.5 kHz.The increased resonance frequency helps to improve the dynamic frequency characteristics,and while the structural sensitivity is reduced, it can be compensated for by improving the optical FBG dynamic wavelength interrogation sensitivity.The system sensitivity of the optical FBG hydrophone is mainly determined by its wavelength interrogation sensitivity and not the probe structure sensitivity.Therefore,the acceleration compensation method would have broad practical applications.     

New piezoelectric polymer for air-borne and water-borne sound transducers

Acoustic transducers made of a charged cellular polymer called EMFi have been designed and investigated with respect to air-borne and water-borne sound. The longitudinal transducer constant is around 90 pC/N, strongly exceeding the values of other piezoelectric polymers. This is mainly attributed to the very low Young's modulus of about 2 MPa. The acoustic impedance is only 2.6 x 10(4) kg/(m2 s) and results in good matching to air but strong loading under water. Due to this strong loading, a pronounced reduction of resonance frequency from 300 kHz in air down to 17 kHz under water is observed. The experiments indicate that fluid loading is not only mass-like but also compliant, reducing the transducer's sensitivity below the resonance frequency of about -63 dB re 1 V/Pa (0.7 mV/Pa) in air to -71 dB re 1 V/Pa under water. This compliance is attributed to the medium's compressibility. Piezoelectricity of EMFi films is limited to temperatures below 70 degrees C; above, irreversible discharge of trapped charges takes place. Furthermore, a second type of EMFi, called "OS" was investigated, having a piezoelectric constant of 15 pC/N and a Young's modulus of 6 MPa. In quasi-static sensor measurements, the piezoelectric constant increases with the applied load. This nonlinearity explains the higher values reported in other publications on the same materials.     

Measurement of Newton's constant using a torsion balance with angular acceleration feedback

We measured Newton's gravitational constant G using a new torsion balance method. Our technique greatly reduces several sources of uncertainty compared to previous measurements: (1) It is insensitive to anelastic torsion fiber properties; (2) a flat plate pendulum minimizes the sensitivity due to the pendulum density distribution; (3) continuous attractor rotation reduces background noise. We obtain G = (6.674215+/-0.000092) x 10(-11) m3 kg(-1) s(-2); the Earth's mass is, therefore, M = (5.972245+/-0.000082) x 10(24) kg and the Sun's mass is M = (1.988435+/-0.000027) x 10(30) kg.     

Acoustic scattering from double-diffusive microstructure

Laboratory measurements of high-frequency broadband acoustic backscattering (200-600 kHz) from the diffusive regime of double-diffusive microstructure have been performed. This type of microstructure, which was characterized using direct microstructure and optical shadowgraph techniques, is identified by sharp density and sound speed interfaces separating well-mixed layers. Vertical acoustic backscattering measurements were performed for a range of physical parameters controlling the double-diffusive microstructure. The echoes have been analyzed in both the frequency domain, providing information on the spectral response of the scattering, and in the time domain, using pulse compression techniques. High levels of variability were observed, associated with interface oscillations and turbulent plumes, with many echoes showing significant spectral structure. Acoustic estimates of interface thickness (1-3 cm), obtained for the echoes with exactly two peaks in the compressed pulse output, were in good agreement with estimates based on direct microstructure and optical shadowgraph measurements. Predictions based on a one-dimensional weak-scattering model that includes the actual density and sound speed profiles agree reasonably with the measured scattering. A remote-sensing tool for mapping oceanic microstructure, such as high-frequency broadband acoustic scattering, could lead to a better understanding of the extent and evolution of double-diffusive layering, and to the importance of double diffusion to oceanic mixing.     

Acoustic analysis of bound rubber formed in silica/SBR compounds

The compressibility of the bound rubber around the silica particle was evaluated by an acoustic technique. The density and the longitudinal wave velocity of a silica/SBR compound were measured as a function of the silica content. The density increased linearly with the filler content. The longitudinal wave velocity was almost constant within the experimental error. The mass ratio of the bound rubber to the silica in the silica/SBR compounds was 1.08+/-0.03 kg kg(-1) which was measured by a thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). The partial specific adiabatic compressibility of the silica was estimated as (0.1+/-0.5) x 10(-10) Pa(-1) on the basis of a three states model. The adiabatic compressibility of the bound rubbers in the silica/SBR compounds was (4.6+/-0.5) x 10(-10) Pa(-1). The compressibility was almost the same as that of the SBR, and the value was twice larger than the compressibility of the bound rubber formed in a CB/SBR composite.     

Effect of coupled oscillations on microbubble behavior

Ultrasound contrast agents are encapsulated microbubbles whose nonlinear acoustic scattering signatures have been the foundation of their use in diagnostic imaging. The coupled oscillations of microbubbles along their lines of center are investigated theoretically using radial equations in the monopole approximation and an energy balance, which is obtained for the system. Coupled microbubble pairs of different initial radii are investigated numerically relative to the normal modes for the linearized system. For microbubble pairs of different size bubbles driven below the mode of the smaller bubble and above the mode of the larger bubble, it is shown that oscillations of the smaller agent are affected substantially more by the coupling than those of the larger one. For separation distances of 10 and 500 microns, a difference of approximately 10 dB occurs in the second harmonic output of a 1.0-micron radius agent coupled with a 2.2-micron radius agent forced at 2.0 MHz and 0.3 MPa. The subharmonic spectral peak is shown to decrease approximately 19 dB for the coupling of 1.5- and 2.2-micron radius agents at 10- and 500-micron distances under the same acoustic forcing conditions. These coupling effects on the radiated pressure and its spectral power are highlighted for contrast agent imaging applications.     

Resonance method of measuring shear viscoelastic properties of liquid media based on excitation of torsional oscillations in tubes

Possibilities of using torsional oscillations for measuring viscoelastic properties of liquids are discussed. The theory of torsional oscillations of an elastic tube filled with the media to be investigated possessing viscosity and shear elasticity is developed. It is shown that to determine a complex shear modulus it is sufficient to determine the resonance frequency and Q-factor of torsional oscillations. An experimental installation and the results of measurements of viscoelastic modulus of glycerin and oil of one oilfield within the temperature range from −10° to 60°C are given. The experimental installation allows measuring a viscoelastic modulus within the range of acoustic logging frequencies (10–20 kHz). The obtained results are compared with the results of rheometric measurements.     

Scattering of a Rayleigh surface acoustic wave by a small-size inhomogeneity in a solid half-space

We use the Born approximation of the perturbation method to solve the problem of scattering of a harmonic Rayleigh surface acoustic wave by a weak-contrast inhomogeneity that is small compared with the wavelength and is located in a solid half-space near its boundary. The material of the inhomogeneity differs from the material of the half-space only in its density. The Rayleigh wave incident on the inhomogeneity is excited by a monochromatic surface force source acting normally to the half-space boundary. We derive expressions for the displacement fields in the scattered spherical compressional and shear (SV- and SH-polarized) waves. Scattering of the Rayleigh wave into a Rayleigh wave is studied in detail. We find expressions for the vertical and horizontal components of the displacement vector in the scattered Rayleigh wave as well as its radiated power. It is shown that the field of the scattered surface wave is mainly formed by vertical oscillations of the inhomogeneity in the field of the incident wave. In this case, the radiated power for the scattered Rayleigh wave formed by vertical motion of the inhomogeneity in the incident-wave field depends on the depth of the inhomogeneity as the fourth power of the function describing the well-known depth dependence of the vertical displacements in the Rayleigh surface wave. Correspondingly, the dependence of the radiated power for the scattered Rayleigh wave formed by horizontal motion of the inhomogeneity depends on its location depth as the fourth power of the depth dependence of the horizontal displacements in the Rayleigh surface wave. We perform calculations of the ratio between the powers of the scattered and incident Rayleigh waves for different ratios between the velocities of the compressional and shear waves in a solid. It is shown that the radiated power for the scattered surface wave decreases sharply with increasing depth of the subsurface-inhomogeneity location. Thus, the scattering of a Rayleigh wave into a Rayleigh wave is fairly efficient only when the location depth of the inhomogeneity does not exceed about one-third of the wavelength of the shear wave in an elastic medium.     

On the interaction between a charged drop and an external acoustic field

An interaction between capillary oscillations of a charged drop and an external acoustic field is investigated under conditions in which nonlinear components of the acoustic pressure on the drop surface may be neglected. It is shown that equations describing the temporal evolution of modes of the capillary waves in this case may be either the Mathieu-Hill equations or ordinary inhomogeneous equations of the second order describing forced oscillations. In both cases, the drop instability (of a parametric or resonance type) may result in its disintegration due to deformation caused by the acoustic field at its own drop charge, subcritical in the sense of the Rayleigh criterion.     

Effect of Acoustic Gravity Waves on Variations in the Lower-Ionosphere Parameters as Observed using Artificial Periodic Inhomogeneities

We study the effect of acoustic gravity waves on variations in the atmospheric parameters of the lower ionosphere. The observations were carried out by the method of radio-wave scattering on artificial periodic inhomogeneities of the ionospheric plasma, induced by powerful radio-wave heating of the ionosphere. Measuring the altitude profile of the relaxation time of the scattered signal allowed us to determine the atmospheric temperature and density at heights 95 to 120 km, while recording the signal phase made it possible to obtain the vertical velocity of the plasma. The joint analysis of variations in the vertical velocity and the atmospheric temperature and density showed the simultaneous existence of oscillations with the same periods ranging from 5–10 min to a few hours. The amplitudes of these oscillations were, respectively, 1.5 to 4 m s^-1 for the vertical velocity and 6–20% for the temperature and density. We simulate the characteristics of acoustic gravity waves using the linear theory of their free propagation in an unbounded isothermal undisturbed atmosphere. Based on the polarization relations for low-frequency waves, we calculate the corresponding relative amplitudes of variations in the atmospheric temperature and density with periods from 15 min to 4 h using the measured amplitudes of the vertical velocity. Comparison of the calculation results with the measured values shows their good agreement for waves with periods 15–30 min.     

新的光散射体系测定蛋白质的研究

以1,6-己二胺二吖啶为荧光探针,建立了一种新的蛋白质共振散射检测体系。实验考察了该吖啶荧光探针的共振散射特征光谱、散射反应稳定性,研究了缓冲介质pH、探针浓度等参数对测定蛋白质的影响。结果表明,当pH 8.9时,1,6-己二胺二吖啶染料的散射波长为470 nm;加入BSA,反应约9 min后,体系光散射强度达到最大并维持稳定,2 h内无明显变化。当1,6-己二胺二吖啶探针(浓度1.00×10-4mol·L-1)用量为3.00 mL时,蛋白质与1,6-己二胺二吖啶的光散射增强作用显著,共振散射强度随着BSA的增加而明显增强,光散射强度与蛋白质浓度成良好线性关系,线性浓度范围为1.00～5.00 μg·mL-1,检测限(3σ/K)为0.085 μg·mL-1。测定了血清样品,浓度为2.00～4.00 μg·mL-1,回收率为98.0%～101.7%,测定偏差小于1.7％。     

带加速度补偿平面型光纤光栅水听器探头技术的研究

针对平面型光纤Bragg光栅(Fiber Bragg Grating,缩写为FBG)水听器探头加速度响应明显,影响它对正常声压进行探测的需求,提出了采用加速度补偿措施进行加速度去敏这一有效方法。从理论和实验上分析研究了带加速度补偿平面型光纤FBG水听器探头的结构灵敏度、灵敏度频率响应特性和加速度响应特性。结果表明:采用加速度补偿措施后,单位加速度(1m·s-2)响应输出的等效作用声压由2.52~3.26 Pa降为0.0758~0.217 Pa。同时,探头结构灵敏度由28 fm/Pa减小为20 fm/Pa,动态谐振频率由6.2 kHz增高为6.52 kHz。谐振频率的增加有助于提高水听器系统的动态响应特性,而结构灵敏度的降低,可以通过提高FBG动态波长解调仪的灵敏度来进行补偿。本来,光纤光栅或光纤光栅激光水听器系统可探测灵敏度主要由解调仪灵敏度决定,而不是由探头结构灵敏度决定。所以,该加速度补偿措施具有很大的实用性。      

Acousto-exciton interaction in a gas of 2D indirect dipolar excitons in the presence of disorder

A theory for the linear and quadratic responses of a 2D gas of indirect dipolar excitons to an external surface acoustic wave perturbation in the presence of a static random potential is considered. The theory is constructed both for high temperatures, definitely greater than the exciton gas condensation temperature, and at zero temperature by taking into account the Bose–Einstein condensation effects. The particle Green functions, the density–density correlation function, and the quadratic response function are calculated by the “cross” diagram technique. The results obtained are used to calculate the absorption of Rayleigh surface waves and the acoustic exciton gas drag by a Rayleigh wave. The damping of Bogoliubov excitations in an exciton condensate due to theirs scattering by a random potential has also been determined.     

Sound wave scattering in network glasses

The acoustic branch of two network glasses, (Li2O)xB2O3 ( x = 0.25 and 0.5), is followed over a large momentum transfer range 1-12 nm(-1), using inelastic x-ray scattering. We observe the transition from propagating modes to a region of strong scattering as the Ioffe-Regel limit is reached. A region of Rayleigh scattering of the acoustic modes precedes the strong scattering regime at larger Q, causing a rapid decrease of the mean-free path of the modes.     

Oscillations of a statistical scattering in the Rayleigh limit and the Rayleigh law violation

Oscillations of the Rayleigh wave statistical scattering in the Rayleigh limit are theoretically found. These oscillations are violation of the Rayleigh law of scattering. They are caused by the diffraction of a new form - the extraordinary scattering in the Rayleigh limit, which leads to the different frequency dependencies of the scattering coefficient and thus violates the Rayleigh law of scattering. The fundamental physical conception that a wave does not sense the structure of an irregularity in a long-wavelength scattering, when the wavelength is much greater than the character size of the irregularity, i.e. in the Rayleigh limit, is violated as well.     

Experimental verification of Rayleigh scattering cross sections

The cavity-ringdown technique is applied to measure Rayleigh extinctions of Ar, N(2), and SF(6) in the 560-650-nm region at 294 K. It is shown that experimental and calculated Rayleigh scattering cross sections agree within an experimental uncertainty of 1% (for SF(6), 3%).     

On the theory of X-ray acoustic resonance in the Bragg geometry

A theory of X-ray acoustic resonance in the Bragg geometry is developed as applied to triple-axial X-ray diffractometry. In contrast to existing approaches, transverse ultrasonic oscillations propagating in the surface region of a crystal are considered in the model of a Rayleigh surface wave. Numerical simulation of reciprocal space maps and their cross sections is carried out depending on the ultrasound amplitude. The influence of multiple scattering on diffraction profiles of various diffraction orders under X-ray acoustic resonance conditions is demonstrated.     

Reflection and mode conversion of surface acoustic waves studied by scanning acoustic force microscopy

We present measurements of the reflection and mode conversion of surface acoustic waves (SAWs) by scanning acoustic force microscopy (SAFM). The SAFM offers a unique combination of high lateral resolution and high sensitivity towards acoustic modes of all polarizations. Since a SAW mixing experiment of two waves can be performed even if the amplitude difference between both waves is 40 dB, wavefields of extremely small amplitudes can be investigated. Using SAFM, the reflection of SAWs from a metallic wedge is investigated with submicron lateral resolution. We are able to identify two reflected wave modes, a Love and a non-coupling Rayleigh mode, by measuring their phase velocities. Received: 4 December 2000 / Accepted: 6 December 2000 / Published online: 9 February 2001