High stability white organic light-emitting diode fabricated with the deposition of solvent premixed sources

This paper presents the characteristics of high-stability white organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs). For the preparation of WOLEDs with a single-emission layer (EML), the source materials of MADN, BCzVB, C6, and DCJTB were solvent premixed before evaporation. The structure of the WOLEDs was ITO/NPB (50 nm)/EML (40 nm)/Bphen (30 nm)/Al (200 nm). The materials that comprised the EML for dual- and tri-wavelength WOLEDs were MADN:BCzVB:DCJTB and MADN:BCzVB:C6:DCJTB, respectively. The energy transfer between the host and the dyes influenced the luminance efficiency and chromaticity coordinates of the devices. The maximum current efficiencies were 6.34 and 6.38 cd/A for the dual- and tri-wavelength WOLEDs, respectively. The efficiency of the WOLEDs was enhanced by C6 doping, although a slight variation in the chromaticity coordinates was observed, which was resulted from variations in the applied voltage.     

Competition between harmonic cyclotron maser interactions in the terahertz regime

Cyclotron harmonic interactions are a key physics issue of critical importance to the generation of terahertz radiation via the electron cyclotron maser instability for practical magnetic field strengths. We present an inherent mechanism, as well as a deciding factor, which governs the competition between low- and high-harmonic interactions. Multimode simulations reveal the physical process in which a significant advantage develops for the lower-harmonic interaction, which eventually dominates in the fully nonlinear stage. The results also suggest a start-up scenario for persistent higher-harmonic operation.     

Production–shipment policy for EPQ model with quality assurance and an improved delivery schedule

This article is concerned with determining the production–shipment policy for an economic production quantity model with quality assurance and an improved delivery schedule. We extend a recent work by Chiu et al. [Y.-S.P. Chiu, C.-A.K. Lin, H.-H. Chang, and V. Chiu, Mathematical modeling for determining economic batch size and optimal number of deliveries for EPQ model with quality assurance, Math. Comput. Model. Dyn. Sys. 16 (4) (2010), pp. 373–388] by incorporating an alternative delivery plan that aims at lowering the inventory holding cost for both supplier and buyer in such an integrated inventory system. Mathematical modelling along with Hessian matrix equations is used, and as a result the optimal production batch size and optimal number of deliveries are derived. A numerical example is provided to demonstrate the practical use of the results and the significant savings in stock holding costs for both vendor and buyer.     

Numerical methods for coupled systems of quasilinear elliptic equations with nonlinear boundary conditions

This paper is concerned with numerical solutions of a coupled system of arbitrary number of quasilinear elliptic equations under combined Dirichlet and nonlinear boundary conditions. A finite difference system for a transformed system of the quasilinear equations is formulated, and three monotone iterative schemes for the computation of numerical solutions are given using the method of upper and lower solutions. It is shown that each of the three monotone iterations converges to a minimal solution or a maximal solution depending on whether the initial iteration is a lower solution or an upper solution. A comparison result among the three iterative schemes is given. Also shown is the convergence of the minimal and maximal discrete solutions to the corresponding minimal and maximal solutions of the continuous system as the mesh size tends to zero. These results are applied to a heat transfer problem with temperature dependent thermal conductivity and a Lotka-Volterra cooperation system with degenerate diffusion. This degenerate property leads to some interesting distinct property of the system when compared with the non-degenerate semilinear systems. Numerical results are given to the above problems, and in each problem an explicit continuous solution is constructed and is used to compare with the computed solution     

窗口竞争性自适应重加权采样策略的近红外特征变量选择方法

通过消除光谱中的冗余信息变量,挑选出代表样品性质的特征变量代替全谱建立定量模型,可以提高近红外分析结果的准确性。基于进化论中适者生存原理的竞争性自适应重加权采样（CARS）算法因具有计算速度快、筛选得到的特征波长少等优点,在近红外特征变量筛选方面得到了广泛的应用。然而该方法在计算过程中容易出现校正集和验证集结果不一致情况。这是因为算法过于强调校正集交叉验证结果,且并未考虑相邻变量之间的协同作用。为了建立更加稳健的变量筛选方法,通过结合“窗口”以及CARS算法的优势,提出了一种基于窗口竞争性自适应重加权采样（WCARS）策略的近红外特征变量筛选方法,并将其应用于复杂植物样品近红外光谱与其化学成分含量之间的建模分析。采用WCARS方法可以实现准确定量分析,且通过与竞争性自适应重加权采样（CARS）方法结果相比较,WCARS方法得到的校正集和预测集结果一致,在一定程度上减少了过拟合问题的出现。该策略能有效增强特征变量选择的稳健性,提高了定量模型的可信度,具有一定的应用价值。     

Frequency spectra of beam-plates revisited

Based on Mindlin’s plate theory, the frequency spectra for flexural and thickness-shear vibrations of a finite beam-plate with different combinations of boundary conditions are presented and studied. Comparing them with the dispersion curves of the infinite beam-plate reveals an intrinsic relation between resonant vibration and guided wave propagation. The fundamental frequency spectra, which are for beam-plates with hinged and/or guided edges, are found to play an important role in understanding the spectra of beam-plates with other boundary conditions.     

Finite difference reaction diffusion equations with nonlinear boundary conditions

This article is concerned with numerical solutions of finite difference systems of reaction diffusion equations with nonlinear internal and boundary reaction functions. The nonlinear reaction functions are of general form and the finite difference systems are for both time-dependent and steady-state problems. For each problem a unified system of nonlinear equations is treated by the method of upper and lower solutions and its associated monotone iterations. This method leads to a monotone iterative scheme for the computation of numerical solutions as well as an existence-comparison theorem for the corresponding finite difference system. Special attention is given to the dynamical property of the time-dependent solution in relation to the steady-state solutions. Application is given to a heat-conduction problem where a nonlinear radiation boundary condition obeying the Boltzmann law of cooling is considered. This application demonstrates a bifurcation property of two steady-state solutions, and determines the dynamic behavior of the time-dependent solution. Numerical results for the heat-conduction problem, including a test problem with known analytical solution, are presented to illustrate the various theoretical conclusions. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Theory of generalized rays for SH-waves in dipping layers

The theory of generalized rays is applied to analyze transient waves in a layered half-space with non-parallel interfaces. The propagation, transmission, reflection, and refraction of SH waves which are generated by a line source in the surface layer of a three-layer model are considered, each of the two overlaying layers having a different dipping angle.Generalized ray integrals for multi-reflected rays in the top layer and for rays that are transmitted into the lower layer and then refracted back into the top layer are formulated by using three rotated coordinate systems, one for each interface, and are expressed in terms of local wave slowness along each interface. Through a series of transformations of the local slownesses, all ray integrals are expressible in a common slowness variable. The arrival time of each ray undergoing multiple reflections and transmissions is then determined from the stationary value of the phase function with common slowness of the ray integral. Inverse Laplace transform of these ray integrals are completed by Cagniard's method.