Electrochemical noise analysis of the effects of a magnetic field on cathodic hydrogen evolution

The effect of a static magnetic field on the evolution of hydrogen gas from a small platinum electrode in an aqueous electrolyte has been studied by recording the noise spectrum of overpotential voltage fluctuations at a constant current density of ?50 mA mm^?2. A 1/f² variation of the power spectrum characteristic of droplet coalescence is found for frequencies >10 Hz. The overpotential for hydrogen evolution decreases with applied field. When the production of gas bubbles is quasiperiodic, there is a threshold field of 0.5 T beyond which the size of the bubbles released is approximately doubled. This is explained by enhanced coalescence of small bubbles swept across the electrode surface by forced convection due to the Lorentz force.     

A novel threefold‐interpenetrating primitive cubic network based on a dinuclear Zn2 node

In the mixed‐ligand metal–organic polymeric compound poly[[μ₂‐1,4‐bis(imidazol‐1‐yl)benzene](μ₂‐terephthalato)dizinc(II)], [Zn₂(C₈H₄O₄)₂(C₁₂H₁₀N₄)]_n or [Zn₂(bdc)₂(bib)]_n [H₂bdc is terephthalic acid and bib is 1,4‐bis(imidazol‐1‐yl)benzene], the asymmetric unit contains one Zn^II ion, with two half bdc anions and one half bib molecule lying around inversion centers. The Zn^II ion is in a slightly distorted tetrahedral environment, coordinated by three carboxylate O atoms from three different bdc anions and by one bib N atom. The crystal structure is constructed from the secondary building unit (SBU) [Zn₂(CO₂)₂N₂O₂], in which the two metal centers are held together by two bdc linkers with bis(syn,syn‐bridging bidentate) bonding modes. The SBU is connected by bdc bridges to form a two‐dimensional grid‐like (4,4)‐layer, which is further pillared by the bib ligand. Topologically, the dinuclear SBU can be considered to be a six‐connected node, and the extended structure exhibits an elongated primitive approximately cubic framework. The three‐dimensional framework possesses a large cavity with dimensions of approximately 10 × 13 × 17 Å in cross‐section. The potential porosity is filled with mutual interpenetration of two identical equivalent frameworks, generating a novel threefold interpenetrating network with an α‐polonium topology [Abrahams, Hoskins, Robson & Slizys (2002). CrystEngComm, 4 , 478–482].     

电沉积法制备铂纳米粒子过程中卤素阴离子对粒子形貌及电催化性质的影响

在电化学沉积铂纳米粒子的过程中, 通过添加卤素阴离子, 可以显著地改变纳米粒子的形貌. 通过添加氯离子、溴离子和碘离子, 可以在导电基底上分别获得球形、片状及立方结构的铂纳米粒子. 对卤素阴离子影响电沉积铂纳米粒子形貌的原因进行了探讨. 研究了铂纳米粒子的电催化活性, 发现通过添加卤素阴离子制备得到的铂纳米粒子对于甲醇的电化学催化氧化表现出较低的电化学催化活性. 通过电化学氧化法全部或部分除去铂表面吸附的卤素阴离子后, 纳米粒子对甲醇的电化学催化氧化活性显著提高.     

Synthesis and Structure of Three Novel Complexes Based on 4-Chlorophenyloxyacetic Acid

Three new metal–organic complexes, [CoL₂(H₂O)₄] 1, [CdL₂(H₂O)₂] 2, and [CuL₂(H₂O)₂] 3 [HL = 4-chlorophenyloxyacetic acid], have been synthesized and characterized by IR spectra, elemental analysis, fluorescence spectra, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compounds 1, 2, and 3 are all zero-dimensional dimers. The carboxylate ligand exhibits different coordination modes in all compounds. These compounds exhibit interesting supramolecular architecture according to O–H···O and C–H···Cl interactions. Compounds 1, 2, and 3 develop to different framework though they all are from same ligands, which will be helpful to design of different materials.

[Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals to view the free supplemental file: CCDC 902676, 902674, 902675 contains the supplementary crystallographic data for this article. These data can be obtained free of charge via www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/conts/retrieving.html (or from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12, Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK; Fax: C44 1223 336033; e-mail: deposit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk).]     

门电压控制的硅烯量子线中电子输运性质

硅烯是由单层硅原子形成的二维蜂窝状晶格结构,具有石墨烯类似的电学性质,由于硅烯中存在比较强的自旋轨道耦合而备受关注.本文利用非平衡格林函数方法研究了门电压控制的硅烯量子线中电子输运性质和能带结构.研究发现,只有在较强的门电压下,而且硅烯量子线具有较好的锯齿形或扶手椅形边界而不存在额外硅原子时,硅烯量子线中才存在无能隙的自旋极化边缘态.另外,计算结果表明这种门电压控制的硅烯量子线中边缘态在每个能谷处自旋是极化的.这些计算结果将为实验上利用电场制作硅烯纳米结构提供理论支持.     

Lanthanide-ion-tuned magnetic properties in a series of three-dimensional cyano-bridged Ln(III)W(V) assemblies

The reaction of [W(CN)(8)](3-) with Ln(3+) and pyrazine in acetonitrile yielded a series of isostructural compounds formulated as Ln(H(2)O)(4)(pyrazine)(0.5)W(CN)(8) (Ln = La(1), Ce(2), Pr(3), Nd(4), Sm(5), Eu(6), Gd(7)). The Ln(iii) and W(v) centers in the structure are linked through cyanide groups to form two-dimensional (2D) layers, which are further pillared by pyrazine, generating 3D frameworks. The magnetic behavior for compounds 1-7 were driven by the lanthanide ions involved. The Ln(iii) and W(v) ions in compounds 2 and 5 are ferromagnetically coupled with magnetic ordering occurring at 2.8 K, comparable with magnetic ordering with the critical temperature of 1.9 K for compound 4. In addition, the antiferromagnetic interactions were observed in compounds 3 and 7, while no significant magnetic couplings were found in compounds 1 and 6.     

Quantum Counting: Algorithm and Error Distribution

Counting is one of the most basic procedures in mathematics and statistics. In statistics literature it is usually done via the proportion estimation method. In this article we manifest a radically different counting procedure first proposed in the late 1990’s based on the techniques of quantum computation. It combines two major tools in quantum computation, quantum Fourier transform and quantum amplitude amplification, and shares similar structure to the quantum part of the celebrated Shor’s factoring algorithm. We present complete details of this quantum counting algorithm and the analysis of its error distribution. Comparing it with the conventional proportion estimation method, we demonstrate that this quantum approach achieves much faster convergence rate than the classical approach.     

晶体硅太阳电池双层电极优化分析与实验研究

相对于单层电极结构,优化的前表面双层电极能够明显减小功率损失,改善晶体硅太阳电池的电学特性．本文对晶体硅太阳电池的双层电极进行了优化分析和实验研究.通过扫描电子显微镜观测将双层电极的截面抽象为更接近于实际的半椭圆型,建立了太阳电池前表面的双层电极模型,理论分析了双层电极的电学损失和光学损失.结合丝网印刷后光诱导电镀太阳电池的实验,得到了理论和实验上的最优化光诱导电镀增厚电极厚度与丝网印刷电极宽度的关系.所得到的理论和实验结果符合良好.由于并不涉及电极制备的具体技术,双层电极理论模型普遍适用于多种类型的双层电极结构.     

Development of all-solid coherent Doppler wind lidar

A 1 064-nm pulsed coherent Doppler lidar (CDL) prototype is developed to measure short range wind speed in the lower altitude troposphere layer. The CDL system adopts an injection-seeded Nd:YAG laser with the pulse duration of 80 ns, single pulse energy of 0.5 mJ, and pulse repetition rate of 200 Hz. Speed calibration experiments are implemented to obtain a speed accuracy of 0.3 m/s using a hard target. Data analysis results show that the CDL system can obtain a line-of-sight wind velocity at a range of 30 to 500 m with the range resolution of 40 m and 38 pulses accumulation.