Patterned nucleation control in vacuum deposition of organic molecules

We report a generally applicable method to pattern organic molecules on mesoscopic scales. In our method, organic molecular beam deposition was conducted on substrate surfaces prepatterned with materials to which the organic molecules have larger binding energies in comparison to the substrate. Fully uniform nucleation control at these predefined locations can be achieved by an appropriate selection of the growth parameters including temperature and deposition rate. The physical mechanisms involved are studied by Monte Carlo simulations and stand in good agreement with the experimental findings.     

Study on measurement of linear electro-optic coefficient of a minute irregular octahedron cBN wafer

The cubic boron nitride (cBN) is a kind of artificial electro-optic (EO) crystal, and we have not found any relative reports so far. Because the artificial synthetic cBN wafers are very small and hard, the wafers cannot be cut into rectangular slabs. The polarizer-sample-λ/4 retardation plate (compensator)-analyzer (PSCA) transverse EO modulator has to be adjusted to the minute irregular octahedron of cBN wafers. When the applied voltage is along [1 1 1] direction of the wafer, due to refraction, the angle between the incident beam direction and the (1 1 1) plane (top or bottom plane) of the wafer should be 25.4°, and the angle between the polarization direction of the polarizer and the plane of incidence should be 50.8° by calculation, respectively. The half-wave voltage of the cBN sample was obtained for the first time, by means of detection of the output optic signals from the modulator with and without an applied electric field on the sample, respectively. Furthermore, the linear EO coefficient was obtained, . The analysis of the experimental resulting error was carried out.     

耦合时空混沌的模糊混沌神经网络鲁棒自适应控制

将模糊逻辑系统和混沌神经网络结合起来,利用模糊逻辑系统的逼近能力和混沌神经网络的时空混沌行为,对模型未知的耦合时空混沌系统提出了一种模糊混沌神经网络自适应控制方案;同时考虑系统扰动、未建模动态特性和建模误差的影响,设计自适应补偿器,增强时空混沌系统控制的鲁棒性;并用Laypunov方法证明了该方案的稳定性;仿真验证了方案的有效性和鲁棒性。     

Fabrication of Nb2O5/C nanocomposites as a high performance anode for lithium ion battery

Nb₂O₅/C nanosheets are successfully prepared through a mixing process and followed by heating treatment.Such Nb₂O₅/C based electrode exhibits high rate performance and remarkable cycling ability, showing a high and stable specific capacity of ~380 mAh g^-1 at the current density of 50 mA g^-1(much higher than the theoretical capacity of Nb₂O₅).Further more,at a current density of 500 mA g^-1,the nanocomposites electrode still exhibits a specific capacity of above 150 mAh g^-1 after 100 cycles.These results suggest the Nb₂O₅/C nanocomposite is a high performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries.     

Conjugated polymers containing B←N unit as electron acceptors for all-polymer solar cells

Polymer electron acceptors are the key materials in all-polymer solar cells(all-PSCs).In this review,we focused on introducing the principle of boron-nitrogen coordination bond(B←N),and summarizing our recent research on polymer electron acceptors containing B←N unit for efficient all-PSC devices.Two approaches have been reported to design polymer electron acceptors using B←N unit.One is to replace a C-C unit by a B←N unit in conjugated polymers to transform a polymer electron donor to a polymer electron acceptor.The other approach is to construct novel electron-deficient building block based on B←N unit for polymer electron acceptors.The polymer electron acceptors containing B←N unit showed tunable lowest unoccupied molecular orbital(LUMO) energy levels and exhibited excellent all-PSC device performance with power conversion efficiency of exceeding6%.These results indicate that organic boron chemistry is a new toolbox to develop functional polymer materials for optoelectronic device applications.     

1D and 2D supramolecular structures of silver carborane dicyclohexylphosphine complexes constructed by C-H?H-B dihydrogen bonding interactions

Five new carborane dicyclohexylphosphine complexes, [Ag₂(μ-I)₂{1,2-(P Cy₂)₂-1,2-C₂B₁₀H₁₀}₂] (1), [Ag₂(SCN)₂{1,2-(PCy₂)₂-1,2-C₂B₁₀H₁₀}₂]_n·CH₂Cl₂ (2), [Ag(ClO₄){1,2-(PCy₂)₂-1,2-C₂B₁₀H₁₀}]·CH₂Cl₂ (3), [Ag₂(μ-NO₃)₂{1,2-(PCy₂)₂-1,2-C₂B₁₀H₁₀}₂]·CH₂Cl₂ (4) and [Ag(SC₆H₄COOH){1,2-(PCy₂)₂-1,2-C₂B₁₀H₁₀}₂]·CH₂Cl₂ (5), have been synthesized by the reactions of 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane with AgX (X = I, SCN, ClO_4, NO₃ and SC₆H₄COOH) in CH₂Cl₂. The structures of the five complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, ¹H, ¹³C, ¹¹B and ³¹P NMR spectroscopy. X-ray structure analysis revealed that the structures of the complexes can be classified into three types. Complexes 1 and 4 are di-μ-X-bridged structures and complexes 3 and 5 are mononuclear structures, while complex 2 is a chain-like polymer. Complexes 1 and 2 form 2D supramolecular networks and complexes 3, 4 and 5 form 1D chains via C-H?H-B dihydrogen bonding interactions.