Microstructure and high-temperature corrosion behaviors of aluminide coatings by low-temperature pack aluminizing process

Aluminide coatings were produced on carbon steel and Fe-5Cr-Mo alloy at a relatively lower temperature below 600 °C in shorter treatment time by a combination of surface refinement process and pack aluminizing process. Repetitive ball impact, generated by mechanical vibration, caused the top-layer refinement of substrates in a conventional pack aluminizing process. The effects of temperature and treatment time on the formation of aluminide coatings were analyzed. The microstructure of the coatings was investigated by SEM, AFM and XRD. The aluminide coatings were one-layer, compacted structure with ultrafine grains and uniform elemental distribution. High-temperature oxidation and sulphidation tests were carried out at 600 °C in air for 200 h and 10% SO₂ + Ar gas mixture atmosphere for 50 h, respectively. The mass gains and spallation indicated that the aluminide coatings significantly improved the high-temperature oxidation and sulphidation resistance.     

负折射率材料对产生Casimir排斥力的影响

研究了负折射率材料对产生Casimir排斥效应的影响. 两材料板间的Casimir排斥力的发生取决于两板以及其间媒质的电磁特性,通过理论与数值结果的分析研究给出电磁特性所影响排斥力的产生趋势. 对于由Drude-Lorentz型色散关系描述等效介电常数和磁导率的负折射率材料,调节各特征频率参数可实现Casimir排斥效应. 关键词： Casimir排斥力 负折射率材料 Drude-Lorentz型色散关系     

Microstructure and magnetic properties of Co(Cr)/Ti(Cr)/ZnO films prepared by laser ablation on Si substrates

High-quality Co(Cr)(50–66 nm)/Ti(Cr)(25–30 nm)/ZnO(165–225 nm) films were grown on Si substrates by the pulsed-laser deposition technique at 450–500°C. The microstructure of the films and their magnetic properties were investigated by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and a vibrating sample magnetometer. It was found that the Co(Cr)/Ti(Cr)/ZnO thin films had a highly preferential c-axis direction normal to the surface of the substrate, and the ZnO sublayer had columnar structures in the growth direction. The interface of the multi-layer films is smooth without interface reaction. The as-produced films had in-plane easy magnetization. It indicates that the enhancements of the magnetic properties of the films are mainly ascribed to the grain structure and multi-domain state of the Co-alloy layer, which can be controlled by the ZnO sublayer.     

A generalized flexibility matrix based approach for structural damage detection

In this paper, a new structural damage detection approach based on changes in the generalized flexibility matrix is presented. The generalized flexibility matrix is first introduced; its sensitivity and change are then used to detect structural damage location and damage extent. Compared with the original flexibility matrix based approach, the effect of truncating higher-order modes can be considerably reduced in this new approach. Finally, a numerical example for a simply supported beam is used to illustrate the effectiveness of this proposed method.     

CO_2亚临界压力区物性的快速计算——基于马丁-侯方程的显式快速计算模型

基于马丁-侯方程,提出二氧化碳亚临界压力区具有统一形式的热力性质和传输特性的显式计算模型。显式形式保证了热物理性质计算的高速性和稳定性;同时所有热物性的计算模型形式统一,便于系统仿真的调用。以REFPROP7的计算结果作为数据源,对环保制冷剂中重要的工质二氧化碳的热物性在压力为三相点压力至临界压力,过热度0—200K,过冷度0—100K的数据范围内进行拟合,并将该计算模型与REFPROP7相应公式的计算结果和计算速度进行对比。对比结果表明,所有快速计算模型的总平均偏差小于0.7%,最大偏差小于12.928%;计算速度较REFPROP7提高了2个数量级。。     

Effect of blue light radiation on curcumin-induced cell death of breast cancer cells

In the present study, we have successfully set up a novel blue light source with the power density of 9 mW/cm² and the wavelength of 435.8 nm and then the novel light source was used to investigate the effect of light radiation on curcumin-induced cell death. The cytotoxicity was investigated 24 h after the treatment of curcumin and blue light radiation together using MTT reduction assay. Nuclear chromatin was observed using a fluorescent microscopy with Hoechst33258 staining. The results showed blue light radiation could significantly enhance the cytotoxicity of curcumin on the MCF-7 cells and apoptosis induction. These findings demonstrated that blue light radiation could enhance curcumin-induced cell death of breast cancer cells, suggesting light radiation may be an efficient enhancer of curcumin in the management of breast cancer.     

Quantum Anomaly and Hawking Radiation of Charged and Magnetized Reissner-Nordström de Sitter Black Hole

The recent work of Robinson and Wilczek that Hawking radiation can be determined by the compensating fluxes is extended to the charged and magnetized Reissner-Nordström de Sitter black hole. We reconstruct the electromagnetic field tensor and the Lagrangian of the field corresponding to the source with electric and magnetic charges to redefine an equivalent charge and gauge potential. We construct the effect field theory between the event horizon and cosmological horizon to respectively determine the compensating fluxes from them, which are shown to exactly equal to those of Hawking radiation, by the covariant anomaly cancellation conditions.     

Micro-FTIR study on structure of macerals from Jurassic coals in Northwestern China

Jurassic coal in Northwest China is rich in resources and it is a necessary premise to reveal the chemical structure characteristics of the coal macerals in this region before the coal is put into reasonable and efficient use. Micro-FTIR technique was used to investigate the chemical composition and structures of vitrinite semifusinite and fusinite from Jurassic coal in Northwestern China. The results show that vitrinite and semifusinite have more aliphatic hydrogen, but fusinite has more aromatic hydrogen and C=O structure. The aliphatic hydrogen in semifusinite is higher than that in fusinite and it is this structure characteristic of semifusinite that led to the richer inertinite but higher reactivity of the Northwestern China coal. Not only vitrinite but also semifusinite and fusinite with weaker reducibility have less aliphatic hydrogen and more C=O structures than those with stronger reducibility. The different intensity of oxidation in the process of coalification is one of the causes that led to different type of reducibility.     

Mode decoupling in solid state ring laser based on stimulated Raman effect in polar crystals

In this paper we study the gain saturation induced mode-coupling control in solid state ring laser devices based on the stimulated Raman effect of the polar crystals in order to realize solid state ring laser gyroscopes.We theoretically investigate the mode coupling induced by gain saturation between clockwise (CW) and counterclockwise (CCW) propagating laser modes.Because the CW and CCW running waves are pumped with counter-propagating lasers respectively,the independent coexistence can be ensured.     

Flexural vibration band gaps in a thin plate containing a periodic array of hemmed discs

Using a periodic expansion by means of the Bloch theorem, the flexural vibration band gaps are studied in a thin plate with two-dimensional ternary locally resonant structures, i.e. a thin epoxy plate containing a periodic square array of lead discs hemmed around by rubber. The full band gaps of flexural vibration in the thin plate are obtained within which sound and vibration will be forbidden. The numerical results are used to show how the width of the first full band gap depends on the radius ratio of lead disc to hemmed disc, filling fraction, lattice constant (distance between the centers of the nearest lead discs) and thickness of the thin plate. It is observed that the gap width can be changed a lot by modulating these physical parameters.