Intense photoluminescence at 2.7 μm in transparent Er 3+:CaF2-fluorophosphate glass microcomposite

Er3+ doped CaF2-fluorophosphate (FP) glass microcomposites were produced by heat-treating the mixture of Er3+:CaF2 precipitate and FP glass powder above the melting temperature of the FP glass. The appearance of CaF2 crystallites in the resulting composites was confirmed by x ray diffraction. Despite the fact that the average diameter of the crystallites was around 10 μm as revealed by the micromorphology study, a transparent composite was obtained by matching the refractive index of FP glass to that of CaF2. Intense IR fluorescence at around 2.7 μm was observed in the composite, implying the composite would be a promising candidate for IR lasers and amplifiers.     

Manufacturer’s revenue-sharing contract and retail competition

This paper investigates a revenue-sharing contract for coordinating a supply chain comprising one manufacturer and two competing retailers. The manufacturer, as a Stackelberg leader, offers a revenue-sharing contract to two competing retailers who face stochastic demand before the selling season. Under the offered contract terms, the competing retailers are to determine the quantities to be ordered from the manufacturer, prior to the season, and the retail price at which to sell the items during the season. The process of pricing and ordering is expected to result in an equilibrium as in the Bayesian Nash game. On the basis of anticipated responses and actions of the retailers, the manufacturer designs the revenue-sharing contract. Adopting the classic newsvendor problem model framework and using numerical methods, the study finds that the provision of revenue-sharing in the contract can obtain better performance than a price-only contract. However, the benefits earned under the revenue-sharing contract by different supply chain partners differ because of the impact of demand variability and price-sensitivity factors. The paper also analyses the impact of demand variability on decisions about optimal retail price, order quantity and profit sharing between the manufacturer and the retailers. Lastly, it investigates how the competition (between retailers) factor influences the decision-making of supply chain members in response to uncertain demand and profit variability.     

圆盘离心沉降法测定固体粉末的粒度分布

本文报道用圆盘离心沉降法对几种粉末样品的粒径大小及粒度分布测定的结果,并且讨论了颗粒形状、消光系数和粉末分散状态等因素的影响。试验结果表明,在给定的条件下,利用LKY-1型微粒测定仪对粉末粒度测定的重复性好,尤其适用于测定微细粉末的粒度分布;当石墨或MoS_2粉末样品的浓度为0.5％时,选用4％鞣酸作分散剂的效果最好。作者认为,固然光密度与微粒的消光系数有关,但对于黑灰色的粉末样品而言,因其产生的光学效应非常微弱,故可近似地把消光系数视为常数而忽略它的影响。     

Self-assembly of a series of novel metal-organic compounds containing ferrocenecarboxylate components

Using FcCOONa (Fc = (eta(5)-C(5)H(5))Fe(eta(5)-C(5)H(4))) as starting material, we obtained an unprecedented metal-organic coordination polymer containing ferrocenecarboxylate components [[Pb(2)(FcCOO)(eta(2)-FcCOO)(mu(2)-eta(2)-FcCOO)(mu(3)-eta(2)-FcCOO)(CH(3)OH)].1.5CH(3)OH.H(2)O](n) (1), tetramer [Zn(4)(mu(2)-FcCOO)(6)(mu(4)-O)] (2), and coordination polymers [Pb(FcCOO)(mu(2)-FcCOO)(bpe)](n) (3) (bpe = 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethene), [[Zn(FcCOO)(2)(bpt)].2.5H(2)O](n) (4) (bpt = N,N'-bis(3-pyridylmethyl)thiourea), and [Zn(FcCOO)(eta(2)-FcCOO)(bbp)](n) (5) (bbp = 4,4'-trimethylene-dipyridine). Compounds 1 and 2 are formed by ferrocenecarboxylate units coordinating with Pb(II) or Zn(II). In polymer 1, ferrocenecarboxylate units have four kinds of coordinate modes; just these novel coordinate modes lead to the unprecedented one-dimensional polymer where two kinds of rhomboids are arranged alternatively along the chain. Compound 2 is a tetramer, in which a distinct connectivity of the six ferrocene units is established through the four Zn atoms. Compounds 3-5 are obtained by organic ligands bridging Pb(II) or Zn(II), leading to a new type of metal-organic coordination polymer.     

Titanium(IV) isopropoxide mediated solution phase reductive amination on an automated platform: application in the generation of urea and amide libraries

Amine libraries and their derivatives are important targets for high throughput synthesis because of their versatility as medicinal agents and agrochemicals. As a part of our efforts towards automated chemical library synthesis, a titanium(IV) isopropoxide mediated solution phase reductive amination protocol was successfully translated to automation on the Trident(TM) library synthesizer of Argonaut Technologies. An array of 24 secondary amines was prepared in high yield and purity from 4 primary amines and 6 carbonyl compounds. These secondary amines were further utilized in a split synthesis to generate libraries of ureas, amides and sulfonamides in solution phase on the Trident(TM). The automated runs included 192 reactions to synthesize 96 ureas in duplicate and 96 reactions to synthesize 48 amides and 48 sulfonamides. A number of polymer-assisted solution phase protocols were employed for parallel work-up and purification of the products in each step.     

Optical Properties of Mg x Zn1−x O Polycrystalline Thin Films Prepared by Sol-Gel Deposition Method

The Mg _x Zn_1–x O alloy thin films were synthesized on Si and quartz substrates by the sol-gel deposition method. The transmittance and cathodoluminescence spectra of the Mg_0.05Zn_0.95O and Mg_0.15Zn_0.85O nanoparticle films were obtained at room temperature. It was found that the bandgap of Mg_0.05Zn_0.95O and Mg_0.15Zn_0.85O films is as large as 3.72 eV and 3.79 eV, respectively. The ultraviolet emission peaks are located at 376 nm and 370 nm, respectively, for the samples annealed at 600°C. When the annealing temperature is elevated to 1000°C, the band-gap decreases to 3.42 eV and an emission line related to the deep-level defect appears at 500 nm. The mechanism behind these phenomena is discussed.     

用CdSe/ZnS量子点提高体异质结有机太阳电池的效率

通过掺杂吸收光谱在可见光波段的量子点可提高聚合物对可见光的吸收,因此掺杂CdSe/ZnS核-壳结构量子点(CQDs)能提高聚(3-己基噻吩):[6,6]-苯基-C61-丁酸甲酯(P3HT:PCBM)体异质结太阳电池的能量转换效率.本文研究了CdSe/ZnS量子点在P3HT:PCBM中的不同掺杂比例及其表面配体对太阳电池光伏性能的影响,优化器件ITO(氧化铟锡)/PEDOT:PSS(聚(3,4-乙撑二氧噻吩:聚苯乙烯磺酸)/P3HT:PCBM:(CdSe/ZnS)/Al的能量转换效率达到了3.99%,与相同条件下没有掺杂量子点的参考器件ITO/PEDOT:PSS/P3HT:PCBM/Al相比,其能量转换效率提高了45.1%.     

Four matroidal structures of covering and their relationships with rough sets

Covering is a common form of data representation, and covering-based rough sets serve as an efficient technique to process this type of data. However, many important problems such as covering reduction in covering-based rough sets are NP-hard so that most algorithms to solve them are greedy. Matroids provide well-established platforms for greedy algorithm foundation and implementation. Therefore, it is necessary to integrate covering-based rough set with matroid. In this paper, we propose four matroidal structures of coverings and establish their relationships with rough sets. First, four different viewpoints are presented to construct these four matroidal structures of coverings, including 1-rank matroids, bigraphs, upper approximation numbers and transversals. The respective advantages of these four matroidal structures to rough sets are explored. Second, the connections among these four matroidal structures are studied. It is interesting to find that they coincide with each other. Third, a converse view is provided to induce a covering by a matroid. We study the relationship between this induction and the one from a covering to a matroid. Finally, some important concepts of covering-based rough sets, such as approximation operators, are equivalently formulated by these matroidal structures. These interesting results demonstrate the potential to combine covering-based rough sets with matroids.     

二元整系数多项式因式分解的一种理论和算法

我们发现可以把二元多项式盾成系数为一元多项式的一元多项式来进行分解，据此，本文建立了二元整系数多项式因式分解的一种理论，提出了一个完整的分解二元整系数多项式的算法。这个算法还能很自然地推广成分解多元整系数多项式的算法。     

耐硫催化剂上合成混合醇的研究

通过改进制备方法和添加助剂，用浸渍－热分解法制得了具有高活性和高选择性的MoS2-K-C型耐硫低碳混合醇催化剂。在8.0-11.0MPa,290-340℃，6000-12000h^-1,H2 S 浓度为100ppm 左右的条件下，在直流反应器中对催化剂进行了性能测试，结果表明，醇得率为0.14-0.47gROH(gcat·h)^-1，选择性为89-98%。同时，考察了操作条件对催化剂性能的影响。1042h的试验，证明催化剂具有很好的稳定性。