焊接变形光学测量技术研究

针对薄板焊接变形测量难的问题,提出了一种非接触式三维光学实时测量薄板焊接变形的新方法。首先通过2个高分辨率高速数字相机从不同观察点同时拍摄物体运动的视频图像;然后运用三维重建技术,包括共线方程、基于共面方程的像片定向、直接线性变换解法、外极线几何约束和光束平差解法等重建待测标志点的三维坐标;最后依据同名点将不同时刻薄板的变形状态关联起来,计算出待观测点的焊接变形量,并实时绘制显示出变形曲线。与传统方法相比,该方法具有不受焊接温度及强烈干扰影响和实时、高效、高精度等优点。     

One color contrast enhanced infrared and visible image fusion method

Color constancy (Toet and Franken, 2003 [2]; Toet, 2003 [7]) and color contrast (Scribner et al., 2000 [21]; Lee et al., 2005 [23]) are two important topics for color image fusion. The paper focuses on the low color contrast problem of linear fusion algorithms with color transfer method. Color transfer technology is popular in infrared (IR) and visible image fusion to give the fused image a natural day-time color appearance (Toet, 2003 [7]; Wang et al., 2007 [8]; Zheng and Essock, 2008 [9]). However, in the color transfer step, all three channels of the color space are processed with the same linear mapping without color enhancement, resulting in low color contrast between the target and the background (Wang et al., 2007 [8]). Based on the characteristics of the IR image, we introduce a ratio of local to global divergence of the IR image to improve the color contrast. The enhancement ratios for both hot and cold targets are larger than one, while it tends to one for the background. As a result, the proposed method pops out both hot and cold targets in color, where hot targets will appear intense red, and cold targets will appear cyan. Subjective results show visible color contrast enhancement effects. Target detection experiments through hue and saturation components of the fused image show an improvement in the hit rate for target detection, owing to larger color distance between the target and the background.     

Surface characterizations of fluorescent-functionalized silica nanoparticles: from the macroscale to the nanoscale

Journal of Nanoparticle Research - Fluorescent silica nanoparticles are widely used for various applications from mechanical reinforcement to biology. In many cases, their surface has to be...     

Electric-stress reliability and current collapse of different thickness SiNx passivated AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors

This paper investigates the impact of electrical degradation and current collapse on different thickness SiNx passivated AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors.It finds that higher thickness SiNx passivation can significantly improve the high-electric-field reliability of a device.The degradation mechanism of the SiNx passivation layer under ON-state stress has also been discussed in detail.Under the ON-state stress,the strong electric-field led to degradation of SiNx passivation located in the gate-drain region.As the thickness of SiNx passivation increases,the density of the surface state will be increased to some extent.Meanwhile,it is found that the high NH 3 flow in the plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition process could reduce the surface state and suppress the current collapse.     

Cyclic Codes Over\mathbb{Z}_{4} of Even Length

We determine the structure of cyclic codes over for arbitrary even length giving the generator polynomial for these codes. We determine the number of cyclic codes for a given length. We describe the duals of the cyclic codes, describe the form of cyclic codes that are self-dual and give the number of these codes. We end by examining specific cases of cyclic codes, giving all cyclic self-dual codes of length less than or equal to 14. San Ling - The research of the second named author is partially supported by research Grants MOE-ARF R-146-000-029-112 and DSTA R-394-000-011-422.     

Bistable electrical switching and memory effects in a thin film of copolymer containing electron donor-acceptor moieties and europium complexes

A nonconjugated methacrylate copolymer (PCzOxEu) containing carbazole moieties (electron donors), 1,3,4-oxadiazole moieties (electron acceptors), and europium complexes in the pendant groups was synthesized via free radical copolymerization of methacrylate monomers containing the respective functional groups. The molecular structure and composition of PCzOxEu was characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, UV-vis absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and cyclic voltammetry (CyV). The resulting copolymer exhibited a relatively high glass transition temperature (Tg approximately 125 degrees C) and good solubility in common organic solvents. It could be cast into transparent films from solutions. For a thin film of PCzOxEu sandwiched between an indium-tin oxide (ITO) electrode and an Al electrode (ITO/PCzOxEu/Al), the structure behaved as a nonvolatile flash (rewritable) memory with accessible electronic states that could be written, read, and erased. The polymer memory exhibited an ON/OFF current ratio up to 10(5), switching response time of approximately 1.5 micros, more than 10(6) read cycles, retention time of more than 8 h, and write/erase voltages of about 4.4 V/-2.8 V under ambient conditions. The roles of oxadiazole moieties in improving the response time and retention time of the memory device were elucidated from the molecular simulation results.     

PAMAM dendrimers for efficient siRNA delivery and potent gene silencing

Genuine, nondegraded PAMAM dendrimers self-assemble with siRNA into nanoscale particles that are efficient for siRNA delivery and induce potent endogenous gene silencing.     

Fluorescence quenching method for the determination of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose with acridine yellow or acridine orange

In near neutral to weak basic media, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (NaCMC) will dissociate to become a macro polymeric anion, which can react with acridine yellow (AY) or acridine orange (AO) to form an ion-association complex resulting in fluorescence quenching of the acridine dyes. The maximum fluorescence quenching wavelength is 505 nm (lambda(ex)=440 nm) for AY system and 530 nm (lambda(ex)=493 nm) for AO system, respectively. The fluorescence quenching values (DeltaF) are directly proportional to the concentrations of NaCMC and the linear ranges are 20.0-4000 microg/L for AY system and 20.0-7000 microg/L for AO system, separately. This method has high sensitivity and the detection limits for NaCMC are 58.0 microg/L (AY system) and 157.2 microg/L (AO system). The effects of coexistent substance have been investigated, and the results show that this method has a relatively good selectivity. A fluorescence quenching method for the determination of NaCMC based on the ion-association reactions of CMC polymeric anion with a basic acridine dye was developed. The method is sensitive, simple and fast.     

Eta1 and eta2 complexes of lambda3-1,2,4,6-thiatriazinyls with CpCr(CO)x

The title heterocyclic radicals coordinate to either 17e CpCr(CO)3 or 15e CpCr(CO)2 moieties as one-electron or as three-electron donors, respectively; in the former the bonding is via the perpendicular p orbital of the sulfur atom, while in the latter bonding is via p(pi) orbitals on both sulfur and nitrogen.     

Surface-assisted one-dimensional self-assembly of a perylene based semiconductor molecule

Chloroform-vapor annealing of thin films of propoxyethyl perylene tetracarboxylic diimide (PE-PTCDI, an n-type semiconductor) deposited on glass or mica leads to formation of well-defined one-dimensional self-assemblies (e.g. nanobelts), which show optically uniaxial properties as demonstrated by the linearly polarized emission.