Size-dependent heterogeneity benefits the mechanical performance of bone

Heterogeneity of biological materials, such as bone, tooth, and mollusc shells, plays a key role in determining their mechanical performance (e.g. the strength, damage tolerance, etc.). Here, we quantify heterogeneities in elasticity and inelasticity of bovine cortical bone between 100 nm and a few microns and identify a characteristic length scale (λ_c) of approximately 200 nm. Below λ_c the mechanical heterogeneity of bone is pronounced and exhibits a strong nonlinear size-dependence, while above λ_c the heterogeneity is much less. Such size-dependent heterogeneity benefits the mechanical performance of bone since it not only promotes the energy dissipation at nanoscale, but also suppresses heterogeneity-induced stress concentration and strain localization at larger length scales. This is one of the possible mechanisms functioning at multiple length scales that make bone a well-designed tough natural material. Utilizing experimentally measured data, systematic computational simulations were carried out, showing that the heterogeneity in inelasticity, rather than elasticity, plays a dominant role in promoting energy dissipation during deformation. Possible parameters that determine the inelasticity heterogeneity (e.g. mean value and standard deviation of heterogeneous yield stress) and therefore affect energy dissipation are investigated under typical deformation modes of bone. The analysis presented suggests that there exists an optimum ratio of macroscopic strength to elastic modulus for improving energy dissipation under tension. All these findings are of great value to the design and synthesis of improved bio-inspired composites.     

Two-phase nonlocal integral models with a bi-Helmholtz averaging kernel for nanorods

In this work, the static tensile and free vibration of nanorods are studied via both the strain-driven (StrainD) and stress-driven (StressD) two-phase nonlocal models with a bi-Helmholtz averaging kernel. Merely adjusting the limits of integration, the integral constitutive equation of the Fredholm type is converted to that of the Volterra type and then solved directly via the Laplace transform technique. The unknown constants can be uniquely determined through the standard boundary conditions and two constrained conditions accompanying the Laplace transform process. In the numerical examples, the bi-Helmholtz kernel-based StrainD (or StressD) two-phase model shows consistently softening (or stiffening) effects on both the tension and the free vibration of nanorods with different boundary edges. The effects of the two nonlocal parameters of the bi-Helmholtz kernel-based two-phase nonlocal models are studied and compared with those of the Helmholtz kernel-based models.

     

神光-Ⅲ主机装置成功实现60 TW/180 kJ三倍频激光输出

2015年9月15日,由中国工程物理研究院激光聚变研究中心承担研制的神光-Ⅲ主机装置成功完成了48束激光三倍频180 kJ/3 ns、峰值功率60 TW的输出测试实验,标志着神光-Ⅲ主机装置已全面建成并达到设计指标,成为现有输出能力世界排名第二、亚洲排名第一的惯性约束聚变激光驱动器。神光-Ⅲ主机装置可输出48束阵列化的大口径高功率脉冲激光（分为6个束组,每个束组为一个42的光束阵列）,主要由前端、预放、主放、测量与光束控制、靶场、计算机集中控制等六大系统组成。神光-Ⅲ主机装置的研制,凝集了我国在光学、激光、脉冲功率、精密机械、快电子学、自动控制、化学清洗、超精密加工等多个学科领域的顶尖技术成就,堪称中国光学工程界的奇迹。神光-Ⅲ主机装置采用腔内四程放大+变口径90翻转U型反转器+助推三程放大的总体构型,在未使用大口径隔离组件的条件下,采用焦斑控制、精密准直、锥管镜面空间滤波及杂散光管理等技术措施,实现了基频光十万倍增益、10 kJ量级输出状态下的自激振荡抑制与反激光规避,在系统具备50%以上透过率的前提下确保了装置的运行安全,大大提高了装置的性价比。神光-Ⅲ主机装置的建设过程中攻克了高精度种子光源、高品质激光束的预放大、精密同步、辐射定标损伤检测、全光路精密波前校正、甚多束光路自动准直、自动化靶瞄准定位、计算机集中控制、高效谐波转换、一搁准精密安装、超精密光学加工、缺陷控制损伤阈值提升等多项光学工程技术难关,确保了装置具备优秀的技术指标性能。神光-Ⅲ主机装置打破了激光系统串行调试的规律,基于基准体系技术,通过不同束组间的错级并行,实现总体集成工作的满负荷运转,确保了装置建设的总体进度和集成效率。装置从第一个光机模块进场到基本完成集成调试,用时仅四年半,创造了又一个中国速度。在工程建设过程中以自主研发的传输放大动力学设计软件、激光泵浦动力学软件、杂散光树叉追迹软件等为基础,融合了部分光学设计商用软件,构建了覆盖光学、结构、电气、控制等多个学科的高功率激光装置数字化设计平台,基本实现了装置设计的全面数字化。工程建设过程中形成的质量、安全、进度控制体系保证了工程顺利进行。神光-Ⅲ主机装置的全面建成,标志着我国在大型激光驱动器方面的总体设计、总体集成、精密装校、加工制造、光学检测、关键技术等核心能力实现了体系化发展与成熟,面向更大规模的激光驱动器研制的光学工程体系已基本形成。     

Confinement and passivation of perovskite quantum dots in porous natural palygorskite toward an efficient and ultrastable light-harvesting system in water

Perovskite quantum dots (QDs) are promising as representative candidates to construct next-generation superior artificial light-harvesting systems (ALHSs). However, their high sensitivity to external environments, especially to water, imposes a stringent limitation for their actual implementation. Herein, by interface engineering and encapsulation with natural palygorskite (PAL), a water-resistant light-harvesting CsPbBr₃@PAL antenna was prepared. Molecular dynamics simulations further confirm a significant shielding protection of the PAL matrix to CsPbBr₃, facilitating exceptional stability of the CsPbBr₃@PAL antenna when exposed to air for 10 months, to 150 °C thermal stress, and even to water for more than 30 days, respectively. Furthermore, as a result of in situ encapsulation of the PAL matrix and defect passivation caused by H-bonding and coordination-bonding interaction, the CsPbBr₃@PAL antenna in water shows a substantially enhanced photoluminescence quantum yield (36.2%) and longer lifetime. After sequentially assembling Eosin Y and Rose Bengal in the pores of the PAL matrix, RB-ESY-CsPbBr₃@PAL with a sequential two-step efficient Förster resonance energy transfer process exhibited extremely enhanced photocatalytic activity toward Friedel–Crafts alkylation reactions in aqueous solution, 2.5-fold higher than that of corresponding ESY/RB. Our work provides a feasible strategy for the exploitation of ultra-stable halide perovskite-based ALHSs in aqueous media for solar-energy conversion.

A water-resistant light-harvesting antenna was prepared via encapsulating and in situ passivating perovskite quantum dots in PAL matrix. The ESY-RB-CsPbBr₃@PAL system with high sequential FRET exhibited enhanced photocatalysis in aqueous solution.     

高功率激光装置光传输管道污染规律及对光学表面损伤性能的影响

研究高功率激光装置光传输管道内部洁净度变化规律,分析其对内部重要光学元件光学性能的影响规律,提出污染控制措施。对光传输管道内部的气溶胶进行采样,并利用空气品质分析仪及扫描电镜对其进行分析,得到光传输管道内部洁净度变化规律和污染源;采用内部放置透射膜元件的方法,研究洁净度等级水平对透射膜的微观结构和透射率的影响,并利用1-on-1的测试方式进行透射膜元件的损伤阈值测试。研究结果表明：光传输管道内部的洁净度在激光辐照后迅速上升至万级水平,透射膜元件在此环境下其透过率严重下降,下降幅度为2.5%,且表面微观形貌发生变化。光学透射薄膜表面损伤阈值随表面污染水平呈现线性下降规律,最大下降幅度约为10%。污染监测和成分分析结果表明管道内部灰尘及杂散光或者鬼光束辐照金属产生的等离子体是管道内污染的主要源头,在此基础上提出了正压密封保持的技术手段确保内部光学表面洁净度水平,延长使用寿命。     

Facile One‐Pot Synthesis of Oxazolidin‐2‐ones from Phenyl 2‐Hydroxyalkyl Selenides

A novel, convenient, efficient, three‐step, one‐pot synthesis of 2‐oxazolidinones from phenyl 2‐hydroxyalkyl selenides was developed. Using this methodology, 2‐oxazolidinones are obtained in good yields (76–85%) by reaction of phenyl 2‐hydroxyalkyl selenides with benzoyl isocyanate and subsequent oxidation/cyclization, followed by hydrolysis with hydrochloric acid solution.     

Gallium tris­(iodate), Ga(IO3)3

Ga(IO₃)₃ crystallizes in the space group P6₃, with the Ga atom at a site with imposed threefold symmetry. The crystal structure consists of slightly distorted GaO₆ octa­hedra that are bridged by I atoms of IO₃⁻ groups, giving rise to a three‐dimensional polar network. The framework contains unoccupied hexa­gonal channels running parallel to the hexa­gonal [001] direction. The iodate groups have their stereochemically active non‐bonded electron pairs pointing in the same direction along [001], which creates the polarity in the structure. The I—O bond distances and O—I—O angles are normal, being in the ranges 1.783 (3)–1.847 (2) Å and 94.68 (11)–99.61 (12)°, respectively.     

The Enhancement Absorption of Light Field Induced By Optical Radiation on the off Resonance in Cesium Vapor Cell

A large increase of atomic absorption via atomic coherence is observed in Cesium atoms in the condition of off resonance in degenerate two-level atomic systems. We show that when on resonance, the reduction of atomic absorption via EIT accured. But when we tune the coupling field on the off resonance, the enhancement of absorption via EIA is obtained for the probe field. The influences of the two-photon detuning and intensity of coupling field on the absorption are also studied experimentally.     

Unexpected Synthesis of 2, 2＇-[1-（4-Methoxyphenoxy）propane-2, 2-diyl]bis（5-methoxy-3-methylbenzofuran）

A new bisbenzofuran analogue Ⅶ was achieved unexpectedly in one step procedure from 1-（4-methoxyphenoxy）acetone Ⅰ by using Amberlyst 15 resin as catalyst in excellent yield. The structure was elucidated by spectroscopy analysis including ^1H-NMR, ^13C-NMR, DEPT, ESI-MS, element analysis.