Rapid synthesis and luminescence of the Eu, Er codoped ZnO quantum-dot chain via chemical precipitation method

ZnO quantum-dot chains codoped with Eu³⁺ and Er³⁺ were synthesized by the chemical precipitation method and the codoping effects on the structures, morphologies and optical properties of the powders were briefly investigated. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) results indicated the Eu³⁺ and Er³⁺ were incorporated into the crystal lattice of ZnO host. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) measurements showed the sizes of the ZnO quantum dots decreased with the increase of Eu³⁺ and Er³⁺ doping concentration, and the quantum-dot chains were formed by codoping with Eu³⁺ and Er³⁺. The green emissions in the photoluminescence spectra were attributed to 4f-4f of Er³⁺ inner shell ²H_11/2 → ⁴I_15/2 and ⁴S_3/2 → ⁴I_15/2 transitions, and the characteristic red emissions of Eu³⁺ ions were attributed to the ⁵D₀ → ⁷F₁ and ⁵D₀ → ⁷F₂ transitions, respectively. Moreover, the red emission of the Eu³⁺ ions gradually decreased with the Er³⁺ ions doping concentration increased, which may be due to the different energy storage centers in the powders.     

Existence of traveling wavefronts of discrete reaction-diffusion equations with delay

In this paper, we investigate the temporally discrete reaction-diffusion with delay. By using Schauder’s fixed point theorem, we establish the existence of traveling wave fronts. The main result is applied to a delayed and discretely diffusive model for the population of Daphnia magna.     

原子力／摩擦力显微图象的分析与测量

用表面粗糙度评定方法和分形几何方法，结合原子力／摩擦力显微图象的特点，编制了包括Ｒａ，Ｒｑ，Ｓｍ，Ｓ，λａ，λｑ及高度分布、承载率曲线、相关函数、功率谱和分形维数等参数的图象分析与测量的ＦＯＲＴＲＡＮ程序；用ＳＴＲ－１８０和ＳＴＲ－１０００标样作了高度标定，对国产Ｎａｔｕｒｅ磁带和进口Ｓｏｎｙ磁带的原子力／摩擦力显微图象进行了分析测量．结果表明：Ｎａｔｕｒｅ磁带的粗糙度和粒度均比Ｓｏｎｙ磁带的大；微摩擦力与表面轮廓及表面轮廓斜率之间均有良好的对应关系．     

用HLLC方法处理运动边界

针对含有运动边界非结构网格点的显式有限体积方法，研究了如何使用HLLC方法处理运动边界条件，计算了活塞拉伸、压缩问题，并和解析解进行了比较．作为应用示例，比较了静止圆柱绕流和静止流场中运动圆柱的绕流情形。结果表明：应用HLLC方法处理运动边界是可行的。     

Multiple-filled skutterudites: high thermoelectric figure of merit through separately optimizing electrical and thermal transports

Skutterudites CoSb(3) with multiple cofillers Ba, La, and Yb were synthesized and very high thermoelectric figure of merit ZT = 1.7 at 850 K was realized. X-ray diffraction of the densified multiple-filled bulk samples reveals all samples are phase pure. High-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis confirm that multiple guest fillers occupy the nanoscale-cages in the skutterudites. The fillers are further shown to be uniformly distributed and the Co-Sb skutterudite framework is virtually unperturbed from atomic scale to a few micrometers. Our results firmly show that high power factors can be realized by adjusting the total filling fraction of fillers with different charge states to reach the optimum carrier density, at the same time, lattice thermal conductivity can also be significantly reduced, to values near the glass limit of these materials, through combining filler species of different rattling frequencies to achieve broad-frequency phonon scattering. Therefore, partially filled skutterudites with multiple fillers of different chemical nature render unique structural characteristics for optimizing electrical and thermal transports in a relatively independent way, leading to continually enhanced ZT values from single- to double-, and finally to multiple-filled skutterudites. The idea of combining multiple fillers with different charge states and rattling frequencies for performance optimization is also expected to be valid for other caged TE compounds.     

Positive solutions for one-dimensional p-Laplacian boundary value problems with dependence on the first order derivative

This paper presents sufficient conditions for the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions to the one-dimensional p-Laplacian differential equation (?p^′(u^′))+a(t)f(u,u^′)=0, subject to some boundary conditions. We show that it has at least one or two or three positive solutions under some assumptions by applying the fixed point theorem.     

Mobile Rayleigh Doppler wind lidar based on double-edge technique

<正>We describe a mobile molecular Doppler wind lidar(DWL) based on double-edge technique for wind measurement of altitudes ranging from 10 to 40 km.A triple Fabry-Perot etalon is employed as a frequency discriminator to determine the Doppler shift proportional to the wind velocity.The lidar operates at 355 nm with a 45-cm-aperture telescope and a matching azimuth-over-elevation scanner that provides full hemispherical pointing.To guarantee wind accuracy,a single servo loop is used to monitor the outgoing laser frequency to remove inaccuracies due to the frequency drift of the laser or the etalon.The standard deviation of the outgoing laser frequency drift is 6.18 MHz and the corresponding velocity error is 1.11 m/s.The wind profiles measured by the DWL are in good agreement with the results of the wind profile radar(WPR).Evaluation is achieved by comparing at altitudes from 2 to 8 km.The relative error of horizontal wind speed is from 0.8 to 1.8 m/s in the compared ranges.The wind accuracy is less than 6 m/s at 40 km and 3 m/s at 10 km.     

Effect of Mn doping on the microstructures and photoluminescence properties of CBD derived ZnO nanorods

Mn-doped ZnO nanorods were synthesized from aqueous solutions of zinc nitrate hexahydrate, manganese nitrate and methenamine by the chemical solution deposition method (CBD). Their microstructures, morphologies and optical properties were studied in detail. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results illustrated that all the diffraction peaks can be indexed to ZnO with the hexagonal wurtzite structure. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) results showed that the average diameter of Mn-doped ZnO nanorods was larger than that of the undoped one. Photoluminescence (PL) spectra indicated that manganese doping suppressed the emission intensity and caused the blue shift of UV emission position compared with the undoped ZnO nanorods. In the Raman spectrum of Mn-doped ZnO nanorods, an additional mode at about 525 cm⁻¹ appeared which was significantly enhanced and broadened with the increase of Mn doping concentration.     

Positive and negative solutions of a class of nonlocal problems

The existence of nontrivial solutions of Kirchhoff type equations is an important nonlocal quasilinear problem. In this paper, still by using the invariant sets of descent flow, we obtain positive and negative solutions of a class of nonlocal quasilinear elliptic boundary value problems as follows:

     

The removal of MO molecules from aqueous solution by the combination of ultrasound/adsorption/photocatalysis

Methyl orange (MO) molecules had been removed from aqueous solution by nano-TiO(2)/exfoliated graphite composites with the combination of ultrasound/adsorption/photocatalysis. The experimental results had showed that nano-TiO(2)/exfoliated graphite composites provided with the adsorptive capability of exfoliated graphite and the photocatalysis capability of nano-TiO(2) synchronously. It had been proved that the removal ratios related to the adsorption and photocatalysis capability of the composites and were influenced by US and UV irradiation, the reaction times, the reaction temperatures, the initial pH values, the dosages and the initial MO solution concentrations. Moreover, it had been illuminated that the combination was very effective and useful on removing MO molecules from aqueous solution.