Euler calculations with embedded Cartesian grids and small-perturbation boundary conditions

This study examines the use of stationary Cartesian mesh for steady and unsteady flow computations. The surface boundary conditions are imposed by reflected points. A cloud of nodes in the vicinity of the surface is used to get a weighted average of the flow properties via a gridless least-squares technique. If the displacement of the moving surface from the original position is typically small, a small-perturbation boundary condition method can be used. To ensure computational efficiency, multigrid solution is made via a framework of embedded grids for local grid refinement. Computations of airfoil wing and wing-body test cases show the practical usefulness of the embedded Cartesian grids with the small-perturbation boundary conditions approach.     

利用电化学微分质谱在燃料电池的阴极研究碳载体的氧化

利用电化学微分质谱,在双薄层流动电解池中,通过检测二氧化碳产物的信号研究氧气与铂纳米粒子对碳载体氧化机理与动力学的影响．研究发现,碳载体可以在不同的电位区间内被氧化;氧气可以加速碳的氧化,在相同的电位下碳氧化生成二氧化碳产物的速率在氧气饱和溶液中是在氮气饱和溶液中的两倍;铂纳米粒子可以催化碳的氧化,在碳电极上,担载的铂纳米粒子可以大大降低碳氧化的过电势．讨论了铂与氧气促进碳氧化的机理．     

Preparation via solid-state reaction at room temperature and characterization of layered nanocrystalline NH4MnPO4·H2O

The layered nanocrystalline NH₄MnPO₄·H₂O was obtained by grinding MnSO₄·H₂O and (NH₄)₃PO₄·3H₂O in the presence of surfactant PEG-400 via a solid-state reaction at room temperature, maintaining the mixture at room temperature for 12 h, washing the mixture with water, and drying at 60 °C. The resulting NH₄MnPO₄·H₂O and its products of thermal decomposition were characterized using thermogravimetry and differential thermal analyses (TG/DTA), IR, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV–vis, and magnetic susceptibility. The data showed that when dried at 60 °C for 5 h, highly crystallized orthorhombic NH₄MnPO₄·H₂O (space group Pmnm(59)) was obtained with an average particle size of 45 nm and an average interlayer distance of 0.8701 nm. On the other hand, monoclinic nanocrystalline Mn₂P₂O₇ with space group C2/m(12) was obtained when the product was calcined at 600 °C for 3 h. Magnetic susceptibility measurements from room temperature to 2.5 K point to ferrimagnetic ordering at T_N～17 K.     

A three-step system calibration procedure with error compensation for 3D shape measurement

System calibration, which usually involves complicated and time-consuming procedures, is crucial for any three-dimensional （3D） shape measurement system based on vision. A novel improved method is proposed for accurate calibration of such a measurement system. The system accuracy is improved with considering the nonlinear measurement error created by the difference between the system model and real measurement environment. We use Levenberg-Marquardt optimization algorithm to compensate the error and get a good result. The improved method has a 50% improvement of re-projection accuracy compared with our previous method. The measurement accuracy is maintained well within 1.5% of the overall measurement depth range.     

Sudden death and revival of entanglement of two qubits coupled collectively to a thermal reservoir

In this paper, we investigate the entanglement of two qubits coupled collectively to a common thermal environment and find that the the collective decay can lead to a revival of the entanglement that has already been destroyed. We also show that the ability of the system to revival entanglement relies on the mean photon number of the thermal environment and the degree of entanglement of the initial state.     

掺铒的纳米相氟氧化物玻璃陶瓷的多光子红外量子剪裁

研究了掺铒的纳米相氟氧化物玻璃陶瓷(Er(3):FOV)的红外量子剪裁现象,测量了红外和可见的Er(3):FOV的荧光光谱.结果发现光激发²H_11/2能级的⁴ I_13/2→⁴I_15/2荧光跃迁的近似量子剪裁效率已达约186.28%.计算了有关的无辐射弛豫速率、自发辐射速率和能量传递速率,分析了有关的能量传递动力学过程,发现     

Tapered dielectric structure in metal as a wavelength-selective surface plasmon polariton focuser

Symmetric tapered dielectric structures in metal have demonstrated applications such as the nanofocusing of surface plasmon polaritons, as well as the waveguiding of V-channel polaritons. Yet the fabrication of smooth-surfaced tapered structure remains an obstacle to most researchers. We have successfully developed a handy method to fabricate metal-sandwiched tapered nanostructures simply with electron beam lithography. Though these structures are slightly different from conventional symmetric V-shaped structures, systematic simulations show that similar functionality of surface plasmon polariton nanofocusing can still be achieved. When parameters are properly selected, wavelength-selective nanofocusing of surface plasmon polaritons can be obtained.     

Thermal-induced nonlinear optical characteristics of ethanol solution doped with silver nanoparticles

The investigation of nonlinear optical characteristics of ethanol solution doped with is presented. A large thermal-induced third-order nonlinear refractive index up to silver nanoparticles 1.941× 10^-7 cm2/W is obtained from the mixed solution under 488-nm continue wave （CW） laser irradiation, which may result from surface plasmon resonance （SPR） enhancement effect of silver nanoparticles as well as high thermo-optic coefficient and low thermal conductivity of ethanol. Obvious spatial self-phase modulation and influence of thermal-induced negative lens effect are observed when a beam propagates through this solution, indicating promising applications such as optical limiting, beam flattening, and so on.     

点接触金属/Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3/Pt结构稳定的低电流电阻开关特性

利用自主开发的导电原子力显微镜控制Pt,W探针构成点接触金属/Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3(PCMO)/Pt三明治结构,对其电流-电压(I-V)及脉冲诱导电阻开关(EPIR)特性进行了研究.研究发现,在10 nA限流下两种电极对应结构的I-V都表现出相当稳定的双极性电阻开关特性,以及大于100的电阻开关比.进一步测试发现,点接触W/PCMO/Pt器件具有在10 nA限流下稳定的EPIR特性以及100 pA限流下重复的双极性电阻开关特性.此电流比已报道的电流低3个数量级,表明此结构在低功耗存储器件方面的潜在应用.通过对比样品不同位置、不同限流、不同接触面积点接触Pt/PCMO/Pt的I-V回滞特性,把点接触器件在低电流下稳定、显著的电阻开关效应归结于小的器件面积导致强的局域电场加强了O离子迁移效应.     

十二次对称准周期结构的自相似变换及准晶胞构造

研究十二次对称准晶体模型的几何结构性质.修正了Socolar在正方形-菱形-六边形拼图模型中自相似变换的错误.在Stampfli-Ghler正方形-菱形-三角形拼图模型的基础上,成功地构造出了准晶胞,使得十二次对称准周期结构可以用覆盖理论描述. 关键词： 准晶体 拼图模型 自相似变换 覆盖理论