Muon-oxygen bonding in V2O3

A muon site search using calculated internal fields has been performed for V₂O₃, where purely dipolar fields allow a site determination free from covalent complications. The obtained sites are a subset of the Rodriguez and Bates sites found in α-Fe₂O₃ and indicate muon oxygen bond formation. The sites missing at low temperatures are consistent with the vanadium pairing mechanism for the metal-to-insulator (corundum-to-monoclinic) phase transition.     

Continuum regularization of gauge theory with fermions

The covariant-derivative regularization program is discussed ford-dimensional gauge theory coupled to fermions in an arbitrary representation.     

Automated determination of size and morphology information from soot transmission electron microscope (TEM)-generated images

The thermophoretic sampling of particulates from hot media, coupled with transmission electron microscope (TEM) imaging, is a combined approach that is widely used to derive morphological information. The identification and the measurement of the particulates, however, can be complex when the TEM images are of low contrast, noisy, and have non-uniform background signal level. The image processing method can also be challenging and time consuming, when the samples collected have large variability in shape and size, or have some degree of overlapping. In this work, a three-stage image processing sequence is presented to facilitate time-efficient automated identification and measurement of particulates from the TEM grids. The proposed processing sequence is first applied to soot samples that were thermophoretically sampled from a laminar non-premixed ethylene-air flame. The parameter values that are required to be set to facilitate the automated process are identified, and sensitivity of the results to these parameters is assessed. The same analysis process is also applied to soot samples that were acquired from an externally irradiated laminar non-premixed ethylene-air flame, which have different geometrical characteristics, to assess the morphological dependence of the proposed image processing sequence. Using the optimized parameter values, statistical assessments of the automated results reveal that the largest discrepancies that are associated with the estimated values of primary particle diameter, fractal dimension, and prefactor values of the aggregates for the tested cases, are approximately 3, 1, and 10 %, respectively, when compared with the manual measurements.     

复杂混合溶液成分高光谱分析的可行性

采用高光谱技术对复杂混合溶液进行检测分析,同时利用被测物质的吸光度和散射特性信息以提高光谱的信噪比。实验设计了高光谱采集装置,采集生物组织模拟液(Intralipid-10%)的漫反射高光谱图像,并用Monte Carlo方法和漫射近似理论对其进行了正向和反向推导,获得了632nm波长下,Intralipid-10%吸收系数为0.002 0cm-1,与标准参数相对误差为11.1%;约化散射系数为63.35cm-1,与标准参数相对误差为6.49%,基本符合标准参数的误差范围,验证了该高光谱检测系统的准确性。还利用该高光谱系统对不同厂家出品的牛奶、果汁等样本进行了高光谱采集,得到不同样本间差异较传统二维光谱更为明显的结果,充分证明了高光谱方法在复杂混合溶液成分分析中具有很强的可行性。     

Lead-free KNLNT piezoelectric ceramics for high-frequency ultrasonic transducer application

This paper presents the latest development of a lead-free piezoelectric ceramic and its application to transducers suitable for high-frequency ultrasonic imaging. A lead-free piezoelectric ceramic with formula of (K_0.5Na_0.5)_0.97Li_0.03(Nb_0.9 Ta_0.1)O₃ (abbreviated as KNLNT-0.03/0.10) was fabricated and characterized. The material was found to have a clamped dielectric constant ε₃₃^S/ε₀ = 890, piezoelectric coefficient d₃₃ = 245 pC/N, electromechanical coupling factor k_t = 0.42 and Curie temperature T_c > 300 °C. High-frequency (40 MHz) ultrasound transducers were successfully fabricated with the lead-free material. A representative lead-free transducer had a bandwidth of 45%, two-way insertion loss of -18 dB. This performance is comparable to reported performances of popular lead-based transducers. The comparison results suggest that the lead-free piezoelectric material may serve as an alternative to lead-based piezoelectric materials for high-frequency ultrasonic transducer applications.     

Defect formation of Au thin films on SiO2/Si upon annealing

We have studied structural changes of Au film surfaces grown on Si with native oxide layers. Using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), we found that annealing above 200°C can cause formation of defects (or cracks), which is most likely driven by interdiffusion of Au and Si accompanying strong Au–Si interactions at the interface regime. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) study is also in line with defect formation upon annealing. Interaction of O₂ with rough Au surfaces is discussed in connection with catalytic activities of Au surfaces.     

Pulsed-laser photolysis of chromium and molybdenum hexacarbonyls at 308 nm: Simultaneous monitoring of optical and acoustic emissions

An acoustic technique developed earlier was applied to measure the molar number of fragments produced in the XeCl-laser-induced gas-phase photolysis of Cr(CO)₆ and Mo(CO)₆. The bluish-green Cr and Mo emissions were also monitored and correlated with the acoustic signal. For laser fluence ranging up to about 25 mJ/cm² (38 mJ/cm²), the Cr (Mo) optical signal varied with laser fluence asy =dx ³, in agreement with the model that highly excited metal atoms were produced by direct three-photon processes. The acoustic signal varied with fluence asy = ax + bx ², consistent with the model that most fragments were formed via sequential and direct two-photon processes. Quite expectedly, all coefficientsa,b andd vary linearly with carbonyl partial pressure. Both optical and acoustic signals showed onset of saturation at 25 mJ/cm² (38 mJ/cm²) for the case of chromium (molybdenum) hexacarbonyl, suggesting that all photolysis channels were equally affected by the depletion of parent molecules. By assuming a common depletion mechanism, upper limits on the branching ratios of the various photolysis channels were estimated.