New bifurcations of basin boundaries involving Wada and a smooth Wada basin boundary

This paper demonstrates and analyses double heteroclinic tangency in a three-well potential model, which can produce three new types of bifurcations of basin boundaries including from smooth to Wada basin boundaries, from fractal to Wada basin boundaries in which no changes of accessible periodic orbits happen, and from Wada to Wada basin boundaries. In a model of mechanical oscillator, it shows that a Wada basin boundary can be smooth.     

Effect of polyvinylpyrrolidone on the structure and laser damage resistance of sol–gel silica anti-reflective films

The effect of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) on the structure and laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) of sol–gel silica anti-reflective films is investigated. The results of dynamic light scattering, transmission electron microscopy, and small angle X-ray scattering, show that the PVP molecules surrounded the silica sol particles through the strong hydrogen bonds between Si-OH groups and the PVP. As a result, the growth of silica particles was restricted and thus the interface layer between the silica particles and the solvent become thickened with PVP content. Furthermore, the PVP reduced the porosity of the film, so the anti-reflection properties of the film were weakened. A multi-fractal analysis showed that the appropriate addition of PVP, 1 weight percent (wt%), could improve the surface fractal structure of the film, but that higher PVP content resulted in reduced surface uniformity. The addition of PVP lead to improved LIDT.     

Charge/discharge characteristics of sulfur composite electrode at different temperature and current density in rechargeable lithium batteries

The charge/discharge characteristics of the sulfur composite cathodes were investigated at different temperatures and different current densities. The composite presented the discharge capacities of 854 and 632 mAh g⁻¹ at 60 and −20 °C, respectively, while it had the discharge capacities of 792 mAh g⁻¹ at 25 °C. The composite presented the discharge capacities of 792 and 604 mAh g⁻¹ at 55.6 and 667 mA g⁻¹, respectively, at room temperature. The results showed that the sulfur composite cathodes presented good charge/discharge characteristics between 60 and −20 °C and at a high c-rate up to 667 mA g⁻¹.     

InxGa1-xN薄膜的弯曲因子及斯托克斯移动研究

采用常压金属有机化学汽相沉积(MOCVD)技术以Al2O3为衬底在GaN膜上生长了InxGa1-xN薄膜。以卢瑟福背散射／沟道技术、光透射谱、光致发光光谱对InxGa1-xN／GaN／AI2O3样品进行了测试。研究了InxGa1-xN薄膜的弯曲因子及斯托克斯移动。结果表明，采用光透射谱、光致发光光谱得到的InxGa1-xN薄膜的禁带宽度一致，InxGa1-xN薄膜并不存在斯托克斯移动。InxGa1-xN薄膜的In组分分别为0．04，0．06，0．24，0．26时，其弯曲因子分别为3．40,2．36，1．82，3．70。随In组分变化。InxGa1-xN薄膜的弯曲因子的变化并没有一定的规律，表明InxGa1-xN薄膜的禁带宽度随In组分的变化关系复杂。     

激光光栅多普勒效应微小振动测量

为了提高测量微小振动的精度和动态范围，提出一种基于激光光栅多普勒效应的微振动测量系统。通过对差拍信号的频率分析，以峰值频率比值的方法可以排除干扰获得被测振动频率，找到振动的翻转点并判断振幅的大小；推导了在翻转点附近的微小位移与电压值的关系，对于小于计数当量值的位移由测量电压得到，提高了微小振动位移的测量精度以及系统测量的最小分辨率、动态范围。实验系统的频率范围为0．5～500Hz，振幅为20～10mm，相对误差小于1％，其动态范围大于100dB。     

Mechanical Properties of Breast Cancer Cell Membrane Studied with Optical Tweezers

Membrane tethers are extracted from breast cancer cells using a force generated by an optical trap. It is experimentally obtained that the radius of tether is about 0.1μm and the static tether force is about 8.5 pN. Calculations based on the experimental measurements give a bending modulus for the tether of 1.35 x 10^-19 N.m and a surface membrane tension of 6.76 x 10^-6 N/m in the breast cancer cell. The treatment with cytochalasin D results in the decreasing bending modulus and decreasing apparent surface tension. When the membrane protein caveolin is over-expressed, similar cases occur in bending modulus and apparent surface tension. In addition, the viscous resistance coefficient of the membrane is calculated to be 1.15pN.s/μm according to the dynamic tether forces obtained under different pulling velocities.     

Transient saturation absorption spectroscopy excited near the band gap at high excitation carrier density in GaAs

Transient saturation absorption spectroscopy in GaAs thin films was investigated using femtosecond pump and supercontinuum probe technique at excitation densities higher than 1×10^{19}cm^{-3}. The Coulomb enhancement factor of the electron－hole plasma results in a spectrum hole at the pump wavelength. Two distinct transmission peaks at two sides of the pump wavelength are observed, arising from the bleaching of transitions from the heavy- and light-hole bands to the conduction band. The dynamic process of the transient saturation absorption is fitted using a bi-exponential function. The fast decay process is dominated by the carrier-phonon scattering and the slow process may be attributed to the electron－hole recombination.     

A Novel UWB Antenna with Small Side-Leakage

A successful design for a UWB (ultra-wideband antennas) antenna based on NRD-guide (nonradiative dielectric waveguide) with small side-leakage is presented. The rule of the theoretical selection of its parameters, if NRD-guide is used as the UWB antennas, is studied firstly, then the temporal propagation characteristics of the NRD-guide and the radiation characteristics for an tapered open-ended NRD-guide are calculated by FDTD (finite-difference time-domain) method.     

A diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO4 laser with a GaAs saturable absorption

We have demonstrated a passively Q-switched operation of Nd:GdVO₄ laser in which a GaAs crystal is used as the saturable absorber for the first time as far as we know. A maximum average output power of 1.64 W was obtained at an incident pump power of 12 W, the corresponding optical conversion efficiency and peak power were 13.7% and 116.8 W, respectively. The maximum peak energy obtained in the experiment by 50% transmission couple was 19 μJ.     

Spectral Characteristics of White Organic Light-emitting Diodes Based on Novel Phosphorescent Sensitizer

采用新型贵金属铱的配合物bis(1,2-dipheny1-1H-benzoimida-zole)iridium (acetylacetonate)作为磷光敏化剂,与荧光染料4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-t-butyl-6-(1,1,7,7-tetramethyljulolidyl-9-en-yl)-4H-pyran共同掺杂到聚合物主体材料poly(N-vinylcarbazole)中,以N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-bis(1-naphthyl) (1,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'-diami-ne作为蓝光发光层,制备了白色有机电致发光器件. 通过对掺杂体系的紫外-可见吸收光谱、光致发光光谱以及电致发光光谱的表征,分析了该磷光敏化体系的能量转移机制. 结果表明,在该聚合物磷光荧光双掺杂体系中,由于磷光与荧光材料之间的不完全的F?rster能量传递过程,导致电致发光光谱中同时存在磷光材料三线态到基态与荧光材料单线态到基态的辐射衰减发光. 该掺杂体系成功实现了白光发射,随着偏置电压的升高,器件的CIE色坐标有微小的红移,但都非常接近等能白光点,器件表现出了很好的色纯度.