Red, green, and blue lanthanum phosphate phosphors obtained via surfactant-controlled hydrothermal synthesis

A new solution route for the obtainment of highly pure luminescent rare-earth orthophosphates in hydrothermal conditions was developed. By starting from soluble precursors (lanthanide tripolyphosphato complexes, i.e. with P₃O₁₀⁵⁻ as a complexing agent and as an orthophosphate source) and by applying surfactants in a water/toluene medium, the precipitations are confined to reverse micelle structures, thus yielding nanosized and homogeneous orthophosphates. The method was employed to obtain lanthanide-activated lanthanum phosphates, which can be applied as red (LaPO₄:Eu³⁺), green (LaPO₄:Ce³⁺,Tb³⁺) and blue (LaPO₄:Tm³⁺) phosphors. The produced materials were analyzed by powder X-ray diffractometry, scanning electron microscopy, infrared spectroscopy and luminescence spectroscopy (emission, excitation, lifetimes and chromaticity coordinates).     

Cadmium determination in biological samples by direct solid sampling flame atomic absorption spectrometry

A direct solid sampling flame atomic absorption spectrometric procedure for trace determination of cadmium in biological samples has been developed. Test samples (0.05–2.00 mg) were ground and weighed into small polyethylene vials, which were connected to the device for solid sample introduction into a conventional air/acetylene flame. Test samples were carried as a dry aerosol to a quartz cell, placed between the burner and the optical path, which had a perpendicular entrance and a slit in the upper part. The atomic vapor generated in the flame produced a transient signal that was totally integrated within 1 s. The effect of operating conditions and the extent of grinding on the analytical signal were evaluated. Background signals were always low and a characteristic mass of 0.29 ng Cd was obtained. Calibration was performed using different masses of solid certified reference materials. Results obtained for certified and in-house reference materials were typically within the 95% confidence interval of the certified and/or reference value, and the precision, expressed as relative standard deviation, was between 3.8 and 6.7%. The proposed system is simple and it might be adapted to conventional atomic absorption spectrometers allowing the determination of Cd in more than 80 test samples per hour, excluding weighing.     

Differentiation of strawberry varieties through purge-and-trap HRGC-MS,HRGC-FTIR and principal component analysis

The aroma composition of three different Fragaria anannassa cul-tivars Selva, Chandler, and Osso Grande) is studied by purge-and-trap HRGC and the components identified by MRGC-MS and HRGC-FTIR. The chromatographic aroma profiles from four different maturation stages in each variety are compared and the similarities accessed by principal component analysis (PCA). The contents in n-hexanal and hex-2(Z)-enal are characteristic features of the green stage in the three varieties where the content differences in methyl, ethyl, and butyl acetates act as typifying variables among varieties. Ethyl acetate acts as an important differentiation variable for the Selva variety. In the mature stage, the three cultivars may be distinguished from each other through their relative contents of methyl and ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (Selva), methyl 2-methyl-butyrate, methyl butyrate (Chandler), methyl and ethyl butyrates, and methyl caproate (Osso Grande).     

A theoretical model for laser removal of particles from solid surfaces

Received: 13 November 1996/Accepted: 30 January 1997     

Contrast and sensitivity of the vibration fringes in time-averaged electronic speckle-pattern interferometry: effect of variations of force level

The time averaged frame subtraction technique is improved by subtracting two Bessel fringe patterns at two different force levels. The technique enables significant enhancement of fringe contrast and increased measurement sensitivity. The contrast and sensitivity of the fringes obtained at different force ratios are investigated. Both theoretical and experimental results are presented.     

Wavelet-Based Estimation for Univariate Stable Laws

Stable distributions are characterized by four parameters which can be estimated via a number of methods, and although approximate maximum likelihood estimation techniques have been proposed, they are computationally intensive and difficult to implement. This article describes a fast, wavelet-based, regression-type method for estimating the parameters of a stable distribution. Fourier domain representations, combined with a wavelet multiresolution approach, are shown to be effective and highly efficient tools for inference in stable law families. Our procedures are illustrated and compared with other estimation methods using simulated data, and an application to a real data example is explored. One novel aspect of this work is that here wavelets are being used to solve a parametric problem, rather than a nonparametric one, which is the more typical context in wavelet applications.     

A non-linear fluid force model for vortex-induced vibration of an elastic cylinder

Even under the assumption of a sinusoidal lift and drag force at a single frequency for a stationary cylinder in a cross flow, higher harmonics that represent non-linearity in the fluid-structure interaction process are present. This fact is considered in the formulation of a non-linear fluid force model for a freely vibrating cylinder in a cross flow. The force model is developed based on an iterative process and the modal analysis approach. The fluid force components in the model can be evaluated from measured vibration data with the help of the auto-regressive moving averaging (ARMA) technique. An example is used to illustrate that non-linear (higher order) force components are present at resonance, even for a case with relatively weak fluid-structure interaction. Further analysis reveals that the fluid force components are dependent on structural damping and mass ratio. The non-linear fluid force model is further modified by taking these considerations into account and is used to predict the dynamic characteristics of a freely vibrating cylinder over a range of Reynolds numbers, mass and structural damping ratios. On comparison with measurements obtained from four different experiments and predictions made by previous single-degree-of-freedom model, good agreement is found over a wide range of these parameters.     

高速光脉冲的测量方法

 综述了目前国际上公认的测量高速光脉冲的几种方法，主要包括电光条纹相机（SC）、快速脉冲取样、二次谐波产生（SHG）、频率分辨光学门（FROG）以及光谱相位干涉直接电场重建（SPIDER）等。详细地阐述和分析了这些方法的原理、特点、适用范围以及它们的研究现状。     

An efficient dealkylative addition of trialkylamines to dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates in the presence of a metallic chloride

Dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates react effectively with an array of trialkylamines in dioxane at 80 °C in the presence of a metallic chloride to afford the corresponding aminomaleates in good yields.