IMPINGING JET ATOMIZATION AT ELEVATED AND SUPERCRITICAL AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE CONDITIONS

A study of a spray formed by a pair of liquid nitrogen jets impinging on one another at elevated up to above-critical ambient temperature and pressure conditions has been conducted using double-pulse, two-reference-beam holography and high-speed photography. Qualitative observations as well as quantitative measurements on droplet size distribution and its dependence on pressure and temperature were obtained. Droplet size measurements showed that, at subcritical conditions, the increase of the ambient pressure initially makes the atomization quality deteriorate. Further increase in pressure (above 50% of the critical pressure) improves the atomization quality. The spray pattern changed drastically as the ambient pressure approached and exceeded the critical pressure in an environment already at supercritrical temperature. At supercritical ambient conditions, the usual mechanisms of droplet formation are no longer in place. The liquid nitrogen spray undergoes a mixing process with the nitrogen environment.     

Graphene-based passively Q-switched Nd:KLu(WO4)2 eye-safe laser operating at 1,425 nm

With graphene as saturable absorber, an Nd:KLu(WO₄)₂ eye-safe laser operating at 1,425 nm is demonstrated. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration that an Nd:KLu(WO₄)₂ laser operates at the eye-safe 1.4-μm region. A maximum total average output power of 170 mW is obtained under the pump power of 9.6 W, corresponding to an optical–optical efficiency of 1.77 %. The minimum pulse width and the highest pulse repetition rate are 153 ns and 97 kHz, respectively. Also the characteristics of the graphene used as saturable absorber for a 1.4-μm laser were studied for the first time.     

Long-Lived Luminescent Re(I) Complexes Containing cis-Carbonyl and Bidentate Phosphine Ligands

Highly emissive Re(I) complexes, hydrophobic cis-Re(CO)₂(c-dppene)(dpphen) and water-soluble cis-Re(CO)₂(c-dppene)(SO₃-dpphen) with a negative charge, were synthesized [where c-dppene is cis-(bis(diphenylphosphino)ethylene, dpphen is 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, and SO₃-dpphen is its disulfonate derivative]. These Re(I) complexes have significantly higher molar absorption in the 350- to 490-nm region compared to their tricarbonyl Re(I) counterparts and their emission spectra are similar to those of Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes. The luminescence lifetimes of these Re(I) complexes approach 10 s in the absence of oxygen in both aqueous and less polar solvents. The complexes have limiting anisotropy values exceeding 0.3. As both ligands, the diimine and the bidentate phosphine, can be modified by adding different substituents, it should be possible to make cis-Re(CO)₂(diimine)(P-P) derivatives which are capable of labeling biomacromolecules for biochemical and biophysical studies.     

Superconducting gap anisotropy in Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4: results from photoemission

We have performed angle resolved photoelectron spectroscopy on the electron doped cuprate superconductor Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4. A comparison of the leading edge midpoints between the superconducting and normal states reveals a small, but finite shift of 1.5-2 meV near the ( pi,0) position, but no observable shift along the zone diagonal near ( pi/2, pi/2). This is interpreted as evidence for an anisotropic superconducting gap in the electron doped materials, which is consistent with the presence of d-wave superconducting order in this cuprate superconductor.     

类金刚石薄膜红外光学常数的计算机拟合

报道了一种对类金刚石薄膜红外透射率曲线最小二乘法拟合的方法，确定类金刚石薄膜的红外光学常数－折射率、吸收系数以及薄膜厚度及表面粗糙度。介绍了相应的数学模型，并给出了对类金刚石薄膜样品的实验测及拟合结果。     

二元扩散偶界面的元素扩散和金属间相的形成

根据元素扩散数据、相形成热和它们的稳定性, 分析了二元扩散偶界面元素扩散和中间相的形成.并实验研究了Ti-Ni, Nb-Sn 和Ta-Pt 三个系统. 关键词：     

液滴低速撞击润湿球面现象观测分析

采用高速摄像仪以10000 帧/s的拍摄速度对液滴低速撞击润湿球体表面过程进行了实验观测, 分析了液滴撞击后的反弹、局部反弹和铺展等现象, 考察了黏度对撞击过程的影响; 在此基础上, 定量讨论了液滴铺展特征参数随撞击速度、球体直径和黏度的变化规律. 观测发现: 黏度较大且撞击速度较低时, 撞击后可能出现反弹和局部反弹, 黏度较小时则不发生; 铺展面积随撞击速度的增大而增大; 黏度增大时, 铺展因子减小; 在球体直径为4–20 mm范围内, 随着球体直径的增加, 铺展因子呈上升趋势. 关键词： 液滴撞击 润湿球面 铺展 黏度     

Bi2Te3拓扑绝缘体表面颗粒化铅膜诱导的超导邻近效应

拓扑绝缘体的出现为寻找拓扑超导体和Majorana费米子提供了一种可能的途径. 在拓扑绝缘体Bi₂Te₃表面沉积极薄的不连续铅膜, 试图通过邻近效应感应出大片的超导区, 为下一步研究拓扑超导电性创造条件.借助四引线电输运测量实验, 在0.25 K的低温下看到了超流现象, 表明沉积在Bi₂Te₃表面的厚度小于20 nm的颗粒化铅膜能够诱导邻近效应, 并且使大片Bi₂Te₃超导. 关键词： 超导邻近效应 S-N-S结 拓扑绝缘体