Thermoelectric properties of CoSb3 with maize‐like structure

Maize‐like CoSb₃ powders were obtained via the chemical alloying method. After the consolidation of the nanopowder using hot press, the CoSb₃ compact shows a higher Seebeck coefficient and lower thermal conductivity. For the investigated CoSb₃, a ZT of 0.15 at 673 K is shown. Though the achieved ZT does not reach the optimal value (0.17 to 0.18) for pure CoSb₃, due to its lower electrical conductivity, the novel structure fabrication provides an interesting and promising approach to enhancing the thermoelectric performance. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

闪光X射线高速摄影荧光转换屏的设计和性质研究

本文描述了用于中间弹道高速摄影荧光转换屏的设计特点、性能测试和实验结果。文中讨论了Gd2O2S:Tb和(Zn,Cd)S对X射线的吸收系数、发光效率以及荧光光谱与变象管S-20阴极光谱灵敏度曲线相匹配的相关曲线;测试了转换屏的相对发光强度、分辨率及其余辉。实验证明本屏发光亮度比钨酸钙屏高60倍左右,屏分辩率达51p/mm,余辉时间为8μs,多幅摄影结果证明第一幅的图象对第二幅照片无“拖尾”现象,本屏已达到了中间弹道高速摄影转换屏的实用水平。     

膨胀的热的富重子夸克─胶子物质的双轻子产生的抑制

从完全核阻止的假定出发基于３＋１维ＲＨＥ研究了双轻子谱，并得到结论：如果在极端相对论性原子核碰撞中富重子的夸克－胶子物质真地产生了，那么随着初始重子密度的增加，在不变质量２ｍπ和１ＧｅＶ之间双轻子的产生将会显示出强烈的抑制，而且将有一个反常的峰出现在不变质量０．７５ＧｅＶ附近．这些预言可以在ＣＥＲＮ和Ｂｒｏｏｋｈａｖｅｎ即将开展的实验中得到检验．     

诊断中性束加速电源打火检测与保护电路的研究与设计

通过检测打火短路过程中产生较大的di/dt 和du/dt 来实现高压电源的打火短路保护。在研究了中性束加速电源控制和保护特点的基础上, 设计了诊断中性束加速电源在打火短路过程中的di/dt 和du/dt 的检测电路和相应的保护电路, 实现提前对加速器高压电源打火短路的保护。     

The intruder orbitals in superdeformed bands and alignment additivity of odd–odd nuclei in the region

The particle-number conserving (PNC) method for treating the cranked shell model with monopole and quadrupole pairing correlations is used to study the superdeformed (SD) bands observed in odd–odd nuclei in the A190 mass region. Spins are assigned to the levels in these bands. The microscopic mechanism of the ω evolution of the dynamic moment of inertia J⁽²⁾ for these SD bands are analyzed. In particular, the major roles of the j_15/2 neutron and i_13/2 proton orbitals played in the SD bands are investigated in detail by contributions to J⁽²⁾ from each cranked orbital and interference terms between two cranked orbitals. Additivity in the A190 mass region is investigated. The experimental evidence for additivity of alignments in ¹⁹²Tl can be reproduced by our calculations.     

Structural characteristics of ultra-low k SiO<Subscript>2</Subscript> thin films prepared using a molecular template

Nanoporous SiO₂ thin films with ultra-low dielectric constants were synthesized using a molecular template method. Uniform films with pore size between 10 and 20 nm were obtained as observed by N₂ adsorption/desorption isotherms and transmission electron microscopy. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and differential thermal analysis were carried out to investigate the effect of n-hexane washing on structural properties before and after the surface modification process. The results showed that –OH bonds were substituted with –CH₃ bonds in the films as a result of modification of trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS)/n-hexane solution. Four kinds of model were used to analyze the relationship between porosity and dielectric constant of the films, where the dielectric constant was determined from capacitance-voltage measurements. The investigation indicated that the corresponding relationship was in accord with that estimated by the Rayleigh model.     

Generation of Bianchi type V cosmological models with varying Λ-term

Bianchi type V perfect fluid cosmological models are investigated with cosmological term varying with time. Using a generation technique (Camci et al., 2001), it is shown that Einsteins field equations are solvable for any arbitrary cosmic scale function. Solutions for particular forms of cosmic scale functions are also obtained. The cosmological constant is found to be a decreasing function of time, which is supported by results from recent type Ia supernovae observations. Some physical aspects of the models are also discussed.     

Periodic Solutions for Completely Resonant Nonlinear Wave Equations with Dirichlet Boundary Conditions

We consider the nonlinear string equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions u_tt–u_xx=(u), with (u)=u³+O(u⁵) odd and analytic, 0, and we construct small amplitude periodic solutions with frequency for a large Lebesgue measure set of close to 1. This extends previous results where only a zero-measure set of frequencies could be treated (the ones for which no small divisors appear). The proof is based on combining the Lyapunov-Schmidt decomposition, which leads to two separate sets of equations dealing with the resonant and non-resonant Fourier components, respectively the Q and the P equations, with resummation techniques of divergent powers series, allowing us to control the small divisors problem. The main difficulty with respect to the nonlinear wave equations u_tt–u_xx+Mu=(u), M0, is that not only the P equation but also the Q equation is infinite-dimensional.     

Characterization of electrical charge separation at the interface of two aqueous solutions in the presence of concentration gradients and cation/anion mobility ratio asymmetry

Physical consequences of ionic diffusion processes play a major role on the outcome of electrophysiology experiments due to both their contribution to the ionic transmembrane transport and phenomena taking place at the measuring instruments interface. As most of the time heterogenities in biological media with respect to ionic diffusion constants are disregarded, we intended to look upon the general case of ionic diffusion at the interface of two liquids on which gradients of these diffusion constants no longer can be neglected. We developed a theoretical model for the diffusion potential which emerges at an aqueous interface under gradients of concentration and diffusion constants. The experimental validation of our model was achieved through potential difference measurements of the diffusion potential between two solutions containing sodium chloride (NaCl) and glycerine solutions of various concentrations. Within the studied domain of the electrical charge mobility ratio, we noticed that experimental results are in agreement with the theoretically inferred diffusion potential values. This demonstrates that the resulting relationship for the diffusion potential inferred from our model could be applied for other cases, as well. When the ionic solutions contains an indefinite quantity of glycerine or an unknown substance able to modify diffusion constants of sodium and chloride, it was shown that through measurements of the diffusion potential one can infer the unknown concentration of glycerine and the modified ionic mobility ratio. This, in turn, builds up the foundation for a novel yet simple and efficient analitycal sensing device for quantitative determination in the field.