The trajectory and stability of a spiralling liquid jet: Viscous theory

We examine a spiralling slender viscous jet emerging from a rapidly rotating orifice, extending Wallwork et al. [I.M. Wallwork, S.P. Decent, A.C. King, R.M.S.M. Schulkes, The trajectory and stability of a spiralling liquid jet. Part 1. Inviscid theory, J. Fluid Mech. 459 (2002) 43–65] by incorporating viscosity. The effects of viscosity on the trajectory of the jet and its linear instability are determined using a mixture of computational and asymptotic methods, and verified using experiments. A non-monotonic relationship between break-up length and rotation rate is demonstrated with the trend varying with viscosity. The sizes of the droplets produced by this instability are determined by considering the most unstable wave mode. It is also found that there is a non-monotonic relationship between droplet size and viscosity. Satellite droplet formation is also considered by analysing very short wavelength modes. The effects of long wavelength modes are examined, and a wave which propagates down the trajectory of the jet is identified for the highly viscous case. A comparison between theoretical and experimental results is made, with favourable agreement. In particular, a quantitative comparison is made between droplet sizes predicted from the theory with experimental observations, with encouraging agreement obtained. Four different types of break-up are identified in our experiments. The experimentally observed break-up mechanisms are discussed in light of our theory.     

DNA-mediated delivery of lipophilic molecules via hybridization to DNA-based vesicular aggregates

A scheme is presented for stabilizing hydrophobic molecules and releasing them into aqueous solution via DNA hybridization. A tetradecyl hydrophobic tail is covalently attached to synthetic oligomers, and the resulting amphiphilic molecules take up substantial amounts of orange OT and pyrene dyes in aqueous environments. The resulting structures do not affect the surface tension and are predominantly spherical as shown by light scattering and TEM, and the pyrene fluorescence is consistent with a hydrophobic environment. It is concluded that the amphiphilic DNA creates vesicular domains upon which the hydrophobic dyes reside and are stabilized in solution. Upon exposure to the complementary strand, the pyrene dye is released from the structures, showing that the scheme can be used for unlabeled or DNA-mediated drug delivery.     

Influence of physical and chemical heterogeneity shape on thin film rupture

It is known that the breakup times for thin liquid films on solid surfaces can be substantially smaller if the surface is heterogeneous, either chemically or physically. In this paper we explore issues related to the effect of the shape of the physical and chemical heterogeneities on the breakup time and the thinning behavior. We consider two shapes, sinusoidal and exponential, for both physical and chemical gradients and compare the breakup times for these two different forms of gradients. Furthermore, the wavelength of the sinusoidal gradients and the length scale of the exponential gradients are varied and the effects of these on the breakup times and the film evolution are determined. For the sinusoidal gradients, we also obtain analytical results for shape evolution that are valid at short times and for small amplitude perturbation of the physical/chemical heterogeneities. The fastest growing modes are determined for spinodal breakup and also for both shapes (sinusoidal and exponential) of physical and chemical heterogeneities. The breakup times for the fastest growing modes from the linear and the nonlinear studies are compared for spinodal breakup and these results are also compared with those for both chemical and physical heterogeneities, of both sinusoidal and exponential shapes. Results show that the presence of heterogeneities, in general, accelerates the breakup of the film. In the linear regime, the growth rates are the same for the chemical and physical heterogeneities and spinodal breakup, and the effect of the heterogeneities is manifested as increased amplitude of initial perturbation. The effect of the chemical and physical heterogeneities dominate the film dynamics at early times, becoming less important at later times. The growth rates and equivalently the breakup times for the films on heterogeneous surfaces depend on the length scale over which physical/chemical gradients occur, and as the length scale approaches zero, which implies that the gradients become very steep, the effect of the heterogeneities on the breakup times becomes small.     

射频辉光放电CH4等离子体中电子的能量分布

通过求解Lorentz简化的玻尔兹曼方程,得到射频放电CH₄等离子体中电子的能量分布函数.求解过程中使用一个简化的射频电场模型代替泊松方程求解放电电场.共计包含6类环境气体及27种电子碰撞反应.通过EEDF对等离子体中的电子反应率系数、电子平均能量、电子的传输率系数等进行求解分析.结果表明,在等离子体鞘层区域电子能量具有Maxwell分布形式,在正柱区域具有Druyvesteyn分布形式.最高电子能量和最大反应率系数出现在鞘层区域.电子的迁移率系数和扩散率系数随射频周期的演化时空分布不均匀.     

射频辉光放电CH4等离子体一维流体动力学模拟

完整建立一个关于射频辉光放电CH₄等离子体的流体动力学模型.模型包括基于迁移-扩散近似的粒子平衡方程、电子能量平衡方程,共包含了20种粒子(环境气体粒子,激发态粒子,离子和电子)和49类化学反应(电子-中性环境粒子、离子-中性环境粒子、激发态粒子-激发态粒子(中性环境粒子)).结果表明,在强电场区域有较高的电子反应率系数;等离子体中除源气体CH₄外,H₂,C₂H₆,C₃H₈,C₂H₄和C₂H₂也有较高的密度含量;激发态粒子中,CH₃含量最高,密度约为10¹⁹m^-3;在较低放电压力时(如18 Pa),CH₅⁺在离子成分中密度含量最高,当放电压力较高时(如67Pa),C₂H₅⁺在离子成分中占主导地位;除C₂H₅⁺外,其它各离子和激发态粒子在极板上的粒子流量随功率的增大逐渐升高.     

改性硫氧镁胶凝材料的配制及性能研究

为确定工业级轻烧氧化镁粉与七水硫酸镁溶液配制改性硫氧镁胶凝材料的最优参数,分别研究了不同氧化镁/七水硫酸镁摩尔比,硫酸镁溶液浓度及水稳剂水玻璃对硫氧镁胶凝材料工作和力学性能的影响.结果表明:随着氧化镁/硫酸镁摩尔比的提高,硫氧镁水泥的初凝时间逐渐缩短,流动性逐渐降低,抗压和抗折强度逐渐提高;随着七水硫酸镁浓度的提高,硫氧镁水泥的抗压抗折强度也呈现增长趋势,MgO:MgSO4·7H2O:H2O摩尔比为14:1:12时,硫氧镁胶凝材浆体的28d抗压和抗折强度分别达到38.3MPa和7.0MPa.耐水性研究表明,加入氧化镁质量2%的水玻璃可以很好地改善硫氧镁水泥的耐水性.     

天目铁木愈伤组织和芽苗诱导技术

以天目铁木嫩茎尖为外植体,应用均匀设计法筛选其基部愈伤组织诱导和愈伤组织再分化芽苗的最适合培养基.结果表明,最适合的嫩茎尖基部愈伤组织诱导培养基为1/2DR+TDZ 2.30 mg·L^-1+2,4-D 0.55 mg·L^-1,诱导率为93.5%;愈伤组织芽苗再分化培养基为1/2DR+TDZ 3.30 mg·L^-1+KT 0.70 mg·L^-1,分化率达99.8%以上. 成功建立了天目铁木嫩茎尖离体诱导愈伤组织和芽苗再分化体系,且再生芽苗与野生植株染色体数目相同.     

An Efficient and Accurate Formalism for the Treatment of Large Amplitude Intramolecular Motion

We propose a general approach to describe large amplitude motions (LAM) with multiple degrees of freedom (DOF) in molecules or reaction intermediates, which is useful for the computation of thermochemical or kinetic data. The kinetic part of the LAM Lagrangian is derived using a Z-matrix internal coordinate representation within a new numerical procedure. This derivation is exact for a classical system, and the uncertainties on the prediction of observable quantities largely arise from uncertainties on the LAM potential energy surface (PES) itself. In order to rigorously account for these uncertainties, we present an approach based on Bayesian theory to infer a parametrized physical model of the PES using ab initio calculations. This framework allows for quantification of uncertainties associated with a PES model as well as the forward propagation of these uncertainties to the quantity of interest. A selection and generalization of some treatments accounting for the coupling of the LAM with other internal or external DOF are also presented. Finally, we discuss and validate the approach with two applications: the calculation of the partition function of 1,3-butadiene and the calculation of the high-pressure reaction rate of the CH(3) + H → CH(4) recombination.     

Low-temperature combustion chemistry of biofuels: pathways in the initial low-temperature (550 K-750 K) oxidation chemistry of isopentanol

The branched C(5) alcohol isopentanol (3-methylbutan-1-ol) has shown promise as a potential biofuel both because of new advanced biochemical routes for its production and because of its combustion characteristics, in particular as a fuel for homogeneous-charge compression ignition (HCCI) or related strategies. In the present work, the fundamental autoignition chemistry of isopentanol is investigated by using the technique of pulsed-photolytic Cl-initiated oxidation and by analyzing the reacting mixture by time-resolved tunable synchrotron photoionization mass spectrometry in low-pressure (8 Torr) experiments in the 550-750 K temperature range. The mass-spectrometric experiments reveal a rich chemistry for the initial steps of isopentanol oxidation and give new insight into the low-temperature oxidation mechanism of medium-chain alcohols. Formation of isopentanal (3-methylbutanal) and unsaturated alcohols (including enols) associated with HO(2) production was observed. Cyclic ether channels are not observed, although such channels dominate OH formation in alkane oxidation. Rather, products are observed that correspond to formation of OH viaβ-C-C bond fission pathways of QOOH species derived from β- and γ-hydroxyisopentylperoxy (RO(2)) radicals. In these pathways, internal hydrogen abstraction in the RO(2)? QOOH isomerization reaction takes place from either the -OH group or the C-H bond in α-position to the -OH group. These pathways should be broadly characteristic for longer-chain alcohol oxidation. Isomer-resolved branching ratios are deduced, showing evolution of the main products from 550 to 750 K, which can be qualitatively explained by the dominance of RO(2) chemistry at lower temperature and hydroxyisopentyl decomposition at higher temperature.