Charge fluctuations in Au+Au collisions at RHIC energy

A hadron and string cascade model, JPCIAE, together with the corresponding Monte Carlo event generator, has been employed in this paper to investigate further the charge fluctuations in Au+Au collisions at Snn = 130 GeV. The default JPCIAE calculations are in good agreement with PHENIX and STAR data. We found that the thermal predictions for the π gas, the resonance π gas and quark matter deviate, respectively, from the corresponding dynamical simulations from the JPCIAE model. The discrepancies were also found between the π charge fluctuations and the charge fluctuations of all species of hadrons. However the charge fluctuations for "π from ρ and ω decay" and for all the hadrons from resonance decay are close to each other, indicating the correlation between positively and negatively charged hadrons is not sensitive to the species of hadrons. This work shows further that it is questionable to use the charge fluctuations as a signature of QGP.     

过渡金属偶氮苯衍生物二阶非线性光学性质的密度泛函理论研究

采用含时密度泛函理论方法(TDDFT)计算了IB族过渡金属及第5周期的金属杂化偶氮苯生色团的二阶非线性光学极化率。研究了金属杂化偶氮苯生色团的电子激发跃迁。结果表明, 与金属离子络合后的杂化偶氮苯生色团, 二阶非线性光学极化率明显改变, 是金属的推拉电子效应的结果。IB族金属的在原有机偶氮苯共轭体系的电荷转移方向的强拉电子效应, 增大了电荷转移范围, 使二阶非线性光学极化率增大。与Nb络合的杂化生色团, 沿原电荷转移相反的方向拉动电荷, 电荷转移跃迁局限于金属离子附近, 未能产生大的激发跃迁偶极矩, 体系的二阶非线性光学响应因而降低。激发跃迁能量是另一个主要影响因素, 同一类跃迁中, 金属杂化生色团的跃迁能量越低, 其二阶非线性光学响应就越大。络合Rh的生色团与Nb杂化生色团类似, 电荷转移跃迁范围都比较小, 同时由于Rh与羧基结合时几乎垂直羧基平面, 电荷同时沿X, Y方向转移跃迁, 属于二维电荷转移类型。     

Temperature Modulated DSC. Theoretical interpretation

The application of non-linear heating program to a heat-flux DSC apparatus has attracted much attention. From thermodynamics viewpoint, it is shown that the variation of enthalpy of a sample changing with temperature change is due, to both the true heat capacity of the sample and the enthalpy of some transformations occurring in the sample, characterized by its degree of advance. Using the simple assumption that the rate of the transformation is proportional to the distance from the thermodynamic equilibrium, an electrical model of the thermal event is given. Using the coupled cell model of the DSC apparatus, we show how to obtain the rate of transformation of the sample and heat capacity, which is directly related to the base line of the experiment. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

三核欠完整立方烷金属原子簇二阶非线性光学性质的理论研究

研究了具有欠完整立方烷构型的过渡金属原子簇分子的二阶非线性光学性质。利用TDDFT方法计算了选取的簇分子及相应模拟构造分子的静态和动态的一阶非线性光学超级化率(ijk);并计算了不同金属、桥原子和配体以及簇芯对该类化合物一阶超级化率的影响。选取其中的一个簇分子为基本模型,分析了该分子的电子结构和分子轨道,在微观水平上阐述了其非线性光学性质的可能起源。认为由过渡金属和硫原子组成的簇芯和与桥原子相连的配体对该类簇合物的二阶非线性光学性质的起决定性的作用。     

Switchable neutral bistable rotaxanes

Two switchable neutral bistable [2]rotaxanes have been synthesized, and their chemically induced mechanical switching has been studied in solution by 1H NMR spectroscopy. One of the rotaxanes was prepared by a thermodynamically controlled slippage mechanism, while the other rotaxane was obtained by a dynamic covalent chemistry protocol involving the assembly of its dumbbell component by olefin metathesis. The recognition sites present in the rod section of the dumbbell component, namely, naphthodiimide (NpI) and pyromellitic diimide (PmI) residues, were chosen in the knowledge that the ring component, 1,5-dinaphtho[38]crown-10 (1/5DNP38C10), will bind preferentially to the NpI site. However, upon introduction of Li+ ions into the solution, a 1:2 complex is formed between the PmI site, encircled by the 1/5DNP38C10 ring and two Li+ ions. Since this complex is more stable overall than the binding between the 1/5DNP38C10 ring and the NpI site, the ring component moves from the NpI site to the PmI one. This mechanical movement can be reversed by adding an excess of [12]crown-4 to the solution to act as a sequestering agent for the Li+ ions.     

Determination of the stability constants of macrocyclic ligand-alkali cation complexes by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry

Quantitative studies of the complexation of the macrocylic ligands, 18 crown 6 (18C6,1) and cyclogentiotetraose peracetate (CGD4Ac,2), with alkali cations, have been investigated by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (f.a.b.m.s.). Complexation curves of 18C6 with Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺ and Cs⁺ in glycerol, and of CGD4Ac with Cs⁺ in PEG 200, were obtained by plotting the complex peak intensity against the alkali cation concentration. From these curves we describe a method to calculate the stability constant for an alkali cation-macroyclic ligand complex. There is a good agreement between stability constants obtained either by f.a.b.m.s. or calorimetric techniques for 18C6-alkali cation complexes. These results suggest that the f.a.b. technique can be used to study complex formation and determine the stability constant.     

Optimal adaptive focusing through heterogeneous media with the minimally invasive inverse filter

The inverse filter is a technique used to adaptively focus waves through heterogeneous media. It is based on the inversion of the Green's functions matrix between the M transducers of a focusing array and N control points in the focal area. The inverse filter minimizes the pressure deposited around the focal point. However it is highly invasive, requiring the presence of N transducers or hydrophones in the focal area at the control points' locations to measure the Green's functions. This paper presents a way of reaching the inverse filter's focusing quality with a minimally invasive setup: only one transducer (at the desired focal location) is needed. This minimally invasive inverse filter takes advantage of the fact all the information about the propagation medium can be retrieved from the signals backscattered by the medium towards the focusing array, if the propagation medium is lossless. A numerical simulation is performed to test this minimally invasive inverse filter through a scattering, lossless medium. The focusing quality equals the conventional, highly invasive inverse filter's. The average spatial and temporal contrast is increased by up to 10 dB compared to the time reversal focusing.     

Theoretical Studies on the First Hyperpolarizabilities of One-dimensional Donor-bridge-acceptor Chromophores

The ground-state dipole moments and second-order nonlinear optical （NLO） properties of a series of one-dimensional （1D） chromophores with donor-bridge-acceptor （D-B-A） structures have been investigated by using the second-order MФller-Plesset （MP2） and density functional theory （DFT） methods with the basis set of 6-31＋G（d）. According to the calculated results, the relationship between the molecular static first hyperpolarizability （βμ） and the directions of electron transition has been summarized. In terms of the sign of βμ, these 1D organic chromophores were classified into two categories： type Ⅰ with negative βμ and type Ⅱ bearing positive βμ. The analyses show that the remarkable difference of the first hyperpolarizabilities between Ⅰ and Ⅱ chromophores is associated mainly with the electrostatic interaction between terminal groups and the transport electrons in excited states. Moreover, different from the popular viewpoint, the obtained results also show that most of this series of 1D D-B-A molecules are more charge-separated in the ground states than in the excited states. As a whole, this theoretical investigation, to some extent, can be considered as a useful reference in designing the NLO chromophores with large first hyperpolarizabilities.     

Structural characteristics of different types of nanoparticles synthesised in mesomorphic metal alkanoates

The class of thermotropic ionic liquid crystals (LCs) of the metal alkanoates possesses a number of unique properties, such as intrinsic ionic conductivity, high dissolving ability and ability to form time-stable mesomorphic glasses. These ionic LCs can be used as nanoreactors for the synthesis and stabilisation of different types of nanoparticles (NPs). Thus, some semiconductors, metals and core/shell NPs were chemically synthesised in the thermotropic ionic liquid crystalline phase (smectic A) of the cadmium octanoate (CdC₈) and of the cobalt octanoate (CoC₈). By applying the scanning electron microscopy, the cadmium and cobalt octanoate composites containing CdS, Au, Ag and core/shell Au/CdS NPs have been studied. NPs’ sizes and dispersion distribution of the NPs’ size in the nanocomposites have been obtained.     

158 A Ge V p-Pb Pb-Pb碰撞中的单奇异和多奇异粒子产生

用描写相对论性核 核碰撞的LUCIAE模型及相应的MonteCarlo事例产生器分析了WA97最近发表的 1 5 8AGeVp Pb和Pb Pb碰撞中单奇异粒子 (Λ ,Λ)和多奇异粒子 (Ξ-,Ξ-,Ω-,Ω-)的多重数和横质量分布 .由于LUCIAE模型包含了弦碎裂微观过程中奇异夸克压低因子随碰撞体系的能量、中心度和质量的增大而增大 ,以及由它导致的相对论性核 核碰撞宏观过程中奇异粒子产额随上述三因素之增而增的物理机制 ;LUCIAE模型计算结果能较好描写WA97实验所揭示的相对论性核 核碰撞中奇异粒子产额随中心度之增而增和奇异粒子增强随奇异夸克数之增而增的实验事实 ,以及单奇异和多奇异粒子的横质量分布 .