基于MPS方法的汽泡凝结数值模拟研究

采用移动粒子半隐式(MPS)方法对静止过冷水中单个汽泡的凝结现象进行了数值模拟,研究了不同初始压力和初始直径时饱和蒸汽汽泡凝结过程,获得了凝结过程中汽泡形状、当量直径和压力的变化规律;汽泡初始压力为0.1～0.5MPa,初始直径为2mm、3mm和5mm;过冷水压力为0.1MPa,温度为70℃。结果表明两相界面不存在压差时,凝结过程中汽泡始终保持球形,汽泡当量直径逐渐减小,压力近似不变;相界面存在压差时,凝结过程中汽泡从球形逐渐变为心形、半月形,汽泡当量直径和压力会出现周期性振荡,且初始压力越大振荡幅度越大。     

Experimental investigation on reversal of secondary Bjerknes force between two bubbles in ultrasonic standing wave

The direction of the secondary Bjerknes force between a free bubble and an attached bubble was experimentally investigated. The behavior of the two bubbles in an ultrasonic standing wave of 27 kHz was observed using an imaging system with a high-speed video camera. It was demonstrated experimentally that the direction of the force reversed at a specific separation distance between the two bubbles, which was defined as the threshold distance. The threshold distance changed with the radius of the attached bubble. In addition, a theoretical calculation was performed using a previously derived model that coupled the vibrations of two free bubbles [Ida, Phys. Lett. A 297, 210-217 (2002)]. The experiment data for the threshold distance qualitatively agreed with the theoretical predictions, except when the separation distance was very small. Then, it was discovered that the free bubble became trapped near the attached bubble when the separation distance between the two bubbles was very small. This indicated that a stable equilibrium point for the separation distance exists that cannot be predicted by the theoretical model.     

Three dimensional gain analysis of free electron laser with focusing permanent magnet wiggler

A three dimensional simulation software system developed to estimate a free electron laser (FEL) gain has been applied to FEL using a standard plane polarized wiggler and an alternately shifted magnet wiggler. It is seen for the latter wiggler that a large filling factor could be selected and each maximum gain corresponding to each orbit of electron beam concentrates at a certain frequency region of FEL radiation. It is, therefore, implied that a proper shift between the adjacent magnets in the wiggler produces the improvement of the FEL gain.     

Global stability of a multistrain SIS model with superinfection and patch structure

We study the global stability of a multistrain SIS model with superinfection and patch structure. We establish an iterative procedure to obtain a sequence of threshold parameters. By a repeated application of a result by Takeuchi et al. [Nonlinear Anal Real World Appl. 2006;7:235–247], we show that these parameters completely determine the global dynamics of the system: for any number of patches and strains with different infectivities, any subset of the strains can stably coexist depending on the particular choice of the parameters.     

Visualization of space charge field effect on excitons in a GaAs quantum dot by near-field optical wavefunction mapping

Near-field photoluminescence (PL) imaging spectroscopy was used to investigate multi-exciton and charged-exciton states confined in a single GaAs interface fluctuation quantum dot. We determined the origin of peaks in the PL spectra by employing a wavefunction mapping technique. We observed distortion of the exciton wavefunction due to the electric field produced by an excess electron at a nearby confined state. Near-field wavefunction mapping was demonstrated to be a powerful tool for visualizing the local environment, which affects the emission properties of quantum dots.     

On global stability of an HIV pathogenesis model with cure rate

In this paper, applying both Lyapunov function techniques and monotone iterative techniques, we establish new sufficient conditions under which the infected equilibrium of an HIV pathogenesis model with cure rate is globally asymptotically stable. By giving an explicit expression for eventual lower bound of the concentration of susceptible CD4⁺ T cells, we establish an affirmative partial answer to the numerical simulations investigated in the recent paper [Liu, Wang, Hu and Ma, Global stability of an HIV pathogenesis model with cure rate, Nonlinear Analysis RWA (2011) 12 : 2947–2961]. Our monotone iterative techniques are applicable for the small and large growth rate in logistic functions for the proliferation rate of healthy and infected CD4⁺ T cells. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Theoretical study on the phenyl torsional potentials of trans-diphenyldiphosphene

The phenyl torsional potentials of trans-diphenyldiphosphene ( trans-phosphobenzene; t-DPP), which is an analogue of trans-azobenzene ( t-AZB), have been examined by means of ab initio complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) calculations. Though the electronic structures of t-DPP are similar to those of t-AZB, the phenyl torsional potentials are different from each other. In S 0, the potential energy curve of t-DPP has double minima at nonplanar conformations with C 2 and C i symmetries, while that of t-AZB has only minimum at a planar conformation with C 2 h . In S 1, the phenyl torsion of t-AZB is impeded from a planar geometry more than that in S 0. On the other hand, the phenyl torsion of t-DPP is promoted so that the phenyl groups are perpendicularly twisted against the PP double bond around the Franck-Condon region. Comments on the experimental findings of realistic diphosphenes protected by bulky substituents are also made.     

Two new monodesmosidic triterpene saponins from Gypsophila oldhamiana

Two new monodesmosidic triterpene saponins were isolated from the roots of Gypsophila oldhamiana (Caryophyllaceae). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral data to be quillaic acid, alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1-->4)-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-fucopyranosyl ester (1), and vaccaric acid, beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-[beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)]-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-fucopyranosyl ester (2). Compound 1 showed a significant enhancement of granulocyte phagocytosis in vitro.