Asymptotics of Block Toeplitz Determinants and the Classical Dimer Model

We compute the asymptotics of a block Toeplitz determinant which arises in the classical dimer model for the triangular lattice when considering the monomer-monomer correlation function. The model depends on a parameter interpolating between the square lattice (t = 0) and the triangular lattice (t = 1), and we obtain the asymptotics for 0 < t ≤ 1. For 0 < t < 1 we apply the Szegö Limit Theorem for block Toeplitz determinants. The main difficulty is to evaluate the constant term in the asymptotics, which is generally given only in a rather abstract form.     

Structure Stability of LaAlO3 Thin Films on Si Substrates

A series of amorphous and single-crystalline LaAlO3 （LAO） thin films are fabricated by laser molecular-beam epitaxy technique on Si substrates under various conditions of deposition. The structure stability of the LAO films annealed in high temperature and various ambients is studied by x-ray diffraction as well as high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The results show that the epitaxial LAO films have very good stability, and the structures of amorphous LAO thin films depend strongly on the conditions of deposition and post-annealing. The results reveal that the formation of LAO composition during the deposition is very important for the structure stability of LAO thin films.     

Validity of retinal oxygen saturation analysis: Hyperspectral imaging in visible wavelength with fundus camera and liquid crystal wavelength tunable filter

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the feasibility of a newly developed hyperspectral fundus imaging camera with a liquid crystal tunable filter. The intensities of different wavelengths of light transmitted through an artery, vein, and the area surrounding these vessels and reflected out were measured, and the differential spectral absorptions were analyzed. Measurements were made from 16 normal eyes and from two artificial capillaries. The ratios of absorption (ROA) of arteries to veins from 500 to 580 nm (range 1) and from 600 to 720 nm (range 2) were calculated. For all eyes, the ROA_range1 was larger than ROA_range2. The ROA obtained from the artificial capillary filled with blood saturated with oxygen or nitrogen was similar to that of simulated data of oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin extinction rate. Most ROAs of human eyes were lower than those of the simulated data and the artificial capillaries. Oxygen saturation analysis by hyperspectral fundus imaging of retinal vessels were qualitatively in agreement with thein vitro analysis or simulated values. However, further improvements are necessary to evaluate the oxygen saturation quantitatively in the retinal blood vessels.     

False Vacuum Decay with Gravity in a Critical Case

The vacuum decay in a de Sitter universe is studied for the class of effective inflaton potentials that curvature at the top is less than as well as greater than a critical value determined previously. By comparing the actions of the Hawking - Moss instanton and the Coleman - de Luccia instanton(s) the mode of vacuum decay is determined in this critical situation.     

Intrinsic vacancy-induced nanoscale wire structure in heteroepitaxial Ga2Se3/Si(001)

A highly anisotropic growth morphology is found for heteroepitaxial gallium sesquiselenide (Ga2Se3) on the lattice matched substrate, arsenic-terminated Si(001). Scanning tunneling microscopy of Ga2Se3 films reveals nanoscale, wirelike structures covering the surface in parallel lines, less than 1 nm wide and up to 30 nm long. Core-level photoemission spectroscopy and diffraction reveals the local structure of buried Ga and Se atoms to reflect the bulk, defected zinc-blende structure of beta-Ga2Se3, which contains ordered 110 arrays of Ga vacancies. These ordered vacancy lines are proposed to be responsible for the observed growth anisotropy in heteroepitaxial Ga2Se3.     

Spin physics with COMPASS

COMPASS is a fixed target experiment at CERN studying nucleon spin structure in polarised deep inelastic muon nucleon scattering and hadron spectroscopy using hadron beams. The main goal of the COMPASS spin physics program is the measurement of the helicity contribution of the gluons to the nucleon spin, ΔG. This quantity is accessible via the photon-gluon-fusion process which can be selected by open charm production or production of hadron pairs with large transverse momenta. The spin physics program of COMPASS includes also measurements with a transversely polarised target. These allow to measure the transverse structure function.COMPASS has up to now successfully finished three runs with a muon beam of 160 GeV and a longitudinally polarized⁶LiD target in the years 2002, 2003 and 2004. An overview of the physics addressed by the muon program, with an emphasis on the ΔG/G measurement will be presented. The status of the analysis of the highpt hadron pairs, open charm, longitudinal and transverse asymmetries will be reviewed.     

银纳米颗粒减反射特性的理论研究

为增强晶体硅太阳电池的光利用效率,提高光电转换效率,研究了金属银纳米颗粒的光学散射性质.基于银纳米粒子表面等离子激元效应和MIE散射理论,采用Matlab数值计算,理论分析了不同银纳米颗粒尺寸和银粒子分布密度对太阳光谱各波长的散射特性.获得了实现高的光透过率所需最佳银纳米颗粒半径范围,研究发现随着银纳米颗粒半径增加,偶极峰红移、高极峰逐渐出现.定量地给出了最佳颗粒分布密度随银粒子半径的变化规律,建立了计算减反射膜透射率的理论方法,找到了银纳米颗粒光学透过率的简单函数表达式,能为实验研究提供理论指导. 关键词： 银纳米颗粒 透过率 MIE理论 太阳电池     

Synthesis,formation mechanism and electric property of hollow InP nanospheres

The present work reports on novel four-layer thermally driven piezoresistive cantilevers implemented in one- and two-dimensional arrays for parallel proximity scanning. There, the heater (metallic meander), the piezoresistive deflection sensor, and the metal actuation film with significantly higher thermal expansion coefficient make up separate layers. Actuation efficiency and cross-talk of the novel cantilever design are studied and compared with two recent designs: thin metallic film and ion-implanted heater. The novel actuator, integrated on a 240 μm long and 3 μm thick silicon cantilever and supplied by V _dc=1 V enables deflections up to 5 μm of the AFM-tip with an actuation efficiency of about 170 nm/mW and suppressed cross-talk between actuator and sensor.     

Controlled growth of uniform nanoflakes-built pyrite FeS<Subscript>2</Subscript> microspheres and their electrochemical properties

Nanoflakes-built pyrite FeS₂ microspheres were synthesized through a simple solvothermal process in mixed solvents of N, N-dimethytformamide and ethylene glycol without using any surfactant. Both the composition of the solvents and urea were key factors for the formation of the uniform products. It was found that the flake-like intermediate products transformed into FeS₂ nanoflakes in situ in the early stage and Ostwald ripening growth mechanism would contribute to the uniformity of the final products. Electrochemical studies revealed that the nanoflakes-built pyrite FeS₂ microspheres exhibited large lithium storage capacities. This method can be easily controlled and is expected to be extendable to the fabrication of other metal chalcogenides with controlled shape and structure.     

Morphology of a silver/polyacrylonitrile nanocomposite

Silver/polyacrylonitrile (Ag/PAN) nanocomposites are synthesized at the stage of simultaneous acrylonitrile polymerization and the reduction of silver ions from a mixture of silver nitrate AgNO₃, acrylonitrile, and a photoinitiator. The synthesized films are transparent in the visible region and are characterized by a uniform dispersion of silver nanoparticles in a PAN matrix without any macroscopic agglomeration. The effects of the metal salt and photoinitiator concentrations on the size and density of metal nanoparticles in a composite are revealed.