Three-dimensional size and orientation of the precipitates in AZ91 magnesium alloys measured by TEM techniques

Knowledge of the microscopic structure, including three-dimensional (3-D) size and orientation of the precipitates, is essential to fully understand the mechanical properties of the magnesium alloys and designing the alloys with better performance. Analytical TEM with high spatial resolution offers the simultaneous measurements of 3-D size, structure, orientation, composition of the precipitates from one typical sample along an established crystallographic axis. Besides popular Burgers orientation relationship (OR), other ORs such as Pitsch--Schrader OR, Crawley OR, Potter OR and a new OR with the form of [0001]_α 1.0° from [311]_γ and (11\bar 20)_α 2.0° from (03\bar 3)_γ between the magnesium matrix and the precipitate γ -Mg₁₇Al₁₂ are identified by TEM imaging and diffraction techniques. As a case study, the thicknesses of the individual precipitates with Burgers OR are further measured to be 100--200~nm through both electron energy-loss spectroscopy and x-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy combining differential x-ray absorption and extrapolation, which are in agreement with the overall 3-D size statistic distribution results obtained through analysing various samples along various directions. Furthermore, the fabricated wedge-shape structure provides a platform on which to study the dependence of the interfacial strain on the variation of the thickness.     

含芴酮的低聚物的激发态特征研究

采用量子化学计算方法和跃迁密度及电荷差分密度分析方法对含芴酮的低聚物激发态性质进行理论研究。计算得到的跃迁能和振子强度与实验数据一致。跃迁密度分析显示跃迁偶极矩的大小和方向,电荷差分密度分析揭示了分子间电荷转移的方向和结果。研究表明含芴酮的低聚物在光诱导下产生的第一激发态为分子内电荷转移激发态,而第五激发态为局域激发态。跃迁密度矩阵分析和电荷差分密度的理论分析结果易于理解含芴酮低聚物的激发态特性。     

次谐波聚束系统固态放大器相位特性

 为研究BEPCⅡ直线加速器次谐波聚束系统使用的两台固态放大器（20 kW/142.8 MHz,10 kW/571.2 MHz）的相位特性,利用基于现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)的数字测量方法对两台固态放大器的脉内相移和相位稳定度进行了测量。测量系统硬件包括频率综合器、FPGA数字信号处理板和PC;软件部分包括FPGA内部算法、通信及PC端界面程序。该测量系统能真实地反映两台固态放大器的相位特性,为次谐波聚束器的相位补偿提供了参考。     

Suppression of the Spiral Wave and Turbulence in the Excitability-Modulated Media

Periodical forcing is used to control the spiral wave and turbulence in the modified Fithzhugh-Nagumo equation (MFHNe) when excitability is changed. The decisive parameter ε of (MFHNe), which describes the ratio of time scales of the fast activator u and the slow inhibitor variable v, is supposed to increase linearly to simulate the excitability modulation in the media. In the numerical simulation, a local periodical stimulus is imposed on the left border of the media and the periods of external forcing are adjusted according to the approximate formula ω ∝1/ε ^1/3 so that using the most appropriate frequency for the external forcing can approach a shorter transient period. It is found that the spiral wave and turbulence can be removed successfully by using an appropriate periodical forcing on the left border of the media. The mean activator and distribution of frequency of all the sites are also used to analyze the transition of spiral wave.     

Three-class classification models of logS and logP derived by using GA–CG–SVM approach

In this investigation, three-class classification models of aqueous solubility (logS) and lipophilicity (logP) have been developed by using a support vector machine (SVM) method combined with a genetic algorithm (GA) for feature selection and a conjugate gradient method (CG) for parameter optimization. A 5-fold cross-validation and an independent test set method were used to evaluate the SVM classification models. For logS, the overall prediction accuracy is 87.1% for training set and 90.0% for test set. For logP, the overall prediction accuracy is 81.0% for training set and 82.0% for test set. In general, for both logS and logP, the prediction accuracies of three-class models are slightly lower by several percent than those of two-class models. A comparison between the performance of GA–CG–SVM models and that of GA–SVM models shows that the SVM parameter optimization has a significant impact on the quality of SVM classification model. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Hui Zhang and Ming-Li Xiang are contributed equally.     

System for measuring optical admittance of a thin film stack

A new method based on the polarization interferometer structure has been applied to measure the optical admittance, the refractive index and thickness of a thin film. The structure is a vibration insensitive optical system. There is one Twyman-Green interferometer part to induce a phase difference and one Fizeau interferometer part to induce the interference in the system. The intensities coming from four different polarizers were measured at the same time to prevent mechanical vibration influence. Using the polarization interferometer, the optical admittance, the refractive index and thickness of a single layer of Ta₂O₅ thin film has been measured. The measurement results were compared with the results obtained by ellipsometer. The results meet reasonable values in both refractive index and thickness.     

Effect of annealing temperature on the photocatalytic activity of WO3 for O2 evolution

Commercial WO₃ powder was annealed in air at four different temperatures and characterized by XRD and BET. The samples were used for the photooxidation of H₂O to O₂ under visible light irradiation (λ > 420 nm) in the presence of IO₃⁻ and the evolved gases were analyzed by gas chromatography. The results showed that the WO₃ photocatalyst of monoclinic phase, which was obtained by annealing at 750 °C for 4 h, displayed the best activity in terms of O₂ evolution among all the samples. Moreover, the activity was also found to be slightly affected by the grain size of the WO₃ samples.     

Observation of electron weak localization and correlation effects in disordered graphene

We have studied the electron transport properties of a disordered graphene sample, where the disorder was intentionally strengthened by Ga⁺ ion irradiation. The magneto-conductance of the sample exhibits a typical two-dimensional electron weak localization behavior, with electron-electron interaction as the dominant dephasing mechanism. The absence of electron anti-weak localization in the sample implies strong intersublattice and/or intervalley scattering caused by the disorders. The temperature and bias-voltage dependencies of conductance clearly reveal the suppression of conductance at low energies, indicating opening of a Coulomb gap due to electron-electron interaction in the disordered graphene sample. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10774172 and 10874220), and the National Basic Research Program of China from the MOST (Grant No. 2006CB921304)     

基于“单臂电桥测电阻”的一个设计性实验——单臂电桥测检流计内阻

结合＂单臂电桥测电阻＂这个实验的特点提出了一个设计性实验,并给出了解决方案.在指导学生做该实验时,要求学生来完成这个设计,可以帮助学生理解单臂电桥测量电阻的原理.     

多结超导环在外磁场中的行为

分析和计算了双结超导环在无偏置电流时的磁通、环流、自由能与外磁场的关系.发现双结环与单结环在磁场中的行为有所不同.当两个结的Ic相等时，双结环在1＜β=2πLIcΦ0＜2时，若无偏置电流，总磁通Φ、环流I与外磁通Φe的关系仍然是非回滞的曲线.仅当β≥2时，曲线才出现回滞.另外双结环有两支解，并且每支解的周期为2Φ0. 关键词： 双结环 双支解 2Φ0周期 回滞