Deposition of TiSiN coatings by arc ion plating process

Titanium silicon nitride (TiSiN) thin films were deposited on tungsten cemented carbide tools by cathode arc ion plating (AIP) process using alloy TiSi targets. The effects of silicon addition and negative substrate bias on the development of the textures of films were studied systematically by varying the bias voltage from −20 to −200 V. The structural features of the films were investigated in detail using X-ray diffraction. The effect of the texture on such mechanical properties as hardness and adhesion of the films was also studied. A maximum hardness of 42 GPa was obtained at a DC substrate bias of −150 V. The characteristics of TiSiN thin films exhibited excellent adhesion of over 150 N. The cutting performance of end-mills and drillers was evaluated by milling and drilling of highly hardened material under high-speed cutting conditions. The results reveal that cutting tools with TiSiN coatings markedly outperformed those with TiN coatings, and the uncoated cutting tools. TiSiN coating increased the cutting lifetime to seven times that of the uncoated one.     

Electronic properties of hydrogen storage materials with photon-in/photon-out soft-X-ray spectroscopy

The applications of resonant soft X-ray emission spectroscopy on a variety of carbon systems have yielded characteristic fingerprints. With high-resolution monochromatized synchrotron radiation excitation, resonant inelastic X-ray scattering has emerged as a new source of information about electronic structure and excitation dynamics. Photon-in/photon-out soft-X-ray spectroscopy is used to study the electronic properties of fundamental materials, nanostructure, and complex hydrides and will offer potential in-depth understanding of chemisorption and/or physisorption mechanisms of hydrogen adsorption/desorption capacity and kinetics.     

Universal quantized spin-Hall conductance fluctuation in graphene

We report theoretical investigations of the quantized spin-Hall conductance fluctuation of graphene in the presence of disorder. Two graphene models that exhibit the quantized spin-Hall effect (QSHE) are analyzed. Model I is with unitary symmetry under an external magnetic field B not = 0 but with a zero spin-orbit interaction, t(SO)=0. Model II is with symplectic symmetry where B=0 but t(SO) not = 0. The two models give exactly the same universal QSHE conductance fluctuation value 0.285+/-0.005e/4pi regardless of symmetry. We also examined a third model that exhibits QSHE but with quadratic dispersion and obtained the same results. Finally, all three models of QSHE have a one-sided log-normal distribution for spin-Hall conductance. Our results strongly suggest that the quantized spin-Hall conductance fluctuation belongs to a new universality class.     

高精度V棱镜折射仪光机结构设计

针对传统V棱镜折射仪采用光学度盘,目视对准方式无法满足现代光学玻璃生产线以及高精度折射率测量的需求。提出一种新型的高精度基于CCD 机器视觉对准的V棱镜折射仪的总体设计方案,并对准直光管、传动机构、锁紧和微调机构以及轴角编码测角机构等主要组成部分进行了光机结构设计。在考虑空气折射率影响因素的修正公式的基础上,分析了仪器的检测误差。实验结果表明:其折射率检测精度可达 310-6,满足了高精度V棱镜折射仪的技术指标要求。     

基于web网络优化协议的水质污染程度在线监测系统设计

针对传统人工水质污染程度检测工作效率低、实时监测能力不强的问题,设计并实现了基于web网络优化协议的实时在线水质污染程度自动监测系统,系统利用无线传感器网络节点对区域水源水质进行监测,通过无线分组通信技术与宽带网络对数据进行远程传送,工作人员可实现web实时在线的水质信息查询、管理控制、数据收集、报警提示等操作,基于web的水质监测系统,提升了系统的可扩展性、易用性以及实时性等;系统硬件包括传感器模块、无线通信模块、单片机外围电路、以太网接口模块等;系统软件设计了web网络优化协议、系统监测平台、远程参数设置、驱动程序等内容;应用该系统对西安市护城河的水质进行污染程度监测,部署20个传感器监测节点,1个监测子站节点,1个远程web监测主站,分别监测河水中pH值、总磷浓度TP、化学耗氧量(COD)、氨氮浓度,连续采样两天时间,通过仿真实验表明,该系统实现了100%的通信成功率,网络之间访问速度是传统网络协议的5~8倍,无线传感器网络与远程监测工作稳定可靠,通信速率满足实时监测要求,适用于对城市水源水质污染程度的实时在线监测。     

带宽调制型单光纤光栅温变无补偿位移传感

报道了利用反射谱带宽调制和光强差分探测技术实现单一光纤光栅温变无补偿位移精确测量的新方法。设计了一种结构新颖的曲臂梁位移传感装置,结合光波导理论与材料力学原理分析了光纤光栅在高斯应变作用下光栅反射谱侧向梯度展宽的成因,理论推导了特殊结构梁在外力作用下光栅反射谱带宽/反射光强与压力之间的响应关系。光栅反射谱侧向梯度展宽的同时反射光强线性增加,利用光强差分检测方法消除光源出光抖动的影响,提高了位移测量精度。基于带宽调制的光纤光栅位移传感方法免受温度变化的影响,在-10℃~80℃的温度变化范围内,测量误差小于1.2%,实现了单光纤光栅温变无补偿位移测量。     

The aberration theory of a combined electron focusing–deflection system with a rotating deflection field following the rotation of the electrons

A new type of combined magnetic focusing–electrostatic deflection systems whose orientation of deflection field is rotated synchronously with the beam electrons is proposed. This rotation deflection field can be formed by twistification of tube wall electrode (TWE) deflectors. Formulae are derived for the first-order optical properties, third-order geometrical aberrations and first-order chromatic aberrations of this system. A program was written in FORTRAN for numerical computation. An example is given; the computation results show that compared to the conventional systems, the proposed new system has lower deflection aberration coefficients.     

The design and artificial realization of a controller of pulse coupling feedback

In this paper a controller of pulse coupling feedback (PCF) is designed to control chaotic systems. Control principles and the technique to select the feedback coefficients are introduced. This controller is theoretically studied with a three dimensional (3D) chaotic system. The artificial simulation results show that the chaotic system can be stabilized to different periodic orbits by using the PCF method, and the number of the periodic orbits are 2ⁿ× 3^mp (n and m are integers). Therefore, this control method is effective and practical.     

Effects of unsymmetrical geometric confinements on depletion interactions in colloidal suspensions

The depletion interactions between two large-spheres immersed in a fluid of small spheres under unsymmetrical geometrical confinement are studied through the acceptance ratio method. The numerical results show that no matter whether the volume fraction is large or small, both the depletion potential and depletion force are affected by the presence of the two plates; the closer the two large spheres are to the plate, the larger the effects of the unsymmetrical confinements.     

X-ray observations of tungsten wire array Z-pinch implosions on QiangGuang-1 facility

Z-pinch experiments with two arrays consisting, respectively, of 32 4-μm- and 6-μm-diameter tungsten wires have been carried out on QiangGuang-1 facility with a current rising up to 1.5MA in 80ns. At early time of implosion, x-ray framing images show that the initial emission comes from the central part of arrays, and double clear emission rings, drifting to the anode and the cathode at 5×10⁶cm/s and 2.4×10⁷cm/s respectively, are often produced near the electrodes. Later, in a 4-μm-diameter tungsten wire array, filamentation caused by ohmic heating is prominent, and more than ten filaments have been observed. A radial inward shift of arrays starts at about 30\,ns earlier than the occurrence of the x-ray peak power for both kinds of arrays, and the shrinkage rate of emission region is as high as 1.7×10⁷cm/s in a 4-μm-diameter tungsten wire array, which is two times higher than that in a 6-μm one. Emission from precursor plasmas is observed in implosion of 6-μm-diameter tungsten wire arrays, but not in implosion of a 4-μm-diameter tungsten wire array. Whereas, in a 4-μm-diameter tungsten wire array, the soft x-ray emission shows the growth of m=1 instability in the plasma column, which is caused by current. The reasons for the discrepancy between implosions of 4-μm- and 6-μm-diameter tungsten wire arrays are explained.