Forming concentric double-emulsion droplets using electric fields

Double-emulsion droplets may be assembled into highly concentric shells using a uniform AC electric field to induce dipole/dipole interactions. The resulting force centers the inner droplet with respect to the outer shell if the outer droplet has a higher dielectric constant than the ambient, suspending liquid. The dielectric constant of the inner droplet does not influence this condition. Applying an electric field >10⁴ V_rms/m achieves centering of approximately 3–6 mm diameter droplets suspended in ～10 centipoise liquids within ～60 s. If the outer shell is electrically conductive, the effect depends strongly on frequency. In the case of the monomer-containing liquids requisite to forming foam shells for laser target fabrication, the electrical field frequency must be ～10 MHz or higher. Because of very stringent requirements imposed on the concentricity and sphericity of laser targets, electric field induced droplet distortion must be minimized. Consequently, the liquid constituents must be matched in density to ～0.1%.     

对于金属丝在准直激光照射下形成环形光的研究

准直激光照射下的金属丝,会在垂直于金属丝方向的光屏上出现环形光。本文采用在金属丝表面包裹碳颗粒的方法,分离反射光和衍射光,研究光路的组成。接着探究金属丝的半径和粗糙程度对环形光的影响。并在此基础上,测量环形光光强分布规律,结合几何光学和夫琅禾费衍射进行解释。光源也是潜在的影响因素,本文探究了不同波长激光对环形光的影响。     

基于最小二乘支持向量机的番茄汁糖酸度分析研究

近红外光谱应用于农产品内部品质无损检测的方法引起人们的广泛关注,在分析过程中建立一个稳定可靠的模型用于处理非线性数据集是十分重要的,也是有一定难度的。目前常用的偏最小二乘(PLS)、主成分回归(PCR)以及逐步多元线性回归(SMLR)等方法还不能解决这类问题。文章提出了将基于统计学原理的最小二乘支持向量机(LS-SVM)回归方法用于番茄汁的近红外(NIR)光谱分析,预测番茄汁品质(糖度和有效酸度)。运用LS-SVM方法以67个番茄汁样本建模,采用高斯径向基函数(RBF)为核函数,对33个样本进行糖酸度预测,糖度的相关系数为0.990 25,均方根标准预测误差为0.0056° Brix;有效酸度的相关系数为0.967 5,均方根标准预测误差为0.024 5。结果表明,LS-SVM方法要优于PLS和PCR建模方法,是一种快速、准确的近红外光谱分析方法。     

环氧大豆油与丙交酯星形共聚物支化度的表征

采用凝胶色谱(GPC)/示差检测器(RI)/十八角激光光散射仪(MALLS)联用技术, 对环氧大豆油(ESO)与丙交酯形成的星形共聚物(ESO-丙交酯)的结构进行了表征。实验结果表明: 随着ESO-丙交酯星形共聚物分子量的增长, 接枝数目呈现增多趋势、支化度从0.46E-4增大到0.78E-4、支化因子从0.82减小到0.15。本研究为高分子ESO-丙交酯星形支化共聚物的研究提供了科学依据。     

Brittle and ductile fracture of semiconductor nanowires – molecular dynamics simulations

Fracture of silicon and germanium nanowires in tension at room temperature is studied by molecular dynamics simulations using several interatomic potential models. While some potentials predict brittle fracture initiated by crack nucleation from the surface, most potentials predict ductile fracture initiated by dislocation nucleation and slip. A simple parameter based on the ratio between the ideal tensile strength and the ideal shear strength is found to correlate very well with the observed brittle versus ductile behaviours for all the potentials used in this study. This parameter is then computed by ab initio methods, which predict brittle fracture at room temperature. A brittle-to-ductile transition (BDT) is observed in MD simulations at higher temperature. The BDT mechanism in semiconductor nanowires is different from that in the bulk, due to the lack of a pre-existing macrocrack that is always assumed in bulk BDT models.     

Air stability of PTCDI‐C13‐based n‐OFETs on polymer interfacial layers

This Letter reports the novel use of poly(9‐vinylcarbazole) (PVK) as a dielectric interfacial layer for n‐type organic field‐effect transistors (n‐OFETs). With PVK, both the air stability and electron mobility of N,N′‐ditridecylperylene‐3,4,9,10‐tetracarboxylic diimide (PTCDI‐C13)‐based OFETs were improved. Among the PVKs with different weight‐average molecular weight (M_w), PVK with high M_w showed good performance. The high glass transition temperature of PVK enabled thermal post annealing of the active layer, which resulted in a high electron mobility of 0.61 cm²/Vs. This mobility was maintained at 90% and 59% after 4 days and 105 days in air, respectively. The PVK interfacial layer reduced the trapped charges in the PTCDI‐C13‐based n‐OFET for air‐exposure and caused a decrease in the threshold voltage shift.

     

Real time NDE of laser shock processing with time-of-flight of laser induced plasma shock wave in air by acoustic emission sensor

Acoustic emission sensor is used to research the time-of-flight of the shock wave induced by laser-plasma in air for real time nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of laser shock processing. The time-of-flight of the shock wave propagating from the source to the sensor declines nonlinearly and similarly at the different distances for different laser energies. The velocity of the shock wave at the distance of 30 mm increases faster than that of the distance of 35 mm. The relationship between the laser energy and the distance is almost linearly when the signal with distortion is measured by acoustic emission sensor. Finally, Taylor solution is used to analyze the experimental results, and the empirical formula between the energy of the shock wave and the laser energy is established, which will provide a theoretical basis for real time NDE of laser shock processing.     

Difference-frequency ultrasound generation from microbubbles under dual-frequency excitation

The difference-frequency (DF) ultrasound generated by using parametric effect promises to improve detection depth owing to its low attenuation, which is beneficial for deep tissue imaging. With ultrasound contrast agents infusion, the harmonic components scattered from the microbubbles, including DF, can be generated due to the nonlinear vibration. A theoretical study on the DF generation from microbubbles under the dual-frequency excitation is proposed in formula based on the solution of the RPNNP equation. The optimisation of the DF generation is discussed associated with the applied acoustic pressure, frequency, and the microbubble size. Experiments are performed to validate the theoretical predictions by using a dual-frequency signal to excite microbubbles. Both the numerical and experimental results demonstrate that the optimised DF ultrasound can be achieved as the difference frequency is close to the resonance frequency of the microbubble and improve the contrast-to-tissue ratio in imaging.     

Propagation of time-reversed Lamb waves in acrylic cylindrical tubes as cortical-bone-mimicking phantoms

The present study aims to investigate the propagation of time-reversed Lamb waves in acrylic cylindrical tubes as cortical-bone-mimicking phantoms. Time-reversed Lamb waves could be successfully launched in 6 acrylic tubes with wall thicknesses from 2 to 12 mm by using a modified time reversal method. The group velocities of the time-reversed Lamb waves in the acrylic tubes were measured by using the axial transmission technique. They decreased very slightly with increasing wall thickness, showing good agreement with the theoretical group velocity of the A0 Lamb wave in the acrylic plate. These results suggest that the time-reversed Lamb waves in the acrylic tubes would essentially behave as the A0 Lamb wave, consistent with the behavior of the slow guided wave in long cortical bones. It is expected that the application of the time-reversed Lamb waves in long bones would enhance clinical potential of ultrasonic technologies for the diagnosis of osteoporosis.