The Existence of Solutions to Sturm-Liouville Boundary Value Problems with Laplacian-like Operator

Abstract The existence of infinitely many solutions to Sturm-Liouville boundary value problem with aLaplacian-like operator is studied by applying generalized polar coordinates.     

Efficient synthesis of an aldehyde‐capped polythiophene containing fluorinated electron‐withdrawing groups

To incorporate an acceptor type polythiophene segment onto a supramolecular block copolymer for potential light harvesting applications, effective synthetic routes for the end‐functionalized and acceptor‐substituted polythiophenes are critical. The Ullmann coupling reaction can be utilized to obtain electron‐deficient polythiophenes and to attach terminal thiophene units that carry functional groups. In this article, the reactions involving a 2,5‐dibromothiophene monomer containing an electron‐withdrawing fluorinated ester and 5‐bromo‐2‐thiophenecarboxaldehyde (the end‐capper) were studied in detail. It was found that the Ullmann coupling reaction of the dibromide is very fast (completed in a few minutes) and the terminal bromine group does not survive long under the reaction condition. These findings lead to the development of an effective procedure for aldehyde end‐capping of electron‐deficient polythiophenes. Polymers with molecular weights around 4000 Da are routinely obtained. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 45: 41–47, 2007     

Mass Spectral Fragmentation of (S,S)-N,N′-Bis [1-(hydroxymethyl)alkyl]anthracene/Naphthalene-1,8-dicarboxamides under Electron Impact Ionization Conditions

IntroductionN,N′-Bis [1-( hydroxymethyl) alkyl] dicarboxa-mides are important intermediates for the syntheses ofbis-oxazolines, which are a class of the most importantand widely used ligands in catalytic asymmetric reac-tions[1,2]. On determining the str…     

Synthesis of Dimethyl Carbonate from CO2 , Methanol, and Epoxides Using Re（CO） 5 Cl/K2 CO3 as Catalyst System

IntroductionOver the past few years, dimethyl carbonate(DMC) has been proven to be an efficientmethylating,methoxylating, and methoxycarbonylating agent inorganic syntheses, in which DMC is used to replace thetoxic methyl halides, dimethyl sulfate or carb     

“Slow” active control of combustion instabilities by modification of liquid fuel spray properties

This paper describes an experimental investigation of the feasibility of using “slow” active control approaches, which “instantaneously” change liquid fuel spray properties, to suppress combustion instabilities. The objective of this control approach was to break up the feedback between the combustion process heat release and combustor pressure oscillations that drive the instability by changing the characteristics of the combustion process (e.g., the characteristic combustion time). To demonstrate the feasibility of such control, this study used a proprietary fuel injector (Nanomiser^TM), which can vary its fuel spray properties, to investigate the dependence of acoustics–combustion process coupling, i.e., the driving of combustion instabilities, upon the fuel spray properties. This study showed that by changing the spray characteristics it is possible to significantly damp combustion instabilities. Furthermore, using combustion zone chemiluminescence distributions, which were obtained by Abel’s deconvolution synchronized with measured acoustic data, it has been shown that the instabilities were mostly driven midway between the combustor centerline and wall, a short distance downstream from the flame holder, where the mean axial flow velocity is approximately zero in the vortex near the flame holder. The results of this study strongly suggest that a “slow” active control system that employs controllable fuel injectors could be effectively used to prevent the onset of detrimental combustion instabilities.     

Simulation and fabrication of carbon nanotubes field emission pressure sensors

A novel field emission pressure sensor has been achieved utilizing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as the electron source. The sensor consists of the anode sensing film fabricated by wet etching process and multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) cathode in the micro-vacuum chamber. MWNTs on the silicon substrate were grown by thermal CVD. The prototype pressure sensor has a measured sensitivity of about 0.17-0.77 nA/Pa (101-550 KPa). The work shows the potential use of CNTs-based field-emitter in microsensors, such as accelerometers and tactile sensors.     

Dynamic response of permalloy/Cu/Co magnetoresistive sandwiches

The dynamic response of trilayer magnetoresistive permalloy/Cu/Co films was studied by high-frequency permeability spectra measurements. The resonance frequency is shown to depend on the interlayer copper thickness. This dependence is related to exchange coupling between permalloy and cobalt and the interaction field is estimated using the Landau–Lifschitz–Gilbert model.     

高压电场作用下乙醇-水溶液体系变化红外光谱分析

本文报道了用红外光谱分析电磁场作用下乙醇 水溶液体系变化情况。分析结果表明 :当乙醇溶液受到 2 0kV·cm- 1 的交变电磁场处理 (5 0Hz)时 ,分子之间的氢键缔合先增大后减少 ;高乙醇含量溶液受到同样强度电场较长时间处理时 ,有乙醇发生氧化反应 ,从红外谱中可看到νCO 峰及ν(OH) (H2 O) 峰的出现 ;经处理后的溶液自然放置 7天再测定 ,其红外谱图基本保持不变。文中对各出现变化的峰进行了分析 ,并对其机理进行了推导     

准Λ型四能级系统中的超窄谱线的研究

在一般Λ型三能级模型的基础上提出准Λ型四能级系统,并对准Λ型四能级模型的共振荧光谱作了详尽的研究.从上能级向两边下能级辐射的自发辐射谱中产生了三个超窄谱线,且在很大参数范围内光谱具有这一特性.三个超窄谱线的产生是和两个相干驱动场的Rabi频率密切相关,在较大的Rabi频率作用下谱线会变得更窄,而当只有一个驱动场作用时是不会产生谱线变窄效应的.能级间的碰撞弛豫和非相干激发严重地破坏了谱线变窄.这种超窄谱线效应是多通道量子干涉的结果 关键词： 准Λ型四能级系统 超窄谱线 多通道量子干涉