Nanoscale Broadband Viscoelastic Spectroscopy of Soft Materials Using Iterative Control

A novel approach to nanoscale broadband viscoelastic spectroscopy is presented. The proposed approach utilizes the recently developed modeling-free inversion-based iterative control (MIIC) technique to achieve accurate measurement of the material response to the applied excitation force over a broad frequency band. Scanning probe microscope (SPM) and nanoindenter have become enabling tools to quantitatively measure the mechanical properties of a wide variety of materials at nanoscale. Current nanomechanical measurement, however, is limited by the slow measurement speed: the nanomechanical measurement is slow and narrow-banded and thus not capable of measuring rate-dependent phenomena of materials. As a result, large measurement (temporal) errors are generated when material is undergoing dynamic evolution during the measurement. The low-speed operation of SPM is due to the inability of current approaches to (1) rapidly excite the broadband nanomechanical behavior of materials, and (2) compensate for the convolution of the hardware adverse effects with the material response during high-speed measurements. These adverse effects include the hysteresis of the piezo actuator (used to position the probe relative to the sample); the vibrational dynamics of the piezo actuator and the cantilever along with the related mechanical mounting; and the dynamics uncertainties caused by the probe variation and the operation condition. In the proposed approach, an input force signal with frequency characteristics of band-limited white-noise is utilized to rapidly excite the nanomechanical response of materials over a broad frequency range. The MIIC technique is used to compensate for the hardware adverse effects, thereby allowing the precise application of such an excitation force and measurement of the material response (to the applied force). The proposed approach is illustrated by implementing it to measure the frequency-dependent plane-strain modulus of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) over a broad frequency range extending over 3 orders of magnitude (~1 Hz to 4.5 kHz).     

Pattern discrimination and firing behavior of cold receptor model aided with noise

A method for characterizing and identifying firing patterns of neural spike trains is presented. Three characteristic variables defined at sequential moments, including two formal derivatives and the integration of the counting process, are introduced to reflect the temporal patterns of a spike train. This paper also examines how noise interacts with encoding mechanisms of neuronal stimulus in a cold receptor. From ISI series and bifurcation diagrams it is shown that there are considerable differences in interval distributions and impulse patterns caused by purely deterministic simulations and noisy simulations. The ISI-distance can be used as an effective and powerful way to measure the noise effects on spike trains quantitatively. It is found that spike trains observed in cold receptors can be more strongly affected by noise for low temperatures than for high temperatures in some aspects; meanwhile, spike train has greater variability with the noise intensity increasing.     

Homogenization of layered elastoplastic composites: Theoretical results

Exact closed-form solutions are derived that completely characterize the effective behavior of a composite material made of elastic-perfectly plastic parallel plane layers perfectly bonded together. The derivation is framed within a rigorous theory of homogenization for elastoplastic composites, and based on the fundamental fact that the in-plane part of the strain tensor and the out-of-plane part of the stress tensor are uniform throughout the composite provided no free-edge effects occur. The obtained expressions are coordinate-free and valid in the general anisotropic case. As an example, a layered composite material with isotropic constituents is examined in detail.     

On the initial layer solution of the Boltzmann equation with small Knudsen number

We extend our method of systematic removal of secular terms in a singular perturbation treatment of the Boltzmann equation with small Knudsen numbers to the initial layer. The requirement that the solution through the initial layer should connect smoothly to the normal solution removes an ambiguity noted in our previous paper. We show that removal of secular terms improves Grad's solution for the initial layer and reintroduces soundlike modes associated with higher moments, first found by Wang Chang and Uhlenbeck.     

OSMAR2000超分辨率海流算法中空间信号源数的确定

针对传统方法无法确定一阶海洋回波法Doppler频移信号的空间信号源数的问题,提出了一种OSMAR2000超分辨率海洋表面流算法所需的空间信号源数的确定方法,阐述了该方法的处理过程和实测信号的处理结果。     

C60在几种溶剂中紫外吸光度的负热效应

所采用的变温光谱差减方法是将待测试样分成两份 ,一份作为参比试样 ,恒定在某一温度 (参比温度 )下 ,另一份作为待测样品 ,选定另一待观测温度 ,在一定的波长范围内 ,用岛津UV 2 4 0型紫外 可见双光束分光光度计扫描 ,获得紫外吸收温差光谱 (UVSDT)。选择不同的温度差 ,测得温差光谱随温差的变化。观测了C60 分子在乙醇、环己烷、正己烷、异丙醇等几种有机溶剂中吸光度随温度的变化。观测结果发现C60 溶液的吸光度变化存在显著的负温度效应。C60 的UV吸收光谱峰随试样温度升高而降低 ,UV吸收温差光谱 (U VSDT)为负峰 ,UVSDT峰强随温差增大而负向增大。说明C60 的结构对温度有较强的依赖关系。这种依赖关系与π π 电子跃迁类型密切相关。实时现场测量C60 溶液的吸光度随温度变化规律 ,对分离、纯化、分析富勒烯 ,认识C60 特性、研究以溶剂为媒介的化学反应机理 ,以及提高测量的准确度和重现性等 ,均有一定的理论意义和实用价值     

光热敏折变玻璃及其布拉格体光栅特性研究

采用高温二次化料的方法制备了一种SiO2-Al2O3-ZnO-Na2O(F、Br)玻璃体系的光热敏折变(PTR)玻璃,通过紫外曝光、透射率光谱、X射线衍射(XRD)和差热分析等方法研究了其光热敏析晶机理。研究表明,PTR玻璃的光敏区为280～350nm,工作区为400～2700nm,最佳成核温度和析晶温度分别为490℃和595℃,析晶组分为NaF晶体。采用双光束干涉方法与"两步法"的热处理工艺在PTR玻璃中制备了周期为1000mm-1的布拉格体光栅,光栅的相对衍射效率达到91%,并验证了制备的布拉格体光栅具有角选择滤波能力。     

LD side-pumped Nd:GGG CW laser operating at 1110 and 1105 nm dual wavelengths and 1110 nm single wavelength

A diode-side-pumped continuous-wave Nd:GGG laser operating at dual-wavelength (1110 and 1105 nm) and single wavelength of 1110 nm is demonstrated for the first time. The maximum output power of the 1110 and 1105 nm dual-wavelength operation is 13.2 W. By adjusting the orientation of an insertion mirror, the relative intensities of the two wavelengths can be changed. Thus single wavelength operation at 1110 nm is obtained, and the output power is 9.6 W.