Angular Multiplexing Storage in Azo-polymer Liquid Crystal Films Using Shearing Interferometer of Double-frequency Grating

In this paper, the shearing interferometer of a double-frequency grating (DFG) and a small compact Nd∶YVO4 double frequency laser at 532 nm are used to study the multiple storage in azo-polymer liquid crystal (PLC) films. In a principle experiment, the angle-encoded multiple gratings are recorded and the experimental results give triplex gratings at the same region in azo-PLC films, the angle between two adjacent grating vectors being 45°. Compared to the two-beam interferometer and four-wave mixing method, this method has simple configuration, high fringe contrast and quake-proof. A compatible angular multiplexing storage system in azo-PLC films is proposed.     

Angular Multiplexing Storage in Azo-polymerLiquid Crystal Films Using Shearing Interferometer of Double-frequency Grating

In this paper, the shearing interferometer of a double-frequency grating (DFG) and a small compact Nd: YVO4 double frequency laser at 532 nm are used to study the multiple storage in azo-polymer liquid crystal (PLC) films. In a principle experiment, the angle-encoded multiple gratings are recorded and the experimental results give triplex gratings at the same region in azo-PLC films, the angle between two adjacent grating vectors being 45°. Compared to the two-beam interferometer and four-wave mixing method, this method has simple configuration, high fringe contrast and quake-proof. A compatible angular multiplexing storage system in azo-PLC films is proposed.     

基于过渡金属硫化物/还原氧化石墨烯复合物的高性能超级电容器

组装高能量密度的非对称超级电容器需要使用比电容大、 体积变化小且循环稳定性好的电极材料. 过渡金属硫化物(TMSs)与纳米碳材料的复合物是此类电极材料之一. 采用水热法合成了由Cu-Mo硫化物在微波剥离的还原氧化石墨烯表面生长的复合材料(CuS-MoS₂/MErGO). 此复合材料在电流密度为2 A/g时具有高达861.5 F/g的比电容和良好的循环稳定性. 将1.6 V的电池电压施加在由NiS/MErGO为正极, CuS-MoS₂/MErGO为负极组装成的不对称超级电容器上时, 该电容器的功率密度为1.28 kW/kg, 且能量密度保持为54.2 W·h·kg^-1. 结果表明, TMS复合材料是一种很有前途的高性能电化学储能材料, 尤其是用于非对称超级电容器的组装.     

Validated liquid chromatography mass spectrometry method for quantitative determination of strictosamide in dog plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic study

A simple, sensitive and specific high‐performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC‐MS) method was developed and validated for the quantification of strictosamide in dog plasma. Strictosamide and internal standard (IS, ranolazine) extracted by liquid–liquid extraction with ethyl acetate were separated on a C₁₈ column using a gradient elution program. The detection was performed by selected ion monitoring mode via a positive electrospray ionization interface. The LLOQ was 1.0 ng/mL and the method exhibited acceptable precision, extraction efficiency and matrix effect. Finally, this proposed method was successfully applied to dog pharmacokinetic study and yielded the most comprehensive data on systemic exposure of strictosamide to date. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Light driving force for surface patterning on azobenzene-containing polymers

In this paper, we investigated the effect of light driving force induced surface deformation on azobenzene-containing polymers. The surface deformation is attributed to light-induced mass migration inside the polymers. Circular cap arrays are firstly fabricated by high power laser ablation via polarization controlled three-beam interference. The circular caps are subsequently exposed to polarization controlled two-beam interfering field. The results illuminate that when the interfering laser beams are both set to P polarization, the circular caps are deformed. While the laser beams are of other interfering modes like (S, S) and (+45° , -45°), the caps are seldom deformed. The circular caps are also exposed to single intensity-homogeneous linearly polarized laser beam. The deformation of the caps keeps the same direction as the irradiating polarization. A model based on the focusing effect of the circular caps is addressed to explain the origin of the light driving force for mass migration in azopolymers. The all-optical approach for the production of deformed caps can be used to generate aspherical lens, which may be applied to many domains.     

Property–Performance Control of Multidimensional,Hierarchical, Single‐Crystalline ZnO Nanoarchitectures

Diverse morphologies of multidimensional hierarchical single‐crystalline ZnO nanoarchitectures including nanoflowers, nanobelts, and nanowires are obtained by use of a simple thermal evaporation and vapour‐phase transport deposition technique by placing Au‐coated silicon substrates in different positions inside a furnace at process temperatures as low as 550 °C. The nucleation and growth of ZnO nanostructures are governed by the vapour–solid mechanism, as opposed to the commonly reported vapour–liquid–solid mechanism, when gold is used in the process. The morphological, structural, compositional and optical properties of the synthesized ZnO nanostructures can be effectively tailored by means of the experimental parameters, and these properties are closely related to the local growth temperature and gas‐phase supersaturation at the sample position. In particular, room‐temperature photoluminescence measurements reveal an intense near‐band‐edge ultraviolet emission at about 386 nm for nanobelts and nanoflowers, which suggests that these nanostructures are of sufficient quality for applications in, for example, optoelectronic devices.     

Analysis of multimode BDK doped POF gratings for temperature sensing

We report a temperature sensor based on a Bragg grating written in a benzil dimethyl ketal (BDK) doped multimode (MM) polymer optical fiber (POF) for the first time to our knowledge. The thermal response was further analyzed in view of theory and experiment. In theory, with the order of the reflected mode increasing from 1st to 60th order, for MM silica fiber Bragg grating (FBG) the temperature sensitivity will increase linearly from 16.2 pm/°C to 17.5 pm/°C, while for MM polymer FBG the temperature sensitivity (absolute value) will increase linearly from ?79.5 pm/°C to ?104.4 pm/°C. In addition, temperature sensitivity of MM polymer FBG exhibits almost 1 order larger mode order dependence than that of MM silica FBG. In experiment, the Bragg wavelength shift will decline linearly as the temperature rises, contrary to that of MM silica FBG. The temperature sensitivity of MM polymer FBG is ranged from ?0.097 nm/°C to ?0.111 nm/°C, more than 8 times that of MM silica FBG, showing great potential used as a temperature sensor.     

Pseudogap phenomena in ultracold atomic Fermi gases

The pairing and superfluid phenomena in a two-component ultracold atomic Fermi gas is an analogue of Cooper pairing and superconductivity in an electron system, in particular, the high Tc superconductors. Owing to the various tunable parameters that have been made accessible experimentally in recent years, atomic Fermi gases can be explored as a prototype or quantum sinmlator of superconductors. It is hoped that, utilizing such an analogy, the study of atomic Fermi gases may shed light to the mysteries of high Tc superconductivity. One obstacle to the ultimate understand- ing of high Tc superconductivity, from day one of its discovery, is the anomalous yet widespread pseudogap phenomena, for which a consensus is yet to be reached within the physics comnnmity, after over 27 years of intensive research efforts. In this article, we shall review the progress in the study of pseudogap phenomena in atomic Fermi gases in terms of both theoretical understanding and experimental observations. We show that there is strong, unambiguous evidence for the existence of a pseudogap in strongly interacting Fermi gases. In this context, we shall present a pairing fuctuation theory of the pseudogap physics and show that it is indeed a strong candidate theory for high Tc superconductivity.     

Judd–Ofelt treatment on luminescence of europium complexes with β-diketone and bis(β-diketone)

Eu(DBM)₃2H₂O and Eu₂(DDBM)₃H₂O were synthesized by reactions between EuCl₃ and chelating regents of β-diketone (dibenzoylmethane, HDBM) and bis(β-diketone) (1,3-bis(3-phenyl-3-oxopropanoyl)benzene, H₂DDBM), respectively, and their luminescence properties were investigated by the fluorescence spectra and metastable state decay spectra. It was found that the relative intensity ratio of ⁵D₀→⁷F₂ to ⁵D₀→⁷F₁transition and the radiative lifetime shows a little change attributing to the different symmetry of europium ions, which Ω₂ of Eu complexes with β-diketone and bis(β-diketone) are 13.08 and 12.24, respectively. Moreover, it was also found that the metastable state lifetime of Eu₂(DDBM)₃H₂O is much longer than that of Eu(DBM)₃2H₂O, due to smaller water quenching and lower triplet level of ligands. The Commission Internacionale d’Éclairage (CIE) chromaticity coordinates calculated from emission spectrum are x=0.637 and y=0.343 for Eu₂(DDBM)₃H₂O, which presents high red color purity near 100%.