An efficient blue-emitting phosphor LiCaPO4:Eu2+ for white LEDs

A new blue-emitting phosphor LiCaPO₄: Eu²⁺ was synthesized by solid state reaction at a relatively low temperature of 900 °C. It gives a single intense emission band centering at 470 nm, which corresponds to the 4f⁶5d¹→4f⁷ transition of Eu²⁺. The dependence of luminescence intensities on Eu²⁺ concentration was investigated. The phosphor, with a single excitation band extending from 250 to 400 nm, could be efficiently excited by near-ultraviolet light-emitting diodes and is believed to be a promising blue-emitting phosphor for white light-emitting diodes.     

Multi-carrier transport properties in p-type ZnO thin films

By the aid of temperature- and magnetic-field-dependent Hall effect measurements, we have extracted the multi-carrier transport information in N-doped and N–In codoped p- ZnO thin films grown on Si substrates through mobility spectrum analysis. It is found that owing to the compensation between free electrons and holes, the two-dimensional hole gas from ZnO/Si interface layers becomes determinant and results in the high p-type conductivity and high hole mobility in the ZnO samples. Compared with N-doping, the N–In codoping introduces many In donors and increases acceptor incorporation, as well as enhancing the free hole mobility due to the short-range dipole-like scattering.     

Determination of piracetam in rat plasma by LC–MS/MS and its application to pharmacokinetics

A sensitive and selective liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method for the determination of piracetam in rat plasma was developed and validated over the concentration range of 0.1–20 µg/mL. After addition of oxiracetam as internal standard, a simplified protein precipitation with trichloroacetic acid (5%) was employed for the sample preparation. Chromatographic separation was performed by a Zorbax SB‐Aq column (150 × 2.1 mm, 3.5 µm). The mobile phase was acetonitrile–1% formic acid in water (10:90 v/v) delivered at a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min. The MS data acquisition was accomplished in multiple reaction monitoring mode with a positive electrospray ionization interface. The lower limit of quantification was 0.1 µg/mL. For inter‐day and intra‐day tests, the precision (RSD) for the entire validation was less than 9%, and the accuracy was within the 94.6–103.2% range. The developed method was successfully applied to pharmacokinetic studies of piracetam in rats following single oral administration dose of 50 mg/kg. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Effect of the distribution of palladium over the cross section of an ion-exchanger fiber on catalyst activity in a water deoxygenation process

A procedure for the preparation of a fibrous palladium-containing catalyst for the removal of dissolved oxygen from water was developed. This procedure includes the preliminary modification of an anionexchanger fiber with carboxylate ions, which makes it possible to localize metal clusters in a thin subsurface layer of a fiber at the subsequent stages of the ion-exchange introduction of palladium into the carrier and the reduction of palladium. It was found that the higher activity of fibrous palladium-containing catalysts based on the citrate forms of anion exchangers, as compared with that of samples based on the chloride forms, was due to the predominant arrangement of reduced metal clusters on the external surface and an adjacent thin layer of the fiber.     

A black hole preying on the star for a gamma-ray burst of GRB080503: Evidence for the second event in this new class

In this paper, we critically assess GRB080503, a short gamma-ray burst with very bright extended emission (about 30 times the gamma-ray fluence of the initial spike). The light curve of the prompt γ-ray emission of GRB080503 resembles that of GRB 060614 which has been suggested to be due to an event from an intermediate mass black hole (IMBH) preying on a star. We therefore propose that GRB080503 is also due to a similar event; the mass of the IMBH is estimated to be about 4.6×10⁴ solar masses, and the engulfed star had about the same mass and size as the Sun. We also estimate that the total burst energy is about 7.67 × 10⁵⁰ ergs.

     

电脉冲沉积铝化物及铝化物-Y_2O_3涂层

采用电脉冲沉积技术在 2 0碳钢表面上获得了冶金结合的晶粒尺寸约为几十到几百纳米的铝化物和铝化物 弥散Y2 O3复合微晶涂层。60 0℃空气中氧化 10 0h的结果表明 ,电脉冲沉积获得的两种涂层均可显著地降低 2 0碳钢的氧化速率并提高氧化层的抗剥落性能。用AFM ,SEM ,EDS和XRD对铝化物涂层及氧化层进行了分析 ,并讨论了两种涂层提高抗氧化性能的作用机制     

倾斜入射的波前编码系统的点扩散函数扩大效应分析

通过对坐标系统进行旋转，计算得到了三次型波前编码系统的倾斜入射的光瞳函数，并给出了近似表达式. 分析表明倾斜入射会产生三次相位扩大效应和离焦扩大效应，它们和入射角的正负无关，且随着入射角绝对值的增大而增大. 这表现在点扩散函数(point spread function, PSF)上会扩展PSF包络的两条直角边，表现在调制传递函数(modulation transfer function, MTF)上会降低MTF值. 子午面倾斜入射时，子午方向的三次相位扩大效应和离焦放大效应大于弧矢方向，从而导致子午方向     

双光子吸收的Franz-Keldysh效应

从实验上证实Hg_0.695Cd_0.305Te 光电二极管空间电荷区中存在双光子吸收的Franz-Keldysh效应.利用一个皮秒Nd:YAG激光器抽运的光学参量产生器和差频产生器作为激发光源，测量了入射波长为λ₀=7.92μm的脉冲激光所激发的光响应随入射光强的变化关系.脉冲光响应峰值强度随入射光强的增大呈现二次幂函数增强趋势.采用等效RC电路模型将脉冲光伏信号峰值与入射光强相关联，得到空间电荷区中强电场下单光束     

用于闪光照相的1MV Rod-Pinch二极管辐射特性

Rod-Pinch二极管(RPD)在小尺度闪光照相方面具有良好的应用前景.根据理论方面的研究结果以及实验室具备的驱动源装置水平,设计了相应结构的RPD,并在1MV工作电压下开展了较为详细的性能实验研究.最终在二极管轴向(0.方向)lm处得到的x光剂量为1.21rad-1.45rad.对于阳极直径为lmm的二极管,其X光焦斑直径仅为0.8mm-1.1mm.X光信号的脉宽为18.1ns-27.5ns.研究表明RPD将是一种用于小尺度闪光照相的理想的X光源.     

Accurate computation of the smallest eigenvalue of a diagonally dominant -matrix

If each off-diagonal entry and the sum of each row of a diagonally dominant -matrix are known to certain relative accuracy, then its smallest eigenvalue and the entries of its inverse are known to the same order relative accuracy independent of any condition numbers. In this paper, we devise algorithms that compute these quantities with relative errors in the magnitude of the machine precision. Rounding error analysis and numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the numerical behaviour of the algorithms.