Multiple ping sonar accuracy improvement using robust motion estimation and ping fusion

Noise degrades the accuracy of sonar systems. We demonstrate a practical method for increasing the effective signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) by fusing time delay information from a burst of multiple sonar pings. This approach can be useful when there is no relative motion between the sonar and the target during the burst of sonar pinging. Otherwise, the relative motion degrades the fusion and therefore, has to be addressed before fusion can be used. In this paper, we present a robust motion estimation algorithm which uses information from multiple receivers to estimate the relative motion between pings in the burst. We then compensate for motion, and show that the fusion of information from the burst of motion compensated pings improves both the resilience to noise and sonar accuracy, consequently increasing the operating range of the sonar system.     

Origin of enhanced crystal growth kinetics near Tg probed with indomethacin polymorphs

Using three crystal polymorphs of indomethacin (IMC), we tested two interpretations of the enhanced crystal growth kinetics near the glass transition temperature Tg. This enhancement refers to the stronger temperature dependence of liquid viscosity eta than crystal growth rate (corrected for thermodynamic driving force). This enhancement is attributed in the first interpretation to an increase of the number of preferred interfacial growth sites with decreasing temperature and, in the second interpretation, to the breakdown of the Stokes-Einstein relation in deeply supercooled liquids. We measured the growth rates of the IMC polymorphs (alpha, gamma, and delta) from Tg + 9 K (Tg = 314 K) to near the respective melting points. From Tg + 19 K to Tg + 69 K, the growth rates of the polymorphs changed by 10(4) fold but displayed the same temperature dependence (eta-0.78) after corrections for thermodynamic driving forces. These results argue for a liquid-state origin of the enhanced growth kinetics. Below ca. Tg + 19 K, delta IMC continued to grow in the same spherulite morphology but alpha and gamma IMC grew in different, fiberlike morphologies and, if measured consistently, at faster rates. We conclude that the liquid dynamics of IMC controls its crystal growth kinetics over a wide range of temperatures but changes of growth morphologies near Tg also lead to apparent acceleration of growth of certain polymorphs. This work also extended a previous study of D-sorbitol to lower temperatures to enable a broader analysis of crystal growth kinetics of organic molecules near Tg.     

Selective extraction and purification of endohedral metallofullerene from carbon soot

A preferential extraction of endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) from carbon soot through the use of reduction in the extraction process and a convenient isolation of endohedral metallofullerene anions (EMFs(-)) and empty fullerenes utilizing their difference in solubility are accomplished. EMFs are easily isolated by one-stage high-performance liquid chromatography after chemical oxidation of the extracted endohedral EMFs(-).     

Kinetics of receptor directed assembly of multisegment nanowires

We demonstrate the receptor directed end-to-end assembly of multisegment Au/Ni/Au nanowires under agitation in ethanol. The gold end-segments were functionalized with biotin-terminated thiol thereby restricting aggregation to end-to-end attachment via an avidin linkage. On mixing biotin-terminated nanowires with avidin-terminated nanowires, the average chain length is shown to increase linearly with time. The rate constant was independent of the nanowire concentration. Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations were used to model the self-assembly process, and we show that the directed end-to-end assembly of nanowires is similar to the polycondensation of linear polymers.     

Rapid separation of strychnine and brucine on a dynamically modified poly(dimethylsiloxane) microchip followed by electrochemical detection

A method has been developed for rapidly separating and detecting strychnine and brucine using a poly(dimethysiloxane) (PDMS) microchip and electrochemical (EC) detection. PDMS microchannels dynamically modified by Brij35 are shown to be more efficient than native ones. The two analytes are well separated within 90 s in 70 mmol/L acetate buffer (pH 5.5) containing 0.01% (v/v) Brij35. Detection limits were found to be 1.0 μmol/L for strychnine and 0.2 μmol/L for brucine at S/N=3. The method was used to determine trace strychnine and brucine in rat serum, and the results obtained correlate well with those obtained via high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).      

2-羟基-1-萘醛缩2-氨基-4-硝基苯酚亚胺的合成及其阴离子识别性能

以2-羟基-1-萘醛和2-氨基-4-硝基苯酚为原料,通过缩合反应合成了阴离子识别受体2-羟基-1-萘醛缩2-氨基-4-硝基苯酚亚胺（R）,其结构经¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR和IR表征。采用UV-Vis和¹H NMR等研究了受体R对阴离子的识别性能。结果表明：受体R在乙腈中对F^-、 H₂PO₄^-和AcO^-表现出良好的UV0Vis识别能力,且对上述阴离子表现出裸眼识别性能。通过核磁滴定、紫外滴定、络合常数及Job曲线等对受体R的识别机理进行了研究。结果表明：受体R与阴离子通过分子间氢键结合形成主客体配合物,对F^-具有更好的结合能力（络合常数为2.503 × 10⁴ L/mol）,与阴离子以比例1/1相互结合。     

纤维素磺酸盐-氧化石墨烯-聚间苯二胺型三元纳米复合材料的制备及吸附性能

通过配位聚合制备了一种新型的三元复合纳米材料（SC-GO-MPD）吸附剂,研究了吸附Cr⁶⁺的性能,利用扫描电镜（SEM）及比表面积分析（BET）对吸附剂进行了表征分析。系统考查了吸附剂剂量,pH,初始Cr⁶⁺浓度和共存阴离子对吸附性能的影响。结果表明：三元复合纳米材料形成了三维网状空间结构,且通过配位形式吸附Cr⁶⁺,在298K下,吸附去除率最高可达99.31%,达到国标饮用水标准。      

核动力航空推进探析

文献调研国外核动力航空推进相关技术研究,美国GE与PW公司通过ANP计划已试验验证了核动力航空推进的可行性;分析认为核动力航空推进当前最佳用途是长航时无人机与巡航导弹动力,关键技术是核屏蔽的轻量化设计、热交换效率与速率、热力系统设计与新型结构问题;核动力航空推进若采用蒸汽介质的二回路闭式循环驱动螺旋桨,蒸汽透平及动力系统设计没有技术障碍,闭式循环蒸汽流量关键取决于蒸汽透平汽耗率与热交换循环时间。     

双壳程连续螺旋折流板换热器的数值模拟

本文提出了一种新型的双壳程连续螺旋折流板换热器。采用数值模拟方法对双壳程、单壳程连续螺折流板换热器,以及弓形折流板换热器壳侧流动与传热持性进行了对比研究。结果表明,同质量流量和对流换热系数近似相等的情况下,双壳程连续螺旋折流板换热器壳程压降比弓形折流板换热器低17.7%～23.5%,同质量流量和壳程压降近似相等的情况下,其对流换热系数比单壳程连续螺旋折流板换热器高7.1%～12.6%。     

Fabrication and Properties of Double-Side Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8 Thin Film on CeO2 Buffered Sapphire Substrate

The double-side Tl2Ba2 CaCu2O8 （Tl-2212） superconducting thin films were fabricated on CeO2 buffered sapphire substrates. The reactive magnetron sputtering technique was used to grow CeO2 buffer thin films on sapphire substrates. Making use of the metal cerium as a sputtering source, the depositing rate is much higher compared with the CeO2 target. The Ti-2212 thin films on CeO2 buffered sapphire substrates were fabricated by adc magnetron sputtering and post-annealing process. The x-ray diffraction indicates that the thin film is pure Tl-2212 phase with the e-axis perpendicular to the substrate surfaces, and epitaxially grown on the CeO2 buffered sapphire. The critical transition temperature Tc is around 106K, the critical current density Jc is around 3.5 MA/cm^2 at 77K, and the microwave surface resistance R8 at 77K and 10 CHz of the film is as low as 390μ Ω.