Enhancement of ultrasonically initiated emulsion polymerization rate using aliphatic alcohols as hydroxyl radical scavengers

Ultrasonically initiated emulsion polymerization of styrene was carried out in the presence of aliphatic alcohols, e.g. methanol, ethanol, n-pronanol and n-butanol, as volatile hydroxyl radical scavengers. With the addition of methanol, the polymerization rate of styrene increased, while the molecular weight and the average particle size of the produced polystyrene decreased because more radicals were produced in the presence of methanol. This is true also for the other polymerization system using other aliphatic alcohols, such as ethanol, n-pronanol and n-butanol, suggesting that the alcohols enter into cavitation bubbles and further react with hydroxyl radicals (*OH) from the sonolysis of water to produce hydroxyalkyl radicals, so as to reduce the recombination of *H and *OH radicals, therefore more radicals will be present in the systems for initiating polymerization. Obviously, it is an effective way to enhance ultrasonically initiated emulsion polymerization rate of styrene by adding volatile hydroxyl radical scavenger.     

Influence of ultrasonic cavitation on passive film of stainless steel

The electrochemical behaviors of passive film of stainless steel 0Cr13Ni5Mo under the condition of static state (quiescence) and ultrasonic cavitation in the HCl solution have been studied by means of polarization curve, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and capacitance potential measurement. The results indicate that the passive film shows a multi layer structure distribution, and presents a p-type semiconductor property under the condition of quiescence. The stability of passive film decreases, the semiconducting property changes to an n-type semiconductor in the presence of cavitation. The amount of transition electrons from valence band because of cavitation is related to the height of Fermi level of passive film semiconductor.     

衍射扭曲高斯-谢尔模型光束在远场的光谱移动和光谱开关

从部分相干光的传输理论出发,研究了被光阑衍射扭曲高斯-谢尔模型光束远场的光谱变化规律。结果表明,扭曲高斯-谢尔模型光束在远场也会出现光谱移动和光谱开关效应。与衍射高斯-谢尔模型光束情况相比,光谱移动和光谱开关效应不仅与光束空间相关性、截断参量和源光谱谱宽有关,光束的扭曲因子也会对衍射扭曲高斯-谢尔模型光束远场的光谱移动和光谱开关效应产生影响。通过数值计算结果详细讨论了光束扭曲因子影响衍射扭曲高斯-谢尔模型远场光谱的规律。     

Quantum tunneling and quasinormal modes in the spacetime of the Alcubierre warp drive

In a seminal paper, Alcubierre showed that Einstein’s theory of general relativity appears to allow a super-luminal motion. In the present study, we use a recent eternal-warp-drive solution found by Alcubierre to study the effect of Hawking radiation upon an observer located within the warp drive in the framework of the quantum tunneling method. We find the same expression for the Hawking temperatures associated with the tunneling of both massive vector and scalar particles, and show this expression to be proportional to the velocity of the warp drive. On the other hand, since the discovery of gravitational waves, the quasinormal modes (QNMs) of black holes have also been extensively studied. With this purpose in mind, we perform a QNM analysis of massive scalar field perturbations in the background of the eternal-Alcubierre-warp-drive spacetime. Our analytical analysis shows that massive scalar perturbations lead to stable QNMs.     

Strong lensing of a regular black hole with an electrodynamics source

In this paper we have investigated the gravitational lensing phenomenon in the strong field regime for a regular, charged, static black holes with non-linear electrodynamics source. We have obtained the angle of deflection and compared it to a Schwarzschild black hole and Reissner Nordström black hole with similar properties. We have also done a graphical study of the relativistic image positions and magnifications. We hope that this method may be useful in the detection of non-luminous bodies like this current black hole.     

Density perturbation in the models reconstructed from jerk parameter

The present work deals with the late time evolution of the linear density contrast in the dark energy models reconstructed from the jerk parameter. It is found that the non-interacting models are favoured compared to the models where an interaction is allowed in the dark sector.     

Towards the map of quantum gravity

In this paper we point out some possible links between different approaches to quantum gravity and theories of the Planck scale physics. In particular, connections between loop quantum gravity, causal dynamical triangulations, Ho?ava–Lifshitz gravity, asymptotic safety scenario, Quantum Graphity, deformations of relativistic symmetries and nonlinear phase space models are discussed. The main focus is on quantum deformations of the Hypersurface Deformations Algebra and Poincaré algebra, nonlinear structure of phase space, the running dimension of spacetime and nontrivial phase diagram of quantum gravity. We present an attempt to arrange the observed relations in the form of a graph, highlighting different aspects of quantum gravity. The analysis is performed in the spirit of a mind map, which represents the architectural approach to the studied theory, being a natural way to describe the properties of a complex system. We hope that the constructed graphs (maps) will turn out to be helpful in uncovering the global picture of quantum gravity as a particular complex system and serve as a useful guide for the researchers.     

Precise determination of hyperfine interactions and second-order doppler shift in <Superscript>149</Superscript>Sm Mössbauer transition

We have succeeded in precisely determining the hyperfine interactions, particularly the isomer shifts, in the ¹⁴⁹Sm Mössbauer transition. The difference in the nuclear radii between the ground and excited states is critical for the determination of isomer shifts but is relatively small in ¹⁴⁹Sm. Therefore, the precise determination by ¹⁴⁹Sm Mössbauer spectroscopy is difficult. The recent development of synchrotron-radiation-based Mössbauer spectroscopy allows the isomer shifts to be determined more precisely than previously with the help of wellcollimated synchrotron radiation. In particular, the time-window effect assists the precise determination of hyperfine interactions in the ¹⁴⁹Sm Mössbauer transition because this effect enables us to measure spectra with higher energy resolution than natural linewidth determined by the lifetime of the excited states. Meanwhile, highenergy-resolution measurements to determine center shifts by SR-based Mössbauer spectroscopy enable us to observe the second-order Doppler shift, which has not been discussed, particularly for heavy Mössbauer nuclei. We have discussed the precise determination of isomer shifts and the observation of the second-order Doppler shift using ¹⁴⁹Sm synchrotron-radiation-based Mössbauer spectroscopy.     

Joint Remote State Preparation Schemes for Two Different Quantum States Selectively

The scheme for joint remote state preparation of two different one-qubit states according to requirement is proposed by using one four-dimensional spatial-mode-entangled KLM state as quantum channel. The scheme for joint remote state preparation of two different two-qubit states according to requirement is also proposed by using one four-dimensional spatial-mode-entangled KLM state and one three-dimensional spatial-mode-entangled GHZ state as quantum channels. Quantum non-demolition measurement, Hadamard gate operation, projective measurement and unitary transformation are included in the schemes.     

An Efficient Module for Full Adders in Quantum-dot Cellular Automata

Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA), a new computing paradigm at nanoscale, may be a prospective alternative to conventional CMOS-based integrated circuits. Modular design methodology in QCA domain has not been widely investigated. In this paper, an efficient module with fault tolerance is proposed, which can be employed to fabricate three-input and five-input majority gates that are the fundamental primitives for designing circuits in QCA. With cells omission in the versatile module, various logic gates will be achieved, such as Nand-Nor-Inverter (NNI) gate and And-Or-Inverter (AOI) gate. Moreover, in order to seek out an efficient full adder, five various QCA full adders are designed and exhaustively compared in terms of area, complexity, latency, reliability and power dissipation and also compared with existing fault-tolerant full adders. Two simulation tools, QCADesigner and QCAPro, are utilized in the waveform simulations for verifying the correctness of proposed circuits and power consumption, respectively. The analysis results reveal that full adder V has significant improvements in contrast to its counterparts with above criteria. To test the practicability of full adder V, multi-bit adders will be designed in single-layer and compared with previous adders in terms of area, complexity and QCA cost, which proves the merits of our work.