The double-effect mechanism between Fe3O4 nanoparticles and MSA-capped CdTe QDs

Water-soluble mercaptosuccinic acid (MSA)-capped CdTe quantum dots (QDs) of two sizes and superparamagnetic Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles have been synthesized and used to investigate the effect of the mechanism of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles on the fluorescence intensity of QDs. In the presence of a low concentration of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles, the CdTe QDs with smaller particle size exhibit fluorescence quenching while fluorescence enhancement of CdTe QDs with larger particle size was observed, and the fluorescence intensity changes with the excitation wavelength and the concentration of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles. The mechanism study shows that there is a double-effect between the Fe₃O₄ and CdTe QDs: one is the fluorescence quenching effect due to Fe₃O₄ strong absorption of excitation and emission light, the other is the fluorescence enhancement effect resulting from a localized electromagnetic field caused by the absorption of exciting light. The fluorescence of CdTe QDs with lower concentration of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles was determined via the synergy of the double-effect. To our best knowledge, this is the first systematic study on the interaction between Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles and CdTe QDs, which finds the fluorescence enhancement effect in the presence of low concentration of Fe₃O₄.     

纳米氧化钛团聚结构的研究

爆轰形成的高温、高压持续时间短,使得新生的氧化钛来不及长成较大的晶粒,只能形成大量的类球形纳米微粒。在潮湿的爆生气体环境中,这些纳米氧化钛颗粒间的相互作用(如碰撞、摩擦、挤压、渗透和粘附等)比较剧烈,极易聚集成团聚体。初步分析了以硫酸氧钛为钛源、采用爆轰法合成的纳米氧化钛的团聚结构和分散形态,对经过加热至500℃、保温1 h热处理后的纳米氧化钛的团聚结构也进行了分析。研究结果表明:用爆轰法合成的纳米氧化钛存在软团聚和硬团聚两种形式,而经过热处理(500℃、1 h)的纳米氧化钛的团聚程度得到了一定的改善。此外,还分析了纳米粉体的特性、爆轰特点和爆生气体环境等因素对产生纳米氧化钛团聚结构的影响。     

香菇中甲醛的提取与测定

用乙酰丙酮分光光度法测定香菇在不同温度下浸泡不同时间的浸出液中甲醛含量,实验结果表明,用60℃的水浸泡40min或40℃的水浸泡60min可最大限度浸出香菇中的甲醛,为健康食用香菇提供理论依据。     

MPT-AES测定奶粉中的微量金属元素

用微波等离子体(MPT)为激发光源,氩气为等离子体工作气体,用气动雾化进样,以校准曲线法研究了微波等离子体炬原子发射光谱法(MPT-AES)测定奶粉中的镁、钠。详细考察了溶液中盐酸浓度、硝酸浓度、共存离子浓度、微波前向功率、载气流量、工作气流量等实验参数对测定的影响。测定结果表明,镁和钠质量浓度的检出限分别为0.36、0.75μg/L,RSD(n=6)≤0.41%,线性范围分别为0.02—9mg/L、0.02—4mg/L,MPT-AES提高了测定奶粉中微量金属元素含量的速度和准确度。     

模糊输入时滞系统的输出反馈控制及稳定性分析

针对一类状态不可测的模糊输入时滞系统,应用平行分布补偿算法(PDC),设计了模糊观测器,提出了基于模糊观测器的输出反馈控制方法,给出了保证模糊时滞系统渐近稳定的新的充分条件.应用广义Lyapunov函数和线性矩阵不等式方法,证明了模糊输入时滞系统的渐近稳定性,同时给出了控制和观测增益矩阵的分离设计算法.仿真结果进一步验证了所提出的方法和条件的有效性.     

Thermodynamics and performance evaluation of encapsulated PCM-based energy storage systems for heating application in building

This communication presents the comparative study of two different types of thermal management systems for room’s heating applications using calcium chloride hexahydrate as the thermal energy storage material encapsulated in panels and balls. During the daytime, TMS was outside the test room to store the solar heat in TMS. The solar heat made available to charge the PCM from solid to liquid and to warm the test room throughout the observation period during night time. As the room temperature drops significantly during the night time, so as the level of comfort. Both the thermal management systems have been used to heat the test room during night time and the temperature of the test room has been maintained at thermal comfort level without any conventional source of energy, i.e. using passive system. Also the experimental values were compared with those of the theoretical values and are found in good agreement with each other. Thus, it can be concluded that the experimental study carried out for both the thermal management systems have been validated by theoretical approach or vice versa and hence found to be satisfactory towards the successful operation of these systems.     

Vesicle-formation of hexadecyl phosphatidyl choline released from ε-caprolactone electrospun fibrous mats: preparation and characterization

After it was proved by transmission electron microscope and light microscope that hexadecyl phosphatidyl choline (HePC) itself and HePC/cholesterol (Chol) complexes could form micro- or nanoscale vesicles, it was also found that vesicles composed by HePC itself or HePC/Chol could be formed by releasing from the fibers after electrospun poly ε-caprolactone (PCL) fibers with hexadecyl phosphatidyl choline (HePC) and Chol entrapped was obtained. Characterization by field emission scanning electron microscope, wide-angle X-ray diffraction, and differential thermal analysis indicated that HePC and HePC/Chol was perfectly entrapped in fibers. Beside these, it is was also found that HePC and Chol presented synchronous sustained release pattern from PCL by high-performance liquid chromatography. This experiment provided a further vision of composite materials composed of macromolecule and small molecule, for application in gene delivery, controlled drug delivery and bio-scaffold.     

High pressure Raman spectra of d-threonine crystal

Raman spectra of d-threonine crystal were recorded for pressures up to 8.5 GPa. Modifications in the lattice modes indicate that the crystal undergoes two structural phase transitions, the first in the 1.9–2.4 GPa pressure range and the second in the 5.1–6.0 GPa pressure range. Splitting of modes and changes in the intensity of several bands suggest a conformational reorientation of the molecule in the crystal framework between 3.5 and 4.3 GPa. We discussed ours results by comparing with previous high-pressure investigation on l-conformer.     

A prediction of the acoustical properties of induction cookers based on an FVM–LES-acoustic analogy method

The FVM–LES-acoustic analogy method (FVM–LES-AAM), which is a hybrid prediction technique for the acoustical property computation, is presented and performed in this paper. The FVM–LES-AAM was developed by combining the finite volume method (FVM), the large eddy simulation (LES), and the Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings analogy algorithm (FWH-AA). To predict the acoustical properties of induction cookers, the FVM is used for discretizing the calculation field and building numerical equations, and the LES and FWH-AA are performed for computing the sound sources and predicting the far-field sound, respectively. Using the FVM with the unstructured grids method to discretize the control equation of Navier–Stokes was introduced for illuminating the above numerical simulation procedure. To prove the FVM–LES-AAM method is feasible for predicting the acoustical property of induction cookers, the simulated results were compared with some measured experimental data. The comparisons suggest that the hybrid method is accurate and reliable for the aeroacoustics analysis of induction cookers. Considering the temperature performance, furthermore, some new configurations for the noise reduction of induction cookers were designed, simulated, and discussed. The FVM–LES-AAM prediction technique shows promise as a feasible and computationally affordable approach for not only noise analysis of induction cookers, but also for other aeroacoustics problems in engineering.