Stable structure and effects of sulfur in CdTe/CdS heterojunctions

Structural and electronic properties of S in the CdTe/CdS(0001) interface are studied using the density functional theory. The interstitial S atom may induce the inversion of the surface Cd atoms and sublayer Te atoms of the Cd‐terminated surface, while S atoms may adsorb at the top sites, substitute Te atoms or accumulate at the voids inside the Te‐terminated (111) CdTe surface. Isovalent substituting S for Te in the CdTe(111)/CdS(0001) heterojunctions can reduce the strain arising from lattice mismatch and cause a reduction of interface states, so it may be better for solar cells. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

氦气提纯技术发展现状与应用分析

为实现氦气资源的循环利用,有必要对氦气进行回收纯化。文中对目前国内外氦气的提纯技术发展现状进行了分析介绍,并综合分析比较了这些方法的应用原理、优缺点及发展趋势,针对各自的使用特点,给出了几种详细的提纯工艺实现方法,为促进我国氦气提纯技术的发展提供了新的思路。     

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Biodegradable Di‐ and Tri‐Block Copolymers Based on Ethylene Carbonate Polymer as Hydrophobic Segment

Synthesis of novel amphiphilic biodegradable block copolymers based on ethylene carbonate is reported in this study. Polyethylene glycol monomethyl ether (MeO‐PEO) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) of varying molar masses are used as macro‐initiator for ring‐opening polymerization of ethylene carbonate in the presence of sodium stannate trihydrate as a heterogeneous transesterification catalyst. Earlier elution of block copolymer from macro‐initiator in size exclusion chromatography (SEC) indicated the successful synthesis of the block copolymers. Ratios of both types of blocks are varied systematically. Liquid chromatography at critical conditions is used for the analysis of the non‐critical individual blocks, and if there are any critical segments that are not attached to the non‐critical block. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the synthesis of ethylene carbonate‐based amphiphilic block copolymers. Chromatographic critical conditions of the ethylene carbonate polymer are also reported for the first time. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 1887–1893     

Dark lump excitations in superfluid Fermi gases

We study the linear and nonlinear properties of two-dimensional matter-wave pulses in disk-shaped superfluid Fermi gases.A Kadomtsev-Petviashvili I(KPI) solitary wave has been realized for superfluid Fermi gases in the limited cases of Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer(BCS) regime,Bose-Einstein condensate(BEC) regime,and unitarity regime.Onelump solution as well as one-line soliton solutions for the KPI equation are obtained,and two-line soliton solutions with the same amplitude are also studied in the limited cases.The dependence of the lump propagating velocity and the sound speed of two-dimensional superfluid Fermi gases on the interaction parameter are investigated for the limited cases of BEC and unitarity.     

GPU‐accelerated direct numerical simulations of decaying compressible turbulence employing a GKM‐based solver

Gas Kinetic Method‐based flow solvers have become popular in recent years owing to their robustness in simulating high Mach number compressible flows. We evaluate the performance of the newly developed analytical gas kinetic method (AGKM) by Xuan et al. in performing direct numerical simulation of canonical compressible turbulent flow on graphical processing unit (GPU)s. We find that for a range of turbulent Mach numbers, AGKM results shows excellent agreement with high order accurate results obtained with traditional Navier–Stokes solvers in terms of key turbulence statistics. Further, AGKM is found to be more efficient as compared with the traditional gas kinetic method for GPU implementation. We present a brief overview of the optimizations performed on NVIDIA K20 GPU and show that GPU optimizations boost the speedup up‐to 40x as compared with single core CPU computations. Hence, AGKM can be used as an efficient method for performing fast and accurate direct numerical simulations of compressible turbulent flows on simple GPU‐based workstations. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

New Derivatives Suitable for Use in Determination of (3-Methoxy-4-Hydroxyphenyl)Ethyleneglycol (MHPG) by Mass Fragmentography (MF)

Abstract

(3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyleneglycol (MHPG) is acylated at the phenolic group with acetic anhydride, and the product is condensed with methaneboronic or butaneboronic acids. The derivatives so obtained are suitable for selective ion-monitoring during combined gas chromatography/mass spectrometry since, after the loss of the acetyl group, very abundant ions of MHPG-bo ronates are obtained.     

Application of topological degree theory to semi-definite complementarity problem

The topological degree theory is applied to study the problem of existence of solutions to the semi-definite complementarity problem (SDCP). A notion of an exceptional family of matrices is introduced, and assertions of a non-strict alternative type are obtained. Namely, for a continuous mapping, there exists at least one of the following two items: either a solution to the SDCP, or an exceptional family of matrices. Hence, if there is no exceptional family, then at least one solution exists     

Cu(II) immobilized on Fe3O4–diethylenetriamine: A new magnetically recoverable catalyst for the synthesis of 2,3‐dihydroquinazolin‐4(1H)‐ones and oxidative coupling of thiols

Cu(II) immobilized on Fe₃O₄–diethylenetriamine was designed as a new, inexpensive and efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of 2,3‐dihydroquinazolin‐4(1H )‐ones and the oxidative coupling of thiols. The structure of the nanomagnetic catalyst was comprehensively characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy, vibrating sample magnetometry, thermogravimetric analysis, X‐ray diffraction and atomic absorption spectroscopy. Simple preparation of the catalyst from commercially available materials, high catalytic activity, simple operation, high yields, use of green solvents, easy magnetic separation and reusability of the catalyst with unaltered activity make our protocol a green and feasible synthetic strategy.     

Untersuchungen zum Verhalten der Pt-Metalle gegenüber festen und flüssigen Kationenaustauschern mit Hilfe der Radiotracermethode

Mit Hilfe radioaktiver Nuklide wurde die Aufnahme der Pt-Metalle aus chloridhaltigen Lösungen sowoht durch feste (Wofatit KPS) als auch durch flüssige Kationenaustauscher (Bis-2-äthylhexylphosphorsäure) bei Variation des pH-Wertes, der Vorbehandlung sowie der Edelmetallkonzentration bestimmt. Pt und Ir wurden nur geringfügig, Pd und Rh dagegen deutlich stärker adsorbiert. Beide Austauschertypen zeigten qualitativ das gleiche Verhalten. Die gefundenen Abhängigkeiten der Adsorption wurden auf das komplexchemische Verhalten der Pt-Metalle zurückgeführt. Es werden Verfahren zur schnellen radiochemischen Reinigung der benutzten Nuklide angegeben.