A local boundary condition coupled to a finite element method to compute guided modes of optical fibres under the weak guidance assumptions

An efficient method coupling a local boundary condition to a finite element technique is proposed to compute guided modes of optical fibres under the weak guidance assumptions. This method is designed to provide accurate solutions for optical fibres with no restriction on their shape as well as on their refractive index profile. Several numerical experiments are performed to demonstrate this point. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

酪氨酸基于表面活性效应在碳糊电极上的伏安行为研究

研究了酪氨酸在表面活性剂存在下于碳糊电极上的电化学行为,发现表面活性剂能显著提高酪氨酸的氧化电流,在此基础上,建立了一种直接测定酪氨酸的电化学方法。优化了测定酪氨酸的试验参数,即介质的pH、扫描速度、富集电位和富集时间、表面活性剂的种类及其浓度等。峰电流与酪氨酸在1×10-7～3×10-5mol·L-1浓度范围内呈良好的线性关系,检出限为6×10-8mol·L-1。1×10-5mol·L-1酪氨酸平行测定8次的标准偏差为4.6%。用该方法测定了人体尿液中酪氨酸的含量,取得了满意的结果。     

The Influence of the Ligands Cp*(η5‐C5Me5) and Cp(η5‐C5H5) on the Stability and Reactivity of Titanocene and Zirconocene Complexes: Reactions of the Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene Permethylmetallocene Complexes (η5‐C5Me5)2M(η2‐Me3SiC2SiMe3), M = Ti,Zr, with H2O and CO2

The reactions of the bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene permethylmetallocene complexes CpM(η²‐Me₃SiC₂SiMe₃) (M = Ti ( 1 ), M = Zr ( 2 )) with H₂O and CO₂ were studied and compared to those of the corresponding metallocene complexes Cp₂M(L)(η²‐Me₃SiC₂SiMe₃) (M = Ti ( 3 ), L = – ; M = Zr, L = THF ( 4 )) to understand the influence of the ligands Cp(η⁵‐C₅H₅) and Cp*(η⁵‐C₅Me₅) as well as the metals titanium and zirconium on the reaction pathways and the obtained products. In the reaction of the permethyltitanocene complex 1 with water the dihydroxy complex CpTi(OH)₂ ( 5 ) was formed. This product differs from the well‐known titanoxane Cp₂TiOTiCp₂ which was obtained by the reaction of the corresponding titanocene complex 3 with water. The reaction of the permethylzirconocene complex 2 with water gives the mononuclear alkenyl zirconocene hydroxide 6 . An analogous product was assumed as the first step in the reaction of the corresponding zirconocene complex 4 with water which ends up in a dinuclear zirconoxane. In the conversion of the permethylzirconocene complex 2 with carbon dioxide the mononuclear insertion product 7 was formed by coupling of carbon dioxide and the acetylene. In contrast, the corresponding zirconocene complex 4 affords, by an analogous reaction, a dinuclear complex. In additional experiments the known complex CpZr(η²‐PhC₂SiMe₃) ( 8 ) was prepared, starting from CpZrCl₂ and Mg in the presence of PhC≡CSiMe₃. This complex reacts with carbon dioxide resulting in a mixture of the regioisomeric zirconafuranones 9 a and 9 b . From these in the complex 9 a , having the SiMe₃ group in β‐position to the metal, the Zr–C bond was quickly hydrolyzed by water to give the complex CpZr(OH)OC(=O)–C(SiMe₃)=CHPh ( 10 a ) compared to complex ( 9 b ) which gives slowly the complex CpZr(OH)OC(=O)–CPh=CH(SiMe₃) ( 10 b ).     

对苯二酚-甲醛碳气凝胶的制备

 溶胶-凝胶法制备了高HC比（10~40,对苯二酚与催化剂(Na₂CO_{3/sub>)的物质的量之比）的对苯二酚-甲醛有机气凝胶,并经高温碳化处理得到其碳气凝胶。借助有机气凝胶的红外光谱研究了其化学结构,说明其网孔结构形成的可能性;研究了有机气凝胶的扫描电镜图像、比表面积及孔径分布等,并得到碳化前后的一些对比数据：有机气凝胶颗粒大小30~50 nm,碳化后约为10 nm,比表面积从341.77 m²/g增大到452.75 m²/g,密度从0.170 8 g/cm^{3/sup>增大到0.335 6 g/cm3/sup>。}}     

[Co(CO2)n]+团簇的红外解离光谱实验和理论研究

本文利用红外光解离光谱研究了一价钴阳离子与二氧化碳之间的相互作用. 通过密度泛函理论计算得到[Co(CO₂)_n]⁺团簇的几何结构,并且模拟了它们的振动光谱与实验数值进行比较. 研究结果表明,在[Co(CO₂)_n]⁺(n=2∽6)团簇中,钴阳离子通过电四极矩静电作用以端点结合的方式与二氧化碳中的氧原子结合在一起. 团簇的红外光谱都集中在二氧化碳反对称伸缩的波数附近,并且随着团簇尺寸的变化出现蓝移,最后把[Co(CO₂)_n]⁺的红外光解离光谱与稀有气体贴附的[Co(CO₂)_n]⁺-Ar的红外光解离光谱进行了比较.     

Investigation on electro-catalytic oxidation properties of carbon nanotube–Ce-modified PbO2 electrode and its application for degradation of m-nitrophenol

In this work a carbon nanotube–Ce-modified PbO₂ (CNT–Ce–PbO₂) electrode was prepared by electrodeposition method, and compared with pure PbO₂, Ce–PbO₂, and CNT–PbO₂ electrodes. The direct and indirect oxidation capacities of prepared electrodes in electro-catalytic oxidation processes were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and hydroxyl radical production tests, respectively. The electro-catalytic activity of electrodes was examined by electro-catalytic oxidation of a model pollutant of m-nitrophenol (m-NP). Besides, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was also employed to identify the products resulting from the electro-catalytic oxidation of m-NP and the degradation mechanism of m-NP was proposed. Results show that the CNT–Ce–PbO₂ anode has higher direct and indirect oxidation capacities than pure PbO₂, Ce–PbO₂, and CNT–PbO₂ anodes. In the electro-catalytic oxidation of m-NP, the m-NP can be oxidized and degraded at all anodes, and the oxidation reactions of m-NP follow first-order kinetics. m-NP and TOC removal efficiencies are about 0.987 and 0.622 after electrolysis of 120 min and a maximum first-order rate constant of 0.036 min⁻¹ is achieved at the CNT–Ce–PbO₂ anode, which are obviously higher than those of the other three kinds of anodes.     

A review to recent developments in modification of carbon fiber electrodes

The unique properties of carbon fiber electrodes (CFEs) offer a number of particular advantages for their use in analytical applications. However, some pretreatment is usually necessary for the modification of the carbon surface. One of these methods is enzyme modification, that enzyme reactions in the surface of the electrode can be useful for the certain determinations. Also application of nanoparticles is very useful for modification and gives very interesting responses for the electrode in the determination of various analytes. Electrochemical oxidation of a carbon surface is one of the other methods for modification. With this work the morphology of the surface changes as well as increasing the coverage by various oxygen-containing functional groups. These groups can then interact and bind with other species introduced to the surface. The modification of the surface of carbon fiber electrodes is an interesting topic with many applications in the fields of analytical chemistry, environmental and health science, fuel cell and biofuel cell and many others. In this review article we discussed about the various modification methods for carbon fiber electrodes and applications of these CFEs.     

碳纤维复合材料的激光清洗等离子体光谱在线检测研究

近年来碳纤维复合材料（CFRP）由于性能优异,受到工业领域广泛关注。采用激光清洗技术预处理碳纤维复合材料表面的污染物和环氧树脂等杂质,有利于改善碳纤维复合材料表面性能,提高碳纤维复合材料胶接界面的结合强度。在线检测激光清洗过程,实时判断碳纤维复合材料的表面清洗质量,是保证激光清洗效果的关键环节,也是激光清洗装置自动化、集成化的核心技术。激光诱导等离子体光谱技术可以快速分析材料表面元素变化,实现在线检测激光清洗表面状态,在激光清洗领域有很广的应用前景。采用Nd∶YAG高能量脉冲激光器产生的1 064 nm激光在空气环境中诱导产生等离子体,利用改进型光栅光谱仪(ME5000)获取等离子体光谱,在线检测激光清洗碳纤维复合材料。研究外界空气环境对等离子体光谱检测结果的影响,发现350~700 nm波段的元素谱线可用于碳纤维复合材料表面物质成分分析;采用电子扫描显微镜观测的激光清洗表面形貌和X射线电子能谱仪测得的元素变化共同表征等离子体光谱检测的有效性,通过采集不同激光能量以及不同作用次数的等离子体光谱图,获得碳纤维复合材料表层树脂物质通过激光单次清洗干净的阈值,研究激光清洗质量与激光诱导等离子体谱线成分及其强度变化的关系。结果表明：在获取的激光诱导等离子体光谱中,光谱图中谱线波长在393.3 nm的S(Ⅱ)和589.5 nm的S(Ⅱ)谱线可有效在线表征碳纤维复合材料表面清洗质量;激光单次去除干净表面环氧树脂的阈值为10.68 mJ;低激光能量时需要清洗多次可以去除干净表面树脂;高激光能量时清洗单次可使表面树脂去除干净,多次清洗易造成基体损伤。实验结果为激光清洗碳纤维复合材料的智能集成化应用提供工艺依据和技术支持。     

基于碳量子点和罗丹明B的新型比率荧光试纸片检测水中Hg(Ⅱ)

水环境中Hg(Ⅱ)的污染对生态环境和人类健康危害极大,目前Hg(Ⅱ)的检测主要有原子光谱/质谱和电化学等方法,但存在检测仪器昂贵、操作繁琐及前处理复杂等缺点,难以在日常水环境中微量Hg(Ⅱ)现场检测的应用。因此,建立一种灵敏、准确、快捷和经济的水中Hg(Ⅱ)检测方法具有重要意义。试纸法是将普通的化学反应从玻璃仪器转移到试纸上进行的一种快速检测方法,利用试剂与目标物之间产生的化学反应,通过颜色的变化可对目标物进行定性或半定量检测,具有操作简便、快速等优点。碳量子点是一类粒径小于10 nm的碳基纳米材料,具有优异的荧光性能、较低的毒性和较高的化学稳定性。利用Hg(Ⅱ)对碳量子点的荧光具有灵敏和高效的猝灭作用,构建了一种双色比率荧光试纸片用于快速检测水中微量Hg(Ⅱ)的含量。其中,采用氮掺杂水溶性碳量子点（NCDs）作为荧光响应信号、罗丹明B（RhB）作为荧光内标信号,在单一波长（355 nm）激发下产生位于440和580 nm的双色荧光发射峰。当体系加入不同浓度Hg(Ⅱ)后,NCDs表面官能团与Hg(Ⅱ)之间的静电作用和金属配位协同作用使荧光发生猝灭,而RhB的荧光信号保持不变,利用440和580 nm双色荧光信号或其强度的比值（F₄₄₀/F₅₈₀）,可实现对微量Hg(Ⅱ)的快速检测。实验对检测条件进行了优化,结果表明在HAc-NaAc缓冲液浓度为1 mmol·L-1、pH为7的条件下,F₄₄₀/F₅₈₀值与Hg(Ⅱ)浓度（0～3 μmol·L-1）呈现良好的线性关系,线性方程为F₄₄₀/F₅₈₀=-0.785 2ｃ_Hg(Ⅱ)+3.103 8,相关系数r＞0.99,以3倍标准偏差计算的检出限为2.7 nmol·L-1(n=9)。对湖水与自来水中Hg(Ⅱ)进行加标回收实验,其加标回收率在91.9%～117.9%之间,说明该方法灵敏、准确,能用于水中Hg(Ⅱ)的检测。同时,将NCDs和RhB浸渍于尼龙片上构建了双色比率荧光检测试纸片,在紫外灯（365nm）照射下可观测到试纸发射淡蓝紫色荧光。而随着Hg(Ⅱ)浓度的增加,荧光颜色从淡蓝紫色到橙色发生变化,每次检测时间只需3分钟,裸眼可检出Hg(Ⅱ)浓度低至10 nmol·L-1,实现了对水中微量Hg(Ⅱ)的灵敏、快速检测。此外,该方法对Hg(Ⅱ)的检测表现出良好的特异性。因此,基于碳量子点和罗丹明B构建的双色比率荧光试纸片具有携带方便、操作简单,以及灵敏和快速等优点,为水中微量Hg(Ⅱ)的快速检测提供了新的方法和思路。     

Electrical and electrochemical properties of carbon nanotube-based free standing LTO electrodes for current collector-free Li-ion batteries

The spinel lithium titanate oxide (Li₄Ti₅O₁₂, LTO) has been extensively studied as one of the most promising alternatives to carbon materials in energy conversion and storage devices, due to its high structural and thermal stability, rate capability, and excellent cycling stability. In this study, Li₄Ti₅O₁₂/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (LTO-MWCNTs) free-standing and flexible composite electrodes/buckypapers were prepared via tape casting technique and well compared with commercially available LTO. The structural, morphological, electrical and electrochemical properties of LTO-MWCNTs buckypaper as well as LTO were studied. The electrical conductivity of LTO-based buckypaper was found to be very high i. e, 4.4 × 10² Scm⁻¹ at room temperature. Further, the buckypaper prepared by synthesized LTO showed higher specific capacity (166 mAhg⁻¹) compared to commercially available LTO (137 mAhg⁻¹) at 0.2 C rate. The enhanced electrochemical performance of as-synthesized LTO-based buckypaper is mainly attributed to the higher electronic conductivity and homogeneous distribution of particles with its small size which facilitates large amount of active sites for lithium insertion and also short diffusion paths.