Flexible composition and execution of large scale applications on distributed e-infrastructures

Computer simulation is finding a role in an increasing number of scientific disciplines, concomitant with the rise in available computing power. Marshalling this power facilitates new, more effective and different research than has been hitherto possible. Realizing this inevitably requires access to computational power beyond the desktop, making use of clusters, supercomputers, data repositories, networks and distributed aggregations of these resources. The use of diverse e-infrastructure brings with it the ability to perform distributed multiscale simulations. Accessing one such resource entails a number of usability and security problems; when multiple geographically distributed resources are involved, the difficulty is compounded. In this paper we present a solution, the Application Hosting Environment,³ which provides a Software as a Service layer on top of distributed e-infrastructure resources. We describe the performance and usability enhancements present in AHE version 3, and show how these have led to a high performance, easy to use gateway for computational scientists working in diverse application domains, from computational physics and chemistry, materials science to biology and biomedicine.     

Low temperature hermetic laser-assisted glass frit encapsulation of soda-lime glass substrates

Room temperature and low temperature (120 °C) laser-assisted glass frit bonding of soda-lime glass substrates are accomplished in this work. The locally laser melted bonding showed hermeticity with helium leak rate of <5×10⁻⁸ atm cm³ s⁻¹, maintaining its leak rate even after standard climatic cycle tests. Small size devices were bonded at room temperature while larger areas were sealed at the process temperature of 120 °C. The sealing parameters were optimized through response surface methodology that makes the process capable for further development regardless of device size.     

Pressure controllable phase transition in MoTe2 by the interlayer band occupancy

High pressure can effectively control the phase transition of MoTe₂ in experiment, but the mechanism is still unclear. In this work, we show by first-principles calculations that the phase transition is suppressed and $1T^{\prime }$ phase becomes more stable under high pressure, which originates from the pressure-induced change of the interlayer band occupancies near the Fermi energy. Specifically, the interlayer states of $1T^{\prime }$ phase tend to be fully occupied under high pressure, while they keep partially occupied for the $T_d$ phase. The increase of the band occupancies makes the $1T^{\prime }$ phase more favorable in energy and prevents the structure changing from $1T^{\prime }$ to $T_d$ phase. Moreover, we also analyze the superconductivity under high pressure based on BCS theory by calculating the density of states and phonon spectra. Our results may shed some light on understanding the relationship between the interlayer band occupancy and crystal stability of MoTe₂ under high pressures.     

硅氧烷交联的咪唑基团功能化聚苯醚/聚四氟乙烯耐高温质子交换膜

以聚苯醚(PPO)为基体材料, 通过溴甲基化及咪唑基团功能化, 与聚四氟乙烯(PTFE)复合、 硅氧烷基团水解交联及磷酸掺杂, 制备了兼具高磷酸掺杂含量、 高质子电导率和良好机械性能的高温质子交换膜材料. 以甲基咪唑(MeIm)和咪唑基硅氧烷化合物(SiIm)为功能化试剂(其中咪唑基团提供了磷酸作用位点, 同时SiIm中的硅氧烷基团水解后得到Si—O—Si交联网络结构), 提高了膜材料的机械稳定性. 与PTFE的复合进一步增强了膜材料的机械强度. 结果表明, 复合膜具有较高的电导率和一定的机械强度. 当磷酸掺杂质量分数为242.5%时, PPO-50%SiIm-50%MeIm/PTFE复合膜在160 ℃不加湿条件下的电导率为0.09 S/cm, 室温下的断裂拉伸强度为3.6 MPa.     

Electronic structure of platinum at ultrahigh pressure

Abstract

Platinum is studied, theoretically, under very high compression. The calculated equation of state is found to agree well with the recent experimental data. At V/V₀ = 0.4, where V₀ is the experimental equilibrium volume, we find a transition from the face centered cubic structure (fcc), found at ambient pressure, to the body centered cubic structure (bcc). The calculated transition pressure is 26 Mbar. The stabilization of the bcc structure is explained by the eigen value sum.     

2. Mitteilung: Tetraphenylarsoniumverbindungen und Pentaphenylarsen

Es wurde ein Trennverfahren ausgeabeitet, das es gestattet, die Aktivitätsausbeuten für Mono-, Di- und Triphenylarsenverbindungen, für Tetraphenylarsoniumverbindungen und für Pentaphenylarsen sowie für nicht organisch gebundenes Arsen in neutronenbestrahlten Tetraphenylarsoniumver erbindungen und in Pentaphenylarsen zu bestimmen. Als Trennmethoden werden Extraktion, Ionenaustauwsch und Al₂O₃-Chromatographic benutzt. Zur Reinigung und Ausbeutebestimmung von Di- und Triphenylarsenprodukten sowie von Tetraphenylarsonimverbindungen finden Kristallisations- bzw. Fällungsreaktionen Anwendung unter Ausnutzung des Prinzips der Isotopenverdünnungsanalyse.     

Concentration on curves for a nonlinear Schrödinger problem with electromagnetic potential

We prove the existence of solutions to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation ${\epsilon }^2{(i\mathrm{?}+\mathit{A})}^{2}u+V(y)u?|u{|}^{p?1}u=0$ in ${\mathbb{R}}^2$ with a magnetic potential $\mathit{A}=(A_1,A_2)$. Here V represents the electric potential, the index p is greater than 1. Along some sequence $\{{\epsilon }_n\}$ tending to zero we exhibit complex-value solutions that concentrate along some closed curves.     

无人机视角下的林木爆燃火特性研究

森林火灾“爆燃”现象的特征是突然发生的高强度、高蔓延速度的燃烧。目前为止，关于“爆燃火”的原因还没有达成共识。以无人机视角下对林木爆燃火特性研究，以四川木里特大森林火灾为研究对象，通过分析凉山州某森林扑火部队3月31日木里森林火灾当天KWT（科卫泰）无人机航拍火场画面，结合无人机实时影像及实地调研数据，分析了峡谷地形林火蔓延时空特征，探讨了峡谷中风向风速变化时空分布规律，研究了地形变化条件下，不同海拔高度风速特征，建立了无人机倾角测量风速模型（其中为风速m·s-1，为无人机倾角°）。结果表明，高山峻岭特殊地形环境下每天4:00—12:00时间段为静风期，为峡谷林火扑救最佳时期；午后15:00—17:00和晚上20:00—22:00为山谷地形风速活跃期；仿真软件数据显示山顶、谷底与山腰不同海拔位置的风速风向不统一，谷底会产生乱流现象，且风速与海拔不存在正相关关系，小气候在复杂地形中占主导影响地位；在谷口至山谷深处的中间位置会出现气流速度的波峰状态，并易形成乱流，为爆燃火发生提供了客观必要条件。该研究可为复杂地形环境下，森林草原火灾扑救安全提供数据和技术支撑。