The role of emitter quasi-bound state and scattering on intrinsic bistability in resonant tunneling diodes

Usually, numerical self-consistent calculations predict a much larger intrinsic bistability region than actually is measured in resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs). In addition, numerical calculations have shown that scattering in the well reduces bistability. We used a unified treatment of current flowing from continuum states and emitter quasi-bound states to show numerically and analytically that not only the scattering in the quantum well but also the scattering in the emitter reduces bistability. Moreover, within the Hartree approximation, bistability occurs by tunneling resonantly between emitter quasi-bound state and well quasi-bound state as a pitchfork bifurcation.     

Three-class classification models of logS and logP derived by using GA–CG–SVM approach

In this investigation, three-class classification models of aqueous solubility (logS) and lipophilicity (logP) have been developed by using a support vector machine (SVM) method combined with a genetic algorithm (GA) for feature selection and a conjugate gradient method (CG) for parameter optimization. A 5-fold cross-validation and an independent test set method were used to evaluate the SVM classification models. For logS, the overall prediction accuracy is 87.1% for training set and 90.0% for test set. For logP, the overall prediction accuracy is 81.0% for training set and 82.0% for test set. In general, for both logS and logP, the prediction accuracies of three-class models are slightly lower by several percent than those of two-class models. A comparison between the performance of GA–CG–SVM models and that of GA–SVM models shows that the SVM parameter optimization has a significant impact on the quality of SVM classification model. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Hui Zhang and Ming-Li Xiang are contributed equally.     

Demonstration of the stability or instability of multibreathers at low coupling

Whereas there exists a mathematical proof for one-site breathers stability, and an unpublished one for two-site breathers, the methods for determining the stability properties of multibreathers rely on numerical computation of the Floquet multipliers or on the weak nonlinearity approximation leading to discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Here we present a set of multibreather stability theorems (MST) that provides a simple method to determine multibreathers stability in Klein–Gordon systems. These theorems are based in the application of degenerate perturbation theory to Aubry’s band theory. We illustrate them with several examples.     

Intrinsic Fluorescence of Actin

In this work actin is used to illustrate connection of protein fluorescence characteristics with its structure. On one hand, it has been demonstrated what kind of information about the contribution of each tryptophan residues to the bulk fluorescence spectrum can be obtained from the special analysis of protein three-dimensional structure. On the other hand, potentials of intrinsic fluorescence for elucidation of proteins structure, dynamics and processes of folding-unfolding are shown. In particular, using this method a new essentially unfolded kinetic intermediate state of actin was detected and characterized, and the place of inactivated actin and its kinetic predecessor in the process of folding-unfolding was determined. It has been revealed that inactivated actin is not intermediate state between the native and completely unfolded states, as it has been accepted before, but a result of protein misfolding. On the basis of the obtained data a new model of actin folding-unfolding pathway has been proposed.     

基于经验模式分解的拖曳式声纳拖船噪声抵消研究

拖曳式线列阵声纳的拖船噪声具有多途角扩展等特点，并且是一个非平稳过程，使得对该噪声的消除或抑制是一大难点。经验模式分解是一种用于分析非线性非平稳信号的新方法，该方法自适应地将嵌于数据内部的多个固有模式函数逐一分解开来。本文尝试利用经验模式分解方法分离出水听器接收信号中的拖船干扰噪声，从而达到消除干扰的目的。海上试验数据的处理结果充分验证了这种方法的可行性。     

10μm级聚酯薄膜介质电临界击穿场强初步研究

分析了聚酯薄膜电击穿可能的模型,如本征击穿模型和电一机械击穿模型,估算了两种模型下常用聚合物介质的临界击穿场强。实验研究了平板电极结构下10μm级聚酯薄膜的自击穿电压,得出了聚酯薄膜的临界击穿场强450-500kV／mm。实验结果与理论计算值比较表明：本征击穿模型下的聚酯薄膜临界击穿场强都远小于实验结果,电～机械击穿模型下聚酯薄膜临界击穿场强大于实验结果。     

Study of intrinsic anchoring in nematic liquid crystals based on modified Gruhn-Hess pair potential

A nematic liquid crystal slab composed of N molecular layers is investigated using a simple cubic lattice model, based upon the molecular pair potential which is spatially anisotropic and dependent on elastic constants of liquid crystals. A perfect nematic order is assumed in the theoretical treatment, which means the orientation of the molecular long axis coincides with the director of liquid crystal and the total free energy equals to the total interaction energy. We present a modified Gruhn-Hess model, which is relative to the splay-bend elastic constant K₁₃. Furthermore, we have studied the free nematic interfacial behavior (intrinsic anchoring) by this model in the assumption of the perfect nematic order. We find that the preferred orientation at the free interface and the intrinsic anchoring strength change with the value of modification, and that the director profile can be determined by the competition of the intrinsic anchoring with external forces present in the system. Also we simulate the intrinsic anchoring at different temperatures using Monte Carlo method and the simulation results show that the intrinsic anchoring favors planar alignment and the free interface is more disordered than the bulk.     

基于经验模态分解的高光谱遥感数据去噪方法

经验模态分解(EMD)是一种新的时频分析方法,经EMD分解后的各个固有模态函数(IMF)突出了原始信号的局部特征,从而可以区分噪声和有用信号。基于此,结合高光谱遥感数据的光谱变化特征,提出了一种基于经验模态分解的高光谱遥感数据去噪方法。通过对理论数据的实验表明,数据中的噪声无论是高斯分布还是均匀分布,数据经EMD分解后,噪声都主要集中在前几个特定的IMF,对相应的IMF进行滤波处理后并与其他IMF分量进行重构就可得到去噪信号,与小波去噪结果相比较,这种方法效果更好。最后把该去噪方法应用于野外实测的油膜高光谱数据去噪,实验结果表明,该方法能准确、有效地去除高光谱遥感数据的噪声。     

Energy spectra of exciton states in disk-shaped GaAs-Ga<Subscript>1-x</Subscript>Al<Subscript>x</Subscript>As quantum dots under growth-direction magnetic fields

A theoretical study, within the effective-mass approximation, of the effects of applied magnetic fields on excitons in disk-shaped GaAs-Ga_1-xAl_xAs quantum dots is presented. Magnetic fields are applied in the growth direction of the semiconductor heterostructure. The parity of the excitonic envelope function related to the simultaneous exchange of z_e→-z_e and z_h→-z_h is a good quantum number and the wave function, both the odd and even parity, can be expanded as combination of products of the quantum well electron and hole function that preserves the parity with appropriate Gaussian functions. We have simultaneously obtained the energies of the excitonic ground and excited states and discuss the behavior of these energies as a function of the magnetic field.     

Observations on the role of MgCl2 in the Weissler reaction

Aqueous solutions of Nal containing CCl₄ and MgCl₂ at various concentrations were irradiated under air with 1 MHz ultrasound and the yield of I₃⁻ was determined. The yield was not affected by MgCl₂ at concentrations up to 0.1 M. This contrasts with the finding of Lepoint and co-workers, who reported a sharp minimum in the yield at a MgCl₂ concentration of 2.5 × 10⁻³M, the yield decreased to 60% at 1 M MgCl₂, the reason being the lower solubility of CCl₄ at high MgCl₂ concentrations. In the absence of CCl₄, another dependence on the MgCl₂ concentration was observed: the yield was not affected up to 1 M, and at higher MgCl₂ concentrations the yield rapidly decreased owing to the increased viscosity of the solution. On the basis of these observations, there is no strong reason to postulate an electrical mechanism for the initiation of chemical reactions in the cavitation bubbles.