Thiol–norbornene materials: Approaches to develop high Tg thiol–ene polymers

The ability to prepare high T_g low shrinkage thiol–ene materials is attractive for applications such as coatings and dental restoratives. However, thiol and nonacrylated vinyl materials typically consist of a flexible backbone, limiting the utility of these polymers. Hence, it is of importance to synthesize and investigate thiol and vinyl materials of varying backbone chemistry and stiffness. Here, we investigate the effect of backbone chemistry and functionality of norbornene resins on polymerization kinetics and glass transition temperature (T_g) for several thiol–norbornene materials. Results indicate that T_gs as high as 94 °C are achievable in thiol–norbornene resins of appropriately controlled chemistry. Furthermore, both the backbone chemistry and the norbornene moiety are important factors in the development of high T_g materials. In particular, as much as a 70 °C increase in T_g was observed in a norbornene–thiol specimen when compared with a sample prepared using allyl ether monomer of analogous backbone chemistry. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 45: 5686–5696, 2007     

关于多项式系数微分方程复振荡理论的两个结果

本文证明了：如果ａ_ｋ－ｊ（ｊ＝１，…，ｋ）为多项式，ｄｅｇａ_ｋ－ｊ＝ｎ_ｋ－ｊ，存在某个ａ_ｋ－s（１≤ｓ≤ｋ）满足：当１≤ｊ＜ｓ时，ｎ_ｋ－ｊ／ｊ≤ｎ_ｋ－s／ｓ；当ｓ＜ｊ≤ｋ时，ｎ_ｋ－ｊ＜ｎ_ｋ－s－（ｊ－ｓ）．如果Ｆ≠０是整函数且满足σ（Ｆ）＝β＜（ｎ_ｋ－s＋ｓ）／ｓ，那么微分方程ｆ^（ｋ）＋ａ     

An infinite dimensional affine nil algebra with finite Gelfand-Kirillov dimension

The famous 1960's construction of Golod and Shafarevich yields infinite dimensional nil, but not nilpotent, algebras. However, these algebras have exponential growth. Here, we construct an infinite dimensional nil, but not locally nilpotent, algebra which has polynomially bounded growth.

     

The Elimination of Grains and Grain Boundaries in Grain Growth

The topological changes that occur during coarsening of 2D and 3Dcellular structures, such as polycrystals, areinvestigated. Particular attention is given to the elimination ofgrain boundaries and grains with more than the minimum number oftopological elements. A thermodynamic criterion is introduced tofind out which topological transformations are favoured, based on theevaluation of the Gibbs free energy of the initial and finalconfigurations. In general, elimination of grains is possible only ifthe number of their neighbours is below a critical value, which maybe affected by geometry.     

Study on the dispersion characteristic of the plasma-loaded relativistic BWO

The dispersion characteristic of the plasma-loaded relativistic backward wave oscillator has been analyzed. The theoretical model has been established and the numerical calculations accord with the experimental results, which provides some useful suggestions on the designing of slow-wave structure of BWO.     

具有新光学性质的Zn-Zn2SiO4纳米同轴线阵列

采用气相沉积技术在Si衬底上生长了Zn-Zn₂SiO₄芯-壳结构纳米同轴线阵列。根部呈笋状的纳米同轴线,直径约100nm,长度可以超过10μm;同轴线芯直径约50nm、壳层厚约25nm。通过X射线衍射的表征以及能量色散谱的线扫描,确定纳米同轴线的芯为Zn,壳层为Zn₂SiO₄。我们提出了一种新的生长机制,同时也为生长均匀的纳米同轴线提供一种新的技术。观察阴极荧光谱发现,纳米同轴线有三个主要发光带:强度最大的中紫外300nm发光、较弱的可见光区560nm以及红外谱区865nm的发光。对纳米同轴线截面的300nm发光峰观测发现,中紫外发光来源于Zn₂SiO₄壳层。正是这种同轴线的结构,使得其具备特殊的光学性质。     

Monte Carlo simulation of grain growth in polycrystalline materials

Understanding the kinetics of grain growth, under the influence of second phase (such as impurities, voids and bubbles) is fundamental to advances in the control of microstructural evolution. As a precursor to this objective, we have investigated the grain growth kinetics in a polycrystalline material using a standard Q-state Potts’ model under Monte Carlo settings. Based on physical reasoning, new modifications are suggested to circumvent some of the disadvantages in the basic Potts model. The efficacy of these modifications vis-à-vis the basic model is verified. The influence of second phase particles on the impurity loaded grain boundaries is investigated for the study of grain growth kinetics.     

Well-posedness of a multidimensional free boundary problem modelling the growth of nonnecrotic tumors

In this paper we study a free boundary problem modelling the growth of nonnecrotic tumors. The main trait of this free boundary problem is that it is essentially multidimensional, so that its well-posedness is hard to establish by using the usual methods in the classical theory of free boundary problems. In this paper we use the functional analysis method based on the theory of analytic semigroups to prove that this problem has a unique local solution in suitable function spaces. Continuous dependence of the solution on the initial data and regularities of the solution can also be easily obtained by using the argument of this paper.