An Overview of Key Technologies in Physical Layer Security

The open nature of radio propagation enables ubiquitous wireless communication. This allows for seamless data transmission. However, unauthorized users may pose a threat to the security of the data being transmitted to authorized users. This gives rise to network vulnerabilities such as hacking, eavesdropping, and jamming of the transmitted information. Physical layer security (PLS) has been identified as one of the promising security approaches to safeguard the transmission from eavesdroppers in a wireless network. It is an alternative to the computationally demanding and complex cryptographic algorithms and techniques. PLS has continually received exponential research interest owing to the possibility of exploiting the characteristics of the wireless channel. One of the main characteristics includes the random nature of the transmission channel. The aforesaid nature makes it possible for confidential and authentic signal transmission between the sender and the receiver in the physical layer. We start by introducing the basic theories of PLS, including the wiretap channel, information-theoretic security, and a brief discussion of the cryptography security technique. Furthermore, an overview of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication is provided. The main focus of our review is based on the existing key-less PLS optimization techniques, their limitations, and challenges. The paper also looks into the promising key research areas in addressing these shortfalls. Lastly, a comprehensive overview of some of the recent PLS research in 5G and 6G technologies of wireless communication networks is provided.     

CdS thin films growth by fast evaporation with substrate rotation

CdS thin films were grown by fast evaporation technique combined with substrate rotation. The source evaporation temperature was maintained at 600 °C and the substrate temperature at 350 °C with background pressure of 1.0 m Torr. The substrates were corning glass 2947 with dimension of 1 in. × 1 in. rotate at 500 rpm during the growth. In order to verify the quality of the CdS films, the samples were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and optical measurements. The films shown a flat uniformity thickness with growth rate of ∼3.5 nm/s, the orientation was in the cubic-(1 1 1) and hexagonal-(0 0 2) plane in dependence of the growth time, grain size ∼5 nm, roughness uniformity ∼2.7 nm, transmittance in the visible region spectrum ∼80%, energy band gap between 2.39 and 2.42 eV and short circuit photocurrent density (J_SC) losses in the CdS films of 4.7 mA/cm².     

Surface profile optimization of antireflection gratings for solar cells

The solar cell efficiency can be improved by antireflection gratings. In this paper, the antireflection gratings with different symmetrical surface profiles are investigated by numerical simulations based on the Rigorous Coupled-Wave Analysis. Simulated results show that the antireflection performance of sharp profile such as quadratic profile has a significant improvement compared with triangular and parabolic profiles, while the top cutoff in the grating tip will severely influence the antireflection performance. Meanwhile, proper length of flat region between grating features in the nonclose-packed triangular antireflection grating can have better antireflection performance than the close-packed counterpart for the same grating period and height. Such antireflection gratings with different surface profiles may offer attractive solutions to current commercial silicon solar cell, as well as organic and other semiconductor material based solar cells.     

Ag纳米颗粒表面等离子体共振增强DSSC电池的制备及性能研究

使用水热法制备了一系列不同含量Ag纳米颗粒掺杂的Ag-TiO2复合光阳极的染料敏化太阳能电池,同时,研究了不同含量Ag纳米颗粒掺杂对染料敏化太阳能电池的结构和性能的影响.实验结果表明：Ag的掺入增强了吸附在Ag-TiO2复合光阳极上的染料对光的吸收,显著地提高了对应电池的短路电流.在Ag掺入量为0.20%的时候,对应的电池具有最佳的性能,其短路电流为10.66mA/cm2,开路电压Voc为697mV,光电转换效率为5.59%,显著优于纯TiO2光阳极电池的效率.其性能的改善主要归因于掺入Ag纳米颗粒的表面等离子体共振吸收效应使电池光阳极对光的吸收增强所致.     

非结构网格边粘性公式

利用Kuropatenko提出的人为粘性形式和Christiansen建议的TVD(Total Variation Diminishing)输运限制子构造非结构网格边粘性,用最大角原则选择邻边构造限制子,研制包括边粘性的相容流体程序,给出边粘性与体粘性数值模拟比较,对Saltzman活塞问题、Noh问题进行数值实验.数值实验结果比较说明,非结构网格边粘性准确检出强速度梯度不存在的情形,减弱人为粘性力的作用,有效捕捉流体的激波间断,提高模拟精度.     

基于7-（9H-carbazol-9-yl）-N,N-diphenyl-9, 9’-spirobi[fluoren]-2-amine主体材料的高效红色电致磷光器件

研究了基于新型骨架7-（9H-carbazol-9-yl）-N,N-diphenyl-9,9’-spirobi[fluoren]-2-amine（CzFA）双极性主体材料的红色电致磷光器件的光电特性。研究结果表明：将红色磷光染料iridium（Ⅲ）bis[2-methyldibenzo-（f,h）quinoxaline]（acetylacetonate）（Ir（MDQ）₂（acac））掺杂到CzFA主体材料中,以其制备的电致发光器件具有优良的特性,最大电流效率为27.8 cd/A,最大功率效率为21.8 lm/W,最大功率效率几乎是先前报道的主体材料为CBP器件（13.7 lm/W）的1.6倍。这种咔唑-螺二芴-二胺基团所组成的双极性主体材料对于提升磷光器件的性能起到了重要的作用。     

近红外光谱技术快速鉴别地沟油与食用植物油的研究

地沟油检测是我国食品安全最为关注的话题之一,它给人们的生活健康带来了极大的危害。国内现有的检测手段也仅停留在定性检测水平上,只能确定地沟油的有无,还难以进行定量检测。本实验利用近红外光谱技术与光纤传感技术相结合的新方法对勾兑混合油中地沟油的含量进行了定量分析。将煎炸老油与九三大豆油按照一定的体积比进行勾兑,共计50个样本,采集其近红外透射光谱,分别采用偏最小二乘法(PLS)和BP人工神经网络建立了煎炸老油含量的定量分析模型,校正集决定系数分别为0.908和0.934,验证集决定系数分别为0.961和0.952,均方估计残差(RMSEC)为0.184和0.136,预测均方根误差(RMSEP)都为0.111 6,符合应用要求,同时还结合主成分分析法(PCA)对煎炸老油与食用植物油进行了鉴别,识别准确率为100%。实验研究证明近红外光谱技术不仅可以准确快速的定性分析地沟油, 还能定量的检测地沟油的含量,在油脂的检测方面具有很大的应用前景。     

Production and Storage of Energy with One-Dimensional Semiconductor Nanostructures

This article outlines state-of-the-art energy technologies, including production and storage, available to us through semiconductor nanomaterials. The nanostructure growth processes have been illustrated in detail, with emphasis on the latest developments in hierarchical and radial-composition modulated nanostructures. On the energy efficiency and generation part, light-emitting diodes, photovoltaics, photoelectrochemistry, thermoelectric, and fuel cells have been discussed. In the energy storage part, supercapacitors and lithium batteries have been discussed.