Light emission from porous silicon single and multiple cavities

Experimental and theoretical techniques are used to examine the effects of microstructuring on the optical properties of multilayer, single and multiple microcavity structures fabricated from porous silicon. Measurements of the reflectivity and photoluminescence spectra of three multilayer samples are presented. The results are modelled using a transfer matrix technique including a negative absorption term to represent the effect of spontaneous emission which gives luminescence. The emitted light is strongly controlled by the optical modes of the structures and very good agreement is observed between theory and experiment.     

Exact Results for the Homogenization of Elastic Fiber-Reinforced Solids at Finite Strain

This work is concerned with the homogenization of solids reinforced by aligned parallel continuous fibers or weakened by aligned parallel cylindrical pores and undergoing large deformations. By alternatively exploiting the nominal and material formulations of the corresponding homogenization problem and by applying the implicit function theorem, it is shown that locally homogeneous deformations can be produced in such inhomogeneous materials and form a differentiable manifold. For every macroscopic strain associated to a locally homogeneous deformation field, the effective nominal or material stress–strain relation is exactly determined and connections are also exactly established between the effective nominal and material elastic tangent moduli. These results are microstructure-independent in the sense that they hold irrespectively of the transverse geometry and distribution of the fibers or pores. A porous medium consisting of a compressible Mooney–Rivlin material with cylindrical pores is studied in detail to illustrate the general results. This work was the first time presented at the Euromech Colloqium 464 on “Fiber-reinforced Solids: Constitutive Laws and Instabilities”, September 28–October 1, 2004, Cantabria, Spain.     

Effective elastic moduli of an inhomogeneous medium with cracks

In the present paper, the effective elastic moduli of an inhomogeneous medium with cracks are derived and obtained by taking into account its microstructural properties which involve the shape, size and distribution of cracks and the interaction between cracks. Numerical results for the periodic microstructure of different dimensions are presented. From the results obtained, it can be found that the distribution of cracks has a significant effect on the effective elastic moduli of the material. The project supported by the National Education Committee for Doctor     

朱家尖潮间带底栖海藻分布特征

2008年5月至2009年2月对浙江舟山朱家尖情人岛潮间带的大型海藻进行了调查,初步查明该潮间带大型海藻的组成、分布和温度属性,并利用相似性指数（Sc）分析了调查海域潮间带大型海藻相似性值.结果表明：采集到的34种海藻隶属3门23属,其中绿藻门（Chlorophyta）7属8种,红藻门（Rhodophyta）14属20种,褐藻门（Phaeophyta）6属6种.春季主要优势种为铁钉菜（Ishige okamura）、孔石莼（Ulva pertusa）、小杉藻（Gigartina intermedia）;夏季为铁钉菜、羊栖菜（Sargassum fusiforme）、小石花菜（Gelidium divaricatum）等;秋、冬季节为铁钉菜.红藻门种类在调查海域的出现频率为58.8%,为优势门类;绿藻门种类在该海域的总体水平分布呈均匀状态.70.6%的调查种类分布在低潮带,其中包括一些中潮带延伸种类,中、低潮带的海藻组成相似性值为0.36,并且中、低潮带的生境趋同效果大于高、中潮带.朱家尖潮间带大型海藻具有明显的垂直分带现象,温水性种类占绝对优势,优势种多为暖温性种.     

Relationships between strain,microstructure and oxide growth at the nano‐ and microscale

In the present article, the relationships between oxidation processes, surface strains and the microstructure of duplex stainless steels were investigated. Specimens were oxidized at 500 °C under secondary vacuum for 1 h to form a thin oxide film (thickness in the range of 20–50 nm). Such specimens were considered as the model system for developing novel methods of analysis in understanding the behavior of passive films. The interfacial strain field after oxidation was measured experimentally at the microscale using the point grid method. On the other hand, the chemical composition of the oxide film was determined at the submicroscopic scale by means of local scanning Auger spectroscopy (with a spot diameter of 50 nm). Local variations of the chemical composition of the oxide film were analyzed according to the specimen microstructure and the strain field. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Microstructural characterization and optical polarization of glass with needle-like micro–nano silver oriented arrangement

Homogeneous glasses in the Na₂O–B₂O₃–Al₂O₃–SiO₂ system doped with proper amount of AgCl were obtained by melting at a temperature of 1450 °C. Then, with several steps of treatment, including crystallization, elongation and reduction, the glass with oriented arrangement of needle-like micro–nano silver particles was produced. The microstructure and the optical properties of the glass samples in different stages were studied by SEM-EDAX, FE-SEM and UV–Vis spectrum. The results showed that the glass after elongation and reduction exhibits excellent polarization performance in the wavelength range from 600 nm to 900 nm, with an extinction ratio larger than 45 dB. The glass only elongated shows also slight polarizing performance, which may result from the formation of filament structure of Ag during elongation processing.     

Wave propagation and energy exchange in a spatio-temporal material composite with rectangular microstructure

We consider propagation of waves through a spatio-temporal doubly periodic material structure with rectangular microgeometry in one spatial dimension and time. Both spatial and temporal periods in this dynamic material are assumed to be of the same order of magnitude. A “double Floquet” solution is obtained in the special case when the wave equation t(ρut)−z(kuz)=0 allows for the separation of variables. We also consider a checkerboard microgeometry where variables cannot be separated. The squares in a space-time checkerboard are assumed to be filled with materials having equal impedance but different phase speeds. Within certain parameter ranges, we observe numerically the formation of distinct and stable limiting characteristic paths (“limit cycles”) that attract neighbouring characteristics after a few time periods. The average speed of propagation along the limit cycles remains the same throughout certain ranges of parameters of the microgeometry (the “plateau effect”). We formulate, as a hypothesis, the statement saying that a checkerboard structure is on a plateau if and only if it yields stable limit cycles. A dynamic material is a thermodynamically open system, as it is involved in a permanent exchange of energy and momentum with the environment. Material assemblages that produce the limit cycles are special in this aspect. Specifically, to make a wave travel through such an assemblage, we find analytically that an external agent may need to supply infinite energy and this may be so regardless of the wave frequency. For spatio-temporal laminates, however, an accumulation of energy (parametric resonance) may emerge only for frequencies that are not too low relative to some characteristic frequency of the system.     

Microstructure of a-SiOx:H

A set of a-SiO_x:H (0.52 <x< 1.58) films are fabricated by plasma-enhanced-chemical-vapor-deposition (PECVD) method at the substrate temperature of 250°C. The microstructure and local bonding configurations of the films are investigated in detail using micro-Raman scattering, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). It is found that the films are structural inhomogeneous, with five phases of Si, Si₂O:H, SiO:H, Si₂O₃:H and SiO₂ that coexist. The phase of Si is composed of nonhydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si) clusters that are spatially isolated. The average size of the clusters decreases with the increasing oxygen concentration x in the films. The results indicate that the structure of the present films can be described by a multi-shell model, which suggests that a-Si cluster is surrounded in turn by the subshells of Si₂O:H, SiO:H, Si₂O₃:H, and SiO₂.     

Sudden changes in variance and time varying hedge ratios

This paper analyzes the influence of sudden changes in the unconditional volatility on the estimation and forecast of volatility and its impact on futures hedging strategies. We employ several multivariate GARCH models to estimate the optimal hedge ratios for the Spanish stock market including in each one some well-known patterns that may affect volatility forecasts (asymmetry and sudden changes). The main empirical results show that more complex models including sudden changes in volatility outperform the simpler models in hedging effectiveness both with in-sample and out-of-sample analysis. However, the evidence is stronger when the loss distribution tail is used as a measure for the effectiveness (Value at Risk (VaR) and Expected Shortfall (ES)) suggesting that traditional measures based on the variance of the hedged portfolio should be used with caution.     

Atomistic models of three fluorinated polyimides in the amorphous state

Molecular models of three fluorinated polyimides based on the 4,4′‐(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphthalic dianhydride (6FDA) have been studied using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The respective diamines were 4,4′‐hexafluoroisopropylidene dianiline (6FpDA), 3,3′‐hexafluoroisopropylidene dianiline (6FmDA), and 2,4,6‐trimethyl‐1,3phenylenediamine (DAM). Thirty independent samples were prepared using a hybrid pivot Monte Carlo‐MD generation technique and average densities were found to be in very good agreement with experiment. Model structures also agreed with available wide‐angle X‐ray scattering data. Cohesive energies, Hildebrand solubility parameters, fractional free volumes (FFV), void space distributions and intermolecular as well as intramolecular interactions were analyzed. The differences in bulk properties between both 6FDA‐6FpDA and 6FDA‐6FmDA isomers remain fairly small, although the configurations of the former are more extended. 6FDA‐DAM has a lower density, larger intermolecular distances, and higher free volume than the other two polyimides. Results are discussed with respect to their use as matrices for gas separation. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 47: 1166–1180, 2009