Improving nucleation in the fabrication of high-quality 3D macro-porous copper film through the surface-modification of a polystyrene colloid-assembled template

A new approach is developed to the fabrication of high-quality three-dimensional macro-porous copper films. A highly-ordered macroporous copper film is successfully produced on a polystyrene sphere (PS) template that has been modified by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). It is shown that this procedure can change a hydrophobic surface of PS template into a hydrophilic surface. The present study is devoted to the influence of the electrolyte solution transport on the nucleation process. It is demonstrated that the permeability of the electrolyte solution in the nanochannels of the PS template plays an important role in the chemical electrodeposition of high-quality macroporous copper film. The permeability is drastically enhanced in our experiment through the surface modification of the PS templates. The method could be used to homogeneously produce a large number of nucleations on a substrate, which is a key factor for the fabrication of the high-quality macroporous copper film.     

Spectral Database Systems: A Review

Abstract: Spectroscopy has been demonstrated to be an important method of analysis and detection. A spectral database system (SDBS) can not only satisfy the traditional requirements for spectral management but also provides several new functions, including spectra sharing on the website and web-based and real-time analysis and detection. Chemists and spectroscopists could analyze and detect pure materials and some mixtures rapidly with the help of standard SDBS, and now they are trying to improve these systems to fulfill rapid analysis for complex mixtures, even those as complex as agro-products. Overall, SDBS make it possible to analyze and detect unknown samples rapidly and nondestructively. This article focuses on significant progress in research on infrared (IR), near-infrared (NIR), and Raman SDBSs. Additionally, the drawbacks and obstacles of SDBSs are summarized and trends are discussed.     

Interferometric monitoring of single-mode operation of a tunable injection laser

We propose a technique for rapid monitoring of single-mode operation of a tunable injection laser, based on analysis of the fine structure of the power-current characteristic obtained with self-heterodyning, using a Michelson interferometer. The technique makes it possible to determine the range for single-mode lasing and mode tuning as well as the presence of spurious optical feedback, and to estimate the coherence length. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 119–123, January–February, 2006.     

新奇纳米结构SiOx的自组织生长及其发光

采用化学气相沉积法,以纳米Mg2Si和SiO2的混合粉体作为硅源,在较低温度自组织生长了大量绳状SiOx新奇纳米结构。利用扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜等手段对纳米结构进行了系统表征,并在室温观测到了光致发光,其发光峰峰位在560nm附近,在此基础上对该纳米结构的生长机理进行了深入的讨论。     

20Mgβ衰变谱学与15O(α,γ)19Ne反应(英文)

15O（α,γ）19Ne（p,γ）20Na反应链是高温CNO循环向快速质子俘获过程突破的一条关键路径,相关的反应率输入量可通过20Mg的β衰变可布居19Ne共振态并测量其衰变性质来获得。通过高效率高精度地测量20Mg β衰变中产生的质子与γ射线得到了20Mg衰变的详细信息,并构建了完整的衰变纲图,还进行了19Ne 4 033 keV共振态衰变性质的探索,获得了该态在20Mg β衰变中被布居的分支比上限。通过比20Mg和20O镜像能级跃迁的结果确认了同位旋非对称性,为检验相关理论模型提供了精确的实验数据。对于突破路径中有重要影响的19Ne 4 033 keV共振态的性质,有待更高统计的实验进一步研究。The breakout from the hot CNO cycle to the rapid proton capture process can occur via the 15O(α,γ)19Ne(p,γ)20Na reaction sequence, and the β decay of 20Mg can be used as an alternative method to characterize some specific resonances, which will provide detailed nuclear structure input for reaction rate calculations. The reliable information on the decay properties and structure of 20Mg was obtained by measuring the emitted particles and γ-rays in the β decay with high efficiency and high resolution. Attempt was also made to search for the decay channels associated with the 4 033 keV resonance in 19Ne. To test fundamental symmetries, the transitions in the mirror decays of 20Mg and 20O were compared. The precise experimental data presented here would be important to constrain the theoretical calculations. It is desirable to clarify the astrophysically relevant problem by further experiments with improved statistics on the basis of the present work.     

通讯波段禁带胶体光子晶体的制备及实验参数研究

采用直径为700nm的二氧化硅微球,通过垂直沉积法在玻璃基片上制备了位于光通讯波段的禁带胶体光子晶体。研究了不同蒸发温度、湿度条件、干燥过程对样品晶体质量的影响。用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对其形貌进行了观测。实验结果表明,在温度为65℃,相对湿度为70%,缓慢干燥条件下制备出的样品具有较好的晶体质量,晶体在大范围内保持了面心立方(FCC)单晶结构,其(111)面平行于生长基片。     

快速热退火对Co/Si0.85Geo.15肖特基结电学特性的影响

用离子束溅射技术分别在SiO2和单晶Si衬底上沉积了Si1-xGex和Co薄膜.在不同温度下,对Co/Si1-xGex肖特基结进行快速热退火处理(RTA),对处理后的样品进行了表面形貌和电学测量.发现退火温度升高,样品表面粗糙度变大,理想因子也变大,但对肖特基势垒高度(SBH)的影响很小.分析认为,随着退火温度的升高,...     

深过冷Ag-Cu-Ge三元共晶合金的相组成与凝固特征

在Ag_38.5Cu_33.4Ge_28.1三元共晶合金的深过冷实验中，获得的最大过冷度为175 K(0.22T_E). XRD分析表明，不同过冷条件下其共晶组织均由(Ag),(Ge)和η(Cu₃Ge)三相组成. 在小过冷条件下，三个共晶相协同生长，凝固组织粗大.随着过冷度的增大，共晶组织明显细化，(Ge)相与其他两相分离，以初生相方式生长，而(Ag)相与η相始终呈二相层片共晶方式共生生长. 当过冷度超过80 K时，初生相(Ge)由小过冷时的块状转变为具有小面相特征的枝晶方式生长. 部分小面相(Ge)枝晶出现规则的花状，花瓣数介于5—8之间，并且过冷度越大(Ge)相越容易分瓣. 花状(Ge)枝晶的晶体表面为{111}晶面簇，择优生长方向为〈100〉晶向族. 关键词： 三元共晶 晶体形核 深过冷 快速凝固     

Molecular Hydrogels with Esterase-like Activity

The development of molecular hydrogels that can be applied for mimicking bioactive molecules attracts extensive interests of researchers in fields of self‐assembly. In this study, we reported on several molecular hydrogels based on naphthylacetic acid‐peptides containing L‐histidine formed by the heating‐cooling process. All hydrogels exhibited higher activity to hydrolyze 4‐nitrophenyl acetate (4‐NPA) than the free L‐histidine probably due the high density of L‐histidine residue at the surface of self‐assembled nanofibers. To calculate the 4‐NPA hydrolysis rates, the Michaelis‐Menten enzyme kinetics model was made. Among these gels, the gel of Nap‐GFFYGHY possesses the highest enzyme activity of making the ester bond cleavage, which is approximately 25 times higher than that of the control (free L‐histidine and Nap‐GFFYGYY). These results indicate that molecular hydrogels with self‐assembled nanofibers have great potential for the generation of self‐assembled multivalent materials.     

Mesomorphous Structure and Electrochemical Behavior of Polyelectrolyte-Ferrocenyl Surfactant Complexes

Redox-active polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes (PSC) were prepared via the ionic self-assembly of sodium polyacrylate (PAAS) and ferrocenyl surfactant, n-alkyl (ferrocenylmethyl)ammonium bromide (Fcn, n = 8, 12, 16, where n is the carbon number of the alkyl chain), in solution. The obtained PAAS-Fcn complex exhibited crystalline and lamellar mesomorphous structure. Moreover, the ferrocenyl moieties formed H-aggregation in the solid complex as known from the blue shift in the ultraviolet-visible spectrum. Cyclic voltammogram (CV) measurements indicated that the reversibility of the electrode process became worse when the surfactant tail length increases because of the more ordered packing in the complex film formed by longer surfactant tails. The present results demonstrate that the electrochemical activity of the redox-active polyacrylate-ferrocenyl surfactant complex can be easily tuned by changing the surfactant tail length. Our work provides a simple and facile approach to the preparation of redox-active polymers with ordered mesomorphous structure by the ionic self-assembly.