Cavitation criterion for rubber materials: A review of void‐growth models

The principal criteria used to predict cavitation in rubber materials are reviewed, and experimental evidence is recalled for three different configurations: in the bulk, in the vicinity of a rigid particle, and in small rubber particles embedded in a rigid polymer matrix. Two major classes of cavitation criteria are defined, those based on an elastic instability (i.e., related to a stress state and finite strains) and those based on the energy balance (i.e., involving surface energies). The different criteria, in which various hyperelastic behavior laws are considered, are compared in numerical applications, and the tendencies are derived. The particular case of accounting for the surface tension of the rubber, a parameter common to the stress state and the energy balance, is treated in detail. It appears that the understanding of the genesis of a microcavity in a rubber material, when no pre‐existing flaw is assumed, still constitutes a difficulty for the analysis of mechanical damage in polymers containing a rubber phase. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 39: 2081–2096, 2001     

Beam-induced effects in soft X-ray photoelectron emission microscopy experiments

The beam-induced effects, a consequence of the high photon flux density used in soft X-ray photoelectron emission microscopes in operation at the 3rd generation synchrotron sources, are discussed and illustrated using some representative results obtained with the microscopes at the laboratory Elettra. The focus is on the photon-induced charge potential and chemical degradation, which might be a severe problem for photon-sensible specimens. The possible steps to avoid, reduce or even make use of the beam-induced effects are outlined.     

Development of a new radiation detector utilizing CNTs as anodes

A new gas-multiplication radiation detector utilizing CNTs as anodes is proposed. A very compact detector with good spatial and temporal resolutions might be built. The designing and development of a prototype detector is described. Argon gas or liquid is adopted as radiation-converting medium. The detector body can be evacuated and cooled down to liquid nitrogen temperature. Silicon wafers on which single-wall CNTs are grown are used as the detector anode.     

Femtosecond and nanosecond laser damage thresholds of doped and undoped triazenepolymer thin films

The influence of pulse duration on the laser-induced damage in undoped or infrared-absorbing-dye doped thin triazenepolymer films on glass substrates has been investigated for single, near-infrared (800 nm) Ti:sapphire laser pulses with durations ranging from 130 fs up to 540 fs and complementarily for infrared (1064 nm) Nd:YAG ns-laser single-pulse irradiation. The triazenepolymer material has been developed for high resolution ablation with irradiation at 308 nm. Post-irradiation optical microscopy observations have been used to determine quantitatively the threshold fluence for permanent laser damage. In contrast to our previous studies on a triazenepolymer with different composition [J. Bonse, S.M. Wiggins, J. Solis, T. Lippert, Appl. Surf. Sci. 247 (2005) 440], a significant dependence of the damage threshold on the pulse duration is found in the sub-picosecond regime with values ranging from ∼500 mJ/cm² (130 fs) up to ∼1500 mJ/cm² (540 fs). Other parameters such as the film thickness (50 nm and 1.1 μm samples) or the doping level show no significant influence on the material behavior upon irradiation. The results for fs- and ns-laser pulse irradiation are compared and analyzed in terms of existent ablation models.     

辐射感生应力弛豫对AlmGa1－mN/GaN HEMT电学特性的影响

基于电荷控制原理建立了辐射感生Al_mGa_1-mN势垒层应力弛豫对Al_mGa_1-mN/GaN HEMTs器件电学特性影响的解析模型，并进行了仿真分析.结果表明，对于高Al组分HEMTs器件，Al_mGa_1-mN势垒层中辐射感生的应力弛豫影响更为显著.辐射感生应力弛豫不但导致2DEG下降和阈值电压正向漂移，而且能够引起漏极输出电流的明显下降.辐射感生应力弛豫是赝配Al_mGa_1-mN/GaN HEMTs辐射损伤的重要机理之一. 关键词： mGa_1-mN/GaN')" href="#">Al_mGa_1-mN/GaN HEMT 辐射损伤 应力弛豫     

沉积温度对LaF3薄膜性能的影响

 在189，255，277和321 ℃的沉积温度下用热舟蒸发方法制备了LaF₃薄膜。通过X射线衍射(XRD)测试了薄膜的晶体结构;采用分光光度计测量了薄膜的透射光谱，并计算得到样品的折射率、消光系数和截止波长;利用光学干涉仪测试得到了薄膜的残余应力;采用三倍频Nd:YAG脉冲激光测试了薄膜的激光损伤阈值。结果表明：随沉积温度的提高，LaF₃薄膜的结晶状况明显变好，晶粒尺寸逐渐变大；膜层变得更加致密，折射率变大，然而薄膜吸收变得严重，截止波段向长波漂移，同时薄膜的残余应力也增加，内应力在薄膜的残余应力中起着决定作用；薄膜的激光损伤阈值在高温制备时相对较高。     

薄膜体内缺陷对损伤概率的影响

由实验中得到的激光损伤概率与表面杂质密度的关系出发，结合XRD测试和激光损伤测试的结果，得到体缺陷或杂质破坏起主导作用的损伤机理.将激光作用时杂质吸收的热学和力学过程与杂质分布的统计规律结合起来，得到了深埋于薄膜内部的杂质诱导薄膜损伤概率与杂质密度、激光功率密度以及薄膜厚度的关系.该模型认为能诱导薄膜破坏的杂质尺寸范围与杂质填埋深度有关，所以不同深度处能诱导薄膜损伤的杂质密度不一样，理论结果与实验结果符合得很好.该理论模型还可以很好地解释损伤形貌.     

Evaporation of a thin film coated on a substrate induced by a pulsed laser

The two-dimensional Laplace integral transform technique has been applied to get the spatial and temporal temperature distributions in both the molten layer thickness of a thin film coated on a substrate, the still solid part of the thin film of the target and the temperature distribution in the substrate. Also a formula for the time dependence of the evaporated part of the thin film of the target as well as the molten layer thickness of the thin film were obtained. Calculations of the obtained relations were carried out during the irradiation with a pulsed laser. The derivation has taken into account the temperature-dependent absorption coefficient of the irradiated surface and the chemical reaction in the vapor of the thin film. As an illustrative example, computations were carried out on an aluminum thin film coated on a glass substrate.     

Scalar top study: Detector optimization

A vertex detector concept of the linear collider flavour identification (LCFI) collaboration, which studies pixel detectors for heavy quark flavour identification, has been implemented in simulations for c-quark tagging in scalar top studies. The production and decay of scalar top quarks (stops) is particularly interesting for the development of the vertex detector as only two c-quarks and missing energy (from undetected neutralinos) are produced for light stops. Previous studies investigated the vertex detector design in scenarios with large mass differences between stop and neutralino, corresponding to large visible energy in the detector. In this study we investigate the tagging performance dependence on the vertex detector design in a scenario with small visible energy for the international linear collider (ILC).      

Radiation from a Line Source Placed in Two-dimensional Photonic Crystals

A novel formulation of radiation from a localized line source placed in two-dimensional photonic crystals consisting of layered periodic arrays of parallel circular cylinders is presented. The method employs the spectral domain approach. The spectral response of the photonic crystals to the line source excitation is calculated using the lattice sums, the T-matrix of a circular cylinder, and the generalized reflection and transmission matrices of the layered system. The far-zone radiated field is obtained using the conventional asymptotic method to the spectral response. The radiation patterns of the localized line source sandwiched by two photonic crystals are numerically studied.