Estimation of zeta potentials of titania nanoparticles by molecular simulation

Non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations have been performed for static electric fields for a range of positively charged spherical rutile-titania nanoparticles with radii of 1.5 to 2.9 nm for two different salt concentrations in water, in order to simulate electrophoresis directly. Using the observed limiting drag velocities, Helmholtz-Smoluchowski (HS) theory was used to estimate their ζ potentials. These estimates were compared to values from numerical solution of the non-linear Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) equation for representative configurations of the nanoparticles, in addition to idealised analytic and Debye-Hückel (DH) solutions about spherical particles of the same geometry and charge state, for the given salt concentrations. It was found that reasonable agreement was obtained between the various approaches, with the NEMD-HS results some 15%-15% smaller than the numerical PB results for more highly charged nanoparticles.     

Magnetic monopole-like response in metamaterials

In this paper, we explored magnetic monopole-like responses in metamaterials. We designed a sub-wavelength metamolecule that is composed of two dielectric-spaced split-ring resonators. In response to incident waves, the induced magnetic field in the metamolecule resembles that of a two-dimensional magnetic monopole. The magnetic monopole-like response is resulted from electric resonance of the metamolecule, so an electric dipole is always attached. By combining two mirror-symmetric metamolecules with inward and outward radial magnetic fields, magnetic dipole-like responses can be produced just as an electric dipole is formed by separating two opposite-signed electric charges.     

Beam quality factor of mixed modes emerging from a multimode step-index fiber

The beam quality factors (or M² parameter) of coherent and incoherent superposition of the several lower-order LP modes emerging from a step-index fiber have been calculated by using the second-order moment method. The results indicate that, for an individual LP mode, the M² parameter takes its maximum value when the normalized frequency V of the step-index fiber approaches the cut-off frequency, and it gradually becomes constant as V increases. In the case of incoherent superposition, the larger the fraction intensity carried by the higher-order mode, the larger the beam quality factor M². Under certain circumstances, the value of the M² parameter of the mixed mode that comprises several LP-modes contents may become even smaller and closer to the ideal Gaussian beam than that of the fundamental mode in a step-index fiber. However, in the case of the coherent superposition, the value of the M² parameter of the mixed mode may be greater than that of the higher-order constituent mode. The results reported here could be helpful for the application of the high-power fiber laser systems.     

Passive adaptive control of chaos in synchronous reluctance motor

The performance of synchronous reluctance motor （SynRM） degrades due to chaos when its systemic parameters fall into a certain area. To control the undesirable chaos in SynRM, a passive control law is presented in this paper, which transforms the chaotic SynRM into an equivalent passive system. It is proved that the equivalent system can be asymptotically stabilized at the set equilibrium point, namely, chaos in SynRM can be controlled. Moreover, in order to eliminate the influence of undeterministic parameters, an adaptive law is introduced into the designed controller. Computer simulation results show that the proposed controller is very effective and robust against the uncertainties in systemic parameters. The present study may help to maintain the secure operation of industrial servo drive system.     

卢瑟福散射实验装置的研制

研制了一种鼎瑟福散的实验装置,并介绍了其实验结果,由于要用了步进电机和半导体探测器,该装置具有结构紧凑,操作简便等优点。     

车灯配光性能在线检测系统研究

本文介绍一种能够对车灯光度、色度性能同时进行在线测试的计量仪器。它操作方便，精度较高，符合国标对车灯配光性能检测的要求。     

Optimal electric fields for different sample shapes in high resolution NMR spectroscopy

For many applications, reducing sample resistance, rather than increasing probe Q or filling factor, is the only way to further improve the signal-to-noise ratio of cryogenically cooled NMR probes. In this paper, bounds are calculated for the minimum sample resistance that can be achieved for various sample geometries. The sample resistance of 100 mM NaCl in H(2)O in 5 mm sample tubes was measured on a 600 MHz cold probe to be within 14% of the optimum value. The minimum sample resistance can however be lowered by altering the tube cross section. Rectangular tubes oriented with the long axis along the RF magnetic field are particularly favourable.     

Stability analysis of the rotor of ultrasonic motor driving fluid directly

The stability of the rotor of ultrasonic motor driving fluid directly is a key to its applications and control. This paper introduced the acoustic streaming and acoustic viscous stress near the boundary layer. Following this, the effect of acoustic viscous force on the stability of the rotor of ultrasonic motor driving fluid directly was presented in detail. The result showed that this system can be equivalent to a mass-spring and the spring constant can be used to weigh the stability of the rotor. By this model and relevant experiments, factors that affect the stability of the rotor such as the driving frequency, the rotor's weight and radius, the saturated acoustic streaming velocity, the mode number of stator vibration, the fluid's height and type are investigated and useful guidelines for design and application are obtained.     

Elastic friction drive of surface acoustic wave motor

Importance of elastic deformation control to obtain large output force with a surface acoustic wave (SAW) motor is discussed in this paper. By adding pre-load to slider, stator and slider surfaces are deformed in a few tens nanometer. Appropriate deformation in normal direction against normal vibration displacement amplitude of SAW existed. By moderate deformation, the output force of the SAW motor was enlarged up to about 10 N and no-load speed was 0.7 m/s. To produce this performance, the transducer weight and slider size were only 4.2 g and 4 x 4 mm(2).By traveling wave propagation, surface particles of the SAW device move in elliptical motion. Due to the amplitude of the elliptical motion is 10 or 20 nm order, the contact condition of the slider is very critical. To control the contact condition, namely, the elastic deformation of the slider and stator surface in nanometer order, a lot of projections were fabricated on the slider surface. The projection diameter was 20 micro m. In static condition, the elastic deformation and stress were evaluated with the FEM analysis. From this calculation and the simulation result, it is consider that the wave crest is distorted, hence the elasticity has influence on the friction drive condition.Elastic deformation of the stator surface beneath the projection from the initial position were evaluated. In 4 x 4 mm(2) square area, the sliders had from 1089 to 23,409 projections. Depression was independent to the contact pressure. However, the output force depended on the depression although the projection density were different. From the view point of the output power of the motor, the proper depression was independent to the projection density. Around 25 nm depression, the output force and output power were maximized. This depression value was almost same as the vibration displacement amplitude of the stator transducer.     

Nuclear hyperfine coupling interactions in the rotational spectra of the linear and bent isomers of HF-N2O

The rotational spectra of six isotopomers of the linear and bent isomers of HF-N₂O have been collected in the 7-18 GHz region with a Fourier transform microwave spectrometer. The nuclear hyperfine structure in the spectra produced by HF spin-spin coupling interaction and nuclear quadrupole coupling interactions due to the D nucleus of DF and the nuclei of N₂O have been resolved and analyzed. In the linear isomer, H in HF is bonded to the terminal N in N₂O. The NF bond lengths are 2.9808(2) Å for the HF-containing isotopomers and 2.9732(2) Å for the DF-containing isotopomers. The zero point angles are 23.1° for HF and 31-34° for N₂O. The hyperfine constants suggest that the HF bond is lengthened by 0.0105 Å upon complexation and that the electric field gradients of the two nitrogen nuclei in N₂O are perturbed differently in the complex. In the bent isomer, the hydrogen bond is formed between HF and O in N₂O. The intermolecular distances are 3.4942(2) Å for the HF-containing isotopomers and 3.4436(2) Å for the DF-containing isotopomers, with HF and N₂O forming angles of 34° and 46°, respectively, with the intermolecular axis. The nuclear quadrupole coupling constants of the two nitrogen nuclei do not indicate electric field gradient perturbation in this isomer.