Nanoscale observations of the operational failure for phase-change-type nonvolatile memory devices using Ge2Sb2Te5 chalcogenide thin films

In this study, a phase-change memory device was fabricated and the origin of device failure mode was examined using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ (GST) was used as the active phase-change material in the memory device and the active pore size was designed to be 0.5 m. After the programming signals of more than 2×10⁶ cycles were repeatedly applied to the device, the high-resistance memory state (reset) could not be rewritten and the cell resistance was fixed at the low-resistance state (set). Based on TEM and EDS studies, Sb excess and Ge deficiency in the device operating region had a strong effect on device reliability, especially under endurance-demanding conditions. An abnormal segregation and oxidation of Ge also was observed in the region between the device operating and inactive peripheral regions. To guarantee an data endurability of more than 1×10¹⁰ cycles of PRAM, it is very important to develop phase-change materials with more stable compositions and to reduce the current required for programming.     

二极管阵列检测-流动注射分光光度法同时测定食品中铁铜钴

目的在于建立同时测定食品中铁、铜、钴三种微量元素的新方法。以2-(5-溴-2-吡啶偶氮)-5-二乙氨基酚(5-Br-PADAP)为显色剂,Triton X-100为增敏剂,采用流动注射-CCD二极管阵列检测-分光光度分析法同时对其进行测定。优化了实验参数,并用偏最小二乘法计算程序解析重叠光谱。结果显示,铁、铜和钴的线性范围分别为0.2～10 μg·mL-1,0.1～5.0 μg·mL-1,0.01～1.0 μg·mL-1,检出限分别为：0.2,0.1,0.01 μg·mL-1,进样频率为45样·h-1。所建方法用于茶叶、芝麻、小米等食品测定时,样品加标回收率分别为铁89.4%～102.3%、铜92.2%～108.0%、钴93.2%～110.8%,相对标准偏差为1.1%～12.1%。对国家一级标准参考物质茶叶和桃叶进行测定(ｎ＝8),结果在其给出的保证值范围之内。     

5,7-二羟基黄酮与牛血清白蛋白相互作用的研究

用荧光光谱(FS)和紫外光谱(UV)法研究了5,7-二羟基黄酮与牛血清白蛋白之间的相互作用.实验结果表明,5,7-二羟基黄酮与BSA形成基态复合物导致内源荧光淬灭,淬灭机理主要为静态淬灭.该反应的结合常数4.16×107 L/mol,结合位点数n=1.5;并用同步荧光技术考察了5,7-二羟基黄酮对BSA构象的影响.     

Transport of waves in disordered waveguides: A potential model

We study the statistical properties of wave transport in a disordered waveguide. We first derive the properties of a “building block” (BB) of length δL starting from a potential model consisting of thin potential slices. We then find a diffusion equation—in the space of transfer matrices that describe our system—which governs the evolution with the length L of the disordered waveguide of the transport properties of interest. The latter depend only on the mean free paths and on no other property of the slice distribution. The universality that arises demonstrates the existence of a generalized central-limit theorem. We have developed a numerical simulation in which the universal statistical properties of the BB found analytically are first implemented numerically, and then the various BBs are combined to construct the full waveguide. The reported results thus obtained are in good agreement with microscopic calculations, for both bulk and surface disorder.     

Methane activation over Ag-exchanged ZSM-5 zeolites: A theoretical study

Methane activation catalyzed over Ag-exchanged ZSM-5 zeolites was investigated by using the density functional theory (DFT) with a cluster model. Two different pathways were taken into account in this work: the “alkyl” and the “carbenium” pathways. The activation barriers obtained are 34.09 and 66.63 kcal/mol for the “alkyl” and the “carbenium” pathway, respectively. The calculated results show that the activation barrier of the “alkyl” pathway is smaller than that of “carbenium” pathway. Consequently, the “alkyl” pathway is the preferential reaction pathway. A new mechanism of methane conversion in the presence of ethene was proposed. In the catalytic cycle, the initial step of methane activation proceeds with the “alkyl” pathway and the Ag⁺ cation acts as an acceptor of the methyl group, then ethene reacts with the Ag⁺CH₃⁻ group to form propene. In addition, it is found that the Ag⁺ cations play an important role in the methane activation, compared with the reaction of methane activation over H-ZSM-5.     

Multicomponental Fluorimetric Determination of Aluminium, Gallium and Indium

For the fast characteristics of mixtures of Aluminium, Gallium and Indium the fluorimetric evaluation in the form of complexes with 8-Hydroxyquinoline-5-sulphonic acid is described at selected pH. The highly collinear correlated fluorescent spectra and their first derivation were evaluated under various experimental conditions with the Multiple Linear Regression (MLR), Partial Least Squares (PLS) methods and Kalman filtering. When comparing the results, the PLS gives the least relative prediction errors under optimal conditions, 5.6–15.9% for the concentration range of Al 0.025–0.2 μg cm⁻³, Ga 0.1–0.8 μg cm⁻³ and In 0.1–0.8 μg cm⁻³ in the mixture.     

非等电子Sb替换Cu和Te后黄铜矿结构半导体Cu_3Ga_5Te_9的热电性能

热电材料是一类能够实现热与电相互转换的功能材料,在制冷和发电领域极具应用潜力.本文采用金属Sb元素非等电子替换Cu3Ga5Te9化学式中的Cu和Te,观察到材料Seebeck系数和电导率提升的现象.这些电学性能的改善与载流子浓度和有效质量的增大及迁移率基本维持不变有关.载流子浓度的提高是由于Sb原子占位在Te晶格位置后费米能级进入到价带所产生的空穴掺杂效应所致,同时也与Cu含量减少后铜空位(V-1Cu)浓度增大相关联.另外,非等电子替换后,阴离子(Te2-)移位导致了晶格结构缺陷参数u和η的改变,其改变量fiu和fiη与材料晶格热导率(κL)的变化密切相关.在766 K时,适量的Sb替换量使材料的最大热电优值(ZT)达到0.6,比Cu3Ga5Te9提高了近25%.因此,通过选择替换元素、被替换元素及替换量有效地调控了材料的电学及热学性能,在黄铜矿结构半导体中实现了非等电子元素替换改善热电性能的思想.     

Na_2Ge_2Se_5电子结构和光学性质的第一性原理研究

Na_2Ge_2Se_5是一种优异的红外非线性晶体材料.采用基于第一性原理的密度泛函理论赝势平面波方法对Na_2Ge_2Se_5进行结构优化,并以此为基础计算研究了Na_2Ge_2Se_5的电子结构和光学性质.结果表明:Na2Ge2Se5是宽禁带间接带隙半导体,价带至导带的电子跃迁主要来自于Ge和Se的48,4p态;Na对光学性质的贡献较小,Ge和Se之间的相互耦合作用决定了Na_2Ge_2Se_5的光学性质;该晶体在紫外区有强烈的反射和吸收,静态折射率为2.133,双折射率值适中,为0.145.理论计算结果表明,Na_2Ge_2Se_5是一种性能优良的红外非线性光学晶体材料.     

A local-world heterogeneous model of wireless sensor networks with node and link diversity

In this paper, we present a novel local-world model of wireless sensor networks (WSN) with two kinds of nodes: sensor nodes and sink nodes, which is different from other models with identical nodes and links. The model balances energy consumption by limiting the connectivity of sink nodes to prolong the life of the network. How the proportion of sink nodes, different energy distribution and the local-world scale would affect the topological structure and network performance are investigated. We find that, using mean-field theory, the degree distribution is obtained as an integral with respect to the proportion of sink nodes and energy distribution. We also show that, the model exhibits a mixed connectivity correlation which is greatly distinct from general networks. Moreover, from the perspective of the efficiency and the average hops for data processing, we find some suitable range of the proportion p of sink nodes would make the network model have optimal performance for data processing.