Surface Acoustic Wave Characterization of Equivalent Young's Moduli for Patterned Films北大核心CSCD

Based on the equivalent elasticity theory for layered materials, the micro-mechanics equivalent models for single and dual damascene structures were established. The equivalent elastic constant of the patterned structure was introduced, to establish the propagation model for the surface acoustic waves propagating in the layered structure of the patterned film/ substrate, and the theoretical dispersion curves of the surface acoustic waves were calculated with Green’s function and the matrix method. The finite element method was used to calculate 24 numerical examples of damascene structures with different volume ratios, and the results were compared with those of the strain energy method. The results show that, the average relative errors of the equivalent Young’s moduli of the 300 nm-thick dual damascene film and the 100 nm-thick single damascene film are 2.06% and 2.27%, respectively. The research verifies the correctness of the equivalent patterned structure model and the feasibility of the surface acoustic wave method to characterize the mechanical properties of patterned films, and provides a reference for the development of suitable chemico-mechanical polishing technologies for patterned films under low pressure. © 2023 Editorial Office of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. All rights reserved.     

Rough path properties for local time of symmetric α stable process

In this paper, we first prove that the local time associated with symmetric $\alpha$-stable processes is of bounded $p$-variation for any $p>\frac{2}{\alpha ?1}$ partly based on Barlow’s estimation of the modulus of the local time of such processes.  The fact that the local time is of bounded $p$-variation for any $p>\frac{2}{\alpha ?1}$ enables us to define the integral of the local time ${\int }_{?\infty }^{\infty }{?}_{?}^{\alpha ?1}f\left(x\right)d_x{L}_t^x$ as a Young integral for less smooth functions being of bounded $q$-variation with $1\le q<\frac{2}{3?\alpha }$. When $q\ge \frac{2}{3?\alpha }$, Young’s integration theory is no longer applicable. However, rough path theory is useful in this case. The main purpose of this paper is to establish a rough path theory for the integration with respect to the local times of symmetric $\alpha$-stable processes for $\frac{2}{3?\alpha }\le q<4$.     

On the non-commutative fractional Wishart process

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A strict topology on Orlicz spaces

Let φ be a Young function, Ω be a locally compact space, and μ be a positive Radon measure on Ω. We consider a strict topology (in the sense of Sentilles‐Taylor) on the Orlicz function space and investigate various properties of this locally convex topology. We also study the Orlicz space of a locally compact group G with a left Haar measure under the strict topology and certain other natural locally convex topologies. Finally we present some results on various continuity properties of convolution operators on under the topology and other natural ones.     

Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, DFT studies and biological assays of a novel gold(I) complex with 2-mercaptothiazoline

A new gold(I) complex with 2-mercaptothiazoline (MTZ) with the coordination formula [AuCN(C₃H₅NS₂)] was synthesized and characterized by chemical and spectroscopic measurements, DFT studies and biological assays. Infrared (IR) and ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic measurements indicate coordination of the ligand to gold(I) through the nitrogen atom. Studies based on DFT confirmed nitrogen coordination to gold(I) as a minimum of the potential energy surface with calculations of the hessians showing no imaginary frequencies. Thermal decomposition starts at temperatures near 160 °C, leading to the formation of Au⁰ as the final residue at 1000 °C. The gold(I) complex with 2-mercaptothiazoline (Au-MTZ) is soluble in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and is insoluble in water, methanol, ethanol, acetonitrile and hexane. The antibacterial activities of the Au-MTZ complex were evaluated by an antibiogram assay using the disc diffusion method. The compound showed an effective antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus (Gram-positive) and Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Gram-negative) bacterial cells. Biological analysis for evaluation of the cytotoxic effect of the Au-MTZ complex was performed using HeLa cells derived from human cervical adenocarcinoma. The complex presented a potent cytotoxic activity, inducing 85% of cell death at a concentration of 2.0 μmol L⁻¹.     

Characterization of energy minimizers in micromagnetics

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Exponential stability of periodic neural networks with impulsive effects and time-varying delays

By employing Young inequality and constructing suitable Liapunov functions, we investigate the existence and globally exponential stability of periodic neural networks with impulses and time-varying delays. The results extend and improve some earlier ones [1], [5] and [12]. An illustrative example and simulations are given to show the validity of the main results.     

New interpretations for noncrossing partitions of classical types

We interpret noncrossing partitions of type B and type D in terms of noncrossing partitions of type A. As an application, we get type-preserving bijections between noncrossing and nonnesting partitions of type B, type C and type D which are different from those in the recent work of Fink and Giraldo. We also define Catalan tableaux of type B and type D, and find bijections between them and noncrossing partitions of type B and type D respectively.     

The structure of alternative tableaux

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