Criticality and phase transitions in ionic fluids

Recent experimental investigations of criticality and phase separation in ionic fluids have revealed behavior of great theoretical interest. In seeking to understand the experiments, some of which appear to exhibit argonlike criticality and some of which exhibit classical (mean-field) criticality, a convenient starting point is the restricted primitive model (RPM) of symmetrically charged hard spheres, all of equal diameter , each sphere bearing a positive or negative charge of magnitudeq. There is overall charge neutrality, so that the expected number densities of the anions and cations are equal, ₊= _-. Studies of RPM charge-charge and density-density correlation functions indicate that the fluctuation-suppressing mechanism that yields mean-field critical behavior in nonionic systems with long-range interparticle potentials is not operative in the RPM. On the basis of plausible assumptions, Ising-like behavior is instead expected. The above work is summarized. New work of Zhang and the author is outlined, showing that when one loses the RPM symmetry (through, e.g., different valence, diameter, or dipole moment of anions and cations) a strong coupling between charge-charge and density-density correlation ensues. The way in which this can be expected to give rise to mean-field or mean-field-like behavior is noted. Other new observations concern the mean-field analogy found by Høye and the author between the parameter 2/(d–2) (d is the dimensionality) in that model and the monomer number in high polymers, with respect to the coexistence-curve shape dependence on those parameters.     

The Newton modified barrier method for QP problems

The Modified Barrier Functions (MBF) have elements of both Classical Lagrangians (CL) and Classical Barrier Functions (CBF). The MBF methods find an unconstrained minimizer of some smooth barrier function in primal space and then update the Lagrange multipliers, while the barrier parameter either remains fixed or can be updated at each step. The numerical realization of the MBF method leads to the Newton MBF method, where the primal minimizer is found by using Newton's method. This minimizer is then used to update the Lagrange multipliers. In this paper, we examine the Newton MBF method for the Quadratic Programming (QP) problem. It will be shown that under standard second-order optimality conditions, there is a ball around the primal solution and a cut cone in the dual space such that for a set of Lagrange multipliers in this cut cone, the method converges quadratically to the primal minimizer from any point in the aforementioned ball, and continues, to do so after each Lagrange multiplier update. The Lagrange multipliers remain within the cut cone and converge linearly to their optimal values. Any point in this ball will be called a hot start. Starting at such a hot start, at mostO(In In ^-1) Newton steps are sufficient to perform the primal minimization which is necessary for the Lagrange multiplier update. Here, >0 is the desired accuracy. Because of the linear convergence of the Lagrange multipliers, this means that onlyO(In ^-1)O(In In ^-1) Newton steps are required to reach an -approximation to the solution from any hot start. In order to reach the hot start, one has to perform Newton steps, wherem characterizes the size of the problem andC>0 is the condition number of the QP problem. This condition number will be characterized explicitly in terms of key parameters of the QP problem, which in turn depend on the input data and the size of the problem.Partially supported by NASA Grant NAG3-1397 and National Science Foundation Grant DMS-9403218.     

Chapter 15 DEA/AR analysis of the 1988–1989 performance of the Nanjing textiles corporation

This article employs new data envelopment analysis/assurance region (DEA/AR) methods to evaluate the efficiency of the 35 textile factories of the Nanjing Textiles Corporation (NTC), Nanjing, China. The returns to scale (RTS) of these factories were studied without assuming that the optimal DEA solutions were unique. All DMUs are identified with pointsE (Extreme Efficient),E (Efficient but not an extreme point) andF (Frontier but not efficient). We then further identify the nonfrontier DMUs with pointsNE, NE andNF according to whether they are projected onto a point inE, E, orF en route to evaluating their performances. All of the inefficient factories were in classNF and had unique optimal primal-dual solution pairs. Consequently, the solution pairs satisfy the strong complementary slackness condition (SCSC). Application of cone-ratio (CR) ARs reduced significantly the number of factories in classE, and showed that some AR-efficient factories were more flexible in adopting the mixture of central planning and market economies that China currently is trying to use. Also, linked-cone (LC) ARs were applied to measure maximum and minimum profit ratios. The SCSC multiplier space approach was utilized to analyze the sensitivity of the efficiency results to potential errors in the data with and without ARs. The results in this article suggest that collective units had a better performance than state-owned units in the two consecutive years analyzed.This paper was written while the author was at the School of Economics and Management, Southeast University, Nanjing 210018, P.R. China.     

The Enhancement of Efficiency of High-order Harmonic in Intense Laser Field Based on Asymptotic Boundary Conditions and Symplectic Algorithm

Asymptotic boundary condition (ABC) of laser-atom interaction presented recently is applied to transform the initial value problem of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation (TDSE) in infinite space into the initial and boundary value problem in the finite space, and then the TDSE is discretized into linear canonical equations by substituting the symmetry difference quotient for the 2-order partial derivative. The canonical equation is solved by symplectic algorithm. The ground state and the equal weight coherent superposition of the ground state and the first excited state have been taken as the initial conditions, respectively, while we calculate the population of bound states, the evolution of average distance and the high-order harmonic generation (HHG). The conversion efficiency of HHG can be enhanced by initial coherent superposition state and moderate laser intensities     

硬脂酸钾固体润滑薄膜的制备及其摩擦磨损性能研究

采用浸渍-提拉法制备出硬脂酸钾薄膜,用DF-PM型静-动摩擦磨损试验机和UMT-2MT型摩擦磨损试验机考察了在低速滑动和高速滑动条件下硬脂酸钾薄膜的摩擦磨损性能,采用扫描电子显微镜和X射线能量色散谱仪观察分析了薄膜及偶件磨损表面的形貌及其典型元素的面分布情况.结果表明,以GCr15钢球为偶件在高速滑动和以氮化硅球作为偶件在高、低速滑动条件下,薄膜具有较好的摩擦磨损性能.由于钢球和氮化硅陶瓷球表面粗糙度及其化学状态存在差异,硬脂酸钾更容易在氮化硅球表面形成转移膜,从而具有更低的摩擦系数和更长的耐磨寿命.     

一步法直接合成碳酸二甲酯催化剂

采用浸渍法以MgO、海泡石（Sep）。γ-Al2O3为载体,制备了一系列金属盐Lewis酸-无机碱双组分负载型催化剂,以环氧丙烷（PO）一步合成碳酸二甲酯（DMC）反应为探针。考察了催化剂的不同载体活性组分和反应条件对合成DMC的产率及选择性的影响。结果表明,催化剂的活性次序为：NaOH—LiCl／MgO）NaOH—LiCl／Sep）NaOH—LiCl／γ-Al2O3;选择性的次序为：NaOH—LiCl／Sep）NaOH—LiCl／MgO）NaOH—LiCl／γ-Al2O3。NaOH—LiCl／SeP催化剂具有较高的活性和选择性;其最佳反应条件为：反应温度160℃。反应时间5h,甲醇与PO的量之比为1：1。在最佳条件下。PO转化率为82．6％,DMC的产率达到7．68％。     

模糊选择函数半序合理的充分条件

在G?del t-模下,研究了模糊选择函数的半序合理性.首先给出了模糊选择函数的合理性条件FA1.然后研究了该条件与模糊选择函数半序合理性之间的关系,得到了半序合理的一个充分条件.     

Bias dependence of a deep submicron NMOSFET response to total dose irradiation

Deep submicron n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (NMOSFETs) with shallow trench isolation (STI) are exposed to ionizing dose radiation under different bias conditions.The total ionizing dose radiation induced subthreshold leakage current increase and the hump effect under four different irradiation bias conditions including the worst case (ON bias) for the transistors are discussed.The high electric fields at the corners are partly responsible for the subthreshold hump effect.Charge trapped in the isolation oxide,particularly at the Si/SiO 2 interface along the sidewalls of the trench oxide creates a leakage path,which becomes a dominant contributor to the offstate drain-to-source leakage current in the NMOSFET.Non-uniform charge distribution is introduced into a threedimensional (3D) simulation.Good agreement between experimental and simulation results is demonstrated.We find that the electric field distribution along with the STI sidewall is important for the radiation effect under different bias conditions.     

液体表面张力系数测定实验的几点分析

用拉脱法测定水的表面张力系数实验中，用焦利氏秤测定（Ｆ—Ｗ）时，确定焦利氏秤标尺读数Ｌ１、Ｌ２的位置有两种方法。本文旨在详细分析这两种方法隐含的实验条件和对实验结果的影响．并进行比较，得出结论。     

复相系平衡条件及平衡稳定性条件的分析

复相系平衡条件及平衡稳定性条件的分析曾丹苓（重庆大学热力工程系重庆６３００４４）关键词复相系，平衡条件，平衡稳定性条件１引言汽液相变是工程上常见的现象，它是一个复杂的物理过程，涉及到传热传质、相转变、表面现象、流体流动及工质热物性等领域，但从热力学的...