Development of a new consumable-free thermal modulator for comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography

A simple and cost-effective GC × GC modulator requiring no moving parts or consumables, hence suitable for field analysis and monitoring, was developed. The modulator was constructed from a specially designed Silcosteel^® trapping capillary, installed outside the GC oven, and coated inside with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stationary phase. Dual-stage modulation was accomplished by resistively heating alternate segments of the trap with a custom-designed capacitive discharge power supply. The performance of the proposed modulator was comparable to many GC × GC systems currently in use, with the injection band widths as low as 60 ms at half height. With proper selection of the stationary phase in the trap, the modulator can be used for the analysis of complex mixtures with volatility range spanning from n-C5 to n-C40.     

Structural behavior and thermoelectric properties of the brownmillerite system Ca2(ZnxFe2−x)O5

The Ca₂(Zn_xFe_2−x)O₅ series was synthesized and characterized to determine the influence of zinc dopant on the brownmillerite structure for thermoelectric applications. All single-phase compounds exhibited Pnma symmetry at room temperature up to the solubility limit at x=0.10. High-temperature X-ray powder diffraction was used to show that the nature of the Pnma-Imma(0 0 γ)s00 transition in Ca₂Fe₂O₅ is modified by the presence of zinc. While the Zn-free composition transitions to an incommensurate phase, the Zn-containing phases transition instead to a commensurate phase, Imma(0 0 γ)s00 with γ=1/2. Both the Néel temperature and the onset temperature of the Pnma-Imma(0 0 γ)s00 phase transition decreased with increasing zinc concentration. Rietveld analysis of the in situ diffraction pattern for the x=0 sample at 1300 °C demonstrates that the structure contains statistically disordered chain orientations as described by space group Imma. Thermoelectric properties were analyzed in air from 100 to 800 °C. The positive Seebeck coefficient revealed hole-type conduction for all compositions. Doped samples exhibited electrical conductivities up to 3.4 S/cm and thermal conductivity of 1.5 W/mK. Transport analysis revealed thermally activated mobility consistent with polaron conduction behavior for all compositions.     

Surface chemistry of metal-organic frameworks at the liquid-solid interface

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a fascinating class of novel inorganic-organic hybrid materials. They are essentially based on classic coordination chemistry and hold much promise for unique applications ranging from gas storage and separation to chemical sensing, catalysis, and drug release. The evolution of the full innovative potential of MOFs, in particular for nanotechnology and device integration, however requires a fundamental understanding of the formation process of MOFs. Also necessary is the ability to control the growth of thin MOF films and the positioning of size- and shape-selected crystals as well as MOF heterostructures on a given surface in a well-defined and oriented fashion. MOFs are solid-state materials typically formed by solvothermal reactions and their crystallization from the liquid phase involves the surface chemistry of their building blocks. This Review brings together various key aspects of the surface chemistry of MOFs.     

Suppression of Stokes heating processes and improved optomechanical cooling with frequency modulation

Ground-state cooling of mesoscopic mechanical objects is still a major challenge in the unresolved-sideband regime. We present a frequency modulation (FM) scheme to achieve cooling of the mechanical resonator to its ground-state in a double-cavity optomechanical system containing a mechanical resonator. The mean phonon number is determined by numerically solving a set of differential equations derived from the quantum master equations. Due to efficient suppression of Stokes heating processes in the presence of FM, the ground-state cooling, indicated by numerical calculations, is significantly achievable, regardless of whether in the resolved-sideband regime or the unresolved-sideband regime. Furthermore, by choosing parameters reasonably, the improvement of the quantum cooling limit is found to be capable of being positively correlated with the modulation frequency. This method provides new insight into quantum manipulation and creates more possibilities for applications of quantum devices.     

Self-phase modulation via similariton solutions of the perturbed NLSE Modulation instability and induced self-steepening

The perturbed nonlinear Schrodinger equation (PNLSE) describes the pulse propagation in optical fibers, which results from the interaction of the higher-order dispersion effect, self-steepening (SS) and self-phase modulation (SPM). The challenge between these aforementioned phenomena may lead to a dominant one among them. It is worth noticing that the study of modulation instability (MI) leads to the inspection of dominant phenomena (DPh). Indeed, the MI triggers when the coefficient of DPh exceeds a critical value and it may occur that the interaction leads to wave compression. The PNLSE is currently studied in the literature, mainly on finding traveling wave solutions. Here, we are concerned with analyzing the similarity solutions of the PNLSE. The exact solutions are obtained via introducing similarity transformations and by using the extended unified method. The solutions are evaluated numerically and they are shown graphically. It is observed that the intensity of the pulses exhibits self steepening which progresses to shock soliton in ultra-short time (or near t = 0). Also, it is found that the real part of the solution exhibits self-phase modulation in time. The study of (MI) determines the critical value for the coefficients of SS, SPM, or high dispersivity to occur.     

Application of PWM dimming based on Grassmann optical model北大核心CSCD

针对发光二极管（light-emitting diode,LED）光源颜色和光通量精准调控难度高,在生产应用中,调控操作需在电脑等设备上进行的问题,基于格拉斯曼颜色混合定律,结合脉宽调制(pulse width modulation,PWM)调控LED的特性,建立表示PWM与LED照度关系的数学模型,以STM 32微控制器为核心设计了三基色LED调光调色系统。对系统分别进行单色、双色和3色的混光照度实验,数字照度计的测量值与光照数学模型的理论值对比结果表明,该系统在0~370 lx区间内系统的光源照度误差≤4%,合成光色共16 777 216种,且对光源颜色和光通量的调控操作可直接在系统上完成,无需接入其他设备,减少了操作流程,满足工业视觉检测、农作物补光照明和文化旅游对光源颜色和照度的需求。     

Protograph bit-interleaved coded modulation: A bandwidth-efficient design paradigm for 6G wireless communications

Bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) has attracted considerable attention from the research community in the past three decades, because it can achieve desirable error performance with relatively low implementation complexity for a large number of communication and storage systems. By exploiting the iterative demapping and decoding (ID), the BICM is able to approach capacity limits of coded modulation over various channels. In recent years, protograph low-density parity-check (PLDPC) codes and their spatially-coupled (SC) variants have emerged to be a pragmatic forward-error-correction (FEC) solution for BICM systems due to their tremendous error-correction capability and simple structures, and found widespread applications such as deep-space communication, satellite communication, wireless communication, optical communication, and data storage. This article offers a comprehensive survey on the state-of-the-art development of PLDPC-BICM and its innovative SC variants over a variety of channel models, e.g., additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels, fading channels, Poisson pulse position modulation (PPM) channels, and flash-memory channels. Of particular interest is code construction, constellation shaping, as well as bit-mapper design, where the receiver is formulated as a serially-concatenated decoding framework consisting of a soft-decision demapper and a belief-propagation decoder. Finally, several promising research directions are discussed, which have not been adequately addressed in the current literature.     

Calix[4]pyrrole‐Based Heteroditopic Ion‐Pair Receptor That Displays Anion‐Modulated,Cation‐Binding Behavior

A new ditopic ion‐pair receptor 1 was designed, synthesized, and characterized. Detailed binding studies served to confirm that this receptor binds fluoride and chloride ions (studied as their tetraalkylammonium salts) and forms stable 1:1 complexes in CDCl₃. Treatment of the halide‐ion complexes of 1 with Group I and II metal ions (Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Cs⁺, Mg²⁺, and Ca²⁺; studied as their perchlorate salts in CD₃CN) revealed unique interactions that were found to depend on both the choice of the added cation and the precomplexed anion. In the case of the fluoride complex [ 1? F]^? (preformed as the tetrabutylammonium (TBA⁺) complex), little evidence of interaction with the K⁺ ion was seen. In contrast, when this same complex (i.e., [ 1? F]^? as the TBA⁺ salt) was treated with the Li⁺ or Na⁺ ions, complete decomplexation of the receptor‐bound fluoride ion was observed. In sharp contrast to what was seen with Li⁺, Na⁺, and K⁺, treating complex [ 1? F]^? with the Cs⁺ ion gave rise to a stable, receptor‐bound ion‐pair complex [Cs ?1? F] that contains the Cs⁺ ion complexed within the cup‐like cavity of the calix[4]pyrrole, which in turn was stabilized in its cone conformation. Different complexation behavior was observed in the case of the chloride complex [ 1? Cl]^?. In this case, no appreciable interaction was observed with Na⁺ or K⁺. In addition, treating [ 1? Cl]^? with Li⁺ produces a tightly hydrated dimeric ion‐pair complex [ 1? LiCl(H₂O)]₂ in which two Li⁺ ions are bound to the crown moiety of the two receptors. In analogy to what was seen in the case of [ 1? F]^?, exposure of [ 1? Cl]^? to the Cs⁺ ion gives rise to an ion‐pair complex [Cs ?1? Cl] in which the cation is bound within the cup of the calix[4]pyrrole. Different complexation modes were also observed when the binding of the fluoride ion was studied by using the tetramethylammonium and tetraethylammonium salts.     

Nano/Micro HKUST-1 Fabricated by Coordination Modulation Method at Room Temperature

A simple and fast route for the synthesis of metal-organic framework(MOF) particles was presented.Cu 3(BTC) 2(HKUST-1,BTC=1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate),one of the most well-known MOFs,was synthesized at room temperature via coordination modulation method.By adding different modulators(monocarboxylic acids) into the reaction system,the morphologies of HKUST-1 crystals were tuned from nano spheres to micro octahedrons at room temperature without any complex equipment.X-Ray diffractions and gas sorption measurements revealed highly crystalline particles with large Brunauer-Emmett-Teller(BET) surface areas(1116―1273 m 2 /g) and total pore volumes(0.62―0.73 cm 3 /g).The significantly small particle sizes and high capacity of gas sorption are considered advantageous for envisaged application in practical industrial process.