A Geometric Analysis of the Effects of Noise on Berry Phase

In this work we describe the effect of classical and quantum noise on the Berry phase. It is not a topical review article but rather an overview of our work in this field aiming at giving a simple pictorial intuition of our results.     

Polygonal current models for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and graphene sheets of various shapes

Assuming that graphene is an “infinite alternant” polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon resulting from tessellation of a surface by only six‐membered carbon rings, planar fragments of various size and shape (hexagon, triangle, rectangle, and rhombus) have been considered to investigate their response to a magnetic field applied perpendicularly. Allowing for simple polygonal current models, the diatropicity of a series of polycyclic textures has been reliably determined by comparing quantitative indicators, the π‐electron contribution to I^B, the magnetic field‐induced current susceptibility of the peripheral circuit, to and to , respectively the out‐of‐plane components of the magnetizability tensor and of the magnetic shielding tensor at the center of mass. Extended numerical tests and the analysis based on the polygonal model demonstrate that (i) and yield inadequate and sometimes erroneous measures of diatropicity, as they are heavily flawed by spurious geometrical factors, (ii) I^B values computed by simple polygonal models are valid quantitative indicators of aromaticity on the magnetic criterion, preferable to others presently available, whenever current susceptibility cannot be calculated ab initio as a flux integral, (iii) the hexagonal shape is the most effective to maximize the strength of π‐electron currents over the molecular perimeter, (iv) the edge current strength of triangular and rhombic graphene fragments is usually much smaller than that of hexagonal ones, (v) doping by boron and nitrogen nuclei can regulate and even inhibit peripheral ring currents, (vi) only for very large rectangular fragments can substantial current strengths be expected. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Local aromaticity in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: electron delocalization versus magnetic indices

The local aromaticity of benzenoid rings is examined by means of the Polansky index (P) and generalized population analysis (GPA). The results are found to agree very well with recently published circuit-condensed ring currents and magnetic-energetic aromaticity indices, but no correlation is found with nucleus independent chemical shifts (NICS). This is usually seen as a manifestation of the more general multidimensional nature of aromaticity. This paper examines the sources for the observed correlations, showing that some indices give conflicting results because they inherently reflect different phenomena.     

Probing the fourth neutrino existence by neutral current oscillometry in the spherical gaseous TPC

It is shown that, if the “new neutrino” implied by the Reactor Antineutrino Anomaly exists and is in fact characterized by the suggested relatively high mass squared difference and reasonably large mixing angle, it should clearly reveal itself in the oscillometry measurements. For a judicious neutrino source the “new oscillation length” L₁₄ is expected shorter than 1.5 m. Thus the needed measurements can be implemented with a gaseous spherical TPC of modest dimensions with a very good energy and position resolution, detecting nuclear recoils following the coherent neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering. The best candidates for oscillometry, yielding both monochromatic neutrinos as well as antineutrinos, are discussed. A sensitivity in the mixing angle θ₁₄, sin²(2θ₁₄)=0.1 (99%), can be reached after a few months of data handling.     

原子吸收光谱法在汽车自动变速器故障检测中的应用

研究原子吸收光谱法在汽车自动变速器故障检测中的创新性应用。通过原子吸收光谱法测定行驶里程分别为10 000～15 000,20 000～26 000,32 000～38 000,43 000～49 000,52 000～58 000km五批奥迪A6自动变速器油液(ATF)中主要金属Fe,Cu,Cr的含量,建立奥迪A6自动变速器不同行驶里程数ATF主要金属含量的数据库。研究发现主要金属含量随着汽车行驶里程数上升而增加,并且其正常含量在两条趋势线之间。测定有故障症状的ATF主要金属含量,并与其数据库数值比对,既可以判断自动变速器的磨损状况,也可以帮助汽车检测维修人员在不解体状态下诊断汽车自动变速器的故障原因,降低汽车维修成本,提高维修质量。     

Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry of Sulphur-Containing Amino Acids and Peptides in the Presence of Nickel Ion. Catalytic and Inhibiting Effects

Abstract

The paper reviews recent studies on the effect of addition of Ni(II) in the cathodic stripping voltammetry of the following compounds: cysteine, penicillamine, cystine, glutathione (either reduced or oxidised) and N-acetylcysteine. With the exception of N-acetylcysteine, the above compounds give a cathodic stripping peak at -0.6 V (vs. Ag/AgCl, 3 M KCl electrode) which is due to the catalytic reduction of nickel ion. Even in the case of the disulphides the actual catalyst is the thiol produced by the cleavage of the -S-S- bond during the accumulation step. The catalytic peak enables the detection of the analyte with a better selectivity than is obtained with the stripping peak due to the reduction of mercury thiolates. In addition, Ni(II) suppresses the mercury thiolate peak of ligands such as cysteine or penicillamine, but does not modify the behaviour of thiols with low complexing properties (such as N-acetylcysteine). Consequently, compounds such as cysteine and its N-acyl derivatives can be determined simultaneously by means of the catalytic peak and the mercury thiolate peak (at -0.4 V) respectively.     

高频地波雷达宽波束海洋回波空间谱估计的MVM算法

论述了将最小方差法应用于高频无线电海洋探测中的一些处理方法和结果。在数值模拟的基础上,探讨了该方法提取海态参数的能力,对实测数据进行了处理和分析,将结果分别同由美国CODAR公司生产的SeaSonde雷达探测结果以及海洋监测船的现场测量结果进行了对比。验证了回波信噪比随方位角的分布同雷达天线阵有效视角的对应关系。