Normal tracing deflectometry using a secondary light source

Scanning deflectometric profilers based on an f–gθ system are typical optical tools used to measure mirror profiles at many synchrotron facilities. Unlike these profilers, which are based on a pencil beam, here a secondary light source and a pinhole are used to construct a system that automatically selects a beam that will always pass through the pinhole and propagate along the normal direction of the measured area on the surface under test. By measuring the angle variation of the selected beam, slope variations of the surface under test can be measured. Systematic errors introduced by manufacturing defects or aberrations of an optical element, which greatly degrade the performance of traditional profilers, could be minimized by using the developed method. Simulation values of the proposed method and a conventional method are compared.     

Supersimplicity and quadratic extensions

An elliptic curve over a supersimple field with exactly one extension of degree 2 has an s-generic point. A. Martin-Pizarro would like to express his gratitude to the organisation of the Florida Logic year, in which he took part. Martin-Pizarro research was supported by a DFG-Forschungsstipendium MA3310/1-1. F. O. Wagner is a Membre junior de l’Institut Universitaire de France. Work done during the semester on Model Theory and Applications in Algebra and Analysis at the Isaac Newton Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, whose hospitality is gratefully acknowledged.     

Growth and field emission property of coiled carbon nanostructure using copper as catalyst

Coiled carbon nanostructure (CNS) is prepared by a catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process on copper/chromium films deposited by radio frequency (RF) sputtering. Uniform CNS with coiled structure is fabricated by changing the size of the catalyst particles. The effects of Cu catalyst size and RF sputtering power, on the growth of the coiled CNS are discussed, and the results importantly conclude that Cu-catalyzed CVD offers a preferable control of coiled CNS to optimize the field emission property for application.     

Green Approaches to Field Nitrate Analysis: An Electroanalytical Perspective

The different approaches that have been taken in the development of analytical methods for the determination of nitrate within the field are reviewed. The emphasis has been placed on providing a critical appraisal of the chemistry that underpins current commercial systems and the need to remove the dependence on heavy metal and concentrated acid components. The search for more environmentally acceptable and user friendly systems has long been pursued and the present communication seeks to explore the recent development in portable testing technologies and how they might evolve in the future. In particular, the role of electrochemical techniques in the latter are investigated and their potential application compared and contrasted with the more traditional wet chemical detection strategies.     

微波强场中的光谱激发现象

本文报道了元素，化合物和放电灯在微波强场产生的激发现象。介绍了一种在微波强场中产生原子发射光谱的新方法。采用作者自行改制的微波激发装置，即可使固态的元素和化合物产生光谱辐射，也可使各种放电灯和气体光谱管得以激发，用一种装置实现了几种装置的功能，对于该方法存在的问题，文中也作了一定的说明。     

Effects of guest microparticles on the swelling behavior of polyacrylamide gels

We report the effects of guest particles on the swelling properties of bulk polyacrylamide gels. The guest particles were the spheres of poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) gel with submicrometer diameter, which were synthesized by an emulsion‐polymerized reaction in water. Polyacrylamide gels were prepared by a free radical polymerization reaction, immobilizing the gel microparticles with different concentrations at gelation. The macroscopic swelling ratio of this hybrid gel in a cylindrical shape was measured as functions of temperature and acetone concentration. The presence of guest particles was found to strongly affect the swelling behavior in the bulk gels when the concentration of incorporated particles exceeded a threshold. The experimental results indicated that the macroscopic volume in response to the temperature change should be determined by the guest particles above the threshold. On the other hand, the hybrid gel could not evidently shrink by adding acetone when the concentration of guest particles exceeded the threshold. To make clear the distribution of guest particles in the bulk networks, the fractured surfaces of dried gels were imaged by tapping mode atomic force microscopy. The guest particles were found to aggregate in the bulk homogeneous networks to form microdomains with densely connected structure, which became larger with increasing particle concentration. The roles of bulk networks as well as guest particles on the swelling behavior of hybrid gels were qualitatively discussed on the basis of the incorporated structure of guest particles, depending on the concentration of guest particles. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 43: 1696–1704, 2005     

平面ISODYNE法及其在复合材料力学中的应用

由J. T. Pindera提出的平面isodyne法是散光法的一种发展。具有非破坏性直接测取受力物体内部应力的特点。不需要大功率的激光器,条纹清晰,无畸变,对于平面应力问题可以得到应力分量的全部信息。在复合材料力学、断裂力学和接触问题等领域有广泛的应用前景。文章闸述了该方法的原理和技术,并应用它得到一受三点弯曲荷载的有裂纹的复合材料梁粘结层的应力分布。     

ICP-AES测定油田水中的多种金属元素

研究了采用电感耦合等离子体-原子发射光谱法(ICP-AES)测定油田水中铜、锌、锰、镍、铬、铁、锶、钡8种元素的方法.方法检出限为0.0003-0.0048μg·mL-1,回收率在96.7％-102.0％之间,相对标准偏差为0.77％-3.57％.采用该方法对油田水样进行了分析,结果表明精密度和准确度均满足分析要求.