Analysis of volatiles associated with industrial scale processing of expanded polystyrene Part II: Identification and quantitation

Expanded polystyrene was pyrolyzed on a laboratory scale hot wire cutter. The resulting volatiles were characterized using GC/MS as the primary analytical tool. Use was also made of retention data from a complex petrochemical standard. In situ bromination of the pyrolysate further helped in structure elucidation. Air samples were collected in the field and compared to the model experiments from a laboratory scale hot wire cutter. The results indicate that alkylbenzene type compounds were the primary compounds in this environment. A few oxygenated substances were also formed. Traces of brominated compounds were detected in the model experiments but not in the samples collected in the field, with one exception. Quantitative data are presented from a typical industrial operation.     

Hybridization of optical phonons with double quantum-wire plasmons including drift instabilities

We examine the collective mode spectrum for a double quantum-wire system embedded in semi-infinite polar medium, taking account of the role of optical phonons in interaction with the double quantum-wire plasmons and bulk/surface plasmons. The collective mode frequencies are exhibited as functions of q_x (wavenumber parallel to the wires) and as functions of z₀ (distance of first wire from the interface). We also find that the region of drift instability of the collective modes is split into two disjoint regions of instability by the optical phonons, with a region of stability between them.     

Velocity distributions in glottal models

Velocity distributions within three models of the human larynx, namely, a rigid plexiglas model, an excised canine larynx, and a computational model are investigated with experimental and theoretical analyses. A plexiglas wind tunnel with interchangeable glottal constrictions was used as a two-dimensional steady-flow model to measure velocity and pressure for various glottal shapes. A canine excised larynx was used as a prototype pulsatile flow model to study pressure and velocity variations during phonation. Results of the plexiglas modelling indicated a parabolic laminar velocity profile upstream of the glottal constriction and turbulent and asymmetric velocity profiles downstream of the glottal constriction. The time-averaged velocities of the excised larynx had similarities with the plexiglas model results, and instabilities and asymmetries were also demonstrated by the computational method.     

Fabrication of BDD quantum node switches on embedded GaAs quantum wires grown by selective MBE

In view of applications to hexagonal binary decision diagram (BDD) LSIs, a first attempt is made to form quantum BDD node switches on selectively grown (SG) embedded quantum wires (QWRs) by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). SG branch switches controlled by a Schottky wrap gate (WPG) were successfully fabricated by MBE growth and subsequent device processing. Gate control characteristics were studied by gate-dependent Shubnikov–de-Haas measurements, and the behavior was found to be similar to that of devices fabricated on wires by etching. The switch exhibited clear conductance quantization at low temperature, and temperature dependence of the voltage slope of conductance jump was clarified. A Y-branch BDD node device using two SG branch switches was successfully fabricated, and realized clear path switching characteristics.     

AC loss of low temperature superconducting AC wire caused by longitudinal and azimuthal AC magnetic field components

We investigated the AC loss characteristics of a low temperature NbTi AC wire by measuring the AC transport current losses in the external AC magnetic field whose components are the longitudinal and transverse ones. The measurement results showed that the AC losses were significantly dependent on the directions and magnitudes of the external longitudinal field component. The AC losses caused by the longitudinal and azimuthal field components were estimated by our previously derived model. The theoretical results well explained the dependence of the AC losses on the longitudinal field components. It was also shown that the AC losses can be substantially reduced by the proper choice of the twisting way.     

Dynamic calibration of shock overpressure transducers

Piezoelectric transducers for dynamic overpressure measurements are commonly calibrated with static or quasistatic loads and the calibration is extrapolated to frequencies up to 30% of the resonant frequency of the piezoelectric crystal. Sinusoidal pressure generators are also used for dynamic calibration up to 500 Hz in the range of 3 MPa. This paper describes a method for dynamic calibration using transient overpressures, with rise time of 2 μsec and width 40 μsec, generated by exploding wires in air. The calibration is done in the range of 600 kPa.     

电场对分子线电子结构的影响

从第一性原理出发,利用密度泛函理论计算了分子2-氨基-5-硝基-1,4-二乙炔基-4-苯硫醇基苯与金原子团形成的分子线的电子结构,从轨道、能级及吸附电子三个方面讨论了电场对分子线电子结构的影响.该工作将有利于未来纳米电子学器件的设计.     

Z箍缩等离子体内爆实验金属丝阵负载优化设计分析

金属丝阵Z箍缩(Z-pinch)内爆是产生强x射线辐射的重要方法之一.在一定脉冲功率加速器条件下，金属丝阵质量和丝阵半径的选择决定了Z-pinch内爆等离子体辐射产额的大小.采用薄壳模型计算了不同丝阵质量、不同丝阵半径、不同粗细和不同材料金属丝构成的丝阵的内爆时间、内爆轨迹、内爆速度，以及最大动能和动能转换率，综合分析了丝间隙、内爆时间、动能转换率与丝阵质量和丝阵半径的关系，给出了在一定负载驱动电流条件下，金属丝阵的最佳参数.分析表明计算结果与实验上观察得到的内爆规律一致. 关键词： Z-pinch内爆等离子体 金属丝阵负载 薄壳模型     

The polaron effect on the binding energy of a shallow donor impurity in quantum-well wires in an electric field

Using a variational technique, the effect of electron-longitudinal optical (LO) phonon interaction on the ground and the first few excited states of a hydrogenic impurity in a semiconductor quantum wire of rectangular cross section under an external electric field is studied theoretically for the impurity atom doped at various positions. The results for the binding energy as well as polaronic correction are obtained as a function of the size of the wire, the applied uniform electric field and the position of the impurity. It is found that the presence of optical phonons changes significantly the values of the impurity binding energies of the system. Taking into account the electron–LO phonon interaction the 1s→2p_y and 1s→2p_z transition energies are calculated as a function of applied electric field for different impurity positions.     

The flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids through annular converging regions

A coordinate system is introduced in which one of the three sets of coordinate surfaces is constituted by cones. The axes of the cones coincide, but in general the apices of the cones do not. For this so-called special toroidal coordinate system a set of operations is given involving the nabla operator. A few examples of the use of this special toroidal coordinate system will elucidate its advantages for the analysis of the flow of Newtonian and generalized Newtonian liquids in annular convergent regions.Dedicated to the 60th birthday of Prof. Dr. H. Janeschitz-Kriegl