Perforated nanocap array: Facile fabrication process and efficient surface enhanced Raman scattering with fluorescence suppression

Recently, individual reduced-symmetry metal nanostructures and their plasmonic properties have been studied extensively. However, little attention has been paid to the approach to fabricating ordered reduced-symmetry metal nanostructure arrays. In this paper, a novel perforated silver nanocap array with high surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) activity and fluorescence suppression is reported. The array is fabricated by electron beam evaporating Ag onto the perforated barrier layer side of a hard anodization (HA) anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template. The morphology and optical property of the perforated silver nanocap array are characterized by an atomic force microscope (AFM), a scanning electron microscope (SEM), and absorption spectra. The results of SERS measurements reveal that the perforated silver nanocap array offers high SERS activity and fluorescence suppression compared with an imperforated silver nanocap array.     

Design and tensile properties of aluminum borate whiskers reinforced aluminum composite with low whisker volume fraction

ZnO was firstly coated on the surface of aluminum borate whiskers (ABOw) by sol–gel. Then, ZnO-coated ABOw was added into soybean slurry to make a preform with low volume fraction and the preform was sintered at high temperatures to obtain a sufficient strength. ABOw reinforced aluminum composite (ABOw/Al) was fabricated by squeeze casting. Interfacial microstructures, tensile properties, and fracture mechanisms of the ABOw/Al composite were investigated. The results show that the coating of ABOw and the addition of soybean sacrificial filler can effectively decrease the volume fraction of whiskers in the composite. The ultimate tensile strength of composite has not changed much with the decrease of whiskers volume fraction in the composite. However, the elongation to fracture of the composite evidently increases and it can reach 11.1% at room temperature.     

燃烧管内悬浮铝粉燃烧爆炸过程的研究

 铝粉的燃烧与加速机理一直是相关部门研究的热点。为了深入研究其在受限空间内的燃烧与传播特性,基于双流体模型、湍流k-ε模型以及铝粉燃烧等模型,选用SIMPLE格式,对大型卧式燃烧管内铝粉颗粒与空气的两相悬浮流湍流燃烧加速转爆炸现象进行了数值研究,得到了铝粉火焰在管内的燃烧传播过程中管内各相关参数的详细变化情况,并与相关的实验结果吻合。     

铝粉点火微观机理的光谱研究

 铝粉是一种含能高的材料,它被广泛地添加到含能材料中。利用3台单色谱仪和OMA谱仪等多种谱仪技术,研究了铝粉在几种不同环境下的快速反应微观特性。研究表明：铝粉冲击波点火的临界条件和铝粉的物理状态相关。微米铝粉点火的临界温度为2 100 K,它接近Al₂O₃的熔化温度。它表明,在空气中容易氧化的微米铝粉点火,必须使铝粉表面的氧化层熔化。在气相反应中,微米铝粉和氧的反应是主要的;和水的反应是次要的。减小微米铝粉的颗粒尺寸,可以明显提高快速反应温度。 含铝复合燃料中的液体燃料反应后的铝粉才能参与反应;铝粉添加至气相反应介质后将明显提高反应温度。     

Magnetic properties of electroless-deposited Ni and Ni-NiO core-shell nano-arrays

Ni and Ni-NiO core-shell nano-arrays were fabricated by means of electroless deposition, where the latter was covered by a NiO shell of ∼10 nm by annealing the former at 350 °C for 30 min in an atmospheric condition. HRTEM showed that the NiO shell was developed at the expense of Ni at the array's surface. Ferromagnetic ordering of the Ni-NiO arrays was found to be suppressed compared with those of the less oxidized reference Ni arrays. This is attributed to the screening effect of the NiO shell, and weak ferromagnetism of inner Ni arrays resulted from the development of the NiO. X-ray absorption spectrum reveals that the reference Ni is partially oxidized. Also, X-ray magnetic circular dichroism suggests that the magnetic suppression of the Ni-NiO arrays is associated with a reduced spin moment.     

面心立方晶体外延膜沉积生长中失配位错的结构与形成过程

用分子动力学方法对5%负失配条件下面心立方晶体铝薄膜的原子沉积外延生长进行了三维模拟.铝原子间的相互作用采用嵌入原子法(EAM)多体势计算.模拟结果再现了失配位错的形成现象.分析表明，失配位错在形成之初即呈现为Shockley扩展位错，即由两个伯格斯矢量为〈211〉/6的部分位错和其间的堆垛层错组成，两个部分位错的间距、即层错宽度为1.8 nm,与理论计算结果一致；外延晶体薄膜沉积生长中，位错对会发生滑移，但其间距保持稳定.进一步观察发现，该扩展位错产生于一种类似于“局部熔融-重结晶”的表层局部无序紊乱- 关键词： 失配位错 外延生长 薄膜 分子动力学 铝     

3004铝合金“反常”锯齿屈服现象的研究

在应变速率为5.56×10^-5s^-1—5.56×10^-3s^-1的范围内，在不同温度下(从223K至773K)，对3004铝合金进行系列拉伸试验，探索其锯齿屈服规律；通过激活能的计算、内耗研究、微观组织观察和能谱分析，探讨锯齿屈服的机理与物理本质.结果表明，3004铝合金在形变过程中会出现动态应变时效现象；发现了一种“反常”的锯齿屈服现象：在出现锯齿屈服的温区内，存在锯齿屈服临界应变量转变温度T_t， 关键词： 动态应变时效 锯齿屈服 铝合金 内耗     

聚乙烯基咔唑与8-羟基喹啉铝混合体系的荧光衰减

报道了8－羟基喹啉铝和聚乙烯基咔唑薄膜及其混合体系膜的荧光衰减特性。聚乙烯基咔唑／8－羟基喹啉铝重量比100：4的混合膜在波长540nm和460nm处的荧光衰减时间分别为6．47ns和8．5ns。重量比100：10混合膜在波长540nm和460nm处的荧光衰减时间分别为5．5ns和7．9ns。上述两波长对应8－羟基喹啉铝和聚乙烯基咔唑分子荧光发射。混合体系的荧光寿命仅为8－羟基喹啉铝分子荧光的40％，同时也低于聚乙烯基咔唑14ns的荧光寿命。荧光寿命的减少反映出两种分子之间存在较强的相互作用或形成了分子复合体。     

Preparation, Luminescence Properties, and Application of Scintillators Based on Lu3Al5O12:Ce Single‐Crystal Films

The possibility of obtaining scintillators with a high effective atomic number of the element Z _ef based on Lu₃Al₅O₁₂:Ce³⁺ singlecrystal films (SCF) on doping with La³⁺ and Sc³⁺ ions on Y₃Al₅O₁₂ substrates has been investigated. It is established that the SCF of (LuLaY)₃Al₅O₁₂:Ce³⁺ (Z _ef = 58.9 and = 6.67 g/cm²) does not rank below those of Y₃Al₅O₁₂:Ce³⁺ (Z _ef = 29 and = 4.52 g/cm²) in the conversion efficiency of radiation at the band with _max = 515 nm. This allows their use as screens of xray images with a space resolution of 0.75–1.00 m. It is suggested that in the SCF of Lu₃Al₅O₁₂ the isoelectronic impurities of lanthanum and scandium form radiative recombination centers of the type La_Lu, Sc_Lu, and ScAl as well as the centers Lu as a consequence of the effect of replacement of some Lu³⁺ ions by the La³⁺ ions to octanodes of the garnet lattice. The low efficiency of Ce³⁺ radiation in the SCF of (LuSc)₃(AlSc)₅O₁₂:Ce is explained by substantial losses due to excitation of the recombination luminescence in the UV region of the centers formed by the isoelectronic impurities of scandium and to the possible existence of the channel of energy excitation dissipation related to the transitions between extrema of the allowed energy bands and activator levels.     

Luminescence properties of anodic aluminum oxide films with organic luminophores embedded into pores

Luminescence properties of porous anodic aluminum oxide films formed in a 0.6 M solution of citric acid and luminescence of paraterphenyl, perylene, coumarin 7, and rhodamine 6G dyes adsorbed by the films are investigated. The nature of emitting centers in anodic aluminum oxide is revealed. Intense photoluminescence of all tested dyes embedded into pores of anodic aluminum oxide has been found. A redshift of fluorescence spectra of dyes adsorbed by the matrix and emergence of an additional longwave band have been detected. Data obtained can be used in developing new thin-film luminescent coatings for future applications in optoelectronics and molecular electronics. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No 4, pp. 483–488, July–August, 1997.