The boundary condition at the air–liquid interface and its effect on film drainage between colliding bubbles

The drainage of thin liquid films between colliding bubbles is strongly influenced by the boundary conditions at the air–liquid interface. Theoretically, the interface should not resist any tangential stress (fully mobile) in a clean water system, resulting in very fast film drainage and coalescence between bubbles within milliseconds. In reality, under most experimental and industrial conditions, the presence of impurities or surfactants can immobilize the interface and significantly hinder bubble coalescence by several orders of magnitude. In this opinion, we introduce the recent progress on understanding the boundary conditions at the air–water interface, and how they may affect the outcome of bubble collisions. The transition from mobile to immobile boundary conditions in the presence of contaminations is discussed. Despite the considerable recent progress, there are still experimental and theoretical challenges remaining on this topic, for example, finding the mechanism for hindered bubble coalescence by high salt concentrations.     

High Na+ Mobility in rGO Wrapped High Aspect Ratio 1D SbSe Nano Structure Renders Better Electrochemical Na+ Battery Performance

We chose to understand the cyclic instability and rate instability issues in the promising class of Na⁺ conversion and alloying anodes with Sb₂Se₃ as a typical example. We employ a synthetic strategy that ensures efficient rGO (reduced graphene oxide) wrapping over Sb₂Se₃ material. By utilization of the minimum weight of additive (5 wt.% of rGO), we achieved a commendable performance with a reversible capacity of 550 mAh g⁻¹ at a specific current of 100 mA g⁻¹ and an impressive rate performance with 100 % capacity retention after high current cycling involving a 2 Ag⁻¹ intermediate current step. The electrochemical galvanostatic intermittent titration technique (GITT) has been employed for the first time to draw a rationale between the enhanced performance and the increased mobility in the rGO wrapped composite (Sb₂Se₃-rGO) compared to bare Sb₂Se₃. GITT analysis reveals higher Na⁺ diffusion coefficients (approx. 30 fold higher) in the case of Sb₂Se₃-rGO as compared to bare Sb₂Se₃ throughout the operating voltage window. For Sb₂Se₃-rGO the diffusion coefficients in the range of 8.0×10⁻¹⁵ cm² s⁻¹ to 2.2×10⁻¹² cm² s⁻¹ were observed, while in case of bare Sb₂Se₃ the diffusion coefficients in the range of 1.6×10⁻¹⁵ cm² s⁻¹ to 9.4×10⁻¹⁵ cm² s⁻¹ were observed.     

Self-Assembly of DNA and RNA Building Blocks Explored by Nitrogen-14 NMR Crystallography: Structure and Dynamics

The isotopic enrichment of nucleic acids with nitrogen-15 is often carried out by solid-phase synthesis of oligonucleotides using phosphoramidite precursors that are synthetically demanding and expensive. These synthetic challenges, combined with the overlap of chemical shifts, explain the lag of nitrogen-15 NMR studies of nucleic acids behind those of proteins. For the structural characterization of DNA and RNA-related systems, new NMR methods that exploit the naturally occurring 99.9 % abundant nitrogen-14 isotope are therefore highly desirable. In this study, we have investigated nitrogen-14 spectra of self-assembled quartets based on the nucleobase guanine in the solid state by means of magic-angle spinning NMR spectroscopy. The network of dipolar proton–nitrogen couplings between neighboring stacked purine units is probed by 2D spectra based on ¹H→¹⁴N→¹H double cross-polarization. Interplane dipolar contacts are identified between the stacked G quartets. The assignment is supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the anisotropic chemical shifts and quadrupolar parameters. The experimental spectra are fully consistent with internuclear distances obtained in silico. Averaging of chemical shifts due to internal motions can be interpreted by semiempirical calculations. This method can easily be extended to synthetic G quartets based on nucleobase or nucleoside analogs and potentially to oligonucleotides.     

Finite Difference Method for Reaction-Diffusion Equation with Nonlocal Boundary Conditions

In this paper, we present a numerical approach to a class of nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations with nonlocal Robin type boundary conditions by finite difference methods. A second-order accurate difference scheme is derived by the method of reduction of order. Moreover, we prove that the scheme is uniquely solvable and convergent with the convergence rate of order two in a discrete L2-norm. A simple numerical example is given to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed method.     

向列相液晶中强非局域空间光孤子的实验观察

通过实验对向列相液晶中的非局域空间光孤子的传输进行了研究。理论上基于非线性的液晶孤子传输方程,采用高斯形式的试探解,得到了孤子传输的解析解,以及对液晶中的非局域孤子和Snyder等提出的强非局域孤子模型的结果进行了比较。实验上,观察了空间光孤子在向列相液晶中的传输,找到了不同束宽下空间光孤子的临界功率。比如束宽为2μm时临界功率为2.0mW。观察了向列相液晶中空间光孤子的弛豫过程,并注意到液晶分子的响应时间长达几秒钟,液晶中的孤子形成速度较慢。     

拟线性双曲组一类非局部混合初-边值问题的半整体C1解

在研究拟线性弦振动方程带第三类边值问题的精确边界能控性时,出现了拟线性双曲组一类非局部混合初-边值问题.论文先证明该类非局部混合问题局部C1解的存在惟一性,并考察其存在高度的性质,进而利用一致先验估计证明半整体C1解的存在惟一性,并以此为基础研究相应问题的精确边界能控性,最后为便于应用,将论文的结论写成了可化约方程组的情形.     

Existence and Approximate Controllability of Solutions for an Impulsive Evolution Equation with Nonlocal Conditions in Banach Space

In this article, we study the existence of mild solutions and approximate controllability for non-autonomous impulsive evolution equations with nonlocal conditions in Banach space. The existence of mild solutions and some conditions for approximate controllability of these non-autonomous impulsive evolution equations are given by using the Krasnoselskii''s fixed point theorem, the theory of evolution family and the resolvent operator. In particular,the impulsive functions are supposed to be continuous and the nonlocal item is divided into Lipschitz continuous and completely bounded. An example is given as an application of the results.     

有机单晶场效应晶体管

有机单晶场效应晶体管的研究对于探索电子的本质特性具有十分重要的意义。近几年来,不管是在制备技术还是在器件性能的研究方面,有机单晶场效应晶体管均取得了很大的进步,并由此引起了社会的广泛关注,成为场效应晶体管领域的一个重要研究方向。本文主要介绍了有机单晶的生长方法、有机场效应器件的各种制备技术、器件的迁移率及其影响因素,并对有机单晶场效应晶体管的发展前景和面临的一些问题作了简要的讨论。     

A review of mobility metrics for next generation vehicle mobility models

In the United States, the NATO Reference Mobility Model (NRMM) has been used for evaluating military ground vehicle mobility and the Vehicle Cone Index (VCI) has been selected as a mobility metric. VCI represents the minimum soil strength required for a vehicle to consistently make a specific number of passes, usually one or fifty passes. In the United Kingdom, the Mean Maximum Pressure (MMP) has been adopted as a metric for assessing military vehicle cross-country mobility. MMP is the mean value of the maxima occurring under all the wheel stations of a vehicle. Both VCI and MMP are empirically based. This paper presents a review of the basis upon which VCI and MMP were developed, as well as their applications to evaluating vehicle mobility in practice. With the progress in terramechanics and in modelling and simulation techniques in recent years, there is a growing desire to develop physics-based mobility metrics for next generation vehicle mobility models. Based on the review, criteria for selecting physics-based mobility metrics are proposed. Following these criteria, metrics for characterizing military vehicle traction limits and traversability on a given operating area are recommended.     

漂移管工作温度对离子迁移率谱的影响

离子迁移率、反应物离子的种类和产量与漂移管工作温度有很大的关系。本研究在不同温度下进行了离子迁移率实验,结果表明,离子迁移率随温度的升高而增大,而提高工作温度可以减少水分子对产物离子的影响,有利于改善系统检测的分辨率;选择合适漂移管工作温度,能有效地增加反应物离子的产量,从而提高系统检测的灵敏度和选择性。