电子束蒸发沉积Ir膜真空紫外反射特性

Ir是一种重要的真空紫外反射材料,在太阳物理、宇宙物理、生命科学、大气物理、同步辐射等方面有着十分重要的应用.对电子束蒸发沉积Ir膜在真空紫外波段的反射特性进行了系统的理论和实验研究.根据吸收材料基底上单层金属膜数学计算模型,对不同基片上各种厚度的Ir膜真空紫外反射率进行了优化计算.根据计算和前期实验结果,采用电子束蒸发方法,在石英、K9玻璃基片上沉积了不同厚度的Ir膜,在入射波长120 nm处获得了近30%正入射反射率,对应的Ir膜厚度为12 nm.过厚或过薄均不利于Ir膜反射率的提高.经退火处理后,Ir膜中张应力有所释放但并未消除,同时晶粒平均尺寸显著增大,反射率下降.     

中红外光参变振荡器在高反射率测量中的应用

根据光腔衰荡光谱技术(CRDS)原理,使用中红外光参变振荡器(OPO)为光源建立了直腔与折叠腔相结合的中红外波段3.6 μm 反射率测量实验装置,用于研究中红外波段的高反射膜反射率,测试精度为10-4。使用直型衰荡光腔测试了三对不同薄膜材料设计镀制的高反射腔镜的反射率,并选择了一对腔镜用于实验装置中。采用该装置精确测试了不同薄膜材料镀制的高反射膜的反射率,包括YbF3/ZnS,YbF3 /ZnSe多层膜,以及由银加保护膜镀制的反射镜。研究表明,中红外波段介质膜的反射率可达到R>0.9990,其中由YbF3/ZnSe镀制在硅基底上的多层介质膜3.6 μm反射率可达到99.96％。     

四针状纳米氧化锌电磁波吸收特性

将四针状纳米ZnO作为吸收剂、环氧树脂为粘结剂制备成吸波涂层,分析了吸波涂层中的四针状纳米氧化锌含量及涂层厚度对吸波性能的影响,当涂层厚度为15mm时,吸收主要集中在15—18GHz波段;当涂层厚度增加到35mm后,样品的吸波性能提高明显,特别在6—11GHz之间的吸波性能提高显著,样品反射率小于-5dB的频率宽度达到136GHz(44—18GHz),其吸波性能相比较微米级ZnO有显著提高. 最后对四针状纳米氧化锌的吸波机理进行了讨论. 所研究的涂层在电磁波屏蔽方面具有较大的应用价值. 关键词： 四针状纳米ZnO 吸波性能 反射率 吸波机理     

蜂窝结构吸波材料等效电磁参数和吸波特性研究

根据强扰动理论,在长波长近似条件下推导出蜂窝结构吸波材料等效介电常数和等效磁导率的计算公式.电磁参数计算结果表明,蜂窝结构吸波材料等效介电常数和等效磁导率均小于吸收层的介电常数和磁导率,但等效介电常数的降幅更大,从而使等效介电常数更接近于等效磁导率,这正是吸波材料波阻抗匹配设计所需要的.反射率计算结果表明,不同的蜂窝高度,吸收层对应一最优厚度,使蜂窝结构吸波材料的反射率最低.这些结果对于蜂窝结构吸波材料设计具有一定的意义. 关键词： 蜂窝结构吸波材料 等效介电常数 等效磁导率 反射率     

基于修正等效介质理论的微纳深沟槽结构反射率快速算法研究

利用等效介质理论和严格耦合波理论研究比较微纳米级高深宽比深沟槽结构的红外反射谱,提出一种对等效折射率加入色散修正项的深沟槽结构反射率快速算法. 通过超越色散方程分析和大量计算发现,加入的等效折射率色散修正项与波长的平方成反比,并且与深沟槽结构的材料、周期和占空比有关. 这种新的计算方法可以非常精确地获得高深宽比深沟槽结构的反射率,而且明显提高了运算速度,在复杂深沟槽结构基于模型的红外反射谱测量中具有重要的应用价值,可以应用于微电子和微机电系统制造过程中高深宽比微纳深沟槽结构刻蚀进度的在线实时监测. 关键词： 深沟槽结构 严格耦合波理论 等效介质理论 反射率     

进化算法在膜系自动设计中的应用

在膜系的优化设计中,以膜系结构为参数的评价函数是一个非常复杂的多峰值函数。传统的优化算法强烈地依赖于膜系的初始设计,且易陷入较接近于初始结构的一个局部极值处。为解决这一矛盾,将全局寻优的自适应进化算法用于光学薄膜的膜系优化设计,设计中只需问题解的编码和适应度函数,而不依赖其他任何辅助信息(包括初始结构),有利于自动设计的进行。将该方法与常用设计方法进行了比较。高反膜、分光镜的实例优化表明：在相同设计要求下,用自适应进化算法可以得到更加合理的膜系结构,而且膜系结构简单,设计灵活,容易实现。理论和实践均表明该方法是高效和可靠的。     

Application of advanced nuclear analytical techniques for the electrocatalyst's characterization: Paving the path for mechanistic investigations

As the application of electrocatalyst continues to expand, envisaging the hidden mechanisms occurring at various length scale affecting the catalytic efficiency became important. To enhance the stability of electrocatalyst and reduce the cost, it is of paramount importance to reveal the active site's dynamics (using in situ techniques for getting the real-time information) which directly affect the reactions such as oxygen evolution reaction, hydrogen evolution reaction, and so on. Since such reactions are crucial for many engineering and scientific applications, in situ characterization techniques are required, which could capture such reactions happening at a different length and time scale. This article analyzes the recent progress made in the field of electrocatalyst's characterization using in situ neutron techniques. The article also paves the future path and has delineated the future challenges involved in multiscale correlative techniques (e.g., neutron techniques in the combination of synchrotron or microscopic techniques) used for getting the multiscale (atomic to micrometer range) mechanistic information about the electrocatalyst's working and degradation.     

Synergistic Biophysical Techniques Reveal Structural Mechanisms of Engineered Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Model Membranes

In the quest for new antibiotics, two novel engineered cationic antimicrobial peptides (eCAPs) have been rationally designed. WLBU2 and D8 (all 8 valines are the d -enantiomer) efficiently kill both Gram-negative and -positive bacteria, but WLBU2 is toxic and D8 nontoxic to eukaryotic cells. We explore protein secondary structure, location of peptides in six lipid model membranes, changes in membrane structure and pore evidence. We suggest that protein secondary structure is not a critical determinant of bactericidal activity, but that membrane thinning and dual location of WLBU2 and D8 in the membrane headgroup and hydrocarbon region may be important. While neither peptide thins the Gram-negative lipopolysaccharide outer membrane model, both locate deep into its hydrocarbon region where they are primed for self-promoted uptake into the periplasm. The partially α-helical secondary structure of WLBU2 in a red blood cell (RBC) membrane model containing 50 % cholesterol, could play a role in destabilizing this RBC membrane model causing pore formation that is not observed with the D8 random coil, which correlates with RBC hemolysis caused by WLBU2 but not by D8.     

Physical mechanisms responsible for the water-induced degradation of PC61BM P3HT photovoltaic thin films

We show that [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC₆₁BM) at the surface of thin film blends of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT):PC₆₁BM can be patterned by water. Using a series of heating and cooling steps, water droplets condense onto the blend film surface. This is possible due to the liquid-like, water swollen layer of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate. Breath pattern water deformation and subsequent drying on the film surface results in isolated PC₆₁BM structures, showing that migration of PC₆₁BM takes place. This was confirmed by selective wavelength illumination to spatially map the photoluminescence from the P3HT and PC₆₁BM. Within a device, redistribution of the surface PC₆₁BM into aggregates would be catastrophic, as it would markedly alter device performance. We also postulate that repeated volume change of the poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate layer by water swelling may be, in part, responsible for the delamination failure mechanism in thin film solar cells devices. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2016, 54, 141–146