Interaction of dispersed phase with concentration polarization

The effect of a dispersed phase in reducing the concentration polarization in a membrane tube has been studied. The presence of a dispersed phase seems to have an effect in controlling the size of eddy formation and the rate of energy dissipation in the fluid medium. The role of eddy length and the energy dissipation rate on the mass transfer coefficient is discussed. Theoretical results obtained for the mass transfer coefficient and for the concentration polarization in the case of gelatin ultrafiltration are compared with the existing experimental results. The theoretical predictions seem to be in good agreement with the experimentally observed results.     

Ca8Mg(SiO4)4Cl2中Ce3+和Eu2+的光谱性质和能量传递

首次合成了Ｃｅ＾３＋和Ｅｕ＾２＋共激活氯硅酸镁钙Ｃａ８Ｍｇ（ＳｉＯ４）４Ｃｌ２：Ｃｅ＾３＋，Ｅｕ＾２＋高效绿色荧光粉，报道了它们的漫反射光谱、激发和发射光，观察到氯硅酸镁钙中Ｃｅ＾３＋ Ｅｕ＾２＋     

Microemulsions: Effect of alkyl chain length of alcohol and alkane

In microemulsions consisting of four components, i.e. detergent — water — oil — cosurfactant, the free energy of transfer from the continuous oil phase to the interfacial region for the cosurfactant is reported. From the effect of temperature on the free energy, the entropy and the enthalpy values are also reported. The effect of chain length of the alcohol (cosurfactant) is also described. It is further shown, that if the oil phase consists of hexadecane, then the free energy changes as a linear function of the number of carbon atoms in the cosurfactant. On the other hand, if the oil phase is benzene, the cosurfactant chain length has very little effect. These data are analyzed with respect to the microemulsion structure and stability.     

Acoustical method for determining thermal diffusivity and relative difference in molar heat capacities of tantalum and vanadium

An acoustical technique is proposed for determining the thermal diffusivity in solids and the relative difference between the molar heat capacities at constant pressure and at constant volume. The method, which consists essentially of measuring the damping of freely vibrating bars, allows determination of the thermal diffusivity with an accuracy better than ±5% and has the advantage of not requiring a heat source. It also largely eliminates the complications of precise temperature measurements and insulation of specimen holders. Results are given for tantalum and vanadium over the temperature range 60–300 K.     

The nature of the chemical bond revisited. An energy partitioning analysis of diatomic molecules E2 (E=N–Bi, F–I), CO and BF

The nature of the chemical bonds in the diatomic molecules E₂ (E=N–Bi, F–I), CO and BF has been studied with an energy partitioning analysis using gradient-corrected density functional theory calculations. The results make it possible to estimate quantitatively the strength of covalent and electrostatic attractions and the Pauli repulsion between the atoms. The data suggest that some traditional explanations regarding the strength of the molecules should be modified. The energy partitioning analysis shows that the chemical bonds in the group 15 diatomic molecules have significant electrostatic character, which increases from 30.1% in N₂ to 58.3% in Bi₂. The contribution of the electrostatic attraction to the binding interactions in Sb₂ and Bi₂ is larger than the covalent bonding. The strength of the bonding in the triply bonded dinitrogen is less than that of the bonding. The calculations indicate that E is between 32.2% (Bi₂) and 40.0% (P₂) of the total orbital interaction energy (E_orb). The much stronger bond of N₂, as compared with the heavier group 15 E₂ homologues, is not caused by a particularly strong contribution by the bonding, but rather by the relatively large interactions. The comparison of N₂ with isoelectronic CO shows that the electrostatic character in the heteroatomic molecule is slightly smaller (28.8%) than in the homoatomic molecule. The contribution of the bonding in CO is larger (49.2%) than in N₂ (34.3%). The reason why CO has a stronger bond than N₂ is the significantly weaker Pauli repulsion in CO. The electrostatic character of the bonding in BF is slightly larger (32.0%) than in CO and N₂. BF has much weaker -bonding contributions that provide only 11.2% of the covalent interactions, which is why BF has a much weaker bond than CO and N₂. The chemical bonds in the dihalogen molecules have much higher covalent than electrostatic character. The E_orb term contributes between 74.4% (Br₂) and 79.7% (F₂) to the total attractive interactions. The relatively weak bond in F₂ comes from the rather large Pauli repulsion.Contribution to the Jacopo Tomasi Honorary Issue     

中国能源强度与经济结构变化特征研究

中国经济持续增长伴随着能源强度下降的特征引起部分学者对中国经济增长和能源消费数据真实性的怀疑,因此,对中国能源强度变化特征进行研究具有重要的现实意义。迄今为止,对中国经济结构变动如何影响能源强度变化仍然缺少定量研究。本文分析了中国能源强度的变化趋势,说明其前后趋势基本上是一致、合理的。以此为基础,将能源强度变化分解为结构份额和效率份额,提出了结构份额和效率份额的计算方法,对我国能源强度变化中的结构份额和效率份额进行了定量分析,结构表明:1998-2000年间,我国能源强度下降的主要动力来自于各产业能源利用效率的提高,其中工业能源强度下降是总体能源强度下降的主要原因。     

Nonlinear Internal Damping of Wave Equations with Variable Coefficients

For wave equations with variable coefficients on regions which are not necessarily smooth, we study the energy decay rate when a nonlinear damping is applied on a suitable subrigion.     

A Point Balance Algorithm for the Spherical Code Problem

The Spherical Code (SC) problem has many important applications in such fields as physics, molecular biology, signal transmission, chemistry, engineering and mathematics. This paper presents a bilevel optimization formulation of the SC problem. Based on this formulation, the concept of balanced spherical code is introduced and a new approach, the Point Balance Algorithm (PBA), is presented to search for a 1-balanced spherical code. Since an optimal solution of the SC problem (an extremal spherical code) must be a 1-balanced spherical code, PBA can be applied easily to search for an extremal spherical code. In addition, given a certain criterion, PBA can generate efficiently an approximate optimal spherical code on a sphere in the n-dimensional space ⁿ. Some implementation issues of PBA are discussed and putative global optimal solutions of the Fekete problem in 3, 4 and 5-dimensional space are also reported. Finally, an open question about the geometry of Fekete points on the unit sphere in the 3-dimensional space is posed.     

A comparative analysis of the adiabatic stability of anisotropic spherically symmetric solutions in general relativity

A family of static solutions of the Einstein field equations with spherical symmetry for a locally anisotropic fluid with homogeneous energy density is obtained. These solutions depend on two adjustable parameters related to degree of anisotropy of the fluid. Some known solutions may be recovered for specific values of these parameters. As a difference to other known solutions it is possible to change the grade of anisotropy of the model, keeping the same functional dependence on the coordinates. By means of a slow adiabatic contraction, the stability of the obtained solutions is studied. Also, it is shown, how it is possible to enhance the stability of the models by adjusting the parameters, and to obtain more compact configurations than those obtained with other similar anisotropic solutions, while the dominant or strong energy condition holds within the sphere.     

LHCⅡ三聚体中叶绿素分子间能量传递的瞬态差异吸收光谱分析

应用飞秒时间分辨差异吸收光谱技术对PSⅡ的LHCⅡ三聚体中的能量传递过程进行实验研究,分析得到三组能量传递的时间寿命组分：748 fs、3.28 ps、32.15 ps.其中748 fs的组分为单体内Chl b649分子经Chl b658将能量传递给Chl a665分子的过程；3.28 ps时间常量反映单体内能量从Chl a677向吸收更长波长的Chl a688分子的能量传递过程,以及Chl b643、Chl b658和Chl a668～670分子获得能量的过程；而32.15 ps的时间与三聚体内的单体间的能量传递过程有关.