Solid state phase equilibria in the Gd-Si-B system at 1270 K

Solid state phase equilibria in the ternary Gd-Si-B phase diagram have been proposed at 1270 K using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and electron probe microanalysis. Prior to this work, the binary systems Gd-B, Gd-Si and Si-B have also been reinvestigated. The main characteristic of the ternary diagram is the occurrence of two new ternary compounds Gd₅Si₂B₈ and Gd₅Si₃B_0.64. The former crystallizes in tetragonal symmetry, space group P4/mbm with unit cell parameters a=7.2665(3), c=8.2229(7) Å, the second one presents hexagonal symmetry, space group P6₃/mcm with unit cell parameters a=8.5080(4),c=6.4141(2) Å. The X-ray structures of the two structurally related phases Gd₅Si₃B_0.64 and host binary Gd₅Si₃ have been refined from three-dimensional single-crystal intensity data to the final R values of 0.036 (R_w=0.046) and 0.046 (R_w=0.055) for 457 and 401 reflections, respectively with [F>4σ(F)]. Both structures exhibit the Mn₅Si₃-type structure, with in addition for Gd₅Si₃B_0.64 a partial occupancy by boron of the normally vacant interstitial site at the center of the Gd₆ octahedron, which corresponds to the origin of the unit cell. Bonding between the interstitial boron atoms and the gadolinium ones forming the Gd₆B polyhedra is indicated by the decrease in the corresponding Gd-Gd distances and consequently in the unit cell volume. Finally, the Gd-Si-B phase diagram is compared with the previously reported Er-Si-B, at 1070 K.     

毫米波连续波雷达载波泄漏对消——理论分析与系统仿真

对限制连续波体制雷达系统作用距离的载波泄漏问题仔细地作了探讨，对各种连续波体制载波泄漏有源对消方法进行了理论分析，并针对毫米波宽带调频雷达实际泄漏信号的特点进行了对消环路的系统仿真。结果表明设计良好的对消系统能有效地抵消载波泄漏功率达３０￣６０ｄＢ，对进一步作实验研究提供了理论基础。     

低噪声晶振16次倍频源

本文介绍了低噪声高次倍频器的设计原理及低相位噪声晶振１６次倍频信号源。     

The unsatisfiability threshold revisited

The problem of determining the unsatisfiability threshold for random 3-SAT formulas consists in determining the clause to variable ratio that marks the experimentally observed abrupt change from almost surely satisfiable formulas to almost surely unsatisfiable. Up to now, there have been rigorously established increasingly better lower and upper bounds to the actual threshold value. In this paper, we consider the problem of bounding the threshold value from above using methods that, we believe, are of interest on their own right. More specifically, we show how the method of local maximum satisfying truth assignments can be combined with results for the occupancy problem in schemes of random allocation of balls into bins in order to achieve an upper bound for the unsatisfiability threshold less than 4.571. In order to obtain this value, we establish a bound on the q-binomial coefficients (a generalization of the binomial coefficients). No such bound was previously known, despite the extensive literature on q-binomial coefficients. Finally, to prove our result we had to establish certain relations among the conditional probabilities of an event in various probabilistic models for random formulas. It turned out that these relations were considerably harder to prove than the corresponding ones for unconditional probabilities, which were previously known.     

一种新颖的跳频振荡器

摘要本文综合考虑到频率合成技术及单端口体波谐振器HBAR的特点提出了一种基于一阶非线性PLL的锁相频率合成方案。文中对这种跳频方案的原理、性能特点作了详细论述、并通过实验、从不同角度对本方案进行了说明、同时对整机的各项指标作了详尽测试:在HBAR无载Q_N值为4000的情况下,该多模跳频振荡源的捷变范围为770MHz—840MHz、捷变时间小于20μS。杂散分量低于—60dB、二次谐波分量低于—34dB。离散捷变频率点为16点,构成闭环跳频系统后,对开环VCO的短稳改善了三个量级:从1.3×10~(-5)/ms到1.6×10~(-8)/ms及9.56×~(-7)/s到1.69×!0~(-9)/s,尤为重要的是该多模跳频振荡源达到此性能所需的硬件量很小,因此在对体积要求苛刻的场合、此种跳频方案具有极强的竞争力。     

Determination of the rate of rapid lipid transfer induced by poly(ethylene glycol) using the SLM Fourier transform phase and modulation spectrofluorometer

Rate constants were determined for the transfer of the fluorescent lipid probe 1-palmitoyl-2-[[2-[4-(6-phenyl-trans-1,3,5-hexatrienyl)phenyl]ethyl] oxy]carbonyl]-3-sn-phosphatidylcholine (DPHpPC) between large, unilamellar extrusion vesicles composed either of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) or of DPPC mixed with a small amount (0.5 mol%) of lyso phosphatidylcholine (Lyso PC). Transfer of the lipid probe in the presence of varying concentrations of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) was monitored using the SLM 48000-MHF Multi-Harmonic Fourier Transform phase and modulation spectrofluorometer to collect multifrequency phase and modulation fluorescence data sets on a subsecond time scale. The unique ability of this instrument to yield accurate fluorescence lifetime data on this time scale allowed transfer to be detected in terms of a time-dependent change in the fluorescent lifetime distribution associated with the lipid-like DPHpPC probe. This probe demonstrates two short fluoresence decay times (ca. 1.1–1.4 and 4.3–4.8 ns) in a probe-rich environment but a single long lifetime (ca. 7 ns) in a probe-poor environment. A simple two-state model for initial lipid transfer was used to analyze the multifrequency data sets collected over a 4-s time frame to obtain the time rate of change of the concentrations of donor and acceptor probe populations following rapid mixing of vesicles with PEG. The ability to measure fluorescence lifetimes on this time scale has allowed us to show that the of rate of lipid transfer increased dramatically at 35% PEG in both fusing and nonfusing vesicle systems. These results are interpreted in terms of a distinct interbilayer structure associated with intimate bilayer contact induced by high and potentially fusogenic concentrations of PEG.     

Ab initio study on structure and phase transition of A- and B-type rare-earth sesquioxides Ln2O3 (Ln=La-Lu, Y, and Sc) based on density function theory

Ab initio energetic calculations based on the density functional theory (DFT) and projector augmented wave (PAW) pseudo-potentials method were performanced to determine the crystal structural parameters and phase transition data of the polymorphic rare-earth sesquioxides Ln₂O₃ (where Ln=La-Lu, Y, and Sc) with A-type (hexagonal) and B-type (monoclinic) configurations at ground state. The calculated results agree well with the limited experimental data and the critically assessed results. A set of systematic and self-consistent crystal structural parameters, energies and pressures of the phase transition were established for the whole series of the A- and B-type rare-earth sesquioxides Ln₂O₃. With the increase of the atomic number, the ionic radii of rare-earth elements Ln and the volumes of the sesquioxides Ln₂O₃ reflect the so-called “lanthanide contraction”. With the increase of the Ln³⁺-cation radius, the bulk modulus of Ln₂O₃ decreases and the polymorphic structures show a degenerative tendency.     

3族新的不含紧优与几乎紧优的有向双环网络无限族

给出了3族新的不含紧优与几乎紧优的有向双环网络.     

Standing waves, clustering, and phase waves in 1D simulations of kinetic relaxation oscillations in NO+NH3 on Pt(1 0 0) coupled by diffusion

The Lombardo–Imbihl–Fink (LFI) ODE model of the NO+NH₃ reaction on a Pt(1 0 0) surface shows stable relaxation oscillations with very sharp transitions for temperatures T between 404 and 433 K. Here we study numerically the effect of linear diffusive coupling of these oscillators in one spatial dimension. Depending on the parameters and initial conditions we find a rich variety of spatio-temporal patterns which we group into four main regimes: bulk oscillations (BOs), standing waves (SW), phase clusters (PC), and phase waves (PW). Two key ingredients for SW and PC are identified, namely the relaxation type of the ODE oscillations and a nonlocal (and nonglobal) coupling due to relatively fast diffusion of the kinetically slaved variables NH₃ and H. In particular, the latter replaces the global coupling through the gas phase used to obtain SW and PC in models of related surface reactions. The PW exist only under the assumption of (relatively) slow diffusion of NH₃ and H.     

光纤加速度传感器研究进展

光纤加速度传感器与传统加速度传感器相比，不但能抗电磁干扰，而且体小、质轻、动态范围宽、精度高、能在恶劣环境下工作，因此受到各先进国家军事与商业领域的极大重视，各种实用的光纤加速度传感器不断涌现。主要有光强调制型和相位调制型两大类。光强调制式有反射式、透射式和偏振式等等。相位调制式有Ｍａｃｈ－Ｚｅｎｄｅｒ干涉仪、Ｍｉｃｈｅｌｓｏｎ干涉仪和Ｆａｂｒｙ－Ｐｅｒｏｔ干涉仪。有一维的，也有二维的；有与水听器组合在一起的，也有与光纤陀螺仪组合的光纤加速度传感器。最小的已经做到２．５ｃｍ长，直径仅０．２５ｍｍ；测量精度已能达到１μｇ；共振频率可达到１０ｋＨｚ。为了克服温度不稳定性对测量精度的影响，人们采用了３×３耦合器解调法，双光路法，由单臂式改成推挽式等。一旦关键技术得以克服，光纤加速度传感器将会在惯性导航和其它领域发挥更重要的作用。本文将分别介绍目前各种类型光纤加速度传感器的结构、特点、走向实用化存在的问题。