Visible surgery, four-dimensionals-cobordisms and related questions in geometric topology

The visible surgery theory of M. Weiss is used to complete the topological classification of four-dimensionals-cobordisms between three-dimensional spherical spaceforms. Applications to various questions concerning pseudo-isotopies of 3-manifolds, computations of the simple Wall groups of finite periodic groups, and inductive detection of self-homeomorphisms of manifolds are also discussed.The first named author was partially supported by a grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents and National Science Foundation Grants DMS 89-01583 and 91-01575, and the second named author was partially supported by National Science Foundation Grants DMS 86-02543, 89-02622 and 91-02711.     

可见光激光二极管开发现状与市场——市场状况

本文是可见光激光二极管开发现状与市场的最后部分,主要介绍器件应用领域,产销量,价格与趋势.     

Optimization design of RIS-assisted high-capacity visible light communications based on HDMA

In this paper, a new non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) scheme is proposed for the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted high-capacity visible light communication (VLC) system, which is named hybrid domain multiple access (HDMA). HDMA enjoys the benefit of hybrid-domain signals, including the power domain, code domain, and frequency domain, where the message passing algorithm (MPA) and successive interference cancellation (SIC) detectors are jointly used at the HDMA receiver. Furthermore, to achieve a higher communication capacity for the VLC system, we proposed an optimization model by jointly optimizing the power allocation ratio and RIS reflection units. The simulation results verified the proposed scheme. By comparing the system capacity of different RIS allocation schemes and multiple access methods, the VLC system based on HDMA proposed in this paper can significantly improve its communication capacity.     

有序介孔三氧化二铟/还原氧化石墨烯纳米复合材料的制备及可见光催化性能

以有序介孔三氧化二铟(m-In2O3)和还原氧化石墨烯(RGO)为原料,采用紫外光照射法合成了介孔三氧化二铟/还原氧化石墨烯(m-In2O3-RGO)复合光催化剂.利用N2吸附-脱附、X射线衍射(XRD)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、漫反射吸收光谱(DRS)和光电流测试等手段对样品进行表征.在可见光照射下,以对氯苯酚(4-CP)为目标污染物,考察了m-In2O3-RGO光催化剂的催化性能.结果表明,m-In2O3-RGO光催化剂具有完整的晶型和规则的孔道结构,有利于光生电子和空穴的分离.同时,作为固态电子受体与传输体的RGO促进了光生电子-空穴对的传输和分离,有效提高了可见光催化性能.掺杂2%(质量分数)RGO的复合光催化剂性能最佳,4 h可将4-CP降解96%以上,催化剂经多次循环使用后,其光催化活性基本保持不变.     

TiO_2/Ag_2NCN复合光催化剂的制备与可见光催化性能

利用银盐与单氰胺水溶液的沉淀反应,通过共混不同质量分数的纳米TiO2粒子制备了TiO2/Ag2NCN复合光催化剂.使用X射线衍射仪(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、傅里叶变换红外(FTIR)光谱仪和紫外-可见(UV-Vis)吸收光谱仪对复合光催化剂的结构进行了表征.结果表明,锐钛矿相TiO2纳米颗粒沉积在Ag2NCN表面形成异质结构,二者间以弱的物理作用力相结合.TiO2的掺杂使得复合颗粒的UV-Vis吸收光谱发生红移,带隙变窄.以亚甲基蓝(MB)为光催化降解对象,研究了TiO2/Ag2NCN复合颗粒的可见光催化活性.结果表明,与单一Ag2NCN相比,复合颗粒表现出增强的光催化性能.对TiO2/Ag2NCN复合颗粒的光催化反应动力学过程及光催化机理进行了探讨.     

Combining linear polarization spectroscopy and the Representative Layer Theory to measure the Beer–Lambert law absorbance of highly scattering materials

Visible and Near Infrared (Vis–NIR) Spectroscopy is a powerful non destructive analytical method used to analyze major compounds in bulk materials and products and requiring no sample preparation. It is widely used in routine analysis and also in-line in industries, in-vivo with biomedical applications or in-field for agricultural and environmental applications. However, highly scattering samples subvert Beer–Lambert law's linear relationship between spectral absorbance and the concentrations. Instead of spectral pre-processing, which is commonly used by Vis–NIR spectroscopists to mitigate the scattering effect, we put forward an optical method, based on Polarized Light Spectroscopy to improve the absorbance signal measurement on highly scattering samples. This method selects part of the signal which is less impacted by scattering. The resulted signal is combined in the Absorption/Remission function defined in Dahm's Representative Layer Theory to compute an absorbance signal fulfilling Beer–Lambert's law, i.e. being linearly related to concentration of the chemicals composing the sample. The underpinning theories have been experimentally evaluated on scattering samples in liquid form and in powdered form. The method produced more accurate spectra and the Pearson's coefficient assessing the linearity between the absorbance spectra and the concentration of the added dye improved from 0.94 to 0.99 for liquid samples and 0.84–0.97 for powdered samples.     

Novel Bi2MoO6 Nanosheets/Vertical TiO2 Nanorods Arrays Heterojunction with Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Performance under Visible Light Irradiation

Novel Bi₂MoO₆/TiO₂ heterojunction was fabricated by growing Bi₂MoO₆ nanosheets arrays on the vertically aligned TiO₂ nanorods arrays via a two-step solvothermal method. The obtained Bi₂MoO₆/TiO₂ hierarchical heterojunction showed excellent visible light photoelectrochemical performance. Compared with the pure TiO₂ and Bi₂MoO₆, the photocurrent density of the heterojunction was increased 57 and 29 times, respectively. Furthermore, the hydrogen generation rate of the Bi₂MoO₆/TiO₂ for photoelectrocatalytic water-splitting was about 6 times higher than that of the pure Bi₂MoO₆. The improved performance can be attributed to the synergistic effects of enhanced absorption of visible light, increase of migration rate and separation efficiency of photo-induced carriers.     

Tuning the properties of a black TiO2-Ag visible light photocatalyst produced by a rapid one-pot chemical reduction

A highly efficient black TiO₂-Ag photocatalytic nanocomposite, active under both UV and visible light illumination, was synthesized by decorating the surface of 25 nm TiO₂ particles with Ag nanoparticles. The material was obtained via a rapid, one-pot, simple (surfactant and complexing agent free) chemical reduction method using silver nitrate and formaldehyde as a metal salt and reducing agent, respectively. The nanocomposite shows an increase of over 800% in the rate of photocatalytic methylene blue dye degradation, compared to commercial unmodified TiO_2, under UV-VIS illumination. Unlike pure TiO₂, the nanocomposite exhibits visible light activation, with a corresponding drop in optical reflectance from 100% to less than 10%. The photocatalytic properties were shown to be strongly enhanced by post-reduction annealing heat treatments in air, which were observed to decrease, rather than coarsen, silver particle size, and increase particle distribution. This, accompanied by a variation in the silver surface oxidation states, appear to dramatically affect the photocatalytic efficiency under both UV and visible light. This highly active photocatalyst could have wide ranging applications in water and air pollution remediation and solar fuel production.     

Quantitative colorimetric-imaging analysis of nickel in iron meteorites

A quantitative analytical imaging approach for determining the nickel content of metallic meteorites is proposed. The approach uses a digital image of a series of standard solutions of the nickel-dimethylglyoxime coloured chelate and a meteorite sample solution subjected to the same treatment as the nickel standards for quantitation. The image is processed with suitable software to assign a colour-dependent numerical value (analytical signal) to each standard. Such a value is directly proportional to the analyte concentration, which facilitates construction of a calibration graph where the value for the unknown sample can be interpolated to calculate the nickel content of the meteorite. The results thus obtained were validated by comparison with the official, ISO-endorsed spectrophotometric method for nickel.The proposed method is fairly simple and inexpensive; in fact, it uses a commercially available digital camera as measuring instrument and the images it provides are processed with highly user-friendly public domain software (specifically, ImageJ, developed by the National Institutes of Health and freely available for download on the Internet).In a scenario dominated by increasingly sophisticated and expensive equipment, the proposed method provides a cost-effective alternative based on simple, robust hardware that is affordable and can be readily accessed worldwide. This can be especially advantageous for countries were available resources for analytical equipment investments are scant. The proposed method is essentially an adaptation of classical chemical analysis to current, straightforward, robust, cost-effective instrumentation.     

CdS/石墨烯复合材料的制备及其可见光催化分解水产氢性能

以氧化石墨烯和CdS为原料, 在乙醇水溶液中采用CdS光催化还原法制备了CdS/石墨烯复合光催化材料, 并用透射电子显微镜(TEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)、傅里叶变换红外(FTIR)光谱、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)和瞬态光电流等技术对复合材料的结构和光电性能进行了表征. 可见光照射下(λ≥420 nm), 研究了该复合材料光催化分解水产氢的性能. 结果表明, 可见光照射下CdS的光生电子可有效地还原氧化石墨烯, 得到CdS与石墨烯之间具有强相互作用力的CdS/石墨烯复合材料. 与CdS相比, 复合材料中石墨烯作为良好的电子受体和传递介质, 可明显加快CdS光生电子的迁移速率, 提高光生载流子的分离效率, 从而增强复合材料的光电性能和光催化分解水产氢的活性.