Some observations from interrupted lifetest of GaInAsP/InP inverted-rib laser diodes

Conventionally, lifetests of semiconductor laser diodes usually involved operating the devices continuously at either constant power output or drive current, with periodic recording of their characteristics. In this paper, some effects arising from interrupted lifetest of 1.3 m GaInAsP-InP inverted-rib laser diodes are reported. This unconventional lifetest method involves constant power biasing at 4 mW/facet and 8 mW/facet respectively at 50°C, followed by a period during which the lifetest is interrupted and the devices left unbiased at room temperature. Subsequently, the devices were put back on constant power biasing at 50°C. Among a number of parameters, pronounced reduction in the threshold current, current for 4 mW/facet and 8 mW/facet were observed, indicating strong recovery effects commencing from the time when the life-test was interrupted. Redistribution of mobile defects in the cladding layer is postulated to be the cause of the degradation recovery, and the data supports the occurrence of an aging-current dependent defect annihilation mechanism. Such recovery effects have so far been observed to occur only in the GaInAsP-InP inverted-rib devices.     

面向方向图保形的共口径基站天线去耦技术

为了节省基站天线所占空间资源,降低其运营成本,现代移动通信需要将多个天线阵列紧密地排列在一起,构成多频共口径基站天线。多天线的紧密排列势必造成天线间强烈的耦合,不仅使得天线阻抗失配、隔离度变差,同时也造成辐射方向图的严重变形。因此,近年来多频共口径基站天线的去耦成为工业界和学术界研究的热点,早期的去耦技术主要是面向改善天线的阻抗匹配和隔离度,而对面向方向图保形的去耦技术研究相对较少。文章在简要介绍面向方向图保形的基站天线去耦技术的研究现状的基础上,重点阐述了褚庆昕教授天线射频团队基于感应电流抵消、耦合场抵消和辐射阻断等原理,提出的几种新型的去耦技术。这些技术不仅可以有效地改善基站天线的阻抗匹配和隔离,更重要的是很好地实现了天线方向图保形。仿真和测试结果验证了原理的正确性和设计的可行性。一些技术已被用于5G基站天线产品。     

基于超级电容的列车制动能量回收控制策略

针对列车电制动回馈能量回收与利用问题,文中通过分析列车运行特性,重点探究了列车运行过程与牵引网电压波动之间的关系。结合牵引变电所供电功率与列车用电功率动态不匹配特性,采用车载式制动能量回收利用系统的方案,提出了基于列车用电功率动态变化的超级电容充放电控制策略。该方案主要由超级电容串并联储能单元和双向DC-DC变换器组成。利用MATLAB进行建模仿真分析,结果表明,该控制策略在有效回收利用列车制动能量的同时抑制了牵引网电压波动,为列车制动能量回收与利用提供了有效的解决方案。     

一种增强型PTP光纤级联精细时频同步方法

该文提出了一种增强型PTP光纤级联精细时频同步方法,该方法以PTP同步技术为基础,结合同步以太网时钟传递技术和基于数字双混频时差法的多级级联精细时钟同步技术,对PTP技术进行改进和增强,然后基于该方法,通过多级时频设备光纤级联的形式实现多节点、大跨度、网络化的时频信号传递与同步输出,并解决多级级联情况下同步精度会逐级恶化的问题,实现ns量级的系统时间同步精度,保证系统各环节在高度统一的时间尺度下进行高效同步与联动工作。通过设计、试验,验证了该方法的可行性和有效性。     

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT OF PU IONOMERS WITH IONIC GROUPS ON HARD-SEGMENTS

SMPU （shape memory polyurethane） non-ionomers and ionomers, synthesized with poly（c-caprolactone） （PCL）, 4, 4＇-diphenylmethane diisocyanate （MDI）, 1,4-butanediol （BDO）, dimethylolpropionic acid （DMPA） were measured with cyclic tensile test and strain recovery test. The relations between the structure and shape memory effect of these two series were studied with respect to the ionic group content and the effect of neutralization. The resulting data indicate that, with the introduction of asymmetrical extender, the stress at 100% elongation is decreased for PU non-ionomer and ionomer series, especially lowered sharply for non-ionomer series; the fixation ratio of ionomer series is not affected obviously by the ionic group content; the total recovery ratio of ionomer series is decreased greatly. After sufficient relaxation time for samples stretched beforehand, the switching temperature is raised slightly, whereas the recovery ratio measured with strain recovery test method is lowered with increased DMPA content. The characterization with FT-IR, DSC, DMA elucidated that, the ordered hard domain of the two series is disrupted with the introduction of DMPA which causes more hard segments to dissolve in soft phase; ionic groups on hard segment enhance the cohesion between hard segments especially at high ionic group content and significantly facilitate the phase separation compared with the corresponding non-ionomer at moderate ionic group content.     

Methyl abstraction kinetics of CpFe(CO)2Me using the benzyl radical clock

The rate constant for the methyl abstraction reaction of CpFe(CO)₂Me has been measured with the benzyl radical clock as (1.1 ± 0.2) × 10⁵ M⁻¹ s⁻¹ at room temperature. Time-resolved Fourier-transform Infrared (FTIR) absorption spectroscopy pointed towards the formation of the CpFe(CO)₂ radical upon benzyl abstraction. The main stable product has been established by a linear scan of the reaction mixture as Cp₂Fe₂(CO)₄ produced by the dimerization of the CpFe(CO)₂ radicals. The transition state structure for the abstraction process was also found at UB3LYP/6-311+G* level of theory to contain a planar CH₃ group.     

A nanoscale vesicular polydiacetylene sensor for organic amines by fluorescence recovery

We report a nanoscale lipid membrane-based sensor of conjugated polydiacetylene (PDA) vesicles for fluorescence detection of organic amines. The vesicle sensor was constructed by incorporation of a BODIPY fluorescent dye into the PDA vesicles. The fluorescent properties of the resulting vesicles can be manipulated by adjusting lipid components, and are controlled by environmental and solution conditions. The fluorescence of the BODIPY dye was significantly quenched in the polymerization of diacetylene lipid vesicles by a UV irradiation process. However, it was sufficiently recovered by external stimuli such as a hike of solution pH. The fluorescence recovery process was reversible, and a decrease in solution pH resulted in repeated quenching. The reported system transforms an external stimulus into a large fluorescence intensity change, demonstrating great potential in developing new signal reporting method for biosensor design. The quench-recovery phenomenon of the BODIPY-PDA is believed to be related to the energy transfer between the dye and the PDA conjugate backbone. The vesicle sensor was applied for detecting an organic amine, triethylamine (TEA) and a large linear relationship was obtained between the increase in fluorescence intensity and the concentrations of TEA. The detection limit of TEA by vesicle sensors using fluorescence recovery was found to be 10 μM.     

A comparative study of solvent extraction of total petroleum hydrocarbons in soil

Three non-specific methods for the extraction of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) from soil into organic solvent were compared. The techniques used for sample preparation were Soxhlet extraction, closed-vessel microwave-assisted extraction, and CEN shake extraction. The total concentrations of extracted compounds in the boiling point range of C10–C40 were determined by gas chromatography with flame ionization detection. The best recovery (99%) and repeatability (±3%) from standard oil mixtures were obtained with microwave-assisted extraction. However, the different extraction methods exhibited different behaviour when spiked soil samples were extracted. The best repeatability was obtained with CEN shake extraction (±6%) but the repeatability values for Soxhlet and microwave-assisted methods were quite high (>20%). However, the larger uncertainties of the latter extraction methods does not necessarily limit the applicability of these methods to the determination of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil, as in the assessment of soil contamination the expanded uncertainty of the result is usually not limited by analytical uncertainty, but rather by the uncertainty of the primary sampling stage. However, distinctive variation found in the chromatographic profiles illustrates that discretion should be obeyed when chromatograms obtained after application of different extraction methods on petroleum contaminated samples are to be used in the fingerprinting or age dating studies. Otherwise, misleading conclusions concerning the age of spillage could be drawn.     

The circular chemistry conceptual framework: A way forward to sustainability in industry 4.0

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Evaluation of PTMSP membranes in achieving enhanced ethanol removal from fermentations by pervaporation

The use of membrane processes for the recovery of fermentation products has been gaining increased acceptance in recent years. Pervaporation has been studied in the past as a process for simultaneous fermentation and recovery of volatile products such as ethanol and butanol. However, membrane fouling and low permeate fluxes have imposed limitations on the effectiveness of the process. In this study, we characterize the performance of a substituted polyacetylene membrane, poly[(l-trimethylsilyl)-l-propyne] (PTMSP), in the recovery of ethanol from aqueous mixtures and fermentation broths. Pervaporation using PTMSP membranes shows a distinct advantage over conventional poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) membranes in ethanol removal. The flux with PTMSP is about threefold higher and the concentration factor is about twofold higher than the corresponding performance achieved with PDMS under similar conditions. The performance of PTMSP with fermentation broths shows a reduction in both flux and concentration factor relative to ethanol-water mixtures. However, the PTMSP membranes indicate initial promise of increased fouling resistance in operation with cell-containing fermentation broths.