Advantages to Conversion of Lattice Heat Capacity to Cv in the Resolution of Excess Properties The Ln2S3's as an example

This paper represents a fitting (modeling) of the temperature dependence of the Komada-Westrum characteristic temperature for those γ-, δ- and ε-phase lanthanide sesquisulfides for which the total heat capacities, including internal degrees of freedom (e.g., Schottky and magnetic contributions), were connected to the residue of only lattice vibrations yielding lattice heat-capacity contributions. These characteristic temperatures (θ_KW) at 298.15 K are seen to behave smoothly (nearly linearly) as a function of (cationic) atomic number within the region of stability of each phase as does the density. The trends between the phases also show some consistency but not predictability of one from the other. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Mass distribution in a dynamic sample zone inside a flow injection manifold: modelling integrated conductimetric profiles

A mathematical model for fitting the experimental ICM (integrated conductimetric method) curves developed by the authors in a previous work, is presented for the first time in this study. The proposed model fits the experimental curves with great precision and allows to predict physical dispersion for single-line flow injection system. The correlation of the model’s parameters with typical reactionless FIA peak parameters is also assessed. The IDQ coefficient—a novel dispersion estimator previously reported by the authors—can also be predicted when operational FIA variables are changed. Experimental and modelled profiles are compared as a function of the system’s variables, showing an excellent agreement.     

Surface composition and property of film prepared with aqueous dispersion of polyurethaneurea-acrylate including fluorinated block copolymer

The aqueous dispersion of polyurethaneurea-acrylate (PUA) including small amount of fluorinated block copolymers containing carboxyl groups (PATF), which can be dissolved in water, was used to make films and the surface properties of these films were examined. The experimental data show that the modified PUA film exhibits a hydrophobic surface property, although the original surface of PUA film is hydrophilic. The surface composition of the modified PUA film was measured by ATR and XPS. The results indicate that there is a concentration gradient of the fluorine groups along the lines of thickness of the modified film and towards the outmost surface layer, resulting from the migration of fluorinated blocks to the air side surface of the modified PUA film during the film formation process. However, the PUA film can not be modified effectively by adding the sodium salt of PATF, since the urethane groups in the system are easy to occupy on the surface of the film.     

Thermal techniques to study complex elastomer/filler systems

The transfer of heat through an elastomeric matrix is important for both the processing of the material and its subsequent lifetime. Thermal conductivity can be used to evaluate the influence of different polymers and fillers on heat transfer. Additionally, the dispersion of the filler has an effect on heat transfer and thermal conductivity measurements can be used to provide semi-quantitative estimations of filler dispersion. The degradation of sulfur-crosslinked elastomer systems has been studied for many years. The degradation of the crosslinks (changes in sulfur rank) and degradation of the polymer backbone by thermal and/or oxidative processes have been studied extensively using many techniques including thermal analysis (references). However, the degradation of the crosslinked-polymer 'network' is less well understood. The relationship of the crosslink network to this degradation process is a key to both the long term and higher temperature performance of the sulfur-crosslinked elastomer. The changes in physical properties observed upon exposure of sulfur-crosslinked elastomers can be monitored using dynamic mechanical analysis. Subsequently, other thermal techniques can be used to monitor the chemistry that is occurring during these degradations. Thermal desorption/mass spectroscopy and dynamic scanning calorimetry are used to complete the picture of the degradation processes taking place. Examples of these techniques will be provided to illustrate the utility of the analytical approach, the chemistry involved in these degradation processes and the effect of changes in the polymer, cure package and other ingredients. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Polyaniline-coated silica gel

Silica gel microspheres 7 and 15 μm in diameter were coated with an overlayer of polyaniline camphorsulfonate or hydrochloride during the oxidative polymerization of aniline. Coated silica gel and polyaniline precipitate were separated using a difference in sedimentation rate. In an alternative approach, the microspheres were modified with polyaniline in the presence of 35 nm colloidal silica. This technique prevented the macroscopic precipitation of polyaniline. Coatings of neat, 3-aminopropyl- and octadecyl-modified silica gel with polyaniline hydrochloride were compared. The surface composition of coated microspheres was characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Potential applications of particles in electrorheology, organic catalysis, and in modeling of conductivity behavior in composites are demonstrated.     

Dispersion state and catalytic properties of vanadia species on the surface of V_2O_5/TiO_2 catalysts

The dispersion state and catalytic properties of anatase-supported vanadia species are studied by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), laser Raman spectroscopy (LRS), H2 temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) and the selective oxidation of o-xylene to phthalic anhydride. The almost identical values of the experimental dispersion capacity of V2O5 on anatase and the surface vacant sites available on the preferentially exposed (001) plane of anatase suggest that the highly dispersed vanadium cations are bonded to the vacant sites on the surface of anatase as derived by the incorporation model. When the loading amount of V2O5 is far below its dispersion capacity, the dispersed vanadia species might mainly consist of isolated VOx species bridging to the surface through V-O-Ti bonds. With the increase of V2O5 loading the isolated vanadia species interact with their nearest neighbors (either isolated or polymerized vanadia) through bridging V-O-V at the expenses of V-O-Ti bonds, resulting in the increase of the ra     

Co-monotone allocations,Bickel-Lehmann dispersion and the Arrow-Pratt measure of risk aversion

For every integrable allocation (X ₁,X ₂, ...,X _n ) of a random endowmentY= _i ^=1/n X _i amongn agents, there is another allocation (X ₁*,X ₂*, ...,X _n *) such that for every 1in,X _i * is a nondecreasing function ofY (or, (X ₁*,X ₂*, ...,X _n *) areco-monotone) andX _i * dominatesX _i by Second Degree Dominance.If (X ₁*,X ₂*, ...,X _n *) is a co-monotone allocation ofY= _i ^=1/n X _i *, then for every 1in, Y is more dispersed thanX _i * in the sense of the Bickel and Lehmann stochastic order.To illustrate the potential use of this concept in economics, consider insurance markets. It follows that unless the uninsured position is Bickel and Lehmann more dispersed than the insured position, the existing contract can be improved so as to raise the expected utility of both parties, regardless of their (concave) utility functions.     

基于结构诱导人工表面等离激元的宽带低耦合电路北大核心CSCD

实现超宽带传输和超高集成度设计是微波和太赫兹电路发展的终极目标。针对以上目标,本文提出了结构诱导人工表面等离激元的概念。基于此设计并验证了具有超高局附性和超小传输常数的结构诱导人工表面等离激元电路结构,打破了传统人工表面等离激元电路对传输常数和衰减常数的限制。理论分析和数值验证表明,相较于经典人工表面等离激元,具备优异的场局附性和传输特性的结构诱导人工表面等离激元具有明显的弱色散和低耦合特性,在电路设计中可以有效减少宽带信号传输的色散失真,同时提高布线密度。     

Equaliser Performance for HIPERLAN in indoor channels

In order to accomplish practical deployment modelling for system performance evaluation and comparison for possible modulation and equalisation schemes to be used in HIPERLAN, a wide band tapped delay line (WTDL) channel model has been adopted by ETSI to characterise the multipath fading in the indoor radio environment. Based on this statistical channel model, and using Monte Carlo method, this paper evaluates the average probability of error for linear and decision feedback equaliser as a function of signal-to-noise ratio. It also evaluates the matched filter bound for this channel model. The results show the optimum performance levels achievable via the use of any equaliser.The work described in this paper was supported by the UK DTI/EPSRC LINK project: PC2011 High Throughput Radio Modem under EPSRC grant reference GR/K00318 in collaboration with Symbionics Networks limited.     

A class of nonlinear relativistic partial differential equations in elementary particle theory

In mathematical approaches to elementary particle theory, the equation [² - ²/t²]=m² ;+g ³ has been of interest [1,2]; it describes a quartically self-coupled neutral scalar meson field. This paper applies the decomposition method [3-6] to obtain accurate non-perturbative timedevelopment of the field for this equation, or variations involving other nonlinear interactions, without the use of cutoff functions or truncations.