Studying dispersoid systems

Summary Measurements of energy transformation in mitochondria are done on a capillary differential titration calorimeter CTD2156. It is important to mention that a sediment is quickly formed by the mitochondria suspension without mixing by means of a vibrating needle. During the measurements, the vibrating needle is located inside the working volume of the chamber. The design of the calorimeter is substantiated theoretically. It provides a new mode of a reagent input in the measuring volume of the calorimetric chambers. It expands the spectrum of tasks that can be solved using this instrument. In the capillary calorimeter the calorimetric chambers unit is simple and small in size. These advantages of capillary chambers provide an opportunity to unite 20 capillary calorimetric chambers in one calorimetric block. It allows designing a multi-channel titration calorimeter. There are obvious advantages of such a calorimeter over other instruments in screening researches and in researches of objects maintaining stability only for a short time.     

J-aggregation and its characterization in Langmuir-Blodgett films of merocyanine dyes

Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films are constructed by successively transferring monomolecular layers formed at the air-water interface onto solid substrates. One of the advantages of the LB technique in fabricating molecular aggregates lies in the fact that it can employ various kinds of molecules by mixing them at the air-water interface. The mixed system may exhibit new properties that are not observed for individual components. This method would be useful, for example, in the studies of the formation and control of the J-aggregates of functional dyes that attract attention both in science and technology. In this paper, I review this subject mainly based on our recent results in merocyanines. LB films of merocyanine dyes, mixed with arachidic acid (C(20)), exhibit J-aggregate formation and have been serving as typical systems in revealing the physical and structural aspects of nanosized molecular aggregates constructed as monolayers. In the case of LB films of a merocyanine dye having benzothiazole as donor nucleus (abbreviated as DS), electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy has been successful in determining the characteristic in-plane orientation of dye molecules with respect to the dipping direction, which led to the discovery of the flow orientation effect during the dipping process of LB films as the origin of optical dichroism often observed in LB films. In this article, after an introduction of ESR spectroscopy, three major topics on the merocyanine J-aggregation and its characterization in mixed films are discussed. The first topic is the observation and control of the size of J-aggregates in the dilution limit of dyes in arachidic acid matrix for a methyl-substituted DS (6-Me-DS). Dependence of atomic force microscopy (AFM) patterns on the molar ratio allows the identification of dye domains. J-band optical peak analysis based on the Kuhn's extended dipole model, supplemented by a novel application of femtosecond pump-probe optical spectroscopy, yields the size of the J-aggregates of 10(3). The second topic is the control of the J-band peak wavelengths by mixing two different kinds of dye molecules. The first case is the mixture of a J-forming 6-Me-DS and non-J-forming merocyanine analog, DO with benzo-oxazole instead of benzothiazole of DS. The second case is the mixture of both J-forming dyes but with different J-band peak positions, 6-Me-DS and another analog of 5-Cl-DS. The optical peak shifts depending on the molar mixing ratio will be presented. The last topic is related to the elucidation of electronic states of dye molecules in the J-aggregates. Light-induced ESR (LESR) of DS films with stable isotope ((15)N or (13)C)-substituted dyes provide clear evidence for the photoinduced charge transfer by the detection of hyperfine structures. Moreover, infrared (IR) spectroscopy of (13)C-enriched dye identifies the IR absorption peak of the relevant carbon in the chromophore. The results give evidence for the enhanced intramolecular charge transfer of dyes in the J-aggregates compared with an isolated merocyanine composed of donor and acceptor moiety. Lastly, the Cl attachment in 5-Cl-DS leads to a significant enhancement of the nitrogen hyperfine coupling in the LESR spectra. These examples and others demonstrate the potential of LB films of merocyanines in the studies of the nanosized molecular aggregates in monolayer assemblies.     

Characterization of the organization in shear layers via the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition

Experiments are performed in an incompressible plane turbulent mixing layer, using various hot wire rake configurations. From these experiments, the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition is applied for kernels where the space-time correlation tensor is evaluated over different spatial meshes and velocity components configurations. The resulting decompositions are then discussed in terms of characterization of the organization of the flow for various scalar or vectorial approaches of the POD. An incrtial range law is evidenced. The instantaneous contribution of the first modes of the POD to the organization of the flow is analyzed. A dynamical behavior for the organization of the flow is observed from the correlation between the first two modes contribution.     

CHAOS FOR MIXING TRANSFORMATIONS

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钾原子中多种受激辐射参与的混频过程

当双原子共振激发钾原子于６Ｓ能级时,由光泵受激辐射和电离复合受激辐射参与的六波或四波混频,产生了位于紫外和紫区的诸多相干辐射、文中对多种混频机制进行了分析和讨论,并对所测得的相干辐射线进行了标识．     

基于测地线距离和正交投影的端元提取算法

端元提取是高光谱遥感图像混合像元分解的关键步骤。传统线性端元提取方法忽略了像元内地物的非线性混合因素,制约了混合像元分解精度的提升。针对高光谱图像数据的非线性结构,提出一种基于测地线距离的正交投影端元提取算法,将测地线距离引入端元单体提取过程,利用正交投影方法逐个提取端元。为了降低测地线距离计算量,在端元提取前先利用自动目标生成方法和无约束最小二乘法对原始高光谱数据进行数据约减。模拟和真实高光谱图像实验表明,该方法能够表征光谱数据中非线性因素,端元提取结果优于传统自动目标生成端元提取方法。     

面向电子战射频光传输的宽带射频信号杂散产生机理及优化方法

针对电子战系统的宽带射频信号波分复用传输,通过理论分析给出了微波光子链路中各关键参量对杂散信号的影响规律,提出了非均匀信道间隔分配的除杂优化方法。该方法通过微调各通道的波长,使四波混频产生的杂散频率超过电子战接收机带宽,从而降低杂散对系统的影响。该方案实现简单,且无需改变现有电子战系统架构,具有较好的工程实现性。实验结果表明:与等波长间隔相比,5通道非均匀波分复用信号传输1 km时,在接收机带宽内四波混频引起的杂散得到了显著优化,动态范围提升了26 dB以上。     

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。     

Improved oxygen delivery in a continuous-roller-bottle reactor

Variations to the original aeration system in a continuous roller bottle reactor of novel design have been tested and compared for optimal oxygen (O) delivery. Reactor operating parameters that affect O transfer are rotation rate, liquid-volume level, fresh-feed rate, and supplementary-aeration rate. Design modifications to enhance gas-liquid O transfer include the addition of wall baffles and center baffles. The number and location of each of these baffles are compared for their effect on k_La values in the reaction chamber. The liquid feed into the system has been modified to improve the axial liquid mixing and O transfer.     

Intermolecular contact interactions and their temperature dependence

A model, based on inverse gas chromatography experiments, has been developed for intermolecular interaction and its temperature dependence. The model ascribes to each substance a four-component solubility parameter; the four components reflect the van der Waals, polar, electron donor, and electron acceptor interactive properties. Their values depend on temperature in the same manner as does the cohesive energy. The latter was found to depend only on the critical temperature, the acentric factor, and the reduced temperature. The model was used for evaluation of the solubility parameters from polymer-solvent interaction coefficients and their temperature dependence with high accuracy. For binary solventsolvent mixtures, the free energy of mixing and its temperature dependence, as well as enthalpy of mixing can be derived from this model with a good accuracy.