Growth of oxide thin films for optical gas sensor applications

Tungsten trioxide and titanium dioxide thin films were synthesised by pulsed laser deposition. We used for irradiations of oxide targets an UV KrF* (λ = 248 nm, τ_FWHM ≅ 20 ns, ν = 2 Hz) excimer laser source, at 2 J/cm² incident fluence value. The experiments were performed in low oxygen pressure. The (0 0 1) SiO₂ substrates were heated during the thin film deposition process at temperature values within the 300-500 °C range. The structure and crystalline status of the obtained oxide thin films were investigated by high resolution transmission electron microscopy. Our analyses show that the films are composed by nanoparticles with average diameters from a few to a few tens of nm. Moreover, the films deposited at substrate temperatures higher than 300 °C are crystalline. The tungsten trioxide films consist of a mixture of triclinic and monoclinic phases, while the titanium dioxide films structure corresponds to the tetragonal anatase phase. The oxide films average transmittance in the visible-infrared spectral range is higher than 80%, which makes them suitable for sensor applications.     

一维问题的一种积分形式的流量重构算法

1引言我们考虑如下一维二阶椭圆边界值问题(-(β(x)p′)(x))′=f(x),x∈(a,b) p(a)=p(b)=0(1))其中β=β(x)是一恒正函数,且β∈H~1(a,b),f∈L~2(a,b)．事实上,在此条件下,我们可保证p∈H~2(a,b)(见[1],[2])．(1)之弱形式为：求p∈H_0~1(a,b)使得a(p,q)=(f,q),(?)q∈H_0~1(a,b),(2)其中a(p,q)=(?)_a~bβp′q′dx,(f,g)=(?)_a~bfqdx．给定(a,b)的一个分割α=x_0＜x_1＜…＜x_(n-1)＜x_n=b,令h=(?)(x_i-x_(i-1)),(?)_i表示通常相应于节点x_i的形状函数,即(?)_i是连续的分段线性函数且满足(?)_i(x_k)=δ_(ik),这里δ_(ik)=(?)i,k=0,1,…,n．又记V_h~0=span{(?)_1,(?)_2,…,(?)_(n-1)),取V_h~0作为p的逼近空间,则求解(1)的标准有限元格式为：求ph∈V_h~0使得     

活动课与地方课程资源的开发和利用

历史课程标准特别强调要培养学生的实践活动能力，全国各地出版的九年义务教育历史课本，每一种版本都安排了“活动课”，并将作为必修课内容。“活动课”就其教学内容而言，具有极大的开放性，不仅涉及历史课本上的内容，而且涉及到课本以外的教学内容，涉及整个社会现实和学生的生活实践，所以活动课与地方历史课程紧密相关。因此，教师在教学过程中，要充分开发和利用地方历史课程资源，把地方历史课程资源作为“活动课”的教学资源，使“活动课”教学更加丰富多彩，更加贴近学生的生活，充分展示“活动课”的教学功能。     

Matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation processing of triacetate-pullulan polysaccharide thin films for drug delivery systems

We report the first successful deposition of triacetate-pullulan polysaccharide thin films by matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation. We used a KrF* excimer laser source (λ = 248 nm, τ ≈ 20 ns) operated at a repetition rate of 10 Hz. We demonstrated by FTIR that our thin films are composed of triacetate-pullulan maintaining its chemical structure and functionality. The dependence on incident laser fluence of the induced surface morphology is analysed.     

Multiple local solutions to nonlinear control processes

We use the topological tool of Nielsen fixed-point theory to study the controllability of perturbed linear control processes whose control space can be reduced to a finite-dimensional one. These methods produce a lower bound on the number of controls that achieve a given target. We concentrate particularly on the case where the perturbation has sublinear growth, and we exhibit examples of multiple controls of various types that are detected by the Nielsen theory method.This research was partly supported by the Research Grant Teoria del Controllo dei Sistemi Dinamici, Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, Roma, Italy.     

The projection approach to the Fokker-Planck equation. I. Colored Gaussian noise

It is shown that the Fokker-Planck operator can be derived via a projection-perturbation approach, using the repartition of a more detailed operator into a perturbation ₁ and an unperturbed part ₀. The standard Fokker-Planck structure is recovered at the second order in ₁, whereas the perturbation terms of higher order are shown to provoke the breakdown of this structure. To get rid of these higher order terms, a key approximation, local linearization (LL), is made. In general, to evaluate at the second order in ₁ the exact expression of the diffusion coefficient which simulates the influence of a Gaussian noise with a finite correlation time, a resummation up to infinite order in must be carried out, leading to what other authors call the best Fokker-Planck approximation (BFPA). It is shown that, due to the role of terms of higher order in ₁, the BFPA leads to predictions on the equilibrium distributions that are reliable only up to the first order in t. The LL, on the contrary, in addition to making the influence of terms of higher order in ₁ vanish, results in a simple analytical expression for the term of second order that is formally coincident with the complete resummation over all the orders in t provided by the Fox theory. The corresponding diffusion coefficient in turn is shown to lead in the limiting case to exact results for the steady-state distributions. Therefore, over the whole range 0 the LL turns out to be an approximation much more accurate than the global linearization proposed by other authors for the same purpose of making the terms of higher order in ₁ vanish. In the short- region the LL leads to results virtually coincident with those of the BFPA. In the large- region the LL is a more accurate approximation than the BFPA itself. These theoretical arguments are supported by the results of both analog and digital simulation.     

Carbon deposition on a Ni/α-Al2O3 catalyst

The kinetics of carbon deposition over a Ni/α-Al₂O₃ commercial catalyst, has been studied using CH₄−H₂ gas mixtures in the range of 748–873 K. A Hougen-Watson type model gives good agreement with the experimental rates.     

Underpotential deposition of tin(II) on a gold disc electrode and determination of tin in a tin plate sample

This work describes a study of the underpotential deposition (UPD) of Sn²⁺ on a polycrystalline gold disc electrode using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronocoulometry (CC). Sn²⁺ ions showed well-defined peaks from UPD and UPD stripping (UPD-S) in 1 mol/L HCl solutions, while bulk deposition (BD) and BD stripping (BD-S) of the ions were also observed. The measured UPD shifts, E_UPD, between the UPD-S and the BD-S peaks were more than 200 mV. The UPD charge and the surface coverage of tin were measured by CC. A new method for determining Sn²⁺ was therefore developed, based on the excellent electrochemical properties of the Au/Sn UPD system. A plot of the UPD-DPASV (differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry) signal versus the Sn(II) concentration was obtained for [Sn(II)] of 1.98×10^–7 to 3.64×10^–5 M. The method developed here has been applied to determine the tin in a tin plate sample.     

(TiNi)_x(x=2~4)团簇结构和电子结构

从团簇角度对TiNi形状记忆合金进行了量子化学从头算研究。设计并优化了等原子比(TiNi)x(x=2~4)簇的多种可能几何结构,并对较稳定构型进行电子结构的分析。结果表明,等原子比的(TiNi)n团簇以TiNi成键为主要分子骨架,小团簇有较多能量接近的异构体,TiTi成键对能量降低有较大贡献。