Addendum to: Fabrication and characterization of graphene derived from SiC

<正>Addendum to:Science China:Physics,MechanicsAstronomy,2013,56(12):2386–2394doi:10.1007/s11433-013-5348-2The legends of the following Figures should be as follows:Figure 3 AFM morphologies and Raman spectra of a EG on a 2 inch SiC(0001)measured at five representative regions.(a)AFM Morphology reproduced from ref.[14]with permission from Science China Press and Springer publishing,(b)Raman spectra.Figure 6 SEM images of the VAGS.(a)Cross-section image of the VAGS;(b)and(c)are the top view images of the as-grown VAGS and the VAGS after top graphene layer removed reproduced from ref.[16]with permission from Wiley-VCH publishing.     

石墨烯能带中的重叠矩阵效应:Tight-Binding方法在模拟中的研究

采用紧束缚方法计算了石墨烯的价带(π)和导带(π*),考虑了非正交基矢下重叠矩阵效应,重叠积分参量s越小,导带越靠近费米面,而价带越远离费米面.在重叠积分参量s≤0.1时,基本保持了原子在实际空间中重叠所引起的能带的改变,太大(s=0.4)则会导致物理上失效.计算了石墨烯的能态密度,在费米面ε=0处(对应Dirac点)的能态密度为零,并且在Dirac点附近呈线性变化.     

A novel electrochemical immunosensor using β-cyclodextrins functionalized silver supported adamantine-modified glucose oxidase as labels for ultrasensitive detection of alpha-fetoprotein

In this work, a novel sandwich-type electrochemical immunosensor based on host-guest interaction was fabricated for the detection of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). Due to the large specific surface area of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and the unique supramolecular recognition ability of β-cyclodextrins, ferrocenecarboxylic acid (Fc) was incorporated into this sensor platform by host-guest interaction to generate an electrochemical signal. And β-cyclodextrins functionalized silver supported adamantine-modified glucose oxidase (GOD-CD-Ag), was used as a label to improve the analytical performance of the immunosensor by the dual amplification strategy. The obtained GOD-CD-Ag conjugates could convert glucose into gluconic acid with the formation of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂). And then silver nanoparticles could in situ catalyze the reduction of the generated H₂O₂, dramatically improving the oxidation reaction of Fc. The developed immunosensor shows a wide linear calibration range from 0.001 to 5.0 ng/mL with a low detection limit (0.2 pg/mL) for the detection of AFP. The method, with ideal reproducibility and selectivity, has a wide application prospect in clinical research.     

Characterization of different-Al-content AlGaN/GaN heterostructures on sapphire

Al x Ga 1-x N/GaN high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) structures with Al composition ranging from x = 0.13 to 0.36 are grown on sapphire substrates by low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (LP-MOCVD). The effects of Al content on crystal quality, surface morphology, optical and electrical characteristics of the AlGaN/GaN heterostructures have been analyzed. Although high Al-content (36%) heterostructure exhibits a distinguished photoluminescence peak related to recombination between the two-dimensional electron gas and photoexcited holes (2DEG-h), its crystal quality and rough surface morphology are poor. 2DEG mobility increases with the Al content up to 26% and then it apparently decreases for high Al-content (36%) AlGaN/GaN heterostructure. The increase of sheet carrier density with the increase of Al content has been observed. A high mobility at room temperature of 2105 cm 2 /V s with a sheet carrier density of n s = 1.10 × 10 13 cm -2 , for a 26% Al-content AlGaN/GaN heterostructure has been obtained, which is approaching state-of-the-art for HEMT grown on SiC. Sheet resistance as low as 274 Ω/□ has also been achieved.     

Full automorphism group of the generalized symplectic graph

Let Fq be a finite field of odd characteristic, m, ν the integers with 1≤m≤ν and Ka 2ν× 2ν nonsingular alternate matrix over Fq. In this paper, the generalized symplectic graph GSp2ν (q, m) relative to K over Fq is introduced. It is the graph with m-dimensional totally isotropic subspaces of the 2ν-dimensional symplectic space F(2ν)q as its vertices and two vertices P and Q are adjacent if and only if the rank of PKQT is 1 and the dimension of P ∩ Q is m-1. It is proved that the full automorphism group of the graph GSp2ν(q, m) is the projective semilinear symplectic group PΣp(2ν, q).     

Fabrication and characterization of graphene derived from SiC

Using novel ideas for the fabrication of epitaxial graphene(EG)on SiC,two forms of graphene termed as vertical aligned graphene sheets(VAGS)and graphene covered SiC powder(GCSP)were derived,respectively,from SiC slices and SiC powder,aimed for applications in energy storage and photocatalysis.Herein,the fabrication procedures,morphology characteristics,some intrinsic physical properties and performances for applications in field effect transistor(FET)and cold cathode field emission source are revealed and analyzed based on the graphene materials.The EG on a 2-inch SiC(0001)showed an average sheet resistance about 720/with a non-uniformity 7.2%.The FETs fabricated on the EG possessed a cutoff frequency 80GHz.Based on the VAGS derived from a completely carbonized SiC slice,a magnetic phase diagram of graphene with irregular zigzag edges is also reported.     

A spectral projection method for transmission eigenvalues

We consider a nonlinear integral eigenvalue problem, which is a reformulation of the transmission eigenvalue problem arising in the inverse scattering theory. The boundary element method is employed for discretization, which leads to a generalized matrix eigenvalue problem. We propose a novel method based on the spectral projection. The method probes a given region on the complex plane using contour integrals and decides whether the region contains eigenvalue(s) or not. It is particularly suitable to test whether zero is an eigenvalue of the generalized eigenvalue problem, which in turn implies that the associated wavenumber is a transmission eigenvalue. Effectiveness and efficiency of the new method are demonstrated by numerical examples.     

The Temperature Dependence of Protoporphyrin IX Production in Cells and Tissues

The formation of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) in human skin during topical application of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) was found to be strongly temperature dependent, with an activation energy of about 17 kcal/mol. This temperature dependence is mainly related to porphyrin production and not to ALA penetration into the skin. The penetration of ALA into mouse and human skin was almost temperature independent. The activation energy of PpIX production in mouse skin was practically identical with that in human skin. The activation energy of ALA uptake by cells in vitro was about 10 kcal/mol and that for PpIX production was about 13 kcal/mol. The latter activation energy was within the error limits similar to that for the activity of the enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase, suggesting that this enzyme might represent a rate-limiting step for PpIX production in living tissue.     

The Vitamin D Status Among Tibetans

UVB from the sun and intake from food are the only human sources of vitamin D. Tibet is a unique region for comparisons of these sources: (1) it lies at a low latitude and at a high altitude and has very large annual fluences of UVB; (2) the traditional Tibetan food is poor in vitamin D. Blood samples were taken from 63 persons of different age, with different occupations and staying at different places. UVB doses at these places were measured. The samples were analyzed by a standard radioimmune assay for determination of the serum concentration of 25 hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D). The main finding was that among nomads, there seems to be severe vitamin D deficiency (serum levels of 25(OH)D < 30 n m ). We tentatively propose that the low level of 25(OH)D of nomads is related to their clothing and sun exposure habits. For persons of other occupations (students, teachers and farmers) the levels are higher, although a significant fraction of these persons also have lower levels than 75 n m , by many regarded as a limit for insufficiency related to a number of negative health conditions. The annual dose of vitamin D-generating UVB is about five times larger in Lhasa than in Oslo. Despite this, the average vitamin D status seems to be similar, except in the case of nomads. This phenomenon is certainly related to food habits. In conclusion, the 25(OH)D status among nomads in Tibet appears to be alarmingly low. However, for people of other occupations the status is more normal.     

The minimum heat consumption for heat-driven binary separation processes with linear phenomenological heat transfer law

The optimal performance of heat-driven binary separation processes with linear phenomenological heat transfer law(q∝△(T-1)) is analyzed by taking the processes as heat engines which work between high-and low-temperature reservoirs and produce enthalpy and energy flows out of the system,and the temperatures of the heat reservoirs are assumed to be time-and space-variables.A numerical method is employed to solve convex optimization problem and Lagrangian function is employed to solve the average optimal contr...