Skin formation in drying a film of soft matter solutions:Application of solute based Lagrangian scheme

When a film of soft matter solutions is being dried, a skin layer often forms at its surface, which is a gel-like elastic phase made of concentrated soft matter solutions. We study the dynamics of this process by using the solute based Lagrangian scheme which was proposed by us recently. In this scheme, the process of the gelation(i.e., the change from sol to gel) can be naturally incorporated in the diffusion equation. Effects of the elasticity of the skin phase, the evaporation rate of the solvents, and the initial concentration of the solutions are discussed. Moreover, the condition for the skin formation is provided.     

巡天光谱中拼接异常光谱的自动检测和异常分级方法

拼接异常是光谱在红蓝两端拼接区域表现出的光谱连续性差的一种现象。在LAMOST的光谱处理中,仪器的稳定性、观测条件以及获得的响应函数等问题都是造成拼接异常的原因。光谱拼接是否正常对于光谱发布等后续工作的质量有重要影响。提出一种拼接异常光谱的自动检测方法,有效地提高了工作效率。该研究可以为LAMOST数据提供一个自动的标记,来评价拼接质量,也可以为用户提供一个使用数据时的选择。该方法首先将待测光谱进行流量归一化、去除钠线等预处理,并将其分为红蓝两端;然后对红蓝两端分别进行拟合;最后对两条拟合曲线,选取一系列等波长间隔的点,计算在这些点处的流量差值,得到所有流量差值的均值,标准差,并且计算两条曲线积分面积的差值;基于上述统计量,提出了一个判断光谱是否异常及其异常程度的评价函数。大量的实验证明,该方法具有良好的拼接异常光谱检测效果。     

基于距离度量的LAMOST光谱中连续谱异常的自动检测

连续谱异常是指恒星光谱在获得和处理过程中由于星际消光和流量定标等原因造成连续谱严重偏离甚至中断的现象,这对光谱的谱线提取以及其他一些后续处理工作带来负面影响。提出了一种基于距离度量的连续谱异常光谱的自动检测方法,相比传统人眼检查在保证正确率的情况下大大地提高了工作效率。该方法首先通过光谱的lick线指数来确定待测光谱的恒星类型,同时对待测光谱进行归一化处理;然后分别提取待测光谱和对应类型模板光谱的连续谱;最后进行连续谱模板匹配,在每个波长点计算待测光谱和其模板光谱的流量差值,分析流量差值的分布,检验有多少差值点分布在在均值(β)附近的±α个标准差(δ)的范围内,进而可确定是否有连续谱异常。实验表明提出方法的可以快速有效的识别出连续谱异常的恒星光谱。     

A minimal model for the auxetic response of liquid crystal elastomers

We develop a minimal phenomenological model to describe the auxetic response recently observed in liquid crystal elastomers, and further determine by theoretical calculation the critical condition required for the auxetic response to occur.