Structural and electrical properties of lanthanum-substituted lead titanate ceramics

The effect of lanthanum substitution on the structural, dielectric and piezoelectric properties of lead calcium titanate (PCT) ceramics is studied. Samples with compositional formula Pb_{0.76? x} La _x Ca_0.24Ti_0.98Mn_0.02O₃ (PLCT) (x?=?0–0.08, in steps of 0.02) were prepared by the conventional dry ceramic technique. Phase and structural analysis was carried out using XRD and SEM respectively. X-ray analysis confirmed the formation of single-phase compound with tetragonal crystal structure. Dielectric properties were studied in detail as a function of frequency and temperature. The Curie temperature (T _C) and tetragonality (c/a) was found to decrease with increase in lanthanum content. The Curie temperature was also confirmed from the thermal-expansion behaviour of the sintered samples. Piezoelectric coefficients (d ₃₃, d ₃₁, g ₃₃, g ₃₁, g _h, d _h, k _t and k _p) were measured at room temperature. From this study it is found that La³⁺ substitution helps in the improvement of electro-mechanical anisotropy.     

类金刚石碳膜电极传感药物分子

以类金刚石碳膜(DLC)为工作电极,通过电化学方法来传感药物分子扑热息痛(PCT:paracetamol)和咖啡因(CF:caffeine).在室温条件下,pH为6.76的缓冲溶液中,通过循环伏安法可以分别和同时检测PCT和CF,并分别得到了对应的标准曲线.结果显示,在测试范围内PCT和CF的浓度都与峰电流呈良好的线性关系,DLC电极可以作为PCT和CF的生物传感器.     

氢中杂质CO对LaNi5,LaNi4.7Al0.3,MlNi4.5Al0.5合金PCT特性的影响

研究了 3种贮氢合金 ,即LaNi5 ,LaNi4.7Al0 .3,MlNi4.5 Al0 .5 在纯氢 ( 99 999% )及含 0 0 1%CO气体杂质氢中毒化前后的PCT特性。对于LaNi5 ,毒化后不出现平台 ;对LaNi4.7Al0 .3及MlNi4.5 Al0 .5 合金 ,平台压升高 ,平台倾斜加剧 ,平台宽度缩小 ,饱和吸氢量减小。LaNi5 中加入少量Al后 ,可以提高其抗毒化能力。分析了PCT平台变短、倾斜的原因。     

Scasimir Operator,Scentre and Representations of Uq(osp(1|2))

Recently, Borchers has shown that in a theory of local observables, certain unitary and antiunitary operators, which are obtained from an elementary construction suggested by Bisognano and Wichmann, have the same commutation relations with translation operators as Lorentz boosts and P₁CT operators would have, respectively. It is concluded from this that as soon as the operators considered implement any symmetry, this symmetry can be fixed up to at most some translation. As a symmetry, any unitary or antiunitary operator is admitted under whose adjoint action any algebra of local observables is mapped onto an algebra which can be localized somewhere in Minkowski space.     

Poly(ethylene‐co‐1,4‐cyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate) copolyesters obtained by ring opening polymerization

Cyclic oligomer fractions of ethylene terephthalate c(ET)_n and 1,4‐cyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate c(CT)_n were obtained by cyclodepolymerization of their respective polyesters, the former containing around 80 mol % of trimer and the latter with around 70 mol % of trimer to pentamer. Mixtures of these fractions at selected compositions were subjected to ring opening copolymerization to give a series of poly(ethylene‐co‐cyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate) copolyesters with ET/CT comonomer ratios ranging from 90/10 to 10/90. The copolyesters were characterized by GPC and NMR, and their thermal properties were evaluated by DSC and TGA. They had essentially the same composition as the feed from which they were produced and had an average‐weight molecular weights between 30,000 and 40,000 g/mol with polydispersities between 2 and 2.7. The distribution of the monomeric units in these copolyesters was essentially at random although it evolved to be a blocky microstructure as the contents in the two comonomers became more dissimilar. Their thermal behavior was the expected one for these types of copolyesters with crystallinity and heating stability decreasing with the content in CT units. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 5954–5966, 2009     

Effect of annealing temperature on microstructure of chemically deposited calcium modified lead titanate thin films

Thin ferroelectric films of calcium modified lead titanate Pb_1−xCa_xTiO₃(PCT) have been prepared by chemical deposition process. The as deposited amorphous films were thermally treated for crystallization and formation of perovskite structure. Characterization of these films by X-ray diffraction (XRD) have been carried out for various amounts of calcium (Ca)-doping (0.20, 0.24, and 0.28) on indium tin oxide (ITO) coated corning glass substrates. For a better understanding of the crystallization mechanism, the investigations were carried out at various annealing temperatures (450, 550, and 650 °C). Characterization of these films by XRD shows that the films exhibit tetragonal phase with perovskite structure. Atomic force microscope images (AFM) are characterized by slight surface roughness with a uniform crack-free, densely-packed structure. Also, Fourier transform infrared spectra (FT-IR) of the as deposited film and annealed thin films (x=0.24) at 650 °C on silicon (Si) substrates were taken to get more information about the film formation. Dielectric studies of the films were carried out and reported.     

Reduction in radiation dose with reconstruction technique in the brain perfusion CT

The principal objective of this study was to verify the utility of the reconstruction imaging technique in the brain perfusion computed tomography (PCT) scan by assessing reductions in the radiation dose and analyzing the generated images. The setting used for image acquisition had a detector coverage of 40 mm, a helical thickness of 0.625 mm, a helical shuttle mode scan type and a rotation time of 0.5 s as the image parameters used for the brain PCT scan. Additionally, a phantom experiment and an animal experiment were carried out. In the phantom and animal experiments, noise was measured in the scanning with the tube voltage fixed at 80 kVp (kilovolt peak) and the level of the adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) was changed from 0% to 100% at 10% intervals. The standard deviation of the CT coefficient was measured three times to calculate the mean value. In the phantom and animal experiments, the absorbed dose was measured 10 times under the same conditions as the ones for noise measurement before the mean value was calculated. In the animal experiment, pencil-type and CT-dedicated ionization chambers were inserted into the central portion of pig heads for measurement. In the phantom study, as the level of the ASIR changed from 0% to 100% under identical scanning conditions, the noise value and dose were proportionally reduced. In our animal experiment, the noise value was lowest when the ASIR level was 50%, unlike in the phantom study. The dose was reduced as in the phantom study.     

La_(0.7)Pr_(0.15)Nd_(0.05)Mg_(0.3)Ni_(3.3-x)Co_(0.2)Al_(0.1)(Co_(0.75)Mn_(0.25))_x(x=0.0,0.2,0.4,0.6)的电化学性能研究

在Ar气保护下用悬浮熔炼制备La0.7Pr0.15Nd0.05Mg0.3N i3.3-xCo0.2A l0.1(Co0.75Mn0.25)x(x=0.0,0.2,0.4,0.6)合金,系统研究了Co和Mn对合金储氢性能和电化学性能的影响。XRD相分析表明,合金相主要由(La,Pr)(N i,Co)5,LaMg2N i9,(La,Nd)2N i7和LaN i3相组成;添加Co和Mn后合金中(La,Pr)(N i,Co)5,(La,Nd)2N i7和LaN i3相晶胞体积增加,LaMg2N i9相晶胞体积变小。合金放氢PCT曲线测试表明,随着合金中Co和Mn含量的增加,合金吸氢量先减小后增加,放氢平台压下降,合金氢化物稳定性增加。合金电极电化学性能测试表明,添加Co和Mn使合金电极放电容量减小,容量保持率S100从53.2%(x=0.0)增加到63.0%(x=0.6),合金电极的电循环稳定性增强,高倍率放电性能HRD1500先增加后减小。此外,合金电极的极化电阻先减小后增加,交换电流密度、循环伏安特性阳极峰电流密度和极限电流密度先增加后减小,合金内氢原子扩散系数先增加后减小,表明添加适量的Co和Mn可以提高合金电...     

LOFT试验的最佳估算模拟及认证评价模型的热工安全裕量影响分析

本文针对LOFTL2-5整体试验,用先进热工水力程序RELAP5/MOD3对其进行最佳估算模拟,分析验证了程序预测事故过程的能力;同时按照美国核管会10CFR50.46附录K的认证评价模型要求修改RELAP5/MOD3相关模型并进行模拟计算,通过对比程序修改前后对于预测值保守性的影响,分析了保守计算的PGT安全裕量,其结果可为验证并开发认证级LOCA安全分析工具提供参考.     

PCT纳米材料结构相变的变温拉曼光谱研究

采用溶胶－凝胶法制备了（Ｐｂ１－ｘＣａ）ＴｉＯ３（ＰＣＴ（ｘ）纳米晶粉和纳米薄膜,变温拉曼光谱显示ＰＣＴ（０）和ＰＣＴ（２０）从铁电四方相向顺电立方相的转变温度分别降低至４３０℃和３３０℃;结果同时表明ＰＣＴ（０）和ＰＣＴ（２０）薄膜的声子频率发生一定程度的红移或蓝移,这归因于纳米材料掺杂引起的诱导效应和晶粒尺寸效应。