简介:Thereisaneedtostandardizemethodsassociatedwiththedispersionofnanomaterialsinnano(eco)toxicologicalinvestigations.Thefirststeptowardthisgoalistounderstandthedegreeofvariabilitythatexistsinnanomaterialdispersionspreparedbyusingdifferentprotocols.Usingtwocasestudies,thedegreeofvariabilityinTiO2nanomaterialdispersionswasassessedbydifferentialcentrifugalsedimentation(DCS)methods.Casestudy1addressesthevariabilitythatarisesfromvariationswithinoneprotocol,investigatingtheeffectsofdispersionaging,sonicationexposuretime,sonicationinthepresence/absenceofanicebath,materialsubsampling,particleconcentrationandhavingapre-wettingstep.Casestudy2addressesthevariabilitybetweenfourdifferentprotocolsdevelopedthroughpastresearchactivitiesandprojects.Theresultsindicatethatthereisalargedegreeofvariability(relativestandarddeviation(RSD)ofmeanparticlediameter=26%)inthedispersionofTiO2nanomaterialsbetweenthefourdifferentprotocolsstudiedandthatseveralstepsinadispersionprotocolarepotentialsourcesofvariation,withfinalparticleconcentrationbeingthemostsignificant.Theimplicationofthisstudyisclear:forthepurposeofdatacomparability,thereisaneedtoprovidetheexactdetailsofallstepsinvolvedinadispersionprotocol.
简介:Inthispaper,theClarkson–Kruskaldirectapproachisemployedtoinvestigatetheexactsolutionsofthe2-dimensionalrotationalEulerequationsfortheincompressiblefluid.Theapplicationofthemethodleadstoasystemofcompletelysolvableordinarydifferentialequations.Severalspecialcasesarediscussedandnovelnonlinearexactsolutionswithrespecttovariablesxandyareobtained.Itisofinteresttonoticethatthepressurepisobtainedbythesecondkindofcurvilinearintegralandthecoefficientsofthenonlinearsolutionsaresolitarywavetypefunctionsliketanh(kt/2)andsech(kt/2)duetotherotationalparameterk=0.SuchphenomenonneverappearintheclassicalEulerequationswhereintheCoriolisforcearisingfromthegravityandEarth’srotationisignored.Finally,illustrativenumericalfiguresareattachedtoshowthebehaviorsthattheexactsolutionsmayexhibit.
简介:Afacilemethodforthesynthesisofsilver-silica(Ag-SiO2)Janusparticleswithfunctionalitiessuitablefortextileapplicationsisreported.SilicananoparticlespreparedbytheStobermethodwerefunctionalizedwithepoxy,amine,andthiolgroups,whichwereconfirmedbyFouriertransforminfraredanalysis.ThefunctionalizedsilicananoparticleswereusedtoproducePickeringemulsions,andtheexposedsurfacewasusedfortheattachmentofsilvernanoparticles(AgNPs)viathelow-temperaturechemicalreductionmethod.ThemorphologyandstructureoftheAg-SiO2Janusparticleswerecharacterizedbyscanningelectronmicroscopy,scanningtransmissionelectronmicroscopy,high-resolutiontransmissionelectronmicroscopy,energy-dispersiveX-rayanalysis,andUV-visspectroscopy.Becauseoftheirspecificfunctionalities,theseAg-SiO2Janusparticlesareproposedforapplicationsontextilesubstrates,astheycanovercomeseveraldrawbacksofdirectapplicationofAgNPsontextiles,suchasleaching,agglomeration,andinstabilityduringstorage.
简介:TheZ=56bariumnucleirepresentoneofthebestexampleofanisotopicchaintoexploretheevolutionofquadrupoledeformationastheneutronnumberdecreases.Theneutron-deficientbariumisotopeswithmassnumberArangingfrom120to130couldbeeasilyproducedbytheheavy-ionfusionevaporationreactions,andthushavebeenwellstudiedinrayspectroscopyexperiments.
简介:Thestudyonthedecaypropertiesofnewisotopeslocatedfarfromthebetastabilitylineiscurrentthefocusofnuclearphysics.ForisotopesintheregionZ>82andN<126,-emissionprevailsasradioactivedecaymodeand-spectroscopyisthemostimportanttooltoobtaininformationonthenuclearstructure.IntheheavynucleiregionwithN=124and126isotones,anintruderstate(h9=2.f7=2)8+basedontheattractiveinteractionoff7=2protonsandf5=2neutronshasbeensignificantlyobserved,whichincreasesthebindingenergyofthisconfigurationwithincreasingprotonnumber.
简介:UsingthestandardtruncatedPainlevexpansion,theresidualsymmetryofthe(2+1)-dimensionalmodifieddispersivewater-wavesystemislocalizedintheproperlyprolongedsystemwiththeLiepointsymmetryvector.Somedifferenttransformationinvariancesarederivedbyutilizingtheobtainedsymmetries.ThesymmetriesofthesystemarealsoderivedthroughtheClarkson-Kruskaldirectmethod,andseveraltypesofexplicitreductionsolutionsrelatetothetrigonometricorthehyperbolicfunctionsareobtained.Finally,somespecialsolitonsaredepictedfromoneofthesolutions.
简介:Accuratelymeasuringthedifferentialmolecularabsorptioncrosssectionisthekeytoobtainingahigh-precisionconcentrationofatmospherictracegasesinadifferentialabsorptionlidar(DIAL)system.However,theCO2absorptionlineismeticulousat1.6μm,easilytranslatingandbroadeningbecauseofthechangeoftemperatureandpressure.Hence,measuringtheverticalprofileofatmospherictemperatureandpressuretocalculatetheverticalprofileoftheCO2weightparameterisnecessary.Ingeneral,measuringatmospherictemperatureandpressurehasacertainamountofuncertainty.Therefore,thisstudyproposestheconceptofabalancedon-linewavelength,wherethedifferentialmolecularabsorptioncrosssectionislargerandtheCO2weightparameterisinsensitivetotheuncertaintyofatmospherictemperatureandpressure.Inthisstudy,weanalyzedtheinfluenceofuncertaintyontheCO2weightparameterateverypreselectedwavelength,aswellasdeterminedanappropriatewavelengthnearoneoftheabsorptionpeaks.Ourresultshowsthat1572.023nmshouldbeoneoftheappropriatebalancedonlinewavelengths.ThemeasurementerrorsofthemixingratioofCO2moleculeinthiswavelengthareonly0.23%and0.25%andarecausedby1Ktemperatureerrorand1hPapressureerror,respectively.Thisachievementofabalancedon-linewavelengthwillnotonlydepresstherequirementofthelaser’sfrequencystabilizationbutalsothedemandformeasurementprecisionoftheatmospherictemperatureandpressureprofile.Furthermore,thisstudycanachievetheexactmeasurementoftheverticalprofileofatmosphericCO2basedonanindependentdifferentialabsorptionlaser.
简介:Thermodynamicpropertiesandphasediagramsofamixedspin-(1,2)Isingferrimagneticsystemwithsingleionanisotropyonhexagonalnanowirearestudiedbyusingeffective-fieldtheorywithcorrelations.Thesusceptibility,internalenergyandspecificheatofthesystemarenumericallyexaminedandsomeinterestingphenomenainthesequantitiesarefound.TheeffectoftheHamiltonianparametersonphasediagramsareexaminedindetail.Besidessecond-orderphasetransition,linesoffirst-ordertransitionandtricriticalpointsarefound.Inparticular,wefoundthatforsomenegativevaluesofsingle-ionanisotropies,thereexistfirst-orderphasetransitions.
简介:Isochronousmassspectrometry(IMS)instorageringsisapowerfultoolformassmeasurementsofexoticnuclewithveryshorthalf-livesdowntoseveraltensofmicroseconds,usingamulticomponentsecondarybeamseparatedin-ightwithoutcooling.However,theinevitablemomentumspreadofsecondaryionslimitstheprecisionofnuclearmassesdeterminedbyusingIMS.
简介:Multi-nucleontransferreactionplaysanimportantroleinthesynthesisofnewnuclides[1].Inthereactionsof20Ne+209Bi,someshort-livednucleiproducedbytransferring26nucleonswerediscovered.Theexperimentof20Ne+209Biwasperformedatgas-filledrecoilseparatorinLanzhou[2].A400g/cm2thick209Bitargetwasbombardedwith20NebeamdeliveredbyacceleratorHIRFL.
简介:Nuclearmassmeasurementsprovidevaluableinformationonthenuclearbindingenergywhichreflectsthesummedresultofallinteractionsamongitsconstituentprotonsandneutrons.Thesystematicandaccurateknowledgeofnuclearmasseshavewideapplicationinmanyareasofsubatomicphysicsrangingfromnuclearstructureandastrophysicstothefundamentalinteractionsandsymmetriesdependingontheachievedmassprecision[1].
简介:Theneutron-richisotopeswithN40below68Ni,inmanywaysbehavesimilartothe“islandofinversion”nucleiwithN20.Wereportonthemeasurementsofexcitedstatesof63;65;67Mnviain-beam-rayspectroscopy.TheexperimentwasperformedattheRadioactiveIsotopeBeamFactory,RIKEN.Analysisofdatafor63;65;67MnobtainedintheSEASTARcampaignhasbeendone.Afewtransitionshavebeenidentifiedineachofthemprovidingachancetostudythesystematicstructureevolutionofn-richMnisotopesnearN40.
简介:PlanarringresonatorwaveguidesarefabricatedinthinfilmsofAs2S3chalcogenideglass,depositedonsilicaon-siliconsubstrates.WaveguidecoresaredirectlywrittenbyscanningthefocusedilluminationofafemtosecondTi:sapphirelaseratacentralwavelengthof810nm,throughatwo-photonphoto-darkeningprocess.Alargephotoinducedindexchangeof0.3–0.4refractiveindexunitsisobtained.Theradiusoftheringresonatoris1.9mm,correspondingtoatransmissionfreespectralrangeof9.1GHz.Ahighloaded(intrinsic)Qvalueof110,000(180,000)isachieved.Thethermaldependenceoftheresonatortransferfunctionischaracterized.Theresultsprovidethefirstreport,tothebestofourknowledge,ofdirectlywrittenhigh-Qringresonatorsinchalcogenideglassfilms,anddemonstratethepotentialofthissimpletechniquetowardsthefabricationofplanarlightguidecircuitsinthesematerials.
简介:Aseriesofamine-basedadsorbentsweresynthesizedusingsiliceousMCM-41individuallyimpregnatedwithfourdifferentamines(ethylenediamine(EDA),diethylenetriamine(DETA),tetraethylenepentamine(TEPA)andpentaethylenehexamine(PEHA))tostudytheeffectofaminechainlengthandloadingweightontheirCO2adsorptionperformancesindetail.TheadsorbentswerecharacterizedbyFT-IR,elementalanalysis,andthermo-gravimetricanalysistoconfirmtheirstructureproperties.Thermo-gravimetricanalysiswasalsousedtoevaluatetheCO2adsorptionperformanceofadsorbents.Longerchainamine-basedmaterialscanachievehigheramineloadingsandshowbetterthermalstability.TheCO2adsorptioncapacitiesatdifferenttemperaturesindicatethattheCO2adsorptionisthermodynamicallycontrolledoverEDAMCM41andDETA-MCM41,whiletheadsorptionoverTEPA-MCM41andPEHA-MCM41isunderkineticcontrolatlowtemperature.ThechainlengthofaminesaffectstheCO2adsorptionperformanceandtheadsorptionmechanismsignificantly.TheresultsalsoindicatethatCO2adsorptioncapacitycanbeenhanceddespiteofhighoperationtemperatures,ifappropriateamines(TEPAandPEHA)areapplied.However,adsorbentswithshortchainamineexhibithigheradsorptionanddesorptionratesduetothecollaborativeeffectofrapidreactionmechanismsofprimaryaminesandlessdiffusionresistanceofshorterchainlengthamines.
简介:Fourkeyreactions,12C(,)13O,13C(,n)16O,25Mg(p,)26Aland19F(p,)16O,willbestudiedforthefirsttimewithinorneartheastrophysicalrelevantenergyregions(Gamowwindow)atJinpingUndergroundlaboratoryforNuclearAstrophysics(JUNA)[1],whichwilltaketheadvantageoftheultra-lowbackgroundofChinaJinPingundergroundLaboratory(CJPL),highcurrentacceleratorbasedonECRsourceandahighlysensitivedetectionsystem.
简介:Theregionaroundthedouble-closedshellnucleus208Pbhasbeenparticularlyusefulinstudyingresidualinteractions.ThelowspinisomersoftheisotopesintheN=127,Z=8387regionhavebeenidentifiedinlastfiftyyearsexcept213Rn[1??4].Inourrecentimplantation–r-acorrelationstudyoftheisotopesaroundtheN=126shellclosure,anewrayisobservedbetweentheimplantationsandthedecaysof213Rn,whichcouldbeduetothedepopulationoftheisomerof213Rnmentionedabove.