UNIQUENESS OF INVERSE TRANSMISSION SCATTERING WITH A CONDUCTIVE BOUNDARY CONDITION BY PHASELESS FAR FIELD PATTERN

In this paper,we establish the unique determination result for inverse acoustic scattering of a penetrable obstacle with a general conductive boundary condition by using phaseless far field data at a fixed frequency.It is well-known that the modulus of the far field pattern is invariant under translations of the scattering obstacle if only one plane wave is used as the incident field,so it is impossible to reconstruct the location of the underlying scatterers.Based on some new research results on the impenetrable obstacle and inhomogeneous isotropic medium,we consider different types of superpositions of incident waves to break the translation invariance property.

SIMULATION OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF C 3 PLANT LEAVES TO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS BY A MODEL WHICH COMBINES STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE, PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND TRANSPIRATION

Transpiration element is included in the integrated stomatal conductance photosynthesis model by considering gaseous transfer processes, so the present model is capable to simulate the influence of boundary layer conductance. Leuning in his revised Ball's model replaced relative humidity with VPD s (the vapor pressure deficit from stomatal pore to leaf surface) and thereby made the relation with transpiration more straightforward, and made it possible for the regulation of transpiration and the influence of boundary layer conductance to be integrated into the combined model. If the differences in water vapor and CO 2 concentration between leaf and ambient air are considered, VPD s , the evaporative demand, is influenced by stomatal and boundary layer conductance. The physiological responses of photosynthesis, transpiration, and stomatal function, and the changes of intercellular CO 2 and water use efficiency to environmental factors, such as wind speed, photon flux density, leaf temperature and ambient CO 2, are analyzed. It is shown that if the boundary layer conductance drops to a level comparable with stomatal conductance, the results of simulation by the model presented here differ significantly from those by the previous model, and, in some cases, are more realistic than the latter.

Effects of MoO_3 Amounts on Sintering and Electrical Properties of Ce_(0.8)Nd_(0.2)O_(1.9)

The high purity （Ce0.8Nd0.2O1.9）1-x（MoO3）x（x=0, 0.005, 0.010, 0.020; Ce0.8Nd0.2O1.9=NDC） solid solutions were prepared by modified sol-gel method. The structures and electric conductivities were characterized by X-ray diffraction（XRD）, field-emission scanning electron microscopy（FESEM） and electrochemical impedance spectros copy（EIS）. The XRD results show that the materials were pure phase with a cubic fluorite structure. Compared to the undoped-NDC samples, MoO3 doped-NDC showed higher sintered density（over 96%） at reduced sintering tempera ture. The electric conductivity（σt） of （Ce0.8Nd0.2O1.9）1-x（MoO3）x at 400 °C was 9.58×10-4 S/cm when x=0.010, which was higher than that of undoped-NDC samples（σt=3.29×10-4 S/cm）. The obtained optimal amount of the MoO3 was x=0.010 in this system.

Impacts of reduced wind speed on physiology and ecosystem carbon flux of a semi-arid steppe ecosystem

Decreasing wind speed is one aspect of global climate change as well as global warming, and has become a new research orientation in recent decades. The decrease is especially evident in places with frequent perennially high wind speeds. We simulated decreased wind speed by using a steel-sheet wind shield in a temperate grassland in Inner Mongolia to examine the changes in physical environmental variables, as well as their impacts on the photosynthesis of grass leaves and net ecosystem exchange （NEE）. We then used models to calculate the variation of boundary layer conductance （BLC） and its impact on leaf photosynthesis, and this allowed us to separate the direct effects of wind speed reduction on leaf photo- synthesis （BLC） from the indirect ones （via soil moisture balance）. The results showed that reduced wind speed primarily resulted in higher moisture and temperature in soil, and indirectly affected net assimilation and water use efficiency of the prevalent bunch grass Stipa krylovii. Moreover, the wind-sheltered plant community had a stronger ability to sequester carbon than did the wind-exposed community during the growing season.

Measurement of thermal boundary conductance between metal and dielectric materials using femtosecond laser transient thermoreflectance technique

The thermal boundary conductance of Al/SiO2, Al/Si, Au/SiO2, and Au/Si are measured by a femtosecond laser transient thermoreflectance technique. The distinct differences of the interfacial thermal conductance between these samples are observed. For the same metal film, the thermal boundary conductance between metal and substrate decreases with the thermal conductivity of the substrate. The measured results are explained with the phonon diffusion mismatch model by introducing a phonon transmission coefficient across the interface.

Reduced thermal boundary conductance in GaN-based electronic devices introduced by metal bonding layer

Achieving high interface thermal conductance is one of the biggest challenges in the nanoscale heat transport of GaN-based devices such as light emitting diodes(LEDs),and high electron mobility transistors(HEMTs).In this work,we experimentally measured thermal boundary conductance(TBC)at interfaces between GaN and the substrates with AuSn alloy as a commonly-used adhesive layer by time-domain thermoreflectance(TDTR).We find that the TBCs of GaN/Ti/AuSn/Ti/Si,GaN/Ti/AuSn/Ti/SiC,and GaN/Ti/AuSn/Ti/diamond,are 16.5,14.8,and 13.2 MW·m^(-2)·K^(-1)at room temperature,respectively.Our measured results show that the TBC of GaN/Ti/AuSn/Ti/SiC interface is inferior to the TBC of pristine GaN/SiC interface,due to the large mismatch of phonon modes between AuSn/Ti and substrates,shown as the difference of Debye temperature of two materials.Overall,we measured the TBC at interface between GaN and thermal conductive substrates,and provided a guideline for designing the interface between GaN and substrate at HEMT from a thermal management point of view.

Transient heat conduction analysis using the NURBS-enhanced scaled boundary finite element method and modified precise integration method

The Non-uniform rational B-spline （NURBS） enhanced scaled boundary finite element method in combination with the modified precise integration method is proposed for the transient heat conduction problems in this paper. The scaled boundary finite element method is a semi-analytical technique, which weakens the governing differential equations along the circumferential direction and solves those analytically in the radial direction. In this method, only the boundary is discretized in the finite element sense leading to a re- duction of the spatial dimension by one with no fundamental solution required. Neverthe- less, in case of the complex geometry, a huge number of elements are generally required to properly approximate the exact shape of the domain and distorted meshes are often un- avoidable in the conventional finite element approach, which leads to huge computational efforts and loss of accuracy. NURBS are the most popular mathematical tool in CAD industry due to its flexibility to fit any free-form shape. In the proposed methodology, the arbitrary curved boundary of problem domain is exactly represented with NURBS basis functions, while the straight part of the boundary is discretized by the conventional Lagrange shape functions. Both the concepts of isogeometric analysis and scaled boundary finite element method are combined to form the governing equations of transient heat conduction analy- sis and the solution is obtained using the modified precise integration method. The stiffness matrix is obtained from a standard quadratic eigenvalue problem and the mass matrix is determined from the low-frequency expansion. Finally the governing equations become a system of first-order ordinary differential equations and the time domain response is solved numerically by the modified precise integration method. The accuracy and stability of the proposed method to deal with the transient heat conduction problems are demonstrated by numerical examples.

Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Boron Nitride Nanoribbon from Molecular Dynamics Simulation

The lattice thermal conductivity of boron nitride nanoribbon（BNNR） is calculated by using equilibrium molecular dynamics（EMD） simulation method. The Green–Kubo relation derived from linear response theory is used to acquire the thermal conductivity from heat current auto-correlation function（HCACF）. HCACF of the selected BNNR system shows a tendency of a very fast decay and then be followed by a very slow decay process,finally,approaching zero approximately within 3 ps. The convergence of lattice thermal conductivity demonstrates that the thermal conductivity of BNNR can be simulated by EMD simulation using several thousands of atoms with periodic boundary conditions. The results show that BNNR exhibit lower thermal conductivity than that of boron nitride（BN） monolayer,which indicates that phonons boundary scatting significantly suppresses the phonons transport in BNNR. Vacancies in BNNR greatly affect the lattice thermal conductivity,in detail,only 1% concentration of vacancies in BNNR induce a 60% reduction of the lattice thermal conductivity at room temperature.

Study on rare earth electrolyte of SDC

The grain boundaries of polycrystalline oxygen ion conductors presented a blocking effect on the oxygen ionic transport across them. It was found that the apparent specific grain boundary conductivity was 2-3 orders of magnitude lower than the bulk conductivity in the temperature range of 200-500 °C for normal purity Ce0.85Sm0.15O1.925 (SDC) with an average grain size of 320-580 nm. The apparent specific grain boundary conductivity increased with decreasing average grain size. It was found that the space charge potential was nearly independent of grain size, and the reason was analyzed. The increase of the conduction path width was responsible for the increase in the apparent specific grain boundary conductivity.

Stability and superconvergence analysis of the FDTD scheme for the 2D Maxwell equations in a lossy medium

This paper is concerned with the stability and superconvergence analysis of the famous finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) scheme for the 2D Maxwell equations in a lossy medium with a perfectly electric conducting (PEC) boundary condition, employing the energy method. To this end, we first establish some new energy identities for the 2D Maxwell equations in a lossy medium with a PEC boundary condition. Then by making use of these energy identities, it is proved that the FDTD scheme and its time difference scheme are stable in the discrete L2 and H1 norms when the CFL condition is satisfied. It is shown further that the solution to both the FDTD scheme and its time difference scheme is second-order convergent in both space and time in the discrete L2 and H1 norms under a slightly stricter condition than the CFL condition. This means that the solution to the FDTD scheme is superconvergent. Numerical results are also provided to confirm the theoretical analysis.

Splitting Finite Difference Methods on Staggered Grids for the Three-Dimensional Time-Dependent Maxwell Equations

In this paper,we study splitting numerical methods for the three-dimensional Maxwell equations in the time domain.We propose a new kind of splitting finitedifference time-domain schemes on a staggered grid,which consists of only two stages for each time step.It is proved by the energy method that the splitting scheme is unconditionally stable and convergent for problems with perfectly conducting boundary conditions.Both numerical dispersion analysis and numerical experiments are also presented to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed schemes.

Proton transport controlled at surface layer of CeO_(2) by gradient-doping with a built-in-field effect

Ceramic fuel cells hold an important position for the sustainable energy future using renewable energy sources with high efficiency.The design and synthesis of active materials,interface engineering and having capability of low operating temperature is considered as an important factor to further increase the power output and stability of ceramic fuel cell devices.A novel methodology has vital importance to develop new functionalities of existing materials by introducing new different effects.The built-in electric field(BIEF) is one of the most recently used approaches to improve charge transfer and ionic conductivity of solid oxide materials.Herein,we demonstrate gradient doping strategy in CeO_(2)-δstructure to produce BIEF effect and to modulate the proton transport effectively at the surface layer rather than bulk structure.The inclusions of La and Sr metal ions at the surface and Co-metal ions into bulk-layer of CeO_(2)form the gradiently doped structure.The gradient doping into CeO_(2)highly improves the proton transport properties through the surface layer by modifying the energy levels.Moreover,unbalanced charge distribution due to gradient doping produces built-in electric-field to provide extra driving force for protons transport through surface layer.The acquired gradiently doped fluorite structure exhibits remarkable proton conductivity of>0.2 S/cm,as a result ceramic fuel cell shows power output of>1000 mW/cm2while operating at 500℃.This unique work highlights the critical role of gradiently doped electrolyte in electrochemical conversion energy devices and offers new understanding and practices for sustainable energy future.