Energy beam-based direct and assisted polishing techniques for diamond:A review

Diamond is a highly valuable material with diverse industrial applications,particularly in the fields of semiconductor,optics,and high-power electronics.However,its high hardness and chemical stability make it difficult to realize high-efficiency and ultra-low damage machining of diamond.To address these challenges,several polishing methods have been developed for both single crystal diamond(SCD)and polycrystalline diamond(PCD),including mechanical,chemical,laser,and ion beam processing methods.In this review,the characteristics and application scope of various polishing technologies for SCD and PCD are highlighted.Specifically,various energy beam-based direct and assisted polishing technologies,such as laser polishing,ion beam polishing,plasma-assisted polishing,and laser-assisted polishing,are summarized.The current research progress,material removal mechanism,and infuencing factors of each polishing technology are analyzed.Although some of these methods can achieve high material removal rates or reduce surface roughness,no single method can meet all the requirements.Finally,the future development prospects and application directions of different polishing technologies are presented.

Influence of rare earth oxides on microstructure and mechanical properties of nickel-based superalloys fabricated by high energy beam processing:A review

In this paper,the effects of rare earth oxides on the micro structure and mechanical properties of nickelbased superalloys prepared by high-energy beam processing technology were critically studied.The focus is on the optimal amount of rare earth oxides that can produce ideal results.Special attention was paid to their main strengthening mechanisms,including solid solution strengthening mainly in the form of solid solution dissolved in the nickel-based alloy and improving the microstructure of the alloy by grain refinement or fine grain strengthening produced by homogenizing the distribution phase.Y_(2)O_(3),La_(2)O_(3) and CeO_(2) rare earth oxides can also improve the fluidity of the alloy molten pool and reduce the segregation of alloying elements.These advantages can significantly improve the mechanical properties of the alloy.Thereafter,this paper outlines the future research directions of rare earth oxides,aiming to expand their application potential.

Genetic Transformation of Watermelon with Pumpkin DNA by Low Energy Ion Beam-mediated Introduction

The No.601 watermelon (citrullus lanatus) seeds were treated with 25 keV N+ implantation at the dosage of 7.8 ×1016 ions/cm2. After treatment, watermelon seeds were incubated with 380μg/μl pumpkin (Cucubita, maxima Duch) DNA solution at 35 ℃ for 5 hours. By two-generations of selection and resistance screening at seedling stage, one transformed material was selected out, whose rind color is similar to that of the donor pumpkin and whose size of seeds is between that of the donor and the receptor. Using AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) technique, two polymorphic DNA fragments were amplified. This primarily testified that the donor DNA fragments/gene were introduced into the receptor cell and integrated into the genomic DNA of the receptor.

Bioeffects of Low Energy Ion Beam Implantation:DNA Damage,Mutation and Gene Transter

Low-energy ion beam implantation （10 - 200 keV） has been proved to have a wide range of biological effects and is broadly used in the breeding of crops and micro-organisms.To understand its mechanisms better and facilitate its applications, the developments in the bioeffects of low energy ion beam implantation in the past twenty years are summarized in this paper.

Preliminary Studies on Base Substitutions and Repair of DNA Mismatch Damage Stimulated by Low Energy N^+ Ion Beam Implantation in Escherichia coli

Ever since the low energy N+ ion beam has been accepted that the mutation effects of ionizing radiation are attributed mainly to direct or indirect damage to DNA. Evidences based on naked DNA irradiation in support of a mutation spectrum appears to be consistent, but direct proof of such results in vivo are limited. Using mutS, dam and/or dcm defective Eschericha coli imitator strains, an preliminary experimental system on induction of in vivo mutation spectra of low energy N+ ion beam has been established in this study. It was observed that the mutation rates of rifampicin resistance induced by N+ implantation were quite high, ranging from 9.2 x 10~8 to 4.9× 10~5 at the dosage of 5.2×1014 ions/cm2. Strains all had more than 90-fold higher mutation rate than its spontaneous mutation rate determined by this method. It reveals that base substitutions involve in induction of mutation of low energy nitrogen ion beam implantation. The mutation rates of mutator strains were nearly 500-fold (GM2929), 400-fold (GM5864) and 6-fold larger than that of AB1157. The GM2929 and GM5864 both lose the ability of repair DNA mismatch damage by virtue of both dam and dcm pathways defective (GM2929) or failing to assemble the repair complex (GM5864) respectively. It may explain the both strains had a similar higher mutation rate than GM124 did. It indicated that DNA cytosine methylase might play an important role in mismatch repair of DNA damage induced by N+ implantation. The further related research were also discussed.

Mutation Breeding of an Organic Phosphorus-Solubilizing Bacterium B3 by Low Energy Ion Beam Implantation

A preliminary study on the mutation breeding of an organic phosphorus-solubilizing bacterium B3 by low-energy N^＋ ion beam was conducted. Analysis of dosage vs. survival rate and mutation rate showed that the dosage of 3×10^15 ions/cm^2 was optimal for the mutation. Some parameters for determining the efficient phosphorus content were studied to simplify the protocols for screening. Ultimately one reliable mutant was screened out under plating and flask-culturing screening conditions. Importantly, a novel phosphorus-dissolving mechanism is reported for the first time in terms of bio-surfactant production, which indicates that bio-surfactant might play a vital role in phosphorus-dissolving for some phosphobacteria.

Control of Beam Energy and Flux Ratio in an Ion-Beam-Background Plasma System Produced in a Double Plasma Device

Plasmas containing ion beams have various applications both in plasma technology and in fundamental research. The ion beam energy and flux are the two factors characterizing the beam properties. Previous studies have not achieved the independent adjustment of these two parameters. In this paper, an ion-beam-background-plasma system was produced with hotcathode discharge in a double plasma device separated by two adjacent grids, with which the beam energy and flux ratio （the ratio between the beam flux and total ion flux） can be controlled independently. It is shown that the discharge voltage （i.e., voltage across the hot-cathode and anode） and the voltage drop between the two separation grids can be used to effectively control the beam energy while the flux ratio is not affected by these voltages. The flux ratio depends sensitively on hot-filaments heating current whose influence on the beam energy is relatively weak, and thus enabling approximate control of the flux ratio

Evidence for Base Substitutions and Repair of DNA Mismatch Damage Induced by Low Energy N^+ Ion Beam Implantation in E. coli

Ever since the low energy N + ion beam has been accepted, the mutations of ionizing radiation are attributable mainly to avoidance of DNA damages repair. Evidences based on in vivo proof results are limited. Using the E.coli wild type and mutator strains, the mutant frequencies suggest that base substitutions in rpoB gene are induced by the N + implantation. A highly conserved region is selected to get the direct evidence for base substitutions by sequence of the high fidelity PCR amplification products in mutants. Most of the mutants (90.9%, 40/44) have at least one base substitution in the amplification region. The evidences for CG to TA (55%, 22/40), AT to GC (20%, 8/40) and TA to CG (5%, 2/40) transitions are identified. The transversions are AT to TA (15%, 6/40) and GC to CG (5%, 2/40). It is suggested that DNA cytosine methylase might play an important role in mismatch repair of DNA damage induced by N + implantation by analysis of the mutant frequencies of mutator strains.

Improvement of Beam Energy Measurement System for BES-III

The beam energy measurement system is significant and profit for both BES-III detector and BEPC-II accelerator. The detection of the high energy scattering photons is realized by virtue of the Compton backscattering principle. Many advanced techniques and precise instruments are employed to acquire the highly accurate measurement of positron/electron beam energy. During five years’ running period, in order to satisfy the requirement of data taking and enhance the capacity of measurement itself, the upgradation of system is continued, which involves the components reformation of laser and optics subsystem, replacement of view-port of the laser to vacuum insertion subsystem, the usage of electric cooling system for high purity germanium detector, and the refinement of data acquisition and processing subsystem. The upgrading of system guarantees the smooth and effective measuring of beam energy at BEPC-II and accommodates the accurate offline energy values for further physics analysis at BES-III.

A Mutant of Bacillus Subtilis with High-Producing Surfactin by Ion Beam Implantation

In order to generate a mutant of Bacillus subtilis with enhanced surface activity through low energy nitrogen ion beam implantation, the effects of energy and dose of ions implanted were studied. The morphological changes in the bacteria were observed by scanning electron microscope （SEM）. The optimum condition of ions implantation, 20 keV of energy and 2.6 × 10^15N^＋/cm^2 in dose, was determined. A mutant, B.s-E-8 was obtained, whose surface activity of 50-fold and 100-fold diluted cell-free Landy medium was as 5.6-fold and 17.4-fold as the wild strain. The microbial growth and biosurfactant production of both the mutant and the wild strain were compared. After purified by ultrafiltration and SOURCE 15PHE, the biosurfactant was determined to be a complex of surfactin family through analysis of electrospray ionization mass spectrum （ESI/MS） and there was an interesting finding that after the ion beam implantation the intensities of the components were different from the wild type strain.

Design and development of the beamline for a proton therapy system

A proton therapy(PT)facility with multiple treatment rooms based on the superconducting cyclotron scheme is under development at Huazhong University of Science and Technology(HUST).This paper attempts to describe the design considerations and implementation of the PT beamline from a systematic viewpoint.Design considerations covering beam optics and the influence of high-order aberrations,beam energy/intensity modulation,and beam orbit correction are described.In addition to the technical implementation of the main beamline components and subsystems,including the energy degrader,fast kicker,beamline magnets,beam diagnostic system,and beamline control system are introduced.

Injury of Brachial Plexus by Oven-dose Radiation from Electron Beam:A Report Of 8 Cases and Their EMG Analysis

Eight cases of brachial plexus nerve damage caused by overdose radiation from linear accelerator are reported. Hyperesthesia and sharp pain were the early clinical manifestations, subsequently the limbs were numb and disfunctional.The symptoms aggravated progressively in 3 years after the radiation.Three yearo later,the patients's conditions became stable and recovered partially.The degree ofdamage was related to the dosage of radiation. The changes of EMG included appearance of spontaneous potentials,average prolonged duration, increased polyphasic potentials, average low amplitude and peak voltage, simple and mixed patterns, electrical silence or few low amplitude motor unit potentials,while the MCV became slower or disap eared in some injured muscles. The changes of EMG and MCV were proved to be useful both in the assessment of the degree and site of the damage and in the prediction of the prognosis.

PVA/PEG Hybrid Hydrogels Prepared by Freeze-thawing and High Energy Electron Beam Irradiation

In this paper, poly（vinyl alcohol）（PVA） and PVA/poly（ethylene glycol）（PEG） hybrid hydrogels were synthesized by freeze-thawing or freeze-thawing followed by high energy electron beam irradiation. The influence of PEG molecular weight, mass ratios of PVA to PEG, thawing temperature and number of freeze-thawing（FT） cycles on the mechanical strength of PVA/PEG hydrogel was investigated. Also, the thermal behaviors were examined by differential scanning calorimetry（DSC） and the microstructttres were observed with scanning electron microscopy（SEM）. The results suggest that the addition of PEG improves the mechanical strength of PVA hydrogel and the irradiation reduces both the strength of PVA/PEG hydrogel slightly and the degree of crystallinity. The improved properties suggest that PVA/PEG hydrogel can be a good candidate for the application in the biomedical.

Prophase Study of Electron Beam Energy Calibration for HLS

To bulid the set-up for energy calibration of electron beam by the method of resonant depolarization in HLS,physics calculation is finished,and the beam loss monitor system to measure the relative change of Touscheck lifetime made.With this system,the beam loss of Touscheck lifetime is measured.The change of Touscheck lifetime is expected to be measured due to depolarization.

A Mutant Strain of a Surfactant-Producing Bacterium with Increased Emulsification Activity

As reported in this paper, a strain of oil-degrading bacterium Sp - 5 - 3 was determined to belong to Enterobacteriaceae, which would be useful for microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR). The aim of our study was to generate a mutant using low energy N+ beam implantation. With 10 keV of energy and 5.2× 1014 N+/cm2 of dose - the optimum condition, a mutant, S-34, was obtained, which had nearly a 5-fold higher surface and a 13-fold higher of emulsifica-tion activity than the wild type. The surface activity was measured by two methods, namely, a surface tension measuring instrument and a recording of the repulsive circle of the oil film; the emulsification activity was scaled through measuring the separating time of the oil-fermentation mixture. The metabolic acid was determined as methane by means of gas chromatography.

Novel correction method for X-ray beam energy fluctuation of high energy DR system with a linear detector

A high energy digital radiography （DR） testing system has generated diverse scientific and technological interest in the field of industrial non-destructive testing. However, due to the limitations of manufac-turing technology for accelerators, an energy fluctuation of the X-ray beam exists and leads to bright and dark streak artifacts in the DR image. Here we report the utilization of a new software-based method to correct the fluctuation artifacts. The correction method is performed using a high pass filtering operation to extract the high frequency information that reflects the X-ray beam energy fluctuation, and then subtracting it from the original image. Our experimental results show that this method is able to rule out the artifacts effectively and is readily implemented on a practical scanning system.

Forced vibration control of an axially moving beam with an attached nonlinear energy sink

This paper investigates a highly efficient and promising control method for forced vibration control of an axially moving beam with an attached nonlinear energy sink（NES）.Because of the axial velocity,external force and external excitation frequency,the beam undergoes a high-amplitude vibration.The Galerkin method is applied to discretize the dynamic equations of the beam–NES system.The steady-state responses of the beams with an attached NES and with nothing attached are acquired by numerical simulation.Furthermore,the fast Fourier transform（FFT）is applied to get the amplitude–frequency responses.From the perspective of frequency domain analysis,it is explained that the NES has little effect on the natural frequency of the beam.Results confirm that NES has a great potential to control the excessive vibration.

Rocket Propulsion Powered Using a Gyrotron

Abstract： This paper presents a review of a beamed energy propulsion rocket, the Microwave Rocket, WlllCn proauces propmslve thrust from millimeter-wave beams transferred from the ground. The thrust is generated through millimeter-wave discharge driven in a cylindrical thruster. As a high-power millimeter-wave generator, a Gyrotron is promising as the beam source. The salient benefit of Microwave Rockets is the resultant drastic cost reduction of mass transportation into space. We have already conducted launch experiments and have achieved continuous thrust generation under multi-pulse operation. Recently, a long-distance beam transfer system has been developed. Ignition tests have been conducted. The physics of the millimeter-wave discharge remain unclear. Additional studies using exoerimentation and calculations must be conducted to optimize the thrust generation.

Upgrade of beam energy measurement system at BEPC-Ⅱ

The beam energy measurement system is of great importance for both BEPC-II accelerator and BES-III detector. The system is based on measuring the energies of Compton back-scattered photons. In order to meet the requirements of data taking and improve the measurement accuracy, the system has continued to be upgraded, which involves the updating of laser and optics subsystems, replacement of a view-port of the laser to the vacuum insertion subsystem, the use of an electric cooling system for a high purity germanium detector, and improvement of the data acquisition and processing subsystem. The upgrade system guarantees the smooth and efficient measurement of beam energy at BEPC-II and enables accurate offline energy values for further physics analysis at BES-III.

Measurement of the ripple of magnet power supply and its effect to the beam energy

Objective:This study is aimed at measuring the ripple of magnetic power supply of BEPCII and checking its effect to beam energy.Materials and methods:A sensor made of printed circuit board coils is designed and manufactured.The sensor was inserted into a good area region of the magnetic field with the surface perpendicular to the field force lines.The change of the magnetic field would be detected according to Faraday’s law.Results:The experiment result indicates that the timedependent ripple of the magnetic field is in the magnitude of ppm.Conclusion:Such a small effect of the time-dependent ripplecan be negligibleto beam energy.