Scaling of interaction lengths for hypersonic shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions

The interaction length induced by Shock Wave/Turbulent Boundary-Layer Interactions(SWTBLIs)in the hypersonic flow was investigated using a scaling analysis,in which the interaction length normalized by the displacement thickness of boundary layer was correlated with a corrected non-dimensional separation criterion across the interaction after accounting for the wall temperature effects.A large number of hypersonic SWTBLIs were compiled to examine the scaling analysis over a wide range of Mach numbers,Reynolds numbers,and wall temperatures.The results indicate that the hypersonic SWTBLIs with low Reynolds numbers collapse on the supersonic SWTBLIs,while the hypersonic cases with high Reynolds numbers show a more rapid growth of the interaction length than that with low Reynolds numbers.Thus,two scaling relationships are identified according to different Reynolds numbers for the hypersonic SWTBLIs.The scaling analysis provides valuable guidelines for engineering prediction of the interaction length,and thus,enriches the knowledge of hypersonic SWTBLIs.

Investigation on the interaction length and access resistance of a nanopore with an atomic force microscopy

Nanopore devices have attracted a lot of attention for their potential application in DNA sequencing. Here, we study how an occluding object placed near a nanopore affects its access resistance by integrating an atomic force microscopy with a nanopore sensor. It is found that there exists a critical hemisphere around the nanopore, inside which the tip of an atomic force microscopy will affect the ionic current. The radius of this hemisphere, which is a bit smaller than the theoretical capture radius of ions, increases linearly with the applied bias voltage and quadratically with the nanopore diameter, but is independent of the operation modes and scanning speeds of the atomic force microscopy. A theoretical model is also proposed to describe how the tip position and geometrical parameters affect the access resistance.

Anisotropic nanocomposite soft/hard multilayer magnets

Experimental and theoretical researches on nanostructured exchange coupled magnets have been carried out since about 1988. Here, we review the structure and magnetic properties of the anisotropic nanocomposite soft/hard multilayer magnets including some new results and phenomena from an experimental point of view. According to the different component of the oriented hard phase in the nanocomposite soft/hard multilayer magnets, three types of magnets will be discussed：1） anisotropic Nd2Fe（14）B based nanocomposite multilayer magnets, 2） anisotropic SmCo5 based nanocomposite multilayer magnets, and 3） anisotropic rare-earth free based nanocomposite multilayer magnets. For each of them, the formation of the oriented hard phase, exchange coupling, coercivity mechanism, and magnetic properties of the corresponding anisotropic nanocomposite multilayer magnets are briefly reviewed, and then the prospect of realization of bulk magnets on new results of anisotropic nanocomposite multilayer magnets will be carried out.

Influence of bifurcation position and length of side chains on the structure of isoindigo-based conjugated polymer thin films

We chose a series of isoindigo-based conjugated polymer（ⅡDDT,ⅡDDT-C3 and ⅡDDT-C4） with different length of side chains and bifurcation positions to investigate the relationship between the degree of alignment and the length of side chains and bifurcation positions.We found that the dichroic ratio was increased from 2.37 to 5.23 when the side chain was longer and the bifurcation position was away from the backbone.The π-π stacking distance was decreased from 3.67 A to 3.61 A when the bifurcation position was away from the backbone because of its smaller hindrance and the d-spacing of the（100）was increased from 20.06 A to 25.21 A when the side chain was longer.All the polymers were adopted an edge-on orientation with the backbone paralleled with the long axis of fibers.The weak interaction of side-chain in ⅡDDT-C4 was beneficial for the molecules being rearranged in parallel during the contact line receding and the strong n-n interaction could accelerate the interchain assembly of the parallel molecules through π-π interaction to form aligned fibers.

Electromagnetically induced grating realization in phaseonium

We propose a method to implement electromagnetically induced grating in a phaseonium medium that has been coherently generated via atomic mechanisms.Phaseonium atoms have aΛ-type structure and three distinct energy levels;such atoms are originally generated in a coherent superposition of two lower levels.The phaseonium system is comprised of three-level atoms with aΛ-type configuration,which are initially prepared in a coherent superposition of two lower levels.To accomplish this spatial modulation based on the susceptibility of phaseonium medium,a standingwave field is used.By looking at how an optical field diffracts at different relative phases,we find that the zeroth and first order diffraction intensities increase as the relative phase changes.We also investigate the impact of the Rabi frequency of the field on diffraction intensity and notice that an increasing strength of the Rabi frequency leads to amplification in the intensity of both central zeroth order and first-order diffraction.Furthermore,it has been observed that a significant rise in diffraction intensity occurs at longer interaction lengths between external fields and the atomic medium.