We propose two kinds of new Jaynes Cummings models relating to two-photon process by using the supersymmetric unitary transformation. The corresponding energy eigenvalues and eigenvectors are obtained.
Employing photothermal conversion to improve the photocatalytic activity of g-C3N4 is rarely reported previously. Herein, different ratios of g-C3N4/Bi2S3 heterojunction materials are synthesized by a facile ultrasoni...Employing photothermal conversion to improve the photocatalytic activity of g-C3N4 is rarely reported previously. Herein, different ratios of g-C3N4/Bi2S3 heterojunction materials are synthesized by a facile ultrasonic method. Advanced characterizations such as X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy are employed to analyze the morphology and structure of the prepared materials. Compared with sole counterparts, the heterojunction materials CN-Bi S-2 exhibit significantly enhanced photocatalytic performance, which is 2.05-fold as g-C3N4 and 4.42-fold as Bi2S3. A possible degradation pathway of methylene blue(MB) was proposed. Based on the photoproduced high-energy electrons and photothermal effect of Bi2S3, the transfer and separation of electron-hole pairs are greatly enhanced and more active species are produced. In addition, the relatively high utilization efficiency of solar energy has synergistic effect for the better photocatalytic performance.展开更多
An annealed Inconel 718 alloy was surface-treated by pulsed laser at three different powers（100, 50 and 25 W）. Microstructural changes induced by the laser treatments were characterized by use of electron backscatte...An annealed Inconel 718 alloy was surface-treated by pulsed laser at three different powers（100, 50 and 25 W）. Microstructural changes induced by the laser treatments were characterized by use of electron backscatter diffraction and electron channeling contrast imaging techniques. Results show that both annealing twins and strengthening precipitates profusely existing in the as-received specimen are dissolved at elevated temperatures during the laser irradiation. Meanwhile, in the melting zone（MZ）, densities of low angle boundaries（LABs） are greatly increased with a large number of Laves phases preferentially distributed along such LABs. For different specimens, widths and depths of their MZs are found to be gradually reduced with decreasing the laser powers. Orientation analyses reveal that the columnar grains in the MZ of the 100 W specimen could inherit orientations existing in the matrix while lower laser powers promote the formation of more nuclei with scattered orientations to grow to be granular grains in the MZ. Hardness tests reveal that the MZs of all laser-treated specimens are softer than the matrix probably due to both precipitate dissolution and grain coarsening.展开更多
Nitrogen vacancies and sulfur co-doped g-C3N4 with outstanding N2 photofixation ability was synthesized via dielectric barrier discharge plasma treatment. X-ray diffraction, ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, N2 adsor...Nitrogen vacancies and sulfur co-doped g-C3N4 with outstanding N2 photofixation ability was synthesized via dielectric barrier discharge plasma treatment. X-ray diffraction, ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, N2 adsorption, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, and temperature-programmed desorption were used to characterize the as-prepared catalyst. The results showed that plasma treatment cannot change the morphology of the as-prepared catalyst but introduces nitrogen vacancies and sulfur into g-C3N4 lattice simultaneously. The as-prepared co-doped g-C3N4 displays an ammonium ion production rate as high as 6.2 mg·L^-1·h^-1·gcat^-1, which is 2.3 and 25.8 times higher than that of individual N-vacancy-doped g-C3N4 and neat g-C3N4, respectively, as well as showing good catalytic stability. Experimental and density functional theory calculation results indicate that, compared with individual N vacancy doping, the introduction of sulfur can promote the activation ability of N vacancies to N2 molecules, leading to promoted N2 photofixation performance.展开更多
A scheme is proposed for the generation of entangled states for multiple atoms trapped in a cavity by detecting photon decay. The scheme is valid no matter when the effective atom-cavity coupling strength is larger th...A scheme is proposed for the generation of entangled states for multiple atoms trapped in a cavity by detecting photon decay. The scheme is valid no matter when the effective atom-cavity coupling strength is larger than the cavity decay rate or not, which is of importance in view of experiment. The fidelity of entanglement is insensitive to the inefticiency of the photo-detector. The scheme does not require a photon to be initially injected into the cavity.展开更多
The effects of surface cleaning to eliminate the surface oxides formed on Cu seed layer with dilute H2SO4 solution were investigated. Cu seed layer formed on Ti/Si（100） wafer by sputter deposition was exposed to air...The effects of surface cleaning to eliminate the surface oxides formed on Cu seed layer with dilute H2SO4 solution were investigated. Cu seed layer formed on Ti/Si（100） wafer by sputter deposition was exposed to air to grow native Cu oxide. Dilute H2SO4 solutions and/or TS-40A alkaline soak cleaner were used to remove the native Cu-oxide. After mainly carbon groups （such as C=O） on surface of Cu seed layer were removed by pretreatment of TS-40A alkaline solution, subsequently, dilute H2SO4 acid solution removed Cu-oxides （Cu20 and CuO） as well as a lot of O=C and Cu（OH）2.展开更多
The purpose of this procedure was to optimize and improve a method that used for the determination of arsenic （Ⅲ） and arsenic （Ⅴ） in biological and environmental samples. The method is based on hydride generatio...The purpose of this procedure was to optimize and improve a method that used for the determination of arsenic （Ⅲ） and arsenic （Ⅴ） in biological and environmental samples. The method is based on hydride generation and atomic absorption spectrometry. For both As （Ⅲ） and As （Ⅴ） the parameters such as NaBH4, HCI concentration, and pH were optimized. Absorption signal of As （Ⅴ） was approximately 17% of As （Ⅲ） signal. Therefore, for estimation of As （Ⅲ） and As （Ⅴ） concentrations in various samples the difference between the absorbance obtained for arsenic, without and with previous treatment of samples with potassium iodide （KI）, can be applied. The calibration graphs were linear （r〉0.99）, and the detection limits of the method based on three times the standard deviation of the blank were 0.14 and 0.64 μL^-1 for As （Ⅲ） and As （Ⅴ）, respectively. The relative standard deviation （R.S.D.） of measurements was less than 10%. As a means of checking performance method, water samples were spiked with known concentrations of both As （Ⅲ） and As （Ⅴ）, and recovery above 94% was obtained. The proposed method was applied successfully to determine inorganic As （Ⅲ） and As （Ⅴ） in various environmental and total As in biological samples.展开更多
The author applied extended BCF/BCFW rules with fermions to a set of simple electroweak processes in colliders. In such processes, there are two electroweak channels, one with a photon and the other with a Z as the in...The author applied extended BCF/BCFW rules with fermions to a set of simple electroweak processes in colliders. In such processes, there are two electroweak channels, one with a photon and the other with a Z as the internal particle. Some qualifications are needed. Compact results were obtained for tree-level NMHV amplitudes which include a quark-anti-quark pair and n gluons of the same helicity except one in the final state. In this work, we present a brief review of the BCF/BCFW rules and extensions, and list the NMHV amplitudes.展开更多
Pelargonium sidoides DC is used in herbal medicine for the treatment of various infections. The roots are being indiscriminately harvested for local and export trade and the collection rate is becoming unsustainable. ...Pelargonium sidoides DC is used in herbal medicine for the treatment of various infections. The roots are being indiscriminately harvested for local and export trade and the collection rate is becoming unsustainable. Seed germination dynamics of this species was studied with the aim to reveal factors that influence its survival in the wild in order to adopt the appropriate germination conditions for use in ex-situ propagation and conservation program. Germination was affected by age of seeds, temperature and pre-chilling conditions. Temperature higher than 25 oC reduced germination by 60%. When seeds of P. sidoides were subjected to pre-chilling treatment for seven days, there was a significant drop in final germination by 29% compared to the other treatments. Although, final germination was not affected by different light treatments, continuous light significantly promoted germination velocity Seeds harvested from the plants grown in the green house performed better in germination than those collected from the field. The ecological implications of these observations on the propagation and conservation ofP. sidoides are discussed.展开更多
By virtue of the neat expression of the two-mode squeezing operator in the Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen entangled state representation, we provide a new approach for discussing the teleportation scheme using optical s...By virtue of the neat expression of the two-mode squeezing operator in the Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen entangled state representation, we provide a new approach for discussing the teleportation scheme using optical squeezers and photon counting devices. We derive the explicit form of the teleported states, so that the conditional property of teleportation and teleportation fidelity of this protocol can be seen more clearly. The derivation is concise.展开更多
The ability of some Tunisian sand-clays in rural wastewater treatment was investigated in this study. The sand-clays were characterized by studying the mineralogical and geochemical characteristics using X-ray diffrac...The ability of some Tunisian sand-clays in rural wastewater treatment was investigated in this study. The sand-clays were characterized by studying the mineralogical and geochemical characteristics using X-ray diffractometer and atomic absorption spectrophotometer （AAS）, respectively. Performance efficiency studies were conducted to determine the best combination ratio of sand-clay/pebbles. Sand-clay fortified with pebbles in the ratio 3：1 gave the optimum water purification while combination ratio 1：3 gave the least. The fortified sand-clays were used in the treatment of wastewater from rural locality. On the other hand, bacteria play an important role in determining the properties and behavior of clay minerals in natural environments and such interactions have great potential for creating stable biofilms and carbon storage sites in soils, but our knowledge of these interactions are far from complete. The purpose of this study was to understand better the effects of bacteria-generated biofilms on clay interlayer expansion. Mixtures of a colloidal, 2-water smectite clay and Pseudomonas aereginosae in a minimal media suspension evolve into a polysaccharide-rich biofilm aggregate in time-series experiments lasting up to 1 week. X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that upon aggregation, the clay undergoes an initial interlayer contraction.展开更多
文摘We propose two kinds of new Jaynes Cummings models relating to two-photon process by using the supersymmetric unitary transformation. The corresponding energy eigenvalues and eigenvectors are obtained.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21577132)Bing-Jie Ni acknowledges the support of the Australian Research Council(ARC)Future Fellowship(FT160100195)~~
文摘Employing photothermal conversion to improve the photocatalytic activity of g-C3N4 is rarely reported previously. Herein, different ratios of g-C3N4/Bi2S3 heterojunction materials are synthesized by a facile ultrasonic method. Advanced characterizations such as X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy are employed to analyze the morphology and structure of the prepared materials. Compared with sole counterparts, the heterojunction materials CN-Bi S-2 exhibit significantly enhanced photocatalytic performance, which is 2.05-fold as g-C3N4 and 4.42-fold as Bi2S3. A possible degradation pathway of methylene blue(MB) was proposed. Based on the photoproduced high-energy electrons and photothermal effect of Bi2S3, the transfer and separation of electron-hole pairs are greatly enhanced and more active species are produced. In addition, the relatively high utilization efficiency of solar energy has synergistic effect for the better photocatalytic performance.
基金Project(CSTC2015ZDCY-ZTZX50002) supported by the Innovation Program of Common and Key Technologies in Major Industries of Chongqing,China
文摘An annealed Inconel 718 alloy was surface-treated by pulsed laser at three different powers（100, 50 and 25 W）. Microstructural changes induced by the laser treatments were characterized by use of electron backscatter diffraction and electron channeling contrast imaging techniques. Results show that both annealing twins and strengthening precipitates profusely existing in the as-received specimen are dissolved at elevated temperatures during the laser irradiation. Meanwhile, in the melting zone（MZ）, densities of low angle boundaries（LABs） are greatly increased with a large number of Laves phases preferentially distributed along such LABs. For different specimens, widths and depths of their MZs are found to be gradually reduced with decreasing the laser powers. Orientation analyses reveal that the columnar grains in the MZ of the 100 W specimen could inherit orientations existing in the matrix while lower laser powers promote the formation of more nuclei with scattered orientations to grow to be granular grains in the MZ. Hardness tests reveal that the MZs of all laser-treated specimens are softer than the matrix probably due to both precipitate dissolution and grain coarsening.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41701364)the Liaoning Doctoral Priming Fund Project(201601333,20170520109)+2 种基金the Basic Scientific Research in Colleges and Universities in Heilongjiang Province(KJCXZD201715)the Harbin Science and Technology Bureau Project(2017RAQXJ145)supported by Super Computing Center of Dalian University of Technology~~
文摘Nitrogen vacancies and sulfur co-doped g-C3N4 with outstanding N2 photofixation ability was synthesized via dielectric barrier discharge plasma treatment. X-ray diffraction, ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, N2 adsorption, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, and temperature-programmed desorption were used to characterize the as-prepared catalyst. The results showed that plasma treatment cannot change the morphology of the as-prepared catalyst but introduces nitrogen vacancies and sulfur into g-C3N4 lattice simultaneously. The as-prepared co-doped g-C3N4 displays an ammonium ion production rate as high as 6.2 mg·L^-1·h^-1·gcat^-1, which is 2.3 and 25.8 times higher than that of individual N-vacancy-doped g-C3N4 and neat g-C3N4, respectively, as well as showing good catalytic stability. Experimental and density functional theory calculation results indicate that, compared with individual N vacancy doping, the introduction of sulfur can promote the activation ability of N vacancies to N2 molecules, leading to promoted N2 photofixation performance.
基金The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 10225421 and the Funds from Fuzhou University
文摘A scheme is proposed for the generation of entangled states for multiple atoms trapped in a cavity by detecting photon decay. The scheme is valid no matter when the effective atom-cavity coupling strength is larger than the cavity decay rate or not, which is of importance in view of experiment. The fidelity of entanglement is insensitive to the inefticiency of the photo-detector. The scheme does not require a photon to be initially injected into the cavity.
基金supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (No. 2012026094)
文摘The effects of surface cleaning to eliminate the surface oxides formed on Cu seed layer with dilute H2SO4 solution were investigated. Cu seed layer formed on Ti/Si（100） wafer by sputter deposition was exposed to air to grow native Cu oxide. Dilute H2SO4 solutions and/or TS-40A alkaline soak cleaner were used to remove the native Cu-oxide. After mainly carbon groups （such as C=O） on surface of Cu seed layer were removed by pretreatment of TS-40A alkaline solution, subsequently, dilute H2SO4 acid solution removed Cu-oxides （Cu20 and CuO） as well as a lot of O=C and Cu（OH）2.
文摘The purpose of this procedure was to optimize and improve a method that used for the determination of arsenic （Ⅲ） and arsenic （Ⅴ） in biological and environmental samples. The method is based on hydride generation and atomic absorption spectrometry. For both As （Ⅲ） and As （Ⅴ） the parameters such as NaBH4, HCI concentration, and pH were optimized. Absorption signal of As （Ⅴ） was approximately 17% of As （Ⅲ） signal. Therefore, for estimation of As （Ⅲ） and As （Ⅴ） concentrations in various samples the difference between the absorbance obtained for arsenic, without and with previous treatment of samples with potassium iodide （KI）, can be applied. The calibration graphs were linear （r〉0.99）, and the detection limits of the method based on three times the standard deviation of the blank were 0.14 and 0.64 μL^-1 for As （Ⅲ） and As （Ⅴ）, respectively. The relative standard deviation （R.S.D.） of measurements was less than 10%. As a means of checking performance method, water samples were spiked with known concentrations of both As （Ⅲ） and As （Ⅴ）, and recovery above 94% was obtained. The proposed method was applied successfully to determine inorganic As （Ⅲ） and As （Ⅴ） in various environmental and total As in biological samples.
基金Project (No. 10425525) supported by the National Natural ScienceFoundation of China
文摘The author applied extended BCF/BCFW rules with fermions to a set of simple electroweak processes in colliders. In such processes, there are two electroweak channels, one with a photon and the other with a Z as the internal particle. Some qualifications are needed. Compact results were obtained for tree-level NMHV amplitudes which include a quark-anti-quark pair and n gluons of the same helicity except one in the final state. In this work, we present a brief review of the BCF/BCFW rules and extensions, and list the NMHV amplitudes.
文摘Pelargonium sidoides DC is used in herbal medicine for the treatment of various infections. The roots are being indiscriminately harvested for local and export trade and the collection rate is becoming unsustainable. Seed germination dynamics of this species was studied with the aim to reveal factors that influence its survival in the wild in order to adopt the appropriate germination conditions for use in ex-situ propagation and conservation program. Germination was affected by age of seeds, temperature and pre-chilling conditions. Temperature higher than 25 oC reduced germination by 60%. When seeds of P. sidoides were subjected to pre-chilling treatment for seven days, there was a significant drop in final germination by 29% compared to the other treatments. Although, final germination was not affected by different light treatments, continuous light significantly promoted germination velocity Seeds harvested from the plants grown in the green house performed better in germination than those collected from the field. The ecological implications of these observations on the propagation and conservation ofP. sidoides are discussed.
基金the President Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences，National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘By virtue of the neat expression of the two-mode squeezing operator in the Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen entangled state representation, we provide a new approach for discussing the teleportation scheme using optical squeezers and photon counting devices. We derive the explicit form of the teleported states, so that the conditional property of teleportation and teleportation fidelity of this protocol can be seen more clearly. The derivation is concise.
文摘The ability of some Tunisian sand-clays in rural wastewater treatment was investigated in this study. The sand-clays were characterized by studying the mineralogical and geochemical characteristics using X-ray diffractometer and atomic absorption spectrophotometer （AAS）, respectively. Performance efficiency studies were conducted to determine the best combination ratio of sand-clay/pebbles. Sand-clay fortified with pebbles in the ratio 3：1 gave the optimum water purification while combination ratio 1：3 gave the least. The fortified sand-clays were used in the treatment of wastewater from rural locality. On the other hand, bacteria play an important role in determining the properties and behavior of clay minerals in natural environments and such interactions have great potential for creating stable biofilms and carbon storage sites in soils, but our knowledge of these interactions are far from complete. The purpose of this study was to understand better the effects of bacteria-generated biofilms on clay interlayer expansion. Mixtures of a colloidal, 2-water smectite clay and Pseudomonas aereginosae in a minimal media suspension evolve into a polysaccharide-rich biofilm aggregate in time-series experiments lasting up to 1 week. X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that upon aggregation, the clay undergoes an initial interlayer contraction.
