The ultrasonic, magnetic and transport properties of Nd0.5Ca0.5Mn1-xAlxO3 (x=0, 0.03) were studied from 15 to 300 K. The temperature dependencies of resistivity and magnetization show that Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3 undergoes a...The ultrasonic, magnetic and transport properties of Nd0.5Ca0.5Mn1-xAlxO3 (x=0, 0.03) were studied from 15 to 300 K. The temperature dependencies of resistivity and magnetization show that Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3 undergoes a charge ordering transition at TCO-257 K. An obvious softening of the longitudinal sound velocity above TCO and a dramatic stiffening below Too accompanied by an attenuation peak were observed. These features imply a strong electron phonom interaction via the Jahn-Teller effect iu the sample, Another broad attenuation peak was observed at around Tp-80 K. This anomaly is attributed to the phase separtion between the antiferromagnetic (AFM) and paramagnetic (PM) phases and gives a direct evidence for spin-phonon coupling in the compound. For the x=0.03 sample, both the minimum of sound velocity and attenuation peaks shift to a lower temperature. The results indicate that the charge ordering and CE-type AFM state in Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3 are both partially suppressed by replacing Mn with A1.展开更多
The design of optimal separation flow sheets for multi-component mixtures is still not a solved problem This is especially the case when non-ideal or azeotropic mixtures or hybrid separation processes are considered. ...The design of optimal separation flow sheets for multi-component mixtures is still not a solved problem This is especially the case when non-ideal or azeotropic mixtures or hybrid separation processes are considered. We review recent developments in this field and present a systematic framework for the design of separation flow sheets. This framework proposes a three-step approach. In the first step different flow sheets are generated. In the second step these alternative flow sheet structures are evaluated with shortcut methods. In the third step a rigorous mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) optimization of the entire flow sheet is executed to determine the best alternative. Since a number of alternative flow sheets have already been eliminated, only a few optimization runs are necessary in this final step. The whole framework thus allows the systematic generation and evaluation of separation processes and is illustrated with the case study of the separation of ethanol and water.展开更多
The authors consider relational databases organized over an ordered domain with some additional relations - a typical example is the ordered domain of rational numbers together with the operation of addition. In the f...The authors consider relational databases organized over an ordered domain with some additional relations - a typical example is the ordered domain of rational numbers together with the operation of addition. In the focus of our study are the FO (first-order) queries that are invariant under order-preserving permutations-such queries are called order-generic. It was discovered that for some domains order-generic FO queries fail to express more than pure order queries. The collapse result theorem was proved for locally genetic queries over a linearly ordered domain with the Pseudo finite Homogeneity Property (or / and the Isolation Property) by Belegradek et al.. Here the authors consider a circularly ordered domain and prove the collapse result theorem over a quasi circularly minimal domain.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.10274075)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(No.20030358056).
文摘The ultrasonic, magnetic and transport properties of Nd0.5Ca0.5Mn1-xAlxO3 (x=0, 0.03) were studied from 15 to 300 K. The temperature dependencies of resistivity and magnetization show that Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3 undergoes a charge ordering transition at TCO-257 K. An obvious softening of the longitudinal sound velocity above TCO and a dramatic stiffening below Too accompanied by an attenuation peak were observed. These features imply a strong electron phonom interaction via the Jahn-Teller effect iu the sample, Another broad attenuation peak was observed at around Tp-80 K. This anomaly is attributed to the phase separtion between the antiferromagnetic (AFM) and paramagnetic (PM) phases and gives a direct evidence for spin-phonon coupling in the compound. For the x=0.03 sample, both the minimum of sound velocity and attenuation peaks shift to a lower temperature. The results indicate that the charge ordering and CE-type AFM state in Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3 are both partially suppressed by replacing Mn with A1.
基金the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation),DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and FUNDAYACUCHO, and Bayer Technology Services
文摘The design of optimal separation flow sheets for multi-component mixtures is still not a solved problem This is especially the case when non-ideal or azeotropic mixtures or hybrid separation processes are considered. We review recent developments in this field and present a systematic framework for the design of separation flow sheets. This framework proposes a three-step approach. In the first step different flow sheets are generated. In the second step these alternative flow sheet structures are evaluated with shortcut methods. In the third step a rigorous mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) optimization of the entire flow sheet is executed to determine the best alternative. Since a number of alternative flow sheets have already been eliminated, only a few optimization runs are necessary in this final step. The whole framework thus allows the systematic generation and evaluation of separation processes and is illustrated with the case study of the separation of ethanol and water.
文摘The authors consider relational databases organized over an ordered domain with some additional relations - a typical example is the ordered domain of rational numbers together with the operation of addition. In the focus of our study are the FO (first-order) queries that are invariant under order-preserving permutations-such queries are called order-generic. It was discovered that for some domains order-generic FO queries fail to express more than pure order queries. The collapse result theorem was proved for locally genetic queries over a linearly ordered domain with the Pseudo finite Homogeneity Property (or / and the Isolation Property) by Belegradek et al.. Here the authors consider a circularly ordered domain and prove the collapse result theorem over a quasi circularly minimal domain.