For complicated geometries, it is ineflicient to integrate over the entire domain. A new approach for optimization is presented here, based on sensitivity analysis of local do- main and deformation of full domain. Acc...For complicated geometries, it is ineflicient to integrate over the entire domain. A new approach for optimization is presented here, based on sensitivity analysis of local do- main and deformation of full domain. Accurate results of design sensitivity analysis are ob- tained with this approach in shape optimization. This method is shown to be efficient when used in optimization programs and results in less distortion of the mesh.展开更多
Layered structures with upper porous and lower fractured media are widely distributed in the world. An experimen- tal investigation on rainfall infiltration and solute transport in such layered structures can provide ...Layered structures with upper porous and lower fractured media are widely distributed in the world. An experimen- tal investigation on rainfall infiltration and solute transport in such layered structures can provide the necessary foundation for effectively preventing and forecasting water bursting in mines, controlling contamination of mine water, and accomplishing ecological restoration of mining areas. A typical physical model of the layered structures with porous and fractured media was created in this study. Then rainfall infiltration experiments were conducted after salt solution was sprayed on the surface of the layered structure. The volumetric water content and concentration of chlorine ions at different specified positions along the profile of the experiment system were measured in real-time. The experimental results showed that the lower fractured media, with a considerably higher permeability than that of the upper porous media, had significant effects on preventing water infil- tration. Moreover, although the porous media were homogeneous statistically in the whole domain, spatial variations in the features of effluent concentrations with regards to time, or so called breakthrough curves, at various sampling points located at the horizontal plane in the porous media near the porous-fractured interface were observed, indicating the diversity of solute transport at small scales. Furthermore, the breakthrough curves of the outflow at the bottom, located beneath the underlying fractured rock, were able to capture and integrate features of the breakthrough curves of both the upper porous and fractured media, which exhibited multiple peaks, while the peak values were reduced one by one with time.展开更多
Biothiols are important species in physiological processes such as regulating protein structures, redox homeostasis and cell signalling. Alternation in the biothiol levels is associated with various pathological proce...Biothiols are important species in physiological processes such as regulating protein structures, redox homeostasis and cell signalling. Alternation in the biothiol levels is associated with various pathological processes, therefore non-invasive fluorescent probes with high specificity to biothiols are highly desirable research utilities. Meanwhile, fluorescent probes with aggregationinduced emission properties(AIEgens) possess unique photophysical properties that allow modulation of the sensing process through controlling the aggregation-disaggregation or the intramolecular rotational motions of the fluorophores. Herein we review the recent progress in the development of biothiol-specific AIEgens. In particular, the molecular design principles to target different types of biothiols and the corresponding sensing mechanisms are discussed, along with the potential of the future design and development of multi-functional bioprobes.展开更多
Solid phase orientation of polymers is one of the most successful routes to enhancement of polymer properties.It unlocks the potential of molecular orientation for the achievement of a range of enhanced physical prope...Solid phase orientation of polymers is one of the most successful routes to enhancement of polymer properties.It unlocks the potential of molecular orientation for the achievement of a range of enhanced physical properties.We provide here an overview of techniques developed in our laboratories for structuring polymers by solid phase orientation processing routes,with a particular focus on die drawing,which have allowed control of significant enhancements of a single property or combinations of properties,including Young's modulus,strength,and density.These have led to notable commercial exploitations,and examples of load bearing low density materials and shape memory materials are discussed.展开更多
Majorana fermion （MF）, an exotic particle that is identical to its own antiparticle, was recently found in solid matter as a quasiparticle excitation, the Majorana zero mode （MZM）, in the vortex of an artificial t...Majorana fermion （MF）, an exotic particle that is identical to its own antiparticle, was recently found in solid matter as a quasiparticle excitation, the Majorana zero mode （MZM）, in the vortex of an artificial topological superconductor （TSC）. This artificial TSC, first proposed by Fu and Kane in 2008, is a heterostructure made of a topological insulator BiETe3 and an s-wave superconductor NbSe2. This paper will briefly review the experimental progresses based on the Bi2Te3/NbSe2 heterostructure. All evidences are self-consistent and reveal that the MZM exists in the center of vortex. Those experimental results are also supported by theory. This finding is a milestone in the research ofMajorana fermions in solid state physics and a starting point of MZM＇s application in topological quantum computation.展开更多
In this article, we report the first experimental demonstration of the three-phase-shifted （3PS） DFB semiconductor laser with buried heterostructure based on the Reconstruction-Equivalent-Chirp （REC） technique. Th...In this article, we report the first experimental demonstration of the three-phase-shifted （3PS） DFB semiconductor laser with buried heterostructure based on the Reconstruction-Equivalent-Chirp （REC） technique. The simulation results show that the performances of the equivalent 3PS DFB semiconductor laser are nearly the same as those of the true 3PS laser. Compared with the quarter-wave-phase shift （QWS） DFB semiconductor laser, the 3PS DFB semiconductor laser shows better single-longitude-mode （SLM） property even at high injection current with high temperature. However, it only changes the ~un-level sampling structures but the seed grating is uniform using the REC tech- nique. Therefore, its fabrication cost is low.展开更多
Deformed odd-mass nuclei are ideal examples where the interplay between single-particle and collective degrees of freedom can be studied. Inspired by the recent experimental high-spin data in the odd-proton nuclide 17...Deformed odd-mass nuclei are ideal examples where the interplay between single-particle and collective degrees of freedom can be studied. Inspired by the recent experimental high-spin data in the odd-proton nuclide 171 Tm, we perform projected shell model(PSM) calculations to investigate structure of the ground band and other bands based on isomeric states. In addi- tion to the usual quadrupole-quadrupole force in the Hamiltonian, we employ the hexadecapole-hexadecapole(HH) interac- tion, in a self-consistent way with the hexadecapole deformation of the deformed basis. It is found that the known experi- mental data can be well described by the PSM calculation. The effect of the HH force on the quasiparticle isomeric states is discussed.展开更多
文摘For complicated geometries, it is ineflicient to integrate over the entire domain. A new approach for optimization is presented here, based on sensitivity analysis of local do- main and deformation of full domain. Accurate results of design sensitivity analysis are ob- tained with this approach in shape optimization. This method is shown to be efficient when used in optimization programs and results in less distortion of the mesh.
基金Supported by ihe Major State Basic Research Development Program of China （973 Program） （2010CB428801, 2010CB428804） the National Science Foundation of China （40972166）+1 种基金 the Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment （2009ZX07212-003） the Technology Development and Applications for Ecology System Reconstruction and Restoration of Yongding River （D08040903700000）
文摘Layered structures with upper porous and lower fractured media are widely distributed in the world. An experimen- tal investigation on rainfall infiltration and solute transport in such layered structures can provide the necessary foundation for effectively preventing and forecasting water bursting in mines, controlling contamination of mine water, and accomplishing ecological restoration of mining areas. A typical physical model of the layered structures with porous and fractured media was created in this study. Then rainfall infiltration experiments were conducted after salt solution was sprayed on the surface of the layered structure. The volumetric water content and concentration of chlorine ions at different specified positions along the profile of the experiment system were measured in real-time. The experimental results showed that the lower fractured media, with a considerably higher permeability than that of the upper porous media, had significant effects on preventing water infil- tration. Moreover, although the porous media were homogeneous statistically in the whole domain, spatial variations in the features of effluent concentrations with regards to time, or so called breakthrough curves, at various sampling points located at the horizontal plane in the porous media near the porous-fractured interface were observed, indicating the diversity of solute transport at small scales. Furthermore, the breakthrough curves of the outflow at the bottom, located beneath the underlying fractured rock, were able to capture and integrate features of the breakthrough curves of both the upper porous and fractured media, which exhibited multiple peaks, while the peak values were reduced one by one with time.
基金supported by Australian Research Council (DE170100058)Rebecca L. Cooper Medical Research Foundation
文摘Biothiols are important species in physiological processes such as regulating protein structures, redox homeostasis and cell signalling. Alternation in the biothiol levels is associated with various pathological processes, therefore non-invasive fluorescent probes with high specificity to biothiols are highly desirable research utilities. Meanwhile, fluorescent probes with aggregationinduced emission properties(AIEgens) possess unique photophysical properties that allow modulation of the sensing process through controlling the aggregation-disaggregation or the intramolecular rotational motions of the fluorophores. Herein we review the recent progress in the development of biothiol-specific AIEgens. In particular, the molecular design principles to target different types of biothiols and the corresponding sensing mechanisms are discussed, along with the potential of the future design and development of multi-functional bioprobes.
基金the support of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council,the Technology Strategy Boardvarious industrial partners including Bridon International,Dow Building Products Inc and Smith & Nephew Ltd
文摘Solid phase orientation of polymers is one of the most successful routes to enhancement of polymer properties.It unlocks the potential of molecular orientation for the achievement of a range of enhanced physical properties.We provide here an overview of techniques developed in our laboratories for structuring polymers by solid phase orientation processing routes,with a particular focus on die drawing,which have allowed control of significant enhancements of a single property or combinations of properties,including Young's modulus,strength,and density.These have led to notable commercial exploitations,and examples of load bearing low density materials and shape memory materials are discussed.
文摘Majorana fermion （MF）, an exotic particle that is identical to its own antiparticle, was recently found in solid matter as a quasiparticle excitation, the Majorana zero mode （MZM）, in the vortex of an artificial topological superconductor （TSC）. This artificial TSC, first proposed by Fu and Kane in 2008, is a heterostructure made of a topological insulator BiETe3 and an s-wave superconductor NbSe2. This paper will briefly review the experimental progresses based on the Bi2Te3/NbSe2 heterostructure. All evidences are self-consistent and reveal that the MZM exists in the center of vortex. Those experimental results are also supported by theory. This finding is a milestone in the research ofMajorana fermions in solid state physics and a starting point of MZM＇s application in topological quantum computation.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61090392)the National Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China("863"Project)(Grant No.2011AA010300)the Key Programs of the Ministry of Education of China(Grant No.20100091110005)
文摘In this article, we report the first experimental demonstration of the three-phase-shifted （3PS） DFB semiconductor laser with buried heterostructure based on the Reconstruction-Equivalent-Chirp （REC） technique. The simulation results show that the performances of the equivalent 3PS DFB semiconductor laser are nearly the same as those of the true 3PS laser. Compared with the quarter-wave-phase shift （QWS） DFB semiconductor laser, the 3PS DFB semiconductor laser shows better single-longitude-mode （SLM） property even at high injection current with high temperature. However, it only changes the ~un-level sampling structures but the seed grating is uniform using the REC tech- nique. Therefore, its fabrication cost is low.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11305059,11275067,11135005 and 11275068)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CB834401)the C3S2 Computing Center of School of Science for their calculation support
文摘Deformed odd-mass nuclei are ideal examples where the interplay between single-particle and collective degrees of freedom can be studied. Inspired by the recent experimental high-spin data in the odd-proton nuclide 171 Tm, we perform projected shell model(PSM) calculations to investigate structure of the ground band and other bands based on isomeric states. In addi- tion to the usual quadrupole-quadrupole force in the Hamiltonian, we employ the hexadecapole-hexadecapole(HH) interac- tion, in a self-consistent way with the hexadecapole deformation of the deformed basis. It is found that the known experi- mental data can be well described by the PSM calculation. The effect of the HH force on the quasiparticle isomeric states is discussed.
