Effective electroelastic constants for three-phase confocal elliptical cylinder model in piezoelectric quasicrystal composites

A three-phase confocal elliptical cylinder model is proposed to analyze micromechanics of one-dimensional hexagonal piezoelectric quasicrystal （PQC） compos- ites. Exact solutions of the phonon, phason, and electric fields are obtained by using the conformal mapping combined with the Laurent expansion technique when the model is subject to far-field anti-plane mechanical and in-plane electric loadings. The effective elec- troelastic constants of several different composites made up of PQC, quasicrystal （QC）, and piezoelectric （PE） materials are predicted by the generalized self-consistent method. Numerical examples are conducted to show the effects of the volume fraction and the cross-sectional shape of inclusion （or fiber） on the effective electroelastic constants of these composites. Compared with other micromechanical methods, the generalized self- consistent and Mori-Tanaka methods can predict the effective electroelastic constants of the composites consistently.

Effect of Hydrogen Charging on the Tensile and Constant Load Properties of an Austenitic Stainless Steel Weldment

The effect of cathodic hydrogen charging on the tensile and constant load properties was deter- mined for an austenitic stainless steel weldment comprising a 304L steel in the solution treated condition as a base metal and a 308L filler steel as a weld metal. Part of the 304L solution treated steel was separately given additional sensitization treatment to simulate the microstructure that would develop in the heat affected zone. Tests were performed at room temperature on notched round bar specimens. Hydrogen charging resulted in a pronounced embrittlement of the tested materials. This was manifested mainly as a considerable loss in the ductility of tensile specimens and a decrease in the time to failure and threshold stress of constant load specimens. The 308L weld metal exhibited the highest, and the 304L solution treated steel the lowest, resistance to hydrogen embrittlement. Hydrogen embrittlement was associated with the formation of strain induced martensite as well as a transition from brittle to ductile fracture morphology onwards the centre of the specimens.

Study on the A^2Π_(3/2u), B^2Δ_(3/2u), and X^2Π_(3/2g) states of Cl_2^+ including its isotopologues

Adopting the experimentally available vibrational constants in a recent analysis of the strong perturbation between the A22Π3/2u and BΔ3/2u states of Cl+2in the A–X band system [Gharaibeh et al. 2012 J. Chem. Phys. 137 194317], an unambiguous vibrational assignment of the bands reported previously is carried out. The equilibrium rotational constants Be and α e of the X2Π3/2g and A2Π3/2u states for35Cl+2and35Cl37Cl+and those of the B2Δ3/2u state for35Cl+2are obtained by fitting the experimental values of Bυ. In addition, the values of Be and α e of these three states for the minor isotopologues35Cl37Cl+and37Cl+2are predicted by employing the isotopic effect. The values of equilibrium internuclear distance Re of the three states for the three isotopologues are calculated as well.

LINEAR AND NONLINEAR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF PARTICULATE COMPOSITES AT FINITE CONCENTRATION

An analytical method was proposed dielectric properties for particulate composites. to calculate effective linear and nonlinear The method is based on an approximate solution of two-particle interaction problem, and it can be applied to relatively high volume concentration of particles （up to 50%）. Nonlinear dielectric property was also examined by means of secant method. It is found that for low applied electric filed the proposed method is close to Stroud and Hui＇s method and for high applied electric filed it is close to Yu＇s method.

Definition and expression of non-symmetric physical properties in space for uniaxial crystals

The anisotropic physical property is the most noteworthy feature of crystals.In this paper,the subscript change method is used to analyze the sign changes of different tensors describing physical properties in uniaxial crystals.The distribution of some physical properties in special point groups exhibits non-symmetry in eight quadrants,which should attract the attention of crystal research.The difference between the crystallographic and physical coordinate systems and the lack of crystal symmetry operations are considered to be the origins of the non-symmetry.To avoid ambiguities and difficulties in characterizing and applying crystal physical properties,eight quadrants in space should be clarified.Hence,we proposed the use of piezoelectric properties to define the positive direction of the optical coordinate axis prior to the research and applications of optical properties.

MRCI+Q study of the low-lying electronic states of CdF including spin-orbit coupling

Cd F molecule, which plays an important role in a great variety of research fields, has long been subject to numerous researchers. Due to the unstable nature and heavy atom Cd containing in the Cd F molecule, electronic states of the molecule have not been well studied. In this paper, high accurate ab initio calculations on the Cd F molecule have been performed at the multi-reference configuration interaction level including Davidson correction（MRCI ＋ Q）. Adiabatic potential energy curves（PECs） of the 14 low-lying Λ–S states correlating with the two lowest dissociation limits Cd（~1S_g） ＋ F（~2P_u） and Cd（~3P_u） ＋ F（~2P_u） have been constructed. For the bound Λ–S and ？ states, the dominant electronic configurations and spectroscopic constants are obtained,and the calculated spectroscopic constants of bound states are consistent with previous experimental results. The dipole moments（DMs） of 2 Σ＋ and 2Π are determined, and the spin–orbit（SO） matrix elements between each pair of X2Σ＋, 22Σ＋, 12Π, and 22Π are obtained. The results indicate that the sudden changes of DMs and SO matrix elements arise from the variation of the electronic configurations around the avoided crossing region. Moreover,the Franck–Condon factors（FCFs）, the transition dipole moments（TDMs）, and radiative lifetimes of low-lying states-the ground state X2Σ＋are determined. Finally, the transitional properties of 22Π–X2Σ＋and 22Σ＋–X2Σ＋are studied. Based on our computed spectroscopic information of Cd F, the feasibility and challenge for laser cooling of Cd F molecule are discussed.

Al-doping-induced magnetocapacitance in the multiferroic AgCrS_2

In this paper, multiferroics and magnetocapacitive effect of triangular-lattice antiferromagnet Ag Al0.02Cr0.98S2 are investigated by magnetic, ferroelectric, pyroelectric current and dielectric measurement. We find that it is a multiferroic material and the magnetocapacitive effect reaches a factor of up to 90 in an external field of 7 T. The results imply the further possibility of synthesizing the magnetocapacitive materials by modifying the frustrated spin structure in terms of a few B-site doping nonmagnetic ions.

Acid dissociation constants and cytotoxicity test of a series of omega-aminoalkyl phosphates

We synthesised a series of ω-aminoalkyl sodium hydrogen phosphates （AAP-n-Na, n =3, 4, 5, 6, purity 〉 99%）, which have potential applications as bioactive cosmetic ingredients and surface modifiers of bone minerals （i.e. hydroxyapatites）. Results from Fourier transformed infrared （FTIR）, nuclear magnetic resonance （NMR） and high resolution mass spectroscopy, and elemental analysis all matched their chemical structures. The acid dissociation constants （pKa＇s） of each AAP-n （acid form of AAP-n-Na, n ; 2-6） were measured by potentiometric titration, showing a general increasing trend with an increase in the chain length of AAP-n. However, the pKa3 constant, which corresponds to the deprotonation of the ammonium group in AAP-n-Na, displayed an unusual decrease when n = even. This odd-even effect can be explained by the pairwise self-association of AAP-n-Na molecules in water where intermolecular hydrogen bonding in case of n=even is weaker than that in case of n=odd. All AAP-n-Na at concentrations up to 0.1% （w/v） were non-toxic to L929 fibroblasts and MG 63 osteoblast-like cells in terms of cell growth and morphology, These basic data were important for applications of AAP-n and their salts in biomedical engineering.

Effect of Dielectric Constant Contrast and Filling Factor to Photonic Bandgap

The effect of dielectric constant contrast and the filling factor to the photonic bandgap in a 2-D square lattice photonic crystal is discussed. The location, width and number of photonic bandgap can be modulated.

Effect of Tb(Ⅲ) on activity and stability of nattokinase

Nattokinase, is an effective fibrinolytic enzyme with the potential for fighting cardiovascular disease. The aim of study was to investigate the interaction of Tb（Ⅲ） with nattokinase and the impact of Tb（Ⅲ） on the enzyme activity and protein stability. The binding of Tb（Ⅲ） with nattokinase was studied by fluorescence spectrum in 100 mmol/L Tris-HCl（pH 8.0）. It could be seen that the protein bound one Tb（Ⅲ） with low affinity, and the binding constants K were 2.90×10~4 L/mol at 288 K. Although the activity of nattokinase determined by tetra-peptide substrate method at proper pH and temperature was not influenced for the binding of Tb（Ⅲ）, the transformation rate of substrate was increased to 113%. To better assess the stability of protease in the absence and presence of Tb（Ⅲ）, nattokinase was unfolded through continuous concentrations urea. Based on the model of structural element, the results showed that Tb（Ⅲ） could not change the average structural element free energy of nattokinase by the measurement of enzyme activity, but it could improve the stability of the global protein by the fluorescence spectral measurement.