Single-source Switched-capacitor Boost Nine-level Inverter with Reduced Components

Increasing demands for improvement in power quality and power capacity have contributed to development of switched-capacitor multilevel inverters(SCMLIs).Recently developed SCMLIs enable single-stage voltage boosting,as well as inversion resulting in step-up ac output.Towards reduction in number of components,this paper introduces a boost type singlesource nine-level(9-level)SCMLI employing two capacitors and three diodes.Owing to the series-parallel connection process,capacitor voltages are inherently balanced and assist in quadruple voltage boosting from a single-source.Maximum voltage stress across semiconductor devices is limited to twice input voltage only.Using a minimum number of components,the proposed SCMLI can be extended to increase voltage levels without additional dc input.Each extension module adds two additional voltage steps in the output while maintaining maximum voltage stress the same as 9-level circuit.Followed by in-depth analysis of circuit operation and power losses,a thorough comparison of recently developed single-phase 9-level MLIs is carried out,which verifies design superiority.Extensive simulation and experimental results are presented to verify the prominent features of the 9-level SCMLI under dynamic operating conditions.

ZrC-ZrB_2-SiC ceramic nanocomposites derived from a novel single-source precursor with high ceramic yield

For the first time, ZrC-ZrB_2-SiC ceramic nanocomposites were successfully prepared by a single-source-precursor route, with allylhydridopolycarbosilane(AHPCS),triethylamine borane(TEAB),and bis(cyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichloride(Cp_2 ZrCl_2) as starting materials. The polymer-to-ceramic transformation and thermal behavior of obtained single-source precursor were characterized by means of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR) and thermal gravimetric analysis(TGA). The results show that the precursor possesses a high ceramic yield about 85% at 1000 ℃.The phase composition and microstructure of formed ZrC-ZrB_2-SiC ceramics were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction(XRD) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy(HRTEM).Meanwhile, the weight loss and chemical composition of the resultant ZrC-ZrB_2-SiC nanocomposites were investigated after annealing at high temperature up to 1800 ℃. High temperature behavior with respect to decomposition as well as crystallization shows a promising high temperature stability of the formed ZrC-ZrB_2-SiC nanocomposites.

Direct synthesis of L10-FePt nanopartides from single-source bimetallic complex and their electrocatalytic applications in oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions

L10-FePt nan oparticles(NPs)with high chemical ordering represent effective electrocatalysts to reduce the cost and enhance theircatalytic performanee in fuel cells.A molecular strategy of preparing highly ordered FePt NPs was used by direct pyrolysis of a Fe,Pt-containing bimetallic complex.The resultant L10-FePt NPs had very high crystallinity as reflected by the obvious diffractionpatterns,clear lattice fringes and characteristic X-ray diffraction peaks,etc.Besides,the strong ferromagnetism with room temperaturecoercivity of 27 kOe further confirmed the face-centered tetrag on al(fet)phase in good agreement with the ordered nano structures.TheFePt NPs can be used as electrocatalysts to catalyze oxygen reduction reaction(ORR)in an O2·saturated 0.1 M HClO4 solution andhydrogen evolution reaction(HER)in the 0.5 M H2SO4 electrolyte with much better performance than commercial Pt/C,and showedquite high stability after 10,000 cycles.The strategy utilizing orga no metallic precursors to prepare metal alloy NPs was dem on strated tobe a reliable approach for improving the catalytic efficiency in fuel cells.

Design Consideration and Reconstruction Method for Double-source Double-multislice Spiral CT

To accelerate the scan speed and improve the image quality, a new type of CT configuration, "double-source double-multislice spiral CT" (DSDMS-CT), which is based on two sets of single-source multislice spiral CT was proposed with a special reconstruction algorithm. Simulation results using the fan-beam filtered backprojection algorithm with a special interpolation method were presented for both single-source multislice spiral CT and DSDMS-CT. The results of new CT model show that it scans faster than the traditional spiral CT and has a better slice sensitivity profile (SSP) with larger pitch value.

QoS-Aware Automatic Service Composition:A Graph View

In the research of service composition,it demands efficient algorithms that not only retrieve correct service compositions automatically from thousands of services but also satisfy the quality requirements of different service users.However,most approaches treat these two aspects as two separate problems,automatic service composition and service selection.Although the latest researches realize the restriction of this separate view and some specific methods are proposed,they still suffer from serious limitations in scalability and accuracy when addressing both requirements simultaneously.In order to cope with these limitations and efficiently solve the combined problem which is known as QoS-aware or QoS-driven automatic service composition problem,we propose a new graph search problem,single-source optimal directed acyclic graphs （DAGs）,for the first time.This novel single-source optimal DAGs （SSOD） problem is similar to,but more general than the classical single-source shortest paths （SSSP） problem.In this paper,a new graph model of SSOD problem is proposed and a Sim-Dijkstra algorithm is presented to address the SSOD problem with the time complexity of O（n log n ＋ m） （n and m are the number of nodes and edges in the graph respectively）,and the proofs of its soundness.It is also directly applied to solve the QoS-aware automatic service composition problem,and a service composition tool named QSynth is implemented.Evaluations show that Sim-Dijkstra algorithm achieves superior scalability and efficiency with respect to a large variety of composition scenarios,even more efficient than our worklist algorithm that won the performance championship of Web Services Challenge 2009.

半竹节虫型双金属配合物制备铁铂纳米颗粒及其图案化阵列的磁存储应用（英文）

L1_0相铁铂合金纳米颗粒具有较高的磁矫顽力,其图案化阵列有望用于开发下一代磁性数据记录系统,但是单分散铁铂纳米颗粒的合成及大规模制备图案化阵列的制备仍是巨大的挑战.本文合成了一种含有铁铂的双金属配合物,配合物由刚性的共平面金属中心和柔性尾链形成半竹节虫型结构,这种特殊的分子结构有利于机械加工中分子有序排列.配合物用作单源前驱体经一步热解即可制备L1_0相铁铂合金纳米颗粒.另外,借助高效的纳米印刷技术,对配合物溶液进行压印即可制备大规模高度有序的图案化阵列,所得阵列在氩氢混合气保护下原位热解,形成规则的磁性阵列,表明这种方式制备的磁性图案可用于磁数据存储设备.