Analysis over factors of innovation in China’s fast economic growth since its beginning of reform and opening up

The technological progress makes great contribution to the rapid economic growth of China during its past three decades of reform and opening up. An empirical analysis conducted over China’s total factor productivity certifies this conclusion but it also reveals that China’s TFP growth rate is not very high. We further explore the various stages of change of China’s total factor productivity and the causes of these changes and finally take an analytical calculation over the present flaws of China’s innovation system and offer some advices.     

Preparation and rheology of polyamide-6/attapulgite nanocomposites and studies on their percolated structure

The polyamide-6/attapulgite nanocomposites were prepared via an in situ polymerization route with attapulgites pre-modified with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and toluene-2,4-diisocyanate (TDI). Morphology observation showed that the exfoliated attapulgite fibers were well dispersed in the polyamide-6 matrix on a nanometer scale and formed a percolation network structure. The rheological behaviors of such polymer/fibrous clay nanocompostie samples were investigated by an ARES rheometer with parallel plate geometry. The storage moduli (G′), loss moduli (G″), and dynamic viscosities of these samples increased monotonically with attapulgite content at low frequencies. The presence of attapulgites caused these nanocomposite melts to have solid-like behaviors and slower relaxation. This behavior can be explained in terms of the development of a grafting-percolated fibrous-silicate network structure. Monte Carlo simulations were performed to determine the critical threshold for attapulgites fibers in 3D. The calculated critical threshold from simulations fitted the results of our rheological experiments very well.     

Augment low-field intra-operative MRI with preoperative MRI using a hybrid non-rigid registration method

Background

Preoperatively acquired diffusion tensor image (DTI) and blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) have been proved to be effective in providing more anatomical and functional information; however, the brain deformation induced by brain shift and tumor resection severely impairs the correspondence between the image space and the patient space in image-guided neurosurgery.

Method

To address the brain deformation, we developed a hybrid non-rigid registration method to register high-field preoperative MRI with low-field intra-operative MRI in order to recover the deformation induced by brain shift and tumor resection. The registered DTI and BOLD are fused with low-field intra-operative MRI for image-guided neurosurgery.

Results

The proposed hybrid registration method was evaluated by comparing the landmarks predicted by the hybrid registration method with the landmarks identified in the low-field intra-operative MRI for 10 patients. The prediction error of the hybrid method is 1.92 ± 0.54 mm, and the compensation accuracy is 74.3 ± 5.0%. Compared to the landmarks far from the resection region, those near the resection region demonstrated a higher compensation accuracy (P-value = .003) although these landmarks had larger initial displacements.

Conclusions

The proposed hybrid registration method is able to bring preoperatively acquired BOLD and DTI into the operating room and compensate for the deformation to augment low-field intra-operative MRI with rich anatomical and functional information.     

Catalytic activities and properties of mesoporous sulfated Al2O3–ZrO2

Mesoporous sulfated Al₂O₃–ZrO₂ (MSAZ) catalysts with large surface areas and pore volumes after calcination at high temperature (650 °C) and with higher Al₂O₃ content than 20wt% were successfully prepared from a template of block copolymer (P84). The MSAZ catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), N₂ adsorption, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), ²⁷Al magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS NMR), thermogravimetric analysis (TG–DTG), temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia (NH₃-TPD) and infrared spectra (IR) of adsorbed pyridine. It is shown that the resulting mesostructured sulfated Al₂O₃–ZrO₂ samples have a well-developed textural mesoporosity. The number of acid sites present on MSAZ catalysts is higher than that on conventional sulfated zirconia, and the former catalysts are more active than the latter one for various acid-catalyzed reactions.     

先进复合材料基体树脂的增韧研究

通过4种聚醚酰亚胺(PEI)PID、PIM、PIP和PIB改性3种热固性树脂(环氧、氰酸酯以及双马来酰亚胺树脂)的研究,讨论了PEI结构、用量、分子质量以及固化剂用量等因素对改性体系的相结构以及力学性能的影响,结果表明控制相结构是增韧基体树脂的关键因素,对基体树脂增韧的研究有指导意义。对不同的热固性树脂体系需采用不同的结构、配方和固化工艺。PIP改性环氧体系呈现的双连续相结构,PEI改性双马来酰亚胺体系,PEI质量分数为5%时呈现了PIM分散粒子相结构,PEI质量分数为10%时呈现了双连续相结构而PEI质量分数大于15%时呈现了相反转结构,PIP分子质量为18 000或20 000时呈现了双连续相结构,而对于PIP改性氰酸酯体系高PIP分子质量较低的呈现双连续相结构,该体系在120℃固化6 h呈现相反转结构,而150℃或180℃固化形成双连续相结构,双连续相结构增韧效果明显。     

Multiple targets enclosure by robotic swarm

Target enclosure by autonomous robots is useful for many practical applications, for example, surveillance of disaster sites. Scalability is important for autonomous robots because a larger group is more robust against breakdown, accidents, and failure. However, since the traditional models have discussed only the cases in which minimum number of robots enclose a single target, there has been no study on the utilization of the redundant number of robots. In this paper, to achieve a highly scalable target enclosure model about the number of target to enclose, we introduce swarm based task assignment capability to Takayama’s enclosure model. The original model discussed only single target environment but it is well suited for applying to the environments with multiple targets. We show the robots can enclose the targets without predefined position assignment by analytic discussion based on switched systems and a series of computer simulations. As a consequence of this property, the proposed robots can change their target according to the criterion about robot density while they enclose multiple targets.     

PMMA/SiO2复合微球在常规乳液体系中的制备及其形态研究

以4-乙烯基吡啶(4-VP)为辅助单体,分别使用十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)和OP-40(CA897)作乳化剂,在SiO2存在下用常规乳液聚合合成了PMMA/SiO2复合微球.在阴离子乳化剂体系中,通过改变聚合物乳胶粒大小可以得到不同形态的复合微球,在非离子乳化剂体系中,可以得到草莓型或核-壳形态的SiO2/PMMA复合微球,取决于单体滴加速度、乳化剂的浓度和单体/SiO2比.复合微球的形态通过透射电镜及扫描电镜进行表征.     

宽带系统中载波频偏与采样频偏的联合估计

提出一种针对多波带正交频分复用系统中载波频偏与采样频偏的联合估计算法。为了在频偏较小时获得对噪声干扰足够的鲁棒性,用预偏转技术把频偏预旋转到一个较大的值作估计。该算法在频域处理3个连续相同的前导符,它对频率相关性I/Q失配和频率无关性I/Q失配都具有很好的鲁棒性。基于多波带正交频分复用超宽带无线传输系统的仿真结果,验证了提出的载波频偏和采样频偏联合估计算法的有效性。     

Synthesis, morphology and photophysics of novel hybrid organic-inorganic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-tethered poly(fluorenyleneethynylene)s

A series of novel hybrid organic-inorganic light-emitting materials, polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-tethered poly(fluorenyleneethynylene)s, were successfully synthesized via Sonagashira coupling reaction. The chemical structures of these copolymers were determined by ¹H NMR and FT-IR spectra. The morphologies of these copolymers were studied in details using TEM and WAXD. The WAXD data showed that POSS formed aggregation instead of crystallization in the polymer matrix, indicating the significant effect of the backbone constraint on POSS crystallization. Furthermore, it also revealed that the interchain interaction weakened and the interchain distance increased after introducing POSS groups. The TEM data indicated that POSS aggregates were well dispersed in polymer matrix. In accordance with the morphological investigation, the results of UV-vis absorption and photoluminescence emission spectra of these copolymers showed that the tendency toward planar conformation of conjugated backbones reduced to a certain extent due to weakened interchain interaction. Accordingly, these copolymers exhibited the enhanced quantum yields in the solid state. In addition, owing to the thermal and oxygen stability of hybrid POSS, the thermal spectral stability of these polymers was also improved greatly.     

Influence of epoxy resin on the morphological and rheological properties of PBT/ABS blends compatibilized by ASMA

Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)/acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene (ABS) copolymer blends compatibilized by a mixture of styrene–acrylonitrile–maleic anhydride (ASMA) copolymers and epoxy resin (EP) were prepared through melt reactive extrusion. The morphological, rheological, and mechanical properties of these blends were studied. The epoxy functional groups of EP can react with anhydride groups of ASMA and the PBT terminal groups (? OH and ? COOH) simultaneously, leading to the formation of ASMA–EP–PBT graft copolymers. Because of the effective compatibilization of these copolymers at the interface, finer dispersed phase morphologies were obtained. Compared with PBT/ABS/ASMA blends, the addition of EP induced a more stable molten phase structure, with increases of storage moduli, loss moduli, and dynamic viscosities. Results indicated that 1.5 wt% of the EP in the blends was most suited for the compatibilization. Impact properties of these blends were also investigated. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 47:1943–1950, 2007. © 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers