Influence of Zn ion implantation on structures and field emission properties of multi-walled carbon nanotube arrays

The structures and field emission properties of multi-walled carbon nanotube arrays implanted with Zn+ by MEVVA ion implanter have been investigated.The results revealed that Zn+implantation induced structural damage and that the top of carbon nanotubes with multi-layered graphite structure were transformed into carbon nanowires with amorphous structure.Meanwhile,C:Zn solid solution was synthesized after Zn+ implantation.The turn-on field and threshold field were 0.80 and 1.31 V/μm,respectively for original...     

A novel framework for software defined based secure storage systems

The Software Defined Systems (SDSys) paradigm has been introduced recently as a solution to reduce the overhead in the control and management operations of complex computing systems and to maintain a high level of security and protection. The main concept behind this technology is around isolating the data plane from the control plane. Building a Software Defined System in a real life environment is considered an expensive solution and may have a lot of risks. Thus, there is a need to simulate such systems before the real-life implementation and deployment. In this paper we present a novel experimental framework as a virtualized testbed environment for software defined based secure storage systems. Its also covers some related issues for large scale data storage and sharing such as deduplication. This work builds on the Mininet simulator, where its core components, the host, switch and the controller, are customized to build the proposed experimental simulation framework. The developed emulator, will not only support the development and testing of SD-based secure storage solutions, it will also serve as an experimentation tool for researchers and for benchmarking purposes. The developed simulator/emulator could also be used as an educational tool to train students and novice researchers.     

Evaluation of the passivation effect and the first-principles calculation on surface termination of germanium detector

The point-contact high-purity germanium detector (HPGe) has the advantages of low background, low energy threshold, and high energy resolution and can be applie...     

Modeling tree root diameter and biomass by ground-penetrating radar

Roots play a key role in ecosystem functioning as they transfer water and nutrients from soil to plants.Traditional methods for measuring roots are labor-intensive and destructive in nature,which limits quantitative and repeatable assessments in longterm research.Ground-penetrating radar(GPR) provides a non-destructive method to measure plant roots.Based on the superiority of GPR with 2 GHz frequency,we developed a new,practical method to estimate root biomass.First,average root matter density was measured ...     

基于可靠性的配电网规划思路和方法 讲座六 可靠性与费用的关系

规划人员在考虑配电网应具有良好的可靠性时,面临的主要挑战是如何处理可靠性与费用的关系。基于可靠性规划最终的问题就是要在定额资金的范围内获得尽可能高的供电可靠性,或以尽可能少的费用获得特定水平的供电可靠性。重点介绍了基于成本效益的可靠性改进方法(CERI),是能有效处理可靠性与费用关系的一种方法,该方法简单实用、无需建模和复杂计算。介绍了可靠性的投资分配的基本概念以及CERI的6个基本步骤,最后给出了一个应用示例。     

Insights into the influence of fluorination positions on polymer donor materials on photovoltaic performance

To explore the influence of fluoro substitution position and number on optical, electrochemical and photovoltaic properties, three novel donor-acceptor (D-A) alternative copolymers (PHF, PFH and PFF) were synthesized by Stille polycondensation of 2,3-diphenyl-5,8-di(thiophen-2-yl)quinoxaline (DTQx) acceptor unit and indacenodithiophene (IDT) donor unit. As films, PHF and PFF comprising two fluoro substituents on the lateral phenyl groups displayed a broad absorption ranging from 350 to 700 nm; whereas PFH containing two fluorine atoms on the polymer main chain exhibited a slightly narrower absorption ranging from 350 to 650 nm. In addition, fluoro substitution on the polymer main chain can lower the HOMO level of the resulted polymers. As expected, PFH and PFF possess deeper HOMO energy level than PHF. Polymer solar cells (PSCs) were fabricated with these three polymers as donor materials and PC₇₁BM as acceptor material. PHF based PSCs gave a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 7.2% with a V_oc of 0.84 V, a J_sc of 12.46 mA/cm² and an FF of 0.69. And PFH based PSCs showed a PCE of 6.19% with a V_oc of 0.93 V, a J_sc of 9.57 mA/cm² and an FF 0.70. However, a PCE of only 2.9% with a V_oc of 0.92 V, a J_sc of 4.61 mA/cm² and an FF of 0.68 was obtained for PFF based PSCs. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and resonant soft X-ray scattering (R-SoXS) studies indicated that the introduction of four fluorine atoms at each repeating unit can spoil the morphology of active layer. These results highlight the importance of fluorination position and number to the performance of PSCs.     

Demonstration and field trial of a resilient hybrid NG-PON test-bed

A multi-layer next generation PON prototype has been built and tested, to show the feasibility of extended hybrid DWDM/TDM-XGPON FTTH networks with resilient optically-integrated ring-trees architecture, supporting broadband multimedia services. It constitutes a transparent common platform for the coexistence of multiple operators sharing the optical infrastructure of the central metro ring, passively combining the access and the metropolitan network sections. It features 32 wavelength connections at 10 Gbps, up to 1000 users distributed in 16 independent resilient sub-PONs over 100 km. This paper summarizes the network operation, demonstration and field trial results.     

Optimization of acid hydrolysis conditions for total isoflavones analysis in soybean hypocotyls by using RSM

The optimum hydrolysis conditions of soybean hypocotyls with HCl for a quantitative HPLC determination of total isoflavones (TI) were studied by using response surface methodology (RSM). HCl concentration (HC), hydrolysis time (HT) and reaction temperature (RT) were assumed to be the most important factors affecting hydrolysis for the determination of TI. Optimum hydrolysis conditions for maximizing the determination of TI were: HC=3.42N, HT=205.5 min and RT=44.6°C. The model had a satisfactory coefficient of R² (=0.967) and was verified experimentally. Furthermore, the recovery of individual isoflavones was 97–100% under the optimum hydrolysis conditions. The results suggested that the conditions were mild and useful for maximizing a quantitative HPLC determination of TI in soybean hypocotyls.     

Effects of 50keV and 100keV Proton Irradiation on GaInP/GaAs/Ge Triple-Junction Solar Cells

GaInP/GaAs/Ge triple-junction solar cells were irradiated with 50 keV and 100 keV protons at fluences of 5 × 10^10 cm^-2, 1 × 10^11 cm^-2,1 × 10^12 cm^-2, and 1 × 10^13 cm^-2. Their performance degradation is analyzed using current-voltage characteristics and spectral response measurements, and then the changes in Isc, Voc, Pmax and the spectral response of the cells are observed as functions of proton irradiation fluence and energy. The results show that the spectral response of the top cell degrades more significantly than that of the middle cell, and 100 keV proton-induced degradation rates of Isc, Voc and Pmax are larger compared with 50 keV proton irradiation.