基于多功能加工平台的微细电解加工

电解加工在加工过程中因难以控制加工形状而很少应用在微细加工领域,为了对微细电解加工可行性进行探索,设计了多功能微细加工平台,利用多功能微细加工平台可为微细电解加工在线制作电极,采用低加工电压、低浓度的钝化电解液、高频窄脉冲电源和高速旋转的微细电极,进行了微细电解加工实验,取得了很好的工艺效果,加工间隙是影响加工精度的关键因素,设计了一个加工间隙控制伺服系统,以保证微小的加工间隙,在厚为100μm的不锈钢薄片上用微细电解打孔加工出直径为65μm的微小孔,利用微细电解加工时电极无损耗,提出采用简单圆柱微细电极进行微细电解铣削,加工出较高精度的微结构,取得了较好的工艺效果,从而验证了该微细电解加工装置的微细加工能力和方法的可行性。     

High-quality uniform dry transfer of graphene to polymers

In this paper we demonstrate high-quality, uniform dry transfer of graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition on copper foil to polystyrene. The dry transfer exploits an azide linker molecule to establish a covalent bond to graphene and to generate greater graphene-polymer adhesion compared to that of the graphene-metal foil. Thus, this transfer approach provides a novel alternative route for graphene transfer, which allows for the metal foils to be reused.     

Untersuchungen zum Erosionsschutz kohlenstoffaserverstärkter Duroplaste

Investigations on erosion protection of carbon-fibre-reinforced thermosetting plastics A double layer system of polyurethane rubber and a metal foil was described by calculation and experiment. There is a significant increase in erosion resistance of a carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic component by application of this system and the experimental results correlate with theoretical estimations. Among the investigated materials surface layers of titanium and a titanium aluminium alloy respectively possess the best resistance in the range of all angles of incidence. The polyurethane rubber also exhibits a very good erosion behaviour under conditions of normal impact as well as at shallow impact angles at room temperature. So the rubber takes care of a good emergency running quality after a destruction of the metal foil. It was found that the relative erosion rate of the protective metal layer decreases with increasing thickness of the rubber. A thickness of about 0,5–0,7 mm of the protective metal layer is sufficient in practice. The titanium foil should have a thickness of about 100–200 m?m for the design life because if the metal foil is too weak it will undergo destruction rather fast under laboratory conditions. There is no change of the well-known erosion mechanisms with the formation of walls around the places of normal impacts as well as grooving and machining at shallow impact angles by application of the double layer system. An increase in temparature up to 80 °C doesn't cause any change of the erosion rate of the investigated metal foils in the double layer system but will influence the erosion of the polyurethane rubber alone. The galvanic deposition of nickel is another way for the use of the double layer system especially for components with a complex geometric shape.     

Nucleation and initial growth processes of diamond thin films for stripper foils

Carbon ion beam stripper foils were fabricated from diamond films synthesized on silicon via chemical vapor deposition. Fine-grained polycrystal diamond foils with decent surface flatness were obtained using a nucleation enhancement pretreatment process. Freestanding diamond foils were formed by etching a portion of the silicon substrate on which the diamond films well-adhered. In preliminary lifetime evaluations, the 1–3 μm-thick diamond foils lasted between 20 and 420 min for 3.2 MeV Ne⁺ion-beam charge stripping.     

Calibration of X-Ray Film Used in the Detection of Soft X-Rays from the CTR Device Sceptre

To assist in the interpretation of X-ray pinhole photographs in thermonuclear research with the toroidal pinch device Sceptre, with a view to applying such photographs to the study of the energy spectrum of the electron flux incident upon the torus walls (constructed from aluminium and copper), experiments have been performed to determine the photographic effect of the X-rays produced from a known flux of electrons of given energy. A demountable X-ray tube was made in which the target was alternately copper or aluminium foil, indirectly heated, and in which a beam of electrons of known energy was focused on the foil. X-rays from the target fell upon llford Industrial G type X-ray flim, after passing through one or more metal foils. By maintaining a known beam current for different times, a range of exposures was given to different parts of the same film specimen and density-log exposure curves were compiled. Results of such experiments are presented for target elements of aluminium and copper and various thicknesses of absorbing foil, for electron energies in the range 1.8-8.4 KeV. A method is suggested by which data accumulated in this way may be used in analysis of electron energy spectra.     

The effect of temperature on the growth of carbon nanotubes on copper foil using a nickel thin film as catalyst

Growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on bulk copper foil substrates has been achieved by sputtering a nickel thin film on Cu substrates followed by thermal chemical vapor deposition. The characteristics of the nanotubes are strongly dependent on the Ni film thickness and reaction temperature. Specifically, a correlation between the thin film nickel catalyst thickness and the CNT diameter was found. Two hydrocarbon sources investigated were methane and acetylene to determine the best conditions for growth of CNTs on copper. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of this simple method of directly integrating CNTs with highly conductive substrates for use in applications where a conductive CNT network is desirable.     

Fabrication of antiferroelectric PLZT films on metal foils

Fabrication of high-dielectric-strength antiferroelectric (AFE) films on metallic foils is technically important for advanced power electronics. To that end, we have deposited crack-free Pb_0.92La_0.08Zr_0.95Ti_0.05O₃ (PLZT 8/95/5) films on nickel foils by chemical solution deposition. To eliminate the parasitic effect caused by the formation of a low-permittivity interfacial oxide, a conductive buffer layer of lanthanum nickel oxide (LNO) was coated by chemical solution deposition on the nickel foil before the deposition of PLZT. Use of the LNO buffer allowed high-quality film-on-foil capacitors to be processed in air. With the PLZT 8/95/5 deposited on LNO-buffered Ni foils, we observed field- and thermal-induced phase transformations of AFE to ferroelectric (FE). The AFE-to-FE phase transition field, E_AF = 225 kV/cm, and the reverse phase transition field, E_FA = 190 kV/cm, were measured at room temperature on a ≈1.15 μm-thick PLZT 8/95/5 film grown on LNO-buffered Ni foils. The relative permittivities of the AFE and FE states were ≈600 and ≈730, respectively, with dielectric loss ≈0.04 at room temperature. The Curie temperature was ≈210 °C. The thermal-induced transition of AFE-to-FE phase occurred at ≈175 °C. Breakdown field strength of 1.2 MV/cm was measured at room temperature.     

Measurement of lifetimes of thin carbon stripper foils produced by ion-beam sputtering

Thin carbon stripper foils used in high-intensity proton accelerators and heavy-ion accelerators must have long lifetimes. Thin carbon foils were fabricated by ion-beam sputtering using reactive and inert gas ions. The lifetime of the foils was measured using a KEK 650-keV high-intensity DC H⁻ (negative hydrogen ion) beam; changes in the foil thickness and surface deformations during irradiation were investigated. The lifetime of a typical stripper foil fabricated by heavy-ion-beam (Ar and Kr) sputtering was 60–70 times longer than that of the best commercially available foils. This paper reports a fabrication method for carbon stripper foils, along with an investigation of their lifetimes and changes in foil thickness during beam irradiation.     

Measurement of lifetimes of thin carbon stripper foils produced by ion-beam sputtering

Thin carbon stripper foils used in high-intensity proton accelerators and heavy-ion accelerators must have long lifetimes. Thin carbon foils were fabricated by ion-beam sputtering using reactive and inert gas ions. The lifetime of the foils was measured using a KEK 650-keV high-intensity DC H⁻ (negative hydrogen ion) beam; changes in the foil thickness and surface deformations during irradiation were investigated. The lifetime of a typical stripper foil fabricated by heavy-ion-beam (Ar and Kr) sputtering was 60-70 times longer than that of the best commercially available foils. This paper reports a fabrication method for carbon stripper foils, along with an investigation of their lifetimes and changes in foil thickness during beam irradiation.     

Comparative study of Nd:YAG laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and transversely excited atmospheric CO2 laser-induced gas plasma spectroscopy on chromated copper arsenate preservative-treated wood

Taking advantage of the specific characteristics of a transversely excited atmospheric (TEA) CO(2) laser, a sophisticated technique for the analysis of chromated copper arsenate (CCA) in wood samples has been developed. In this study, a CCA-treated wood sample with a dimension of 20 mm × 20 mm and a thickness of 2 mm was attached in contact to a nickel plate (20 mm × 20 mm × 0.15 mm), which functions as a subtarget. When the TEA CO(2) laser was successively irradiated onto the wood surface, a hole with a diameter of approximately 2.5 mm was produced inside the sample and the laser beam was directly impinged onto the metal subtarget. Strong and stable gas plasma with a very large diameter of approximately 10 mm was induced once the laser beam had directly struck the metal subtarget. This gas plasma then interacted with the fine particles of the sample inside the hole and finally the particles were effectively dissociated and excited in the gas plasma region. By using this technique, high precision and sensitive analysis of CCA-treated wood sample was realized. A linear calibration curve of Cr was successfully made using the CCA-treated wood sample. The detection limits of Cr, Cu, and As were estimated to be approximately 1, 2, and 15 mg/kg, respectively. In the case of standard LIBS using the Nd:YAG laser, the analytical intensities fluctuate and the detection limit was much lower at approximately one-tenth that of TEA CO(2) laser.     

Nanosecond pressure pulses propagating at anomalously high velocities in metal foils

We have studied the process of nanosecond compression pulse propagation in metal (aluminum, copper, and steel) foils. It was found that the compression pulse velocity in the foil may significantly exceed the longitudinal sound velocity in the corresponding bulk material. The results emphasize the necessity of very carefully interpreting the data for submicrosecond and shorter impact loading. The presence of a sufficiently long nonstationary shock wave process at the surface subjected to a short impact perturbation (with the wave characteristics significantly differing from those of a steady-state wave process) requires a more detailed analysis of the mechanism of shock wave formation in solids taking into account their discrete structures.     

Cold laser machining of nickel-yttrium stabilised zirconia cermets: Composition dependence

Cold laser micromachining efficiency in nickel-yttrium stabilised zirconia cermets was studied as a function of cermet composition. Nickel oxide-yttrium stabilised zirconia ceramic plates obtained via tape casting technique were machined using 8-25 ns pulses of a Nd: YAG laser at the fixed wavelength of 1.064 μm and a frequency of 1 kHz. The morphology of the holes, etched volume, drill diameter, shape and depth were evaluated as a function of the processing parameters such as pulse irradiance and of the initial composition. The laser drilling mechanism was evaluated in terms of laser-material interaction parameters such as beam absorptivity, material spallation and the impact on the overall process discussed. By varying the nickel oxide content of the composite the optical absorption (-value is greatly modified and significantly affected the drilling efficiency of the green state ceramic substrates and the morphology of the holes. Higher depth values and improved drilled volume upto 0.2 mm³ per pulse were obtained for substrates with higher optical transparency (lower optical absorption value). In addition, a laser beam self-focussing effect is observed for the compositions with less nickel oxide content. Holes with average diameter from 60 μm to 110 μm and upto 1 mm in depth were drilled with a high rate of 40 ms per hole while the final microstructure of the cermet obtained by reduction of the nickel oxide-yttrium stabilised zirconia composites remained unchanged.     

Laser ablation of silicon using a Bessel-like beam generated by a subwavelength annular aperture structure

Using a femtosecond laser incident to an oxide-metal-oxide film engraved with a subwavelength annular aperture (SAA) structure, we generated a Bessel-like beam to ablate silicon. Experimental results show that the silicon can be ablated with a 0.05 J/cm(2) input ablation threshold at 120 fs pulse duration. We obtained a surface hole possessing a diameter less than 1 μm. Optical performance, including depth-of-focus and focal spot of the SAA structure, were simulated using finite-different time-domain calculations. We found that a far-field laser beam propagating through a SAA structure possesses a submicrometer focal spot and high focus intensity. Our method can be easily adopted for surface machining in microfabrication applications.     

PMMA在石墨烯转移过程中对其表面准周期褶皱的影响

利用CVD方法在铜基底上制备了大面积石墨烯,将其转移到PMMA表面,利用AFM和STM对转移前后的石墨烯表面进行了研究,结果表明,利用CVD方法制备的石墨烯表面存在由Cu基底表面台阶引起的大面积准周期性条纹状褶皱;当石墨烯转移到PMMA表面后,褶皱数量显著减少,表面杂质颗粒和裂痕减少,表明PMMA与石墨烯间的相互作用能够提高石墨烯的平整度,改善石墨烯的质量。     

Faraday cup for measuring the electron beams of TWT guns

A compact Faraday cup reported in this paper is designed to investigate the current distributions of the electron beams of Traveling Wave Tube’s guns. It consists of a 0.06 mm thick molybdenum aperture plate and a copper shield with a graphite collector inside. There are plates with different laser-cut aperture holes that were 100 μm, 50 μm, 20 μm and 10 μm in diameter for measuring electron beams with different sizes. The thermal analysis of the Faraday cup with pulse beam heating was performed and discussed in this paper. The pulse test shows that this device has fast response and small dissipation. A 0.58 beam perveance (μP) electron gun with expected minimum beam radius 1.0 mm was measured with the Faraday cup and the three-dimensional current density distribution and beam envelope were presented. The experiment results show that the design is reasonable for measuring the electron beam with a high resolution.     

Effect of copper foil annealing process on large graphene domain growth by solid source-based chemical vapor deposition

Controlling the metal catalyst surface structure is a critical factor to achieve growth of large graphene domains. In this prospect, we explored the annealing process to create an oxide layer and subsequent recrystallization of Cu foil for growth of large graphene domain by the atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (AP-CVD) technique. We revealed the transformation of Cu surface crystallographic structures in every step of annealing process by electron back-scattered diffraction analysis. Initially, electroless polished Cu foils are annealed in Ar and then in H₂ atmosphere to obtain a smoother surface with reduced graphene nucleation sites. The transformation of Cu grain structures at various annealing steps was confirmed, where the gas atmosphere and annealing duration have significant influence. Graphene domains with the size more than 560 µm are obtained on the processed Cu surface using polystyrene as solid precursor. It is obtained that the oxidation and recrystallization process of Cu foil surface significantly influence the nucleation density, which enable growth of larger graphene domain in the developed CVD process.     

Normalization of a collimated 14.7 MeV neutron source in a neutron spectrometry system for benchmark experiments

In the present study a method used to normalize a collimated 14.7 MeV neutron beam is introduced. It combined a measurement of the fast neutron scalar flux passing through the collimator, using a copper foil activation, with a neutron transport calculation of the foil activation per unit source neutron, carried out by the discrete-ordinates transport code DOT 4.2. The geometry of the collimated neutron beam is composed of a D-T neutron source positioned 30 cm in front of a 6 cm diameter collimator, through a 120 cm thick paraffin wall. The neutron flux emitted from the D-T source was counted by an NE-213 scintillator, simultaneously with the irradiation of the copper foil. Thus, the determination of the normalization factor of the D-T source is used for an absolute flux calibration of the NE-213 scintillator.The major contributions to the uncertainty in the determination of the normalization factor, and their origins, are discussed.     

Solar photocatalytic removal of Cu(II), Ni(II), Zn(II) and Pb(II): speciation modeling of metal-citric acid complexes

The present study is targeted on solar photocatalytic removal of metal ions from wastewater. Photoreductive deposition and dark adsorption of metal ions Cu(II), Ni(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II), using solar energy irradiated TiO2, has been investigated. Citric acid has been used as a hole scavenger. Modeling of metal species has been performed and speciation is used as a tool for discussing the photodeposition trends. Ninety-seven percent reductive deposition was obtained for copper. The deposition values of other metals were significantly low [nickel (36.4%), zinc (22.2%) and lead (41.4%)], indicating that the photocatalytic treatment process, using solar energy, was more suitable for wastewater containing Cu(II) ions. In absence of citric acid, the decreasing order deposition was Cu(II)>Ni(II)>Pb(II)>Zn(II), which proves the theoretical thermodynamic predictions about the metals.     

Polymer coating method developed for carbon stripper foils

The problem of handling the fragile carbon foils (mounting on the frame, placing in the stripper changer) that easily break when self-supporting has been solved by coating carbon foils with poly-monochloro-para-xylylene. It was found that the polymer-coating method could also be used to produce carbon foils thicker than 100 μg/cm² by alternated deposition of carbon and poly-monochloro-para-xylylene layers. Carbon foil of 500 μg/cm² thick and 10 cm in diameter was produced by this method and mounted to a foil holder. Results of lifetime measurement for singly coated foils are also presented.     

The temporal structure of a runaway electron beam generated in air at atmospheric pressure

Supershort avalanche electron beams (SAEBs) generated in air at atmospheric pressure have been studied with picosecond time resolution. It is established that an SAEB has a complicated structure that depends on the interelectrode gap width and cathode design. In a gas-filled diode with a small gap width, an SAEB current pulse with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of ??25 ps has been observed behind a collimator with a hole diameter of 1 mm. As the gap width is increased or decreased relative to the optimum value that corresponds to the maximum beam current, the SAEB current pulse shape changes and pulses with two peaks are more likely detected. The two-peak SAEB current pulse shape is retained behind aluminum foil with a thickness of 60 and 110 ??m.