Electroluminescence enhancement in blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes based on different hosts

Blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes(OLEDs) are fabricated by utilizing the hole transport-type host material of 1,3-bis(carbazol-9-yl)benzene(MCP) combined with the electron transport-type host material of 1,3-bis(triphenylsilyl)benzene(UGH3) with the ratios of 1:0,8:2 and 6:4,and doping with blue phosphorescent dopant of bis(4,6-difluorophenylpyridinato-N,C2)picolinatoiridium(FIrpic).The device with an optimum concentration proportion of MCP:UGH3 of 8:2 exhibits the maximum current efficiency of 19.18 cd/A at luminance of 35.71 cd/m2 with maintaining Commission Internationale de L’Eclairage(CIE) coordinates of(0.1481,0.2695),which is enhanced by 35.7% compared with that of 1:0 with(0.1498,0.2738).The improvements are attributed to the effective carrier injection and transport in emitting layer(EML) because of mixed host materials.In addition,electron and exciton are confined in the EML,and 4,4’,4’’-Tris(carbazol-9-yl)-triphenylamine(TCTA) and Di-[4-(N,N-ditolyl-amino)-phenyl]cyclohexane(TAPC) have the high lowest unoccupied molecular orbital(LUMO) energy level and triplet exiton energy.     

Optical,electrical and mechanical properties of indium tin oxide on polyethylene terephthalate substrates: Application in bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells

We investigated optical, electrical and mechanical properties of indium tin oxide (ITO) on flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate, considering bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) polymer solar cells applications. Encapsulation of flexible solar cells with the architecture PET/ITO/PEDOT:PSS/P3HT:PCBM (or P3HT:PCBM:AZ-NDI-4)/Al was done by direct brush-painting with nail enamel. Active cell layer blends of [6,6]-phenyl C₆₁ butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) with regioregular or regiorandom poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) were applied. Additionally for this role the mixture of regioregular P3HT:PCBM with naphthalene diimide–imine with four thiophene rings AZ-NDI-4 was tested. Obtained photovoltaic (PV) and optical (UV–vis) results of the flexible polymer solar cells were compared with the same architecture of devices on the glass/ITO substrate.     

Hybrid diversity combining techniques for DS‐CDMA over a multipath fading channel

The combined effect of antenna diversity and spread spectrum (SS) diversity for a direct sequence code division multiple access (DS‐CDMA) system using differential binary phase‐shift keying (DBPSK) modulation is evaluated. Both maximal ratio combining (MRC) and selection diversity (SD) are considered and the bit error rate (BER) performance for four following diversity schemes are compared: (1) SS diversity with MRC and antenna diversity with SD; (2) SS diversity with SD and antenna diversity with MRC; (3) MRC of both SS diversity and antenna diversity; (4) SD of both SS diversity and antenna diversity. It is shown that antenna diversity with MRC and SS diversity with selection has a performance very close to that of antenna diversity and SS diversity both with MRC. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

HRTEM study of new series of oxycarbonitrate superconductors (Cu,C,N)Sr2Ca(n - 1)Cu(n)O(y) (n = 1-6)

Arrangements of Cu and anion groups (CO3 and NO3) in the charge-reservoir (CR) blocks of a series of new oxycarbonitrate superconductors (Cu,C,N)Sr2Ca(n - 1)Cu(n)O(y) (n = 1-6) were examined by means of electron diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The first three members with n = 1-3 [Tc = 33 K (n = 1), 91 K (n = 2), 90 K (n = 3)] show the 4a0-type superstructures with periodic arrangements, [-Cu-X-X-X-Cu-X-X-X-Cu-] (X = CO3, NO3), in the CR blocks. The third member (n = 3) partly contains the 2a0-type of superstructure with [-Cu-X-Cu-X-Cu] in the CR blocks. The fourth member with n = 4 (Tc = 113 K) contains only the 2a0-type of superstructure. The higher members, with n = 5 (Tc = 65 K) and n = 6 (Tc = 52 K), show no evidence of ordering in the CR blocks, suggesting random arrangements of Cu and anion groups.     

An Iridium (III) Complex Bearing a Donor–Acceptor–Donor Type Ligand for NIR-Triggered Dual Phototherapy

Iridium(III) complexes are an important group of photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy (PDT). This work constructs a donor–acceptor–donor structure-based iridium(III) complex (IrDAD) with high reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation efficiency, negligible dark toxicity, and synergistic PDT and photothermal therapy (PTT) effect under near-infrared (NIR) stimulation. This complex self-assembles into metallosupramolecular aggregates with a unique aggregation-induced PDT behavior. Compared with conventional iridium(III) photosensitizers, IrDAD not only achieves NIR light deep tissue penetration but also shows highly efficient ROS and heat generation with ROS quantum yield of 14.6% and photothermal conversion efficiency of 27.5%. After conjugation with polyethylene glycol (PEG), IrDAD is formulated to a nanoparticulate system (IrDAD-NPs) with good solubility. In cancer phototherapy, IrDAD-NPs preferentially accumulate in tumor area and display a significant tumor inhibition in vivo, with 96% reduction in tumor volume, and even tumor elimination.     

High-frequency InGaAs/InP multiple-quantum-well buried-mesa electroabsorption optical modulator

We describe the structure and performance characteristics of an InGaAs/InP multiple-quantum-well (MQW) electro-absorption buried-mesa optical modulator. The device is fabricated with two metal-organic chemical-vapour-deposition (MOCVD) growth steps, wherein small-area circular (40?m diameter) PIN diodes are buried with Fe-doped semiinsulating (SI) InP regrowth. The modulator has a relatively low insertion loss (4.5 dB) with 25% modulation depth and very high modulation bandwith (5.3 GHz) operating at 1.62?m wavelength.     

Recrystallization by annealing in SiC amorphized with Ne irradiation

Alpha-silicon carbide was irradiated with Ne+ ions at room temperature to various fluences up to 7.5 x 10(20) Ne+ m(-2) and then isochronally annealed under observation with a transmission electron microscope. In all cases, thin regions were completely amorphized by irradiation and epitaxial growth occurred from the residual crystalline region by subsequent annealing. Crystal nucleation occurred with annealing at 1000 degrees C in the cases of 3.8 x 10(20) and 7.5 x 10(20) Ne+ m(-2) irradiation, and at 1100 degrees C in the cases of 1.3 x 10(20) and 2.3 x 10(20) Ne+ m(-2) irradiation. Growth or formation of bubbles was observed with annealing at 1000 degrees C after 1.3 x 10(20), 2.3 x 10(20), and 3.8 x 10(20) Ne+ m(-2) irradiation.     

2,5,8,11-Tetra-Tertbutylperylene作为辅助掺杂剂的红色有机电致发光二极管(英文)

制备了采用9,10-di-(2-naphthyl)anthracene(ADN)作为主体,4-(dicya-nomethylene)-2-t-butyl-6(1,1,7,7-tetramethyljulolidyl-9-enyl)-4H-pyran(DCJTB)作为红色发光中心,2,5,8,11-tetra-tertbutylperylene(TBPe)作为辅助掺杂剂的红光有机电致发光器件。4,4′,4″-tris[2-naphthyl(phenyl)amino]triphenylamine(2TNATA)用作空穴注入材料,4,4′-bis[N-(1-naphthyl)-N-phenylamino]biphenyl(NPB),tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum(Alq3)用于空穴和电子传输。实验结果表明,掺有DCJTB的ADN也可实现红色发光,掺入TBPe作为辅助掺杂,可以提高该红光器件的效率,但几乎不改变器件色坐标。此外,2%TBPe(质量分数)作为辅助掺杂的器件表现出最佳的流明效率和最大升温速率。     

Glucose effectiveness and insulin sensitivity from the minimalmodels: consequences of undermodeling assessed by Monte Carlo simulation

The unlabeled (cold) minimal model (MM) and the labeled (hot) minimal model (HMM) are a powerful tool to investigate in vivo metabolism from a standard intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT) or hot IVGTT (HIVGTT). They allow to estimate metabolic indexes of the glucose-insulin system, namely glucose effectiveness (GE) and insulin sensitivity (IS) (of uptake and production those of MM, and of uptake only these of HMM). Here, the consequences of the single-compartment glucose kinetics approximation used in the MM's are investigated via Monte Carlo simulation, using a physiologic reference model (RM) of the system, RM allows to generate noisy synthetic plasma concentrations of glucose, tracer glucose, and insulin during IVGTT and HIVGTT, which are then analyzed with MM and HMM. The MM and HMM CE and IS are then compared with the RM ones. Results of 400 runs show that: (1) correlation of MM GE with the RM index is weak; (2) MM IS is well correlated with the RM index, but severely underestimates it; (3) HMM clearance rate is correlated with RM clearance; and (4) HMM IS is well correlated and only slightly overestimates the RM index. These results demonstrate that GE of MM is most affected by the single-compartment approximation and the indexes of HMM are more robust than those of MM     

10Gbit／sX4小型可插拔并行光收发模块的研制

研制了一款基于系统级封装技术的低成本、收发一体和可带电热插拔的4通道小型可插拔（QSFP）光模块,采用850nm垂直腔面发射激光器（VCSEL）阵列及其驱动器作为发射端,光电探测器（PD）阵列及其跨阻放大器（TIA）作为接收端,通过光路无源对准,实现了低成本光互连。高速度、高密度封装下的瞬态同步开关噪声、芯片间电磁干扰...     

Energy-based scatter correction for 3-D PET scanners using NaI(T1) detectors

Earlier investigations with BGO positron emission tomography (PET) scanners showed that the scatter correction technique based on multiple acquisitions with different energy windows are problematic to implement because of the poor energy resolution of BGO (22%), particularly for whole-body studies. We believe that these methods are likely to work better with NaI(TI) because of the better energy resolution achievable with NaI(TI) detectors (10%). Therefore, we investigate two different choices for the energy window, a low-energy window (LEW) on the Compton spectrum at 400-450 keV, and a high-energy window (HEW) within the photopeak (lower threshold above 511 keV). The results obtained for our three-dimensional (3-D) (septa-less) whole-body scanners [axial field of view (FOV) of 12.8 cm and 25.6 cm] as well as for our 3-D brain scanner (axial FOV of 25.6 cm) show an accurate prediction of the scatter distribution for the estimation of trues method (ETM) using a HEW, leading to a significant reduction of the scatter contamination. The dual-energy window (DEW) technique using a LEW is shown to be intrinsically wrong; in particular, it fails for line source and bar phantom measurements. However, the method is able to produce good results for homogeneous activity distributions. Both methods are easy to implement, are fast, have a low noise propagation, and will be applicable to other PET scanners with good energy resolution and stability, such as hybrid NaI(TI) PET/SPECT dual-head cameras and future PET cameras with GSO or LSO scintillators.     

Electroactivity of Polyaniline Multilayer Films in Neutral Solution and Their Electrocatalyzed Oxidation of β‐Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide

In this paper, we report an alternative simple method to shift the electroactivity of polyaniline (PANI) films to neutral pH conditions by forming multilayer assemblies with poly(anions) using the layer‐by‐layer (LBL) deposition method. A series of self‐assembled PANI multilayer films with poly(anions), such as sulfonated polyaniline (SPANI), poly(acrylic acid) (PAA), poly(vinyl sulfonate) (PVS), and poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS), were prepared by the LBL method. Their electrochemical behavior and catalytic ability for the oxidation of β‐nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) in neutral solution were investigated by electrochemistry (EC) combined with surface plasmon spectroscopy (SPS) and the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technique. Results indicated that all the films showed very good stability, reversibility, and electroactivity in neutral solution. All the multilayer films can electrocatalyze the oxidation of NADH, with the catalytic ability of PANI/SPANI being higher than that of the other assemblies under the same conditions. The catalytic abilities of the films with the same thickness prepared by the copolymerization method and the LBL method were also compared.     

The oral glucose minimal model: estimation of insulin sensitivity from a meal test

Recently, a new approach has been proposed to estimate insulin sensitivity (S(I)) from an oral glucose tolerance test or a meal using an "integral equation". Here, we improve on the "integral equation" by resorting to a "differential equation" approach. The classic glucose kinetics minimal model was used with the addition of a parametric model for the rate of appearance into plasma of oral glucose (Ra). Three behavioral models of Ra were proposed: piecewise-linear (P), spline (S) and dynamic (D). All three models performed satisfactorily allowing a precise estimation of S(I) and a plausible reconstruction of Ra. Mean S(I) estimates were virtually identical: S(I)P = 6.81 +/- 0.87 (SE); S(I)S = 6.53 +/- 0.80; and S(I)D = 6.62 +/- 0.79. S(I) strongly correlated with the integral-equation index (I) S(I)I: r = 0.99, p < 0.01 for models D and S, and r 0.97, p < 0.01 for P. Also, SI compared well with insulin sensitivity estimated from intravenous glucose tolerance test in the same subjects (r = 0.75, p < 0.01; r = 0.71, p < 0.01; r = 0.73, p < 0.01, respectively, for P, S, and D models versus s(I)IVGTT). Finally, the novel approach allows estimation of SI from a shorter test (120 min): model P yielded S(I)R = 7.16 +/- 1.0 (R for reduced) which correlated very well with S(I)P and S(I)I (respectively, r = 0.94, p < 0.01; r = 0.95, p < 0.01) and still satisfactorily with S(I)IVGTT (r = 0.77, p < 0.01).     

利用双尺度相似变换构造高逼近阶的双正交多低通滤波器

该文给出了利用分形插值函数构造多尺度函数的推导方法,对多低通滤波器H0(z)通过计算知det H0(z)和det H0(-z)没有公共根,利用双正交多低通滤波器的精确重构条件,得到了H0(z)的对偶滤波器F0(z).为了使H0(z)的对偶具有较高逼近阶,对H0(z)作双尺度相似变换,得到了H0new(z)和它的对偶F0new(z),对只F0new(z)作相应的反变换,就得到了H0(z)的具有高逼近阶的对偶滤波器.     

sol-gel法制备Ba_(3.99)Sm_(9.34)Ti_(18)O_(54)微波介质陶瓷

以柠檬酸为络合剂,通过sol-gel法制备了Ba3.99Sm9.34Ti18O54陶瓷前驱体;经1100℃预烧2h压片成型后,再在1300℃保温3h,即得到了烧结致密的陶瓷样品。与传统固相法相比,其烧结温度降低了50℃,且陶瓷晶粒细小,晶粒分布均匀,具有更加优良的微波介电性能:εr=79.56,Q·f=9636GHz(4.71GHz),τf=–1.23×10–6/℃。     

Accurate automatic detection of end-diastole from left ventricular pressure using peak curvature

Precise identification of end-diastole (ED), corresponding to the end of diastole and start of systole, is crucial for accurate assessment of cardiac function. The aims of this study were to develop a new algorithm based on peak curvature (kappa(p)) for detecting ED as a "corner" in left ventricular pressure (LVP) signals, and to compare this approach with "gold-standard" ED obtained by manual annotation (ED(man)) and ED calculated with previously described algorithms that use an LVP first-derivative threshold (dP/dt(0) or dP/dt(100)), the peak LVP second-derivative (d(2)P/dt(2)(p)) or ECG R-wave peak (ECG(R)). Using customized software, all algorithms were applied to data derived from 213 large animal studies spanning a wide range of animal ages (fetus to adult), heart rates, inotropic states, and loading conditions. Differences between ED(man) and each algorithm were then compared after defining an acceptance region for the ED detection based on ED(man) interobserver variability. ED detected with kappa(p) was the most accurate (p < 0.001) and least variable (p < 0.001), with 97% of measurements within the acceptance region and difference from ED(man) of (1.5 +/- 4.2) ms. By contrast, ED was often detected early with dP/dt(0) and dP/dt(100) , and late with d(2)P/dt(2)(p) and ECG(R). These results indicate that the peak curvature algorithm using LVP provides accurate and reliable detection of ED.     

Electron and hole mobility enhancement in strained SOI by waferbonding

N- and p-MOSFETs have been fabricated in strained Si-on-SiGe-on-insulator (SSOI) with high (15-25%) Ge content. Wafer bonding and H-induced layer transfer techniques enabled the fabrication of the high Ge content SiGe-on-insulator (SGOI) substrates. Mobility enhancement of 50% for electrons (with 15% Ge) and 15-20% for holes (with 20-25% Ge) has been demonstrated in SSOI MOSFETs. These mobility enhancements are commensurate with those reported for FETs fabricated on strained silicon on bulk SiGe substrates     

Isolated-utterance speech recognition using hidden Markov modelswith bounded state durations

Hidden Markov models (HMMs) with bounded state durations (HMM/BSD) are proposed to explicitly model the state durations of HMMs and more accurately consider the temporal structures existing in speech signals in a simple, direct, but effective way. A series of experiments have been conducted for speaker dependent applications using 408 highly confusing first-tone Mandarin syllables as the example vocabulary. It was found that in the discrete case the recognition rate of HMM/BSD (78.5%) is 9.0%, 6.3%, and 1.9% higher than the conventional HMMs and HMMs with Poisson and gamma distribution state durations, respectively. In the continuous case (partitioned Gaussian mixture modeling), the recognition rates of HMM/BSD (88.3% with 1 mixture, 88.8% with 3 mixtures, and 89.4% with 5 mixtures) are 6.3%, 5.0%, and 5.5% higher than those of the conventional HMMs, and 5.9% (with 1 mixture), 3.9% (with 3 mixtures) and 3.1% (with 1 mixture), 1.8% (with 3 mixtures) higher than HMMs with Poisson and gamma distributed state durations, respectively     

Red,Green, and Blue Light‐Emitting Polyfluorenes Containing a Dibenzothiophene‐S,S‐Dioxide Unit and Efficient High‐Color‐Rendering‐Index White‐Light‐Emitting Diodes Made Therefrom

A series of blue (B), green (G) and red (R) light‐emitting, 9,9‐bis(4‐(2‐ethyl‐hexyloxy)phenyl)fluorene (PPF) based polymers containing a dibenzothiophene‐S,S‐dioxide (SO) unit (PPF‐SO polymer), with an additional benzothiadiazole (BT) unit (PPF‐SO‐BT polymer) or a 4,7‐di(4‐hexylthien‐2‐yl)‐benzothiadiazole (DHTBT) unit (PPF‐SO‐DHTBT polymer) are synthesized. These polymers exhibit high fluorescence yields and good thermal stability. Light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) using PPF‐SO25, PPF‐SO15‐BT1, and PPF‐SO15‐DHTBT1 as emission polymers have maximum efficiencies LE_max = 7.0, 17.6 and 6.1 cd A^?1 with CIE coordinates (0.15, 0.17), (0.37, 0.56) and (0.62, 0.36), respectively. 1D distributed feedback lasers using PPF‐SO30 as the gain medium are demonstrated, with a wavelength tuning range 467 to 487 nm and low pump energy thresholds (≥18 nJ). Blending different ratios of B (PPF‐SO), G (PPF‐SO‐BT) and R (PPF‐SO‐DHTBT) polymers allows highly efficient white polymer light‐emitting diodes (WPLEDs) to be realized. The optimized devices have an attractive color temperature close to 4700 K and an excellent color rendering index (CRI) ≥90. They are relatively stable, with the emission color remaining almost unchanged when the current densities increase from 20 to 260 mA cm^?2. The use of these polymers enables WPLEDs with a superior trade‐off between device efficiency, CRI, and color stability.     

AgIn共掺杂(AgIn)xPb1-2xTe化合物的合成及热电传输性能

用高温熔融法合成了Ag和In共掺的单相n型(AgIn)xPb1-2xTe化合物,研究了(AgIn)掺杂量x对(Ag-In)xPb1-2xTe(x=0.01～0.05)物相组成及热电性能的影响.结果表明:掺杂量x≤0.04时得到单相四元化合物,x=0.05时样品中出现了组成为AgInTe2第二相;(AgIn)xPb1-2xTe化合物的Seebeck系数随着x增加而增大,电导率随着掺杂量x增加而降低;化合物的热导率随着掺杂量x增大而减小;当x=0.01时,(AgIn)xPb1-2xTe化合物的热电性能指数值最大,在800K时达到1.1.