Fabrication of patterned single-walled carbon nanotube films using electrophoretic deposition

Thin films of chemically functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were fabricated by using a direct current (dc) electrophoretic deposition method. SWNTs were shortened and then functionalized with acid chloride group to combine with the amine group-terminated gold substrate. Silica nanospheres with a diameter of about 190nm were arrayed on gold substrate to pattern a thin SWNT film. Periodically patterned SWNT film was eventually produced and would be used in potential applications like electron emitters and large surface area electrodes.     

Observed finger behaviour during computer mouse use

Two-button computer mouse users may exhibit sustained, static finger lifting behaviours to prevent inadvertent activations by avoiding finger pressure on the buttons, which leads to prolonged, static finger extensor muscle loading. One hundred graduate students were observed during normal computer work in a university computer facility to qualify and quantify the prevalence of lifted finger behaviours and extended finger postures, as well as wrist/forearm and grip behaviour, during specific mouse activities. The highest prevalences observed were 48% of the students lifted their middle finger during mouse drag activities, and 23% extended their middle finger while moving the mouse. In addition, 98% of the students rested their wrist and forearm (77%) or wrist only (21%) on the workstation surface, and 97% had an extended wrist posture (15 degrees -30 degrees ) when using the mouse. Potential applications of these findings include future computer input device designs to reduce finger lifting behaviour and exposures to risk factors of hand/forearm musculoskeletal pain.     

On hybrid control of a class of stochastic non-linear Markovian switching systems

In this paper, we address the problem of hybrid control for a class of stochastic non-linear Markovian switching systems. First, a hybrid controller is introduced for the systems. Then under some appropriate assumptions, the stabilization condition for the systems under pure impulsive control is given. Further under impulsive control, the output feedback stabilization problem of the systems is discussed and linear output feedback controllers are designed. Finally a numerical example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.     

A -based layout design for gratings allocation

In the design process of gratings, the grating layout design is the most important activity influencing manufacturing cost. In the grating layout design, the key to saving manufacturing cost is to find a design with a minimal number of cutting operations. This paper presents an application of the A^* algorithm in grating layout design. The design problem is represented as the space search problem of design alternatives. A^* explores the feasible alternatives within the space, until an optimal solution is obtained.     

基于支持向量机的思维脑电信号特征分类研究

探索一种实用的基于想象运动思维脑电的脑-机接口(BCI)方式,为实现BCI应用奠定比较坚实的理论和实验基础。对6名受试者进行三种不同时段(箭头出现2s、1s和0s后提示按键)情况下想象左右手运动思维作业的信号采集实验,利用小波变换和支持向量机对实验数据进行离线处理。对三种情况下的延缓时间△t0、△t1和△t2分析发现:△t0与△t1和△t2之间都有显著性差别(p<0.05),而△t1与△t2之间没有显著差别(p>0.05);平均分类正确率分别达到68.00%、80.00%和56.67%(p<0.05);实际按键前0.5~1s左右,想象左右手运动的思维脑电特征信号都发生了明显改变。通过合理的实验设计获取的信号有助于识别正确率的提高,为BCI系统中思维任务的特征提取与识别分类提供了新思路和方法。     

电厂斗轮机取煤流量与斗轮电流的曲线拟合

介绍了采用三次B样条和最小二乘法多项式拟合电厂斗轮机瞬时煤流量与斗轮电流之间关系的方法.通过拟合函数分析数据变化趋势,计算出斗轮的超载电流;根据实时检测的斗轮电流,推算斗轮瞬时取煤流量;并与视频流量检测装置测到的瞬时煤流量一起共同参与斗轮机回转角速度的控制,确保斗轮机取煤的高效率和运行安全.     

DICOM医学图像数据转换算法研究

分析DICOM格式的结构、组成和存储方式,提出一种DICOM格式图像向BMP格式图像转换的D2B算法,该算法将灰度级数多,存储位数多,结构复杂的DICOM格式的医学数据图像转换成易于处理且使用广泛的BMP格式的图像.实验结果表明,D2B算法在转换效率、信息保持等方面达到了令人满意的效果.     

新舟60模拟机飞行指引系统实现

以新舟60飞机为模型,C 语言为开发工具,开发出一套完整可行的飞行指引(F/D)软件.用以替代Collins APS-85飞控计算机完成飞行指引功能,并成功地在飞行模拟机上通过测试且得到应用.具有成本低廉,稳定可靠的特点,能够满足飞行员训练的需要.     

Effects of morphologies of (Cd+Te) powders on the properties of sintered CdS/CdTe solar cells

Polycrystalline CdS/CdTe solar cells have been prepared by coating and sintering a CdS slurry and a (Cd+Te) slurry. CdS layers were first formed on borosilicate glass substrates at 600°C in nitrogen and then CdTe layers were formed on the sintered CdS layers at 625°C in nitrogen. The (Cd+Te) slurry contained (Cd+Te) powders mixed in a ball mill for 12–220 h instead of more expensive CdTe powders. The shape of cadmium particles changed from spherical to plate-like and the diameter of the plate-shaped particles became smaller as the ball-milling time increased. In addition, a compound CdTe started to form during a long milling time. The sintered CdTe layers were more compact as the diameter of plate-shaped cadmium particles decreased. However, cracks developed in the sintered CdTe layer when the diameter was small ( 2 m). The efficiency of sintered CdS/CdTe solar cells increased with decreasing particle diameter and then decreased with further decrease in particle diameter. The highest efficiency of 12.1% was achieved using a mixture of (Cd+Te) powders which had plate-shaped cadmium particles with a diameter of 5 m. The results suggest that high-efficiency sintered CdS/CdTe solar cells can be fabricated by using CdTe slurry from the mixture of (Cd+Te) powders with an inexpensive ball-milling process.     

Flux creep and fishtail in melt-textured and single-crystalline YBa2Cu3O7

Time-dependent decay of the magnetic moment and magnetization measurements were used to study pinning and flux creep in two samples with and without aj(B) maximum in nonzero field (fishtail effect). From both measurements theE(j) relation was reconstructed forBc and the characteristic current exponent was obtained. At highj and lowB values are between 1 and 4; with increasingB passes a maximum and approaches negative values. At lowj is below 0.5 and not dependent onB orj. This behavior, which is qualitatively the same in both samples, is compared with proposed phase diagrams of the vortex lattice. Large values are correlated with the plateau of the normalized creep rateS 0.025; both observations indicate low relaxation and are found in that lowB region for whichj(B) has its minimum. This observation rejects a dominating influence of relaxation on the fishtail effect.