A PIN diode controlled variable attenuator using a 0-dB branch-line coupler

We describe a simple PIN diode controlled variable attenuator that employs a 0-dB branch line directional coupler. The response of the attenuator was measured between 1.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz. At the center frequency, the attenuation monotonically varied from 0.7 dB to 23 dB with the control voltage, and the distributed branch-line coupler structure resulted in low input reflection. Our attenuator is easier to design, smaller in area than a double hybrid coupled attenuator, and has comparable or better reflection and attenuation performance characteristics.     

Structure evolution of conductive polymer composites revealed by solvent vapor induced time-dependent percolation

The authors of this paper synthesized a series of amphiphilic triblock copolymers of polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene glycol)-b-polystyrene (PS-PEG-PS) having different PEG/PS ratios with nearly identical molecular weights of the entire copolymers. The interfacial interactions in the composites consisting of carbon black and the copolymers can thus be tailored. When these conducting composites are exposed to certain solvent vapors, their electrical resistances greatly increase, showing the gas sensitivity. The present work indicated that this switching behavior is controlled by the structural relaxation of the composites because matrix swelling acts as the main mechanism. The response time has been correlated with absolute temperature by Arrhenius equation, and the estimated activation energy reflects mobility of the fillers involved in the solvent induced expansion of the surrounding polymer. Therefore, by using the gas sensibility of the conductive composites, the structure evolution of the composite materials in solid state and the effect of filler/matrix interfacial interaction on the relaxation property of the matrix polymer has been inspected. It was found that lower activation energy represents stronger interfacial interaction in case good solvent of the matrix was used for the test.     

高度有序多孔氧化铝模板的制备工艺与生长机制的研究

采用二次氧化法制备出高度有序的多孔氧化铝模板，结合扫描电镜和原子力显微镜对其结构、形貌进行观察和表征。研究了铝箔预处理和温度等对多孔氧化铝模板孔洞有序性的影响，讨论了有序孔洞的自组织生长机理。     

三元催化转化器中的现象分析与研究

在介绍和分析国内外研究现状的基础上，论述了三元催化转化器中的传递现象及化学反应动力学．探讨了三元催化转化器在暖机过程中有害物质的催化转化模型，并建议采用数学模型的方法对催化器在发动机所有工况下的工作过程进行模拟。     

Lactic acid production from dining‐hall food waste by Lactobacillus plantarum using response surface methodology

BACKGROUND: Food waste generally has a high starch content and is rich in nutritional compounds, including lipids and proteins. It therefore represents a potential renewable resource. In this study, dining‐hall food waste was used as a substrate for lactic acid production, and response surface methodology was employed to optimise the fermentation conditions. RESULTS: Lactic acid biosynthesis was significantly affected by the interaction of protease and temperature. Protease, temperature and CaCO₃ had significant linear effects on lactic acid production, while α‐amylase and yeast extract had insignificant effects. The optimal conditions were found to be an α‐amylase activity of 13.86 U g^?1 dried food waste, a protease activity of 2.12 U g^?1 dried food waste, a temperature of 29.31 °C and a CaCO₃ concentration of 62.67 g L^?1, which resulted in a maximum lactic acid concentration of 98.51 g L^?1 (88.75% yield). An increase in inoculum size would be appropriate for accelerating the depletion of initial soluble carbohydrate to enhance the efficiency of α‐amylase in dining‐hall food waste fermentation. CONCLUSION: A suitable regression model for lactic acid production was developed based on the experimental results. Dining‐hall food waste was found to be a good substrate for lactic acid fermentation with high product yield and without nutrient supplementation. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry     

溶胶一凝胶法制备ZnO：Al导电薄膜的研究

采用溶胶-凝胶工艺在普通载玻片上制备出C轴择优取向的ZnO：Al透明导电薄膜。利用扫描电镜（SEM）、X射线衍射仪（XRD）等分析手段对薄膜进行了表征。通过标准四探针法及紫外分光光度计（UVS）透射光谱研究了ZnO：Al薄膜的电学与光学性能。实验发现：当Al^3＋离子掺杂浓度为2％（原子分数），前处理温度为220℃、退火温度为580℃时，薄膜具有较好的导电性，电阻率为1．76×10^-3Ω-cm，其在可见光的平均透射率在80％左右。     

奇异值分解压制随机噪声的方法及应用

针对随机噪声压制问题，通过对多项式确定的同相轴形状重新选取数据矩阵，再对新选取的数据矩阵进行SVD滤波，从而压制随机噪声。通过对矩阵奇异值分解的研究，揭示了奇异值分解的原理和SVD滤波原理，将一个多道地震记录看作一个图，它可分解为由一系列正交的子图，通过对子图适当选择并结合其它手段，从而达到提高信噪比的目的，为奇异值分解在地球物理中的进一步应用提供了理论依据。实际数据应用表明，该方法去噪手段灵活、保真性好、分辨率高，对一些突然的脉冲干扰、侧反射、以及其他的反向干扰有明显效果。     

劣化环丁砜再生技术的工业应用

为解决国内外环丁砜抽提芳烃工艺中环丁砜的劣化问题，在不添加单乙醇胺的前提下，采用阴离子交换树脂处理劣化的环丁砜，可使系统的pH值从3．4升到5．5左右，离子交换树脂需30d左右再生一次，降低了设备的腐蚀，减少了装置的堵塞，使系统运行稳定，取得了可观的社会效益和经济效益。     

Influence of Shaping Condition on Etherification Performance of Hβ Zeolite

Etherification reaction of FCC light gasoline over Hβ zeolite was investigated to decrease the light olefins in motor gasoline while enhancing octane. Etherification activity of several molecular sieve catalysts for FCC light gasoline was studied in a fixed-bed reactor. The influence of pore-enlarging agent (PEG) with different molecular weight, binder (γ-Al₂O₃), and peptizing agent (HNO₃) in the shaping process on etherification activity of Hβ zeolite was studied. The impregnating ways of precursor of oxides and the order of extruding and impregnating were also investigated. The results show that the activity of extruded Hβ zeolite before impregnating precursor of oxides is higher than the reverse order. The best shaping condition obtained was PEG-4000 10%, γ-Al₂O₃ 20%, and HNO₃ 10%. At the optimal reaction condition, the conversion of tert-olefins reached the peak. 62.93%, the yield of TAME, is also high and the technology can be applied to industry as well.     

New approach to enhance adhesions between carbon nanotube emitters and substrate by the combination of electrophoresis and successive electroplating

Complementary electroplating combined with electrophoresis enhanced the field emission characteristics of emitters by improving the adhesions between CNT emitters and substrate. The emitting current of the CNT emitters prepared by our combined method increased nine times higher than that of CNT emitters prepared by electrophoresis only, since electroplating improved the adhesion of CNT emitters. During the life-time measurement for 10 h, the emitting current of CNT emitters fabricated by electrophoresis only was drastically decreased to 13% of the initial current, while that prepared by the combination of electrophoresis and successive electroplating decreased to 64% of the initial current. We suggest that our method is a promising approach for the efficient fabrication of reliable CNT emitters.