Factors influencing magnetic polymer microspheres prepared by dispersion polymerization

Magnetic iron oxide (Fe₃O₄) was prepared by a coprecipitation method. Core–shell composite magnetic polymer microspheres with carboxyl groups were synthesized by the dispersion polymerization of styrene and acrylic acid in the presence of magnetic oxide, and dibenzoyl peroxide was used as an initiator. The synthesized magnetic polymer microspheres were characterized with X‐ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and so forth. The results indicated that the product was single‐phase Fe₃O₄, and its average size was about 10 nm. The configuration of the microspheres, which contained carboxyl groups, was spherical, and the average size was about 2 μm. The results of vibrating sample magnetometry tests showed that the magnetic powders produced by different surfactants had different saturation magnetizations. When poly(ethylene glycol) with a weight‐average molecular weight of 4000 was used as a surfactant, the saturation magnetization of the samples reached 69.2 emu/g. The factors that affected the shape, magnetism, size, and distribution of the microspheres were also studied. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 2007     

网电空间战与能力建设研究

随着信息化步伐的加快,网电空间正在不断加深对人类社会的影响。网电空间的重要作用已经得到世界各国的广泛认同。网电空间战将成为未来战争的重要部分。本文分析了网电空间的定义和重要性,介绍了网电空间战的威力,研究了美国网电空间战能力建设中的重要举措,指出我国加强网电空间战能力建设的必要性。     

On Controllability of Switched Linear Systems

This paper investigates the number of switchings and design of switching sequences for controllability of switched linear systems. Two related results are established. One is a new constructive approach to designing switching sequences. The controllable state set of each switching sequence designed via the approach coincides with the controllable subspace of switched linear systems. The other is a well-estimated value for the minimum number of switchings required for controllability. Each state in the controllable subspace can be steered to origin within this value of switching times.     

Analysis of Internet Financial Risks Based on Deep Learning and BP Neural Network

Computational Economics - The study aims to analyze and forecast Internet financial risks based on the model based on deep learning and the Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN). First, the theory...     

Unique role of non-mercapto groups in thiol-pinning-mediated Ag growth on Au nanoparticles

Owing to the strong affinity of thiols to Au and Ag, they are often employed to modify the surfaces of nanoparticles (NPs). Recently, these strong ligand-interface interactions have been employed to control NP growth, and this technique has emerged as a unique modulation strategy for creating unconventional plasmonic hybrid nanostructures. In these systems, the roles of the non-mercapto components of the thiol molecules and their structures are still unknown. Therefore, we herein present our investigation into this phenomenon. Primary amino (–NH₂) groups in thiols are found to play a key role in regulating growth kinetics, i.e., in accelerating Ag deposition on Au NPs. The–NH₂ groups are thought to bring Ag ions to the particle surface by coordinating to them, and thereby assist their reduction. The effect of molecular structure is non-trivial and thus provides the possibility of selective thiol detection. Based on the dependence of kinetic modulation on the non-mercapto components and molecular structures of molecules, we demonstrate the highly sensitive and specific detection of cysteine (limit of detection: 6 nM) in a mixture of 19 natural amino acids based on Ag growth on Au nanospheres. In addition, based on this modulation effect, we reveal the entrapping of chiral thiols within the growth layer through their plasmonic circular dichroism (PCD) responses. We believe that thiol-based growth regulation has great potential for creating plasmonic nanostructures with novel functionalities.

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Consensus of multiple Euler-Lagrange systems using one Euler-Lagrange System’s velocity measurements

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems - This brief paper studies the stationary consensus of multiple Euler-Lagrange systems with nonlinear protocols. Two consensus protocols are...     

大纯滞后过程的采样控制及其工程实现中的若干问题

提出了采样控制机制的新观点,介绍控制器参数确定的新方法,分析了采样控制的质量,指出了在工程实施应考虑的若干问题。     

Performance lower bounds in stochastic robust and adaptive control

The fundamental issues of capability of robust and adaptive control in dealing with uncertainty are investigated in stochastic systems. It is revealed that to capture the intrinsic limitations of adaptive control, it is necessary to use sup_t types of transient and persistent performance, rather than lim sup_t types which reflect only asymptotic behavior of a system. For clarity and technical tractability, a simple first-order linear time-varying system is employed as a vehicle to explore performance lower bounds of robust and adaptive control. Optimal performances of nominal, robust and adaptive control are explicitly derived and their implications are discussed in an information framework. An adaptive strategy is scrutinized for its achievable performance bounds. The results indicate that intimate interaction and inherent conflict between identification and control result in a certain performance lower bound which does not approach the nominal performance even when the system varies very slowly. Explicit lower bounds are obtained when disturbances are either normally or uniformly distributed     

Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Silicon Nitride Nanobelts Via Catalyst-Assisted Pyrolysis of a Polysilazane

Recently, one-dimensional nanostructures have attracted extensive attention since they are potentially important for both applications and fundamental research. In this paper, we report the synthesis of ultra-long single crystal Si₃N₄ nanobelts via catalyst-assisted pyrolysis of polymeric precursors. The obtained products contain both α- and β-Si₃N₄ nanobelts, which are 50–100 nm in thickness, 400–1000 nm in width, and a few hundreds of micrometers to several millimeters in length. Different from previous techniques for synthesizing one-dimensional structures, the current nanobelts are synthesized through confined crystallization of an amorphous phase. A solid–liquid–gas–solid reaction/crystallization growth mechanism is proposed. The formation of nanobelts instead of nanowires is attributed to the anisotropy growth at an earlier stage.