Efficient encoding algorithms for computer-aided design of diffractive optical elements by the use of electron-beam fabrication

One of the general requirements of a computer-aided design system is the existence of efficient (in data size and running time) algorithms that are generally reliable for the broadest range of design instances. The restricted data formats of the electron-beam machines impose difficulties in developing algorithms for the design of diffractive optical elements (DOE's) and computer-generated holograms (CGH's). Issues that are related to the development of CGH algorithms for e-beam fabrication of DOE's and CGH's are discussed. We define the problems the CGH algorithms need to solve, then introduce general curve drawing algorithms for the e-beam data generation of diffractive optical components. An efficient algorithm for general aspherical DOE's is proposed. Actual design and fabrication examples are also presented.     

APPCorp: a corpus for Android privacy policy document structure analysis

With the increasing popularity of mobile devices and the wide adoption of mobile Apps, an increasing concern of privacy issues is raised. Privacy policy is identified as a proper medium to indicate the legal terms, such as the general data protection regulation (GDPR), and to bind legal agreement between service providers and users. However, privacy policies are usually long and vague for end users to read and understand. It is thus important to be able to automatically analyze the document structures of privacy policies to assist user understanding. In this work we create a manually labelled corpus containing 231 privacy policies (of more than 566,000 words and 7,748 annotated paragraphs). We benchmark our data corpus with 3 document classification models and achieve more than 82% on F1-score.     

PESOI： Process Embedded Service-Oriented Architecture

1 Introduction Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) has received significant attention recently as major computer and software companies such as HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and SAP, have all embraced SOA, as well as government agencies such as DoD (US depar…     

Energy-based robust controller design for flexible spacecraft

This paper presents a class of non-model2based position controllers for a kind of flexible spacecraft. With the controllers, one can achieve not only the closed-loop stability of the original distributed parameter system, but also the asymptotic stability of the truncated system, which is obtained through representing the deflection of the appendage by an arbitrary finite number of flexible modes. The system dynamics are not explicitly involved in the controller design and stability proof. Instead, only a very basic system energy rehtionship of the flexible spacecraft is utilized. The controllers possess several remarkable advantages over the traditional model-based ones. Numerical simulations are carried out on a kind of spacecraft with one flexible appendage and satisfactory results are obtained.     

Cu-Ni-Si-Co-Zr合金的热压缩行为

利用Gleeble-1500数控动态力学模拟试验机,对Cu-1.56Ni-0.65Si-1.12Co-0.05Zr合金进行热压缩试验,应变速率0.002～ 10 s-1,变形温度为600～900℃,总变形量为50％.结果 表明:在热压缩过程中,Cu-1.56Ni-0.65Si-1.12Co-0.05Zr合金的流变应力随着变形温度的降低和应变速率的增加而升高,应力在达到峰值之后不再发生明显变化,高温、低应变速率的变形条件更有利于合金的动态再结晶.显微组织观察表明合金的动态再结晶机制为连续动态再结晶和不连续动态再结晶共同作用,析出相主要钉扎在位错和晶界处,能够阻碍位错的运动从而增强基体.     

Synthesis of Metal Oxides@C (Metal =Ni,Fe) Based Prussian Blue Analogs as a High-performance Anode Material for Lithium-ion Battery

Ni3[Fe(CN)6]2 nano-cubic precursors were prepared by chemical coprecipitation at room temperature with nickel acetate and potassium ferricyanide as raw materials.The corresponding NiFe2O4-NiO@C composites with excellent crystallization were prepared by two-stage oxidation at low temperature.The microstructure and electrochemical behavior of the materials showed that the Prussian blue analog was transformed into metal oxide while the carbon coating was maintained in the two-stage oxidation at low temperature.The existence of the carbon coating reduces the charge transfer impedance to 31.5 Ω.At the current density of 500 mA/g,the reversible capacity of 632.7 mAh/g is maintained after 500 cycles.At the same time,carbon cladding can also enhance the role of pseudocapacitance in the material.At the scanning rate of 0.1 mV/s,the pseudocapacitance account for 54.4％ of the total discharge capacity,which is significantly higher than that of uncoated materials.     

Relation Between Strength and Hardness of High-Entropy Alloys

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are composed of multiple principal elements and exhibit not only remarkable mechanical properties,but also promising potentials for developing numerous new compositions.To fully realize such potentials,high-throughput preparation and characterization technologies are especially useful;thereby,the fast evaluations of mechanical properties will be urgently required.Revealing the relation between strength and hardness is of significance for quickly predicting the strength of materials through simple hardness testing.However,up to now the strength-hardness relation for HEAs is still a puzzle.In this work,the relations between tensile or compressive strength and Vickers hardness of vari-ous HEAs with hundreds of compositions at room temperature are investigated,and finally,the solution for estimating the strengths of HEAs from their hardness values is achieved.Data for hundreds of different HEAs were extracted from stud-ies reported in the period from 2010 to 2020.The results suggested that the well-known three-time relation (i.e.,hardness equals to three times the magnitude of strength) works for nearly all HEAs,except for a few brittle HEAs which show quite high hardness but low strength due to early fracture.However,for HEAs with different phase structures,different strengths should be applied in using the 3-time relation,i.e.,yield strength for low ductility body-centered cubic (BCC) HEAs and ultimate strength for highly plastic and work-hardenable face-centered cubic (FCC) HEAs.As for dual-phase or multi-phase HEAs,similar 3-time relations can be also found.The present approach sheds light on the mechanisms of hardness and also provides useful guidelines for quick estimation of strength from hardness for various HEAs.     

A novel fluorescent sensor for Al~(3+) and Zn~(2+) based on a new europium complex with a 1,10-phenanthroline ligand

A new europium complex Eu(tta)₃Li(la)based on 1,10-phenanthroline derivative(Li=(2-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-1 H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline),tta=2-thenoyItrifluoroacetone)was designed and synthesized.Its structure was characterized by¹H and¹³C NMR,elemental analysis,UV-vis,fluorescence spectra and single crystal X-ray diffraction.The crystal of the complex la belongs to monoclinic system with the space group P2_1/n.The europium complex la in the solid and in the solution displays the typical emission of Eu(III)ion centered at 612 nm as a result of the electric dipole transition(⁵D₀-?⁷F₂).It exhibits high quantum yield(20.42%),long lifetime(0.29 ms)and good CIE color coordinate(0.67,0.33)in solid.In addition,the complex shows high sensitivity and selectivity towards Al³⁺and Zn²⁺in methanol solution which can be attributed to the Al³⁺/Zn²⁺cation instead of Eu³⁺in the complex la.The LODs for Al³⁺and Zn²⁺were calculated to be 5.880×10^-7and 7.678×10^-8mol/L,respectively.Besides,the additions of Al³⁺and Zn²⁺express remarkable color changes from red to bright blue and ivory that can be clearly observed by the naked eye respectively.     

A density functional theory study of methane activation on MgO supported Ni9M1 cluster: role of M on C–H activation

Methane activation is a pivotal step in the application of natural gas converting into high-value added chemicals via methane steam/dry reforming reactions. Ni element was found to be the most widely used catalyst. In present work, methane activation on MgO supported Ni–M (M = Fe, Co, Cu, Pd, Pt) cluster was explored through detailed density functional theory calculations, compared to pure Ni cluster. CH₄ adsorption on Cu promoted Ni cluster requires overcoming an energy of 0.07 eV, indicating that it is slightly endothermic and unfavored to occur, while the adsorption energies of other promoters M (M = Fe, Co, Pd and Pt) are all higher than that of pure Ni cluster. The role of M on the first C–H bond cleavage of CH₄ was investigated. Doping elements of the same period in Ni cluster, such as Fe, Co and Cu, for C–H bond activation follows the trend of the decrease of metal atom radius. As a result, Ni–Fe shows the best ability for C–H bond cleavage. In addition, doping the elements of the same family, like Pd and Pt, for CH₄ activation is according to the increase of metal atom radius. Consequently, C–H bond activation demands a lower energy barrier on Ni–Pt cluster. To illustrate the adsorptive dissociation behaviors of CH₄ at different Ni–M clusters, the Mulliken atomic charge was analyzed. In general, the electron gain of CH₄ binding at different Ni–M clusters follows the sequence of Ni–Cu (–0.02 e) < Ni (–0.04 e) < Ni–Pd (–0.08 e) < Ni–Pt (–0.09 e) < Ni–Co (–0.10 e) < Ni–Fe (–0.12 e), and the binding strength between catalysts and CH ₄ raises with the CH₄ electron gain increasing. This work provides insights into understanding the role of promoter metal M on thermal-catalytic activation of CH₄ over Ni/MgO catalysts, and is useful to interpret the reaction at an atomic scale.