广域复杂流体系统中基于无线传感网的数据保存关键技术研究进展

流体系统包括城市供水管网、天然气供给管网等,是具有经济和社会价值的重要基础设施。它们具有分布地域广、结构复杂、规模庞大、难以检测等特点,在出现泄漏、污染等异常时难以快速发现和准确定位。随着传感器技术、通信技术、微机电技术等的发展,利用无线传感网来对系统进行监测成为研究热点。由于在流体系统中通信困难,数据被监测到后很难实时传送给用户,只能暂时保存在传感器节点(简称节点)上,等待适当的时刻再进行上传。但是,节点具有体积微小、易损坏、存储容量小、通信能力弱、能量有限等特点,如何可靠地存储大量的数据是一个难点问题。目前,已有部分工作对这个问题进行了研究。为了解该领域研究的进展,文中对相关工作进行了细致地分析、对比、归纳和总结,介绍了它们的优缺点,并对未来的研究方向进行了探讨。     

Extraction of salient textual patterns: synergy between lexical cohesion and contextual coherence

Most current information retrieval systems rely solely on lexical item repetition, which is notorious for its vulnerability. In this research, we propose a novel method for the extraction of salient textual patterns. One of our major objectives is to move away from keywords and their associated limitations in textual information retrieval. How individual sentences in text fit together to be perceived as a salient pattern is identified. A text network that exhibits textual continuity, arising from a connectionist model, is described. The network facilitates a dynamic extraction of salient textual segments by capturing semantics from two different categories of natural language, namely lexical cohesion and contextual coherence. We also present the results of an empirical study designed to compare our model with the performance of human judges in the identification of salient textual patterns. The preliminary results show that our model has the potential for automatic salient patterns discovery in text.     

Cryogenic Exfoliation of 2D Stanene Nanosheets for Cancer Theranostics

Stanene(Sn)-based materials have been extensively applied in industrial production and daily life,but their potential biomedi-cal application remains largely un...     

Performance of FCCI barrier foils for U-Zr-X metallic fuel

Diffusion couple tests of U-Zr or U-Zr-Ce alloys vs. ferritic martensitic steels such as HT9 or T91 were carried out in order to evaluate the performance of the diffusion barrier candidates. Elemental metal foils of Zr, Nb, Ti, Mo, Ta, V and Cr were very effective in inhibiting interdiffusion between these fuels and steels. Eutectic melting between the fuels and steels was not observed in any of the diffusion couples using these diffusion barrier foils at annealing temperatures up to 800 °C. Among the metallic foils evaluated in this study, V and Cr exhibited the most promising performances as a diffusion barrier material for eliminating the fuel cladding chemical interaction problem. However, Zr, Nb and Ti showed an active interaction with the fuel mainly due to the large U solubility.     

Advanced applications in microphotonics using proton beam writing

Proton beam writing (PBW) is a powerful tool for prototyping microphotonic structures in a wide variety of materials including polymers, insulators, semiconductors and metals. Prototyping is achieved either through direct fabrication with the proton beam, or by the fabrication of a master that can be used for replication. In recent times we have explored the use of PBW for various advanced optical applications including fabrication of subwavelength metallic structures and metamaterials, direct write of silicon waveguides for mid IR applications and integrated waveguides for lab-on-a-chip devices. This paper will review the recent progress made in these areas with particular emphasis on the main advantages of using the PBW technique for these novel applications.     

Sn self-doped α-Fe2O3 nanobranch arrays supported on a transparent,conductive SnO2 trunk to improve photoelectrochemical water oxidation

We produced hierarchically branched Fe₂O₃ nanorods on a Sb:SnO₂ transparent conducting oxide (TCO) nanobelt structure as photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Single-crystalline SnO₂ nanobelts (NBs) surrounded by Fe₂O₃ nanorods (NRs) were synthesized by thermal evaporation, then underwent chemical bath deposition and annealing. When Fe₂O₃ was crystallized by annealing, Sn was diffused from SnO₂ NBs and incorporated to Fe₂O₃ NRs, which was confirmed through Energy dispersive spectroscopy. Unlike previous high temperature sintering (∼800 °C), Sn doped hematite NRs were obtained at a low temperature (∼650 °C). This occurred since SnO₂ NBs directly connected to Fe₂O₃ NRs are an abundant source of Sn dopant. The 3D hematite NRs on SnO₂ NBs annealed at 650 °C produce a photocurrent density of 0.88 mA/cm² at 1.23 V vs. RHE, which is 3 times higher than that of hematite NRs on a fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) glass substrate annealed at the same temperature. The enhanced photocurrent is attributed to the improved electrical conductivity of Fe₂O₃ NRs by Sn doping, the efficient electron transport pathway by TCO nanowire and the increased surface area by hierarchically branched structure.     

Convective instabilities and transport properties in horizontal fluid layers

This paper concerns the analysis of convective instabilities and fully developed transport properties in Bénard convection. The onset of convective instabilities driven by surface-tension variations and buoyancy forces is analyzed theoretically by using the propagation theory we have developed. Based on these stability criteria, the subsequent transport correlations of fully developed buoyancy-driven convection in horizontal fluid layers are suggested. It is found that the present predictions are compared favorably with existing experimental results.     

First principle quantum calculation of the hydroxylation of 2-member ring defect on the amorphous silica surfaces

This study was conducted to find out the initiation mechanism of the hydroxylation of the 2-member ring on the amorphous silica surface. To do this, ab-initio molecular dynamics simulations were performed based on the first principle quantum calculation. The results suggest that the hydroxylation is initiated through the adsorption of water molecule on the surface of acidic silicon atom. The reaction pathway, the transition state and the energy barrier of the ring opening reaction were determined using the nudged elastic band method and dimer method. The present reaction mechanism and energy barrier were quite different from the previous cluster calculations.