Multistimuli‐Responsive Display Materials to Encrypt Differentiated Information in Bright and Dark Fields

Visually readable codes play a crucial role in anticounterfeiting measures. However, current coding approaches do not enable time‐dependent codes to be visually read, adjusted, and differentiated in bright and dark fields. Here, using a combined strategy of piezoelectric lattice selection, oxygen vacancy engineering, and activator doping, a lanthanide ion‐doped titanate is developed that integrates mechano‐, thermo‐, and photo‐responsive color change (>18 h for bright field), persistent luminescence (>6 h for dark field), and stimulus‐triggered multimodal luminescence. The feasibility of optical encoding, visual displaying, and stimulus‐responsive encrypting of time‐dependent, dual‐field information by using the developed material is demonstrated. In particular, the differentiated display of dual‐field modes is achieved by combining mechanostimulated abolition of only the persistent luminescence and thermo‐ and photostimulated reversal of both the color change and persistent luminescence. The results provide new insights for designing advanced materials and encryption technologies for photonic displays, information security, and intelligent anticounterfeiting.     

Up?Scalable Fabrication of -SnO2 with Multifunctional Interface for High Performance Perovskite Solar Modules

Tin dioxide -(SnO2) has been demonstrated as one of the promising electron transport layers for highefficiency perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, scalable ...     

工艺因素对319铝合金热分析特征值的影响

运用热分析技术研究了冷却曲线特征值与319铝合金中化学成分之间的关系,并进行回归分析。结果表明,在不考虑工艺因素的情况下,试样的硅含量与α-Al枝晶生长回升温度T_G~(αDEN)之间的相关性最大,相关系数r为-0.65,以硅含量可预测α-Al枝晶生长回升温度。在浇注过程中,冷却速度与α-Al枝晶生长回升温度T_G~(αDEN)密切相关,相关系数为r=-0.72。在相同的冷却条件下,铝合金的浇注温度和浇注量对冷却速度有明显的影响,因此,可以通过调整浇注温度和浇注量,控制铝合金的冷却速度,进而也可预测铝合金中α-Al枝晶生长回升温度T_G~(αDEN)。     

新型投影机高效光源——LED

该文详细介绍了LED作为微型投影机高效投影光源的优势和存在的不足之处,分析了LED作为投影光源需要改进的地方,指出了LED最终会成为未来投影机光源的主流趋势。     

Low-power C-R hybrid D/A conversion network for SAR A/D converter

An energy-efficient D/A conversion structure combined with a splited unit-capacitor array and an intermittent-sleeping resistor string is presented for low power SAR A/D converter. The energy dissipation and the matching requirement of the D/A conversion network are researched based on Matlab modeling. And its superiority and applicability are proven by the realization of an 8-bit 200kS/s 25.6 μW 65 nm CMOS SAR A/D converter with this proposed D/A structure.     

Signal processing in random access

In this paper, a cross-layer view for roles of signal processing in random access network and vice versa is presented. The two cases where cross-layer design has a quantifiable impact on system performance are discussed. The first case is a small network (such as wireless LAN) where a few nodes with bursty arrivals communicate with an access point. The design objective is to achieve the highest throughput among users with variable rate and delay constraints. The impact of PHY layer design on MAC protocol is examined and illustrates a tradeoff between allocating resources to the PHY layer and to MAC layer. The second case, in contrast, deals with large-scale sensor networks where each node carries little information but is severely constrained by its computation and communication complexity and most importantly, battery power. This paper emphasizes that the design of signal processing algorithms must take into account the role of MAC and the nature of random arrivals and bursty transmissions.     

A 1-THz superconducting hot-electron-bolometer receiver for astronomical observations

In this paper, we describe a superconducting hot-electron-bolometer mixer receiver developed to operate in atmospheric windows between 800-1300 GHz. The receiver uses a waveguide mixer element made of 3-4-nm-thick NbN film deposited over crystalline quartz. This mixer yields double-sideband receiver noise temperatures of 1000 K at around 1.0 THz, and 1600 K at 1.26 THz, at an IF of 3.0 GHz. The receiver was successfully tested in the laboratory using a gas cell as a spectral line test source. It is now in use on the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory terahertz test telescope in northern Chile.     

A Simple Method for the Growth of Very Smooth and Ultra-Thin GaSb Films on GaAs (111) Substrate by MOCVD

We present a simple thermal treatment with the antimony source for the metal–organic chemical vapor deposition of thin GaSb films on GaAs (111) substrates for the first time. The properties of the as-grown GaSb films are systematically analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, x-ray diffraction, photo-luminescence (PL) and Hall measurement. It is found that the as-grown GaSb films by the proposed method can be as thin as 35 nm and have a very smooth surface with the root mean square roughness as small as 0.777 nm. Meanwhile, the grown GaSb films also have high crystalline quality, of which the full width at half maximum of the rocking-curve is as small as 218 arcsec. Moreover, the good optical quality of the GaSb films has been demonstrated by the low-temperature PL. This work provides a simple and feasible buffer-free strategy for the growth of high-quality GaSb films directly on GaAs substrates and the strategy may also be applicable to the growth on other substrates and the hetero-growth of other materials.     

Reinforced Wool Keratin Fibers via Dithiol Chain Re-bonding

Regenerated wool keratin fibers (RWKFs) have heretofore attracted tremendous interest according to environmental friendliness, ample resource, and intrinsic biocompatibility for broad applications. In this realm, both uncontrollable keratin fibril assembly procedure and resultant insufficient mechanical strength, have greatly hindered their large-scale manufacture and commercial viability. Herein, a continuous wet-spinning strategy is put forward to rebuild wool keratin into compact regenerated bio-fibers with improved strength via disulfide re-bonding. Dithiothreitol (DTT) has been introduced to renovate disulfide linkage inside keratin polypeptide chains, and bridge keratin fibrils via covalent thiol bonding to form a continuous backbone as mechanical support. A thus-derived RWKF manifests a tensile strength of 186.1 ± 7.0 MPa and Young's modulus of 7.4 ± 0.2 GPa, which exceeds those of natural wool, feathers, and regenerated wool or feather keratin fibers. The detailed wet-spinning technical parameters, such as coagulation, oxidation, and post-treatment, have been systematically optimized to guarantee the continuous preparation of high-strength regenerated keratin fibers. This work offers insight into solving the concurrent challenges for continuous manufacture of regenerated protein fibers and sustainability concerns about biomass waste.     

Ferroelectric Properties and Applications of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites

Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (e.g. CH3NH3PbI3) have attracted tremendous attention due to their promise for achieving next-generation cost-effective and high performance optoelectronic devices. These hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites possess excellent optical and electronic properties, including strong light absorption, high carrier abilities, optimized charge diffusion lengths, and reduced charge recombination etc., leading to their widespread applications in advanced solar energy technologies (e.g. high efficiency perovskite solar cells). However, there is still a lack of investigations regarding fundamental properties such as ferroelectricity in these perovskites. As conventional ferroelectric ceramics are prepared at high temperature and have no mechanically flexibility, low-temperature proceed and flexible perovskite ferroelectrics have become promising candidates and should be exploited for future flexible ferroelectric applications. Here, ferroelectric properties in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites and several state-of-the-art perovskite ferroelectrics are reviewed. Novel ferroelectric applications of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites are discussed as well, providing guideline for realizing future high performance and flexible ferroelectric devices.