Lone‐Pair‐Induced Covalency as the Cause of Temperature‐ and Field‐Induced Instabilities in Bismuth Sodium Titanate

Bismuth sodium titanate (BNT)‐derived materials have seen a flurry of research interest in recent years because of the existence of extended strain under applied electric fields, surpassing that of lead zirconate titanate (PZT), the most commonly used piezoelectric. The underlying physical and chemical mechanisms responsible for such extraordinary strain levels in BNT are still poorly understood, as is the nature of the successive phase transitions. A comprehensive explanation is proposed here, combining the short‐range chemical and structural sensitivity of in situ Raman spectroscopy (under an applied electric field and temperature) with macroscopic electrical measurements. The results presented clarify the causes for the extended strain, as well as the peculiar temperature‐dependent properties encountered in this system. The underlying cause is determined to be mediated by the complex‐like bonding of the octahedra at the center of the perovskite: a loss of hybridization of the 6s² bismuth lone pair interacting with the oxygen p‐orbitals occurs, which triggers both the field‐induced phase transition and the loss of macroscopic ferroelectric order at the depolarization temperature.     

Parallel Adder Design with Reduced Circuit Complexity Using Resonant Tunneling Transistors and Threshold Logic

Quantum-effect devices utilizing resonant tunneling are promising candidates for future nano-scale integration. Originating from the technological progress of semiconductor technology, circuit architectures with reduced complexity are investigated by exploiting the negative-differential resistance of resonant tunneling devices. In this paper a resonant tunneling device threshold logic family based on the Monostable-Bistable Transition Logic Element (MOBILE) is proposed and applied to different parallel adder designs, such as ripple carry and binary carry lookahead adders. The basic device is a resonant tunneling transistor (RTT) composed of a resonant tunneling diode monolithically integrated on the drain contact layer of a heterostructure field effect transistor. On the circuit level the key components are a programmable NAND/NOR logic gate, threshold logic gates, and parallel counters. The special properties of MOBILE logic gates are considered by a bit-level pipelined circuit style. Experimental results are presented for the NAND/NOR logic gate.     

An on-chip electroosmotic micropump with a light- addressable potentiometric sensor

An on-chip electroosmotic (EO) micropump (EOP) was integrated in a microfluidic channel combined with a light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS). The movement of EO flow towards right and left directions can be clearly observed in the microfluidic channel. The characteristics of photocurrent-time and photocurrent-bias voltage are obtained when buffer solution passes through the sensing region. The results demonstrate that the combination of an on-chip EOP with an LAPS is feasible.     

"显示器无处不在"--介绍2004年IDW大会上的三篇报告

要从2004年12月在日本新滹举行的国际显示大会（IDW04）上发表的458篇论文中拿出相当数量的一小部分来讨论是一件难事，因此我们在这里仅仅集中讨论其中三篇文章里所提出的议题。     

方便显示器升级的复合型VGA编码器／解码器

较老式的计算机系统通过4根75Ω同轴电缆把RGB(三原色)视频和复合同步信号输送到150英尺外的RGB彩色监视器。如需升级,用于替换的VGA视频卡可直接驱动VGA监视器的内部端接部件带来的75Ω负载。但是,VGA标准使用单独的水平和垂直正向同步信号。向原始电缆添加一根额外的同轴电缆来承载单独的同步信号,这是一种困难并且成本很高的建议。一个明显的解决方案就是把单独的同步信号组合到一种复合格式中。图1中的组合器电路很简单,成本很低,并且可用随时供货的备件来迅速组装。     

Spectroscopy of exciton states of InAs quantum molecules

Tunnel-coupled pairs of InAs quantum dots (quantum molecules) were formed by molecular beam epitaxy in a GaAs matrix. Optical and structural properties of the obtained quantum molecules were studied. Four molecular exciton states forming a photoluminescence spectrum were revealed. The photoluminescence decay times indicate the possibility of interlevel radiative recombination from the second excited state, which is of particular importance for designing mid-infrared devices.     

Evaluation of registration methods on thoracic CT: the EMPIRE10 challenge

EMPIRE10 (Evaluation of Methods for Pulmonary Image REgistration 2010) is a public platform for fair and meaningful comparison of registration algorithms which are applied to a database of intrapatient thoracic CT image pairs. Evaluation of nonrigid registration techniques is a nontrivial task. This is compounded by the fact that researchers typically test only on their own data, which varies widely. For this reason, reliable assessment and comparison of different registration algorithms has been virtually impossible in the past. In this work we present the results of the launch phase of EMPIRE10, which comprised the comprehensive evaluation and comparison of 20 individual algorithms from leading academic and industrial research groups. All algorithms are applied to the same set of 30 thoracic CT pairs. Algorithm settings and parameters are chosen by researchers expert in the configuration of their own method and the evaluation is independent, using the same criteria for all participants. All results are published on the EMPIRE10 website (http://empire10.isi.uu.nl). The challenge remains ongoing and open to new participants. Full results from 24 algorithms have been published at the time of writing. This paper details the organization of the challenge, the data and evaluation methods and the outcome of the initial launch with 20 algorithms. The gain in knowledge and future work are discussed.     

Brief Overview of Recent Developments on Negative Phase–Velocity Mediums (alias Left–Handed Materials)

This brief overview covers a rapidly occurring development in the area of microwave composite materials: isotropic dielectric–magnetic mediums wherein the phase velocity vector and the time–averaged Poynting vector are oppositely directed. Such materials have also been inappropriately designated as left–handed materials. Ramifications for aberration–free lenses, homogenization approaches, and complex mediums are also presented.     

LED互联解决方案

随着众多国家政府积极推动LED照明的开发与实现,LED元件和引擎成了电子行业的一大增长领域,预计今后5年内市场增长率CAGR将达到20%。像FCI这样的互联企业会紧跟这些发展趋势以便确定如何扩大或加强其产品线,进而支持未来的LED技术,也就不足为奇了。