Transitions from solid to liquid in isotactic polystyrene studied by thermal analysis and X-ray scattering

A three-phase model, comprising mobile amorphous fraction (MAF), rigid amorphous fraction (RAF) and crystalline fraction (C), has been applied to interpret the thermal transitions and structure of cold-crystallized isotactic polystyrene (iPS) from below the glass transition temperature, T_g, to above the melting point. Quenched amorphous iPS films were isothermally crystallized at different temperatures for 12 h. The fraction of crystalline phase, ?_c, was measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), wide angle X-ray scattering and Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy. The fraction of the mobile amorphous phase, ?_MAF, was obtained from the heat capacity increment at the glass transition temperature. In the three-phase model, the fraction of the rigid amorphous phase, ?_RAF, was found from 1−?_MAF−?_c. Specific heat capacity measurements by standard DSC confirm that the experimental baseline heat capacity conforms to a three-phase model for temperatures ranging from below T_g, up to the relaxation of RAF. The relaxation of RAF appears as a sigmoidal change in heat capacity accompanied by excess enthalpy, in which solid-like RAF is converted to an identical amount of liquid-like MAF.At temperatures above the relaxation of RAF, either one or two major crystal melting endotherms are observed in standard DSC, dependent upon crystallization temperature. However, using quasi-isothermal temperature modulated DSC, we always observed two reversing melting endotherms. The effects of annealing on iPS structure during the quasi-isothermal measurement were assessed using small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Combining the DSC and SAXS results, a model for the melting of iPS lamellae at low heating rates is presented.     

Microstructure of high modulus solid state extruded polyethylene: 2. X-ray scattering studies of 12, 24 and 36 extrusion draw ratio

The microstructure of a series of solid state extruded polyethylene fibres was examined by wide- and small-angle X-ray scattering. By measuring absolute intensities using a two dimensional position sensitive detector, accurate values of the small-angle invariant for anisotropic samples were obtained. This measurement coupled with wide-angle X-ray scattering and d.s.c. permitted determination of the density of the noncrystalline component. The use of a two phase model for solid state extruded polyethylene is justified if consideration is given to the effective densities of the crystalline and noncrystalline phases, which change with deformation. The effective density of the crystalline phase decreases by 1% (0.999–0.990 g cm^?3) from the unextruded billet compared to a 36 draw ratio extrudate, while the noncrystalline phase density increases by 6% (0.84–0.89 g cm^?3). These changes lead to an overall decrease in the mean squared electron density fluctuation of 63%. The average axial crystallite length measured by wide-angle X-ray scattering increases with extrusion draw ratio while the SAXS long period decreases and weakens considerably. These observations and the electron microscopy results from the previous paper, (Polymer, 1982, 23, 1069), are fully consistent with the key features of the Peterlin model of fibre microstructure.     

基于多次散射目标模型的雷达成像研究

合成孔径雷达（Synthetic Aperture Radar, SAR）作为一种主动微波传感器,被广泛应用于遥感对地观测。然而,传统上的雷达散射模型是基于几何光学近似的,忽略了地物目标之间的相互作用,即多次散射效应。为了充分挖掘和利用毫米波雷达影像中目标电磁散射特性信息,亟需对典型目标的多次散射效应进行建模仿真和验证。基于矩量法（Method of Moments, MoM）分析了球体、二面角等目标表面等效电流分布与分段成像结果的对应关系,并利用后向投影（Back-Projection, BP）算法进行电磁仿真成像,总结了单/双基地雷达模式对成像中散射机制的影响。结果表明：目标表面等效电流分布以及分段等效合成孔径张角会随入射角度发生改变,其中分段等效合成孔径张角会影响方位向分辨率;双基地雷达成像结果中包含更丰富的电磁散射信息。本研究可为SAR系统设计和验证、典型目标回波特性数据收集以及如何基于高解析度SAR影像进行目标识别等研究提供借鉴与参考。     

正则稀疏化的多因子量化选股策略

针对高维度数据集特征之间的复杂性,而传统的L1惩罚项不满足Oracle性质的无偏性,将逻辑回归弹性网（LR-Elastic Net）中的L1惩罚项替换为SCAD（Smoothly Clipped Absolute Deviation）和MCP（Minimax Concave Penalty）惩罚项,分别构建了LR-SCAD和LR-MCP模型,在保留稀疏性的同时满足了无偏性,并利用ADMM（Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers）算法进行求解。通过模拟实验发现,LR-Elastic Net模型能很好地处理特征存在相关性的小样本数据,而LR-SCAD和LR-MCP模型在特征存在相关性的大样本数据中表现较好;建立LR-Elastic Net、LR-SCAD和LR-MCP策略,并应用于沪深300指数成分股数据。回测结果显示,LR-SCAD和LR-MCP策略在股票相关性很强的数据中比LR-Elastic Net策略表现更好。     

基于解析解的四阶PDE曲面裁剪方法

该文提出了一种可以广泛应用于四阶PDE曲面的裁剪方法。利用PDE的参数域内的曲线在曲面上投影,得到所求裁剪曲面的边界曲线,然后通过边界曲线的导矢与曲面在边界曲线处的法向量得到边界曲线处的跨界导矢,最后以求得的裁剪曲面的边界曲线以及裁剪曲面在边界曲线处的跨界导矢为PDE曲面的边界条件,用四阶的PDE曲面方程求得PDE裁剪曲面。     

顶管施工引起地表塌陷及关键技术分析

长距离大断面顶管施工不可避免的引起土体扰动和土层损失,导致土体塌陷和地表拉裂等现象.以某长距离超大断面顶管工程为工程研究背景,对顶管施工引起土体变形的机理展开了分析,对顶进施工过程中土体产生塌陷、地表出现张拉裂缝的原因进行了阐释,探讨了地表变位对周边建筑（构筑）物的影响,以及分析了该工程中运用的进出洞、中继器、触变泥浆减阻、加强现场监测、以及其他应急措施这5种关键控制技术,得到了一些保证工程施工安全的有益的经验.     

Image-based extended finite element modeling of thermal barrier coatings

Further advances in Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC) design are linked with the evolution of numerical models for TBCs. The present paper, therefore, enhances the idea of a currently available FEM package (OOF) that has been designed for microstructural level simulations. The approach of Extended FEM (XFEM) is incorporated in an in-house developed program to account for the existence of cracks in TBCs; both for stress-strain analysis and for heat transfer analysis. The new XFEM program is then employed to carry out the analyses of a YSZ deposit and a multilayered TBC to predict the effective Young's moduli, the overall thermal conductivities, and to assess the fracture behavior of the coating.     

Thin‐film transistor mobility limits considerations

The mobility limiting scattering mechanisms for amorphous semiconductors and polar polycrystalline semiconductors are studied in the context of developing new high‐performance thin‐film transistor (TFT) channel layer materials for large‐area electronics. A physics‐based model for carrier transport in an amorphous semiconductor is developed to estimate the mobility limits of amorphous semiconductor TFTs. The model involves band tail state trapping of a diffusive mobility. Simulation reveals a strong dependence on the band tail density of states. This consideration makes it difficult to realize a high‐performance p‐type oxide TFT. A polar crystalline semiconductor may offer a higher mobility but is fundamentally limited by polar optical phonon scattering. Any crystalline TFT channel layer for practical large‐area applications will not be a single crystal but polycrystalline, and therefore, grain size and grain boundary‐dependent scattering will further degrade the transport properties.     

Sparkle measurement revisited: A closer look at the details

Four years after introduction of the first instrument for measurement of sparkle, the foundations have been reconsidered, and the pool of practical experience has been analyzed to provide a more detailed and complete picture of the subject matter. The following aspects are introduced and discussed: observation conditions and resulting requirements for imaging (sampling) and filtering, analysis of spatial periods and frequencies as a basis for filtering, spatial filtering concepts, sparkle in the frequency domain, sparkle evaluation based on analysis of single images and difference images, origins of unwanted sparkle components, scaling and offset in sparkle evaluation, and verification of the method.     

Spatial and functional relationships between air conduits and blood capillaries in the pulmonary gas exchange tissue of adult and developing chickens

The documented data regarding the three-dimensional structure of the air capillaries (ACs), the ultimate sites of gas exchange in the avian lung is contradictory. Further, the mode of gas exchange, described as cross-current has not been clearly elucidated. We studied the temporal and spatial arrangement of the terminal air conduits of the chicken lung and their relationship with the blood capillaries (BCs) in embryos as well as the definitive architecture in adults. Several visualization techniques that included corrosion casting, light microscopy as well as scanning and transmission electron microscopy were used. Two to six infundibulae extend from each atrium and give rise to numerous ACs that spread centrifugally. Majority of the ACs are tubular structures that give off branches, which anastomose with their neighboring cognates. Some ACs have globular shapes and a few are blind-ending tapering tubes. During inauguration, the luminal aspects of the ACs are characterized by numerous microvillus-like microplicae, which are formed during the complex processes of cell attenuation and canalization of the ACs. The parabronchial exchange BCs, initially inaugurated as disorganized meshworks, are reoriented via pillar formation to lie predominantly orthogonal to the long axes of the ACs. The remodeling of the retiform meshworks by intussusceptive angiogenesis essentially accomplishes a cross-current system at the gas exchange interface in the adults, where BCs form ring-like patterns around the ACs, thus establishing a cross-current system. Our findings clarify the mode of gas exchange in the parabronchial mantle and illuminate the basis for the functional efficiency of the avian lung.