Nd3+ Doped Silicate Glass Photonic Crystal Fiber with Random Hole Distributions

The fabrication of one kind of large core area Nd3 doped silicate glass photonic crystal fiber, and demonstration of the fiber's waveguidence properties were reported. This fiber owns a random air hole distribution in the cladding. The measured minimum loss of this kind of fiber is 10 dB·m-1 at 660 nm. These fibers can sustain only a single mode at least over wavelength ranging from 660 nm to 980 nm.     

Synthesis and aqueous solution behaviors of sodium sulfonate‐terminated dendritic poly(ester‐amine)

Sodium sulfonate‐terminated dendritic poly(ester‐amine) (SPEA) was synthesized by sulfonation of acrylic double bond‐terminated dendritic poly(ester‐amine) (APEA) with sodium hydrogen sulfite (NaHSO₃) in mixture of diglycol and 2‐butanone under normal pressure. The structure of SPEA was characterized by IR, ¹H‐NMR, and elemental analysis. SPEA was water‐soluble. 1.0–40.0% (mass) SPEA aqueous solutions appeared as dilatant fluid. When pH value varied from 1.5 to 12.0, the viscosity of 1–5% (mass) SPEA aqueous solutions changed very small, and the electric conductivity almost kept stable within pH 3.0–10.0. The relationship between the viscosity and the concentration of SPEA water solutions was similar to that of NaCl water solutions. The surface tension of SPEA water solutions was lower than that of polyethylene glycol 2000 water solutions with the same concentration. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008     

Environmentally friendly, heterogeneous acid and base catalysis for the methylation of catechol: Chances for the control of chemo-selectivity

The properties of catalysts with (i) Brønsted-type acidity (H-mordenite and Al/P mixed oxide), (ii) Lewis-type acidity (Al trifluoride) or (iii) basic characteristics (Mg/Fe mixed oxide) were investigated in the gas-phase methylation of catechol. When methanol was used as the methylating agent, H-mordenite and AlF₃ gave high selectivities to guaiacol (the product of O-methylation) under mild reaction conditions, that is at very low catechol conversions. An increase in temperature led to the transformation of guaiacol to phenol and cresols, and to considerable catalyst deactivation. The basic catalyst Mg/Fe/O also favored an extensive degradation of guaiacol to phenol. On the mildly acidic catalyst Al/P mixed oxide a stable catalytic performance and a high selectivity to guaiacol at 40% catechol conversion were obtained. When methylformate, a more reactive methylating agent, was used with AlF₃ and Mg/Fe mixed oxide as catalysts, higher catechol conversions and slower deactivation rates could be achieved under mild reaction conditions, with a low extent of guaiacol degradation. However, methylformate rapidly decomposed when temperatures above 350 °C were used. Finally, tests were made by reacting catechol and diethoxymethane with acid catalysts, with the aim of synthesizing methylenedioxybenzene. The latter product was obtained with high selectivity, but with very low yield, due to both catalyst deactivation and decomposition of diethoxymethane.     

Rheological behaviour of processed avocado pulp emulsions

Shear rate vs. shear stress data were obtained on avocado pulp in water emulsions using a concentric cylinder rheometer and fitted to a power law model. Dilution, as volume fraction of water, had a pronounced effect on the apparent viscosity of the pulp emulsions and the Richardson equation, (η_R= exp.( a φ) for the emulsion viscosity fitted the data well. A mean slope coefficient, a , of 4.57 can be used as a first approximation. Enzymatic treatment (40°C, 1 h), is slightly more effective than thermal treatment (65°C, 1 h), in reducing the initial apparent viscosity of the pulp-water emulsions     

The sensorimotor and cognitive integration of gravity

In order to demonstrate that gravity is not only a load acting locally and continuously on the body limbs, but is also used by higher levels of the nervous system as a dynamic orienting reference for the elaboration of the motor act, a review of several experiments conducted both in 1 g and 0 g are presented. During various locomotor tasks, the strategy that consists of stabilizing the head with respect to gravity illustrates one of the solutions used by the CNS to optimize the control of dynamic equilibrium. A question which remains to be solved when considering experimental results obtained in weightlessness concerns, however, the maintenance of motor schema that has evolved under normal gravity. Results have suggested that the concept of conservative processes, that would adapt postural control to weightlessness by using previously learned innate strategies, must be reconsidered during goal-oriented tasks. In fact, it is proposed that when conservative processes and existing solutions derived from a repertoire of terrestrial postural strategies do not provide efficient output, the CNS has to create novel strategies through a slow learning process. As with the study of postural control, three-dimensional arm reaching movements also illustrate the central representation of gravity. Indeed, gravity can be regarded as either initiating or braking arm movements and, consequently, may be represented in the motor command at the planning level. Finally, from a prospective point of view, there is a need to determine new experimental paradigms in order to study the specific motor control of man in space. It is suggested that the formulation of experimental paradigms should not consider man in space simply as a terrestrial biped.     

耐盐性树脂PAA的合成及应用研究

以丙烯酸-丙烯酰胺为单体，过硫酸钾为引发剂，N，N-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺为交联剂。水浴阶梯升温共聚合成耐盐性树脂，采用正交试验通过分析，研究了主要因素对产物性能的影响，确定较佳反应条件：T=50℃(2h)～65℃(3h)，单体配比nAM：nAA=1：11，单体中和度[N]=90％～95％。引发剂浓度[I]=0．3％，单体浓度[M]=30％～35％，交联剂浓度[C]=0．025％～0．03％，并将此树脂作为缓释剂应用于固载二氧化氯中，取得了良好的效果。     

基于视觉检测技术的浮球姿态测量

给出一种基于图像信息估计被测浮球及其中心轴孔空间姿态的视觉检测方法.若相机焦距已知,且给定空间球与圆特征的形状参数,则可由单视方法估计该球心与圆特征中心位置及其法向方向.基于该算法,可实现对被测球体中心轴端面法线方向的估计,同时还可估计出被测球体及端面中心的位置,从而实现对目标浮球位置及姿态的非接触测量.数值仿真及实际图像处理结果表明了该算法的有效性.     

以太网交换机的源指定组播方案

针对边缘网中组播数据转发效率不高的问题,提出以太网交换机的源指定组播方案。在该方案中,交换机利用对IGMPv3报文的嗅探实现指定源的组播数据转发。描述控制流和数据流的运行机制,对该机制进行仿真分析。与IGMPv2嗅探方案的比较结果证明,该方案性能较高。