Pressure-induced transparency of MgO,Al2O3, AlN,and cBN ceramics at room temperature

The in situ axial X-ray diffraction patterns of four ceramic powder samples (MgO, Al₂O₃, AlN, and cBN) that were compressed in a diamond anvil cell under uniaxial non-hydrostatic conditions were recorded. The microscopic deviatoric stress as a function of the pressure was determined from the X-ray diffraction peak broadening analysis: the curves increased approximately linearly with the pressure at the initial compression stage and then levelled off under further compression. Pressure-induced transparency was observed in all of the samples under compression, and the pressure at the turning point on the curves of the microscopic deviatoric stress versus pressure corresponded to the pressure at which the samples became transparent. Analysis of the microstructural features of the pressure-induced transparent samples indicated that the compression caused the grains to fracture, and the broken grains bonded with each other. We demonstrated that the ceramics’ pressure-induced transparency was a process during which the grains were squeezed and broken, the pores were close between the grains, and the broken grains were re-bonded under compression.     

Enhanced thermoelectric properties of atomic-layer-deposited Hf:Zn16O/18O superlattice films by interface-engineering

This study examines three novel approaches for enhancing the thermoelectric (TE) properties of atomic-layer-deposited (ALD) ZnO thin films: 1) Hf-doping, which preserved the crystallinity of ZnO and provided effective phonon scattering owing to Hf's similar atomic radius to and large mass difference with Zn, leading to high power factor (PF) and low thermal conductivity (κ); 2) controlling the distribution of Hf into an alternating scattered phase/clustered phase superlattice, which balanced the high PF of the scattered phases with the low κ of the clustered phases, while providing significant energy-filtering effect to raise the Seebeck coefficient; 3) introducing ¹⁸O/¹⁶O periodicity into the Hf:ZnO films—by alternately using H₂¹⁶O and H₂¹⁸O as oxidants in the ALD processes, which further suppressed κ without compromising PF. The combination of the three approaches resulted in a maximum improvement in ZT of ~1600% over that of the undoped ZnO.     

Gap modulation in MCu[Q1−xQ′x]F (M=Ba, Sr; Q, Q′=S, Se, Te) and related materials

BaCuQF (Q=S, Se, Te) materials exhibit band gaps that allow transmission of much of the visible spectrum. BaCuSF is transparent in thin-film form with a band gap of 3.1 eV. Band gap estimates for powders of the solid solution series BaCuS_1−xSe_xF were obtained from wavelength-dependent diffuse-reflectance measurements using an integrating sphere. The band gap can be tuned by the substitution of Se for S to 2.9 eV for BaCuSeF. The decrease scales almost linearly with the increase in the volume of the tetragonal unit cell, which is determined primarily by the expansion of the a lattice parameter; the overall volume increase is 7.0% from x=0 to 1. Further reduction of the band gap is observed in BaCuSe_1−xTe_xF solid solutions, where a unit cell volume increase of 5.5% produces a band gap of 2.7 eV in BaCuSe_0.5Te_0.5F. Powders and films of BaCuSF exhibit strong red luminescence under ultraviolet excitation, which is suppressed by K doping. Additional tuning of band gap and electrical properties (the materials are p-type conductors) can be achieved by replacing Ba with Sr.     

Universal Rendering Sequences for Transparent Vertex Caching of Progressive Meshes

We present methods to generate rendering sequences for triangle meshes which preserve mesh locality as much as possible. This is useful for maximizing vertex reuse when rendering the mesh using a FIFO vertex buffer, such as those available in modern 3D graphics hardware. The sequences are universal in the sense that they perform well for all sizes of vertex buffers, and generalize to progressive meshes. This has been verified experimentally.     

计算机网络远程通信系统软硬件设计与实现

本文介绍一种新型远程通信系统，它克服了一般远程通信系统速度慢的缺点，将通信速度提高了８０多倍，同时，其硬件比一般远程通信系统简单，成本只有一般远程通信系统的一半左右，进一步提高了新型远程通信系统的性能价格比。在新型系统中精简了远程通信协议，提高了信道有效利用率；采用了各种行之有效的数据压缩算法，并加以改造，使之性能最佳；提供了程序远程透明执行功能，大大提高了系统的响应速度。     

Optimization of metal-based multilayers for transparent heat mirrors

Multilayer calculations by conventional matrix methods for dielectricum/noble metal/dielectricum systems on glass have been performed. The aim has been to maximize the integrated parameters for solar transmission, T_sol, and transmission of visible light, T_eye We have found that Ag is superior for maximizing the transmittance over the narrow visible wavelength range owing to the low internal absorptance. When solar energy transmission is considered multilayers based on Au are the best choice for metal film thicknesses above 15 nm. For thinner films, Ag is still to be preferred.     

Conductivity enhancement in transparetn ZnO films via Al-dopping produced by CW-CO2 laser-induced evaporation

Highly conductive transparent aluminium-doped ZnO (ZnO:A1) films were successfully deposited by CW-CO₂ laser-induced evaporation. Optimisation of evaporation parameters was based on laser power, substrate temperature, O₂ partial pressure in the vacuum chamber and amount of Al in the ZnO source pellet. ZnO:A1 films with an electrical resistivity as low as 6.6 × 10⁻²Ω·cm and an optical transmission of 80% at 500nm were obtained at laser power of 15 W, substrate temperature of about 200°C, O₂ partial pressure of 6—7 × 10⁻⁴ Torr and 5wt.% Al. Conductivity of ZnO films can be increased one order via Al-doping in ZnO films. The films obtained by laser-induced evaporation have compared quite favorably with the high quality films obtained by sputtering.     

铸件内析出性气孔形成及演化的直接观察与分析

采用透明模型合金实时观察了铸件析出性气孔的形成发展,结果发现,纯物质凝固时,析出性气孔的产生发生于凝固型壳形成之后,随着凝固自型壁向中心凝固,呈现自周边向中心的气条生长。对于合金凝固,析出性气孔在凝固基本完成之后伴随着热裂及缩松的发生开始产生,呈现一定的偏聚现象。浇注前熔体过热度的提高将使析出性气孔更加密集,铸型和环境温度的降低有利于降低气孔的数量及分布范围,采用真空除气,可有效地抑制析出性气孔的产生和热裂缩松缺陷的形成。     

Separating computation and storage with storage virtualization

Recent advances of hardware, software, and networks have made the management and security issues increasingly challenging in PC usage. Due to the tight coupling of hardware and software, each one of the hundreds or thousands of PCs connected in a networked environment has to be managed and administrated individually, leading to a high Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). We argue that a centralized storage of software and data, while distributed computation in clients, i.e., transparent computing, can address these challenges potentially and reduce the complexity with reduced software maintenance time, improved system availability, and enhanced security.This paper presents a novel approach, named StoreVirt, to realize transparent computing, which separates computation and storage from inside a single physical machine to different machines with a storage virtualization mechanism. With virtualization, all the OSes, applications, and data of clients are centered on the servers and scheduled on demand to run on different clients in a “block-streaming” way. Therefore, due to the central storage of OSes and applications, the installation, maintenance, and management are also centralized, leaving the clients light-weighted. Further, due to timely patching and upgrading, the system security can be improved. Experimental and real-world experiences demonstrate that this approach is efficient and feasible for real usages.