Ribbon-based transfinite surfaces

One major issue in CAGD is to model complex objects using free-form surfaces of general topology. A natural approach is curvenet-based design, where designers directly create and modify feature curves. These are interpolated by smoothly connected, multi-sided patches, which can be represented by transfinite surfaces, defined as a combination of side interpolants or ribbons. A ribbon embeds Hermite data, i.e., prescribed positional and cross-derivative functions along boundary curves.The paper focuses on two transfinite schemes: the first is an enhanced and extended variant of a multi-sided generalization of the classical Coons patch (Várady et al., 2011); the second one is based on a new concept of combining doubly curved composite ribbons, each one interpolating three adjacent sides. Main contributions include various ribbon parameterizations that surpass former methods in quality and computational efficiency. It is proven that these surfaces smoothly interpolate the prescribed ribbon data. Both formulations are based on non-regular convex polygonal domains and distance-based, rational blending functions. A few examples illustrate the results.     

Fe-Si-B非晶条带加热时的晶化过程及对性能的影响

通过使用差热分析（DSC）,X衍射仪（XRD）,物性测量仪（PPMS）和透射电镜（SEM）等设备对进口商用Fe-Si-B非晶条带的结构及性能进行了详细检测和分析。条带晶化过程中没有明显的玻璃转变吸热过程,且会发生二次晶化。随着晶化程度的增加,晶化衍射斑会越来越明显,磁性能基本无变化,但是韧性降低,脆性增加。     

Ti-Ni-Cu形状记忆合金急冷条带的显微组织

研究了Ti51.7Ni24.5Cu23.8形状记忆合金条带急冷态和退火态下的组织变化。结果表明,急冷态组织主要为非晶态,同时含有部分晶化相B2和B19。B19马氏体变体形貌多样,呈针状、条状、粗片状及钩状。急冷条带在5℃/min的连续加热下,晶化开始温度为436℃。利用Kissinger方法确定其晶化激活能为444.7kJ/mol。条带经400℃低温退火后晶相主要为单变体B19,部分晶粒内部马氏体双变体自协作成垂直关系。马氏体在晶界处形核并向晶内生长,急冷态下的钩状马氏体变体经退火后消失。     

Heusler型Mn-Ni-Bi-In薄带材料磁制冷效应

Heusler型Mn2Ni(In,Sn,Ga,Sb)作为固态磁制冷材料受到越来越多的关注。采用单辊快速凝固技术制备出Mn5 0Ni4 1-xBixIn9(x=0,2)薄带材料,采用X射线衍射、扫描电镜、差热分析以及振动样品磁强计对其微观结构特征、相变行为及磁制冷性能进行了研究。结果表明,两种薄带材料低温马氏体相结构均为14层调制单斜结构,2at%的Bi元素替代Ni元素后,薄带材料马氏体结构相变温度有所下降,同时形成富Bi纳米颗粒析出相。Mn5 0Ni3 9Bi2In9薄带材料相比Mn5 0Ni4 1In9磁熵变制冷性能显著提升,主要是由于前者奥氏体相在马氏体相变之前发生了顺磁—铁磁转变,两相磁性差异加强所致。     

Laser‐Ablation Growth and Optical Properties of Wide and Long Single‐Crystal SnO2 Ribbons

Wide and long ribbons of single‐crystalline SnO₂ have been achieved via laser ablation of a SnO₂ target. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) shows the as‐grown SnO₂ ribbons are structurally perfect and uniform, with widths of 300–500 nm, thicknesses of 30–50 nm (width‐to‐thickness ratio of ～ 10), and lengths ranging from several hundreds of micrometers to the order of millimeters. X‐ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (EDS) spectral analysis indicate that the ribbons have the phase structure and chemical composition of the rutile form of SnO₂. Selected‐area electron diffraction (SAED) patterns and high‐resolution TEM images reveal that the ribbons are single crystals and grow along the [100] crystal direction. Photoluminescence measurements show that the synthesized SnO₂ ribbons have one strong emission band at ～ 605 nm and a red‐shift of ～ 30 nm, as compared to standard SnO₂ powder, which may be attributed to crystal defects and residual strains accommodated during the growth of the ribbons.     

Electrospinning jets and polymer nanofibers

In electrospinning, polymer nanofibers are formed by the creation and elongation of an electrified fluid jet. The path of the jet is from a fluid surface that is often, but not necessarily constrained by an orifice, through a straight segment of a tapering cone, then through a series of successively smaller electrically driven bending coils, with each bending coil having turns of increasing radius, and finally solidifying into a continuous thin fiber. Control of the process produces fibers with nanometer scale diameters, along with various cross-sectional shapes, beads, branches and buckling coils or zigzags. Additions to the fluid being spun, such as chemical reagents, other polymers, dispersed particles, proteins, and viable cells, resulted in the inclusion of the added material along the nanofibers. Post-treatments of nanofibers, by conglutination, by vapor coating, by chemical treatment of the surfaces, and by thermal processing, broaden the usefulness of nanofibers.     

Silicon tubes by a closed molten zone: a characterisation study

We report on the characterisation of silicon tubes recrystallised by closed molten zone, a technique developed as a step to a possible process for thin silicon sheet production. The tube faces are quite flat and have a smooth surface. For the electrical characterisation, samples were cut from the tube faces and simple photovoltaic solar cells were formed. The average diffusion length of minority carriers was found, from spectral response, to be around 100 μm. Low-resolution LBIC measurements showed lower diffusion lengths (around 40 μm) in the regions close to the tube edges. This behaviour was correlated to measurements of residual thermal stresses using infrared photoelasticity. Measurements of the changes of spectral response with increasing bias light intensity reveal an increase in the effective diffusion length, a known effect that is interpreted in terms of a density of trapping states.