Although discovered more than 100 years ago, X-ray source technology has evolved rather slowly. The recent invention of the carbon nanotube （CNT） X-ray source technology holds great promise to revolutionize the fiel...Although discovered more than 100 years ago, X-ray source technology has evolved rather slowly. The recent invention of the carbon nanotube （CNT） X-ray source technology holds great promise to revolutionize the field of biomedical X-ray imaging. CNT X-ray sources have been successfully adapted to several biomedical imaging applications including dynamic rnicro-CT of small animals and stationary breast tomosynthesis of breast cancers. Yet their more irnportant biomedical imaging applications still lie ahead in the future, with the devel- oprnent of stationary rnulti-source CT as a noteworthy exarnple.展开更多
The nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon dots(N, S-CDs) with increased luminescence were synthesized by a hydrothermal process in one green pot by using glucose, and a new sulfur-doping source of sodium sulfite was dev...The nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon dots(N, S-CDs) with increased luminescence were synthesized by a hydrothermal process in one green pot by using glucose, and a new sulfur-doping source of sodium sulfite was developed.The synergistic effect of the N and S groups was well discussed through the structure analysis of Fourier transform infrared spectra and x-ray photoelectron spectra. The surface states of N, S-CDs embody more complicated functional groups, and S element exists as –SSO3, –C–SO3, and SO-42groups due to the introduction of sodium sulfite. The sulfur-containing groups passivate the surface of the CDs, and the relatively high sulfur groups may reduce the non-radiation centers. The fluorescence is affected by the hydroxyl group of the solvent. The quenching of Fe3+ ion to fluorescence and the sensitivity of fluorescence to p H were also investigated.展开更多
In citric acid-based carbon dots,molecular fluorophore contributes greatly to the fluorescence emission.In this paper,the nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon dots(N,S-CDs)were prepared,and an independent sulfur source...In citric acid-based carbon dots,molecular fluorophore contributes greatly to the fluorescence emission.In this paper,the nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon dots(N,S-CDs)were prepared,and an independent sulfur source is selected to achieve the doping controllability.The influence of sulfur doping on the molecular fluorophore was systematically studied.The introduction of sulfur atoms may promote the formation of molecular fluorophore due to the increased nitrogen content in CDs.The addition surface states containing sulfur were produced,and S element exists as-SO_(3),and-SO_(4)groups.Appreciate ratio of nitrogen and sulfur sources can improve the fluorescence emission.The photoluminescence quantum yields(PLQY)is increased from 56.4%of the single N-doping CDs to 63.4%of double-doping CDs,which ascribes to the synergistic effect of molecular fluorophores and surface states.The sensitivity of fluorescence to pH response and various metal ions was also explored.展开更多
Aiming to solve the problem that it is difficult to accurately measure UV cut-off transmittance of xenon quartz glass by using present spectrophotometer in China SG III project. Through the analysis, we believe that i...Aiming to solve the problem that it is difficult to accurately measure UV cut-off transmittance of xenon quartz glass by using present spectrophotometer in China SG III project. Through the analysis, we believe that its reason was that the xenon quartz glass was nonplanar so the outgoing beam geometry from under-test was different from that from standard sample. A method of transmittance measurement based on focal-plane-array camera was proposed in this article. The effects of camera uniformity and spot sampling on transmittance measurement were analyzed theoretically. This method, which can reduce the effect of beam geometry on transmittance measurement and eliminate the cutting error occurring during light transmission by monitoring the completeness of incident beam in real-time, is verified from experiments. The random standard uncertainty of this method here is 0.035% or less. It is particularly useful in the transmittance measurement of nonplanar optical.展开更多
A simulation method for investigating the vibration behavior of hoisting rope with time-varying length is improved.By previously creating markers in the MSC.ADAMS software package,the parametric model of the rope woun...A simulation method for investigating the vibration behavior of hoisting rope with time-varying length is improved.By previously creating markers in the MSC.ADAMS software package,the parametric model of the rope wound along helix is established based on the concentrated-mass theory with multi-degree of freedom(multi-DOF).A novel driving strategy,cooperating fixed joints with angle sensors under the control of driving script,is proposed to substitute conventional contact force.Researching on the hoisting rope in the sinking winch mechanism,an equivalent discretization model is obtained with complicated boundary conditions considered.The differential equations of motion of the hoisting system are formulated employing Lagrange’s equation and numerically solved using Runge–Kutta method.The simulation indicates that the horizontal swing is decreased in principle and the simulation with 800 discrete ropes is not performed more than 61 min.Therefore,this feasible strategy could not only guarantee the accuracy but also promote simulation efficiency and stability.The motion curves exported from ADAMS simulation coincide with one in numerical simulation,which validates both the numerical model and the driving strategy.展开更多
Topological materials are a new and rapidly expanding class of quantum matter. To date, identification of the topological nature of a given compound material demands specific determination of the appropriate topologic...Topological materials are a new and rapidly expanding class of quantum matter. To date, identification of the topological nature of a given compound material demands specific determination of the appropriate topological invariant through detailed electronic structure calculations. Here we present an efficient criterion that allows ready screening of potential topological materials, using topological insulators as prototypical examples. The criterion is inherently tied to the band inversion induced by spin-orbit coupling,and is uniquely defined by a minimal number of two elemental physical properties of the constituent elements: the atomic number and Pauling electronegativity. The validity and predictive power of the criterion is demonstrated by rationalizing many known topological insulators and potential candidates in the tetradymite and half-Heusler families, and the underlying design principle is naturally also extendable to predictive discoveries of other classes of topological materials.展开更多
A detailed analysis of the electrical response of In0.3Ga0.7As surface quantum dots(SQDs)coupled to 5-layer buried quantum dots(BQDs)is carried out as a function of ethanol and acetone concentration while temperature-...A detailed analysis of the electrical response of In0.3Ga0.7As surface quantum dots(SQDs)coupled to 5-layer buried quantum dots(BQDs)is carried out as a function of ethanol and acetone concentration while temperature-dependent photoluminescence(PL)spectra are also analyzed.The coupling structure is grown by solid source molecular beam epitaxy.Carrier transport from BQDs to SQDs is confirmed by the temperature-dependent PL spectra.The importance of the surface states for the sensing application is once more highlighted.The results show that not only the exposure to the target gas but also the illumination affect the electrical response of the coupling sample strongly.In the ethanol atmosphere and under the illumination,the sheet resistance of the coupling structure decays by 50%while it remains nearly constant for the reference structure with only the 5-layer BQDs but not the SQDs.The strong dependence of the electrical response on the gas concentration makes SQDs very suitable for the development of integrated micrometer-sized gas sensor devices.展开更多
Accurate evaluation of lattice thermal conductivity is usually a tough task from the theoretical side,especially for alloyed systems with fractional stoichiometry.Using the tetradymite family as a prototypical class o...Accurate evaluation of lattice thermal conductivity is usually a tough task from the theoretical side,especially for alloyed systems with fractional stoichiometry.Using the tetradymite family as a prototypical class of examples,we propose a reliable approach for rapid prediction on the lattice thermal conductivity at arbitrary composition by utilizing the concept of configurational entropy.Instead of performing time-consuming first-principles calculations,the lattice thermal conductivities of any alloyed tetradymites can be readily obtained from a few samples with integer stoichiometry.The strong predictive power is demonstrated by good agreement between our results and those reported experimentally.In principle,such an effective method can be applicable to any other material families,which is very beneficial for high-throughput design of systems with desired thermal conductivity.展开更多
It has been demonstrated that many promising thermoelectric materials,such as tetradymite compounds are also threedimensional topological insulators.In both cases,a fundamental question is the evaluation of carrier re...It has been demonstrated that many promising thermoelectric materials,such as tetradymite compounds are also threedimensional topological insulators.In both cases,a fundamental question is the evaluation of carrier relaxation time,which is usually a rough task due to the complicated scattering mechanisms.Previous works using the simple deformation potential theory or considering complete electron-phonon coupling are,however,restricted to small systems.By adopting a data-driven method named SISSO(Sure Independence Screening and Sparsifying Operator)with the training data obtained via deformation potential theory,we propose an efficient and physically interpretable descriptor to evaluate the relaxation time,using tetradymites as prototypical examples.Without any input from first-principles calculations,the descriptor contains only several elemental properties of the constituent atoms,and could be utilized to quickly and reliably predict the carrier relaxation time of a substantial number of tetradymites with arbitrary stoichiometry.展开更多
基金supported by Dr.Guohua Cao’s CAREER award from the U.S.National Science Foundation(CBET 1351936)
文摘Although discovered more than 100 years ago, X-ray source technology has evolved rather slowly. The recent invention of the carbon nanotube （CNT） X-ray source technology holds great promise to revolutionize the field of biomedical X-ray imaging. CNT X-ray sources have been successfully adapted to several biomedical imaging applications including dynamic rnicro-CT of small animals and stationary breast tomosynthesis of breast cancers. Yet their more irnportant biomedical imaging applications still lie ahead in the future, with the devel- oprnent of stationary rnulti-source CT as a noteworthy exarnple.
基金Project by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51571085,11805052,and 61705062)the Research Project for Basic and Forefront Technology of Henan Province,China(Grant No.162300410219)the Doctor Foundation of Henan Polytechnic University,China(Grant No.B2014049)
文摘The nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon dots(N, S-CDs) with increased luminescence were synthesized by a hydrothermal process in one green pot by using glucose, and a new sulfur-doping source of sodium sulfite was developed.The synergistic effect of the N and S groups was well discussed through the structure analysis of Fourier transform infrared spectra and x-ray photoelectron spectra. The surface states of N, S-CDs embody more complicated functional groups, and S element exists as –SSO3, –C–SO3, and SO-42groups due to the introduction of sodium sulfite. The sulfur-containing groups passivate the surface of the CDs, and the relatively high sulfur groups may reduce the non-radiation centers. The fluorescence is affected by the hydroxyl group of the solvent. The quenching of Fe3+ ion to fluorescence and the sensitivity of fluorescence to p H were also investigated.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51571085)the Key Scientific Research Projects of Colleges and Universities in Henan Province,China(Grant No.20A430015).
文摘In citric acid-based carbon dots,molecular fluorophore contributes greatly to the fluorescence emission.In this paper,the nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon dots(N,S-CDs)were prepared,and an independent sulfur source is selected to achieve the doping controllability.The influence of sulfur doping on the molecular fluorophore was systematically studied.The introduction of sulfur atoms may promote the formation of molecular fluorophore due to the increased nitrogen content in CDs.The addition surface states containing sulfur were produced,and S element exists as-SO_(3),and-SO_(4)groups.Appreciate ratio of nitrogen and sulfur sources can improve the fluorescence emission.The photoluminescence quantum yields(PLQY)is increased from 56.4%of the single N-doping CDs to 63.4%of double-doping CDs,which ascribes to the synergistic effect of molecular fluorophores and surface states.The sensitivity of fluorescence to pH response and various metal ions was also explored.
文摘Aiming to solve the problem that it is difficult to accurately measure UV cut-off transmittance of xenon quartz glass by using present spectrophotometer in China SG III project. Through the analysis, we believe that its reason was that the xenon quartz glass was nonplanar so the outgoing beam geometry from under-test was different from that from standard sample. A method of transmittance measurement based on focal-plane-array camera was proposed in this article. The effects of camera uniformity and spot sampling on transmittance measurement were analyzed theoretically. This method, which can reduce the effect of beam geometry on transmittance measurement and eliminate the cutting error occurring during light transmission by monitoring the completeness of incident beam in real-time, is verified from experiments. The random standard uncertainty of this method here is 0.035% or less. It is particularly useful in the transmittance measurement of nonplanar optical.
基金sponsored by National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China(Grant No.51005233)Special Financial Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.201104582)A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD).
文摘A simulation method for investigating the vibration behavior of hoisting rope with time-varying length is improved.By previously creating markers in the MSC.ADAMS software package,the parametric model of the rope wound along helix is established based on the concentrated-mass theory with multi-degree of freedom(multi-DOF).A novel driving strategy,cooperating fixed joints with angle sensors under the control of driving script,is proposed to substitute conventional contact force.Researching on the hoisting rope in the sinking winch mechanism,an equivalent discretization model is obtained with complicated boundary conditions considered.The differential equations of motion of the hoisting system are formulated employing Lagrange’s equation and numerically solved using Runge–Kutta method.The simulation indicates that the horizontal swing is decreased in principle and the simulation with 800 discrete ropes is not performed more than 61 min.Therefore,this feasible strategy could not only guarantee the accuracy but also promote simulation efficiency and stability.The motion curves exported from ADAMS simulation coincide with one in numerical simulation,which validates both the numerical model and the driving strategy.
基金financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11574236, 51671193, and 61434002)support from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (No. 51725103)
文摘Topological materials are a new and rapidly expanding class of quantum matter. To date, identification of the topological nature of a given compound material demands specific determination of the appropriate topological invariant through detailed electronic structure calculations. Here we present an efficient criterion that allows ready screening of potential topological materials, using topological insulators as prototypical examples. The criterion is inherently tied to the band inversion induced by spin-orbit coupling,and is uniquely defined by a minimal number of two elemental physical properties of the constituent elements: the atomic number and Pauling electronegativity. The validity and predictive power of the criterion is demonstrated by rationalizing many known topological insulators and potential candidates in the tetradymite and half-Heusler families, and the underlying design principle is naturally also extendable to predictive discoveries of other classes of topological materials.
基金The authors gratefully acknowledge the supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U1804165 and 61774053)the Project of Henan Provincial Department of Science and Technology(Grant No.182102410047)+1 种基金the Program of Henan Polytechnic University(Grant Nos.NSFRF140116 and B2014-020)the Program of Henan Province Office of Education(Grant No.19B510004).
文摘A detailed analysis of the electrical response of In0.3Ga0.7As surface quantum dots(SQDs)coupled to 5-layer buried quantum dots(BQDs)is carried out as a function of ethanol and acetone concentration while temperature-dependent photoluminescence(PL)spectra are also analyzed.The coupling structure is grown by solid source molecular beam epitaxy.Carrier transport from BQDs to SQDs is confirmed by the temperature-dependent PL spectra.The importance of the surface states for the sensing application is once more highlighted.The results show that not only the exposure to the target gas but also the illumination affect the electrical response of the coupling sample strongly.In the ethanol atmosphere and under the illumination,the sheet resistance of the coupling structure decays by 50%while it remains nearly constant for the reference structure with only the 5-layer BQDs but not the SQDs.The strong dependence of the electrical response on the gas concentration makes SQDs very suitable for the development of integrated micrometer-sized gas sensor devices.
基金We thank financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62074114,51772220,and 12004368).
文摘Accurate evaluation of lattice thermal conductivity is usually a tough task from the theoretical side,especially for alloyed systems with fractional stoichiometry.Using the tetradymite family as a prototypical class of examples,we propose a reliable approach for rapid prediction on the lattice thermal conductivity at arbitrary composition by utilizing the concept of configurational entropy.Instead of performing time-consuming first-principles calculations,the lattice thermal conductivities of any alloyed tetradymites can be readily obtained from a few samples with integer stoichiometry.The strong predictive power is demonstrated by good agreement between our results and those reported experimentally.In principle,such an effective method can be applicable to any other material families,which is very beneficial for high-throughput design of systems with desired thermal conductivity.
基金We thank financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation(Grant Nos.51772220 and 62074114).
文摘It has been demonstrated that many promising thermoelectric materials,such as tetradymite compounds are also threedimensional topological insulators.In both cases,a fundamental question is the evaluation of carrier relaxation time,which is usually a rough task due to the complicated scattering mechanisms.Previous works using the simple deformation potential theory or considering complete electron-phonon coupling are,however,restricted to small systems.By adopting a data-driven method named SISSO(Sure Independence Screening and Sparsifying Operator)with the training data obtained via deformation potential theory,we propose an efficient and physically interpretable descriptor to evaluate the relaxation time,using tetradymites as prototypical examples.Without any input from first-principles calculations,the descriptor contains only several elemental properties of the constituent atoms,and could be utilized to quickly and reliably predict the carrier relaxation time of a substantial number of tetradymites with arbitrary stoichiometry.
