Fine-Scale Doppler Radar Observations of Tornadoes

Observations obtained with a mobile pencil-beam Doppler radar revealed many previously unresolved structures within tornadic storms and tornadoes and helped verify various aspects of conceptual models. Radar data from the parent circulations indicate the existence of spiral reflectivity bands, intense radial wind shear zones, and multiple larger-scale velocity maxima. Tornado structures observed include debris shields, clear axial (eye) regions, multiple reflectivity bands surrounding the center of the eye, and occasional reflectivity protrusions into the eye. Velocity and reflectivity data from tornado-scale circulations show evidence of axial downdrafts.     

Effects of Monomer Structure on Their Organization and Polymerization in a Smectic Liquid Crystal

Photopolymerizable diacrylate monomers dissolved in fluid-layer smectic A and smectic C liquid crystal (LC) hosts exhibited significant spatial segregation and orientation that depend strongly on monomer structure. Small, flexible monomers such as 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate (HDDA) oriented parallel to the smectic layers and intercalated, whereas rod-shaped mesogen-like monomers such as 1,4-di-(4-(6-acryloyloxyhexyloxy)benzoyloxy)-2-methylbenzene (C6M) oriented normal to the smectic layers and collected within them. Such spatial segregation caused by the smectic layering dramatically enhanced photopolymerization rates; for HDDA, termination rates were reduced, whereas for C6M, both the termination and propagation rates were increased. These polymerization precursor structures suggest novel materials-design paradigms for gel LCs and nanophase-separated polymer systems.     

基于水生植物分区的湖泊DOM与重金属离子的结合特性研究

以乌梁素海龙须眼子菜、芦苇和穗花狐尾藻3类优势种主要分布区上覆水中的溶解性有机质(Dissolved organic matter, DOM)为研究对象,开展了湖泊不同植物类型区上覆水中DOM与Cu²⁺、Pb²⁺、Cd²⁺的结合特性研究。结果表明,与穗花狐尾藻区相比,芦苇区和龙须眼子菜区上覆水中DOM的芳香度高、分子量低,与重金属的结合率较高,且以Cu²⁺为最;芦苇区上覆水中DOM与重金属离子的饱和结合量、羟基与羧基峰面积特征揭示,该区上覆水中DOM含有更多可与重金属离子发生结合反应的活性基团;穗花狐尾藻区上覆水中DOM的多脂肪族化合物与分子量较高的特征,影响了与重金属离子的结合特性。来源于不同植物类型区上覆水的DOM在分子量、脂肪性及官能团等结构特征方面的差异是其与重金属离子结合特性的影响因素。