Changed lyotropic liquid crystalline structure due to polymerization of the amphiphilic component

Optical patterns in polarized light and x-ray reflections in the low-angle region were used to detect a shift from one liquid crystalline structure to another during polymerization. The polymerization took place in a Iotropic liquid crystal of water and sodium undecenoate, with a structure consisting of cylinders in a two-dimensional hexagonal close packing. After polymerization, a lamellar liquid crystalline structure was obtained.     

Dynamic properties of molecularly thin liquid films

An experimental technique is described for simultaneously measuring the static and dynamic interactions of very thin liquid films between two surfaces as they are moved normally or laterally relative to each other. Film thickness can be measured and controlled to 1 angstrom. Initial results are presented of the transition in the physical properties of liquid films only one molecular layer thick to thicker films whose properties are practically indistinguishable from the bulk. In particular, the results show that two molecularly smooth surfaces, when close together in simple liquids, slide (shear) past each other while separated by a discrete number of molecular layers, and that the frictional force is "quantized" with the number of layers.     

Suppression of rupture in thin, nonwetting liquid films

Stabilization against the rupture and breakup of thin, nonwetting liquid films spread on surfaces is generally sought by modification of equilibrium interfacial properties. A mechanism for suppressing rupture in such films that uses surface-attached polymers togetherwithfree chains in the bulk of the film is reported. Films of an oligostyrene liquid, which rupture within several minutes when spread on a silicon wafer, may be stabilized for many months by a polystyrene brush attached to the substrate, together with some free polystyrene in the liquid. The effect may arise from entanglements of the free chains with the immobilized brush.     

退火对掺铟氧化锌薄膜结构及光学性能的影响

采用溶胶-凝胶法在石英衬底上制备掺铟氧化锌薄膜,研究不同退火温度对薄膜结构及发光性能的影响.结果表明,掺铟氧化锌薄膜仍为六角纤锌矿结构的ZnO相,在大于450 nm的波段薄膜样品的透射率都较高;随着退火温度的升高,透射率先增后减,600℃时达到最大;薄膜样品的光学带隙都小于纯ZnO的理论值(3.37 eV),且随退火温度的升高呈先减后增趋势;样品的结晶度与发光强度随着退火温度的升高而增强.     

NMR studies of simple molecules on metal surfaces

In recent years, improvements in the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance have made it possible to detect progressively smaller numbers of nuclei. Experiments and studies previously thought to be impractical can now be undertaken, for example, the study of phenomena at surfaces. Nuclear magnetic resonance has been applied to study simple molecules (carbon monoxide, acetylene, and ethylene) adsorbed on metal surfaces (ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum). The metals, in the form of clusters 10 to 50 angstroms in diameter, supported on alumina, are typical of real catalysts. The experiments provide information about the bonding of the molecules to the metal, the structures the molecules assume after adsorption, the motion of molecules on the surface, the breakup of molecules induced by heating, and the products of such breakup.     

Electron diffraction and imaging of uncompressed monolayers of amphiphilic molecules on vitreous and hexagonal ice

A new approach is described for probing domains of ordered self-assemblies of amphiphilic monolayers at the aqueous solution interface. The method has potential importance for the study of membrane structure, Langmuir-Blodgett films, and nucleation processes of two-and three-dimensional crystals. Electron diffraction (ED) patterns indicative of two-dimensional crystalline self-assembly were obtained from samples, which were examined by cryo-electron microscopy, of monolayers of water-insoluble amphiphiles on vitrified aqueour substrates. The apparent hexagonal symmetry of an ED pattern from a C(16)H(33)OH monolayer was interpreted in terms of multiple twinning. Monolayers of the CL(31)H(63)OH and cadmium salt of C(19)H(39)CO(2)H that were studied by dark-field techniques displayed faceted two-dimensional crystallites with a maximal size of 1 to 2 micrometers. Epitaxial nucleation of hexagonal ice by the C(31)H(63)OH monolayer has also been demonstrated by ED.     

Growth and erosion of thin solid films

Thin films that are grown by the process of sputtering are, by and large, quite unlike the smooth, featureless structures that one might expect. In general, these films have a complicated surface morphology and an extended network of grooves and voids in their interiors. Such features can have a profound effect on the physical properties of a thin film. The surface irregularities and the bulk defects are the result of a growth instability due to competitive shadowing, an effect that also plays a role in geological processes such as erosion. For amorphous thin films, the shadow instability can be described by a remarkably simple model, which can be shown to reproduce many important observed characteristics of thin film morphology.     

Quantum States and atomic structure of silicon surfaces

The electronic and geometric structures of surfaces are closely related to each other. Conventional surface science techniques can study one or the other, but not both at the same time. Recent developments in scanning tunneling microscopy have made it possible to study simultaneously the electronic and geometric structure of Si(111) and Si(001) surfaces. Surface states can be atomically resolved in space and energy; thus the electronic structure of single atoms on surfaces can be studied in detail. The various surface states observed on silicon surfaces are found to derive from different atomic-scale features in the surface geometric structure. Scanning tunneling microscopy has now bridged the gap between electronic and geometric structure, providing a unique opportunity to obtain a better understanding of many surface processes at the atomic level.     

Crack-like sources of dislocation nucleation and multiplication in thin films

With the combination of the height sensitivity of atomic force microscopy and the strain sensitivity of transmission electron microscopy, it is shown that near singular stress concentrations can develop naturally in strained epitaxial films. These crack-like instabilities are identified as the sources of dislocation nucleation and multiplication in films of high misfit. This link between morphological instability and dislocation nucleation provides a method for studying the basic micromechanisms that determine the strength and mechanical properties of materials.     

Structure of membrane surfactant and liquid crystalline smectic lamellar phases under flow

Synchrotron x-ray scattering studies were performed to probe the nonequilibrium structures of two layered systems at high shear rates: the smectic-A phase of the thermotropic liquid crystal 4-cyano-4'-octylbiphenyl (8CB) and the lamellar L(alpha) phases of surfactant membranes composed of sodium dodecyl sulfate and pentanol. Whereas the lamellar surfactant phases oriented primarily with their layers parallel to the shearing plates, as expected intuitively, in the corresponding high shear regime, the smectic-A liquid crystalline material oriented with the layers perpendicular to the shearing plates. A careful numerical study revealed that this surprising layer orientation results from nonlinear dynamics of the liquid crystal director and is caused by the flow distortion of thermal fluctuations.     

不同地膜覆盖对土壤环境及芋艿生长的影响

为探讨不同地膜覆盖对作物生长及土壤地力、污染物残留的影响,应用3种不同地膜覆盖处理（普通白色非降解地膜F、黑色全生物降解地膜H、棕色全生物降解地膜Z）及无地膜对照（CK）种植芋艿,对苗期土温、芋艿产量和土壤中养分、微塑料、邻苯二甲酸酯（PAEs）类塑化剂等进行分析研究。结果表明：不同地膜覆盖处理均可提高芋艿产量10.20%~29.61%,顺序为F > H > Z > CK;收获期时,F处理地膜剩余量最高,Z处理中地膜崩解较H处理快;不同地膜覆盖处理均存在微塑料和PAEs残留,但差异不显著,微塑料含量为260~393个·kg^-1（干质量）,PAEs含量为0.87~1.17 mg·kg^-1。研究表明,全生物降解地膜能有效减少土壤白色污染,且黑色全生物降解地膜增产效果优于棕色全生物降解地膜。     

鸡ApoB基因多态位点与生长和体组成性状的相关性研究

载脂蛋白B(Apolipoprotein B,ApoB)是血浆脂蛋白的主要成分,对脂类代谢具有重要的调控作用。本研究以东北农业大学高、低腹脂双向选择品系第9世代仔鸡为试验材料,对鸡ApoB基因进行SNP检测,分析ApoB基因多态性与生长和体组成性状的关系。根据鸡基因组测序结果提供的SNP,发现鸡ApoB基因5′调控区的-112A>G、3′调控区的9 bp插入缺失以及exon26上T>G的同义突变3个突变位点在研究群体中存在多态性。统计分析结果表明,5′调控区的-112A>G突变位点和3′调控区的插入缺失突变位点对7周龄体重和屠体重有显著影响(P<0.05),exon26上T>G对屠体重有显著影响(P<0.05),对7周龄体重有一定的影响(P<0.01)。本研究首次推测ApoB基因可能是影响鸡体重的主效基因或与影响该性状的主效基因紧密连锁。     

Isolation and structure of higher diamondoids,nanometer-sized diamond molecules

We exploited the exceptional thermal stability and diverse molecular shapes of higher diamondoids (C22 and higher polymantanes) to isolate them from petroleum. Molecules containing 4 to 11 diamond-crystal cages were isolated and crystallized, and we obtained single-crystal x-ray structures for representatives from three families. Rigidity, strength, remarkable assortments of three- dimensional shapes, including resolvable chiral forms, and multiple, readily derivatizable attachment sites make them valuable nanometer-size molecular building blocks.     

The structure and symmetry of crystalline solid solutions: a general revision

Mixed single crystals composed of host and guest organic molecules of similar structures and shapes are shown to comprise sectors with different host-guest distributions and to have symmetries lower than that of the host crystal. These properties are determined by the structure of the guest and the surface structures of the crystal faces through which the guest molecules are occluded. This general concept is illustrated by studies of three mixed crystal systems,(E)-cinnamamide-(E)-2-thienylacrylamide, (E)-cinnamamide-(E)-3-thienylacrylamide, and(S)-asparagine-(S)-aspartic acid, with x-ray and neutron diffraction and solid-state photochemistry.     

退火对非晶态碲镉汞薄膜稳定态光电导的影响

利用射频磁控溅射方法,在宝石衬底上制备了非晶态碲镉汞(a-HgCdTe)薄膜。对原生a-HgCdTe薄膜进行了不同退火时间和不同退火温度的热退火,在80～300K温度范围内,分别测量了原生和退火处理后的a-HgCdTe薄膜样品的稳定态光电导,研究了退火时间和退火温度对非晶态HgCdTe薄膜的稳定态光电导和激活能的影响。结果表明,原生和退火a-HgCdTe薄膜的稳定态光电导具有热激活特性;随着退火时间增加或退火温度升高,a-HgCdTe薄膜的晶化程度提高,导致光电导增大,光电导激活能降低。利用非晶-多晶转变机制讨论了实验结果。     

The importance of threading dislocations on the motion of domain boundaries in thin films

Thin films often present domain structures whose detailed evolution is a subject of debate. We analyze the evolution of copper films, which contain both rotational and stacking domains, on ruthenium. Real-time observation by low-energy electron microscopy shows that the stacking domains evolve in a seemingly complex way. Not only do the stacking boundaries move in preferred directions, but their motion is extremely uneven and they become stuck when they reach rotational boundaries. We show that this behavior occurs because the stacking-boundary motion is impeded by threading dislocations. This study underscores how the coarse-scale evolution of thin films can be controlled by defects.     

IWO缓冲层对MOCVD-ZnO:B薄膜性能的影响研究

金属有机化学气相沉积(MOCVD)技术生长的绒面ZnO透明导电(ZnO-TCO)薄膜应用于Si基薄膜太阳电池上能够形成"陷光结构",以提高薄膜太阳电池效率和稳定性。本文将电子束反应蒸发技术生长的掺W的In2O3(In2O3:W,(IWO)薄膜作为缓冲层,应用于MOCVD-ZnO:B薄膜与玻璃之间,可促进ZnO:B薄膜的生长,并且有效提升薄膜的光散射特性。当IWO缓冲层厚度为20nm时,获得的IWO/ZnO:B薄膜的电阻率为2.07×10-3Ω.cm,迁移率为20.9cm2.V-1.s-1,载流子浓度为1.44×1020 cm-3;同时,薄膜具有的透过率大于85%,且在550nm处绒度较ZnO:B薄膜提高了约9.5%,在800nm处绒度较ZnO:B薄膜提高了约4.5%。     

Crystal growth of silicon and germanium in metal films

Amorphous silicon in contact with silver films and amorphous germanium in contact with aluminum films form crystalline precipitates when heated to temperatures well below those at which any liquid phase is present. Crystallization occurs by an initial dissolution of the semiconductor into the metal filmsolvent followed by the growth of crystals out of the solvent.     

腐植酸碱性液体肥对香蕉生长的影响及机制

目的 探究腐植酸碱性肥料对香蕉生长的影响及促生机制,为腐植酸碱性肥料的研制与推广应用提供理论依据。方法 采用盆栽试验,研究腐植酸碱性肥料对香蕉生物量、土壤微生物、酶活性、根系活力和土壤氮磷养分含量的影响。结果 与常规复合肥和无腐植酸碱性液体肥料相比,腐植酸碱性肥料有利于促进香蕉生长,明显增加香蕉生物量、根系活力、土壤脲酶活性、酸性磷酸酶活性、土壤矿质氮含量、有效磷含量以及细菌、真菌和放线菌数量。香蕉叶面积增加了50~100 cm²,生物量增加了10%~21%,香蕉根系活力增加了89%~188%,土壤脲酶活性增加了25%~91%,酸性磷酸酶活性增加了2.4~3.5倍。腐植酸碱性液体肥处理的土壤细菌、真菌和放线菌的数量分别是常规肥料的1.6~14.4、1.7~26.7和2.3~3.8倍,分别是无腐植酸碱性肥的3.0~10.6、3.9~56.0和1.2~2.0倍。结论 施用腐植酸碱性液体肥能明显促进香蕉生长,其机制在于：一方面,肥料的碱性改良了土壤酸性环境而有利于土壤微生物多样性;另一方面,肥料的腐植酸增加了土壤的脲酶和酸性磷酸酶活性,改善了土壤的氮、磷营养状况,进而增加土壤肥力。因此,施用腐植酸碱性液体肥料是为香蕉提供养分和提高土壤肥力的有效措施。     

Electron- and photon-stimulated desorption: probes of structure and bonding at surfaces

Techniques for analyzing the structure and composition of solid surfaces with electron and photon beams often cause radiation damage in samples. Damage-producing processes compete with information-producing events during measurements, and beam damage can be a serious perturbation in quantitative surface analysis. There are, however, substantial benefits of electron- and photonstimulated damage processes for studying molecules adsorbed on surfaces. Direct information about the geometric structure of surface molecules can be obtained from measurements of the angular distributions of ions released by electron- or photon-stimulated desorption. The directions of ion emission are determined by the orientation of the surface bonds that are ruptured by beam irradiation. Moreover, photon-stimulated desorption studies that make use of synchrotron radiation reveal the fundamental electronic excitations that lead to bondbreaking processes at surfaces. These measurements provide new insights into radiation-damage processes in areas as diverse as x-ray optics and semiconductor electronics.