For loops with UV divergences,assuming that the physical contributions of loops from UV regions are insignificant,a UV-free scheme method described by an equation is introduced to derive loop results without UV diverg...For loops with UV divergences,assuming that the physical contributions of loops from UV regions are insignificant,a UV-free scheme method described by an equation is introduced to derive loop results without UV divergences in the calculations,i.e.,a route of the analytic continuation T_(F)→T_(P)besides the traditional route∞-∞in the mathematical structure.This scheme provides a new perspective to an open question of the hierarchy problem of Higgs mass,i.e.,an alternative interpretation without fine-tuning within the standard model.展开更多
The stabilities and migration behaviors of 1/2<110>perfect vacancy loops in various FCC metals are studied by molecular dynamics(MD)simulations.Compression strain can suppress the spontaneous structural transfor...The stabilities and migration behaviors of 1/2<110>perfect vacancy loops in various FCC metals are studied by molecular dynamics(MD)simulations.Compression strain can suppress the spontaneous structural transformation from perfect vacancy loops to sessile stacking fault tetrahedra(SFTs).Instead,an intermediate stable structure containing four stacking faults and exhibiting one-dimensional(1-D)fast migration is formed.The migration is essentially enhanced with the compression strain,the corresponding migration barrier can be as low as 0.002 eV for perfect loop containing 100 vacancies in Cu under 4%compression strain.Furthermore,the stabilities and mobilities of intermediate structures are increased with the decrease of stacking fault energy(SFE)for Au,Cu,Ni and Al.Two different migration modes,including collective glide and change of habit planes,are observed,the dominant migration behavior depends on the loop size and compression strain.The energetics of 1/2<110>perfect vacancy loops and SFTs,as well as the energy landscapes of two 1-D migration modes,are calculated to interpret its structural transformation and migration behaviors.This study first reveals the fast migration behaviors of perfect vacancy loops in FCC metals and the underlying mechanisms,especially the important role of compression strain,which would provide important clues for understanding the variations of microstructures and properties related with vacancy behaviors.展开更多
Chemical looping methane steam reforming(CL-MSR)has garnered significant attention owing to its ability to sequentially produce syngas with high selectivity and high-purity hydrogen through redox cycling.To overcome t...Chemical looping methane steam reforming(CL-MSR)has garnered significant attention owing to its ability to sequentially produce syngas with high selectivity and high-purity hydrogen through redox cycling.To overcome the limitations of single ironbased oxygen carriers,including poor cycling stability,low reactivity and susceptibility to sintering,this study employed a dipcoating method to modify Fe_(2)O_(3)/Al_(2)O_(3)oxygen carriers by incorporating three distinct metal additives:Cu,La and Ce.The composite oxygen carriers were systematically characterized and evaluated under redox conditions to investigate the structure-activity relationships between the physicochemical properties,reactivity,and hydrogen production performance.Results revealed that the spinel-phase CuFe_(2)O_(4)exhibited higher reactivity than the perovskite-phase LaFeO_(3)and CeO_(2),promoting the deeper reduction of Fe_(2)O_(3).Fe58Cu2Al exhibited an oxygen storage capacity as high as 6.5 mmol/g.During the CH4 reaction stage,Fe58Cu2Al achieved the highest oxygen loss of 12.1 g/100 g oxygen carrier,accompanied by a syngas yield of 5.15 mmol/g-1.33 times and 1.59 times greater than that of Fe60Al.In the hydrogen production stage,the 2%Cu-modified oxygen carrier demonstrated optimal performance,yielding 5.13 mmol/g of hydrogen,which was 1.51 times that of the pristine sample.Even after ten cycles,the H_(2)yield remained at 3.61 mmol/g,surpassing the single-cycle output of the pristine sample and the H2 purity consistently exceeded 98%.展开更多
The two-parameter Weibull model is used to describe the fiber strength distribution.The stress carried by the intact and fracture fibers on the matrix crack plane during unloading/reloading is determined based on the ...The two-parameter Weibull model is used to describe the fiber strength distribution.The stress carried by the intact and fracture fibers on the matrix crack plane during unloading/reloading is determined based on the global load sharing criterion.The axial stress distribution of intact fibers upon unloading and reloading is determined based on the mechanisms of fiber sliding relative to matrix in the interface debonded region.The interface debonded length,unloading interface counter slip length,and reloading interface new slip length are obtained by the fracture mechanics approach.The hysteresis loops corresponding to different stresses considering fiber failure are compared with the cases without considering fiber failure.The effects of fiber characteristic strength and fiber Weibull modulus on the fiber failure,the shape,and the area of the hysteresis loops are analyzed.The predicted quasi-static unloading/reloading hysteresis loops agree well with experimental data.展开更多
CC chemokine receptor 4(CCR4) is a G-protein-coupled receptor which plays a pivotal role in allergic inflammation. In the present study, three extracellular loops(EL1-3) of CCR4 were synthesized, and the interacti...CC chemokine receptor 4(CCR4) is a G-protein-coupled receptor which plays a pivotal role in allergic inflammation. In the present study, three extracellular loops(EL1-3) of CCR4 were synthesized, and the interactions between the extracellular loops and compound S009 were investigated using capillary zone electrophoresis(CZE). Both qualitative and quantitative characterizations of the compound-peptide binding were carried out. The experimental data indicated that compound S009 exhibited interactions with EL3, and a binding constant of(12.5±0.19)×10^4 M^-1 was determined using the Scatchard plot. Our study identified the specific domains of CCR4 that could be targeted by small molecules and provided insights for the discovery of novel CCR4 antagonists.展开更多
Two models are established to reveal the underlying coercivity mechanism for SmCo/Fe films,where one model considers a transition layer between hard and soft layers,while the other model does not consider this layer.B...Two models are established to reveal the underlying coercivity mechanism for SmCo/Fe films,where one model considers a transition layer between hard and soft layers,while the other model does not consider this layer.Based on the two models,hysteresis loops,nucleation fields and coercivity are obtained by one-dimensional(1 D)and three-dimensional(3 D)micromagnetic methods.In particular,the calculated nucleation fields(H_N)and coercivity(H_C)match very well with the experimental data.It is found that the increase in the soft phase thickness(Ls)leads to a transition of the coercivity mechanism from nucleation to pinning.Such a pinning is inherently related to nucleation and has both attributes of traditional nucleation and pinning,called as a hybrid coercivity mechanism here.It is general for all hard/soft composites and can be extended to single-phased permanent magnets where defects are inevitable.展开更多
Hard/soft permanent magnets have attracted a lot of attention because of their rich magnetic properties and their potential for realizing giant energy products. However, energy products obtained by scientists in exper...Hard/soft permanent magnets have attracted a lot of attention because of their rich magnetic properties and their potential for realizing giant energy products. However, energy products obtained by scientists in experiments are much smaller than the theoretical values, which has been studied by various analytical and numerical methods. The famous Stoner-Wohlfarth model(S-W model) is too simple to give the hysteresis loops whereas the intensively used variational method is too complicated to reveal the underlying mechanism in a simple form. The analytical model proposed in this paper maintains a balance between simplicity and precision, where the spins in the soft layer rotate fast and coherently with the applied field while those in the hard layer response to the applied field much slower but also coherent. An exchange coupling is provided to maintain the exchange spring which drags the spins in the hard layer to follow those in the soft layer. Similar to the more sophisticated model, the calculated hysteresis loops display three typical magnetic phases, i.e., the rigid composite magnet, the exchange spring and decoupled magnet, whereas the simple SW model can only give one single phase, i.e., the rigid composite one. In addition to the hysteresis loop, the energy product and the nucleation fields have been calculated and compared with those calculated by other methods, which justifies our model.Careful comparisons show that our calculations are in good agreement with the experimental results and other theoretical results, especially for the important coercivity value and the related mechanism.展开更多
Fe-10 at.%Cr alloy was implanted with hydrogen ions at room temperature, followed by annealing at high temperatures.The annealing process made the defects develop into large dislocation loops. The nature of the disloc...Fe-10 at.%Cr alloy was implanted with hydrogen ions at room temperature, followed by annealing at high temperatures.The annealing process made the defects develop into large dislocation loops. The nature of the dislocation loops formed after annealing was studied by the evolution of loops under in situ electron irradiation in high-voltage electron microscope.It indicated that only interstitial-type loops were observed when annealed at 550 °C and below, but vacancy-type loops started to form at the temperature higher than 600 °C. According to the previous study of our group, the presence of chromium element made the formation temperature of vacancy-type loops higher than that in pure iron. The effect of alloying elements on the formation temperature of the vacancy-type loops was discussed.展开更多
The synergistic evolution mechanisms of He bubbles and dislocation loops under 30 keV H_(2)^(+)&He^(+)dual-beam ions irradiation at 650℃ in the Ni-based alloy GH3535,which is the most promising candidate structur...The synergistic evolution mechanisms of He bubbles and dislocation loops under 30 keV H_(2)^(+)&He^(+)dual-beam ions irradiation at 650℃ in the Ni-based alloy GH3535,which is the most promising candidate structure material for molten salt reactors(MSRs),were revealed via in-situ TEM.The nucleation,merg-ing,and change in the size of the dislocation loops and He bubbles were characterized in detail to study the influences of irradiation fluence and pre-existing dislocation loops on their evolutions.The number density of both the He bubbles and dislocation loops increases rapidly and subsequently saturates,whereas their size continuously increases with the increasing ion fluence.Pre-existing dislocation loops with strong absorption characteristics grow preferentially and suppress the nucleation of dislocation loops during the dual-beam ions irradiation.Moreover,the bubbles tend to nucleate within the dislocation loops to form bubble-loop complexes,and then decrease in their number density.The details of the un-faulting processes of the Frank loops were discussed,where the energy difference between the two types of loops as well as the evolution of the inside Shockley dislocation loops dominates the unfaulting be-havior.The several evolution stages of the loop-punching mechanism are revealed,and the emitted loops can directly form perfect loops as well as unfault the neighboring Frank loops.The He bubbles inside the loops provide corresponding stress for the formation of rhombic loops,which can achieve rapid growth and sweep ability by merging with the neighboring loops.Additionally,its dissociation to Shockley dis-location can unfault the Frank loops along their slip direction.Among the four Frank loop variations,the edge-on Frank loop variations have the highest growth rate,followed by the perfect loop.The related mechanisms based on in-situ experimental observation are discussed in depth.展开更多
In addition to the hexagonal crystals of class 6 mm, many piezoelectric materials (e.g., BaTiO3), piezomagnetic materials (e.g., CoFe2O4), and multiferroic com-posite materials (e.g., BaTiO3-CoFe2O4 composites)...In addition to the hexagonal crystals of class 6 mm, many piezoelectric materials (e.g., BaTiO3), piezomagnetic materials (e.g., CoFe2O4), and multiferroic com-posite materials (e.g., BaTiO3-CoFe2O4 composites) also exhibit symmetry of transverse isotropy after poling, with the isotropic plane perpendicular to the poling direction. In this paper, simple and elegant line-integral expressions are derived for extended displace-ments, extended stresses, self-energy, and interaction energy of arbitrarily shaped, three-dimensional (3D) dislocation loops with a constant extended Burgers vector in trans-versely isotropic magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) bimaterials (i.e., joined half-spaces). The derived solutions can also be simply reduced to those expressions for piezoelectric, piezo-magnetic, or purely elastic materials. Several numerical examples are given to show both the multi-field coupling effect and the interface/surface effect in transversely isotropic MEE materials.展开更多
Objective: To determine the relationship between vascular loops in the internal auditory canal and otologic symptoms. Methods: We performed a retrospective study, with a systematic review of the literature and analyze...Objective: To determine the relationship between vascular loops in the internal auditory canal and otologic symptoms. Methods: We performed a retrospective study, with a systematic review of the literature and analyzed the magnetic resonances imaging (MRI) of 91 patients attended in the ENT department since April to June 2013, in order to correlate radiological findings with otologic symptoms. Results: Vascular loops were seen in the internal auditory canal of patients without clinical symptoms;however an association was found between the presence of vascular compression of the eighth nerve displayed on MRI and the presence of sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus. No association was found between vertigo and vascular loops. Conclusion: The presence of vascular loops in the internal auditory canal may be an incidental finding in MRIs of patients without clinical symptoms. However, in patients with tinnitus or sensorineural hearing loss that is unexplained by other clinical pathologies, these may be correlated with the existence of vascular loops which compress the eighth cranial nerve or contact the bone wall of the internal auditory canal. Further studies involving a larger number of patients are required to accurately evaluate the association between these symptoms and vascular loops.展开更多
The microstructural evolution of purity Pd under 30 keV He^(+)irradiation at 573 K was investigated by in-situ transmission electron microscopy.The nucleation,growth,merging,annihilation,size change,number density var...The microstructural evolution of purity Pd under 30 keV He^(+)irradiation at 573 K was investigated by in-situ transmission electron microscopy.The nucleation,growth,merging,annihilation,size change,number density variation,and types of dislocation loops were analyzed under the influence of irradiation fluence and sample thickness.Both perfect dislocation loops with b=1/2<110>and faulted dislocation loops with b=1/3<111>were formed.However,at low irradiation fluence,most of the loops were 1/3<111>loops.The thickness of TEM foil obviously affected the ratio of 1/3<111>loop variants,the size and number density of dislocation loops,and the characteristics of bubble-loop complexes.With the increase of irradiation fluence,the size of dislocation loops increased,but loop volume number density remained almost constant until dislocation loops merged and evolved into dislocation network.There was an obvious interaction between dislocation loops and bubbles,indicating that 1/3<111>loop was first formed at the initial stage of irradiation,and when the loop grew to a certain size,obvious helium bubbles appeared inside its region.展开更多
Ion irradiation is usually used to simulate neutron irradiation to accelerate the evaluation of the irradia-tion behavior of reactor materials.However,the validity of using a high damage rate of ion irradiation to sim...Ion irradiation is usually used to simulate neutron irradiation to accelerate the evaluation of the irradia-tion behavior of reactor materials.However,the validity of using a high damage rate of ion irradiation to simulate a low damage rate of neutron irradiation has always been a controversial topic.Here,the effect of two dose rates(2.94×10^(-6) and 7.35×10^(-5) dpa s^(-1))on the characteristics and evolution of dislo-cation loops in palladium was studied in situ during 30 keV H2+irradiation using transmission electron microscopy.The dose rate obviously affected the nucleation rate and growth rate of dislocation loops,the types(Frank loops or perfect loops)of dislocation loops,and the irradiation hardening and total damage obtained from the product of average loop size and loop density.At the same irradiation dose,a high dose rate would lead to high loop density,small average loop size,low loop growth rate,and low irra-diation hardening and damage induced by loops in pure Pd.Meanwhile,it was found for the first time that a high dose rate was beneficial to the generation of perfect dislocation loops.The effect of dose rate was attributed to the different dynamic equilibrium results between the effective generation rate of point defects and their absorption rate by existing sinks.The present results show that the effect of dose rate should be considered when using ion irradiation to simulate neutron irradiation to evaluate the irradiation damage to materials.展开更多
CMOS analog and mixed-signal phase-locked loops(PLL)are widely used in varies of the system-on-chips(SoC)as the clock generator or frequency synthesizer.This paper presents an overview of the AMS-PLL,including:1)a bri...CMOS analog and mixed-signal phase-locked loops(PLL)are widely used in varies of the system-on-chips(SoC)as the clock generator or frequency synthesizer.This paper presents an overview of the AMS-PLL,including:1)a brief introduction of the basics of the charge-pump based PLL,which is the most widely used AMS-PLL architecture due to its simplicity and robustness;2)a summary of the design issues of the basic CPPLL architecture;3)a systematic introduction of the techniques for the performance enhancement of the CPPLL;4)a brief overview of ultra-low-jitter AMS-PLL architectures which can achieve lower jitter(<100 fs)with lower power consumption compared with the CPPLL,including the injection-locked PLL(ILPLL),subsampling(SSPLL)and sampling PLL(SPLL);5)a discussion about the consideration of the AMS-PLL architecture selection,which could help designers meet their performance requirements.展开更多
基金supported by the open project of the theoretical physics academic exchange platform of Chongqing University。
文摘For loops with UV divergences,assuming that the physical contributions of loops from UV regions are insignificant,a UV-free scheme method described by an equation is introduced to derive loop results without UV divergences in the calculations,i.e.,a route of the analytic continuation T_(F)→T_(P)besides the traditional route∞-∞in the mathematical structure.This scheme provides a new perspective to an open question of the hierarchy problem of Higgs mass,i.e.,an alternative interpretation without fine-tuning within the standard model.
基金supported by the National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Energy Research Project(No.2024YFE03150000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11905057,11935004,and 12175059)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(No.2021JJ30002).
文摘The stabilities and migration behaviors of 1/2<110>perfect vacancy loops in various FCC metals are studied by molecular dynamics(MD)simulations.Compression strain can suppress the spontaneous structural transformation from perfect vacancy loops to sessile stacking fault tetrahedra(SFTs).Instead,an intermediate stable structure containing four stacking faults and exhibiting one-dimensional(1-D)fast migration is formed.The migration is essentially enhanced with the compression strain,the corresponding migration barrier can be as low as 0.002 eV for perfect loop containing 100 vacancies in Cu under 4%compression strain.Furthermore,the stabilities and mobilities of intermediate structures are increased with the decrease of stacking fault energy(SFE)for Au,Cu,Ni and Al.Two different migration modes,including collective glide and change of habit planes,are observed,the dominant migration behavior depends on the loop size and compression strain.The energetics of 1/2<110>perfect vacancy loops and SFTs,as well as the energy landscapes of two 1-D migration modes,are calculated to interpret its structural transformation and migration behaviors.This study first reveals the fast migration behaviors of perfect vacancy loops in FCC metals and the underlying mechanisms,especially the important role of compression strain,which would provide important clues for understanding the variations of microstructures and properties related with vacancy behaviors.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52266008,52464057)Applied Basic Research Program of Yunnan Province(202301AT070067)the Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program Young Talent Project(XDYC-QNRC-2022-0060)。
文摘Chemical looping methane steam reforming(CL-MSR)has garnered significant attention owing to its ability to sequentially produce syngas with high selectivity and high-purity hydrogen through redox cycling.To overcome the limitations of single ironbased oxygen carriers,including poor cycling stability,low reactivity and susceptibility to sintering,this study employed a dipcoating method to modify Fe_(2)O_(3)/Al_(2)O_(3)oxygen carriers by incorporating three distinct metal additives:Cu,La and Ce.The composite oxygen carriers were systematically characterized and evaluated under redox conditions to investigate the structure-activity relationships between the physicochemical properties,reactivity,and hydrogen production performance.Results revealed that the spinel-phase CuFe_(2)O_(4)exhibited higher reactivity than the perovskite-phase LaFeO_(3)and CeO_(2),promoting the deeper reduction of Fe_(2)O_(3).Fe58Cu2Al exhibited an oxygen storage capacity as high as 6.5 mmol/g.During the CH4 reaction stage,Fe58Cu2Al achieved the highest oxygen loss of 12.1 g/100 g oxygen carrier,accompanied by a syngas yield of 5.15 mmol/g-1.33 times and 1.59 times greater than that of Fe60Al.In the hydrogen production stage,the 2%Cu-modified oxygen carrier demonstrated optimal performance,yielding 5.13 mmol/g of hydrogen,which was 1.51 times that of the pristine sample.Even after ten cycles,the H_(2)yield remained at 3.61 mmol/g,surpassing the single-cycle output of the pristine sample and the H2 purity consistently exceeded 98%.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51075204)the Graduate Innovation Foundation of Jiangsu Province(CX08B-133Z)the Doctoral Innovation Foundation of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics(BCXJ08-05)~~
文摘The two-parameter Weibull model is used to describe the fiber strength distribution.The stress carried by the intact and fracture fibers on the matrix crack plane during unloading/reloading is determined based on the global load sharing criterion.The axial stress distribution of intact fibers upon unloading and reloading is determined based on the mechanisms of fiber sliding relative to matrix in the interface debonded region.The interface debonded length,unloading interface counter slip length,and reloading interface new slip length are obtained by the fracture mechanics approach.The hysteresis loops corresponding to different stresses considering fiber failure are compared with the cases without considering fiber failure.The effects of fiber characteristic strength and fiber Weibull modulus on the fiber failure,the shape,and the area of the hysteresis loops are analyzed.The predicted quasi-static unloading/reloading hysteresis loops agree well with experimental data.
基金National Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.81072612,31270915 and 81071749)Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.201 10001110021 and 20120001110001)the Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs(Grant No.K20110109)
文摘CC chemokine receptor 4(CCR4) is a G-protein-coupled receptor which plays a pivotal role in allergic inflammation. In the present study, three extracellular loops(EL1-3) of CCR4 were synthesized, and the interactions between the extracellular loops and compound S009 were investigated using capillary zone electrophoresis(CZE). Both qualitative and quantitative characterizations of the compound-peptide binding were carried out. The experimental data indicated that compound S009 exhibited interactions with EL3, and a binding constant of(12.5±0.19)×10^4 M^-1 was determined using the Scatchard plot. Our study identified the specific domains of CCR4 that could be targeted by small molecules and provided insights for the discovery of novel CCR4 antagonists.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51771127,51571126 and 51772004).
文摘Two models are established to reveal the underlying coercivity mechanism for SmCo/Fe films,where one model considers a transition layer between hard and soft layers,while the other model does not consider this layer.Based on the two models,hysteresis loops,nucleation fields and coercivity are obtained by one-dimensional(1 D)and three-dimensional(3 D)micromagnetic methods.In particular,the calculated nucleation fields(H_N)and coercivity(H_C)match very well with the experimental data.It is found that the increase in the soft phase thickness(Ls)leads to a transition of the coercivity mechanism from nucleation to pinning.Such a pinning is inherently related to nucleation and has both attributes of traditional nucleation and pinning,called as a hybrid coercivity mechanism here.It is general for all hard/soft composites and can be extended to single-phased permanent magnets where defects are inevitable.
基金Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(11074179,51771127,51571126,51772004)the Scientific Research Fund of Sichuan Provincial Education Department(18TD0010,16CZ0006)
文摘Hard/soft permanent magnets have attracted a lot of attention because of their rich magnetic properties and their potential for realizing giant energy products. However, energy products obtained by scientists in experiments are much smaller than the theoretical values, which has been studied by various analytical and numerical methods. The famous Stoner-Wohlfarth model(S-W model) is too simple to give the hysteresis loops whereas the intensively used variational method is too complicated to reveal the underlying mechanism in a simple form. The analytical model proposed in this paper maintains a balance between simplicity and precision, where the spins in the soft layer rotate fast and coherently with the applied field while those in the hard layer response to the applied field much slower but also coherent. An exchange coupling is provided to maintain the exchange spring which drags the spins in the hard layer to follow those in the soft layer. Similar to the more sophisticated model, the calculated hysteresis loops display three typical magnetic phases, i.e., the rigid composite magnet, the exchange spring and decoupled magnet, whereas the simple SW model can only give one single phase, i.e., the rigid composite one. In addition to the hysteresis loop, the energy product and the nucleation fields have been calculated and compared with those calculated by other methods, which justifies our model.Careful comparisons show that our calculations are in good agreement with the experimental results and other theoretical results, especially for the important coercivity value and the related mechanism.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51471026)
文摘Fe-10 at.%Cr alloy was implanted with hydrogen ions at room temperature, followed by annealing at high temperatures.The annealing process made the defects develop into large dislocation loops. The nature of the dislocation loops formed after annealing was studied by the evolution of loops under in situ electron irradiation in high-voltage electron microscope.It indicated that only interstitial-type loops were observed when annealed at 550 °C and below, but vacancy-type loops started to form at the temperature higher than 600 °C. According to the previous study of our group, the presence of chromium element made the formation temperature of vacancy-type loops higher than that in pure iron. The effect of alloying elements on the formation temperature of the vacancy-type loops was discussed.
基金This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12022515 and 11975304)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association,Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.Y202063).The authors would like to thank the assis-tance of the Xiamen Multiple Ion Beam In-situ TEM Analysis Facility.
文摘The synergistic evolution mechanisms of He bubbles and dislocation loops under 30 keV H_(2)^(+)&He^(+)dual-beam ions irradiation at 650℃ in the Ni-based alloy GH3535,which is the most promising candidate structure material for molten salt reactors(MSRs),were revealed via in-situ TEM.The nucleation,merg-ing,and change in the size of the dislocation loops and He bubbles were characterized in detail to study the influences of irradiation fluence and pre-existing dislocation loops on their evolutions.The number density of both the He bubbles and dislocation loops increases rapidly and subsequently saturates,whereas their size continuously increases with the increasing ion fluence.Pre-existing dislocation loops with strong absorption characteristics grow preferentially and suppress the nucleation of dislocation loops during the dual-beam ions irradiation.Moreover,the bubbles tend to nucleate within the dislocation loops to form bubble-loop complexes,and then decrease in their number density.The details of the un-faulting processes of the Frank loops were discussed,where the energy difference between the two types of loops as well as the evolution of the inside Shockley dislocation loops dominates the unfaulting be-havior.The several evolution stages of the loop-punching mechanism are revealed,and the emitted loops can directly form perfect loops as well as unfault the neighboring Frank loops.The He bubbles inside the loops provide corresponding stress for the formation of rhombic loops,which can achieve rapid growth and sweep ability by merging with the neighboring loops.Additionally,its dissociation to Shockley dis-location can unfault the Frank loops along their slip direction.Among the four Frank loop variations,the edge-on Frank loop variations have the highest growth rate,followed by the perfect loop.The related mechanisms based on in-situ experimental observation are discussed in depth.
基金Project supported by the National Project of Scientific and Technical Supporting Programs Funded by Ministry of Science&Technology of China(No.2009BAG12A01-A03-2)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.10972196,11090333,11172273,and 11321202)
文摘In addition to the hexagonal crystals of class 6 mm, many piezoelectric materials (e.g., BaTiO3), piezomagnetic materials (e.g., CoFe2O4), and multiferroic com-posite materials (e.g., BaTiO3-CoFe2O4 composites) also exhibit symmetry of transverse isotropy after poling, with the isotropic plane perpendicular to the poling direction. In this paper, simple and elegant line-integral expressions are derived for extended displace-ments, extended stresses, self-energy, and interaction energy of arbitrarily shaped, three-dimensional (3D) dislocation loops with a constant extended Burgers vector in trans-versely isotropic magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) bimaterials (i.e., joined half-spaces). The derived solutions can also be simply reduced to those expressions for piezoelectric, piezo-magnetic, or purely elastic materials. Several numerical examples are given to show both the multi-field coupling effect and the interface/surface effect in transversely isotropic MEE materials.
文摘Objective: To determine the relationship between vascular loops in the internal auditory canal and otologic symptoms. Methods: We performed a retrospective study, with a systematic review of the literature and analyzed the magnetic resonances imaging (MRI) of 91 patients attended in the ENT department since April to June 2013, in order to correlate radiological findings with otologic symptoms. Results: Vascular loops were seen in the internal auditory canal of patients without clinical symptoms;however an association was found between the presence of vascular compression of the eighth nerve displayed on MRI and the presence of sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus. No association was found between vertigo and vascular loops. Conclusion: The presence of vascular loops in the internal auditory canal may be an incidental finding in MRIs of patients without clinical symptoms. However, in patients with tinnitus or sensorineural hearing loss that is unexplained by other clinical pathologies, these may be correlated with the existence of vascular loops which compress the eighth cranial nerve or contact the bone wall of the internal auditory canal. Further studies involving a larger number of patients are required to accurately evaluate the association between these symptoms and vascular loops.
基金financially supported by the Fund of Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory(No.JZX7Y201901SY00900101)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11975191,U1832112 and U1967211)。
文摘The microstructural evolution of purity Pd under 30 keV He^(+)irradiation at 573 K was investigated by in-situ transmission electron microscopy.The nucleation,growth,merging,annihilation,size change,number density variation,and types of dislocation loops were analyzed under the influence of irradiation fluence and sample thickness.Both perfect dislocation loops with b=1/2<110>and faulted dislocation loops with b=1/3<111>were formed.However,at low irradiation fluence,most of the loops were 1/3<111>loops.The thickness of TEM foil obviously affected the ratio of 1/3<111>loop variants,the size and number density of dislocation loops,and the characteristics of bubble-loop complexes.With the increase of irradiation fluence,the size of dislocation loops increased,but loop volume number density remained almost constant until dislocation loops merged and evolved into dislocation network.There was an obvious interaction between dislocation loops and bubbles,indicating that 1/3<111>loop was first formed at the initial stage of irradiation,and when the loop grew to a certain size,obvious helium bubbles appeared inside its region.
基金supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (Grant No.12225506)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.U1967211 and 11975191)the National MCF Energy R&D Program (Grant No.2022YFE03110000).
文摘Ion irradiation is usually used to simulate neutron irradiation to accelerate the evaluation of the irradia-tion behavior of reactor materials.However,the validity of using a high damage rate of ion irradiation to simulate a low damage rate of neutron irradiation has always been a controversial topic.Here,the effect of two dose rates(2.94×10^(-6) and 7.35×10^(-5) dpa s^(-1))on the characteristics and evolution of dislo-cation loops in palladium was studied in situ during 30 keV H2+irradiation using transmission electron microscopy.The dose rate obviously affected the nucleation rate and growth rate of dislocation loops,the types(Frank loops or perfect loops)of dislocation loops,and the irradiation hardening and total damage obtained from the product of average loop size and loop density.At the same irradiation dose,a high dose rate would lead to high loop density,small average loop size,low loop growth rate,and low irra-diation hardening and damage induced by loops in pure Pd.Meanwhile,it was found for the first time that a high dose rate was beneficial to the generation of perfect dislocation loops.The effect of dose rate was attributed to the different dynamic equilibrium results between the effective generation rate of point defects and their absorption rate by existing sinks.The present results show that the effect of dose rate should be considered when using ion irradiation to simulate neutron irradiation to evaluate the irradiation damage to materials.
基金supported by the Pioneer Hundred Talents Program,Chinese Academy of Sciences.
文摘CMOS analog and mixed-signal phase-locked loops(PLL)are widely used in varies of the system-on-chips(SoC)as the clock generator or frequency synthesizer.This paper presents an overview of the AMS-PLL,including:1)a brief introduction of the basics of the charge-pump based PLL,which is the most widely used AMS-PLL architecture due to its simplicity and robustness;2)a summary of the design issues of the basic CPPLL architecture;3)a systematic introduction of the techniques for the performance enhancement of the CPPLL;4)a brief overview of ultra-low-jitter AMS-PLL architectures which can achieve lower jitter(<100 fs)with lower power consumption compared with the CPPLL,including the injection-locked PLL(ILPLL),subsampling(SSPLL)and sampling PLL(SPLL);5)a discussion about the consideration of the AMS-PLL architecture selection,which could help designers meet their performance requirements.