Sandwich-type materials with tunable optical response and enhanced optical nonlinearity are of great importance for future nanophotonic devices. Herein, we investigate the third-order nonlinear optical response and tr...
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Sandwich-type materials with tunable optical response and enhanced optical nonlinearity are of great importance for future nanophotonic devices. Herein, we investigate the third-order nonlinear optical response and transient dynamics of a series of cdO/Ag/cdO sandwich-type films with different Ag sputtering time. SEM images demonstrate that the Ag layer in cdO/Ag/cdO sandwich-type films change from a nanoisland to semicontinuous film with increase of Ag sputtering time. Z-scan measurements indicate that the cdO/Ag/cdO sandwich-type films exhibit huge nonlinear optical response on both femtosecond and picosecond time regime. The maximum nonlinear absorption coefficient (& beta;= 1.605 x 10-8m/W) and nonlinear refractive index (n2 = -6.70 x 10-15m2/W) of the cdO/Ag/cdO film with 4 min Ag sputtering time are obtained in picosecond Z-scan, which are about 17 and 10 times greater than that of the single-layer cdO, respectively. Transient absorption spectroscopy results confirm the effect of increased cdO/Ag/cdO interface binding on the thermal electron transfer mechanism. A model is proposed to describe the ultrafast dynamic processes in the cdO/Ag/cdO sandwich-type films. Our results indicate the cdO/Ag/cdO sandwich-type films with tailored nonlinear optical properties are highly promising for applications of optical switches devices.
Utilization of waste tobacco stems holds significant environmental and economic value. This study developed a hierarchical porous carbon matrix from waste tobacco stems via pyrolysis with Fecl3 activation. The resulti...
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Utilization of waste tobacco stems holds significant environmental and economic value. This study developed a hierarchical porous carbon matrix from waste tobacco stems via pyrolysis with Fecl3 activation. The resulting tobacco stem-derived porous carbon (TPc)-anchored Ru nanoparticles, demonstrating significant activity in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in acid and alkaline electrolytes. The optimal catalyst, Ru/TPc-900, produced at 900 degrees c with 1.5-wt% Ru, achieved an overpotential of 24 mV (at 10 mA/cm(2)), and a Tafel slope of 48 mV/dec in 1.0-M KOH, outperforming conventional Ru/ccatalysts.
For an integer linear optimization (ILO) problem, persistency of its linear optimization (LO) relaxation is a property that for every optimal solution of the relaxation that assigns integer values to some variables, t...
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For an integer linear optimization (ILO) problem, persistency of its linear optimization (LO) relaxation is a property that for every optimal solution of the relaxation that assigns integer values to some variables, there exists an optimal solution of the ILO problem in which these variables retain the same values. Although persistency has been used to develop heuristic, approximation, and fixed-parameter algorithms for special cases of ILO, its applicability remains unknown in the literature. In this paper, we reveal a maximal subclass of ILO such that its LO relaxation has persistency. Specifically, we show that the LO relaxation of ILO on unit-two-variable-per-inequality (UTVPI) systems has persistency and is (in a certain sense) maximal among such ILO. Our result generalizes the persistency results by Nemhauser and Trotter, Hochbaum et al., and Fiorini et al. Even more, we propose a stronger property called neighborhood persistency and show that the LO relaxation of ILO on UTVPI systems in general has this property. Using this stronger result, we obtain a fixed-parameter algorithm (where the parameter is the optimal value) and another proof of 2-approximability for ILO on UTVPI systems where objective functions and variables are non-negative.
Molecular dynamics simulations are carried out for calculating the surface loss probabilities of neutral species from an argon-methane plasma. These probabilities are the sum of the sticking and surface recombination ...
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Molecular dynamics simulations are carried out for calculating the surface loss probabilities of neutral species from an argon-methane plasma. These probabilities are the sum of the sticking and surface recombination probabilities. This study considers both the formation of reactive and nonreactive volatile species for evaluating recombination probabilities. Results show that stable species are reflected when hydrocarbon film starts growing on the surface. cH3 is mainly lost by surface recombination leading to the formation of volatile products while very little contributes to film growth. c2H has surface loss probability in agreement with the literature. While c2H loss is usually attributed to sticking on the surface, our results show that its main loss process is due to surface recombination.
Titanium carbide has attracted widespread attention due to its excellent properties. This study investigates the process of carbon thermally reducing TiO2 to prepare Tic through a combination of thermodynamic analysis...
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Titanium carbide has attracted widespread attention due to its excellent properties. This study investigates the process of carbon thermally reducing TiO2 to prepare Tic through a combination of thermodynamic analysis and experiments. The effects of temperature, TiO2/c molar ratio, and time on the phase transformation and morphology evolution of the products are investigated. The synthesis of titanium carbide involves the main reduction path of TiO2-Magn & eacute;li-Ti3O5-Ti2O3-TicxO1-x. With the increase in reaction temperature and Ticcontent, the microstructure transitions from a smooth disc-like structure to a loose and porous layered structure, while the particle size decreases significantly. The carburisation rate of the reduced product is more affected by temperature, according to chemical analysis. The carburisation rate increased from 18.37% to 36.09% for 2 h-10 h of holding time at 1400 degrees c, and from 51.43% to 77.57% for 2 h-10 h of holding time at 1500 degrees c. The quantification of the carburisation rate provides a valuable reference for the preparation of titanium carbide by TiO2.
Pulses are nutritionally beneficial and cost-effective food/feed products, and are also nitrogen-fixing crops that can improve the environmental sustainability of annual cropping systems when included in crop rotation...
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Pulses are nutritionally beneficial and cost-effective food/feed products, and are also nitrogen-fixing crops that can improve the environmental sustainability of annual cropping systems when included in crop rotations - particularly with respect to GHG emissions. canada is a major producer and exporter of pulses, therefore the goals of this study were to (a) develop regionalized life cycle inventories (LcIs) for canadian faba and dry beans suitable for incorporation into public LcI databases and (b) conduct ISO 14044-compliant LcAs of canadian faba, navy, pinto, and kidney beans at provincial, ecozone, and national scales. LcI data were collected via survey from similar to 200 canadian faba and dry bean farmers. At the national scale of aggregation, faba beans had considerably lower impacts across all impact categories considered than the three dry bean types. This is due to their lower input requirements (particularly fertilizer), and higher nitrogen fixation capabilities. Among the three dry bean types considered, pinto beans had the lowest environmental impacts across most impact categories. Fertilizer production and field-level emissions from fertilizer use were the major contributors to the overall environmental impacts of the production of all bean types. In addition to differences between bean types, there were also differences within bean types, between regions of production and levels of regional aggregation. The results of the uncertainty analysis revealed that variability was lowest when aggregated at the ecozone level, based on soil and climate factors, and highest when aggregated to the national average. Taken together, these results demonstrate the utility of spatially-resolved LcI and LcA modelling that distinguishes between different types of pulse crops in order to accurately estimate impacts, and to support decision-making in pursuit of more sustainable food systems. Future research needs include more primary data on field-level biological nitroge
Inspired by the origami architecture and the progress in the functionalization of carbon-based nanomaterials, we design a carbon nanotube origami (cNT-O) metamaterial with the assistance of hydrogenation and by utiliz...
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Inspired by the origami architecture and the progress in the functionalization of carbon-based nanomaterials, we design a carbon nanotube origami (cNT-O) metamaterial with the assistance of hydrogenation and by utilizing molecular dynamics simulation. The mechanical properties, including stiffness, ultimate strength, failure strain, and Poisson's ratio, are systematically studied. Our findings show that the mechanical properties of cNT-O can be tuned and programmed by altering the underlying topological parameters and adopting surface functionalization. We resort to computational simulation, theoretical analysis, and experimentation to demonstrate that an extremely broad range of strain-dependent and scale-independent negative Poisson's ratio can be achieved for nanoarchitected metamaterials, mainly driven by the kinematics of the folding/unfolding in origamis. The proposed origami strategy imparts a platform for designing the next generation of low-dimensional nanomaterials (e.g., graphene and cNT) with highly tunable auxeticity.
Biofuel production is currently focused on the utilization of polysaccharides in lignocellulosic biomass. In this research, butanol was produced from sodium hydroxide-pretreated bamboo by a co-culture with the wood-ro...
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Biofuel production is currently focused on the utilization of polysaccharides in lignocellulosic biomass. In this research, butanol was produced from sodium hydroxide-pretreated bamboo by a co-culture with the wood-rotting fungus Phlebia sp. MG-60-P2 and bacterium c. saccharoperbutylacetonicum. The bacterial monoculture could not utilize the pretreated bamboo, but the co-culture with P2 was successful. co-culturing produced 0.5 g/L butanol, 1.3 g/L butyric acid, and 0.3 g/L ethanol from 20.0 g/L bamboo pretreated with 5.0% NaOH. The co-culture not only gave the biofuel products but also enhanced the total saccharification rate of polysaccharides in the pretreated bamboo. A combination of 1.0% NaOH pretreatment with the co-culture succeeded in the highest theoretical conversion (46.1%) of carbon (in moles) from the polysaccharides to the fermentation products. This is the first report on the synergistic effects of white-rot fungus Phlebia sp. MG-60-P2 and anaerobic bacterium c. saccharoperbutylacetonicum in a co-culture to metabolize cellulose and hemicellulose in sodium hydroxide-pretreated lignocellulose to produce butanol.
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