Fabrication and photoluminescence of GaN nanowires prepared by ammoniating Ga_2O_3/BN films on Si substrate

GaN has been considered to be the most promising optoelectronic material for such applications as light emitting diodes (LEDs), laser diodes (LDs) as well as high power electronic devices, due to its large direct energy band gap of 3.39 eV at room tempera…     

U-Pb zircon age for the Daohugou Biota at Ningcheng of Inner Mongolia and comments on related issues

SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating was carried out for the Daohugou Biota near Ningcheng of Inner Mongolia and for lavas overlying or underlying sala-mander-bearing strata at Reshuitang in Lingyuan of West Liaoning. The results suggest that the Dao- hugou Biota occurred at an interval from 168 Ma to 164―152 Ma. Both the Daohugou Biota and the salamander-bearing fossil assemblage are the same biota and thus developed from 168 to 152 Ma, i.e. from late Middle Jurassic to the early Late Jurassic. The Daohugou Biota-bearing rocks, resting on the Jiulongshan Formation in disconformity and being overlain in unconformity by Late Jurassic Tuchengzi Formation and Early Cretaceous rocks containing the Jehol Biota, are mainly composed of volcanic-sedi- mentary rocks in a normal sequence. It is recom- mended that the Daohugou Biota and the related stratigraphy should be correlated with the Tiaojishan Formation (Lanqi Formation in West Liaoning) or its synchronous rocks. It is suggested that the Dao- hugou Biota and the Jehol Biota would be neither taken into one biota nor considered as the earliest elements of the Jehol Biota. The Daohugou Biota and the related rocks and the Yixian Formation were respectively formed in different periods of volcanic-sedimentary tectonics.     

LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating for high-pressure basic granulite from North Qinling and its geological significance

Inrecentyears,discoveriesofhightoultrahighpressuremetamorphicrocksatthenorthandsouthsidesoftheQinlingGroupinthenorthernpartoftheQinlingMountains(hereafterNorthQinling)haveattractedfocusattentionofgeologistsworldwide.Thenorthhigh-pressure(HP)metamorphicbelt,distributedintheareafromGuanpotoShuanghuaishunorthwardtoShizipin,LushCountyinHenanProvince,consistsmainlyofeclogiteoutcroppedaslenticularmassesofdifferentsizesinthegneissesoftheQinlingGroupclosetothesouthsideofZhuyangguan-Xiaguanfault…     

State of the art of impact testers for spot welds

Impact testing is a primary method to evaluate the impact property of resistance spot welding, which is an important quality index in automotive industry. For testing impact properties of spot welds, many customized testers have been developed. This paper summarized some of the impact testers reported in open literatures and the emphasis was placed on the equipment structures, functions, technical parameters, advantages and disadvantage, etc. Some key issues about the development of the testers such as kinematic energy input mode, fixture design, combined load testing, sensor and data acquisition were discussed. Finally, the problems and prospects in the research and development of impact testers for spot welds were pointed out.     

Nitrogen isotopic composition of plant-soil in the Loess Plateau and its responding to environmental change

The nitrogen isotope of soil is of emerging significance as an indicator of climatic change and biogeochemical cycle of nitrogen in nature systems. In this paper, the nitrogen content and isotopic composition of modern ecosystems from arid and semiarid Loess Plateau in northwestern China, including plant roots and surface soil, were determined to investigate trends in δ15N variation of plant roots and soil along a precipitation and temperature gradient in northwestern China under the East Asian Monsoon clim...     

Biocompatibility of bio-Mg-Zn alloy within bone with heart, liver, kidney and spleen

A magnesium-zinc alloy rod was implanted into the marrow cavity of the distal femur in New Zealand rabbits. The femur with the implanted alloy was compared with the contralateral femur in which a bone tunnel without implant was formed as a control. Degradation of the magnesium-zinc alloy was analyzed via X-ray, scanning electron microscopy, and element energy spectrum analysis. Serum magnesium, liver and kidney function tests, and myocardial enzymes were measured. Heart, liver, kidney and spleen were sectioned for pathological analysis, and the effects of the implanted material on the histology and function of important organs were analyzed. Magnesium-zinc alloy was resorbed from the bone marrow cavity of the femur; 87% of the alloy was degraded within 14 weeks after the surgery. There were no significant differences in serum magnesium, liver or kidney function tests, or myocardial enzymes before the surgery and after degradation of the magnesium-zinc alloy. Histology of the heart, liver, kidney, and spleen did not change. This study demonstrated that magnesium-zinc alloy can be resorbed in bone, and that the degradation products have good biocompatibility with heart, liver, kidney, and spleen. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30772182, and the Medical-Industial intersect study in Shanghai Jiaotong University (Grant No. YG2007MS26)     

Breast cancer-specific serum peptide profiles

Early detection of breast cancer is paramount to successful clinical therapy. Yet, early-stage breast cancer lacks specific symptoms or biomarkers. With the emerging of the mass spectrometric (MS)–based signatures as biomarkers, we investigated breast cancer-related serum profile pattern through class prediction and independent validation, and used Fourier transfer MS to identify breast cancer signature. We now show a distinctive serum peptide pattern that discriminates breast cancer from healthy controls with 93.2% sensitivity and 95.4% specificity. m/z 5901.70 and 4465.74 of ion fragment of FPA and alpha1-antichymotrypsin are found in the signatures that predominantly discriminate breast cancer from healthy individuals. These novel findings identify an MS-based serum peptide pattern of breast cancer that may have direct clinical utility in future. Contributed equally to this work Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30321003) and National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2004CB518800)     

Dynamic changes in flag leaf angle contribute to high photosynthetic capacity

Dynamic changes in flag leaf angle, anatomy, photosynthesis, chlorophyll content, population photosynthesis, and light transmission are investigated in three wheat cultivars： Xiaoyan 81 （Xy 81） in which flag leaf angle changes from erect to draped, Xiaoyan 41 （Xy 41） in which flag leaf angle changes from erect to half draped （middle type）, and Xiaoyan 6 （Xy 6） in which the flag leaf remains erect from the flowering to the grain-filling stage. No obvious differences in leaf thickness, leaf area, mesophyll morphology, granal stacking, photosynthesis, or chlorophyll content are found among the three cultivars. It is of interest to find that the flag leaf angle of Xy 81 changes from erect to draped during the grain - filling stage, but there are no obvious changes in chlorophyll content or photosynthetic capacity during this period, indicating that changes in flag leaf angle do not result from senescence. Moreover, the study shows that levels of population photosynthesis and light transmission in Xy 81 are higher than in Xy 41 and Xy 6. Taken together, these results demonstrate that dynamic changes in Xy 81 flag leaf angle enhance population photosynthesis and thus may improve wheat yield.     

Experimental and kinetic study on ignition delay times of methane/hydrogen/oxygen/nitrogen mixtures by shock tube

Ignition delay times of methane/hydrogen/oxygen/nitrogen mixtures with hydrogen amount-of-substance fractions ranging from 0–20% were measured in a shock tube facility.The ambient temperature varied from 1422 to 1877 K and the pressure was maintained at 0.4 MPa behind the reflected shock wave.The experiments were conducted at an equivalence ratio of 2.0.The fuel mixtures were diluted with nitrogen gas so that the nitrogen amount-of-substance fraction was 95%.The experimental ignition delay time of the CH4/H2 mixture decreased as the hydrogen amount-of-substance fraction increased.The enhancement of ignition by hydrogen addition was weak when the ambient temperature was >1750 K,and strong when the temperature was <1725 K.The ignition delay time of 20% H2/80% CH4 was only one-third that of 100% CH4 at 1500 K.A modified model based on GRI-Mech 3.0 was proposed and used to calculate the ignition delay times of test mixtures.The calculated results agreed with the experimental ignition delay times.Normalized sensitivity analysis showed that HO·+H2 →H·+H2O was the main reaction for the formation of the H· at 1400 K.As the hydrogen amount-of-substance fraction increased,chain branching was enhanced through the reaction H·+O2→O·+HO·,and this reduced the ignition delay time.At 1800 K,the methyl radical (H3C·) became the key species that influenced the ignition of the CH4/H2/O2/N2 mixtures,and sensitivity coefficients of the chain termination reaction 2H3C·(+M)→C2H6(+M),and chain propagation reaction HO2+H3C·→HO·+CH3O decreased,which reduced the influence of hydrogen addition on the ignition of the CH4/H2 mixtures.     

Preparation of TiO_2 thin film by the LPD method on functionalized organic self-assembled monolayers

In this paper,uniform titania(TiO2) films have been formed at 50°C on silanol SAMs by the liquid-phase deposition(LPD) method at a temperature below 100℃.OTS(Octadecyltrichloro-Silane) self-assembled monolayers(SAMs) on glass wafers were used as substrates for the deposition of titanium dioxide thin films.This functionalized organic surface has shown to be effective for promoting the growth of films from titanic aqueous solutions by the LPD method at a low temperature below 100°C.The crystal phase composition,microstructure and topography of the as-prepared films were characterized by various techniques,including X-ray diffraction(XRD) ,scanning electron microscopy(SEM) ,and atomic force microscopy(AFM) .The results indicate that the as-prepared thin films are purely crystallized anatase TiO2 constituted by nanorods after being annealed at 500°C.The pH values,concentration of reactants,and deposition temperatures play important roles in the growth of TiO2 thin films.