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Observation of high energy and very high emission from Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) is crucial to study the gigantic explosion and the underline processes. With a large field-of-view and almost full duty cycle, the Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA), a sub-array of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), is appropriate to monitor the very high energy emission from unpredictable transients such as GRBs. Nevertheless, the main issue for an extensive air shower array is the high energy threshold which limits the horizon of the detector. To address this issue a new trigger method is developed in this article to lower the energy threshold of WCDA for GRB observation. The proposed method significantly improves the detection efficiency of WCDA for gamma-rays around the GRB direction at 10-300 GeV. The sensitivity of the WCDA for GRB detection with the new trigger method is estimated. The achieved sensitivity of the quarter WCDA array above 10 GeV is comparable with that of Fermi-LAT. The data analysis process and corresponding fluence upper limit for GRB 190719C is presented as an example.

The main scientific goal of LHAASO-WCDA is to survey gamma-ray sources with energy from 100 GeV to 30 TeV. To observe high-energy shower events, especially to measure the energy spectrum of cosmic rays from 100 TeV to 10 PeV, a dynamic range extension system (WCDA++) is designed to use a 1.5-inch PMT with a dynamic range of four orders of magnitude for each cell in WCDA-1. The dynamic range is extended by using these PMTs to measure the effective charge density in the core region of air shower events, which is an important parameter for identifying the composition of primary particles. The system has been running for more than one year. In this paper, the details of the design and performance of WCDA++ are presented.

The extension of the cosmic-ray spectrum beyond 1 petaelectronvolt (PeV; 1015 electronvolts) indicates the existence of the so-called PeVatrons—cosmic-ray factories that accelerate particles to PeV energies. We need to locate and identify such objects to find the origin of Galactic cosmic rays1. The principal signature of both electron and proton PeVatrons is ultrahigh-energy (exceeding 100 TeV) γ radiation. Evidence of the presence of a proton PeVatron has been found in the Galactic Centre, according to the detection of a hard-spectrum radiation extending to 0.04 PeV (ref. 2). Although γ-rays with energies slightly higher than 0.1 PeV have been reported from a few objects in the Galactic plane3–6, unbiased identification and in-depth exploration of PeVatrons requires detection of γ-rays with energies well above 0.1 PeV. Here we report the detection of more than 530 photons at energies above 100 teraelectronvolts and up to 1.4 PeV from 12 ultrahigh-energy γ-ray sources with a statistical significance greater than seven standard deviations. Despite having several potential counterparts in their proximity, including pulsar wind nebulae, supernova remnants and star-forming regions, the PeVatrons responsible for the ultrahigh-energy γ-rays have not yet been firmly localized and identified (except for the Crab Nebula), leaving open the origin of these extreme accelerators. Observations of γ-rays with energies up to 1.4 PeV find that 12 sources in the Galaxy are PeVatrons, one of which is the Crab Nebula.

Legumes, unlike other plants, have the ability to establish symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia. It has been theorized that a unique property of legume root cortical cells enabled the initial establishment of rhizobial symbiosis1–3. Here we show that a SHORTROOT–SCARECROW (SHR–SCR) stem cell program in cortical cells of the legume Medicago truncatula specifies their distinct fate. Regulatory elements drive the cortical expression of SCR, and stele-expressed SHR protein accumulates in cortical cells of M. truncatula but not Arabidopsis thaliana. The cortical SHR–SCR network is conserved across legume species, responds to rhizobial signals, and initiates legume-specific cortical cell division for de novo nodule organogenesis and accommodation of rhizobia. Ectopic activation of SHR and SCR in legumes is sufficient to induce root cortical cell division. Our work suggests that acquisition of the cortical SHR–SCR module enabled cell division coupled to rhizobial infection in legumes. We propose that this event was central to the evolution of rhizobial endosymbiosis. Repurposing of an SHR–SCR stem cell program in the legume root cortex enables rhizobial symbiosis.

Based on the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) medium-resolution spectroscopic survey (MRS), we report the discovery of nine super Li-rich unevolved stars with A(Li) $>$ 3.8 dex. These objects show unusually high levels of lithium abundances up to three times higher than the meteoritic value of 3.3 dex, which indicates that they must have experienced a history of lithium enrichment. It is found that seven of our program stars are fast rotators with $vsini>9$ km\,s$^{-1}$, which suggests that the accretion of circumstellar matter may be the main contributor to the lithium enhancement of these unevolved stars, however, other sources cannot be excluded., 10 pages, 3 figures

Recently, the LHAASO Collaboration published the detection of 12 ultrahigh-energy γ-ray sources above 100 TeV, with the highest energy photon reaching 1.4 PeV. The first detection of PeV γ rays from astrophysical sources may provide a very sensitive probe of the effect of the Lorentz invariance violation (LIV), which results in decay of high-energy γ rays in the superluminal scenario and hence a sharp cutoff of the energy spectrum. Two highest energy sources are studied in this work. No signature of the existence of the LIV is found in their energy spectra, and the lower limits on the LIV energy scale are derived. Our results show that the first-order LIV energy scale should be higher than about 10^{5} times the Planck scale M_{Pl} and that the second-order LIV scale is10^{-3}M_{Pl}. Both limits improve by at least one order of magnitude the previous results.

Plants encounter various microbes in nature and must respond appropriately to symbiotic or pathogenic ones. In rice, the receptor-like kinase OsCERK1 is involved in recognizing both symbiotic and immune signals. However, how these opposing signals are discerned via OsCERK1 remains unknown. Here, we found that receptor competition enables the discrimination of symbiosis and immunity signals in rice. On the one hand, the symbiotic receptor OsMYR1 and its short-length chitooligosaccharide ligand inhibit complex formation between OsCERK1 and OsCEBiP and suppress OsCERK1 phosphorylating the downstream substrate OsGEF1, which reduces the sensitivity of rice to microbe-associated molecular patterns. Indeed, OsMYR1 overexpression lines are more susceptible to the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, whereas Osmyr1 mutants show higher resistance. On the other hand, OsCEBiP can bind OsCERK1 and thus block OsMYR1–OsCERK1 heteromer formation. Consistently, the Oscebip mutant displayed a higher rate of mycorrhizal colonization at early stages of infection. Our results indicate that OsMYR1 and OsCEBiP receptors compete for OsCERK1 to determine the outcome of symbiosis and immunity signals.

We report the discovery of an extended very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray source around the location of the middle-aged (207.8 kyr) pulsar PSR J0622+3749 with the Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO). The source is detected with a significance of 8.2σ for E25 TeV assuming a Gaussian template. The best-fit location is (right ascension, declination) =(95.47°±0.11°,37.92°±0.09°), and the extension is 0.40°±0.07°. The energy spectrum can be described by a power-law spectrum with an index of -2.92±0.17_{stat}±0.02_{sys}. No clear extended multiwavelength counterpart of the LHAASO source has been found from the radio to sub-TeV bands. The LHAASO observations are consistent with the scenario that VHE electrons escaped from the pulsar, diffused in the interstellar medium, and scattered the interstellar radiation field. If interpreted as the pulsar halo scenario, the diffusion coefficient, inferred for electrons with median energies of ∼160 TeV, is consistent with those obtained from the extended halos around Geminga and Monogem and much smaller than that derived from cosmic ray secondaries. The LHAASO discovery of this source thus likely enriches the class of so-called pulsar halos and confirms that high-energy particles generally diffuse very slowly in the disturbed medium around pulsars.

Summary To secure phosphorus (P) from soil, most land plants use a direct phosphate uptake pathway via root hairs and epidermis and an indirect phosphate uptake pathway via mycorrhizal symbiosis. The interaction between these two pathways is unclear. Here, we mapped a network between transcription factors and mycorrhizal symbiosis-related genes using Y1H. Intriguingly, this gene regulatory network is governed by the conserved P-sensing pathway, centered on phosphate starvation response (PHR) transcription factors. PHRs are required for mycorrhizal symbiosis and regulate symbiosis-related genes via the P1BS motif. SPX-domain proteins suppress OsPHR2-mediated induction of symbiosis-related genes and inhibit mycorrhizal infection. In contrast, plants overexpressing OsPHR2 show improved mycorrhizal infection and are partially resistant to P-mediated inhibition of symbiosis. Functional analyses of network nodes revealed co-regulation of hormonal signaling and mycorrhizal symbiosis. This network deciphers extensive regulation of mycorrhizal symbiosis by endogenous and exogenous signals and highlights co-option of the P-sensing pathway for mycorrhizal symbiosis.

A 1.5 GHz passive third harmonic superconducting cavity was proposed to improve the beam quality and lifetime in the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility Phase-II beamline project. Lifetime improvement highly depends on the resonant frequency of the passive third harmonic superconducting cavity. It is important that the operating frequency of the cavity is within the design range and the cavity has reasonable mechanical stability. A simulation method for the multiphysics coupled analysis has been developed based on the ANSYS code. Multiphysics coupled simulations have been performed under different conditions, such as etching, evacuation, cooling, and preloading. Analyses of mechanical modes and structural stress have been executed. A possible stiffening ring method for the two-cell superconducting niobium cavity has been investigated. In this paper, we present a multiphysics coupled analysis of the third harmonic cavity using a finite element analysis code. The results of the analysis show that a reliable frequency for the cavity after electron beam welding is 1498.033 MHz, and the corresponding frequency of the pre-tuning goal is 1496.163 MHz. A naked cavity is a reasonable option based on structural stress and mechanical modal analyses. A frequency range of ± 500 kHz and limiting tolerable displacement of ± 0.35 mm are proposed for the design of the frequency tuner.

自噬是细胞在生理或病理因子作用下，通过溶酶体途径对功能受损的蛋白质和细胞器进行识别降解的一种现象。近年来研究发现自噬在感音神经性聋中起着重要作用，可通过参与毛细胞的氧化应激、能量代谢或与凋亡相互作用等途径影响感音神经性聋的发生发展。本文就不同损伤因素如遗传基因缺陷、耳毒性药物、衰老和噪声暴露等所致感音神经性聋的自噬机制进行探讨，旨在为感音神经性聋的预防及治疗提供新的思路。.

The Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA) is a major component of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Array Observatory (LHAASO), a new generation cosmic-ray experiment with unprecedented sensitivity, currently under construction. The WCDA is aimed at the study of TeV $\gamma$-rays. In order to evaluate the prospects of searching for TeV $\gamma$-ray sources with the WCDA, we present in this paper a projection for the one-year sensitivity of the WCDA to TeV $\gamma$-ray sources from TeVCat (footnote: http://tevcat.uchicago.edu) using an all-sky approach. Out of 128 TeVCat sources observable to the WCDA up to a zenith angle of $45^\circ$, we estimate that 42 would be detectable for one year of observations at a median energy of 1 TeV. Most of them are Galactic sources, and the extragalactic sources are Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)., Comment: 10 pages,10 figures, it is to be published in Chinese Physics C

The LHAASO-WFCTA experiment, which aims to observe cosmic rays in the sub-EeV range using the fluorescence technique, uses a new generation of high-performance telescopes. To ensure that the experiment has excellent detection capability associated with the measurement of the energy spectrum, the primary composition of cosmic rays, and so on, an accurate geometrical reconstruction of air-shower events is fundamental. This paper describes the development and testing of geometrical reconstruction for stereo viewed events using the WFCTA (Wide Field of view Cherenkov/Fluorescence Telescope Array) detectors. Two approaches, which take full advantage of the WFCTA detectors, are investigated. One is the stereo-angular method, which uses the pointing of triggered SiPMs in the shower trajectory, and the other is the stereo-timing method, which uses the triggering time of the fired SiPMs. The results show that both methods have good geometrical resolution; the resolution of the stereo-timing method is slightly better than the stereo-angular method because the resolution of the latter is slightly limited by the shower track length.

A sub-array of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), KM2A is mainly designed to observe a large fraction of the northern sky to hunt for γ-ray sources at energies above 10 TeV. Even though the detector construction is still underway, half of the KM2A array has been operating stably since the end of 2019. In this paper, we present the KM2A data analysis pipeline and the first observation of the Crab Nebula, a standard candle in very high energy γ-ray astronomy. We detect γ-ray signals from the Crab Nebula in both energy ranges of 10 100 TeV and 100 TeV with high significance, by analyzing the KM2A data of 136 live days between December 2019 and May 2020. With the observations, we test the detector performance, including angular resolution, pointing accuracy and cosmic-ray background rejection power. The energy spectrum of the Crab Nebula in the energy range 10-250 TeV fits well with a single power-law function dN/dE = (1.13 0.05 0.08 ) 10 (E/20 TeV) cm s TeV . It is consistent with previous measurements by other experiments. This opens a new window of γ-ray astronomy above 0.1 PeV through which new ultrahigh-energy γ-ray phenomena, such as cosmic PeVatrons, might be discovered.

In this paper the closed orbit correction of the Heavy Ion Medical Machine (HIMM) synchrotron is described. Results of simulations and measurements are presented. Consistently with simulations, it is possible to correct the maximum closed orbit distortion of the HIMM synchrotron down to 2.4mm in the horizontal direction and 0.7mm in the vertical one. The errors of dipole magnets, especially the longitudinal alignment errors ( Δ s ), have large impact on the horizontal correction results. A Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) algorithm is adopted for computing the correction. The residual orbits and the effects of reducing the number of singular values are analytically expressed and simulated. In addition, the influences of BPM reading errors as well as corrector setting errors are analyzed. For further optimization, the method to estimate the dipole errors is studied. In the commissioning, the maximum closed orbits at BPMs can also be well corrected to within 1mm through SVD algorithm.

Most land plants form symbiotic associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. These are the most common and widespread terrestrial plant symbioses, which have a global impact on plant mineral nutrition. The establishment of AM symbiosis involves recognition of the two partners and bidirectional transport of different mineral and carbon nutrients through the symbiotic interfaces within the host root cells. Intriguingly, recent discoveries have highlighted that lipids are transferred from the plant host to AM fungus as a major carbon source. In this review, we discuss the transporter-mediated transfer of carbon, nitrogen, phosphate, potassium and sulfate, and present hypotheses pertaining to the potential regulatory mechanisms of nutrient exchange in AM symbiosis. Current challenges and future perspectives on AM symbiosis research are also discussed.

To investigate the clinical features and therapy of persistent bacterial bronchitis (PBB).A retrospective review of 31 patients with PBB from Octorber 2010 to May 2014 in Department 2 of Respiratory Diseases in Beijing Children's Hospital was undertaken.(1) The patients (17 boys and 14 girls) were 6 months to 3 years old. The main complaint was chronic wet cough (4 weeks); 13 cases had fever and 25 cases had wheezing. Rattle was heard on auscultation in all patients. (2) Chest X ray showed an increase in bronchovascular markings in all cases, accompanied by patchy infiltration in 6 cases. The high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) demonstrated bronchial wall thickening in 25 cases, associated with peri-bronchial patchy infiltration in 18 cases, with organized pneumonia in 7 cases ( atelectasis in 5 cases). Centrilobular nodules and ground-glass opacity were observed in the remaining 6 patients. (3) Purulent secretion was seen in endobronchial cavity by bronchoscopy. Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated from sputum culture or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid culture in 16 patients. (4)Patients recovered completely after over 2 weeks'treatment with amoxicillin-clavulanate or the second and third generation cephalosporin (including enzyme inhibitors) in 28 cases, carbapenems, teicoplanin , linezolid in 1 case respectively.PBB often occurred in 3 years old or younger patients and had chronic wet cough for more than 4 weeks, fever and wheezing. HRCT may reveal bronchial wall thickening, respiratory secretions culture may reveal Streptococcus pneumoniae. Most of patients recovered completely after over 2 weeks'treatment with amoxicillin-clavulanate or the second or third generation cephalosporins (including enzyme inhibitors).

Nucleation, growth, and thermal stability of Pd particles vapor-deposited on an ultra-thin crystalline silica film grown on Mo(112) have been studied by scanning tunneling microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy, and temperature-programmed desorption of CO. No preferential nucleation of Pd on the silica film is found at room temperature deposition: the hemispherical Pd nanoparticles are homogenously dispersed on the support at all coverages studied (0.01-1ML(mono layer)). The Pd particles are resistant toward sintering up to 700K as judged by STM; however, CO adsorption studies have revealed surface chemical modification at temperatures as low as 550K. Strong morphological changes are observed above 800K (ultimately resulting in elongated rectangular islands at similar to 1000 K), which is accompanied by strong alterations of CO adsorption properties. The results are rationalized in terms of Pd and Mo substrate interdiffusion at elevated temperatures, while the silica film basically preserves its structure.

Nitrogenated tetrahedral amorphous carbon (N:ta-C) films prepared by the filtered cathodic vacuum arc technique were studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Raman spectroscopy, spectroscopic ellipsometry, ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy and temperature dependent resistance measurement. As the nitrogen flow rate varies from 0 to 20 sccm, the nitrogen content in the deposited film increases from 0 to 4.6 at. %. Curve fitting of the C 1s and N 1s XPS spectra shows that the C–C sp3 fraction decreases with an increase in nitrogen content and that the nitrogen atoms are mainly bonded in sp2 C–N bonds. The pure ta-C film has a work function of 4.35 eV and the N:ta-C films have a value around 4.55 eV. With an increase in nitrogen flow rate, the intensity ratio of the D peak to the G peak, ID/IG increases monotonously from 0.44 to 1.25 and the G peak width decreases from 220 to 199 cm−1. The Tauc optical band gap decreases from 2.2 to 1.8 eV.

This paper presents the characterization of inversion coefficient and technology current for 14nm FinFET. Analog performance parameters, their variability and controlability, including transconductance effieincy, intrinsic gain, gain-bandwidth product, flicker noise and current mismatching, are then characterized in terms of inversion coefficient. These characterized relations are used for sizing and dynamically compensating a set of analog building blocks including differential pairs, current mirrors, PTAT current generator, and re-generative structures. Post-layout simulation results using IBM's 14nm SOI FinFET process are presented.

To explore the value of mast cell tryptase and brain natriuretic peptide（BNP） in the differential diagnostic of sudden death due to hypersensitivity and coronary atherosclerotic heart disease.Totally 30 myocardial samples were collected from the autopsy cases in the Department of Forensic Pathology, Shanxi Medical University during 2010-2015. All samples were divided into three groups： death of craniocerebral injury group, sudden death of hypersensitivity group and sudden death of coronary atherosclerotic heart disease group, 10 cases in each group. Mast cell tryptase and BNP in myocardium were detected by immunofluorescence staining and Western Blotting.Immunofluorescence staining showed that the positive staining mast cell tryptase appeared in myocardium of sudden death of hypersensitivity group and coronary atherosclerotic heart disease group. Among the three groups, the expression of mast cell tryptase showed significantly differences through pairwise comparison （The combined detection of the mast cell tryptase and BNP in myocardium is expected to provide help for the forensic differential diagnosis of sudden death due to hypersensitivity and coronary atherosclerotic heart disease.

Nanocrystalline diamond films with different size were characterized by ultraviolet (UV) (244 nm) Raman spectroscopy. It was found that a diamond peak at 1333 cm −1 was enhanced, while the D and G peak of graphite as well as photoluminescence was suppressed, compared with that measured by visible (514.5 nm) Raman. With decreasing the particle size from 120 to 28 nm, the diamond peak shifts from 1332.8 to 1329.6 cm −1 , the line width of the peak becomes broader, the intensity ratio of diamond and G peak decreases. The down shift and broadening of the diamond peak depending on the particle size by UV Raman measurements are consistent with the phonon confinement model.

The field-emission properties of a Si–O bond-containing diamond-like nanocomposite (DLN) film were investigated as a function of annealing temperature (Ta). It was found that with increasing Ta the emission threshold voltage decreased gradually. After annealing at Ta=500 °C, the emission current decreased significantly. At Ta=700 °C, however, the field-emission properties of the DLN film improved greatly, the threshold field became very low (∼1.5 V/μm), and the emission current rather high (e.g., ∼2.3 μA/mm2 at an electric field of 22 V/μm). The structural variation of the film after annealing at different temperatures was monitored by ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy, spectroscopic ellipsometry, atomic-force microscopy, and electrical resistivity measurements. By using a three-step model: (i) electron injection from the substrate, (ii) electron transport through the film, and (iii) electron emission at the film surface, the annealing effect on field-emission properties of the DLN film were qualitatively in...

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films have been deposited by a magnetically enhanced plasma (MEP) chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system. The properties and structures of DLC films deposited by MEP-CVD using various gases (methane, He/methane, Ne/methane, and Ar/methane) were studied. The mechanical properties in terms of hardness, Young’s modulus and stress, and optical properties in terms of optical band gap and refractive index were enhanced by adding inert gas in methane plasma. The magnitude of the effects on the properties for various inert gases was found as Ne, Ar, and He, on the surface roughness was found as Ar, Ne, and He. The Raman characteristic shows a dependence of the bias voltage and inert-gas/methane ratio, as well as the inert gases dilution. The Raman spectroscopy analysis indicates that the changes of properties of the DLC films are due to the structural changes, such as sp2 and sp3 content in the films prepared under various deposition conditions. The films deposited in Ne/methane show the lowest disordered (D) peak to graphitic (G) peak intensity ratio, the D and G peak positions; highest stress, hardness, Young’s modulus, optical band gap, and lowest reflective index. The films deposited in Ar/methane show the lowest surface roughness. This was proposed due to the optimum balance in the inert gas ionization potential and atomic mass.

Hydrogen-free amorphous carbon films were deposited at different deposition bais voltage on a single silicon wafer by a process known as Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc (FCVA). The influences of different deposition bias voltages on the microstructure and the properties of thin tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) films, such as surface roughness, film mass density and thickness, have been studied by means of the x-ray reflectivity technique (XRR) for the first time. The microstructure of these films deposited on silicon wafers was stimulated by a four-layer model consisting of a ta-C layer, a mixed ta-C:Si layer, Si-O layer and the silicon subtrate. The mixed ta-C:Si layer consisting of the mixture of ta-C and silicon simulates the carbon ion impinging / diffusion into the surface of the silicon substrate. The mass density and the roughness of the film are found to be dependent on the impinging ion bombardment energy. The mass density increases with increase in ion bombardment energy up to 100 eV. Beyond 100 eV, the mass density decreases with further increase in ion bombardment energy up to 100 eV. Beyond 100 EV, the mass density decreases with further increase in ion bombardment energy. The surface roughness decreases with increasing ion bambardment energy to a minimum value at 100 eV, after which it increases with further increase in ion bombardment energy. The thickness of the films obtained by XRR technique correlates well with the thickness measurement obtained by spectral reflectometry. The existence of the Si-O layer was verified by Auger depth profiling.

The structure of tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) films deposited by a filtered cathodic vacuum arc has been studied using micro-Raman spectroscopy in terms of substrate bias, nitrogen gas partial pressure (ta-C:N films) or aluminum content in a mixed aluminum/carbon target (ta-C:Al films) during deposition. The first-order Raman spectra generally show a broad feature overlaid by a disordered (D) peak and a graphitic (G) peak. The contribution of sp3 bonding to the Raman spectrum is not explicit, since the Raman phonon line is more sensitive to the sp2 carbon bonding due to its larger Raman scattering cross section. However by comparing the ratios of the intensities, the full widths at half maximum (FWHM), and the peak areas between the D and G peaks, the sp3 contribution may indirectly be reflected by the complex Raman features. The G peak position for the ta-C and ta-C:N films appears to not change significantly with the change of substrate bias voltage or N2 partial pressure, whereas the shift of the D peak is more appreciable. On the contrary, the G peak position for the ta-C:Al films shows a continuous decrease with increasing Al content. For the undoped ta-C films, the minimum intensity, area, and FWHM ratios between the D peak and the G peak are obtained at a bias around −100 V, which corresponds to the maximum sp3 content in the ta-C films. These ratios for the ta-C:N and ta-C:Al films, however, generally increase with increased N or Al content, which indicates the increase of sp2 bonded clusters.

The morphological properties of the tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) films deposited by the filtered cathodic vacuum arc (FCVA) technique have been studied over the carbon ion energy range 15 to 200 eV. All the films studied are very smooth with a roughness below 0.6 nm. The minimum roughness ( nm) occurs at the highest content. The lateral feature size increases with ion energy. There appear to be two different growth mechanisms before and after the peak content. The morphological result suggests an upper limit content of about 89% in the ta-C films deposited by FCVA technique.

Amorphous silicon-carbon films have been successfully deposited by the filtered cathodic vacuum arc technique. The silicon concentration in the films determined by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement varies from 2.4 to 55 at.%. The structural properties of the films were investigated by using atomic force microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and x-ray diffraction. All of the films have smooth surface morphology with RMS roughness below 0.6 nm. Both Raman spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction show the existence of silicon carbide clusters in the films with silicon contents between 42 and 48 at.%. The G-peak position of the carbon cluster is shifted to very much lower values of the Raman shift with increasing silicon content. The silicon atoms predominantly substitute for the carbon atoms in the carbon cluster at low silicon content, and form amorphous silicon carbide clusters or amorphous silicon clusters at high silicon content.

The thermal degradation of cotton cellulose treated with chemical mixtures containing P and N was studied by thermal analysis, infrared spectroscopy, Char yield and limiting-oxygen-index (LOI). Our experiments demonstrated the following facts. The temperatures and activation energies of pyrolysis were lower for cotton cellulose treated with flame retardants than those for untreated samples and the values of Char yield and LOI were greater for treated cotton than those for untreated one.

Highly tetrahedral amorphous carbon thin films were deposited by the filtered cathodic vacuum arc technique at room temperature. Nitrogen was found to be a good n-type dopant of the tetrahedral amorphous carbon thin films. The Fermi level shifts from 0.91 eV above the valence band to 0.65 eV below the conduction band with increasing nitrogen flow rate from null to 16 sccm (nitrogen partial pressure from 0 to ). At the same time, the optical band gap drops from 2.7 to 1.8 eV. Three electronic transport mechanisms, namely, transport in extended states, in band tails by hopping and variable range hopping (VRH) near the Fermi level, were observed from the thermal activation measurements in the temperature range from 100 to 450 K. The VRH transport parameters for ta-C films are studied, and the density of states near the Fermi level extracted from the hopping transport parameters was found in the range of . The dominant doping configuration is the substitution in the coordination at low N concentration and adoption of bonding at high N concentration.

The thermal degradation of wool treated with flame-retardant reagents synthesized in our laboratory, namely, (NH4)3H2PO4 [Al(H2PO4)5], (NH4)3Cl[Ca(H2PO4)4], (NH4)3Cl [Mg(H2PO4)4], (NH4)3H2PO4[Zn(H2PO4)4], K(NH4)2Cl[Zn(H2PO4)4], Na3Cl[Zn(H2PO4)4] and H3PO4[Zn(H2PO4)2] was studied by thermal analysis, infrared spectroscopy and by measurement of the limiting oxygen index (LOI). The kinetic parameters were obtained using the equations of Brodio and Kissinger. The activation energies were calculated for the decomposition of untreated wool and wool treated with flame-retardant reagents. Experimental data showed that for the wool treated with flame-retardant reagents there were increases in char yield and LOI, and decreases in the activation energy and the temperature of decomposition.

Raman spectra of and crystals have been recorded in the temperature range 5 K - 300 K. undergoes only one structural phase transition at from a cubic to a trigonal structure , whereas undergoes structural phase transitions from a cubic to a trigonal structure at , and to a monoclinic or orthorhombic structure at . Continuous changes of the Raman-active modes at in both compounds show that the structural transition from cubic to trigonal is one of second order and results from distortions with symmetry related to the irreducible representation at the point. Discontinuous behaviours of the Raman modes at in show that the second structural transition is one of first order.

We report that Bi₂Se₃ thin films can be epitaxially grown on SrTiO₃ substrates, which allow for very large tunablity in carrier density with a back gate. The observed low field magnetoconductivity due to weak antilocalization (WAL) has a very weak gate-voltage dependence unless the electron density is reduced to very low values. Such a transition in WAL is correlated with unusual changes in longitudinal and Hall resistivities. Our results suggest a much suppressed bulk conductivity at large negative gate voltages and a possible role of surface states in the WAL phenomena.

Some latest progress of the laboratory astrophysics in China are reviewed, particularly of those related to the atomic physics. This paper will address the problems related to the data needs in the area of analysis of modelling spectra emitted by laser facilities in laboratory as well as astrophysical plasmas. The atomic data required for some important unsolved problems in stellar spectroscopy are presented as well.

Fabrication and characterization of nitrogenated tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C:N) semiconductor/crystalline p-type silicon (p-Si) heterojunction structures are reported. The electron-hole pairs generated from both ta-C:N and Si depletion regions were observed from photoresponse measurements. The peaks are centered at about 540 and 1020 nm, which correspond to the optical absorption edge of ta-C:N and p-Si, respectively. The reverse current increased by three orders of magnitude when the structures were exposed to AM1 light. A photovoltaic effect was observed from ta-C:N and the values of short circuit current, open circuit voltage, and field factor obtained are 5.05 mA cm−2, 270 mV, and 0.2631, respectively.

Raman spectra of (CH3NH3)(2)SnCl6 were recorded in the temperature range 5-300 K. A continuous phase transition occurs at T-c=155 K, The fact that all the E modes of the CH3NH3+ ion and the SnCl62- ion remain degenerate in the low-temperature phase indicate that (CH3NH3)(2)SnCl6 still has a trigonal structure in the low-temperature phase, No soft mode was observed in the low-temperature range. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

A recent highlight in the study of high-T(c) superconductors is the observation of band renormalization or self-energy effects on the quasiparticles. This is seen in the form of kinks in the quasiparticle dispersions as measured by photoemission and interpreted as signatures of collective bosonic modes coupling to the electrons. Here we compare for the first time the self-energies in an optimally doped and strongly overdoped, nonsuperconducting single-layer Bi-cuprate (Bi2Sr2CuO6). In addition to the appearance of a strong overall weakening, we also find that the weight of the self-energy in the overdoped system shifts to higher energies. We present evidence that this is related to a change in the coupling to c-axis phonons due to the rapid change of the c-axis screening in this doping range.

Raman spectra of the internal,nodes of ND4+-ion in (ND4)(2)PbCl6 crystal have bees recorded in the temperature range of 5-300K. A new structural Phase transition was observed at 34K because of deuterium effect. Discontinuous behaviours of the internal,nodes of the ND4+-ion at this temperature show that the structural transition is one of first order.

According to standard infall-model of Galactic chemical evolution models, adopting the two sets of recently published nucleosynthesis yields of Type II supernova explosion (as parameters of our model A and model B respectively), we calculated the abundance evolution of oxygen in the solar neighborhood. Then we compared the predicted age-metallicity relationship and metallicity distribution of G-dwarfs with the observational data. Our results show that the yields from Nomoto et al. (1997a) is more suitable to explain the observed trend of oxygen in the solar neighborhood than that of Woosley & Weaver (1995).

We propose that the absence of the metal zero star, the first generation star (FGS), may be explained by the mechanism for metallicity enrichment of a star in the Galaxy based on the host Galaxy’s disk-star interactions. The mechanism involves an accreting of interstellar medium (ISM). The zero metal star may accrete a small amount of metal rich material of the ISM and polluted the star’s composition. We suggest here that the expected degree of the polluted relative average metallicity[Fe/H]of a star may be[Fe] ~ —4.5.

To explore whether the extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic fields (EMFs) may act as cancer promoters or be synergistic with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in cancer promotion, an experiment was conducted on the effects of 50 Hz magnetic fields (MFs) on gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) of Chinese hamster lung (CHL) cells. Lucifer dye was loaded into CHL cells by iontophoretic injection, and the number of dye-coupled cells (DCC) 5 min after the injection was adopted as the index of GJIC. The effects of TPA at different concentrations and magnetic fields at different intensities, combined with 5 ng/ml TPA, were studied. The results showed that the suppression of TPA on GJIC was dependent on TPA concentration; the threshold concentration of TPA for CHL cells was between 1 and 5 ng/ml. After exposure to 0.8 mT magnetic field for 24 h, the number of DCC decreased to 6.08 +/- 1.59, whereas the number of DCC in the control group was 9.84 +/- 2.27 (P.05). When the cells were exposed at 0.2, 0.4, and 0.8 mT for 24 h, combined with 5 ng/ml TPA treatment during the last 1 h, the number of DCC decreased to 5.52 +/- 1.53, 5.00 +/- 1.22, and 4.00 +/- 1.29, respectively, which were significantly lower than the values for the group treated with 5 ng/ml TPA alone (6.38 +/- 1.39). It is suggested that certain intensities of 50 Hz magnetic field might act as cancer promoters, be additive with other promoters in cancer promotion, or both.

Indirect immunoperoxidase staining technique using frozen sections of adult worm as antigen (IIP-AWA) was carried out to detect antibodies against schistosome antigens (AWAb) for the diagnosis of existing infection of schistosomiasis in COPT positive cases. Sera from 229 COPT positive and 135 COPT negative cases in Shanghai County, where schistosomiasis had been eradicated for more than 5 years, were tested. Sera from 122 patients with positive stool hatching from an endemic area were served as positive controls. The positive rates of the three groups were 96.9%, 5.2%, and 100% respectively. The staining pattern of the worm sections was mainly diffused at serum dilutions 1:4 to 1:16. 149 sero-positive cases were treated with pyquiton (60 mg/kg.2d) and re-examined 1, 1.5, and 2.5 years post-treatment. The negative conversion rate of IIP-AWA was considerably higher than that of COPT (80% vs. 61.1%) at the first year, but no significant difference was observed after 2.5 years (85.5% vs. 83.6%). With the decreasing antibody titer, the staining pattern of worm sections changed from diffused to focal pattern, mostly in the gut. The results suggest that the presence of detectable AWAb in untreated patients or patients treated 2 years ago with pyquiton possibly indicate latent schistosomiasis. IIP-AWA is of practical value in screening populations for latent schistosomiasis in areas where the disease had been under control.

Nitrogenated amorphous carbon (a-CNx) films were prepared by unbalanced magnetron sputtering (UBMS) at different N2∕Ar gas flow rate ratios and different bias voltages. The films were characterized using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman scattering, nanoindenter, atomic force microscopy nanoscratch, and contact angle measurement. It was found that a negative bias of 150V is the optimal condition for the formation of sp3 bonded carbon atoms. As the N2∕Ar flow rate ratio changes from 0 to 0.47, the nitrogen to carbon ratio in deposited films increases from 0 to 0.22, and the sp3 fraction of carbon atoms decreases from 0.51 to 0.28. The pure carbon film has the highest sp3 faction of carbon atoms and therefore the highest hardness and the lowest scratching depth. Comparing to the films prepared by conventional magnetron sputtering, all the a-CNx films prepared by UBMS show a lower scratching depth. The a-CNx films have a hydrophilic characteristic with a surface free energy from 56.6to65.6mN∕m and a pr...

The multilayer granular structure has been developed and has proved to be a promising candidate for extremely high-density magnetic recording. Recently, the properties of friction and wear of the structure have been studied and the in-situ nanoscale protection concept has been proposed. In this paper, two series of CoCrPt–C multilayer samples with various interlayer carbon concentration and with/without carbon overcoat (top layer) are compared, having been prepared by using facing target sputtering (FTS) and normal dc sputtering (DCS), respectively. The corrosion resistance of the sample is investigated using environmental and electrochemical methods. Optical microscopy and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry are used to characterize the corrosion test samples. For the samples prepared by FTS, both top and interlayer carbon can provide protection for the media. In terms of the samples prepared by DCS, the carbon layer may increase the porous density during the corrosion process. It is concluded...