Synthesis and Electronic Spectra of Some Monoazo Disperse Dyes Derived from N-Methylindoline

Several monoazo dyes suitable for transfer printing have been prepared from N-methylindoline and compared with the corresponding derivatives of N-methyl -12,3,4-tetrahy-droquinoline (kairoline). The presence of a five-membered terminal ring system leads to diminished π-interaction and results in modest hypsochromic and hypochromic shifts of the visible absorption band, relative to the analogous kairo-line derivatives, together with some deterioration in light-fastness properties on synthetic-polymer fibres.     

ZnSe nanotrenches: formation mechanism and its role as a 1D template

High-resolution transmission electron microscopy was used to characterize the microstructures of ZnSe nanotrenches induced by mobile Au-alloy droplets. The contact side interfaces between the AuZn_δ alloy droplets and the ZnSe as well as the four side walls of the resulting <011>-oriented nanotrenches were found all belong to the {111} plane family, with the front and back walls being the {111}A planes while the other two side walls being the {111}B planes. These findings offer a deeper understanding on the formation mechanism of the nanotrenches. Pure Au nanodashes were formed upon further deposition of Au on the nanotrenches.     

A review on the current research trends in ductile regime machining

Ductile regime machining is an alternative method for polishing of brittle materials to obtain a high quality surface finish by a ductile or plastic material removal process. Hence, there is a growing interest to study ductile regime machining over several decades. This paper reviews current state of research and development in ductile regime machining. The research and development associated with mechanism of brittle–ductile transition, surface integrity, and the factors influencing ductile regime machining are discussed in details in this paper.     

Electromechanical design and construction of a rotating radio-frequency coil system for applications in magnetic resonance

While recent studies have shown that rotating a single radio-frequency (RF) coil during the acquisition of magnetic resonance (MR) images provides a number of hardware advantages (i.e., requires only one RF channel, avoids coil-coil coupling and facilitates large-scale multinuclear imaging), they did not describe in detail how to build a rotating RF coil system. This paper presents detailed engineering information on the electromechanical design and construction of a MR-compatible RRFC system for human head imaging at 2 T. A custom-made (bladeless) pneumatic Tesla turbine was used to rotate the RF coil at a constant velocity, while an infrared optical encoder measured the selected frequency of rotation. Once the rotating structure was mechanically balanced and the compressed air supply suitably regulated, the maximum frequency of rotation measured ~14.5 Hz with a 2.4% frequency variation over time. MR images of a water phantom and human head were obtained using the rotating RF head coil system.     

Experimental characterization and modelling of electromigration lifetime under unipolar pulsed current stress

The electromigration behaviour of Cu/SiCOH interconnects carrying unipolar pulsed current with long periods (i.e. 2, 16, 32 and 48 h) is presented in this study. Experimental observations suggest that the electromigration behaviour during void growth can be described by the ON-time model and that the lifetime of the Cu/SiCOH interconnects is inversely related to the duty cycle. Numerical simulation is carried out to compute the time required to nucleate a void under unipolar pulsed current stress conditions. The time to void nucleation is found to vary proportionally to the inverse square of the duty cycle and is independent of frequency at 1 Hz and higher. By computing the stress evolution in interconnects with short length, it was shown that the product of the unipolar pulsed current’s duty cycle and current density, i.e. average current density, is equivalent to the current density of a constant current (D.C.) stress. The simulation results suggest (d · jL)_crit as the equivalent critical current density-length product under unipolar pulsed current condition. Both the experimental and simulation results show that duty cycle has an effect on the electromigration lifetime of interconnects carrying unipolar pulsed current.     

嵌入式存储器测试

随着存储器需求的增加以及制造技术的进步,嵌入式存储器在SOC系统中的地位越来越重要。与传统的分立存储器件测试相比,嵌入式存储器的测试呈现出新的挑战。本文试图全面叙述嵌入式存储器的各种结构,并介绍各种DFT（可测性设计）测试技术,如SCAN〔扫描〕、MBIST（存储器内建自测试）以及BISR（内建自修复）。     

Adaptive tuning piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation with Wiener filter in wavelet domain for scanning electron microscope images

Image processing is introduced to remove or reduce the noise and unwanted signal that deteriorate the quality of an image. Here, a single level two‐dimensional wavelet transform is applied to the image in order to obtain the wavelet transform sub‐band signal of an image. An estimation technique to predict the noise variance in an image is proposed, which is then fed into a Wiener filter to filter away the noise from the sub‐band of the image. The proposed filter is called adaptive tuning piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation with Wiener filter in the wavelet domain. The performance of this filter is compared with four existing filters: median filter, Gaussian smoothing filter, two level wavelet transform with Wiener filter and adaptive noise Wiener filter. Based on the results, the adaptive tuning piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation with Wiener filter in wavelet domain has better performance than the other four methods.     

Switchable dual-wavelength single-longitudinal-mode erbium-doped fiber laser using an inverse-Gaussian apodized fiber Bragg grating filter and a low-gain semiconductor optical amplifier

We present a stable and switchable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser. In the ring cavity, an inverse-Gaussian apodized fiber Bragg grating serves as an ultranarrow dual-wavelength passband filter, a semiconductor optical amplifier biased in the low-gain regime reduces the gain competition of the two wavelengths, and a feedback fiber loop acts as a mode filter to guarantee a stable single-longitudinal-mode operation. Two lasing lines with a wavelength separation of approximately 0.1 nm are obtained experimentally. A microwave signal at 12.51 GHz is demonstrated by beating the dual wavelengths at a photodetector.     

Highly Efficient Copper(I) Iodide‐Tolyl‐BINAP‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Methylmagnesium Bromide to α,β‐Unsaturated Esters

A highly efficient asymmetric conjugate addition of methylmagnesium bromide (MeMgBr) to α,β‐unsaturated esters catalyzed by copper(I) iodide‐tolyl‐BNIP (CuI‐Tol‐BINAP) is described.