Magnetic properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes as a function of acid treatment

We investigate the electronic properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes both before and after acid treatment with concentrated sulphuric and nitric acids. Magnetic susceptibility measurements were performed using a SQUID magnetometer and show that there is a considerable enhancement in the density of states at the Fermi level. The data shows that the diamagnetic influence from the graphitic nanotubes dominates. We experimentally observe, after acid treatment, that the diamagnetic susceptibility remains unchanged at 5 K but notably decreases at 77 K. We propose the acid treatment has increased the Van Vleck paramagnetic contribution lowering the diamagnetic response from the π-electron orbital magnetisation. The Van Vleck paramagnetic contribution is finite-temperature dependent with a diminishing contribution at higher fields.     

NMR at very low fields

Although nuclear magnetic resonance in low fields around or below the Earth's magnetic field is almost as old as nuclear magnetic resonance itself, the recent years have experienced a revival of this technique that is opposed to the common trend towards higher and higher fields. The background of this development is the expectation that the low-field domain may open a new window for the study of molecular structure and dynamics. Here, we will give an overview on the specific features in the low-field domain, both from the technical and from the physical point of view. In addition, we present a short passage on the option of magnetic resonance imaging in fields of the micro-Tesla range.     

SQUID用于铍材残余应力检测的计算机模拟

依据SMM-601型超导量子干涉显微镜检测部分构建计算模型,采用电磁场有限元方法分析了残余应力引起的非磁性金属材料铍电导率变化对超导量子干涉仪(SQUID)检测信号的影响,并讨论了该方法实际应用于非磁性金属材料残余应力检测的条件和可能性。     

多点时序MCG数据的处理和利用

在简易磁屏蔽室中，用单通道的高温超导rf SQUID梯度计构成心磁图（MCG）测量系统，依照MCG测定部位的约定，测得数例成人胸前多点MCG．不计心动周期随时问的变化，用数据分析软件对这些MCG数据进行分析处理，得到包括了空间信息、可直观展示心脏电磁活动的二维心磁图谱（例如等磁图、时序等磁图、电流箭头图和时序电流箭头图等）     

High-Tc planar SQUID gradiometer for eddy current non-destructive evaluation

This paper reports the fabrication and test of a high-Tc SQUID planar gradiometer which is patterned from YBCO thin film deposited on a SrTiO3 bicrystal substrate. The measurement of noise spectrum at 77K shows that the white noise at 200 Hz is about 1×10^-4 φ0/√Hz. The minimal magnetic gradient is measured and the results suggest that the minimal magnetic gradient is 94 pT/m. The planar gradiometer is used in non-destructive evaluation （NDE） experiments to detect the artifacts in conducting aluminium plates by performing eddy current testing in an unshielded environment. The effect of the exciting coil dimension on the NDE results is investigated. By mapping out the induced field distribution, flaws about 10mm below the plate surface can be clearly identified.     

虚拟仪器在射频超导量子干涉仪控制电路中的应用

本文简要介绍LabVIEW开发的射频超导量子干涉器（rf SQUID）自动控制系统的虚拟仪器，系统可对超导量子干涉器的工作点进行调整和显示，实现了LabVIEW软件系统与第三方硬件的结合．本文将对系统工作原理、硬件电路组成和软件的设计做简要介绍．     

Performance of YBaCuO thick film rf SQUIDs at 77 K

RF SQUID behaviour has been observed at 77 K in YBaCuO thick films prepared by screen printing technique. A hole shunted with a microbridge type of geometry is patterned manually for observing rf SQUID behaviour. Flux noise spectrum is also studied and it is found to depend on the quality of the film. The spectral density of the flux noise in the white noise region is 1.7×10⁻³ Φ₀/√Hz at 77 K.     

Ag/Ni双元素注入玻璃光吸收和磁学特性

将MEVVA源（metal vapor vacuurm arc ion source）71出的Ag，Ni离子以不同的剂量比在室温条件下注入到高纯非晶二氧化硅玻璃，透射电镜明场像以及光学吸收谱证明了该样品中形成了Ag，Ni会属纳米颗粒．样品在空气中邀火，随着退火温度的升高，光学吸收淆变得平缓，当退火温度达到600℃时，Ni被部分氧化，用超导量子干涉仪（SQUID）测最样品的磁学特性，结果显示在外磁场为0～80kA／m时表现为铁磁性，在外磁场为80-240kA／m时表现为抗磁性。     

基于嵌入式系统的射频超导量子干涉仪控制系统

本文介绍了嵌入式系统在射频超导量子干涉仪控制系统中的应用,提出了嵌入式系统的整体方案,并对系统工作原理以及设计思想做了简要介绍.     

Parallel MRI at microtesla fields

Parallel imaging techniques have been widely used in high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Multiple receiver coils have been shown to improve image quality and allow accelerated image acquisition. Magnetic resonance imaging at ultra-low fields (ULF MRI) is a new imaging approach that uses SQUID (superconducting quantum interference device) sensors to measure the spatially encoded precession of pre-polarized nuclear spin populations at microtesla-range measurement fields. In this work, parallel imaging at microtesla fields is systematically studied for the first time. A seven-channel SQUID system, designed for both ULF MRI and magnetoencephalography (MEG), is used to acquire 3D images of a human hand, as well as 2D images of a large water phantom. The imaging is performed at 46 mu T measurement field with pre-polarization at 40 mT. It is shown how the use of seven channels increases imaging field of view and improves signal-to-noise ratio for the hand images. A simple procedure for approximate correction of concomitant gradient artifacts is described. Noise propagation is analyzed experimentally, and the main source of correlated noise is identified. Accelerated imaging based on one-dimensional undersampling and 1D SENSE (sensitivity encoding) image reconstruction is studied in the case of the 2D phantom. Actual threefold imaging acceleration in comparison to single-average fully encoded Fourier imaging is demonstrated. These results show that parallel imaging methods are efficient in ULF MRI, and that imaging performance of SQUID-based instruments improves substantially as the number of channels is increased.