We investigate the topological properties of a two-chain quantum ladder with uneven legs,i.e.,the two chains differ in their periods by a factor of 2.Such an uneven ladder presents rich band structures classified by t...We investigate the topological properties of a two-chain quantum ladder with uneven legs,i.e.,the two chains differ in their periods by a factor of 2.Such an uneven ladder presents rich band structures classified by the closure of either direct or indirect bandgaps.It also provides opportunities to explore fundamental concepts concerning band topology and edge modes,including the difference of intracellular and intercellular Zak phases,and the role of the inversion symmetry(IS).We calculate the Zak phases of the two kinds and find excellent agreement with the dipole moment and extra charge accumulation.We also find that configurations with IS feature a pair of degenerate two-side edge modes emerging as the closure of the direct bandgap,while configurations without IS feature one-side edge modes emerging as not only the closure of both direct and indirect bandgaps but also within the band continuum.Furthermore,by projecting to the two sublattices,we find that the effective Bloch Hamiltonian corresponds to that of a generalized Su–Schrieffer–Heeger model or the Rice–Mele model whose hopping amplitudes depend on the quasimomentum.In this way,the topological phases can be efficiently extracted through winding numbers.We propose that uneven ladders can be realized by spin-dependent optical lattices and their rich topological characteristics can be examined by near future experiments.展开更多
The Internet of Things(IoT)connects objects to Internet through sensor devices,radio frequency identification devices and other information collection and processing devices to realize information interaction.IoT is w...The Internet of Things(IoT)connects objects to Internet through sensor devices,radio frequency identification devices and other information collection and processing devices to realize information interaction.IoT is widely used in many fields,including intelligent transportation,intelligent healthcare,intelligent home and industry.In these fields,IoT devices connected via high-speed internet for efficient and reliable communications and faster response times.展开更多
Single-atom catalysts(SACs) with nitrogen-coordinated nonprecious metal sites have exhibited inimitable advantages in electrocatalysis.However,a large room for improving their activity and durability remains.Herein,we...Single-atom catalysts(SACs) with nitrogen-coordinated nonprecious metal sites have exhibited inimitable advantages in electrocatalysis.However,a large room for improving their activity and durability remains.Herein,we construct atomically dispersed Fe sites in N-doped carbon supports by secondary-atom-doped strategy.Upon the secondary doping,the density and coordination environment of active sites can be efficiently tuned,enabling the simultaneous improvement in the number and reactivity of the active site.Besides,structure optimizations in terms of the enlarged surface area and improved hydrophilicity can be achieved simultaneously.Due to the beneficial microstructure and abundant highly active FeN_5 moieties resulting from the secondary doping,the resultant catalyst exhibits an admirable half-wave potential of 0.81 V versus 0.83 V for Pt/C and much better stability than Pt/C in acidic media.This work would offer a general strategy for the design and preparation of highly active SACs for electrochemical energy devices.展开更多
In order to support advanced vehicular Internet-of-Things(IoT)applications,information exchanges among different vehicles are required to find efficient solutions for catering to different application requirements in ...In order to support advanced vehicular Internet-of-Things(IoT)applications,information exchanges among different vehicles are required to find efficient solutions for catering to different application requirements in complex and dynamic vehicular environments.Federated learning(FL),which is a type of distributed learning technology,has been attracting great interest in recent years as it performs knowledge exchange among different network entities without a violation of user privacy.However,client selection and networking scheme for enabling FL in dynamic vehicular environments,which determines the communication delay between FL clients and the central server that aggregates the models received from the clients,is still under-explored.In this paper,we propose an edge computing-based joint client selection and networking scheme for vehicular IoT.The proposed scheme assigns some vehicles as edge vehicles by employing a distributed approach,and uses the edge vehicles as FL clients to conduct the training of local models,which learns optimal behaviors based on the interaction with environments.The clients also work as forwarder nodes in information sharing among network entities.The client selection takes into account the vehicle velocity,vehicle distribution,and the wireless link connectivity between vehicles using a fuzzy logic algorithm,resulting in an efficient learning and networking architecture.We use computer simulations to evaluate the proposed scheme in terms of the communication overhead and the information covered in learning.展开更多
Mobile edge computing(MEC) deployment in a multi-robot cooperation(MRC) system is an effective way to accomplish the tasks in terms of energy consumption and implementation latency. However, the computation and commun...Mobile edge computing(MEC) deployment in a multi-robot cooperation(MRC) system is an effective way to accomplish the tasks in terms of energy consumption and implementation latency. However, the computation and communication resources need to be considered jointly to fully exploit the advantages brought by the MEC technology. In this paper, the scenario where multi robots cooperate to accomplish the time-critical tasks is studied, where an intelligent master robot(MR) acts as an edge server to provide services to multiple slave robots(SRs) and the SRs are responsible for the environment sensing and data collection. To save energy and prolong the function time of the system, two schemes are proposed to optimize the computation and communication resources, respectively. In the first scheme, the energy consumption of SRs is minimized and balanced while guaranteeing that the tasks are accomplished under a time constraint. In the second scheme, not only the energy consumption, but also the remaining energies of the SRs are considered to enhance the robustness of the system. Through the analysis and numerical simulations, we demonstrate that even though the first policy may guarantee the minimization on the total SRs’ energy consumption, the function time of MRC system by the second scheme is longer than that by the first one.展开更多
Solution-processed colloidal quantum dot solar cells(CQDSCs) is a promising candidate for new generation solar cells.To obtain stable and high performance lead sulfide(PbS)-based CQDSCs,high carrier mobility and low n...Solution-processed colloidal quantum dot solar cells(CQDSCs) is a promising candidate for new generation solar cells.To obtain stable and high performance lead sulfide(PbS)-based CQDSCs,high carrier mobility and low non-radiative recombination center density in the PbS CQDs active layer are required.In order to effectively improve the carrier mobility in PbS CQDs layer of CQDSCs,butylamine(BTA)-modified graphene oxide(BTA@GO) is first utilized in PbS-PbX2(X=I-,Br-) CQDs ink to deposit the active layer of CQDSCs through one-step spin-coating method.Such surface treatment of GO dramatically upholds the intrinsic superior hole transfer peculiarity of GO and attenuates the hydrophilicity of GO in order to allow for its good dispersibility in ink solvent.The introduction of B TA@GO in CQDs layer can build up a bulk nano-heterojunction architecture,which provides a smooth charge carrier transport channel in turn improves the carrier mobility and conductivity,extends the carriers lifetime and reduces the trap density of PbS-PbX2 CQDs film.Finally,the BTA@GO/PbS-PbX2 hybrid CQDs film-based relatively large-area(0.35 cm2) CQDSCs shows a champion power conversion efficiency of 11.7% which is increased by 23.1% compared with the control device.展开更多
Lead halide perovskites have some unique properties which are very promising for optoelectronic applications such as solar cells. LEDs and lasers. One important and expected application of perovskite halide semiconduc...Lead halide perovskites have some unique properties which are very promising for optoelectronic applications such as solar cells. LEDs and lasers. One important and expected application of perovskite halide semiconductors is solar cell operation including hot carriers. This advanced solar cell concept allows overcoming the Shockley-Queisser efficiency limit, thereby achieving energy conversion efficiency as high as 66% by extracting hot carriers. Understanding ultrafast photoexcited carrier dynamics and extraction in lead halide perovskites is crucial for these applications. Here, we clarify the hot carrier cooling and transfer dynamics in all-inorganic cesium lead iodide （CsPbI3） perovskite using transient absorption spectroscopy and Al2O3, poly（3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl） （P3HT） and TiO2 as selective contacts. We find that slow hot carrier cooling occurs on a timescale longer than 10 ps in the cases of CsPbI3/AI203 and CsPbI3/TiO2, which is attributed to hot phonon bottleneck for the high photoexcited carrier density. An efficient ultrafast hole transfer from CsPbI3 to the P3HT hole extracting layer is observed. These results suggest that hot holes can be extracted by appropriate selective contacts before energy dissipation into the halide perovskite lattice and that CsPbl3 has a potential for hot carrier solar cell applications.展开更多
We have theoretically investigated excitation processes of H^- ions in the doubly excited states by Ar-impact,using the impulse approximation and employing the hyperspherical wavefunctions.We have found that the H^- i...We have theoretically investigated excitation processes of H^- ions in the doubly excited states by Ar-impact,using the impulse approximation and employing the hyperspherical wavefunctions.We have found that the H^- ion in the double excited states tends to conserve its initial states as a “floppy linear triatomic molecule” during excitation processes except for the restriction arising from the Pauli exclusion principle for two atomic electrons.展开更多
As one of the most compelling photovoltaic devices, halide perovskite (PVK) solar cells have achieved a new surprising record power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 25.8%in 2021 [1]. This demonstrates the great potentia...As one of the most compelling photovoltaic devices, halide perovskite (PVK) solar cells have achieved a new surprising record power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 25.8%in 2021 [1]. This demonstrates the great potential of halide PVK solar cells as a highly competitive substitute to replace silicon-based solar cells in the photovoltaic market [2–6].展开更多
A novel hole-transport material(HTM)based on an anthradithiophene central bridge named BTPA-7 is developed.In comparison to spiro-OMeTAD(2,2’,7,7’-tetrakis-(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9’-spirobifluorene),the sy...A novel hole-transport material(HTM)based on an anthradithiophene central bridge named BTPA-7 is developed.In comparison to spiro-OMeTAD(2,2’,7,7’-tetrakis-(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9’-spirobifluorene),the synthetic steps of BTPA-7 are greatly reduced from 6 to 3 and the synthetic cost of BTPA-7 is nearly a half that of spiro-OMeTAD.Moreover,BTPA-7 exhibits a relatively lower conductivity but higher hole mobility and higher glass transition temperature(Tg)than spiro-OMeTAD.Compared with the photovolatic performance for spiro-OMeTAD,FA0.85MA0.15PbI3 and MAPbI3 PSC devices based on BTPA-7 exhibit slightly lower PCEs with the values of 17.58%(18.88%for spiro-OMeTAD)and 11.90%(13.25%for spiro-OMeTAD),respectively.Nevertheless,a dramatically higher JSC of PSC based on BTPA-7is achieved,which arises from the higher hole mobility of BTPA-7.In addition,the relatively hydrophobic character of BTPA-7 eventually enhances the PSC device stability.Lower cost,higher hole mobility,higher Tg,satisfactory photovoltaic performance,and superior device stability of BTPA-7 can be utilized as a substitute for spiro-OMeTAD in PSCs.展开更多
Providing efficient packet delivery in vehicular ad hoc networks （VANETs） is particularly challenging due to the vehicle move- ment and lossy wireless channels. A data packet can be lost at a forwarding node even wh...Providing efficient packet delivery in vehicular ad hoc networks （VANETs） is particularly challenging due to the vehicle move- ment and lossy wireless channels. A data packet can be lost at a forwarding node even when a proper node is selected as the for- warding node. In this paper, we propose a loss-tolerant scheme for unicast routing protocols in VANETs. The proposed scheme employs multiple forwarding nodes to improve the packet reception ratio at the forwarding nodes. The scheme uses network coding to reduce the number of required transmissions, resulting in a significant improvement in end-to-end packet delivery ratio with low message overhead. The effectiveness of the proposed scheme is evaluated by using both theoretical analysis and computer sim-展开更多
The focusing of Ne metastable atoms trapped in magnetic-optical trap by a microwave cavity was demonstrated.The cavity was operated at TM010 mode.With a microwave power of 14W,the Ne trap was imaged to a spot of about...The focusing of Ne metastable atoms trapped in magnetic-optical trap by a microwave cavity was demonstrated.The cavity was operated at TM010 mode.With a microwave power of 14W,the Ne trap was imaged to a spot of about 0.25mm(full width at half maximum value)which is nearly the geometric-optics limit.展开更多
Multiple exciton generation （MEG） dynamics in colloidal PbS quantum dots （QDs） characterized with an im- proved transient grating （TG） technique will be reported. Only one peak soon after optical absorption and ...Multiple exciton generation （MEG） dynamics in colloidal PbS quantum dots （QDs） characterized with an im- proved transient grating （TG） technique will be reported. Only one peak soon after optical absorption and a fast decay within 1 ps can be observed in the TG kinetics when the photon energy of the pump light hv is smaller than 2.7Eg （Eg： band gap between LUMO and HOMO in the QDs）, which corresponds to hot carrier cooling. When hv is greater than 2.7Eg, however, after the initial peak, the TG signal decreases first and soon increases, and then a new peak appears at about 2 to 3 ps. The initial peak and the new peak correspond to hot carriers at the higher excited state and MEG at the lowest excited state, respectively. By proposing a theoretical model, we can calculate the hot carrier cooling time constant and MEG occurrence time constant quantitatively. When MEG does not happen for hv smaller than 2.7Eg, hot carrier cools with a time con- stant of 400 fs. When MEG occurs for hv larger than 2.7Eg, hot carrier cools with a time constant as small as 200 fs, while MEG occurs with a time constant of 600 fs. The detailed hot carrier cooling and MEG occurrence dynamics characterized in this work would shed light on the further understanding of MEG mechanism of various type of semiconductor QDs.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province,China (Grant Nos.LR22A040001 and LY21A040004)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.12074342 and 11835011)。
文摘We investigate the topological properties of a two-chain quantum ladder with uneven legs,i.e.,the two chains differ in their periods by a factor of 2.Such an uneven ladder presents rich band structures classified by the closure of either direct or indirect bandgaps.It also provides opportunities to explore fundamental concepts concerning band topology and edge modes,including the difference of intracellular and intercellular Zak phases,and the role of the inversion symmetry(IS).We calculate the Zak phases of the two kinds and find excellent agreement with the dipole moment and extra charge accumulation.We also find that configurations with IS feature a pair of degenerate two-side edge modes emerging as the closure of the direct bandgap,while configurations without IS feature one-side edge modes emerging as not only the closure of both direct and indirect bandgaps but also within the band continuum.Furthermore,by projecting to the two sublattices,we find that the effective Bloch Hamiltonian corresponds to that of a generalized Su–Schrieffer–Heeger model or the Rice–Mele model whose hopping amplitudes depend on the quasimomentum.In this way,the topological phases can be efficiently extracted through winding numbers.We propose that uneven ladders can be realized by spin-dependent optical lattices and their rich topological characteristics can be examined by near future experiments.
文摘The Internet of Things(IoT)connects objects to Internet through sensor devices,radio frequency identification devices and other information collection and processing devices to realize information interaction.IoT is widely used in many fields,including intelligent transportation,intelligent healthcare,intelligent home and industry.In these fields,IoT devices connected via high-speed internet for efficient and reliable communications and faster response times.
基金the financial support of the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (CCNU20QN007, CCNU20TS013)the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities of China (111 program, B17019)the Recruitment Program of Global Youth Experts of China。
文摘Single-atom catalysts(SACs) with nitrogen-coordinated nonprecious metal sites have exhibited inimitable advantages in electrocatalysis.However,a large room for improving their activity and durability remains.Herein,we construct atomically dispersed Fe sites in N-doped carbon supports by secondary-atom-doped strategy.Upon the secondary doping,the density and coordination environment of active sites can be efficiently tuned,enabling the simultaneous improvement in the number and reactivity of the active site.Besides,structure optimizations in terms of the enlarged surface area and improved hydrophilicity can be achieved simultaneously.Due to the beneficial microstructure and abundant highly active FeN_5 moieties resulting from the secondary doping,the resultant catalyst exhibits an admirable half-wave potential of 0.81 V versus 0.83 V for Pt/C and much better stability than Pt/C in acidic media.This work would offer a general strategy for the design and preparation of highly active SACs for electrochemical energy devices.
基金This research was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.62062031 and 61877053in part by Inner Mongolia natural science foundation grant number 2019MS06035,and Inner Mongolia Science and Technology Major Project,China+1 种基金in part by ROIS NII Open Collaborative Research 21S0601in part by JSPS KAKENHI grant numbers 18KK0279,19H04093,20H00592,and 21H03424.
文摘In order to support advanced vehicular Internet-of-Things(IoT)applications,information exchanges among different vehicles are required to find efficient solutions for catering to different application requirements in complex and dynamic vehicular environments.Federated learning(FL),which is a type of distributed learning technology,has been attracting great interest in recent years as it performs knowledge exchange among different network entities without a violation of user privacy.However,client selection and networking scheme for enabling FL in dynamic vehicular environments,which determines the communication delay between FL clients and the central server that aggregates the models received from the clients,is still under-explored.In this paper,we propose an edge computing-based joint client selection and networking scheme for vehicular IoT.The proposed scheme assigns some vehicles as edge vehicles by employing a distributed approach,and uses the edge vehicles as FL clients to conduct the training of local models,which learns optimal behaviors based on the interaction with environments.The clients also work as forwarder nodes in information sharing among network entities.The client selection takes into account the vehicle velocity,vehicle distribution,and the wireless link connectivity between vehicles using a fuzzy logic algorithm,resulting in an efficient learning and networking architecture.We use computer simulations to evaluate the proposed scheme in terms of the communication overhead and the information covered in learning.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61771429)in part by The Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications, in part by G7 Scholarship Foundation+3 种基金in part by the Zhejiang Lab Open Program under Grant 2021LC0AB06in part by the Academy of Finland under Grant 319759, Zhejiang University City College Scientific Research Foundation (No. JZD18002)in part by ROIS NII Open Collaborative Research 21S0601in part by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant No. 18KK0279, 19H04093, 20H00592, and 21H03424)。
文摘Mobile edge computing(MEC) deployment in a multi-robot cooperation(MRC) system is an effective way to accomplish the tasks in terms of energy consumption and implementation latency. However, the computation and communication resources need to be considered jointly to fully exploit the advantages brought by the MEC technology. In this paper, the scenario where multi robots cooperate to accomplish the time-critical tasks is studied, where an intelligent master robot(MR) acts as an edge server to provide services to multiple slave robots(SRs) and the SRs are responsible for the environment sensing and data collection. To save energy and prolong the function time of the system, two schemes are proposed to optimize the computation and communication resources, respectively. In the first scheme, the energy consumption of SRs is minimized and balanced while guaranteeing that the tasks are accomplished under a time constraint. In the second scheme, not only the energy consumption, but also the remaining energies of the SRs are considered to enhance the robustness of the system. Through the analysis and numerical simulations, we demonstrate that even though the first policy may guarantee the minimization on the total SRs’ energy consumption, the function time of MRC system by the second scheme is longer than that by the first one.
基金supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency(JST)CREST programBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Urban Design,Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture(Grant UDC2018031121)+3 种基金the MEXT KAKENHI(Grant 17H02736)the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province(2019JQ-423)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(GK201903053)Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials,Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.PECL2019KF019)for financial support.
文摘Solution-processed colloidal quantum dot solar cells(CQDSCs) is a promising candidate for new generation solar cells.To obtain stable and high performance lead sulfide(PbS)-based CQDSCs,high carrier mobility and low non-radiative recombination center density in the PbS CQDs active layer are required.In order to effectively improve the carrier mobility in PbS CQDs layer of CQDSCs,butylamine(BTA)-modified graphene oxide(BTA@GO) is first utilized in PbS-PbX2(X=I-,Br-) CQDs ink to deposit the active layer of CQDSCs through one-step spin-coating method.Such surface treatment of GO dramatically upholds the intrinsic superior hole transfer peculiarity of GO and attenuates the hydrophilicity of GO in order to allow for its good dispersibility in ink solvent.The introduction of B TA@GO in CQDs layer can build up a bulk nano-heterojunction architecture,which provides a smooth charge carrier transport channel in turn improves the carrier mobility and conductivity,extends the carriers lifetime and reduces the trap density of PbS-PbX2 CQDs film.Finally,the BTA@GO/PbS-PbX2 hybrid CQDs film-based relatively large-area(0.35 cm2) CQDSCs shows a champion power conversion efficiency of 11.7% which is increased by 23.1% compared with the control device.
基金supported by the CREST program of Japan Science and Technology Agency(JST)supported by KAKENHI from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS)under the Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists B(Grant Number JP16K17947)
文摘Lead halide perovskites have some unique properties which are very promising for optoelectronic applications such as solar cells. LEDs and lasers. One important and expected application of perovskite halide semiconductors is solar cell operation including hot carriers. This advanced solar cell concept allows overcoming the Shockley-Queisser efficiency limit, thereby achieving energy conversion efficiency as high as 66% by extracting hot carriers. Understanding ultrafast photoexcited carrier dynamics and extraction in lead halide perovskites is crucial for these applications. Here, we clarify the hot carrier cooling and transfer dynamics in all-inorganic cesium lead iodide （CsPbI3） perovskite using transient absorption spectroscopy and Al2O3, poly（3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl） （P3HT） and TiO2 as selective contacts. We find that slow hot carrier cooling occurs on a timescale longer than 10 ps in the cases of CsPbI3/AI203 and CsPbI3/TiO2, which is attributed to hot phonon bottleneck for the high photoexcited carrier density. An efficient ultrafast hole transfer from CsPbI3 to the P3HT hole extracting layer is observed. These results suggest that hot holes can be extracted by appropriate selective contacts before energy dissipation into the halide perovskite lattice and that CsPbl3 has a potential for hot carrier solar cell applications.
文摘We have theoretically investigated excitation processes of H^- ions in the doubly excited states by Ar-impact,using the impulse approximation and employing the hyperspherical wavefunctions.We have found that the H^- ion in the double excited states tends to conserve its initial states as a “floppy linear triatomic molecule” during excitation processes except for the restriction arising from the Pauli exclusion principle for two atomic electrons.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFE0208500)the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Mirai program (JPMJMI17EA)。
文摘As one of the most compelling photovoltaic devices, halide perovskite (PVK) solar cells have achieved a new surprising record power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 25.8%in 2021 [1]. This demonstrates the great potential of halide PVK solar cells as a highly competitive substitute to replace silicon-based solar cells in the photovoltaic market [2–6].
基金financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFA0202403)the National University Research Fund(GK261001009)+7 种基金the Changjiang Scholar and Innovative Research Team(IRT_14R33)the Overseas Talent Recruitment Project(B14041)the Chinese National 1000talent plan program(Grant No.111001034)the JSPS Kakenhi grants(No.26288113 and 15K05486)support from the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities(Nihon University and the MEXT,Japan)the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province(2019JQ-423)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(GK201903053)Key Lab of photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials,Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.PECL2019KF019)。
文摘A novel hole-transport material(HTM)based on an anthradithiophene central bridge named BTPA-7 is developed.In comparison to spiro-OMeTAD(2,2’,7,7’-tetrakis-(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9’-spirobifluorene),the synthetic steps of BTPA-7 are greatly reduced from 6 to 3 and the synthetic cost of BTPA-7 is nearly a half that of spiro-OMeTAD.Moreover,BTPA-7 exhibits a relatively lower conductivity but higher hole mobility and higher glass transition temperature(Tg)than spiro-OMeTAD.Compared with the photovolatic performance for spiro-OMeTAD,FA0.85MA0.15PbI3 and MAPbI3 PSC devices based on BTPA-7 exhibit slightly lower PCEs with the values of 17.58%(18.88%for spiro-OMeTAD)and 11.90%(13.25%for spiro-OMeTAD),respectively.Nevertheless,a dramatically higher JSC of PSC based on BTPA-7is achieved,which arises from the higher hole mobility of BTPA-7.In addition,the relatively hydrophobic character of BTPA-7 eventually enhances the PSC device stability.Lower cost,higher hole mobility,higher Tg,satisfactory photovoltaic performance,and superior device stability of BTPA-7 can be utilized as a substitute for spiro-OMeTAD in PSCs.
基金supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI under Grant Number25730053
文摘Providing efficient packet delivery in vehicular ad hoc networks （VANETs） is particularly challenging due to the vehicle move- ment and lossy wireless channels. A data packet can be lost at a forwarding node even when a proper node is selected as the for- warding node. In this paper, we propose a loss-tolerant scheme for unicast routing protocols in VANETs. The proposed scheme employs multiple forwarding nodes to improve the packet reception ratio at the forwarding nodes. The scheme uses network coding to reduce the number of required transmissions, resulting in a significant improvement in end-to-end packet delivery ratio with low message overhead. The effectiveness of the proposed scheme is evaluated by using both theoretical analysis and computer sim-
基金Supported by the Ministry of Education,Science and Culture of Japan.
文摘The focusing of Ne metastable atoms trapped in magnetic-optical trap by a microwave cavity was demonstrated.The cavity was operated at TM010 mode.With a microwave power of 14W,the Ne trap was imaged to a spot of about 0.25mm(full width at half maximum value)which is nearly the geometric-optics limit.
基金supported by MEXT KAKENHI Grant no. 26286013the PRESTO program Photoenergy conversion systems and materials for the next generation solar cells,Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
文摘Multiple exciton generation （MEG） dynamics in colloidal PbS quantum dots （QDs） characterized with an im- proved transient grating （TG） technique will be reported. Only one peak soon after optical absorption and a fast decay within 1 ps can be observed in the TG kinetics when the photon energy of the pump light hv is smaller than 2.7Eg （Eg： band gap between LUMO and HOMO in the QDs）, which corresponds to hot carrier cooling. When hv is greater than 2.7Eg, however, after the initial peak, the TG signal decreases first and soon increases, and then a new peak appears at about 2 to 3 ps. The initial peak and the new peak correspond to hot carriers at the higher excited state and MEG at the lowest excited state, respectively. By proposing a theoretical model, we can calculate the hot carrier cooling time constant and MEG occurrence time constant quantitatively. When MEG does not happen for hv smaller than 2.7Eg, hot carrier cools with a time con- stant of 400 fs. When MEG occurs for hv larger than 2.7Eg, hot carrier cools with a time constant as small as 200 fs, while MEG occurs with a time constant of 600 fs. The detailed hot carrier cooling and MEG occurrence dynamics characterized in this work would shed light on the further understanding of MEG mechanism of various type of semiconductor QDs.
