简介:Radiotherapyisacommontreatmentmodalityforheadandneckcancers,nasopharyngealcancers,primarybraintumorsandbrainmetastases.Alargenumberofpatientsintheworldwithprimaryormetastaticbraintumorswillrequirelargevolumeorwholebrainirradiationeveryyear.However,therapeuticirradiationnotonlykillstumorcells,butalsoinjuresnormalbraintissue,whichiscommonlyassociatedwithsignificantfunctionalmorbidityanddecreasedqualityoflifeinpatientstreatedwithbrainradiotherapy[1].
简介:TypeIX-rayburstsarethemostfrequentthermonuclearexplosionsinnature,resultingfromthermonuclearrunawayonthesurfaceofanaccretingneutronstar[1].Thebreakoutreaction14O(α,p)17FfromthehotCNOcyclemayhaveaprominentimpactontheburstlightcurveandburstashes[2].However,insufficientexperimentalinformationisavailabletocalculateareliable,preciserateforthisreaction[3].Weproposedtoaddresstheexperimentalinvestigationofthe14O(α,p)17FusingTimeProjectionChamber(TPC)[4].
简介:The12C+13Csystemhasbeenstudiedextensively,becauseofthesimilarityoftheentrancechanneltotheastrophysicallyimportant12C+12Creaction[1??3].Untilnow,threedifferentmethodshavebeenexploitedtoperformthefusioncrosssectionmeasurementsfor12C+13CundertheCoulombbarrier:(1)measuringtheyieldofcharacteristicrays,(2)thetotal-rayyieldsusingNaIsummingdetectorsand(3)theactivityofthereactionresidue24Na(T1=2=15.0h).Recently,thefusioncrosssectionof12C+13Chasbeenmeasureddownto0.9nbthroughtheactivitymeasurementbyourgroup[4].Althoughthestatisticalmodelcalculationsinallthesethreemethodshavebeenroutinelyusedtoconverttheobservedpartialcrosssectionsintothetotalfusioncrosssections[5],thesystematicuncertaintyinducedbythestatisticalcorrectionshasnotbeenstudiedverywell.
简介:Nanostructuredγ-Al2O3withhighsurfaceareaandmesoporousstructurewassynthesizedbysol-gelmethodandemployedascatalystsupportfornickelcatalystsinmethanereformingwithcarbondioxide.ThepreparedsampleswerecharacterizedbyXRD,N2adsorption-desorption,TPR,TPO,TPH,NH3-TPDandSEMtechniques.TheBETanalysisshowedahighsurfaceareaof204m2g-1andanarrowpore-sizedistributioncenteredatadiameterof5.5nmforcatalystsupport.TheBETresultsrevealedthatadditionoflanthanumoxidetoaluminumoxidedecreasedthespecificsurfacearea.Inaddition,TPRresultsshowedthatadditionoflanthanumoxideincreasedthereducibilityofnickelcatalyst.Thecatalyticevaluationresultsshowedanincreaseinmethaneconversionwithincreasinglanthanumoxideto3mol%andfurtherincreaseinlanthanumcontentdecreasedthecatalyticactivity.TPOanalysisrevealedthatthecokedepositiondecreasedwithincreasinglanthanumoxideto3mol%.SEMandTPHanalysesconfirmedtheformationofwhiskertypecarbonoverthespentcatalysts.AdditionofsteamandO2todryreformingfeedincreasedthemethaneconversionandledtocarbonfreeoperationincombinedprocesses.
简介:采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了Pt/Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti3O12/SrTiO3/Si多层电容即金属-铁电层-绝缘层-半导体结构,并对其电学性能进行了测试与分析。获得的存储窗口电压约为2.5V,漏电流密度低于10-8A·cm-2,保持时间达7.5h以上。制备的SrTiO3薄膜表现出较高的介电性和较好的绝缘性。