Spatial patterns and driving forces of land use change in China during the early 21st century

Land use and land cover change as the core of coupled human-environment systems has become a potential field of land change science (LCS) in the study of global environmental change. Based on remotely sensed data of land use change with a spatial resolution of 1 km x 1 km on national scale among every 5 years, this paper designed a new dynamic regionalization according to the comprehensive characteristics of land use change including regional differentiation, physical, economic, and macro-policy factors as well. Spatial pattern of land use change and its driving forces were investigated in China in the early 21st century. To sum up, land use change pattern of this period was characterized by rapid changes in the whole country. Over the agricultural zones, e.g., Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, the southeast coastal areas and Sichuan Basin, a great proportion of fine arable land were engrossed owing to considerable expansion of the built-up and residential areas, resulting in decrease of paddy land area in southern China. The development of oasis agriculture in Northwest China and the reclamation in Northeast China led to a slight increase in arable land area in northern China. Due to the "Grain for Green" policy, forest area was significantly increased in the middle and western developing regions, where the vegetation coverage was substantially enlarged, likewise. This paper argued the main driving forces as the implementation of the strategy on land use and regional development, such as policies of "Western Development", "Revitalization of Northeast", coupled with rapidly economic development during this period.

The Characteristics of Semi-Cokes --The Solid Residues from Coal Partial Gasification

In this paper the proximate analysis and ultimate analysis of sulfur in different semi-cokes generated from Rizhao bituminous coal and Beijing anthracite under different temperatures is done. Also the tendency of the contents of volatile, ash, fixed carbon and sulfur in different semi-cokes along with the different preparation temperatures is studied. Then the combustion experiment of semi-cokes in the drop-tube furnace system was carried out, and the kinetic parameters of different semi-cokes ware calculated.

Progress of Si-based nanocrystalline luminescent materials

Si-based nanomaterials are some new photoeletronic and informational materials developed rapidly in recent years, and they have potential applications in the light emitting devices, e. g. Si light emitting diode, Si laser and integrated Si-based photoelectronics. Among them are nano-scale porous silicon (ps), Si nanocrystalline embedded SiO2 (SiOx, x < 2.0) matrices, Si nanoquantum dot and Si/SiO2 superlattice, etc. At present, there are various indications that if these materials can achieve efficient and stable luminescence, which are photoluminescence (PL) and electroluminescence (EL), it is possible for them to lead to a new informational revolution in the early days of the 21st century. In this article, we will mainly review the progress of study on Si-based nanomaterials in the past ten years. The involved contents are the fabricated methods, structural characterizations and light emitting properties. Finally, we predicate the developed tendency of this field in the following ten years.

Eigenmode confinement in semiconductor microcavity lasers with an equilateral triangle resonator

We analyze the mode behaviors for semiconductor lasers with an equilateral triangle resonator by deriving the mode field distribution and the eigenvalue equation. The eigenvalue equation shows that the longitudinal mode wavelength interval is equivalent to that of a Fabry-Perot cavity with the cavity length of 1.5a, where a is the side length of the equilateral triangle resonator. The transverse waveguiding is equivalent to as a strip waveguide with the width of root 3a/ 2, and the number of transverse modes supported by the resonator is limited by the total reflection condition on the sides of the equilateral triangle. Semiconductor microcavity laser with an equilateral triangle resonator is suitable to realize single mode operation, and the mode wavelength can be adjusted by changing the side length.

Photoluminescence characteristics of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dot arrays fabricated by dry and dry-wet etching

GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dot arrays with different dot sizes made by different fabrication processes were studied in this work. In comparison with the reference quantum well, photoluminescence (PL) spectra from the samples at low temperature have demonstrated that PL peak positions shift to higher energy side due to quantization confinement effects and the blue-shift increases with decreasing dot size, PL linewidths are broadened and intensities are much reduced. It is also found that wet chemical etching after reactive ion etching can improve optical properties of the quantum dot arrays.

Normal-incident SiGe/Si MQWs photodetectors operating at 1.3 mu m

A normal-incident SiGe/Si multiple quantum wells (MQWs) photodetector was reported. The structure and fabrication process of the photodetector were introduced. The photocurrent spectra measurement showed that the response spectra was expanded to 1.3 mu m wavelength. The quantum efficiency of the photodetector was 0.1% at 1.3 mu m and 20% at 0.95 mu m.

650nm AlGaInP quantum well lasers for the application of DVD

Main application of 650nm band laser diodes are for digital versatile disk (DVD). We demonstrate here the 650nm AlGaInP LD grown by LP-MOCVD with the structure of selected buried ridge waveguide. Excellent performance of LD have been achieved such as threshold current, threshold current density as low as 20mA and 350A/cm(2) respectively at room temperature, the operating temperature up to 90 for the linear power output of 5mw. RIN is about -130db/Hz, The samples of LD have been certified by PUH manufacturers.

21世纪中国粮食生产布局构思

为满足 2 1世纪中国对粮食的需求 ,提出“发展东部 ,提高中部 ,开发西部”的粮食生产战略布局 ,就是在东部平原区发展产业化粮食生产 ,使之成为中国优质商品粮食主要生产基地 ;在中部高原区要大力治理水土流失 ,提高粮食生产的环境质量 ,从而提高粮食产量水平 ;在西部高寒及荒漠区要充分开发光能、土、水资源优势 ,进一步开发高寒农业与绿洲农业的粮食生产潜力

中国21世纪水土保持工作的思考

水土资源是人类生存的基本资源 ,是国民经济持续发展的基础。按照国家生态环境建设规划要求 ,2 1世纪水土保持工作任务繁重而艰巨。 2 1世纪水土保持的特点是内涵不断扩充 ,综合性日益突出 ,大量运用高新技术 ,产业进一步发展。建议提高水土流失治理的科技含量 ,培养和建立一支高水平、高素质的水土保持队伍 ,引进新的监测技术与管理手段 ,建立一批高水平的综合治理试验示范工程和基地

中国城市建设与地质灾害之分析与对策

在大量调查、分析与研究的基础上 ,结合中国经济发展中城市快速发展面临的一系列地质灾害 ,采用自然科学与社会科学相互交叉的方法 ,分析了城市地质灾害的危害性及对城市发展的影响 ,根据中国城市发展的实际情况和 2 0 0 1年以后的远景目标 ,因地制宜地提出了整治城市灾害的基本对策与管理措施 ,为国家制定城市发展远景规划和奋斗目标提供基本思路

我国节水型农业技术体系的发展方向

本文阐述了国内外节水农业的发展概况 ,总结了节水农业技术体系特别是高新技术的发展和应用现状 ,辩证地分析了我国节水农业出现的问题及发展前景

Toward high-performance polymer solar cells: The importance of morphology control

Polymer solar cells have the potential to become a major electrical power generating tool in the 21st century. R&D endeavors are focusing on continuous roll-to-roll printing of polymeric or organic compounds from solution-like newspapers-to produce flexible and lightweight devices at low cost. It is recognized, though, that besides the functional properties of the compounds the organization of structures on the nanometer level-forced and controlled mainly by the processing conditions applied-determines the performance of state-of-the-art polymer solar cells. In such devices the photoactive layer is composed of at least two functional materials that form nanoscale interpenetrating phases with specific functionalities, a so-called bulk heterojunction. In this perspective article, our current knowledge on the main factors determining the morphology formation and evolution is introduced, and gaps of our understanding on nanoscale structure-property relations in the field of high-performance polymer solar cells are addressed. Finally, promising routes toward formation of tailored morphologies are presented.