Impacto de la preparación del suelo sobre las características físicas del suelo, calidad y rendimiento de las raíces de yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz), variedad algodón, Nueva Guinea-RAAS

El estudio se realizó en el Centro de Desarrollo Tecnológico (CDT) del Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) en Nueva Guinea, RAAS desde Octubre de 2005 a Agosto de 2006. El objetivo general fue evaluar cuatro sistemas de labranza sobre las propiedades físicas del suelo, el crecimiento y rendimiento del cultivo de la yuca variedad Algodón, así como la calidad de las raíces. Los tratamientos estudiados fueron: subsoleo más encamado (SE), grada más encamado (GE), cero labranza (CL) y tracción animal (TA). El diseño utilizado fue un arreglo de bloques completos al azar (BCA) con tres repeticiones. Las variables de suelo evaluadas fueron: densidad aparente, densidad real, porosidad total y capacidad de campo. Las variables agronómicas estudiadas fueron altura de planta, diámetro del tallo, peso fresco de la planta, número de raíces totales por planta, número de raíces exportables, longitud de raíces exportables, diámetro de raíces exportables, peso de raíces exportables, rendimiento de raíces exportables, rendimiento de raíces no exportables y rendimiento total de raíces. Para el análisis de los datos se usó el paquete estadístico SAS Institute V 8 a base de Análisis de Varianza (ANDEVA) y comparación de rangos múltiples de medias por TUKEY al 5% de margen de error. El suelo preparado con tracción animal (TA), presentó los menores valores de densidad aparente y mayor porcentaje de porosidad del suelo. Las plantas de yuca alcanzaron la mayor altura, el mayor diámetro y mayor peso fresco con cero labranza (CL) y tracción animal (TA). El mayor número de raíces totales por planta fue alcanzado con tracción animal (TA) seguido de cero labranza (CL). El mayor número de raíces exportables, el mayor diámetro de raíces exportables y peso de las raíces exportables fue alcanzado con el método cero labranza (CL) seguido de tracción animal (TA). El mayor rendimiento de raíces totales fue alcanzado en el suelo con Cero labranza (CL), así como el mayor rendimiento de raíces exportables y no exportables con una relación de 76% de raíces exportables.

Structural and magnetic properties of insulating Zn1-xCoxO thin films

Cobalt-doped ZnO (Zn1-xCoxO) thin films were fabricated by reactive magnetron cosputtering. The processing conditions were carefully designed to avoid the occurrence of Co precipitations. The films are c-axis oriented, and the solubility limit of Co in ZnO is less than 17%, determined by x-ray diffraction. X-ray photoemission spectroscopy measurements show Co ions have a chemical valance of 2+. In this paper, hysteresis loops were clearly observed for Zn1-xCoxO films at room temperature. The coercive field, as well as saturation magnetization per Co atom, decreases with increasing Co content, within the range of 0.07clearly demonstrate that ferromagnetism can be realized in Zn1-xCoxO without carrier incorporation. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.

Properties of high k gate dielectric gadolinium oxide deposited on Si(100) by dual ion beam deposition (DIBD)

Gadolinium oxide thin films have been prepared on silicon (100) substrates with a low-energy dual ion-beam epitaxial technique. Substrate temperature was an important factor to affect the crystal structures and textures in an ion energy range of 100-500 eV. The films had a monoclinic Gd2O3 structure with preferred orientation ((4) over bar 02) at low substrate temperatures. When the substrate temperature was increased, the orientation turned to (202), and finally, the cubic structure appeared at the substrate temperature of 700 degreesC, which disagreed with the previous report because of the ion energy. The AES studies found that Gadolinium oxide shared Gd2O3 structures, although there were a lot of oxygen deficiencies in the films, and the XPS results confirmed this. AFM was also used to investigate the surface images of the samples. Finally, the electrical properties were presented. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

FexSi grown with mass-analyzed low-energy dual ion beam deposition

Heavily iron-implanted silicon was prepared by mass-analyzed low-energy dual ion beam deposition technique. Auger electron spectroscopy depth profiles indicate that iron ions are shallowly implanted into the single-crystal silicon substrate and formed 35 nm thick FexSi films. X-ray diffraction measurements show that as-implanted sample is amorphous and the structure of crystal is partially restored after as-implanted sample was annealed at 400degreesC. There are no new phases formed. Carrier concentration depth profile of annealed sample was measured by Electrochemical C-V method and indicated that FexSi film shows n-type conductivity while silicon substrate is p-type. The p-n junction is formed between FexSi film and silicon substrate showing rectifying effect. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

The magnetic and structure properties of room-temperature ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)N

Diluted magnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)N were prepared by the implantation of Mn ions into GaN/Al2O3 substrate. Clear X-ray diffraction peak from (Ga,Mn)N is observed. It indicates that the solid solution (Ga,Mn)N phase was formed with the same lattice structure as GaN and different lattice constant. Magnetic hysteresis-loops of the (Ga,Mn)N were obtained at room temperature (293 K) with the coercivity of about 2496.97 A m(-1). (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Ga1-xMnxSb grown on GaSb substrate by liquid phase epitaxy

The Gal(1-x)Mn(x)Sb epilayer was prepared on the n-type GaSb substrate by liquid phase epitaxy. The structure of the Gal(1-x)Mn(x)Sb epilayer was analyzed by double-crystal X-ray diffraction. From the difference of the lattice constant between the GaSb substrate and the Ga1-xMnxSb epilayer, the Mn content in the Ga1-xMnxSb epilayer were calculated as x = 0.016. The elemental composition of Ga1-xMnxSb epilayer was analyzed by energy dispersive spectrometer. The carrier concentration was obtained by Hall measurement. The hole concentration in the Ga1-xMnxSb epilayer is 4.06 x 10(19)cm(-3). It indicates that most of the Mn atoms in Ga1-xMnxSb take the site of Ga, and play a role of acceptors. The current-voltage curve of the Ga1-xMnxSb/GaSb heterostructure was measured, and the rectifying effect is obvious. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

(Ga, Gd, As) film growth on GaAs substrate by low-energy ion-beam deposit

(Ga, Gd, As) film was fabricated by the mass-analyzed dual ion-beam epitaxy system with the energy of 1000 eV at room temperature. There was no new peak found except GaAs substrate peaks (0 0 2) and (0 0 4) by X-ray diffraction. Rocking curves were measured for symmetric (0 0 4) reflections to further yield the lattice mismatch information by employing double-crystal X-ray diffraction. The element distributions vary so much due to the ion dose difference from AES depth profiles. The sample surface morphology indicates oxidizing layer roughness is also relative to the Gd ion dose, which leads to islandlike feature appearing on the high-dose sample. One sample shows ferromagnetic behavior at room temperature. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Enhanced cycling performance and high energy density of LiFePO4 based lithium ion batteries

LiFePO4 attracts a lot of attention as cathode materials for the next generation of lithium ion batteries. However, LiFePO4 has a poor rate capability attributed to low electronic conductivity and low density. There is seldom data reported on lithium ion batteries with LiFePO4 as cathode and graphite as anode. According to our experimental results, the capacity fading on cycling is surprisingly negligible at 1664 cycles for the cell type 042040. It delivers a capacity of 1170 mAh for 18650 cell type at 4.5C discharge rate. It is confirmed that lithium ion batteries with LiFePO4 as cathode are suitable for electric vehicle application. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

On the formation of well-aligned ZnO nanowall networks by catalyst-free thermal evaporation method

Two-dimensional ZnO nanowall networks were grown on ZnO-coated silicon by thermal evaporation at low temperature without catalysts or additives. All of the results from scanning electronic spectroscope, X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering confirmed that the ZnO nanowalls were vertically aligned and c-axis oriented. The room-temperature photoluminescence spectra showed a dominated UV peak at 378 nm, and a much suppressed orange emission centered at similar to 590 nm. This demonstrates fairly good crystal quality and optical properties of the product. A possible three-step, zinc vapor-controlled process was proposed to explain the growth of well-aligned ZnO nanowall networks. The pre-coated ZnO template layer plays a key role during the synthesis process, which guides the growth direction of the synthesized products. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Efecto de diferentes sistemas de preparación del suelo sobre las características físicas, crecimiento y rendimiento del cultivo de la yuca (Manihot esculenta crantz) variedad algodón en Nueva Guinea

El estudio se realizó en municipio Nueva Guinea, RAAS desde octubre del 2005 a agosto 2006 para evaluar el efecto de diferentes sistemas de preparación de suelo sobre sus propiedades físicas, el crecimiento y rendimiento del cultivar yuca Algodón. Los tratamientos fueron; subsoleo más encamado (SE), grada más encamado (GE),cero labranza (CL), y tracción animal (TA). El diseño utilizado fue de bloques completos al azar (BCA) con tres repeticiones en cinco profundidades. Las variables de suelo evaluadas fueron: densidad aparente, densidad real, porosidad total, y capacidad de campo, las variables agronómicas altura diámetro del tallo, peso fresco de la planta, número de raíces, peso de raíz y rendimiento de raíces. Para el análisis de variables se utilizó el programa Statistic Análisis Systems (SAS V9.1). El tratamiento de TA presentó los menores valores de densidad aparente, una distribución más uniforme en la capacidad de retención de agua dentro del perfil del suelo, así como mayor porosidad. CL y TA presentaron los mayores valores de altura de planta, diámetro del tallo y peso fresco de hojas y tallos del cultivo de la yuca. TA presentó los valores más altos del número de raíces totales por planta de yuca seguido de CL el cual a su vez presentó el mayor número de raíces exportables seguido de TA, pero sin diferencia significativa entre la longitud de las raíces exportables entre los cuatro tratamientos. CL presentó el mayor diámetro, el mayor peso de las raíces exportables seguido siempre por TA. CL presentó el mayor rendimiento de raíces exportables y no exportables o mayores rendimientos totales (kg/ha) de raíces reservantes seguido por TA. Se encontraron diferencias de promedios en los rendimientos de raíces exportables entre CL y GE 3,399 kg/ha, en los rendimientos de raíces no exportables una diferencia 2,351.5 kg/ha entre CL y SE. Se recomienda repetir este ensayo utilizando los mismos tratamientos evaluar el efecto del cambio de la calidad del suelo en el tiempo.

在单脉冲激波管中研究TiCl_4裂解反应速率

在单脉冲激波管中,用对比速率法研究了TiCl_4的裂解。从自由基清扫剂环已烷C_6H_(12)的诱发裂解中产生的C_2H_4的测量,确定反应的机制,并测量得到了TiCl_4裂解初始过程的反应速率常数:k(TiCl_4→TiCl_3•+Cl•)=10~(16.4)exp(-(41700)/T)sec~(-1)。

Tensile and compressive deformation of a short-glass-fiber-reinforced liquid-crystalline polymer

Results of tensile and compression tests on a short-glass-fiber-reinforced thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer are presented. The effect of strain rate on the compression stress-strain characteristics has been investigated over a wide range of strain rates epsilon between 10(-4) and 350 s-1. The low-strain-rate tests were conducted using a screw-driven universal tensile tester, while the high-strain-rate tests were carried out using the split Hopkinson pressure bar technique. The compression modulus was shown to vary with log10 (epsilon) in a bilinear manner. The compression modulus is insensitive to strain rate in the low-strain-rate regime (epsilon = 10(-4) - 10(-2) s-1), but it increases more rapidly with epsilon at higher epsilon. The compression strength changes linearly with log10 (epsilon) over the entire strain-rate range. The fracture surfaces were examined by scanning electron microscopy.