Browsing by Author "Sun, YS"

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Binding effect of surface-modified cadmium sulfide on the microstructure of PS-b-PEO block copolymers
(2004-06-15)
Jeng, US
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Sun, YS
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Lee, HY
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Hsu, CH
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Liang, KS
CdS nanoparticles with surfaces modified by mercaptoethanol have been synthesized for greater solubility in dimethylformamide (DMF) and the ability to preferentially bind to the poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) blocks of polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (PS-b-PEO) copolymer. The size of the surface-modified CdS nanoparticles (M-CdS) in DMF can be characterized by the Schultz distribution of a mean radius of 18.4 Angstrom and a polydispersity of 0.5, using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). These M-CdS nanoparticles can further disperse in the PS-b-PEO, with a slightly larger mean radius than that observed in DMF. The uptake of M-CdS nanoparticles for the PEO blocks of the PS-b-PEO saturates around 7% in volume fraction. The binding of the nanoparticles promotes a segregation of the PEO/nanoparticles and leads to spherical PEO/M-CdS microdomains in the composite film with a greatly enhanced thermal stability. The structural information obtained from X-ray scattering agrees well with the transmission electron microscopy images and differential scanning calorimetry results.
CdS nanoparticles induce a morphological transformation of poly(styrene-b-4-vinylpyridine) from hexagonally packed cylinders to a lamellar structure
(2005-07-26)
Yeh, SW
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Wei, KH
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Sun, YS
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Jeng, US
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Liang, KS
Mercaptoacetic acid-modified CdS nanoparticles disperse selectively in the poly(4-vinylpyridine) domains of poly(styrene-b-4-vinylpyridine) (S4VP) block copolymer as a result of the formation of hydrogen bonds. This process in turn induces the morphological transformation of S4VP from a hexagonally packed cylinder structure into a lamellar structure, as evidenced from transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and small-angle X-ray scattering studies. This transformation is consistent with that suggested by a theoretical prediction of the phase diagram of the mixed diblock copolymer/nanoparticle system.
Dynamic resizing of utilization target in measurement-based admission control
(2001-06-15)
Sun, YS
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Chuang, CC
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Lin, YD
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資訊工程學系
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Department of Computer Science
A major issue in design of measurement-based admission control (MBAC) algorithms relies on how to maximize link utilization while meeting applications' QoS constraints. Studies have claimed that many proposed MBAC algorithms would give the same performance if the parameters were properly tuned, In this paper, we study the effects of tuning two of the most important parameters in MBAC algorithms: Measurement Window and Utilization Target. We show that the measurement window is not a good tuning knob for enforcing rigid loss probability constraints. We propose a new parameter called Soft Utilization Target combined with a simple flow admittance policy called the Latch algorithm. The simulation results show that this scheme can achieve better enforcement of loss probability constraint while maintaining higher link utilization. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Effect of incorporated CdS nanoparticles on the crystallinity and morphology of poly (styrene-b-ethylene oxide) diblock copolymers
(2005-05-15)
Yeh, SW
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Wu, TL
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Wei, KH
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Sun, YS
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Liang, KS
Surface-modified CdS nanoparticles selectively dispersed in hexagonally packed poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) cylinders of poly(styrene-b-ethylene oxide) (PSEO) block copolymers were prepared. The photoluminescence and ultraviolet-visible characteristics of the presynthesized CdS nanoparticles in N,N-dimethylformamide and in PEO domains of the PSEO block copolymers were determined. Because of strong interactions between the CdS nanoparticles and PEO chains, as shown by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, the incorporation of the CdS nanoparticles prevented the PEO cylinders from properly crystallizing; this was confirmed by differential scanning calorimetry and wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurements. The intercylinder distance between the swollen and reduced-crystallinity CdS/PEO cylinders in turn increased, as confirmed by small-angle X-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy. At a high CdS concentration (43 wt % or 8.3 vol % with respect to PEO), however, the hexagonally packed cylindrical nanostructure of the PSEO diblock copolymers was destroyed. (c) 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Morphological transformation of PS-b-PEO diblock copolymer by selectively dispersed colloidal CdS quantum dots
(2003-10-21)
Yeh, SW
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Wei, KH
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Sun, YS
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Jeng, US
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Liang, KS
Phase behavior in polystyrene-block-poly (ethylene oxide) nanocomposites with colloidal CDS quantum dots upon heating.
(2004-08-22)
Sun, YS
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Jeng, US
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Liang, KS
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Yeh, SW
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Wei, KH
Transitions of domain ordering and domain size in a spherical-forming polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) copolymer and its composites with colloidal cadmium sulfide quantum dots
(2006-02-08)
Sun, YS
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Jeng, US
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Liang, KS
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Yeh, SW
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Wei, KH
With specific annealing schemes applied to a neat polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (SE) and its composites with cadmium sulfide quantum dots (CdS QD), we have observed microdomain structures and phase transitions in the system using temperature-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Both TEM images and SAXS results show clearly that incorporation of surfactant-tethered US QD preferentially into PEO blocks leads to increases in thermal stabilities of both bcc-packed lattice (referred as long-range order) and microdomains themselves in the sphere-forming SE/CdS composites. The bcc-packed lattice in the SE/CdS composites sustains better than that in the neat SE, during a temperature elevation to similar to 160 degrees C, at which the bcc-packed SE/CdS spheres start to transform into micelles with a short-range liquid-like order. Quantitative model analysis shows that the PEO/CdS micelles can retain their size in the SE/CdS composites up to 200 degrees C, whereas the PEO micelles shrink after the softening of the PS matrix around 100 degrees C and disassociate largely into the PS matrix of the neat SE at 160 degrees C. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.