Thermal shrinkage of electrospun PVP nanofibers

This paper outlines the shrinkage of electrospun polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) fiber mats during thermal treatment. The thermal behavior and phase changes within the fibers were investigated by DSC and TGA/DTA. Five precursors with different PVP loading in ethanol were electrospun. The mats shrinkage as function of temperature was measured in the RT–200 °C range. Shrinkage rate drastically increased above the polymer glass transition point, T_g (150–180 °C), due to increase in polymer chain mobility. Mats shrinkage at 200 °C as function of PVP concentration showed a minimum at ∼10%wt. Below 10% PVP the mats morphology is non‐uniform, consisting of beads and fibers. Above 10% PVP, only flat and uniform fibers were observed. This paper outlines the dominant mechanism governing the mats shrinkage during heating. In addition, the effect of PVP concentration on the expansion of fibers diameter was investigated and found to be consistent with the linear shrinkage observing a minimum at ∼10% PVP. The effect of applied voltage on mat shrinkage was investigated, and showed a minimum at 12 kV. Understanding the interplay between fibers morphology and thermal shrinkage allows precursor composition and system optimization needed for minimizing shrinkage negative effects on the structure and properties of electrospun fiber mats. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2018 , 56, 248–254     

Effect of expanded graphite lattice in exfoliated graphite nanofibers on hydrogen storage

A graphite exfoliation technique, using intercalation of a concentrated sulfuric/nitric acid mixture followed by a thermal shock, has successfully exfoliated a herringbone graphite nanofiber (GNF). The exfoliated GNF retains the overall nanosized dimensions of the original GNF, with the exfoliation temperature determining the degree of induced defects, lattice expansion, and resulting microstructure. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy indicated that the fibers treated at an intermediate temperature of 700 degrees C for 2 min had dislocations in the graphitic structure and a 4% increase in graphitic lattice spacing to 3.5 A. The fibers treated at 1000 degrees C for 36 h were expanded along the fiber axis, with regular intervals of graphitic and amorphous regions ranging from 0.5 to >50 nm in width. The surface area of the starting material was increased from 47 m(2)/g to 67 m(2)/g for the 700- degrees C treatment and to 555 m(2)/g for the 1000- degrees C treatment. Hydrogen uptake measurements at 20 bar indicate that the overall hydrogen uptake and operative adsorption temperature are sensitive to the structural variations and graphitic spacing. The increased surface area after the 1000- degrees C treatment led to a 1.2% hydrogen uptake at 77 K and 20 bar, a 3-fold increase in hydrogen physisorption of the starting material. The uptake of the 700- degrees C-treated material had a 0.29% uptake at 300 K and 20 bar; although low, this was a 14-fold uptake over the starting material and higher than other commonly used pretreatment methods that were tested in parallel. These results suggest that selective exfoliation of a nanofiber is a means by which to control the relative binding energy of the hydrogen interaction with the carbon structure and thus vary the operative adsorption temperature.     

含酰胺结构超低膨胀聚酰亚胺薄膜的热膨胀行为

采用联苯二酐与3种含酰胺结构二胺制备了具有不同取代基团的聚酰胺-酰亚胺薄膜, 考察了酰胺结构对薄膜力学、 耐热及尺寸稳定性的影响, 研究了聚集态结构与薄膜热膨胀行为的关系和规律. 该系列薄膜具有超高强度和优异的耐热性能, 拉伸强度高达280.5 MPa, 玻璃化转变温度在389~409 ℃, 并在30~300 ℃温度范围内表现出超低负膨胀, 热膨胀系数(CTE, ppm/℃, 即10 ⁶ cm·cm ^-1·℃ ^-1)在-3.05~-1.74 ppm/℃之间. 聚集态分析结果表明, 酰胺结构使分子链间形成了强氢键相互作用, 分子链在薄膜面内方向高度有序取向, 并在膜厚方向堆积更为紧密, 使薄膜表现出热收缩现象. 通过不同体积大小的取代基团进一步调控分子链间相互作用及排列堆积, 可实现薄膜在高温下近乎零尺寸形变, 为设计制备超低膨胀聚合物基板材料提供了新思路.     

Thermal expansion and impurity effects on lattice thermal conductivity of solid argon

Thermal expansion and impurity effects on the lattice thermal conductivity of solid argon have been investigated with equilibrium molecular dynamics simulation. Thermal conductivity is simulated over the temperature range of 20-80 K. Thermal expansion effects, which strongly reduce thermal conductivity, are incorporated into the simulations using experimentally measured lattice constants of solid argon at different temperatures. It is found that the experimentally measured deviations from a T(-1) high-temperature dependence in thermal conductivity can be quantitatively attributed to thermal expansion effects. Phonon scattering on defects also contributes to the deviations. Comparison of simulation results on argon lattices with vacancy and impurity defects to those predicted from the theoretical models of Klemens and Ashegi et al. demonstrates that phonon scattering on impurities due to lattice strain is stronger than that due to differences in mass between the defect and the surrounding matrix. In addition, the results indicate the utility of molecular dynamics simulation for determining parameters in theoretical impurity scattering models under a wide range of conditions. It is also confirmed from the simulation results that thermal conductivity is not sensitive to the impurity concentration at high temperatures.     

Thermal analysis of the necking phenomenon in fiber drawing

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The thermal effects of the necking in fiber drawing, with respect to the change of microstructure and deformation thermodynamics, have been studied in...     

A mesoscale study of thermal expansion behaviors of epoxy resin and carbon fiber/epoxy unidirectional composites based on periodic temperature and displacement boundary conditions

The thermal expansion behaviors of neat epoxy resin and carbon fiber/epoxy unidirectional (UD) composites were experimentally and numerically studied in this paper. The dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), thermogravimetric analysis (TG), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermal conductivity measurement were used to measure the thermo-mechanical properties of epoxy resin at different temperatures. The dilatometer was used to measure the thermal strains and linear CTEs of neat epoxy resin and UD composites. In addition, a mesoscale finite element model based on the periodic temperature and displacement boundary conditions was presented to analyze the thermal expansion behaviors of UD composites. The resin-voids representative volume element (RVE) was used to calculate the thermo-mechanical properties of several kinds of resin-voids mixed matrix. From the results it can be found that the glass transition temperature of epoxy resin, porosity and fiber orientation angle have significant effects on the thermal expansion behaviors of UD composites. The mesoscale finite element analyses (FEA) have obvious advantages than various existing analysis models by comparing their predictive results. The distributions of thermal displacement, thermal stress and thermal strain were extracted between the carbon fiber, resin-voids mixed matrix and their interface, and also between the front and back surfaces of the loading direction, to further investigate thermal expansion structure effects of UD composites. This paper revealed that the mesoscale FEA based on periodic temperature and displacement boundary conditions can be also used for thermal expansion researches of other complex structure composites.     

热场效应下聚酰亚胺纤维力学性质有限元分析

利用COMSOL Multiphysics 5.3软件构建了聚酰亚胺纤维三维有限元模型。 该模型实现了固体传热和表面对表面辐射传热产生的温度场中聚酰亚胺纤维固体力学的计算,重点分析了孔洞的大小、位置和热膨胀系数的差异对聚酰亚胺纤维力学性能的影响。 结果表明,聚酰亚胺(PI)纤维在两端固定约束的条件下,在固体传热和表面对表面辐射传热产生的温度场中呈现相似的应力变化趋势,即聚酰亚胺纤维出现孔洞,使纤维的力学性能降低,孔洞越大,应力分布越不均衡,越不利于纤维性质的稳定;温度越高,应力越大;但随着负轴向热膨胀系数的增加,应力逐渐减小。     

Thermal behaviour of advanced composite materials based on SiC fibres

Emanation thermal analysis (ETA) was used for characterization of thermal behaviour of SiC_f/SiC composites on heating in argon and air, respectively. Effect of gas environment (argon, air) and helium ions implantation on the microstructure development of the SiC_f/SiC composite prepared by chemical vapour infiltration (CVI) from Nicalon CG fibres was investigated under in situ conditions of heating. The annealing of near surface structure irregularities was observed in the range 280-700°C and evaluated by means of the mathematical model, assuming that the structure irregularities served as diffusion paths for radon. The ETA reflected the formation of amorphous silica and its subsequent crystallization to crystoballite. Morphology of the SiC_f/SiC samples before and after the heat treatments was characterized by means of SEM. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

不同形貌ZrWMoO8粉体的制备、表征及其负热膨胀特性

采用水合前驱物分解的方法, 以钨酸铵、钼酸铵及硝酸氧锆为原料制备了不同形貌的ZrWMoO8粉体. 对其前驱体进行了热重-差热分析(TG-DSC), 并以X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)及X射线荧光光谱仪(XRF)等手段考察了不同胶凝剂(HCl, HClO4, HNO3, H2SO4及H3PO4)对产物结构和形貌的影响. 结果表明, 胶凝剂的选择对ZrWMoO8粉体的形貌有较大影响. 在100—700 ℃范围内, 以HCl为胶凝剂制备出来的立方相ZrWMoO8粉体的热膨胀系数为-3.84×10-6 K-1.     

基于甲基三苯乙炔基硅烷的新型聚三唑树脂的制备与性能

首先采用格氏试剂法合成了甲基三苯乙炔基硅烷(MTPES),通过傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)、核磁共振氢谱(1 H-NMR)对其结构进行了表征。然后以MTPES和4,4’-二叠氮甲基联苯(BAMBP)为原料制备了新型聚三唑树脂(MPTA)。利用FT-IR和差示扫描量热(DSC)研究了MPTA树脂的固化行为,通过动态力学热分析(DMA)和热重分析(TG)研究了炔基与叠氮基配比对树脂热性能的影响,并通过测试凝胶时间随贮存时间的变化研究了树脂及其四氢呋喃(THF)溶液的贮存稳定性。结果表明,固化后的树脂玻璃化转变温度(Tg)达到236℃,在氮气中的5%热失重温度(T_(d5))在320℃左右。MPTA树脂在35℃和25℃下分别贮存7d和20d后,100℃下树脂的凝胶时间分别为40min和25min,MPTA树脂的THF溶液在同样条件下贮存28d后,凝胶时间分别为54min和61min,具有比现有聚三唑树脂更好的贮存稳定性。单向T700碳纤维-MPTA复合材料常温下的弯曲强度为1 660 MPa,弯曲模量为129 GPa,150℃下的弯曲强度保留率为70%。     

Numerical analysis and fiber Bragg grating monitoring of thermocuring processes of carbon fiber/epoxy laminates

A three-dimensional differential viscoelastic model combining the effects of curing degree, thermal expansion, chemical shrinkage and stress relaxation for composite laminates was established and well verified. The evolution of strain and stress of composite laminates during cure was numerically simulated using the validated model. Also, fiber Bragg grating temperature and strain sensors were adjacently embedded in the composite laminate to in situ monitor the temperature and strain evolution. The monitored strain was evaluated by comparison with the corresponding simulated strain. The results reveal that the monitored temperature can reflect the actual temperature evolution in composite laminates, whereas the monitored strain cannot accurately characterize the actual strain evolution in composite laminates at the early stage of cure. However, when the resin/grating interfacial bond strength increases enough to transfer resin strain effectively, the changes in the monitored strain can match well with the actual strain changes.     

Thermal analysis of aged hdpe based composites

HDPE based composites were produced with 10-20-30 and 40% composite mass of wood fiber. The coupling agents were epolene and silane. The thermal behavior of composite samples was analyzed as a function of the coupling agent content, the exposure time and the wood fibers content by means of differential scanning calorimetry. Calorimetric curves of all samples of first and second heating shows a similar behavior. Some significant relation has been observed between the exposure time and the degree of crystallinity for the same percentage of fiber samples. A linear relation between the melting enthalpy average vs. content in cellulosic fibers is detected. Nevertheless, the fibers non-pretreated with coupling agent show a lower loss of crystallinity of the HDPE matrix at low wood fiber content (10%). A slight diminution of the melting peak temperature is detected as increasing the exposure time. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Thermal conductivity of high strength polyethylene fiber in low temperature

High strength polyethylene fiber (Toyobo, Dyneema® fiber, hereinafter abbreviated to DF) used as reinforcement of fiber‐reinforced plastics for cryogenic use has a high thermal conductivity. To understand the thermal conductivity of DF, the relation between fiber structure and thermal conductivity of several kinds of polyethylene fibers having different modulus from 15 to 134 GPa (hereinafter abbreviated to DFs) was investigated. The mechanical series‐parallel model composed of crystal and amorphous was applied to DFs for thermal conductivity. This mechanical model was obtained by crystallinity and crystal orientation angle measured by solid state NMR and X‐ray. Thermal conductivity of DF in fiber direction was dominated by that of the continuous crystal region. The thermal conductivity of the continuous crystal part estimated by the mechanical model increases from 16 to 900 mw/cmK by the increasing temperature from 10 to 150K, and thermal diffusivity of the continuous crystal part was estimated to about 100 mm²/s, which is almost temperature independent. The phonon mean free path of the continuous crystal region of DF obtained by thermal diffusivity is almost temperature independent and its value about 200 Å. With the aforementioned, the mechanical series‐parallel model composed of crystal and amorphous regions could be applied to DFs for thermal conductivity. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 43: 1495–1503, 2005     

负热膨胀材料研究进展

本文介绍了负热膨胀材料的制备技术、结构、性能、应用及热缩机理研究的主要进展。分析了负热膨胀材料合成及其应用中存在的主要问题,讨论了刚性单元模模型及其局限性,给出了热缩机理理论和实验特别是第一性原理声子谱计算和拉曼光谱研究的最新进展、存在问题及发展趋势。指出了负热膨胀材料研究中应重点解决的一些重要问题。     

Real-Space Distribution of Local WO(4) Ordering in Negative Thermal Expansive ZrW(2)O(8)

Solids usually expand when they are heated. This is quite common behavior of solids; however, there are some exceptions. Zirconium tungstate (ZrW(2)O(8)) is a prototype material among them, because it has the highest degree of negative thermal expansion (NTE) over broad temperature range. Intensive investigation of NTE mechanisms has suggested the importance of metal-oxygen polyhedra. However, most of the studies have been done with volume-averaged techniques, and microscopic information has been lacking. Here, our electron microscopy observations have unraveled the real-space distribution of local WO(4) tetrahedra ordering for the first time. We have found that (i) the WO(4) ordering is partly inverted; (ii) WO(4) is disordered on the nanoscale; and (iii) doping with scandium enhances the WO(4) disordering. These findings led to construction of a microstructure model for ZrW(2)O(8), providing a new structural perspective for better understanding of local structure and its role in phase transitions.     

Thermal lens detection device

A thermal lens detection device was developed to realize an easy-to-use, portable and sensitive detector for nonfluorescent molecules. Two laser diodes (658 nm for excitation and 785 nm for probe) were made coaxial in an optical unit and were coupled to a single-mode optical fiber. On a microfluidic chip, a small holder for the optical fiber was fixed, and micro-lenses (numerical aperture of 0.2) were also integrated inside the holder. The micro-lenses were designed to realize an adequate chromatic aberration (50 μm), which was essential for sensitive thermal lens detection. Compared with conventional thermal lens detection systems which required very laborious and accurate optical alignment with the microchannel, the new device needed just attachment-detachment of the optical fiber, which was important for practical application. The lower limit of detection was 10 nM for nickel(II) phthalocyaninetetrasulfonic acid tetrasodium salt solutions (model sample), and the absorbance was 9 × 10(-6) AU. The absolute number of molecules detected was less than 200 zmol. The coefficient of variance for 5-time attachment-detachment of the optical probe was as small as 3.6%. The technical development allowed integration of the thermal lens detection devices inside a microsystem (e.g. enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assay system), and practical microsystems were realized with sensitivities several-orders higher than absorptiometry.     

Effect of thermal expansion on shape memory behavior of polyurethane and its nanocomposites

The effects of thermal expansion on shape memory performance of shape memory polyurethanes and their nanocomposites with organoclay, carbon nanofiber (CNF), silicon carbide (SiC), and carbon black (CB) were evaluated. The shape memory test cycle involved tensile deformation at above the trigger temperature to initiate shape memory function, cooling to room temperature to fix the shape, and shape recovery induced by heating to above the trigger temperature. Phenomenological models were used to interpret the experimental data on coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). It was found that Kerner model showed good fit for composites of SiC and CB, and Halpin model gave better fit for composites of organoclay and CNF. It was observed that thermal expansion exerts negative effect on recovered strain, the extent of which depends on the magnitude of temperature gradient, CTE, and the level of tensile strain. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 1437–1449, 2008     

Ni-Fe/SDC电池阳极材料的制备和性能表征

采用硝酸盐-柠檬酸法合成了具有高比表面积的一系列Ni-Fe氧化物和电解质Ce0.8Sm0.2O1.9(SDC), 利用上述材料制备出固体氧化物燃料电池(SOFC)复合阳极材料Ni-Fe/SDC, 并对其微结构和相关性能进行测试. 结果表明: 该复合阳极材料与电解质SDC具有较高的热匹配性, 以其作为SOFC的阳极, 氢气为燃料, 其单电池表现出优异的性能, 700 ℃电池输出功率密度最高可达90.6 mW•cm−2.     

预氧化聚铝碳硅烷纤维的热分解动力学及其机理

利用热重分析仪(TGA)对预氧化聚铝碳硅烷(PACS)纤维进行了热动力学研究, 用改良的Coats-Redfern法计算了动力学参数, 用Doyle法计算了理论失重值, 并根据FT-IR, XRD和SEM对其热分解的机理进行了分析. 结果表明, 在热分解反应的主要阶段, 预氧化纤维的反应活化能低于PACS纤维, 氧的引入有利于纤维的热分解; 快速升温有利于预氧化PACS纤维的热分解. 在初始分解阶段, 主要为低分子量的PACS和H₂O的逸出, 同时≡Si—H键之间以及≡Si—H与≡Si—CH₃键发生了脱氢、脱CH₄反应, 从而导致交联程度的增加; 随热分解温度进一步的提高, 分子的有机侧基急剧热解, 分解产物从有机物转变为存在部分微晶的无机结构; 热分解温度继续提高, 纤维结构进一步完善, 1300 ℃左右, β-SiC晶粒大小约为2～4 nm左右, 纤维具有较好的性能.     

Thermal properties of bi nanowire arrays with different orientations and diameters

The thermal properties of single-crystalline Bi nanowire arrays with different orientations and diameters were studied by differential scanning calorimeter and in situ high-temperature X-ray diffraction. Bi nanowires were fabricated by a pulsed electrodeposition technique within the porous anodic alumina membrane. The relationships between the orientation and diameter of Bi nanowires and the corresponding thermal properties are deduced solely from experimental results. It is shown that the melting point decreases with decreasing nanowire diameter, and there is an anisotropic thermal expansion property of Bi nanowires with different orientations and diameters. The transition of the thermal expansion coefficient from positive at low temperature to negative at high temperature for Bi nanowire arrays was analyzed and discussed.