Improved hygrothermal durability of flax/polypropylene composites after chemical treatments through a hybrid approach

There are growing research interests in flax fibers due to their renewable ‘green’ origin and high strength. However, these natural fibers easily absorb moisture and have poor adhesion with polymer matrix leading to low interfacial strength for the composites. A hybrid chemical treatment technique combining alkali (sodium hydroxide) and silane treatments is adopted in the current study to modify flax fibers for improved performances of flax/polypropylene composites. Changes in chemical composition, microstructure, wettability, surface morphology, crystallinity and tensile properties of single flax fiber before and after chemical treatments were comprehensively characterized using techniques including SEM, FTIR, AFM, XRD, micro-fiber tester, etc. It was found that hemicellulose and lignin at the fiber surface were removed due to alkali treatment, which helped to reduce moisture absorption of the composites. Alkali-treated flax fibers were later subjected to silane treatment, which helped to improve the compatibility between flax fiber and polypropylene matrix. After alkali-silane hybrid chemical treatment, moisture absorption of the composites was further decreased. At the same time, the interfacial bonding strength between flax and polypropylene is significantly enhanced. All these results validate the great advantage of the hybrid chemical treatment approach for flax/polypropylene composites, which has the potential to promote the application of chemical treatment techniques in the plant fiber composite industry.

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USING MEASURING METHOD TO FIND AREA OF ENCLOSED PLANE REGION AND VOLUME OF ENCLOSED SPACE REGION

Two simple methods to calculate the area and volume called improved square gridmethod and cube cutting method are proposed in this paper. For any plane curve orspace surface satisfying certain conditions, by our method, the error of measurement isof the second infinitive order of measuring unit (the side length of the square grid or theside length of the little cube) when the unit is small enough. And when some properties ofthe curve or the surface can be found or its varying bounds can be evaluated, it is pointedout, in order to make the error smaller than any given value, how small the length of themeasuring unit should be.     

An electrochemical investigation on (MoO<Subscript>3</Subscript>+PVP+PVA) nanobelts for lithium batteries

Molybdenum trioxide (MoO₃) xerogel films modified with poly(vinyl alcohol)+poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP+PVA) polyblends were obtained by ion-exchange method with sol-gel technique. Investigations were conducted using X-ray “diffractometry”, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. The results show that the H atoms in polyblend are H-bonded with the O atoms in the Mo=O bonds of MoO₃ xerogel, which effectively shield the electrostatic interaction between MoO₃ interlayer and Li⁺ ions when MoO₃ xerogel is modified by the intercalation of (PVP+PVA). The reversibility of the insertion/extraction of Li⁺ ions is greatly improved by the modification with polyblend of MoO₃ nanocomposite films. MoO₃ and (PVP+PVA) _x MoO₃ (x = 0, 0.5) nanobelts were obtained by a simple hydrothermal process from MoO₃ sol. The electrochemical cells with configuration Li/(LiPF₆+EC+DMC)/MoO₃ modified by (PVP+PVA) were fabricated and their discharge profiles studied.     

Effect of reduction temperature on a spray-dried iron-based catalyst for slurry Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

An industrial iron-based catalyst (100Fe/5Cu/6K/16SiO₂, by weight) was characterized after reduction at different temperatures and after Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) in a stirred tank slurry reactor (STSR). The BET surface area and pore volume of the catalyst decreases with increasing reduction temperature, and the contrary trend was found for pore size. The iron phase compositions of catalysts reduced with syngas were strongly dependent on pretreatment conditions employed. Pretreatment with syngas at lower temperature prevents iron catalyst activation. Carburization was intensified with the increase in reduction temperature. The formation of iron carbides in reduced catalyst was necessary for obtaining stable high FTS activity. The relationship between the amount of CO₂ in tail gas during activation and the Fe³⁺ (spm) content in the reduced catalyst was observed. The rapid carburization at high reduction temperature resulted in the formation of a superparamagnetic Fe³⁺ core and an iron carbide layer of the reduced catalyst. FTS activity decreased with the increase in the reduction temperature, but the stability distinctly improved. It was found that the working catalyst loss in the heavier waxy products resulted in higher deactivation rate of the catalyst reduced at lower temperature. With the increase in the reduction temperature, the product distribution shifted towards the lower molecular weight products.     

键连接性指数的建构及其在有机体系中的应用研究

以化学键为基础建构了键连接性指数及分子键连接性指数，该指数同时考虑顶 点原子的化学特征及键的性质．对于任意化学键，键连接性指数Si＝1+△I/R·[（ Z1-h1)m2/n1+(Z2-h2)m1/n2]，分子键连接性指数S为∑i=1^m√Si或∑i=1^m1/√ Si，其中，Z1，Z2为化学键键连原子的价电子数；n1，n2成键原子的价层最高主量 子数；m1，m2为成键原子的氧化数；h1，h2为与成键原子相连的氢原子个数；△I 为成键原子的电负性差(△I≥0)；R为化学键的相对键长．与以顶点为基础的价连 接性指数不同，该指数不仅能方便而有效地应用于饱和碳氢体系亦能有效地应用于 含多重键的不饱和体系及含杂原子的有机体系．研究了饱和碳氢体系标准生成焓， 不饱和碳氢体系和酮、醚、酯体系在水中的溶解度和辛醇/水分配系数，卤代甲烷 体系的标准生成焓，卤代苯体系辛醇/水分配系数，均取得比较满意的结果。     

溶胶-凝胶法制备高取向Bi4Ti3O12/SrTiO3(100)薄膜

Bi4Ti3O12具有良好的铁电、电光等性能山、特别是Bi4Ti3O12薄膜很适合作永久性存储材料，也可用于电光器件问．在微电子学、光电子学、集成光学、集成铁电学等领域均有广泛开发和应用前景，国外已用溅射法、激光沉积法制备出c轴取向Bi。Ti3Ol。薄膜【’，＼山东大学用MOCVD法制     

水热合成MoO3纳米带的生长机理研究

以离子交换法制备的氧化钼溶胶为前驱体，在水热条件下制备了单晶MoO₃纳米带，对样品进行了XRD、SEM和TEM分析。通过考察水热反应温度和时间对产物结构和形貌的影响，结合材料热力学和动力学理论，探讨了MoO₃纳米带在水热条件下的生长机理。离子交换法制备的溶胶在水热条件下首先转变为热力学亚稳相h-MoO₃六角柱，随着温度的升高和时间的延长，h-MoO₃按照溶解-重结晶过程转变为稳定相α-MoO₃纳米带。     

四元缔合物体系薄层树脂相分离与光度法联用测定痕量钴

提出了在酸性条件下 (pH=5.0),利用阳离子交换树脂-丁二酮肟-碘-钴四元体系,通过薄层树脂相光度法测定钴的新方法。本法灵敏度高 (e454=1.7105L/molcm),比水相光度法提高14倍,精密度理想 (测定2.0礸/ml Co(II) 6次,RSD=1.3%),选择性好。实测药品VB12及天然水中钴,线性范围0.024~2.0礸/ml (定容50ml),检出限10.4ng/ml。     

Synthesis of a Photolabeling Probe for the Study of Antiviral Mechanism of Ribavirin

Ribavirin has been used in urgency to treat SARS patients recently. In order to study its antiviral mechanism by photolabeling approach, we have synthesized and characterized 5-azido-1-β-D-ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxiamide 1 as a photolabeling probe of ribavirin. The azidotriazole nucleoside showed rapid and clean photochemical reaction, suggesting that 1 is a promising probe to study the antiviral mechanism ofribarivin by photolabeling.     

玻璃基片上纳米碳管电极的集成

利用微波等离子体化学气相沉积法在玻璃孔穴中定位生长纳米碳管电极, 分析了负偏压对纳米碳管电极生长的影响. 该电极对铜离子的电化学检测性能分析结果表明, 所制备的纳米碳管电极具有良好的电化学检测性能, 位于－0.0100 V附近的铜离子的还原峰峰形良好, 其电流在铜离子浓度为0.01~0.30 mmol•L^-1时, 与Cu²⁺浓度呈良好的线性关系, 相关系数为0.9975, 且具有较好的长期稳定性和重现性.