Mechanics and morphology of single-walled carbon nanotubes: from graphene to the elastica

Abstract

The elastica is referred to the shape of the curve into which the centreline of a flexible lamina is bent. Hence, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are treated as the elastica obtained from bending of graphene. The corresponding large deformation accompanies both the material and geometrical non-linearities. The morphology of the free-standing SWCNTs such as the natural angle of twist, bond lengths, tube radius and wall thickness are determined. Moreover, it is shown that the induced self-equilibriated strain field has a remarkable impact on the mechanical behaviour of the nanotube. Utilization of an appropriate non-linear continuum constitutive relation for graphene leads to exact formulation of the governing equations of SWCNTs. Subsequently, through perturbation analysis, the asymptotic solutions of the initial elastic fields for the SWCNTs are presented. By performing ab initio calculations, the components of the fourth and sixth-order elastic moduli tensors in the constitutive model of graphene needed in this study are computed.     

Facile one‐pot method of initiator fixation for surface‐initiated atom transfer radical polymerization on carbon hard spheres

An efficient and novel one‐pot process is developed to immobilize the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) initiators onto the surface of fully pyrolyzed carbon hard spheres (CHSs) via a radical trapping process from the in situ thermal decomposition of bis(bromomethylbenzoyl)peroxide. The CHSs do not require any additional preparative treatment prior to the initiator immobilization. Styrene and methyl methacrylate are polymerized onto initiator‐immobilized CHSs by surface‐initiated atomic transfer radical polymerization (SI‐ATRP). Samples are characterized using Fourier transform infrared, thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. These methods of characterization confirmed that all the CHSs are coated with a uniform layer of grafted polymer. This efficient, one‐pot immobilization of ATRP‐initiators represents an exceptionally simple route for the rapid preparation of various polymer‐coated carbon‐based nanomaterials using SI‐ATRP. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2013, 51, 3314–3322     

Halocarbons in Antarctic Surface Waters

Abstract

Surface water samples taken during the 1988–89, 1989–90 and 1990–91 Italian expeditions were analyzed for the presence of carbon tetrachloride, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene. The sample analysis was carried out by solvent extraction and capillary GC-ECD-MS determination. The above-mentioned halocarbons were at ng/l level in all water samples investigated.     

Sampling and Analysis of Odorous Compounds in Water Treatment Plants

Abstract

The following analytical method has been used to identify some odorous compounds in the air of the water treatment plant Werdholzli, Zurich: sampling of contaminated air with the help of activated carbon, desorption by the solvents carbon disulphide and methylene chloride, separation of the carbon disulfide extract into a polar and a nonpolar fraction by adsorption column chromatography on silica. Hereafter gaschromatographic analysis of the polar fraction on glass capillary column (Ucon HB 5100); detection and identification were achieved by flame ionisation, thermoionic nitrogen selective detector and computerized mass spectrometry (Finnigan 3200 F, data system 6110).

The results show the presence of sulfur compounds: thiophenes, thiazoles; nitrogen compounds: pyrazines; oxygen compounds: phenols, alcohols and some unsatured hydrocarbons. The malodorous compounds were sulfur and nitrogen compounds in the range of 0.01-0.1 ppm.     

HCSE method for detection of small carbon–carbon couplings and their signs,comparison with SLAP pulse sequence

Performance of homonuclear coupling sign edited (HCSE) experiment applied to detection of signed carbon–carbon couplings is discussed using a set of already measured samples of nine monosubstituted benzenes. It is shown that coupling sign detection is insensitive to the settings of carbon–carbon polarization transfer delays. The HCSE spectra of ten from the total of 43 measured carbon–carbon couplings were considerably influenced by relaxations and proton–proton strong couplings. These effects are quantitatively discussed. The results of HCSE and SLAP experiments are compared. It is shown that the two methods may complement each other in detection of signed carbon–carbon couplings. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

最近邻弱交换相互作用对纳米管中Blume-Capel模型热学性质的研究

利用有效场理论研究了纳米管上最近邻弱交换相互作用下spin-1纳米管中Blume-Capel模型的内能、比热和自由能,得到了系统的内能、比热和自由能与最近邻弱交换相互作用和晶场的关系。结果表明：最近邻弱交换相互作用和晶场强度等诸多因素相互竞争,使系统表现出比 = = =1时的BC模型更为复杂的热学性质;系统内能随温度的变化曲线表现出不连续性;比热随温度的变化出现奇异性;高温对自由能的影响更加明显。     

最近邻强交换相互作用对spin-1纳米管热力学性质的影响

利用有效场理论研究了纳米管上最近邻强交换相互作用下Blume-Capel模型的内能、比热和自由能,得到了系统的内能、比热和自由能与最近邻强交换相互作用、晶场强度和温度的关系.结果表明:最近邻强交换相互作用、晶场强度和温度等诸多因素相互竞争,使系统表现出比J_1=J_2=J=1时的BC模型更为丰富的热力学性质;系统内能随温度的变化曲线表现出不连续性;比热随温度的变化出现奇异性;一定条件下,基态时的自由能会发生突变.     

Hölderian Invariance Principle for Triangular Arrays of Random Variables

In this paper, we extend the Hölderian invariance principle of Lamperti [6] to the case of partial-sum processes based on a triangular array of row-wise independent random variables. As an application, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the almost sure (resp. in probability) weak Hölder convergence of partial-sum processes based on bootstrapped samples.     

GaAs／AlGaAs发光二极管列阵场分布特性的电光测量

应用一种新颖的无损伤测量技术－连续波电光检测法（ＣＷＥＯＰ）对ＧａＡｓ／ＧａＡｌＡｓ单异质结发光管列阵电场分布进行了扫描测量。实验结果反映了器件内电流注入的方向和载流子扩展情况；通过比较各单元电场分布，反映器件发光均匀性。文中详细介绍了测量原理、实验装置和实验结果及讨论，最后用计算机对电场分布作了模拟计算并与实验结果进行了对照。     

多孔细径微肋管内CO2流动蒸发换热特性的研究

对亚临界二氧化碳在带有微肋的微细通道内的蒸发换热特性进行了实验研究.实验段为长0.6 m,内径1.7 mm的八孔带0.16 mm高微肋的铝制扁管.实验中参数的变化为:蒸发温度1～15 ℃,质量流速100～300 kg/m2s,热流密度1.67～8.33 kW/m2,干度0.1～0.9.实验结果表明,二氧化碳在带有微肋的微细通道中的蒸发换热系数高于其在光滑微细通道内的换热.二氧化碳的流动蒸发换热系数主要受热流密度和蒸发温度的影响,基本上是换热系数随热流密度及蒸发温度的增加而增加,但同时临界干度前移及滞后,而质量流速对换热系数的影响较弱;压力损失随质量流速和热流密度的增加以及蒸发温度的降低而增加.