Simple preparation of hollow carbon sphere via templating method

The hollow carbon sphere (HCS) was synthesized using silica particle and sucrose as a template and carbon precursor, respectively, under a hydrothermal condition. The prepared HCS were characterized by SEM, TEM and N₂ adsorption. The prepared HCS showed uniforms size and high mesoporosity. It was found that the presence of acidic site on the silica particle templates would be crucial for the preparation of the HCS. Without the acidic site on silica particles, the macroporous carbon with high microporosity was prepared. It was found that the method employed in this work was highly suitable for the preparation of monodisperse HCS.     

Low-temperature synthesis of porous hydroxyapatite scaffolds using polyaphron templates

A method to synthesize porous hydroxyapatite (HA) structures at a low temperature was investigated in this study. Polyaphrons, a class of high-internal-phase-ratio emulsions were used as the shape-directing template for the sol-gel reactions that facilitated the formation of the structures. Electron micrographs revealed a three dimensional porous structure with pore sizes in the range of 1–5 microns. X-ray diffraction images showed that the hydroxyapatite structure formed after treatment at 400°C matched exactly with commercial HA spectra indicating that the phase transformation was complete. IR spectra of the samples confirm the formation of the structural components characteristic of commercial HA.     

Synthesis of 3D hierarchical porous TiO2/InVO4 nanocomposites with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic properties

Three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical porous TiO₂/InVO₄ nanocomposites were fabricated by loading TiO₂ nanoparticles on the surface of porous InVO₄ microspheres. X-ray diffractometer (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV–vis spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL) were adopted to analyze the structure–property relationship of samples. The results show that the surface of as-prepared TiO₂/InVO₄ nanocomposites are composed of uniformly interconnected bi-phase nanocrystals, forming a close interface between these two components, which is favorable for the highly efficient interparticle electron transfer to achieve enhanced photocatalytic properties. However, the adsorption ability is decreased due to the loading of TiO₂ nanoparticles on the surface of InVO₄. Therefore, under the joint action of these factors, the TiO₂/InVO₄ nanocomposites achieve the best photocatalytic activity when the mole ratio of In:Ti reaches 4:1, and the visible-light photocatalytic activity is about as 3.3 times high as that of pure InVO₄ without modification.     

On the influence of inter-layer time and energy density on selected critical-to-quality properties of PA12 parts produced via laser sintering

Laser Sintering (LS) of polymers is an Additive Manufacturing technique progressively used to produce functional parts. However, LS parts still present a certain quality variability. Efficient consolidation of the polymeric powder, necessary to obtain a dense part, mainly depends on the viscosity of the molten polymer and on the time given for the polymer to coalesce. The polymer viscosity is a function of the temperature and, consequently, of the energy density (ED) input by the laser. The sintering time strongly depends on the surface area to be laser-scanned in each layer, which in turn is strongly related to the product complexity and the number of parts within one build. The aim of this work is to investigate how this thermo-temporal effect, influenced by the ED and the inter-layer time, influences the resulting LS PA12 part quality at both micro-level (e.g., porosity, crystallinity) and macro-level (e.g., dimensional accuracy, mechanical performance).     

通过调变SAPO-11的孔道和酸性制备高选择性加氢裂化/异构化催化剂北大核心CSCD

为了制备一种高选择性生产生物航空煤油的加氢异构化/加氢裂化催化剂,分别研究了酸和碱改性对分子筛SAPO-11的结构性质和酸性质的影响.当采用适当的磷酸浓度(0.3 mol·L^(-1),样品X2)时,样品具有良好的结晶度(64%)、外比表面积(204 m^(2)·g^(-1))和介孔体积(0.412 cm^(3)·g^(-1)),且均远高于对比样品.而最佳氢氧化钠浓度(0.5 mol·L^(-1),样品Y4)也显示出样品良好的结晶度、外比表面积和介孔体积(分别为77%、169 m^(2)·g^(-1)、0.416 cm^(3)·g^(-1)).通过XRD、NH3-TPD、SEM和IR对催化剂进行了详细的表征.Py-IR分析结果表明,样品的Bro¨nsted酸位点经过磷酸修饰和碱修饰后转化为Lewis酸位点.采用正十六烷对催化剂的加氢裂化/异构化性能评价表明,磷酸改性和碱改性可以提高正十六烷的转化率和产物的异正比,原因是酸碱处理提供了优化的外比表面积、介孔度和酸性质.对于长链正构烷烃的催化反应而言,增加分子筛的介孔度,也就是增加了分子筛的外比表面积,这减少了传质阻力,有助于增加长链烷烃与活性催化位点接触的频率,从而显著提高了Pt/SAPO-11对正十六烷的加氢异构化/加氢裂化能力,提高了生物航空煤油组分的产率.     

A difference-fractal model for the permeability of fibrous porous media

In this Letter, a difference-fractal model for the permeability of viscous flow through fibrous porous media is proposed. Since fractal objects have well-defined geometric properties, and are discrete and discontinuous, we apply the difference approach to developing the fractal model. The model of non-dimensional permeability is expressed as a function of porosity and fractal dimension. To verify the validity of the proposed model, the predicted permeability values are compared with those of experimental measurements. A good agreement between the prediction of the fractal model and the existing experimental data from the literature is found.     

The effect of mass transfer on MHD free convective radiating flow over an impulsively started vertical plate embedded in a porous medium

The laminar convective heat and mass transfer flow of an incompressible, viscous, electrically conducting fluid over an impulsively started vertical plate with conduction-radiation embedded in a porous medium in presence of transverse magnetic eld has been studied. An exact solution is derived by solving the dimensionless governing coupled partial differential equations. As the equations are nonlinear, so Laplace transform technique is used to solve it. The eects of important physical parameters on the velocity, temperature, concentration, skin friction, Nusselt number and Sherwood number have been analyzed through graphs. The results of the present study agree well with the previous solutions obtained without mass transfer. After the consideration of mass transfer, some dierent results are noticed. Applications of the present study arise in material processing systems and different industries.     

Porosity and interior structure analysis of pellet-flocs

Pellet-flocs are the result of modified flocculation performance. They are spherically shaped and can reach several millimeters in size. Since pellet-floc aggregates are created from macroflocs and these from microflocs and these, in turn, from primary solid particles, it can be expected that the total porosity is composed of porosities resulting from spaces between all these sub-elements. Accordingly, micro- and macroporosity can be distinguished in the interior structure of pellet-flocs.

Although considerable attention has been given to total aggregate porosity measurement, no reports can be found about the full morphological characteristics of different types of pores. Moreover, there is no single reliable method that can accurately obtain values for the respective fractions of pore volume (microporosity, macroporosity) within a relatively big floc aggregate.

This work is an approach to probe the porosity within pellet-flocs at different size levels by combining the outcomes from different examination methods.

Pellet-floc aggregates were investigated using the following techniques: free settling, light microscopy of resin-embedded microtome slices and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

The results confirmed that the biggest portion of porosity is composed of micropores in the size range of a few microns, which were first visible by SEM image analysis. Light microscopy of resin-embedded microtome slices is an accurate method to obtain so called macroporosity of a whole agglomerate with equivalent pore diameter above 50 μm. The study of free settling data revealed satisfactorily the total porosity of pellet-flocs. Finally, a multilevel porosity model of pellet-flocs could be obtained.     

Microhardness of α- and β-modified isotactic polypropylene at the initial stages of plastic deformation: analysis of micromechanical processes

The microindentation hardness,H, of uniaxially deformed isotactic polypropylene samples was determined near the neck region, as a function of the draw ratio. The microhardness technique appears to be a valuable tool to describe mechanical properties in localized regions within a material and is capable of following changes in the semicrystalline structure during deformation. Differences in the microhardness behaviour of the two types of polymorphic forms, and , of isotactic polypropylene are discussed in terms of the two specific types of morphology, i.e. the cross-hatched arrangement of the crystalline lamellae for the form and the parallel lamellar stacking for the form. The changes of H as a function of are shown to be in accordance with the transformation in the neck from the spherulitic into the fibre structure. The steep H-decrease observed in the neck region is discussed in the light of the nanomechanical processes as revealed by scanning electron microscopy. These include lamellar separation, micro-void formation and fibrillation. Finally, microindentation experiments carried out in the neck allow an estimation of the local draw ratio at which the maximum pore content in the polypropylene samples occurs.     

Preparation and porous control of amorphous carbons by co-defluorination of perfluorooctane and octafluorotoluene in vapor phases at 423 K

Two types of perfluorocarbon compounds, aliphatic perfluorooctane and aromatic octafluorotoluene, were co-defluorinated using sodium metal, and amorphous carbons were deposited from the vapor phase at very low temperature, 423 K. The products showed morphologies composed of fibrous, platelet, and spherical forms, which were dependent on the mixing ratio of the two. The BET surface areas also correlated well with the ratio of the starting mixtures, indicating that the surface area could be adjusted by changing the mixing ratio of these two compounds. However, when the carbonaceous product was further annealed in situ at 573 or 673 K, the porosities also modified. First the porosity decreased at 573 K, then increased greatly at 673 K, where radical interaction to shrink the pores and crystal growth of template fluoride occurred at 573 K and 673 K, respectively.