Microbial reduction of ω-bromoacetophenones in the presence of surfactants

Several ω-bromoacetophenone derivatives 6a–f were reduced to (R)-(−)-2-bromo-1-(phenyl/substituted phenyl) ethanol derivatives 7a–f with whole cell biocatalysts in good yields. The enantiomeric excesses were increased to 95% using an anionic surfactant under an inert atmosphere in an aqueous medium.     

舱内爆炸角隅汇聚反射冲击波超压特性研究

为研究密闭舱室内爆角隅汇聚反射冲击波超压特性,利用缩比模型进行了某典型舱室内爆试验,得到远离角隅、两面角隅和三面角隅处的冲击波载荷,结合数值模拟研究了3种特征位置处冲击波传播规律及载荷特征。研究结果表明:远离角隅处壁面反射冲击波超压曲线呈现单峰结构,反射冲击波以球面波传播;距两面角隅一定范围内冲击波超压曲线呈现双峰结构,两面角隅冲击波超压曲线呈现单峰结构,角隅汇聚反射冲击波以椭球状传播;距三面角隅一定范围内冲击波超压曲线呈现多峰结构,三面角隅冲击波超压曲线呈现单峰结构,角隅汇聚反射冲击波以球面波传播;在合理假设条件下,根据量纲分析及数值模拟结果,得到首次冲击时角隅汇聚反射冲击波载荷经验计算公式。     

多层圆柱体锚固结构中超声导波频散特征的研究

超声导波无损检测技术因其高效和快捷的优点成为检测锚杆锚固质量的有效方法。但锚固锚杆结构中超声导波的多模态性、频散性与能量泄露导致完整的锚杆底端反射信号的获得具有不确定性。应用弹性动力学理论并采用全局矩阵法建立超声导波在多层圆柱体锚固结构中的频散方程的通用表达式,然后通过非线性外推法和二分法两步算法求解频散方程的精确解,解决了频散曲线的分类和相交等难题,获得了具有自主知识产权的求解多层圆柱体锚固结构频散曲线的程序。利用该程序计算了不同锚固锚杆结构的频散曲线,并与商用软件Disperse计算的结果吻合较好。同时用本程序计算了实验室有限锚固结构中的频散曲线,验证了低频导波在有限与无限结构中的巨大差异,而这一结构特征的频散特性Disperse并未给出相关算例。     

A note on the q-deformation-theoretic aspect of the generalized entropies in nonextensive physics

We show that a connection between the generalized entropy and theory of quantum groups, recently pointed out by Tsallis [Phys. Lett. A 195 (1994) 329], can naturally be understood in the framework of q-calculus. We present a new entropy which has q↔q⁻¹ invariance and discuss its basic properties.     

高浓度氩气稀释对C2H2-2.5O2气体直接起爆临界能量影响的实验研究

 采用高压电点火进行直接起爆,通过放电过程中电流的输出信号确定起爆能量,实验测定了C₂H₂-2.5O₂气体和加入摩尔浓度为70%氩气的C₂H₂-2.5O₂混合气体直接起爆的临界起爆能量,研究了高浓度氩气稀释对C₂H₂-2.5O₂混合物临界起爆能量的影响。实验测得的混合物临界起爆能量实验值与Lee等人的表面积能量理论值基本吻合。研究表明：C₂H₂-2.5O₂气体和加入摩尔浓度为70%氩气的C₂H₂-2.5O₂混合气体的临界起爆能量均依赖于初始压力,并呈反相关指数关系;在相同实验条件下,高浓度氩气稀释极大提高了混合气体直接起爆的临界起爆能量。分析认为,由于临界起爆能量正比于诱导区长度的3次方,因此在相同初始压力下,高浓度氩气的稀释增加了C₂H₂-2.5O₂混合气体爆轰诱导区长度,并最终导致其临界起爆能量的显著上升。     

Atomic layer deposition: An efficient tool for corrosion protection

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is now a widely implemented thin film growing method. It is currently used in industrial fabrication processes of microelectronics and luminescent display technologies. Since compact and conformal films can be grown with perfect control of the thickness, ALD is envisioned in numerous other applications fields such as energy, sensing, biomaterials, and photonics. Although few reports can be found on its application to corrosion protection, it has been shown that the qualities of ALD can be highly beneficial to this field. After a brief review of the principle of ALD and the effect of the main parameters on the properties of the films, this report attempts to show the interest of this technique to mitigate corrosion. Various examples of successful uses of ALD to protect metallic and non-metallic surfaces in different fields are reviewed.     

Automatically generated detailed and lumped reaction mechanisms for low- and high-temperature oxidation of alkanes

In this work, we present a methodology on automatic generation of predictive lumped sub-mechanisms for normal and branched alkanes. This methodology aims at obtaining lumped reaction mechanisms that preserve the chemical behavior of each reaction class in the detailed model. To achieve this goal, detailed sub-mechanisms for combustion of alkanes are generated by employing an updated version of the MAMOX++ software developed in this work; recent progress in the low-temperature reaction classes and rate rules are incorporated into the updated software. Instead of computing the selectivities of several primary products with MAMOX++ and fitting the selectivities between the detailed and lumped models, this work proposes a new methodology to generate the lumped sub-mechanisms for fuel molecules. The stoichiometric parameters and the reaction rates for each reaction class in the lumped sub-mechanism are fitted to match those in the detailed model. Based on the present methodology, both the detailed and lumped sub-mechanisms for normal C₅C₁₀ alkanes and branched C₅C₈ alkanes, that is for 15 different fuels, are automatically generated and merged into a base chemistry model (i.e. AramcoMech 2.0), respectively. The detailed and lumped models are validated against the experimental data in the literature. The automatically generated detailed models for alkanes are able to capture the experimental targets across a wide range of conditions, demonstrating the robustness of the reaction classes and rate rules adopted. The lumped models for normal alkanes have similar performance to their respective detailed models, and are able to predict the oxidation behavior of normal alkanes. However, prediction deviations between the detailed and lumped models for branched alkanes are shown to be slightly greater.     

Nickel-promoted Electrocatalytic Graphitization of Biochars for Energy Storage: Mechanistic Understanding using Multi-scale Approaches

Owing to high-efficiency and scalable advantages of electrolysis in molten salts, electrochemical conversion of carbonaceous resources into graphitic products is a sustainable route for achieving high value-added carbon. To understand the complicated kinetics of converting amorphous carbon (e.g. carbonized lignin-biochar) into highly graphitic carbon, herein this study reports the key processing parameters (addition of Ni, temperature and time) and multi-scale approach of nickel-boosted electrochemical graphitization-catalysis processes in molten calcium chloride. Upon both experiments and modellings, multi-scale analysis that ranges from nanoscale atomic reaction to macroscale cell reveal the multi-field evolution in the electrolysis cell, mechanism of electrochemical reaction kinetics as well as pathway of nickel-boosted graphitization and tubulization. The results of as-achieved controllable processing regions and multi-scale approaches provide a rational strategy of manipulating electrochemical graphitization processes and utilizing the converted biomass resources for high value-added use.