On the Fundamental Polymer Chemistry of Inverse Vulcanization for Statistical and Segmented Copolymers from Elemental Sulfur

In this concept review, the fundamental and polymerization chemistry of inverse vulcanization for the preparation of statistical and segmented sulfur copolymers, which have been actively developed and advanced in various applications over the past decade is discussed. This concept review delves into a discussion of step-growth polymerization constructs to describe the inverse vulcanization process and discuss prepolymer approaches for the synthesis of segmented sulfur polyurethanes. Furthermore, this concept review discusses the advantages of inverse vulcanization in conjunction with dynamic covalent polymerization and post-polymerization modifications to prepare segmented block copolymers with enhanced thermomechanical and flame retardant properties of these materials.     

Phosphoric-Acid Retention in High-Temperature Proton-Exchange Membranes

Great efforts have been conducted to develop high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) due to its features of enhanced electrocatalyst reactivity, simplified hydrothermal management system and high CO tolerance of catalysts, and remarkable progress has been achieved. However, the easy leaching of phosphoric acid (PA) from the membranes during operation limits its commercial scale-up in complicated environments. This concept here mainly focuses on the recent developments for mitigation of PA loss in PEMs. The probable mechanisms of PA loss are proposed. The approaches to improve PA retention for example via introduction of phosphonic acid by covalent bond, using ion-pairs interaction and siphoning effect, and blending with inorganic nanoparticles are described in detail. Among these strategies, the siphoning effect from the intrinsic microporous PEMs is the most efficient and enables the cell to operate flexibly within a broad temperature range. Therefore, this concept may provide new ideas for the scientists to retain PA, to improve the cell performance and expand the potential applications of PA doped PEMs at elevated humidity and wide temperature range.     

Reduction of the squeal noise from an automotive water pump

Nonlinear Dynamics - This paper presents a method to reduce the squeal noise generated by an automotive water pump. The noise and vibration of the water pump were analyzed through experiments, from...     

Consolidation of composite cathodes with NCM and sulfide solid-state electrolytes by hot pressing for all-solid-state Li metal batteries

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - In this study, hot pressing was evaluated as a method of cell fabrication to increase the energy density of next-generation all-solid-state batteries with...     

氧等离子体对以石墨为碳源合成的CVD金刚石颗粒的影响

采用一种新型的金刚石颗粒制备方法,利用微波辅助化学气相沉积技术,向反应室内通入氢气,以固态石墨片同时作为碳源和衬底沉积金刚石颗粒.利用该方法合成的金刚石颗粒具有微米级尺寸,可用作研磨剂、抛光剂、形核剂等.但是合成的金刚石颗粒中仍含有少量的非晶碳,且合成颗粒的尺寸均匀性有待提高.为解决以上问题,本文中在反应不同阶段(初期、中期及末期)通入氧气,形成氧等离子体;研究氧等离子体对合成的金刚石颗粒形貌、尺寸、质量、纯度的影响,以及随氧等离子体添加阶段不同而产生的不同变化情况.结果 表明,经氧等离子体处理的金刚石颗粒形貌略有改变,表面光滑度更好,且金刚石颗粒尺寸的一致性有所提高;经过激光粒度测试发现,金刚石颗粒的尺寸主要集中在25～ 29 μm.添加氧等离子体有助于消除金刚石中的非晶碳,提高金刚石纯度;且在反应初期添加氧等离子体可最大程度提高金刚石颗粒质量.     

Phase transitions in graphs on orientable surfaces

Let be the orientable surface of genus and denote by the class of all graphs on vertex set with edges embeddable on . We prove that the component structure of a graph chosen uniformly at random from features two phase transitions. The first phase transition mirrors the classical phase transition in the Erd?s‐Rényi random graph chosen uniformly at random from all graphs with vertex set and edges. It takes place at , when the giant component emerges. The second phase transition occurs at , when the giant component covers almost all vertices of the graph. This kind of phenomenon is strikingly different from and has only been observed for graphs on surfaces.     

HgCdTe薄膜的输运特性及其应力调控

窄禁带直接带隙半导体材料碲镉汞(Hg1–xCdxTe)是一种在红外探测与自旋轨道耦合效应基础研究方面都具有重要应用意义的材料.本文对单晶生长的体材料Hg0.851Cd0.149Te进行阳极氧化以形成表面反型层,将样品粘贴在压电陶瓷上减薄后进行磁输运测试,在压电陶瓷未加电压时观察到了明显的SdH振荡效应.对填充因子与磁场倒数进行线性拟合,获得样品反型层二维电子气的载流子浓度为ns=1.25×10^16m^-2.在不同磁场下,利用压电陶瓷对样品进行应力调控,观测到具有不同特征的现象,分析应是样品中存在二维电子气与体材料两个导电通道.零磁场下体材料主导的电阻的变化应来源于应力导致的带隙的改变;而高场下产生类振荡现象的原因应为应力导致的二维电子气能级的分裂.     

Theoretical analysis of dynamic behaviors of cable-stayed bridges excited by two harmonic forces

Nonlinear Dynamics - To better understand the dynamic behaviors of cable-stayed bridges, this study investigates the dynamic behaviors of a cable-stayed shallow arch subjected to two external...