Bisquare robust polynomial fitting method for dimple distortion minimization in surface quality analysis

In this paper, the bisquare robust polynomial fitting (BSRPF) method for surface texture features assessment was proposed. Plateau-honed cylinder liner bronze surfaces with additionally burnished microcavities (defined as dimple, holes, and/or cavities) were taken into consideration. Analyzed details were measured with stylus (Talyscan 150) or white light interferometer (Talysurf CCI Lite) methods. It was assumed that application of commonly used (in surface contact and noncontact measurement technology) polynomial fitting procedures did not allow to extract required features; distortion of microreservoir dimples for oil consumption assessment was falsely estimated when valleys were near edge or on the edge located. Application of bisquare robust polynomial fitting method caused a minimization of microflattens of dimples irrespective of valley distribution; the biggest degree of polynomial fitting method applied, the minimal distortions of oil reservoirs were noticed. The valley size (depth and width) and valley-to-valley distance were also taken into account.     

Different Distributions of Counterions in the Surface Layer of Cationic Surfactant Solutions

We have separately determined the surface tension of pure aqueous solutions of cetyltrimethylammonium chloride and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and their surface potentials by a Kelvin probe system. With the help of Gibbs equation, the surface excess has been determined through approximating the chemical activity of the surfactant by their dilute bulk concentration. In the following, the surface potential—surface excess isotherms were established. Those potential isotherms evidence that cetyltrimethylammonium chloride solution has a higher value compared to that of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide under equal surface excess. This phenomenon is supposed to be owed to the different distributions of chloride and bromide ions within the adsorption layer of the solutions, which can be attributed to the different properties of those two anions.     

Preparation of ZnO Film on 2024Al Surface for Hydrophobicity Investigation

A uniform ZnO film with microscale rod-like structure has been obtained on 2024Al surface by the hydrothermal method and perfluorooctanoicacid has been used to enhance the surface hydrophobic performance of the ZnO film. The as-prepared ZnO film was characterized by scan electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectrum (XPS). The results indicate that the ZnO film is uniform and the ZnO microrods are 2 um in length. The water contact angle of hydrophobic surface is 146° and the sliding angle is 10°.     

Chemical interface damping in single gold nanorods and its near elimination by tip-specific functionalization

Tip-functionalized nanorods: Single-particle spectroscopy shows that functionalization of small gold nanorods with thiol groups leads to a broadening of the plasmon resonance by chemical interface damping. By specifically functionalizing the tips of the nanorod this broadening is nearly eliminated while the sensing performance is maintained relative to fully functionalized particles.     

分子自组装法制备具有可控浸润性的铜表面简

通过简单浸泡的方法在铜基底上制备出了具有微纳米复合结构的氧化铜,再利用混合硫醇溶液[含HS(CH2)9CH3和 HS(CH2)11OH]对浸泡后的表面进行修饰,通过控制溶液中HS(CH2)11OH的浓度,制备出一系列具有不同浸润性的铜表面,实现表面从超疏水到超亲水的有效调控. 研究发现,表面浸润的可控性源于表面复合结构与不同化学组成的协同作用,微纳米复合结构的存在为表面浸润性的调节提供了必要的条件.     

溶胶处理对硅灰石表面性质的影响

本工作用锡和锌两种溶胶对硅灰石进行表面处理。用酸碱测定、X-射线光电子能谱(XPS)、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)、粒度分析、比表面测定和扫描电子显微分析(SEM)等方法研究了溶胶处理对硅灰石表面化学性质和物理性质的影响情况。结果表明经过溶胶处理,锡或锌是以氧化物的形式包覆在硅灰石的表面,使得硅灰石的表面组成、形貌和酸碱性都发生了变化。     

富锂锰基正极材料的表面改性研究进展

随着电动汽车和储能电站等电力设备的快速发展,对高能量密度的锂离子电池的需求日益增加.高比容量（>250 mAh·g^-1）的富锂锰基正极材料,有望成为锂离子电池实现高比能量（>350 Wh·kg^-1）的关键正极材料.富锂锰基正极材料的Li₂MnO₃相和晶格氧参与电化学反应使其拥有了高容量,但这也导致表面结构和成分容易发生变化,进而造成富锂锰基正极材料存在着诸如首次库伦效率低、倍率性能差和循环后电压和容量衰减严重等问题.因此,本文综述了富锂锰基正极材料的表面包覆、表面掺杂和表面化学处理三种表面改性方法,并进一步讨论了三种表面改性方法对材料性能提升的机制机理和优缺点.在此基础上,介绍了近些年基于多方法的表面联合改性工作.通过对富锂锰基正极材料进行表面联合改性,不仅可以改善其结构稳定性和抑制电极/电解液界面副反应,而且可以缓解其在循环过程中不断发生的结构转变和晶格氧的析出问题.最后,对富锂锰基正极材料表面改性研究方向进行了总结和展望.     

MgO缺陷和不规则表面的能带结构研究

用扩展休克尔紧束缚（ＥＨＴ）晶体轨道方法对ＭｇＯ表面缺陷和不规则结构进行能带计算,并对能带的结构及组成进行了讨论。计算结果表明,各种缺陷及不规则表面的表面状态与完整晶面比较,存在明显差异,前者由于其导带底部能带的变化造成导带和价带间的能隙减小。我们发现,ＭｇＯ缺陷及不规则表面吸附能力与其表面能大小及表面不同位置原子的净电荷数密切相关。缺陷模型的表面能均大于完整晶面,故缺陷有利于表面吸附     

锂硫电池正极材料研究进展

电动汽车行业的迅速发展,逐步提高了对二次电池容量的要求,因此急需发展新型高容量锂电池。锂硫电池具有高理论比容量(1675mAh/g)和高理论比能量(2600Wh/kg),使其能够实现锂离子电池3~5倍的能量密度。但是,正极长链多硫化物溶解引起的容量衰减快、循环寿命短等因素限制了锂硫电池的实用化进程。本文针对正极聚硫锂溶解问题,从正极材料表面包覆、表面吸附、表面催化的角度对近年来提高锂硫电池循环性能的正极材料研究思路和研究进展进行综述,最后对提高锂硫电池性能的发展趋势提出展望。     

分子自组装法制备具有可控浸润性的铜表面

通过简单浸泡的方法在铜基底上制备出了具有微纳米复合结构的氧化铜, 再利用混合硫醇溶液[含HS(CH₂)₉CH₃和 HS(CH₂)₁₁OH]对浸泡后的表面进行修饰, 通过控制溶液中HS(CH₂)₁₁OH的浓度, 制备出一系列具有不同浸润性的铜表面, 实现表面从超疏水到超亲水的有效调控. 研究发现, 表面浸润的可控性源于表面复合结构与不同化学组成的协同作用, 微纳米复合结构的存在为表面浸润性的调节提供了必要的条件.     

Surface viscoelasticity of phospholipid monolayers at the air/water interface

The surface viscoelastic properties of monolayers of two phospholipids DPPC (L--dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine) and DMPE (L--dimyristoylphosphatidyl-ethanolamin), at the air-water interface have been investigated. Two techniques were used for the investigation. One involved use of an interfacial shear rheometer (torsion pendulum apparatus ISR1), to provide measurements of the shear viscosity _s as a function of surface pressure, and the second, a modified LB trough with an oscillating barrier to generate periodie dilation and compression so as to measure the dilational elastic modulusE as a function of surface area.Results indicate a strong dependence of _s andE upon monolayer phases. This suggests that the viscoelastic relaxation of monolayers can be understood as molecular rearrangements, domain exchange and molecular reorientations between different monolayer states.     

氮原子在铁低指数面上的吸附位和吸附态

应用原子和表面簇合物相互作用的5参数Morse势方法(5-MP)对N-Fe低指数表面体系进行了系统的研究, 并获得了全部临界点特性, 如吸附位、吸附几何、结合能、正则振动频率等. 计算结果表明: 在Fe(100)面, N原子吸附在四重洞位; 在Fe(110)表面, 趋向于吸附在膺式三重位; 而在Fe(111)表面最稳定的吸附位是近似桥位.     

Minimal molecular surfaces and their applications

This article presents a novel concept, the minimal molecular surface (MMS), for the theoretical modeling of biomolecules. The MMS can be viewed as a result of the surface free energy minimization when an apolar molecule, such as protein, DNA or RNA is immersed in a polar solvent. Based on the theory of differential geometry, the MMS is created via the mean curvature minimization of molecular hypersurface functions. A detailed numerical algorithm is presented for the practical generation of MMSs. Extensive numerical experiments, including those with internal and open cavities, are carried out to demonstrated the proposed concept and algorithms. The proposed MMS is typically free of geometric singularities. Application of the MMS to the electrostatic analysis is considered for a set of twenty six proteins.     

氧原子和羟基在Ni低指数表面的吸附动力学研究

应用5-参数Morse势方法模拟了O－Ni表面相互作用势,考察了氧原子在镍三个低指数表面的吸附特性.同时构造了羟基与Ni（100）、Ni（110）和Ni（111）表面相互作用的推广LEPS势,获得了羟基在表面的吸附位、吸附几何、结合能及本征振动等数据.理论结果表明,羟基垂直吸附于镍表面的高对称位是稳定的,垂直吸附于Ni（100）表面4-重洞位的吸附能为96.98 kJ•mol－1,垂直吸附于Ni（111）表面3-重洞位的吸附能为96.00 kJ•mol－1,在Ni（110）表面存在两种吸附态：垂直吸附于长桥位的吸附能为99.38 kJ•mol－1,倾斜14°吸附于赝势三重位吸附能为96.98 kJ•mol－1.理论结果与实验结果符合得较好.     

Adsorption and Vibration of Carbon on Low Index and Defect Nickel Surface

The 5‐parameter Morse potential of interaction between carbon and the nickel surface was constructed. We studied the adsorption and vibration of carbon atom on Ni(100), Ni(110) and Ni(111) single crystal low index surfaces and obtained the data of adsorption sites, adsorption geometry, binding energy and eigenvibration etc., which were in good agreement with the experimental results. Meanwhile, the influence of step defect on Ni(100) surfaces for carbon adsorption was also investigated.     

Oxygen vacancy O-terminated surface: The most exposed surface of hexagonal WO3 (001) surface

It is known that exposed surface determines material’s performance. WO₃ is widely used in gas sensing and its working surface is proposed to control its sensitivity. However, the working surface, or most exposed surface with detailed surface structure remain unclear. In this paper, DFT calculation confirmed that oxygen vacancy O-terminated surface is the most exposed hexagonal WO₃ (001) surface, judging from competitive adsorption of CO and O₂, working surface determination for CO sensing and comparison of oxygen vacancy formation energies on different h-WO₃ (001) surfaces. It is found that DFT can be a useful alternate for exposed surface determination. Our results provide new perspectives and performance explanations for material research.     

Prediction of Interfacial Interactions between Polymer Layers

Summary: Results of a study on polymer surface modification using heterofunctional polyperoxides are presented. A prognostic model of the polymer surface modifier efficiency was developed on the basis of obtained data. It was shown that implementation of demands to the macromolecule composition during development of new peroxide-containing modifiers in combination with sufficient peroxide group reactivity increased efficiency of the polymer surface modification.     

新型阳离子表面活性剂的合成及表面活性研究

以α-长链烷基吡啶和烯丙基氯为原料合成了吡啶盐型阳离子表面活性剂———N-烯丙基-2-烷基氯化吡啶嗡盐(GS-n),研究了其表面性能,结果表明,GS具有较好的表面活性,其中N-烯丙基-2-十六烷基氯化吡啶嗡盐(GS-16)具有最低的临界胶团浓度(CMC,0.527 mmol.L-1);随着α-烷基链的增长,GS的CMC显著降低,表面张力(γcm c)则先降后升;GS-12的γcm c为27.1 mN.m-1。     

First‐principles study of the (001) surface of cubic PbTiO3

We present first‐principles calculations on the (001) surfaces of cubic PbTiO₃ with PbO and TiO₂ terminations. The cleavage energy, surface energy, surface grand potential, surface relaxation and surface electronic structure have been investigated by using the projector‐augmented wave method under generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The results show that surface energy of a TiO₂‐terminated surface is a little lower than that of a PbO‐terminated one, thus allowing both terminations to coexist. The PbO‐termination is stable in O‐ and Pb‐rich environments, while on the contrary, the TiO₂‐termination is stable in O‐ and Pb‐poor conditions. In addition, the surface rumpling S of a PbO‐terminated surface is slightly larger than that of a TiO₂‐terminated one. The relaxations dominantly take place on the outermost three layers, and an oscillatory (? + ?) damping (|Δd₁₂ | > | Δd₂₃ | > | Δd₃₄|) relaxation phenomenon appears for both terminations. The band gaps of both PbO‐ and TiO₂‐terminations are slightly lower than that of the bulk. Moreover, the DOS curves of each layer show that for the TiO₂‐termination, the top of the valence band of the first and third TiO₂ layers moves toward Fermi level. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

"Tying up loose ends" – silicone surfactants as stabilizing agents for flexible polyurethane foam

This paper is a tribute to the work of Dr. Michael J. Owen and colleagues in revealing the mechanism of the silicone surfactant-driven stabilization of flexible polyurethane foam. This work, performed at Midland Silicones (acquired by Dow Corning Corporation in 1967), was the inspiration for a body of experimental and theoretical research performed by the present authors in the mid-1990's. For flexible polyurethane foam, the surfactant is necessary to stabilize the liquid foamy mass before it hardens into an elastomeric sponge. Owen and coworkers demonstrated that in order to stabilize the foam the surfactant must (1) significantly lower the equilibrium surface tension of the liquid, (2) exhibit a dynamic surface tension within a narrow range of values, and (3) have an appreciable but low surface viscosity. The recent work of the authors has both validated these observations and extended their scope. They have modeled the stabilization process and have found that stability is the result of a delicate interplay of surface viscosity and elasticity which are functions of both structure and excess surface concentration of the surfactant. This modeling work was validated experimentally by investigating the drainage of model polyurethane thin liquid films ("soap films") containing silicone surfactants. The seminal nature of the work done by Owen and coworkers was reinforced by the authors' discovery that many of the original conclusions were validated by the recent work.