The effect of hard segment content on ionic conductivity of poly(ether urethane)-based solid polymer electrolytes

To investigate the effect of hard segment content on ionic conductivities of poly(ether urethane) (PEU)-based solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs), PEUs containing 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 wt.% of hard segment content were synthesized. Also we introduced polymer-in-salt system with ion-hopping mechanism contrary to traditional salt-in-polymer system with segmental motion mechanism and investigated the effect of hard segment of PEU on ionic conductivities by A.C. impedance, FT-IR, DSC, and SEM. And it could be known that hydrogen bonding of urethane group influenced the ionic conductivities of PEU-based SPE. PEU-based SPE containing 70 wt.% of salt and 20 wt.% of hard segment showed the highest ionic conductivity of 2.95 × 10⁻⁵ S/cm at room temperature.     

Determination of the heat effects involved during toluene vapor adsorption and desorption from microporous activated carbon

In the present work the adsorption of toluene on microporous activated carbon was chosen as an illustrative example in order to show that different values of the heat effect might be obtained following the procedure used. Values ranging from 85 to 40 KJ/moL were obtained for the isosteric heat of adsorption at different adsorbate loadings using adsorption isotherm data measured under static conditions. However, the application of temperature programmed desorption (TPD) experiments carried out under dynamic conditions yields apparent energy of desorption values that cannot be systematically correlated with the heat of adsorption which is a thermodynamic parameter relevant to the adsorption equilibrium. This issue is of interest because the use of accurate values of the heat of adsorption is important for the correct designing and operating of adsorption facilities.     

Dimensioning of fins with general nonlinear cooling laws

An analytic treatment of rectangular and triangular fins is given, the cooling laws are polynoms of the fin temperature. Closed formulas could be found for the fin temperature, for the dissipated heat flux and for the optimization of the fin dimensions with respect to the mass. The usefulness of the relations in fin application and in heat transfer research is discussed. The used quasilinearization technique outlined in the paper may be of interest for other nonlinear heat transfer problems.

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Zusammenfassung Es wird der Fall betrachtet, daß an der Oberfläche von Kühlrippen ein nichtlinearer Wärmeaustausch stattfindet, der durch ein Polynom der Rippentemperatur beschrieben wird. Durch Anwendung der Quasilinearisierungsmethode erhält man geschlossene Formeln für die Temperaturverläufe und die Wärmeströme in Rechteck- und Dreiecksrippen und für ihre massenoptimale Dimensionierung. Die Beziehungen werden zur Untersuchung nichtlinearer Wärmeübertragungsverhältnisse und in der Raumfahrt- und Reaktortechnologie verwendet. Die Quasilinearisierungstechnik läßt sich auch für andere nichtlineare Probleme verwenden.

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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. U. Grigull, Munich, to his 60th birthday.

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Best thanks to Mr. Prof. Dr. H. Ruppe, Space technology department of the Technische Universität München, Germany, for revision of the paper.     

Solutions to a Scalar Discontinuous Conservation Law in a Limit Case of Phase Transitions

For a particular discontinuous flux function that can be associated to the limit case of a phase transition, we introduce an appropriate notion of entropy weak solution to the Cauchy problem for the corresponding conservation law. Then, for a class of initial data, that includes the Riemann data, we prove, by the vanishing viscosity method and with a suitable regularisation of the flux function, the existence of an entropy weak solution. This result can be easily extended to more general flux functions.     

Uniaxial extensional flow behavior of immiscible and compatibilized polypropylene/liquid crystalline polymer blends

In this work liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) and thermoplastic (TP) blends with and without compatibilizer were studied with respect to their elongational flow behavior, under uniaxial extensional flow. This knowledge is important because in processes involving dominantly extensional deformations, like the case of the formation of the LCP fibrillation, transient extensional flow properties become more important than transient or steady-shear properties. In systems characterized by disperse phase morphologies (10 and 20 wt%) the LCP acts as a plasticizer, decreasing the viscosity of the system and increasing its durability with respect to that of the matrix. On the other hand, for a system in which a co-continuous morphology is present (40 wt% LCP) fibrils and droplets deformation occurs simultaneously, leading to a much higher strain hardening and durability. Moreover, the addition of compatibilizers to the blends gives rise to an increase of the strain hardening and to a decrease of the durability, which is in accordance with the mechanical properties, namely a higher Young’s modulus and lower elongation at break, in comparison with noncompatibilized systems.     

Termination impedance of open-ended cylindrical tubes at high sound pressure levelImpédance terminale d'un tuyau cylindrique ouvert à fort niveau sonore

The study deals with nonlinear acoustical effects localised at the open-end of a cylindrical tube. The termination impedance is measured using a two microphone method. Due to the separation of the acoustic flow at the pipe end, the real part of the termination impedance depends on the volume velocity at the open end. It is shown that the radius of curvature of the edges of the open end of the tube has a crucial influence on the amplitude of the nonlinear losses. Several regimes are shown for the low radii of curvature. To cite this article: M. Atig et al., C. R. Mecanique 332 (2004).     

Temporal contrast control at the PHELIX petawatt laser facility by means of tunable sub-picosecond optical parametric amplification

We report on the development of a preamplifier module for temporal contrast enhancement and control at petawatt-class lasers. The module is based on an ultrafast optical parametric amplifier (uOPA), which produces temporally clean pulses at the 60 μJ level for seeding a chirped pulse amplification (CPA) system, namely the petawatt facility PHELIX. The amplifier module allows for gain reduction in the following amplifiers, resulting in an attenuation of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) by more than 4 orders of magnitude. Since the ASE of a CPA system linearly depends on the seeding energy, we were able to demonstrate a continuous variation of the temporal contrast by tuning the gain of the uOPA.     

Direct fabrication of graphene/zinc oxide composite film and its characterizations

Graphene-based composites represent a new class of materials with potential for many applications. Graphene can be attached to a metal, a semiconductor, or any polymer for enhancing properties. In this work, a new mixed dispersion approach for graphene-based composite has taken on. Graphene flakes (<4 layers) and a well-known semiconductor zinc oxide (ZnO) (<50 nm particle size) have dispersed in N-methyl-pyrrolidone. We deposited graphene/ZnO composite thin film by a simple, low-cost, environmentally friendly and non-vacuum electrohydrodynamic atomization process on silicone substrate. Experiments have been carried out by changing flow rate and applied potential while keeping stand-off distance and substrate velocity constant, to discover the optimum conditions for obtaining a high-quality thin film. It has been explored that high-quality thin composite film is obtained at optimum flow rate of 300 μl/h at 6.3 kV applied potential after curing for 2 h at 300 °C. Graphene/ZnO thin composite film has been characterized using Field emission scanning electron microscopy, Ultra-violet Visible near Infra Red spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, Raman Spectroscopy and 3D-Nanomap. For electrical behavior analysis, a simple diode Indium tin oxide/(poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS)/polydioctylfluorene-benzothiadiazole(F8BT)/(Graphene/ZnO) has fabricated. It is observed that at voltage of 0.3 V, the current in organic structure is at low value of 1.20 × 10^?3 Amp/cm² and after that as further voltage was applied, the device current increased by the order of 110 and reaches up to 1.32 × 10^?1 Amp/cm² at voltage 2 V.     

Inverse semigroups with idempotent-fixing automorphisms

A celebrated result of J. Thompson says that if a finite group \(G\) has a fixed-point-free automorphism of prime order, then \(G\) is nilpotent. The main purpose of this note is to extend this result to finite inverse semigroups. An earlier related result of B. H. Neumann says that a uniquely 2-divisible group with a fixed-point-free automorphism of order 2 is abelian. We similarly extend this result to uniquely 2-divisible inverse semigroups.     

Zinc-finger motif noncovalent interactions with double-stranded DNA characterized by negative-ion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

A zinc-finger motif recognizes specific sequences on the double helical structure of DNA. This sequence recognition property offers great promise for various biotechnology applications. Accordingly, it is crucially important to characterize zinc-finger binding characteristics for further developments. Although the gel shift assay or phage display is traditionally used for determining the binding characteristics of zinc-fingers for double stranded DNA, in the present study we utilize electrospray ionization mass spectrometry as an advanced and convenient characterization tool because of the rich information it provides, and its quantitative sensitivity, operational simplicity, and no need for radioactive labeling. Here we demonstrate the use of negative-ion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for competition-based quantitative comparison of the zinc-finger motif sequence specificity, stoichiometry, and metal ion dependence.