Impurity effects on ionic-liquid-based supercapacitors

Small amounts of an impurity may affect the key properties of an ionic liquid and such effects can be dramatically amplified when the electrolyte is under confinement. Here the classical density functional theory is employed to investigate the impurity effects on the microscopic structure and the performance of ionic-liquid-based electrical double-layer capacitors, also known as supercapacitors. Using a primitive model for ionic species, we study the effects of an impurity on the double layer structure and the integral capacitance of a room temperature ionic liquid in model electrode pores and find that an impurity strongly binding to the surface of a porous electrode can significantly alter the electric double layer structure and dampen the oscillatory dependence of the capacitance with the pore size of the electrode. Meanwhile, a strong affinity of the impurity with the ionic species affects the dependence of the integral capacitance on the pore size. Up to 30% increase in the integral capacitance can be achieved even at a very low impurity bulk concentration. By comparing with an ionic liquid mixture containing modified ionic species, we find that the cooperative effect of the bounded impurities is mainly responsible for the significant enhancement of the supercapacitor performance.     

Sliding-mode control of switched delay systems with nonlinear perturbations: average dwell time approach

This paper investigates the robust sliding-mode control (SMC) problem for a class of uncertain switched systems with a time delay. The design process of sliding-mode control is divided into two steps. First, a sliding surface is constructed such that the reduced-order equivalent sliding mode restricted to the sliding surface is completely invariant to all admissible uncertainties under switching laws with an average dwell-time property. Second, variable structure controllers are developed to drive the states of the switched delay system to reach the sliding surface in finite time and remain on it thereafter. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

The hysteresis loops of a ferroelectric bilayer film with surface transition layers

Based on the transverse Ising model in the framework of the mean field approximation,this paper discusses a ferroelectric bilayer film with the surface transition layers within each constituent slab and an antiferroelectric interfacial coupling between two slabs.The hysteresis loop of a bilayer film is investigated.The results show that the surface transition layer in a ferroelectric bilayer film plays a significant role in realizing the multiple-state memory.     

Particles in composite polymer electrolyte for solid-state lithium batteries:A review

Solid-state lithium batteries(SSLBs)have been identified as one kind of the most promising energy conversion and storage devices because of their safety,high en...     

Effect of Co on the thermal stability and impact toughness of sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets

The effect of Co on the thermal stability and impact toughness of sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets has been investigated. The results showed that the addition of Co decreased the intrinsic coercivity and the temperature coefficient of remanence (α), and increased the temperature coefficient of coercivity (β) for sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets. The impact toughness of sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets with the addition of Co first decreases, reaches a minimum, and then starts to increase. The possible reasons for increasing the temperature coefficients of coercivity (β) for sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets were analyzed, and the relations between the microstructure and impact toughness of sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets were studied.     

纳米氮化硼在吡啶热条件下的物相转变规律

为了研究纳米氮化硼在溶剂热条件下的物相转变规律, 利用三氯化硼(BCl3)和氮化锂(Li3N)为原料, 吡啶作为溶剂合成了纳米氮化硼. 在实验过程中, 系统研究了反应温度、压力以及反应时间的影响, 发现在吡啶热反应体系中, 首先形成的是结构无序的无定形纳米氮化硼(aBN). 随着反应温度和压力的提高以及时间的延长, 纳米氮化硼中的原子排列有序度不断提高, 逐渐出现了结构部分有序的湍层氮化硼(tBN)和结构有序的六方氮化硼(hBN). 在反应温度和压力提高时, 样品中首先是tBN的含量提高, 然后是hBN的含量明显增加, 说明在合成反应过程中存在aBN→tBN→hBN的物相转变.     

Photo-fabrication of surface relief gratings on polymer films

Surface relief gratings were optically produced on a number of azobenzene-based polymer films. The surface grating formation was investigated by monitoring the diffraction efficiency and using atomic force microscopy. The effect of the structure of the chromophores on surface modulation was investigated. The surface deformation process depended on the polarization state of the writing beams. The localized variations of the light intensity and alteration of the resulting electric field polarization were essential writing conditions to the formation of the surface relief gratings. The surface pattern from straight edge diffraction established that the surface profile of the recorded gratings is proportional to negative gradient of the intensity pattern incident on the polymer film.     

吹扫捕集-气相色谱-质谱法测定海洋沉积物中挥发性有机物

采用吹扫捕集-气相色谱-质谱（P＆T-GC-MS）法测定了海洋沉积物中挥发性有机物（VOCs）的含量,优化了吹扫条件。54种VOCs在4-40μg/L范围内具有良好的线性关系,浓度测量的相对标准偏差为2．67％。14．2％,VOCs的样品加标回收率多在87．0％-127％之间,栓出限为0．07-1、87μg/kg（干重）之间。该方法亦可应用于土壤中VOCs的测定。     

水体中挥发性有机污染物的应急监测

建立了以吹扫捕集-气相色谱-质谱法为主的挥发性有机物(VOCs)应急监测方法。采用内标法对环境水体中的VOCs含量进行检测,54种VOCs的回收率为93.7%~136%,相对标准偏差为2.67%~14.2%,检出限为0.07~1.87μg/L。同时应用相对响应因子(RRF)快速定量数据库对水样中VOCs的含量进行估算,通过与内标法测量值比对,验证了数据库用于水体污染事故中VOCs应急监测的可行性。     

Antiproliferative and Proapoptotic Effects of Phenanthrene Derivatives Isolated from Bletilla striata on A549 Lung Cancer Cells

Lung cancer continues to be the world’s leading cause of cancer death and the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has attracted much attention. The tubers of Bletilla striata are regarded as “an excellent medicine for lung diseases” and as the first choice to treat several lung diseases. In this study, seventeen phenanthrene derivatives, including two new compounds (1 and 2), were isolated from the tubers of B. striata. Most compounds showed cytotoxicity against A549 cells. An EdU proliferation assay, a cell cycle assay, a wound healing assay, a transwell migration assay, a flow cytometry assay, and a western blot assay were performed to further investigate the effect of compound 1 on A549 cells. The results showed that compound 1 inhibited cell proliferation and migration and promoted cell apoptosis in A549 cells. The mechanisms might correlate with the regulation of the Akt, MEK/ERK, and Bcl-2/Bax signaling pathways. These results suggested that the phenanthrenes of B. striata might be important and effective substances in the treatment of NSCLC.