Electrical Properties of a Highly Charged Cylindrical Particle in a Symmetric Electrolyte Solution

Based on the extended Langmuir's method, accurate analytic expressions for the electrical properties of cylindrical colloidal particle in a solution of symmetric electrolyte are derived from the nonlinear cylindrical Poisson-Boltzmann equation. Comparison is made with previous literature results. The present formulae have good agreement with literature values and are quite simple for practical use.     

Preparation and Characterization of Polymer‐Protected Pt@Pt/Au Core‐Shell Nanoparticles

Poly(N‐vinyl‐2‐pyrolidone) protected Pt‐core bimetallic Pt/Au‐shell (Pt@Pt/Au) nanoparticles were prepared by multi‐step reduction of HAuCl₄ and H₂PtCl₆ alternately by hydrogen adsorbed on platinum atom. Transmission electronic microscopy (TEM) and x‐ray diffraction (XRD) were used to characterize Pt@Pt/Au nanoparticles. The structure of the shell of the nanoparticles seems to be the Au‐Pt solid solution.     

An Approximate Expression for the Degree of Counterion Binding of Dressed Micelles

A simple formula for calculating the degree of counterion binding of dressed micelles is presented. This approximate expression for the spherical micelle is derived from the extending Langmuir's method in the case of high surface potentials. It works quite well for the estimation of the degree of counterion binding of micelles. The simple form is very convenient for practical use.     

Electrical Properties of Cylindrical Reverse Micelle

In this article, accurate analytic expressions of the surface charge density/surface potential and adsorption excesses for cylindrical reverse micelle in a solution of symmetric electrolyte are derived from the nonlinear cylindrical Poisson–Boltzmann equation. These expressions are in good agreement with numerical values and Van Aken's results for cylindrical reverse micelle with high surface potentials and large κa.     

Adsorption kinetics and equilibrium modeling of cesium on copper ferrocyanide

The copper ferrocyanide (CuFC) prepared in this study was characterized using X-ray diffraction and scanning election microscopy. The distribution of particle sizes of the CuFC suspension was determined. The adsorption kinetics data were evaluated for an intraparticle diffusion model, a pseudo-first order model and a pseudo-second order model at temperatures of 288, 298 and 308 K, respectively. It was found that the adsorption process of Cs⁺ on CuFC was best described by a pseudo-second order kinetic model, with a correlation coefficient (R ²) equal to 1.000, and the adsorption rate constant increased with increasing temperature. This result indicated that chemisorptions took place during the adsorption process. The adsorption equilibrium data fit well to the Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich (D-R) isotherm models. The mean adsorption energy (E) between 11 and 13 kJ/mol at different temperatures indicated that ion exchange was the main mechanism during the adsorption process. Thermodynamic parameters were also evaluated during the adsorption. The values of the standard Gibbs free energy change (ΔG ^o) and standard enthalpy change (ΔH ^o) suggested that the adsorption was a spontaneous and endothermic process. The distribution coefficient (K _d) was more than 2.94 × 10⁶ mL/g when the pH of solution was between 2.6 and 10.9, and the initial Cs⁺ concentration was 100 μg/L. The existence of K⁺ and Na⁺ did not affect the adsorption of Cs⁺ on CuFC when the concentration of K⁺ and Na⁺ in the solution was below 20 and 1,000 mg/L, respectively.     

锂离子电池用α-Fe2O3-Ag复合纳米棒负极材料的制备及储锂性能

采用FeOOH纳米棒为前驱体,通过层层自组装法及随后的热处理过程制备出α-Fe2O3-Ag复合纳米棒.采用透射电子显微镜(TEM)、高分辨透射电子显微镜(HRTEM)和电化学性能测试对样品的形貌、结构及电化学性能进行了表征.结果表明,Ag纳米颗粒均匀地分布在α-Fe2O3纳米棒的表面.作为锂离子电池负极材料,α-Fe2O3-Ag复合纳米棒表现出了较好的循环性能和较高的比容量.180个循环后,其比容量高达549.8 mA.h/g.     

蒸汽活化生物质焦吸附模拟烟气中SO2和NO的研究

以麦秆和稻壳生物质为研究对象,在不同的热解温度、热解速率以及蒸汽活化温度条件下制备了生物质焦,采用比表面积与孔隙度分析仪测定生物质焦的比表面积和孔隙结构参数。利用固定床吸附装置,研究了热解温度、热解速率、活化温度和模拟烟气中SO₂和NO浓度等因素对生物质焦吸附SO₂和NO性能的影响。结果表明,蒸汽活化可以显著提高生物质焦的BET比表面积、D-R比表面积、D-R微孔容积和总孔容,降低其平均孔径,并显著增加蒸汽活化生物质焦对SO₂与NO吸附的起始穿透时间和吸附量。快速热解下制得的蒸汽活化焦对SO₂和NO的吸附效果优于慢速热解,热解温度为873 K的蒸汽活化焦的吸附性能明显好于热解温度为673与1 073 K的蒸汽活化焦。在973~1 173 K下,随着蒸汽活化温度的提高,蒸汽活化生物质焦对SO₂和NO的吸附量呈现先上升后下降的趋势。随着模拟烟气中SO₂与NO浓度的降低,蒸汽活化生物质焦对SO₂与NO吸附的起始穿透时间延长,但相应的SO₂和NO吸附量下降。在873 K、快速热解和1 073 K条件下制得的蒸汽活化麦秆焦对SO₂和NO吸附量最大,其值分别为109.02和21.77 mg/g。     

在线质谱仪检测植物排放的挥发性有机物

利用在线检测质谱仪(SPIMS-1000)分别对高温烘烤、长时间密封保存、机械损伤等处理过的松科松属马尾松(Pinus Massoniana L.)样品排放的挥发性有机物(VOCs)与新鲜样品进行对比检测。SPIMS-1000在线检测质谱仪能够检测出植物排放的异戊二烯(m/z 68)和单萜(m/z 136),及其它一些特异性组分,如(Z)-3-己烯醛(m/z 98)等。利用在线检测质谱仪实现敞开环境中原位植物排放气体的检测。实验表明,在线检测质谱仪被广泛应用于环境中VOCs的实时、在线、定性快速检测。     

Synthesis of high molecular weight polyisobutylene via cationic polymerization at elevated temperatures

A novel simple but effective initiating system of H2O/AlCl3 /veratrole (VE) has been developed to synthesize high molecular weight polyisobutylene (PIB) at elevated temperatures via cationic polymerization of isobutylene (IB) in solvent mixture of hexane/methylene dichloride (n-Hex/CH2Cl2 = 2/1, V/V). VE played very important roles in decreasing cationicity of the growing chain ends, suppressing side reactions of chain transfer and termination during polymerization, leading to production of high molecular weight PIBs. PIBs with high yields, having very high weight-average molecular weight (Mw ) of 1117000 and 370000 g/mol could be synthesized with H2O/AlCl3 /VE initiating system at VE concentration of 5.4 mmol/L at 80 and 60℃ respectively. Molecular weight of PIB increased remarkably with increasing VE concentration. The reaction order with respect to VE concentration was determined to be 3.52 via FTIR spectroscopy in combination with a diamond tipped attenuated total reflectance (ATR) immersion probe. The negative reaction order of VE was consistent with its retarding effect on IB polymerization by interacting with the propagating species. Molecular weight of PIB decreased with increasing polymerization temperature. The activation energy for polymerization degree (EDP ) could be determined to be around 23 kJ/mol when VE concentration was 5.4 mmol/L or 6.4 mmol/L.     

Effect of nanocrystalline cellulose on the curing characteristics and aging resistance properties of carbon black reinforced natural rubber

This work focused on the effect of nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) on the curing characteristics, aging resistance and thermal stability of natural rubber (NR) reinforced with carbon black (CB). Sharing the same fillers loading of 45 parts per hundred rubber (phr), NR/NCC/CB composites with different NCC/CB ratios (i.e. 0/45, 5/40, 10/35, 15/30, 20/25 phr) were prepared and analyzed. Resorcinol and hexamethylene tetramine (RH), acting as the modifier in NR/NCC interface, was also discussed for its influence. The result showed that an relatively higher ratio of NCC/CB led to a lower torque, a shorter cure time (T ₉₀), a slightly longer scorch time (T ₁₀) and a bigger vulcanization rate constant (K). This tendency suggested that the existence of NCC accelerated the vulcanization process. Additionally, modified by RH, NR/NCC/CB compounds exhibited a short T ₁₀ and a elevated torque. And a moderate RH content would lower the E _a of vulcanization. A 10 phr substitute of CB by NCC can help to improve aging resistance in terms of mechanical properties. In a high temperature aging condition, composites with 10 phr NCC also performed the highest storage modulus (G′) among composites tested. A moderate NCC content contributed to the best retention of G′ after high temperature aging, so did the incorporation of RH. With the partial replacement of CB by NCC, the temperature of 5% weight-lose had a slight drop and the apparent crosslink density showed a decrease. Thanks to the interaction of RH with both NR and NCC, composites showed an improvement in apparent crosslink density after modified by RH.