Improving the luminous efficiency of quantum dot-converted LEDs by doping boron nitride nanoparticles

Optical Review - Quantum dot-converted LEDs (QCLEDs) are a new type of LED device. However, the low luminous efficiency of the QCLED cannot meet the requirements for practical applications. In this...     

The effects of counter anions on the dynamic mechanical response in polymer networks crosslinked by metal–ligand coordination

Metal–ligand coordination has been proven to be an attractive strategy to tune a polymer network's dynamic mechanical properties, such as self-healing ability. Nonetheless, the role of counter anions is often overlooked. To address this, a series of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) films crosslinked through lanthanide metal cations (Eu³⁺, Tb³⁺)–bipyridine interactions have been prepared and studied. Neutral 2,2'-bipyridine ligands were embedded into the linear polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) chain through polycondensation. With nitrate ( ) as the coordinating anions, metal salts Eu(NO₃)₃ and Tb(NO₃)₃ were found to be ineffective crosslinkers. With noncoordinating anions, such as triflate (OTf^-: CF₃ ), metal salts Eu(OTf)₃ and Tb(OTf)₃ showed improved interaction strength with bipyridine ligands. Surprisingly, the addition of Eu(OTf)₃ and Tb(OTf)₃ salts also increased the d-spacing distances of the phase-segregated domains between metal–ligand complexes and the PDMS polymer backbone. For the Eu(OTf)₃-, Tb(OTf)₃-PDMS films, the much-improved self-healing abilities are attributed to the crosslinker dynamics and the enhanced chain mobility. This work underlines the importance of counter anions on the mechanical properties, and provides further guidance on the future design of self-healing metal−ligand crosslinked polymers.) © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 3110–3116     

微推进器推力测试技术

对近年来微推进器(Microthruster)的推力测试技术和手段进行了较全面的综述，并对几种典型进行单脉冲冲量、平均推力等参数测量的推力测试系统和手段进行描述，分析各自的特点．文中对微推力测试过程中的细节进行了初步探讨、为未来微推进器推力测试和研究提供有益参考．     

异质结太阳电池硅衬底绒面陷光结构的优化

硅异质结(SHJ)太阳电池作为备受关注的新型高效太阳电池,是在单晶硅表面沉积非晶硅薄膜制备而成的。将绒面结构的单晶硅衬底应用于异质结太阳电池,可以减少光的反射,增强光吸收的效率,从而提高太阳电池短路电流密度。利用湿法化学腐蚀对单晶硅衬底表面进行制绒,通过优化影响绒面形貌的几个关键参数,包括异丙醇浓度、时间、衬底类型和硅酸钠的含量,最终通过在n型单晶硅衬底上制绒,使波长为1011 nm处最低反射率从制绒前的34.7%降低到了9.14%,将制绒衬底应用到异质结太阳电池上,短路电流由32.06 m A/cm-2提升到36.16 m A/cm-2,有效地改善了SHJ太阳电池的性能。     

A New Phenolic Diglycoside Produced in Response to Copper Toxicity and a New Flavan Dimer from the Leaves of Viburnum ichangense (Hemsl.) Rehd.

A new phenolic digycoside 1 was produced as stress metabolite in the fresh leaves of Viburnum ichangense (Hemsl.) Rehd ., in response to abiotic stress elicitation by CuCl₂. The stress metabolite was characterized as 1‐O‐[α‐L ‐arabinofuranosyl(1→6)‐β‐D ‐glucopyranosyl]‐erythro‐1,2‐bis(4‐hydroxy‐3‐methoxyphenyl)propane‐1,3‐diol ( 1 ). A new flavan dimer, 2,3‐epoxyflavan‐3′,4′,5,7‐tetraol‐(4→8″)‐flavan‐3″,3′′′,4′′′,5′′′,6″‐pentaol ( 2 ), and two known compounds, hovetrichoside A ( 3 ) and asperglaucide ( 4 ), were also isolated. Their structures were established by spectroscopic means.     

CoFe2O4 magnetic nanoparticles as a peroxidase mimic mediated chemiluminescence for hydrogen peroxide and glucose

This communication presents a new peroxidase mimic of CoFe(2)O(4) nanoparticles evaluated by the luminol-based chemiluminescent (CL) reaction. This offers a new method for evaluation and screening of the nanoparticles-based enzyme mimetics.     

A facile one-pot method to high-quality Ag-graphene composite nanosheets for efficient surface-enhanced Raman scattering

Ag-graphene composite nanosheets (AGCN) with adjustable size and well-controlled densities of Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs) using Poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) (PVP) as a reductant and stabilizer are reported. The obtained AGCN substrate is extremely suitable for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS).     

Potential Hydrothermal-Humification of Vegetable Wastes by Steam Explosion and Structural Characteristics of Humified Fractions

In this work, steam explosion (SE) was exploited as a potential hydrothermal-humification process of vegetable wastes to deconstruct their structure and accelerate their decomposition to prepare humified substances. Results indicated that the SE process led to the removal of hemicellulose, re-condensation of lignin, degradation of the cellulosic amorphous region, and the enhancement of thermal stability of broccoli wastes, which provided transformable substrates and a thermal-acidic reaction environment for humification. After SE treatment, total humic substances (HS), humic acids (HA_s), and fulvic acids (FA_s) contents of broccoli samples accounted for up to 198.3 g/kg, 42.3 g/kg, and 166.6 g/kg, and their purification were also facilitated. With the increment of SE severity, structural characteristics of HA_s presented the loss of aliphatic compounds, carbohydrates, and carboxylic acids and the enrichment of aromatic structures and N-containing groups. Lignin substructures were proved to be the predominant aromatic structures and gluconoxylans were the main carbohydrates associated with lignin in HA_s, both of their signals were enhanced by SE. Above results suggested that SE could promote the decomposition of easily biodegradable matters and further polycondensation, aromatization, and nitrogen-fixation reactions during humification, which were conducive to the formation of HA_s.     

Ti:sapphire laser pumped high average power laser crystal Nd:GGG with high efficiency output

High-quality neodymium doped GGG laser crystals have been grown by Czochralski (Cz) method. Results of Nd:GGG thin chip laser operating at 1.064 μm pumped by Ti:sapphire laser operating at 808 nm were reported. The slop efficiency was as high as 20%.