The Monte-Carlo simulation on a scintillator neutron detector

A simulation of the properties of the shifting scintillator neutron detector using 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) scintillation screens is performed.The simulation results show that the light attenuation length of standard BC704 scintillator is about 0.65 mm.Its thermal neutron detection efficiency,gamma sensitivity and intrinsic spatial resolution can achieve around 50.0%,10 5and 0.18 mm(along X-axis) respectively.For the detector,air coupling position resolution is better than the silicone oil coupling.Some of the simulation results are compared with experimental results.They are in agreement.This work will be helpful for constructing neutron detector for high intensity powder diffractometer at Chinese spallation neutron source.     

温度对碳球形貌及超级电容性能的影响

以三氯乙烷和二氯乙烷为原料, 金属钠为还原剂, 在溶剂热条件(100~150 ℃)下使氯代乙烷中的碳氯键和碳氢键发生断裂制备了碳纳米球, 并对制备的碳纳米球进行了表征. X射线衍射结果表明, 样品为类石墨结构, 衍射信号宽且弱, 表明样品的结晶性较差; 拉曼光谱分析结果也表明样品具有较高的无序度. 样品的SEM与TEM分析结果表明, 在较高的反应温度下, 碳球具有更好的单分散性, 碳球的粒径随温度的升高而增大; 选区电子衍射结果表明碳球内部为无定形的类石墨结构. 以碳纳米球为负极材料的锂离子电池测试结果表明, 50周循环后比容量为941 mA·h/g, 库仑效率接近100%, 放电容量保持率为103.7%, 具有良好的循环稳定性. 测试了不同温度下制备样品的超级电容器性能, 发现120 ℃下制备的碳纳米球具有较高的比电容和较低的内阻值, 比电容高达130 F/g, 经过1000周循环充放电后比电容衰减比例低于14%, 具有较高的稳定性.     

三(三甲基硅烷)亚磷酸酯添加剂改善高镍三元正极材料的高电压循环性能

研究了三(三甲基硅烷)亚磷酸酯(TMSP)添加剂对高镍三元正极材料Li Ni_(0.83)Mn_(0.05)Co_(0.12)O_2(LNMC811)高电压循环性能的影响。结合电化学表征、理论计算、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、X射线衍射(XRD)等方法研究发现,在高电位(4.5 Vvs Li/Li~+)下,TMSP添加剂能够在LNMC811正极表面被氧化分解,生成一层富含导锂离子性能好的硅酸盐和电化学稳定的无机碳酸锂,且电解液主要分解产物(有机碳酸锂和氟化锂)含量较少的正极固体电解质界面(CEI)膜;分析表明覆盖在正极表面的薄而均匀的CEI膜,能够很好的降低充放电过程的极化电压,隔离电解液和正极的接触,减少电解液的分解,抑制金属离子的溶出,稳定正极晶体结构,使LNMC811材料能够在4.5 V(vs Li/Li~+)高电压循环时仍然保持良好的循环性能和倍率性能。     

Controlled release of antibiotics from poly‐ε‐caprolactone/polyethylene glycol wound dressing fabricated by direct‐writing melt electrospinning

Wound dressing, which can release anti‐infectives in a controlled way, is taking an important role in the treatment and recovery of the open wound. An adequate release of antibiotics can prevent infections from microorganisms effectively. Among the new candidates of fabricating base materials for wound dressing, electrospinning fiber mats are attracting numerous attentions for their excellent performance in controlled drug delivery. The drug release behavior of electrospinning fiber mats can be tuned by changing the chemical components and the geometric structures of the mats. In this study, fiber mats with different geometric structures, which composed of poly‐ε‐caprolactone (PCL), polyethylene glycol (PEG), and ciprofloxacin (Cip) with different blending ratios, were successfully fabricated by direct‐writing melt electrospinning, and the release behavior of Cip were subsequently investigated in vitro. The results showed that the addition of PEG improved the hydrophilicity of the mats, which in turn affected the manner of drug release. The presence of PEG changed the releasing mechanism from a non‐Fickian diffusion into Fickian diffusion, which indicated that the diffusion of Cip from the composite fiber mats became the main factor of drug release instead of polymer degradation. Besides, with the same composition but different geometric structures, the drug release behavior is of significant difference. Therefore, all the Cip‐loaded composite fiber mats showed antibacterial activities but with different efficiency. In summary, the release of the drug could be controlled by adding PEG and changing the geometric structures according to the different requirement of wound dressings.     

New pyrazinoquinazoline alkaloids Isolated from a culture of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia QB-77

Two new pyrazinoquinazoline alkaloids, epi-fiscalin D (1) and epi-fiscalin E (2), as well as three known analogues, norquinadoline A (3), quinadoline A (4), and fiscalin C (5), were isolated from ethyl acetate extract of the fermentation broth of Stentrophomonas maltophilia QB-77. The structures of new compounds were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic data analysis including UV, HRESIMS, and 1D and 2D NMR experiments. All the isolated compounds were tested for their in vitro cytotoxicity against five human cancer cell lines (SMMC-7721, MCF-7, HL-60, SW480, and A-549) and antibacterial activities against Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus.     

Preparation of C30 concrete and its adsorption performance for Cs(I)

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - The preparation of C30 concrete for a cavernous waste repository under construction in China and its Cs(I) adsorption performance were...     

Tuning C1/C2 Selectivity of CO2 Electrochemical Reduction over in-Situ Evolved CuO/SnO2 Heterostructure

Heterostructured oxides with versatile active sites, as a class of efficient catalysts for CO₂ electrochemical reduction (CO₂ER), are prone to undergo structure reconstruction under working conditions, thus bringing challenges to understanding the reaction mechanism and rationally designing catalysts. Herein, we for the first time elucidate the structural reconstruction of CuO/SnO₂ under electrochemical potentials and reveal the intrinsic relationship between CO₂ER product selectivity and the in situ evolved heterostructures. At −0.85 V_RHE, the CuO/SnO₂ evolves to Cu₂O/SnO₂ with high selectivity to HCOOH (Faradaic efficiency of 54.81 %). Mostly interestingly, it is reconstructed to Cu/SnO_2-x at −1.05 V_RHE with significantly improved Faradaic efficiency to ethanol of 39.8 %. In situ Raman spectra and density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the synergetic absorption of *COOH and *CHOCO intermediates at the interface of Cu/SnO_2-x favors the formation of *CO and decreases the energy barrier of C−C coupling, leading to high selectivity to ethanol.     

Braided Fiber Current Collectors for High-Energy-Density Fiber Lithium-Ion Batteries

Fiber lithium-ion batteries represent a promising power strategy for the rising wearable electronics. However, most fiber current collectors are solid with vastly increased weights of inactive materials and sluggish charge transport, thus resulting in low energy densities which have hindered the development of fiber lithium-ion batteries in the past decade. Here, a braided fiber current collector with multiple channels was prepared by multi-axial winding method to not only increase the mass fraction of active materials, but also to promote ion transport along fiber electrodes. In comparison to typical solid copper wires, the braided fiber current collector hosted 139 % graphite with only 1/3 mass. The fiber graphite anode with braided current collector delivered high specific capacity of 170 mAh g⁻¹ based on the overall electrode weight, which was 2 times higher than that of its counterpart solid copper wire. The resulting fiber battery showed high energy density of 62 Wh kg⁻¹.     

Synthesis of core-corona polymer hybrids with a raspberry-like structure by the heterocoagulated pyridinium reaction

A core-corona polymer hybrid with a raspberry-like structure was synthesized via the heterocoagulated pyridium reaction between the pyridyl group of poly(ethylene glycol dimethacrylate-co-methacrylic acid)@poly(ethylene glycol dimethacrylate-co- vinylpyridine) (poly(EGDMA-co-MAA)@poly(EGDMA-co-VPy)) core-shell small microspheres and the chloromethyl group of poly(divinylbenzene-co-chloromethyl styrene) (poly(DVB-co-CMSt)) microspheres, in which poly(EGDMA-co-MAA)@poly(EGDMA-co-VPy) acted as the corona and poly(DVB-co-CMSt) behaved as the core. The control coverage of the corona particles on the surfaces of core microspheres for the polymer hybrid was studied in detail through the adjustment of the mass ratio between the core and corona particles. The effects of the pH and solvents on the stability of the raspberry-like core-corona hybrids were investigated. The water static angle on the surface of polycarbonate (PC) film was studied using a contact angle system. The polymer particles and the resultant heterocoagulated raspberry-like hybrids were characterized with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The nature of the heterocoagulation between the core microspheres and corona particles was identified as the covalent pyridium reaction with Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy.