Erratum to: Chemical and electrochemical grafting of polythiophene onto poly(vinyl chloride): synthesis,characterization, and materials properties

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry -     

Spontaneous Switching between Permeability Enhancement and Degradation in Fractures in Carbonate: Lumped Parameter Representation of Mechanically- and Chemically-Mediated Dissolution

Principal mechanical and chemical processes contributing to the observed spontaneous switching from net decrease in permeability to net increase in a fracture in carbonate are examined. The evolution of permeability, and related fracture aperture, is represented through a lumped parameter model. The significant processes of pressure solution beneath bridging asperities, transport of dissolved mass to the fracture void, and subsequent precipitation or dissolution within the fracture void enable the principal characteristics of observed behavior to be followed. The evolution of dissolved mass concentration in the pore fluid is followed for arbitrary applied stress, temperature, and pH conditions, with appropriate feedback to the evolution of fracture permeability. Comparisons with experimental measurements in limestone (Polak et al., 2004, Water Resour. Res. Vol. 40, W03502, doi: 10.1029/2003GL017575) show satisfactory agreement for the evolution of fracture aperture and to a lesser degree in calcium concentrations in the effluent pore fluid. Importantly, the spontaneous switching in permeability change, from aperture reducing to aperture increasing, with no change in environmental conditions, is replicated without the need for an ad hoc trigger. Although this switch is accurately replicated, the lumped parameter model is incapable of replicating the rapid observed growth in permeability that directly follows. This inability results from the assumed form of the lumped asperity model, that is incapable of representing the spatially distributed change in aperture that is seen to occur within the fracture. Despite this inconsistency, the model is shown capable of representing the principal behaviors evident in the response.     

Thermodynamics assessment on cooling photovoltaic modules by phase change materials (PCMs) in critical operating temperature

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - Increasing the temperature of photovoltaic (PV) cells decreases their electricity generation. The use of phase change materials (PCMs) is one of the...     

Experimental study on convective heat transfer and entropy generation of carbon black nanofluid turbulent flow in a helical coiled heat exchanger

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The convective heat transfer coefficient (CHTC) of a fluid is one of the most effective factors on the performance of a fluid in heat transfer...     

Transient thermal stress analysis for a short thick hollow FGM cylinder with nonlinear temperature-dependent material properties

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - In this study, nonlinear transient thermo-elastic analysis for a thick hollow 1D-FGM (functionally graded material) axisymmetric cylinder with finite...     

二氧化硅包覆NiFe_2O_4担载Preyssler杂多酸用于合成双(二氢嘧啶酮)苯和3,4-二氢嘧啶-2(1H)-酮（英文）

A novel magnetic acidic catalyst comprising Preyssler(H14[Na P5W30O110]) heteropoly acid support‐ed on silica coated nickel ferrite nanoparticles (Ni Fe2O4@Si O2) was prepared.The catalyst was characterized by Fourier transform infrared,scanning electron microscopy,transmission electron microscopy,X‐ray diffraction,energy dispersive spectrum,VSM and particle size neasurement.Its catalytic activity was investigated for the synthesis of bis(dihydropyrimidinone)benzene and 3,4‐dihydropyrimidin‐2(1H)‐ones derivatives by the Biginelli reaction.With the catalyst,the reac‐tions occurred in less than 1 h with good to excellent yields.More importantly,the catalyst was easily separated from the reaction mixture by an external magnet and reused at least five times without degradation in the activity.     

Supramolecular Translation of Enzymatically Triggered Disassembly of Micelles into Tunable Fluorescent Responses

The need for advanced fluorescent imaging and delivery platforms has motivated the development of smart probes that change their fluorescence in response to external stimuli. Here a new molecular design of fluorescently labeled PEG–dendron hybrids that self‐assemble into enzyme‐responsive micelles with tunable fluorescent responses is reported. In the assembled state, the fluorescence of the dyes is quenched or shifted due to intermolecular interactions. Upon enzymatic cleavage of the hydrophobic end‐groups, the labeled polymeric hybrids become hydrophilic, and the micelles disassemble. This supramolecular change is translated into a spectral response as the dye–dye interactions are eliminated and the intrinsic fluorescence is regained. We demonstrate the utilization of this molecular design to generate both Turn‐On and spectral shift responses by adjusting the type of the labeling dye. This approach enables transformation of non‐responsive labeling dyes into smart fluorescent probes.     

Self‐(Un)rolling Biopolymer Microstructures: Rings,Tubules, and Helical Tubules from the Same Material

We have demonstrated the facile formation of reversible and fast self‐rolling biopolymer microstructures from sandwiched active–passive, silk‐on‐silk materials. Both experimental and modeling results confirmed that the shape of individual sheets effectively controls biaxial stresses within these sheets, which can self‐roll into distinct 3D structures including microscopic rings, tubules, and helical tubules. This is a unique example of tailoring self‐rolled 3D geometries through shape design without changing the inner morphology of active bimorph biomaterials. In contrast to traditional organic‐soluble synthetic materials, we utilized a biocompatible and biodegradable biopolymer that underwent a facile aqueous layer‐by‐layer (LbL) assembly process for the fabrication of 2D films. The resulting films can undergo reversible pH‐triggered rolling/unrolling, with a variety of 3D structures forming from biopolymer structures that have identical morphology and composition.     

Decomposing Weighted Graphs

We solve the following problem: Can an undirected weighted graph G be partitioned into two nonempty induced subgraphs satisfying minimum constraints for the sum of edge weights at vertices of each subgraph? We show that this is possible for all constraints satisfying , for every vertex x , where are, respectively, the sum and maximum of incident edge weights.     

General energy decay of solutions for a weakly dissipative Kirchhoff equation with nonlinear boundary damping

In this article, we study the weak dissipative Kirchhoff equation \({u_{tt}} - M\left( {\left\| {\nabla u} \right\|_2^2} \right)\Delta u + b\left( x \right){u_t} + f\left( u \right) = 0\), under nonlinear damping on the boundary \(\frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial v}} + \alpha \left( t \right)g\left( {{u_t}} \right) = 0\). We prove a general energy decay property for solutions in terms of coefficient of the frictional boundary damping. Our result extends and improves some results in the literature such as the work by Zhang and Miao (2010) in which only exponential energy decay is considered and the work by Zhang and Huang (2014) where the energy decay has been not considered.