Nickel foam as interlayer to improve the performance of lithium–sulfur battery

In this report, a porous, electronically conductive nickel foam foil (NFF), which is rolled for smooth surface, is introduced as an interlayer placed between the sulfur electrode and the separator to suppress the loss of active material and self-discharge behavior in lithium–sulfur (Li–S) systems. The electrodes are characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and galvanostatic charge–discharge test. The cell with the rolled NFF interlayer shows superior performance in terms of capacity utilization, reversibility, and enhanced rate capability. It exhibits reversible discharge capacity of 604 mAh g^?1 after 80 cycles at 0.2 C, which is much higher than that of pristine sulfur without NFF (424 mAh g^?1). The improvement on electrochemical performance is attributed to the 3D architecture of nickel foam foil as lithium–sulfur batteries interlayer, which can provide a good conductive network with structural stability and the porous architecture accommodating the migrating polysulfide to reduce the shuttling phenomenon during the charge–discharge processes.     

感绿光谱增感染料在氯化银微晶表面的电子陷阱效应

光谱增感技术可使卤化银感光材料实现对全波段感光，同时光谱增感技术在现代光信息记录与存储、光电器件、太阳能转换与存储等领域具有重要的应用.应用微波吸收介电谱技术研究了立方体氯化银吸附感绿菁染料后的光电子衰减特性，建立了氯化银光电子衰减动力学模型，根据此模型结合光电子衰减实验结果对光谱增感染料吸附在卤化银表面的电子陷阱效应进行了分析.研究结果表明：当染料以单分子态吸附在卤化银表面时，染料起浅电子陷阱效应；染料以J聚集体吸附在卤化银表面时，染料起到了深电子陷阱效应.浅电子陷阱与深电子陷阱效应的临界浓度为每40g 关键词： 感绿染料 氯化银 光电子衰减 电子陷阱效应     

真空退火对Ni80Fe20/Cu多层膜微结构的影响

用直流磁控溅射法在Si(001)衬底上制备了以Ta为缓冲层、含有15周期的Ni₈₀Fe₂₀（4nm)/Cu(6nm)多层膜.样品分别在150,250,350℃进行了真空退火处理.用低角和高角X射线衍射法研究了多层膜的微结构.结果表明,所有样品均有较好的[111] 取向,而且随退火温度或时间的增加,[111]取向程度变得更高.超晶格周期、平均面间距在退火后略有减小,表明多层膜结构在退火后变得更为致密.多层膜界面粗糙度随退火温度或时间的增加而增大,平均相关长度随退火温度或时间的增加而减小,分析认为这是由于Ni₈₀Fe₂₀/Cu界面存在严重的互扩散所导致的.模拟Ni₈₀Fe₂₀/Cu多层膜高角X射线衍射谱,发现在Ni₈₀Fe₂₀/Cu蜀面有非常厚的混合层存在,而且混合层厚度随退火温度或时间的增加而增大.模拟结果还表明,随退火温度或时间的增加,Ni₈₀Fe₂₀层面间距几乎保持不变,Cu层面间距则随退火温度的增加而略有减小. 关键词：     

Formation of Columnar Liquid Crystals on the Basis of Unconventional Triazine‐Based Dendrimers by the C3‐Symmetric Approach

Two series of unconventional triazine‐based dendrimers with C₂ symmetry and C₃ symmetry were prepared. The newly prepared C₃‐symmetrical dendrimers were characterized by ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and elemental analysis. Differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing microscopy, and powder XRD showed that the C₃‐symmetrical dendrimers display columnar liquid‐crystalline phases during thermal treatment, but the C₂‐symmetrical dendrimers were not observed to behave correspondingly. The molecular conformations of C₃‐ and C₂‐symmetrical dendrimers were obtained by computer simulation with the MM2 model of the CaChe program in the gas phase. The simulation results reasonably explain the different mesogenicities of C₃‐ and C₂‐symmetric dendrimers. This new strategy should be applicable to other types of unconventional dendrimers with rigid frameworks for displaying columnar liquid‐crystalline behavior.     

Acupuncture regulates the glucose metabolism in cerebral functional regions in chronic stage ischemic stroke patients----a PET-CT cerebral functional imaging study

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Acupuncture has been applied to aid in the recovery of post-stroke patients, but its mechanism is unclear. This study aims to analyze the relationship between acupuncture and glucose metabolism in cerebral functional regions in post-stroke patients using 18 FDG PETCT techniques. Forty-three ischemic stroke patients were randomly divided into 5 groups: the Waiguan (TE5) needling group, the TE5 sham needling group, the sham point needling group, the sham point sham needling group and the non-needling group. Cerebral functional images of all patients were then acquired using PET-CT scans and processed by SPM2 software. RESULTS: Compared with the non-needling group, sham needling at TE5 and needling/sham needling at the sham point did not activate cerebral areas. However, needling at TE5 resulted in the activation of Brodmann Area (BA) 30. Needling/sham needling at TE5 and needling at the sham point did not deactivate any cerebral areas, whereas sham needling at the sham point led to deactivation in BA6. Compared with sham needling at TE5, needling at TE5 activated BA13, 19 and 47 and did not deactivate any areas. Compared with needling at the sham point, needling at TE5 had no associated activation but a deactivating effect on BA9. CONCLUSION: Needling at TE5 had a regulating effect on cerebral functional areas shown by PET-CT, and this may relate to its impact on the recovery of post-stroke patients.     

Structure and property changes and femtosecond laser-induced magnetization dynamics of two-year-old high coercive TbFeCo films

An uncoated TbFeCo film on glass substrate exposed to dry air for 2 years is studied using magneto-optical polar Kerr spectroscopy and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). The out-of-plane hysteresis loop by VSM is found to become slanted and meanwhile, an in-plane loop is also observable. The Kerr loop measured from the exposed surface is also slanted compared to that measured from the substrate-contacted surface, which indicates that the exposed surface is oxidized. So a bilayer structure of the film is proposed. When a pump laser is switched on, the Kerr loops measured from both surfaces at the delay time of −5 ps become anomalous, showing the occurrence of magnetization reversal across magnetization compensation temperature. Unlike that measured from the substrate-contacted surface, femtosecond laser-induced magnetization dynamics measured from the exposed surface does not show magnetization reversal crossing zero magnetization. This can be explained by the bilayer structure as the compensation effect of demagnetization recovery of the oxidized layer on magnetization reversal of perpendicularly anisotropic TbFeCo layer across magnetization compensation temperature. Above experimental results show that the uncoated TbFeCo film cannot resist oxidation in dry air at room temperature for 2 years while the SiO₂-coated surface can do so for over 2 years.