Graphene and Graphene/Polymer Composites as the Most Efficient Protective Coatings for Steel,Aluminum and Copper in Corrosive Media: A Review of Recent Studies

The metal corrosion is considered as a severe threat to the national economy and industry structure, capable of triggering significant economic losses and severe damages, involving innumerable fields in daily life and industries. This review provides an overview of the physioelectrochemical studies on anticorrosive properties of various types of graphene coatings. Required electrochemical techniques for the investigation of anticorrosive efficiency, various types of graphene‐based materials coatings along with different routes to provide desirable coated layers are discussed in detail. After all, we intend to show that the modified graphene nanosheets can be regarded as effective protective layers against metal corrosion not only because of their extraordinary mechanical strength and toughness, which can be reached with a vastly thin layer, but also for their high transparency, cost‐efficiency and stability.     

Entropic Pairs of Operations and Generalized Endomorphisms

In this paper, we define concepts of entropic pairs of operations and the generalized endomorphism for an algebra and investigate the relationships between them. We characterize entropic pairs of operations of quasigroups and show that in some cases, the presence of a generalized endomorphism is equivalent to the entropic property for an algebra.     

Nanocomposite of p-type conductive polymer/Cu (II)-based metal-organic frameworks as a novel and hybrid electrode material for highly capacitive pseudocapacitors

In this paper firstly, Cu (II)-based metal-organic framework (MOF; Cu-bipy-BTC, bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine, BTC = 1,3,5-tricarboxylate) was synthesized using chemical approach and then fabricated hybrid poly ortho aminophenol (POAP)/Cu-bipy-BTC films by electropolymerization of POAP in the presence of Cu-bipy-BTC nanoparticles to serve as the active electrode for electrochemical storage device. Surface analysis and electrochemical analysis have been used for characterization of POAP/Cu-bipy-BTC composite film. Different electrochemical methods including galvanostatic charge–discharge experiments, cyclic voltammetry, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy are carried out in order to investigate the performance of the system. This work introduces new nanocomposite materials for electrochemical redox capacitors with advantages including ease synthesis, high active surface area, and stability in an aqueous electrolyte.     

柑桔黄龙病的可见-近红外光谱特征

柑桔黄龙病是一种以木虱为载体的细菌病原,目前还没有行之有效的治疗方法,对世界柑桔产业构成了严重的威胁。探索快速检测柑桔黄龙病的方法,对该病的诊断、评估及进一步的控制都具有重要意义。该研究采用了快速、无损的光谱方法对该病害特征进行初步探索。实验针对健康及染病植株的叶片及冠层,分别在实验室条件及田间环境下测量了其可见-近红外光谱反射率,以分析寻找二者的光谱差异。对原始光谱数据进行了平滑、聚类平均等预处理,并求取了一阶微分以确定其红边位置(red edge position, REP)。为了应对一阶微分在REP处的多个波峰现象,采用了线性外插值法及拉格朗日插值法量化REP。研究结果显示,健康及染病样本的反射率在可见光、近红外具有明显的差异。相比于健康样本,染病样本因其呈现的黄化现象,使其反射率在可见光区较高;又因黄龙病菌会明显阻碍叶片对水分的吸收而使其反射率在近红外较低。REP同样显示了潜在的区分能力,其明显随着染病程度的加深逐渐向红波段移动。在染病程度差异较大的数据集中,REP平均值相差达20 nm;而在染病程度差异较小的数据集中,阈值分割法的分类精度也高达90%以上,且线性外插值法的分类精度略高于拉格朗日插值法。本研究成果为利用光谱技术快速无损检测柑桔黄龙病提供了可靠的理论依据。     

Preparation of PVA nanofibers reinforced with magnetic graphene by electrospinning method and investigation of their degradation kinetics using master plot analyses on solid state

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - In this study, magnetic graphene nanoparticles have been prepared by Hummers method. The synthesized magnetic graphene nanoparticles were applied in...     

Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Paracetamol on Ni and NiCu Alloy Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

In this study we investigated the electrocatalytic oxidation of anti‐inflammatory drug (paracetamol) on Nickel and Nickel–copper alloy modified glassy carbon electrodes (GC/Ni and GC/NiCu) in alkaline solution. These electrodes prepared by galvanostatic method and different electrochemical techniques such as cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry were used to track the oxidation process and its kinetics. From Voltammetric studies we concluded that in the presence of drugs the anodic peak current of low valences Nickel species increased, followed by a decrease in the corresponding cathodic current peak. This indicates that drugs were oxidized on the redox mediator which was immobilized on the electrode surface via an electrocatalytic mechanism. Using Laviron's equation, the values of α and k_s for the immobilized redox species were determined. The anodic peak currents show linear dependency with the square root of scan rate. This behavior is the characteristic of a diffusion controlled process. Under the CA regime the reaction followed a Cottrellian behavior and the diffusion coefficient of paracetamol was found in agreement with the values obtained from CV measurements.     

Theoretical and Experimental 27Al NMR Chemical Shift Studies on End‐Group Aluminates Linked to Different Silicate Species

Aluminium‐27 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (²⁷Al NMR) does not yield fully resolved spectra for end‐group aluminates attached to different silicate species. For example, the chemical shifts of all q¹ (end‐group aluminates) lying in the range δ ≈ 72.2–77 ppm are observed on average at δ ≈ 74.6 ppm in an NMR spectrum. With the aim of better characterisation of different q¹ linked units, we first made some attempts to resolve the signals that might arise from different q¹ linkages through the application of suitable experimental methods and then followed up this work by applying some calculation methods. Some of the observed differences and evidence have not been previously detected experimentally, but were clearly apparent from our calculations (Table 1) as well as in our experimental data. Therefore, in such a situation, theoretical calculations of NMR chemical shifts can be very helpful and can provide some missing information.     

Fabrication of electrospun polyethersulfone/titanium dioxide (PES/TiO2) composite nanofibers membrane and its application for photocatalytic degradation of phenol in aqueous solution

The main objective of this research is to use the photocatalytic properties of PES/TiO₂ nanofibers membranes to remove the phenol as a toxic pollutant in various effluents. The uniform fibers in terms of minimum bead formation and fibers diameter were fabricated. Therefore, more TiO₂ catalysts are on the surface of the fibers which increase the active surface area of nanoparticles and consequently improve the phenol degradation efficiency. The effects of TiO₂ concentration on hydrophilicity, mechanical properties, porosity, mean pore size, and water flux of membranes were studied. The PES/TiO₂ nanofibers were evaluated for phenol degradation under UVA irradiation through a transparent membrane module. The amount of removable phenol was analyzed with high‐performance liquid chromatography. Central composite design was used as a statistical experimental design. Finally, the effect of TiO₂ content in nanofibers and initial phenol concentrations were investigated as well as pH values in synthetic wastewater, on phenol degradation. The results from analysis of variance (ANOVA) analysis indicated that TiO₂ content in nanofibers was the most important and effective parameter on phenol degradation. It was also presented that there is no significant interaction between parameters so that the effect of each parameter was investigated separately. Maximum phenol degradation was 43.0 ± 0.3% and found under conditions of TiO₂ content, initial phenol concentration, and pH value of 8%, 120 ppm, and 7, respectively.     

Linear Representation of Medial-Like Algebras

In this paper we characterize the paramedial, comedial, and coparamedial pairs of quasigroup operations and paramedial, comedial, and coparamedial algebras with the quasigroup operations. Then we characterize paramedial, comedial, and coparamedial algebras with a unit element and an idempotent regular element.