基于等离子体的GTS模型气动减阻研究

为探究等离子体对类厢式货车的气动减阻效果,以GTS模型为研究对象,采用数值仿真的方法,分别研究了当来流风速为20 m/s时,3个位置处等离子体布置角度、激励电压对GTS模型的气动减阻效果并分析其减阻机理,然后进行组合工况的分析.研究结果表明,等离子体是通过诱导近壁面气体定向流动使流动分离点后移、推迟流动的分离,从而减小GTS模型前后压差阻力、降低整车气动阻力系数,等离子体布置的位置在流动分离点后方并且靠近流动分离点.单个位置激励时,等离子体布置在GTS尾部两侧时气动减阻效果最好,最大减阻率为5.09%;组合工况时最大减阻率可达6.01%.当来流风速一定时,等离子体存在最佳布置角度与激励电压.     

Wide bandgap OPV polymers based on pyridinonedithiophene unit with efficiency >5%

We report the properties of a new series of wide band gap photovoltaic polymers based on the N-alkyl 2-pyridone dithiophene (PDT) unit. These polymers are effective bulk heterojunction solar cell materials when blended with phenyl-C₇₁-butyric acid methyl ester (PC₇₁BM). They achieve power conversion efficiencies (up to 5.33%) high for polymers having such large bandgaps, ca. 2.0 eV (optical) and 2.5 eV (electrochemical). Grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS) reveals strong correlations between π–π stacking distance and regularity, polymer backbone planarity, optical absorption maximum energy, and photovoltaic efficiency.     

A very mild and selective method for O-benzoylation of hydroxamic acids

Selective O-benzoylation of hydroxamic acids is achieved by the treatment of BPO and DABCO. Aliphatic alcohols are not reactive under these conditions. Various radical or oxidation sensitive functional groups are compatible with this protocol, and no anhydrous reagents or solvents are required for the high yields of the benzoylations.     

High-rate and high-density gas separation adsorbents and manufacturing method

High-rate and high-density gas separation adsorbents used in vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) processes are described. Agglomerated zeolite Li–LSX compositions made using colloidal silica binding agents and having improved nitrogen pore diffusivity compared to like compositions prepared with traditional clay binders, are also described. Preparation methods for the colloidal silica-bound adsorbents are described together with their characterization by mercury (Hg) porosimetry, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and low dead-volume breakthrough testing, from which the pore diffusivity is obtained. In this article, we show how the location and dispersion of the colloidal silica binding agent within the agglomerated zeolite particle yields pore-architectures that resemble “state-of-the-art” binderless adsorbents. In addition, we use VPSA process simulations to show that the best process performance is achieved by the combination of high-rate and high-density adsorbent properties.     

Phase field crystal study of the crystallization modes within the two-phase region

Using the phase field crystal approach, the crystallization process within the liquid–solid coexistence region is investigated for a square lattice on an atomic scale. Two competing growth modes, i.e., the diffusion-controlled growth through long-range atomic migration in liquid and the diffusionless growth through local atom rearrangement, which give rise to two completely different crystallization behaviors, are compared. In the diffusion-controlled regime, the interface migrates in a layerwise manner, leading to a gradual change of crystal morphology from truncated square to four-fold symmetric dendrite with the increase of driving force. For the diffusionless growth mode, a single crystal with no significant density change occupies the whole system at a faster rate while exhibiting a small growth anisotropy. The competition between these two modes is also discussed from the key input of the phase field crystal model: the correlation function.