Trapping and escape of dislocations in micro-crystals with external and internal barriers

We perform three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations of solid and annular pillars, having both free-surface boundary conditions, or strong barriers at the outer and/or inner surfaces. Both pillar geometries are observed to exhibit a size effect where smaller pillars are stronger. The scaling observed is consistent with the weakest-link activation mechanism and depends on the solid pillar diameter, or the annular pillar effective diameter, D_eff = D − D_i, where D and D_i are the external and internal diameters of the pillar, respectively. An external strong barrier is observed to dramatically increase the dislocation density by an order of magnitude due to trapping dislocations at the surface. In addition, a considerable increase in the flow strength, by up to 60%, is observed compared to simulations having free-surface boundary conditions. As the applied load increases, weak spots form on the surface of the pillar by dislocations breaking through the surface when the RSS is greater than the barrier strength. The hardening rate is also observed to increase with increasing barrier strength. With cross-slip, we observe dislocations moving to other glide planes, and sometimes double-cross-slipping, producing a thickening of the slip traces at the surface. Finally the results are in qualitative agreement with recent compression experimental results of coated and centrally-filled micropillars.     

Multiple cracking of elastic coatings under transient thermal load

A periodic array of cracks in an elastic coating bonded to a homogeneous substrate is considered. The medium is subjected to mechanical loads and/or thermal loads. The problem is formulated in terms of a singular integral equation with the crack face displacement as the unknown variable. In addition to the time-varying stress intensity factors and stresses for various parameters of the problem, the effect of periodic cracking on the relaxation of the transient stress on the coating surface is discussed. Solution techniques for a single elastic layer and an elastic coating bonded to an infinite substrate are given. It is found that, if the crack density attains a saturation value, the transient thermal stress in the medium could be released significantly, suggesting that further cracking is difficult.     

Innovative energy efficient low-voltage electron beam emitters

Advanced electron beams (AEB) has developed a modular, low voltage (80–125 keV), high beam current (up to 40 ma), electron emitter with typically 25 cm of beam width, that is housed in an evacuated, returnable chamber that is easy to plug in and connect. The latest in nanofabrication enables AEB to use an ultra-thin beam window. The power supply for AEB's emitter is based on solid-state electronics. This combination of features results in a remarkable electrical efficiency. AEB's electron emitter relies on a touch screen, computer control system. With 80 μm of unit density beam penetration, AEB's electron emitter has gained market acceptance in the curing of opaque, pigmented inks and coatings used on flexible substrates, metals and fiber composites and in the curing of adhesives in foil based laminates.     

含氮硅烷对聚二甲基硅氧烷涂膜表面疏水性的影响

将含氮硅烷与正硅酸乙酯进行对比，研究了它们对端羟基聚二甲基硅氧烷（ＨＴＰＤＭＳ）缩合固化形成的涂膜表面疏水性的影响，发现固化剂ＮＨ２（ＣＨ２）３Ｓｉ（ＯＣ２Ｈ）３使涂膜疏水性明显下降．用ＥＳＣＡ和相差显微镜等方法证明了这种现象是由于ＮＨ２（ＣＨ２）３Ｓｉ（ＯＣ２Ｈ５）３自身固化产生的分相性引起的．     

Fabrication of transparent Pu/Zro2 nanocomposite coatings with high refractive index

<正>Transparent ZrO_2-polyurethane nanocomposites with high refractive index were prepared by dispersing ZrO_2 nanoparticles in a polyurethane matrix via ligand molecule engineering.TEM showed that the inorganic particles were well dispersed within the polymeric network with no significant macroscopic agglomeration.By controlling the phase separation it was possible to obtain transparent zirconia nanostructured coatings,characterized by improved mechanical and thermal properties.UV-Vis spectra indicated that the coatings still maintained transparency in the visible light.The refractive index of the UV-cured films depends linearly on the ZrO_2 content and varies from 1.475 to 1.625(20 wt%) at 633 nm.These coatings could find advanced applications in coatings of optical and electronic devices.     

Hollow latex particles: synthesis and applications

One of the major developments in emulsion polymerization over the last two decades has been the ability to make hollow latex particles. This has contributed many fundamental insights into the synthesis and the development of structure in particles. Hollow latex particles also enhance the performance of industrial coatings and potentially are useful in other technologies such as microencapsulation and controlled release. Ever since the publication of the initial process patents describing these particles, there has been a global R&D effort to extend the synthetic techniques and applications. One prominent synthetic approach to hollow particles is based on osmotic swelling. This dominates the literature, and usually starts with the synthesis of a structured latex particle containing an ionizable core that is subsequently expanded with the addition of base. Fundamental to this approach are a sophisticated control of transport phenomena, chemical reactivity within the particle, and the thermoplastic properties of the polymer shell. Hydrocarbon encapsulation technology has also been employed to make hollow latex particles. One approach involves a dispersed ternary system that balances transport, conversion kinetics, and phase separation variables to achieve the hollow morphology. Other techniques, including the use of blowing agents, are also present in the literature. The broad range of approaches that affords particles with a hollow structure demonstrates the unique flexibility of the emulsion polymerization process.     

Are metal-organic frameworks able to provide a new generation of solid-phase microextraction coatings? – A review

Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) is a powerful technique commonly used in sample preparation for extraction/preconcentration of analytes from a wide variety of samples. Among the trends in improving SPME applications, current investigations are focused on the development of novel coatings able to improve the extraction efficiency, sensitivity, and thermal and mechanical stability, within other properties, of current commercial SPME fibers. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) merit to be highlighted as promising sorbent materials in SPME schemes. MOFs are porous hybrid materials composed by metal ions and organic linkers, presenting the highest surface areas known, with ease synthesis and high tuneability, together with adequate chemical and thermal stability. For MOF based-SPME fibers, it results important to pretreat adequately the SPME supports to ensure the correct formation of the MOF onto the fiber or the attachment MOF-support. This, in turn, will increase the final stability of the fiber while generating uniform coatings. This review provides a critical overview of the current state of the use of MOFs as SPME coatings, not only highlighting the advantages of these materials versus commercial SPME coatings in terms of stability, selectivity, and sensitivity; but also insightfully describing the current methods to obtain reproducible MOF-based SPME coatings.     

Assessment of polyelectrolyte coating stability under dynamic buffer conditions in CE

Dynamic buffer conditions are present in many electrophoretically driven separations. Polyelectrolyte multilayer coatings have been employed in CE because of their chemical and physical stability as well as their ease of application. The goal of this study is to measure the effect of dynamic changes in buffer pH on flow using a real-time method for measuring EOF. Polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) were composed of pairs of strong or completely ionized polyelectrolytes including poly(diallyldimethylammonium) chloride and poly(styrene sulfonate) and weak or ionizable polyelectrolytes including poly(allylamine) and poly(methacrylic acid). Polyelectrolyte multilayers of varying thicknesses (3, 4, 7, 8, 15, or 16 layers) were also studied. While the magnitude of the EOF was monitored every 2 s, the buffer pH was exchanged from a relatively basic pH (7.1) to increasingly acidic pHs (6.6, 6.1, 5.5, and 5.1). Strong polyelectrolytes responded minimally to changes in buffer pH (<1%), whereas substantial (>10%) and sometimes irreversible changes were measured with weak polyelectrolytes. Thicker coatings resulted in a similar magnitude of response but were more likely to degrade in response to buffer pH changes. The most stable coatings were formed from thinner layers of strong polyelectrolytes.     

水性聚氨酯研究进展

本文较系统地介绍和评价了国内外水性聚氨酯的制备、性能、应用及其发展。     

A statistical degradation model for the service life prediction of aircraft coatings: With a comparison to an existing methodology

An advance on the model used by Guseva et al. [1] for estimating the service life of organic coatings under service conditions from accelerated test results has been developed. Instead of modelling just the times to failure, this new approach uses the complete degradation curve and allows for a more general specification of the failure time distribution. This modified model was then applied to the estimation of the service life (defined as gloss loss) for aircraft coatings and the results were compared to those obtained by Guseva et al. It was found that when this model was applied to the naturally weathered data, gloss loss (and thus failure times at a given level of gloss loss) followed a generalised gamma distribution, rather than the Weibull distribution identified by Guseva et al. Further, the new approach suggested a reduction in the warranty time of about one month. When the model was applied to the accelerated test data, it produced more accurate extrapolations of the median failure time associated with the naturally weathered data - (49.3 months compared to a measured 52 months obtained at the naturally weathered site). In fact, the extrapolated distribution obtained by this new approach was much closer to the distribution for the naturally weathered data than the extrapolated distribution obtained by Guseva et al.