Infrared absorption spectra and structure of TiO2-SiO2 composites

The composites xTiO₂-(1−x)SiO₂ (x = 0.1, 0.5, 0.9) were obtained by coprecipitation from solutions of alkoxides: tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and titanium tetraisopropoxide (TIPT). Intermolecular interaction of the components of the composite is apparent in the IR absorption spectra in the 928–952 cm⁻¹ region, and is connected with bending vibrations of the Si-O-Ti bond. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 75, No. 5, pp. 724–728, September–October, 2008.     

Green approaches via nanocatalysis with nanoporous materials: Functionalization of mesoporous materials for single site catalysis

Among the various green keys, catalysis, especially using heterogeneous catalysts, has been powerfully applied to achieve greener chemical processes. Here are presented nanoporous materials which have mesoporosity with the functional groups on the inner pore walls. The materials were synthesized via a rather greener process, such as microwave synthesis, and over these nanocatalysts some of the green chemical reactions were carried out with high activities and selectivities. Cobalt species has been successfully functionalized and stabilized as a Co(III) complex onto SBA-15 support and proven to be an active catalyst in alkylaromatic oxidation with molecular oxygen, styrene epoxidation with tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP), and allylic oxidation of cycloolefins with H₂O₂. Short-channeled amino-functionalized SBA-15 catalyst with hexagonal plate morphology was synthesized directly by using microwave synthesis from the co-condensation of aminopropyl triethoxysilane (APTES) and sodium metasilicate under a strong acidic condition. The catalyst showed high catalytic activity in liquid-phase Knoevenagel condensation reactions, due to easy diffusion and mass transfer of substrates into the short mesopore channel. The HO₃S–SBA-15 was prepared by grafting of mercaptopropyl trimethoxysilane onto the calcined mesoporous silica surface and subsequently oxidized with H₂O₂. The resulting catalyst was applied as a Bronsted solid-acid catalyst for the esterification of oleic acid with methanol.     

Transport properties and magnetoresistance in La0.8Te0.2MnO3/ZrO2 composites

The transport properties and magnetoresistance of electron-doped manganate / insulator composites (La_0.8Te_0.2MnO₃)_{1 - x}/(ZrO₂)_x (x=0, 0.3, and 0.5) are investigated. It is found that the metal-insulator transition temperature of this system shifts to a lower value as the ZrO₂ content increases. The introduction of ZrO₂ enhances both the domain scattering and electron relative scattering in the metal transport region. In the adiabatic small polaron hopping transport region, the thermal activation energy seems invariable regardless of the ZrO₂ content. The application of a magnetic field promotes the charge transportation capabilities of the composites, and the magnetoresistance is enhanced with an increase of the ZrO₂ content. This could be attributed to the more remarkable modification effect of magnetic field on ordering degree in the composites than in pure La_0.8Te_0.2MnO₃.     

碳纤维复合材料在航天领域的应用

综述了碳纤维复合材料的应用现状和发展前景。首先,概述了碳纤维的分类和力学性能以及碳纤维复合材料的特性;重点介绍了碳纤维复合材料在国内外航天领域,特别是在卫星结构、运载火箭、精密支撑构件以及空间镜体等方面的应用情况。指出了目前碳纤维复合材料的主要问题是湿热效应。最后,结合我国国情,对碳纤维复合材料需要解决的问题提出了一些建设性的措施。     

Optical oxygen sensing materials based on a novel dirhenium(I) complex assembled in mesoporous silica

A new dirhenium(I) complex fac-[{Re(CO)₃(4,7-dinonadecyl-1,10-phenanthro -line)}₂ (4,4′-bipyridyl)] (trifluoromethanesulfonate)₂ (denoted as D-Re(I) ) is assembled in MCM-41 and SBA-15 type mesoporous silica support. The emission peaks of D-Re(I) in D-Re(I)/MCM-41 and D-Re(I)/SBA-15 are observed at 522 and 517 nm, respectively. Their long excited lifetimes, which are of the order of microseconds, indicate the presence of phosphorescence emission arising from the metal to ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) transition. The luminescence intensities of D-Re(I)/MCM-41 and D-Re(I)/SBA-15 decrease remarkably with increase in the oxygen concentration, meaning that they can be used as optical oxygen sensing materials based on luminescence quenching. The ratios I₀/I₁₀₀ of D-Re(I)/MCM-41 and D-Re(I)/SBA-15 are estimated to be 5.6 and 20.1, respectively. The obtained Stern-Volmer oxygen quenching plots of the mesoporous sensing materials could be fitted well to the two-site Demas model and Lehrer model.     

金属介质复合结构目标电磁散射特性

基于体-面混合积分方程方法,研究了介质导体复合结构目标的电磁散射特性.对导体采用面积分方程,对介质应用体积分方程,由等效原理建立以导体面电流及任意非均匀介质体极化电流为未知量的矩阵方程,利用稳定的双共轭梯度并结合快速傅立叶变换技术(BiCGS-FFT)来加速矩阵方程求解,相对于传统的矩量法大大降低了计算时间和内存需求.数值结果验证了该方法的正确性.同时,它为复杂复合结构目标散射特性研究奠定了一定的基础.     

The shear modulus in the fiber direction of unidirectional fiber composites based on the concept of mesophase

A new and accurate relationship for the shear modulus in the fiber direction of unidirectional fiber composites is derived, based on the Kerner model concepts but not using its approximate relationships. Furthermore, this model is extended by taking into account the mesophase between the fiber and the matrix accomodating smoothly the mechanical properties between neighbouring phases. The introduction of the mesophase results in an improvement of the theoretical predictions, which now approach close to experimental values for the moduli of different fibrous composites.     

复合材料光弹性分析的近似方法

本文提出了一种用于光弹性复合材料的简化应变——光学定律。按照这一简化定律。模型材料的主应变差和主应变方向只要利用光弹性实验测出的等差线与等倾线即可求得。些是一种正交异性光弹性分析的近似方法,这一方法所得结果与实验数据比较,最大误差在10％左右。由于采用简化应变——光学定律使得正交异性光弹性分析工作大为简便,因此它是一种适合于工程应用的近似方法。     

锌基复合脱硫剂脱硫性能的研究

采用共沉淀法和机械混合法制备了Zn-Cu-Mn复合氧化物和ZCM(Z=ZnO、C=CuO、M=MnO2)复合氧化物,并对两种氧化物的脱硫能力进行了分析,同时也将这二种氧化物与单一的ZnO、MnO2和CuO的脱硫能力进行比较。利用XRD和FPD(火焰光度计)分别对复合氧化物的物质组成、结构和脱硫性能进行了分析。实验证明,Zn-Cu-Mn在250℃～350℃具有良好的脱硫能力,且300℃的脱硫能力最佳;空速为7799h-1时穿透硫容较高。煅烧温度为400℃时,Zn-Cu-Mn的脱硫能力高于ZnO。煅烧温度升高,Zn-Cu-Mn复合氧化物的比表面积和脱硫能力下降,且生成了具有尖晶石结构的CuMn2O4。与Zn-Cu-Mn复合氧化物和ZnO相比,ZCM复合氧化物的脱硫能力较低。煅烧温度为550℃时,ZCM体系中的MnO2分解为Mn2O3,当温度升至750℃时Mn2O3相消失,生成了具有尖晶石结构的CuMn2O4。     

Maximum norm stability of difference schemes for parabolic equations on overset nonmatching space-time grids

In this paper, theoretical results are described on the maximum norm stability and accuracy of finite difference discretizations of parabolic equations on overset nonmatching space-time grids. We consider parabolic equations containing a linear reaction term on a space-time domain which is decomposed into an overlapping collection of cylindrical subregions of the form , for . Each of the space-time domains are assumed to be independently grided (in parallel) according to the local geometry and space-time regularity of the solution, yielding space-time grids with mesh parameters and . In particular, the different space-time grids need not match on the regions of overlap, and the time steps can differ from one grid to the next. We discretize the parabolic equation on each local grid by employing an explicit or implicit -scheme in time and a finite difference scheme in space satisfying a discrete maximum principle. The local discretizations are coupled together, without the use of Lagrange multipliers, by requiring the boundary values on each space-time grid to match a suitable interpolation of the solution on adjacent grids. The resulting global discretization yields a large system of coupled equations which can be solved by a parallel Schwarz iterative procedure requiring some communication between adjacent subregions. Our analysis employs a contraction mapping argument.

Applications of the results are briefly indicated for reaction-diffusion equations with contractive terms and heterogeneous hyperbolic-parabolic approximations of parabolic equations.