Heat transfer for laminar flow through parallel porous disks of different permeability

The problem of temperature distribution and heat transfer for laminar flow through two parallel porous disks of different permeability, has been investigated when the flow is entirely due to injection and/or suction at the two disks. Viscous dissipation terms have been included in the energy equation and the injection and/or suction velocities at the two disks are assumed to be small. The boundaries are kept at constant temperatures. The variation of temperature and Nusselt numbers at the two disks has been graphically depicted for various values of the injection and suction velocities.     

The effect of sonication on glass electrodes

This communication describes observations made on the disturbing effect of ultrasound on the functioning of glass electrodes. It was observed that the signal of glass electrodes drops significantly, with as much as several pH units, if sonication is applied to the sample solution. The effect was studied for a variety of electrolyte solutions and for several glass electrode makes, and was always found to be reversible and reproducible. The quality and the concentration of the electrolyte, as well as the ultrasonic power applied were seen to strongly influence the magnitude of the effect. These findings suggests that (i) if a glass electrode is being used to follow chemical reactions in sonicated solutions, irradiation should be intermitted for the time of measurements, and (ii) the phenomenon may provide an alternative method for sensing ultrasound or mapping ultrasound energy distribution.     

Optical studies of local flow behaviour of a non-Newtonian fluid inside a porous medium

In this study the local flow of a polymeric solution inside a porous medium is studied visually. While the flow is quite uniform for low volume flow rates it shows pronounced nonuniformity for higher volume flow rates. That is to say, only certain preferred passages are taken and these passages change in time (they fluctuate). This flow irregularity is the reason for increased resistance. Received: 28 April 1997 Accepted: 30 December 1997     

聚苯胺膜电极上计时电流法和计时库仑法理论及其验证

本文推导了聚苯胺膜电极上计时电流法和计时库仑法理论公式，并成功地进行了验证，理论和实验结果相符合，还测定了扩散系数，结果与文献报道相一致。     

电极形状对GaN基发光二极管芯片性能的影响

采用Crosslight APSYS这一行业专业软件对p-GaN,InGaN/InGaN多量子阱,n-GaN和蓝宝石的芯片结构研究了不同电极形状与器件的光电性能之间的关系.优化设计了普通指形电极、对称型指形电极、h形指形电极、旋转形电极、中心环绕形电极、树形电极等6种电极结构.通过电极优化设计,电流分布更加均匀,减小了电流的聚集效应.优化后的电极结构结果表明:芯片的电特性得到了提高,芯片的光特性得到了明显改善,芯片的出光效率大幅度提高,芯片的转化效率得到了提升.     

介质pH对银基上4-甲基-4H-3-巯基-1,2,4-三氮唑成膜结构和缓蚀性能影响的SERS和电化学研究

在不同pH介质中,缓蚀试剂4-甲基-4H-3-巯基-1,2,4-三氮唑(4-MTTL)都能在银基底上形成自组装膜。SERS光谱表明:当pH=3时,4-MTTL分子是以硫醇式,通过两个氮原子为吸附位点,以较平躺方式在银表面构筑自组装膜;当介质为pH=7和pH=11时,4-MTTL以硫醇式,通过氮和硫原子为吸附位点倾斜或垂直方式作用于银表面。由于后者的吸附方式比前者更为垂直于表面,所以形成的膜中分子排列更为致密。电化学极化实验也表明,在pH=3的条件下,形成的4-MTTL单层有更正的腐蚀电位;在pH=11时,构筑的膜缓蚀能力强于pH=7的。并由电化学交流阻抗数据解析了相应的缓蚀机理。     

Rapid separation of strychnine and brucine on a dynamically modified poly(dimethylsiloxane) microchip followed by electrochemical detection

A method has been developed for rapidly separating and detecting strychnine and brucine using a poly(dimethysiloxane) (PDMS) microchip and electrochemical (EC) detection. PDMS microchannels dynamically modified by Brij35 are shown to be more efficient than native ones. The two analytes are well separated within 90 s in 70 mmol/L acetate buffer (pH 5.5) containing 0.01% (v/v) Brij35. Detection limits were found to be 1.0 μmol/L for strychnine and 0.2 μmol/L for brucine at S/N=3. The method was used to determine trace strychnine and brucine in rat serum, and the results obtained correlate well with those obtained via high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).      

MHD mixed convection for viscoelastic fluid past a porous wedge

A magnetic hydrodynamic (MHD) mixed convective heat transfer problem of a second-grade viscoelastic fluid past a wedge with porous suction or injection has been studied. Governing equations include continuity equation, momentum equation and energy equation of the fluid. It has been analyzed by a combination of a series expansion method, the similarity transformation and a second-order accurate finite-difference method. Solutions of wedge flow on the wedge surface have been obtained by a generalized Falkner-Skan flow derivation. Some important parameters have been discussed by this study, which include the Prandtl number (Pr), the elastic number (E), the free convection parameter (G) and the magnetic parameter (M), the porous suction and injection parameter (C) and the wedge shape factor (β). Results indicated that elastic effect (E) in the flow could increase the local heat transfer coefficient and enhance the heat transfer of a wedge. In addition, similar to the results from Newtonian fluid flow and conduction analysis of a wedge, better heat transfer is obtained with a larger G and Pr.     

Probing the adsorption of methylimidazole at ionic liquids/Cu electrode interface by surface‐enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy

Two kinds of room‐temperature ionic liquids, 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium bromide ([BMIM]Br) and 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium tetrafluoroboride ([BMIM]BF₄), were used as solvent, and the adsorption of the ionic liquids themselves and of N‐methylimidazole (NMIM) were investigated by electrochemical surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) over a wide potential window. The results revealed that the cation of ionic liquid adsorbed onto Cu surface with different configurations in different potential ranges. When the potential was changed from the negative to the positive range, the orientation underwent a change from flat to vertical, and the onset potential for the orientation change was dependent on the types of anion of the ionic liquid. The ionic liquid in bulk solution exhibited a remarkable effect on the adsorption of NMIM. The electrode surface structure changed from adsorbing the ionic liquid at the negative potential to coadsorbing the ionic liquid and NMIM at relative positive potential for the [BMIM]BF₄ liquids, and formed films of NMIM at extremely positive potential. Due to the strong specific adsorption of Br⁻, the coadsorption of ionic liquid and NMIM was not observed in the system [BMIM]Br. By simulating the electrode surroundings, two surface complexes [Cu(NMIM)₄Br]Br·H₂O and [Cu(NMIM)₄](BF₄)₂ were synthesized by the electrochemical method in the corresponding ionic liquids for modeling the surface coordination chemistry of NMIM. The surface coordination configuration of NMIM and ionic liquids is proposed. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Adsorption of molecular gases on porous materials in the SAFT-VR approximation

A simple molecular thermodynamic approach is applied to the study of the adsorption of gases of chain molecules on solid surfaces. We use a model based on the Statistical Associating Fluid Theory for Variable Range (SAFT-VR) potentials [A. Gil-Villegas, A. Galindo, P.J. Whitehead, S.J. Mills, G. Jackson, A.N. Burgess, J. Chem. Phys. 106 (1997) 4168] that we extend by including quasi-two-dimensional approximation to describe the adsorption properties of these types of real gas [A. Martínez, M. Castro, C. McCabe, A. Gil-Villegas, J. Chem. Phys. 126 (2007) 074707]. The model is applied to ethane, ethylene, propane, and carbon dioxide adsorbed on activated carbon and silica gel, which are porous media of significant industrial interest. We show that the adsorption isotherms obtained by means of the present SAFT-VR modeling are in fair agreement with the experimental results provided in the literature.