Effect of Wearing Surgical Face Masks on Gas Detection from Respiration Using Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

Wearing surgical face masks is among the measures taken to mitigate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) transmission and deaths. Lately, concern was expressed about the possibility that gases from respiration could build up in the mask over time, causing medical issues related to the respiratory system. In this research study, the carbon dioxide concentration and ethylene in the breathing zone were measured before and immediately after wearing surgical face masks using the photoacoustic spectroscopy method. From the determinations of this study, the C₂H₄ was established to be increased by 1.5% after one hour of wearing the surgical face mask, while CO₂ was established to be at a higher concentration of 1.2% after one hour of wearing the surgical face mask, when the values were correlated with the baseline (control).     

HSH-carbon: A novel sp2−sp3 carbon allotrope with an ultrawide energy gap

An sp²-sp³ hybrid carbon allotrope named HSH-carbon is proposed by the first-principles calculations. The structure of HSH-carbon can be regarded as a template polymerization of [1.1.1]propellane molecules in a hexagonal lattice, as well as, an AA stacking of recently reported HSH-C₁₀ consisting of carbon trigonal bipyramids. Based on calculations, the stability of this structure is demonstrated in terms of the cohesive energy, phonon dispersion, Born−Huang stability criteria, and ab initio molecular dynamics. HSH-carbon is predicted to be a semiconductor with an indirect energy gap of 3.56 eV at the PBE level or 4.80 eV at the HSE06 level. It is larger than the gap of Si and close to the gap of c-diamond, which indicates HSH-carbon is potentially an ultrawide bandgap semiconductor. The effective masses of carriers in the VB and CB edge are comparable with wide bandgap semiconductors such as GaN and ZnO. The elastic behavior of HSH-carbon such as bulk modulus, Young’s modulus and shear modulus is comparable with that of T-carbon and much smaller than that of c-diamond, which suggests that HSH-carbon would be much easier to be processed than c-diamond in practice.     

Ag/CNT‐catalyzed hydroamination of activated alkynes with aromatic amines

As a nanoparticle support material, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) provide a certain potential activation of catalysis in heterogeneous catalytic organic reactions. Herein, an efficient Ag/CNT‐catalyzed synthesis of enamines via hydroamination of activated alkynes with aromatic amines has been described. This catalyst still retains catalytic activity after being recycled and reused three times. In addition, it represents a green and environmentally friendly process for preparation of enamines. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Füllstandsmessung mit Streustrahlungssonden

Es wird die Abhängigkeit der Impulsdichte vom Füllstand bei Meßanordnungen mit γ-Streustrahlungssonden verschiedener Länge untersucht. Verwendet werden die Nuklide ⁶⁰Co und ¹³⁷Cs. Ein nahezu linearer Anstieg der Impulsdichte mit dem Füllstand wird bei Füllgütern kleiner Ordnungszahl nur bei Sondenlängen L ≥ μ₀ ^?1.erzielt. Der Einfluß des Schüttwinkels und der Dichte des Füllgutes wird diskutiert.     

Fortschritte in der Auswertung von Markierungsversuchen an dynamischen Systemen

In einem dynamischen System vollziehen sich kontinuierlich ablaufende Stoffwandlungen, deren Ausgangsstoffe dem System ständig zufließen und deren Folgeprodukte das System kontinuierlich verlassen. Es wird das Verhalten eines solchen Systems mit drei Pools bei Markierungsexperimenten untersucht. Die Ergebnisse dieser mathematischen Untersuchungen werden auf die Erforschung des Stickstoffstoffwechsels laktierender Rinder mit Hilfe des stabilen Isotops ¹⁵N angewandt. In diesem Fall enthält das dynamische System zwei kleine stoffwechselaktive Pools und einen großen, niclit intensiv am Stoffwechsel beteiligten Körpereiweiβ-Pool.     

Untersuchungen zur Empfindlichkeit der β-Rückstreumethode bei der Messung dünner Auftragsschichten mit einem 11C-Spezialpräparat

Die Bestimmung dünner Auftragsschichten auf bewegten Trāgermaterialien mit der β-Rūckstreumethode hängt wesentlich von der Empfindlichkeit der Messung und der Dynamik des Prozesses ab.

In diesem Beitrag wird für spezielle Stoffe der Einfluβ der Trāgermaterialien bei Mehrschichtproblemen auf die Empfindlichkeit untersucht.     

Mechanics and morphology of single-walled carbon nanotubes: from graphene to the elastica

Abstract

The elastica is referred to the shape of the curve into which the centreline of a flexible lamina is bent. Hence, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are treated as the elastica obtained from bending of graphene. The corresponding large deformation accompanies both the material and geometrical non-linearities. The morphology of the free-standing SWCNTs such as the natural angle of twist, bond lengths, tube radius and wall thickness are determined. Moreover, it is shown that the induced self-equilibriated strain field has a remarkable impact on the mechanical behaviour of the nanotube. Utilization of an appropriate non-linear continuum constitutive relation for graphene leads to exact formulation of the governing equations of SWCNTs. Subsequently, through perturbation analysis, the asymptotic solutions of the initial elastic fields for the SWCNTs are presented. By performing ab initio calculations, the components of the fourth and sixth-order elastic moduli tensors in the constitutive model of graphene needed in this study are computed.     

Facile one‐pot method of initiator fixation for surface‐initiated atom transfer radical polymerization on carbon hard spheres

An efficient and novel one‐pot process is developed to immobilize the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) initiators onto the surface of fully pyrolyzed carbon hard spheres (CHSs) via a radical trapping process from the in situ thermal decomposition of bis(bromomethylbenzoyl)peroxide. The CHSs do not require any additional preparative treatment prior to the initiator immobilization. Styrene and methyl methacrylate are polymerized onto initiator‐immobilized CHSs by surface‐initiated atomic transfer radical polymerization (SI‐ATRP). Samples are characterized using Fourier transform infrared, thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. These methods of characterization confirmed that all the CHSs are coated with a uniform layer of grafted polymer. This efficient, one‐pot immobilization of ATRP‐initiators represents an exceptionally simple route for the rapid preparation of various polymer‐coated carbon‐based nanomaterials using SI‐ATRP. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2013, 51, 3314–3322