Study on polyvinylidene fluoride as alignment layer in twist-nematic liquid crystal display

The material with high dielectric constant can significantly affect the distribution of the electric field, so this kind of material has great potential in liquid crystal display. In this paper, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as alignment layer in liquid crystal display was analysed. The optical property, mechanical property, thermal stability and electrical property of PVDF were measured. Experiments show that the absorbance of PVDF material is 0.2 (or less) in visible light, which is better than the conventional alignment material polyimide (PI). The alignment effect can be generated by mechanical friction and the liquid crystal molecules are ordered or aligned, and PVDF can maintain good thermal stability as temperature is lower than 400°C. Since the dielectric constant of PVDF is usually between 6.0 and 8.0, it has significant effect on the distribution of the electric field in the liquid crystal display, and its dielectric loss is also less than PI. The lower operating voltage and the faster response time are obtained from the experiment. It can be confirmed by the experiments that PVDF could be used in liquid crystal display (LCD) as the alignment layer to improve LCD’s characteristics.     

Optical Temperature-Sensing Performance of Nd3+:MF2 (M=Ba,Ca, Sr) Crystalline Powders Prepared by Combustion Synthesis

There is a large interest in luminescent materials for application as temperature sensors. In this scenario, we investigate the performance of neodymium-doped alkaline-earth fluoride (Nd³⁺:MF₂; M=Ba, Ca, Sr) crystalline powders prepared by combustion synthesis for optical temperature-sensing applications based on the luminescence intensity ratio (LIR) technique. We observe that the near-infrared luminescence spectral profile of Nd³⁺ changes with the temperature in a way that its behavior is suitable for optical thermometry operation within the first biological window. We also observe that the thermometric sensitivities of all studied samples change depending on the spectral integration range used in the LIR analysis. Nd³⁺:CaF₂ presents the largest sensitivity values, with a maximum absolute sensitivity of 6.5×10⁻³/K at 824 K and a relative sensitivity of 1.71 %/K at human-body temperature (310 K). The performance of CaF₂ for optical thermometry is superior to that of β-NaYF₄, a standard material commonly used for optical bioimaging and temperature sensing, and on par with the most efficient oxide nanostructured materials. The use of thermometry data to help understand structural properties via Judd-Ofelt intensity standard parameters is also discussed.     

Microfluidic fabrication of β-phase enriched poly(vinylidene fluoride) microfibers toward flexible piezoelectric sensor

β-phase enriched piezoelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) films/fibers are often prepared by high-energy costing methods, including mechanical stretching, high-electric field or electrospinning. In this study, PVDF piezoelectric microfibers, for the first time, were prepared by microfluidic spinning technology. The β-phase enriched PVDF microfibers with various diameters could be easily obtained inside the microfluidic channel due to the mass transfer induced phase inversion of the inner PVDF solution. The influence of diameter of the fibers, PVDF concentration of the inner phase and water content of the outer phase on the β-phase content and crystallinity degree of the obtained fibers was studied in detail. The obtained β-phase enriched fiber was weaved into meshes. Flexible piezoelectric fabrics were then developed based on these meshes, and further used as in-situ and real time human motion monitoring. This simple and effective strategy provides a promising microfluidic spinning technique toward the development of functional microfibers and wearable piezoelectric sensors, which may also give some implies for the industrial wet-spinning of piezoelectric PVDF fibers in the future.     

Gold N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts for the Hydrofluorination of Alkynes Using Hydrofluoric Acid: Reaction Scope,Mechanistic Studies and the Tracking of Elusive Intermediates

An efficient and chemoselective methodology deploying gold-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes as catalysts in the hydrofluorination of terminal alkynes using aqueous HF has been developed. Mechanistic studies shed light on an in situ generated catalyst, formed by the reaction of Brønsted basic gold pre-catalysts with HF in water, which exhibits the highest reactivity and chemoselectivity. The catalytic system has a wide alkyl substituted-substrate scope, and stoichiometric as well as catalytic reactions with tailor-designed gold pre-catalysts enable the identification of various gold species involved along the catalytic cycle. Computational studies aid in understanding the chemoselectivity observed through examination of key mechanistic steps for phosphine- and NHC-coordinated gold species bearing the triflate counterion and the elusive key complex bearing a bifluoride counterion.     

One-Pot Synthesis of High-Strained Metal Vinylidene and Metal Carbyne

A novel one-pot reaction producing a metal vinylidene structure in a five-membered ring by cyclization of a multiyne has been achieved. The ring strain and the high stability of the cyclic metal vinylidene complexes have been analyzed experimentally and computationally. The metal vinylidene unit in a fused-ring complex is unreactive to both nucleophiles and electrophiles. It reacts however at the nearby carbonyl group achieving the unprecedented conversion of metal tributing factors for the aromaticity-driven process has been studied by DFT calculations.     

铝灰及其浸出液中氟的测定

铝灰中的氟化物是铝灰中的环境危害因子.使用X射线荧光光谱(XRF)法、X射线衍射(XRD)法对15份铝灰样品进行了元素及物相组成检测,使用SPSS 25.0对数据进行因子分析和聚类分析,将15份样品分成四类,从每类中选择1～2个样品,共选取5份样品作为代表进行后续实验.使用离子色谱法和氟离子选择电极法对铝灰浸出液中氟离...     

Novel sepiolite reinforced emerging composite polymer electrolyte membranes for high-performance direct methanol fuel cells

Methanol permeation is the main issue of Nafion membranes when they are used as a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). In the current study, novel nanocomposite polymer membranes are prepared by the integration of surface-modified sepiolite (MS) in polyvinylidene fluoride grafted polystyrene (PVDF-g-PS) copolymer as PEM in DMFCs. Sepiolite (SP) surface is chemically modified using vinyltriethoxysilane and analyzed by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Nanocomposite PVDF-g-PS/MS membranes are prepared by phase inversion technique and subsequently treated with chlorosulfonic acid to induce sulfonic acid (SO₃H) active sites at the membrane surface. The prepared nanocomposite membranes (S-PPMS) are analyzed for their physicochemical characteristics in terms of water uptake percentage, cation exchange capacity, proton conductivity (σ), and methanol permeability. MS dispersion in the copolymer matrix is proved through morphological SEM examination. The S-PPMS membranes exhibit increased proton conductivity due to the presence of well-dispersed MS and surface functional –SO₃H groups. A peak power density of 210 mWcm^?2 is recorded for S-PPMS10 at 110 °C, which is higher than the output obtained from Nafion-117. These promising results indicate the potential utilization of prepared nanocomposite PEMs for DMFC application.     

无配体Pd/LDH-F催化剂在Heck和Suzuki反应中的应用

 以氟离子插层的水滑石LDH-F为载体,用逐滴浸渍法制备了新型Pd/LDH-F催化剂,并用其催化溴代芳烃的Heck和Suzuki偶联反应. 用X射线衍射表征了催化剂的晶相,以等离子体发射光谱测定了溶剂中钯的流失量. 结果表明,对于Heck反应,在无配体存在和低钯用量(Pd/溴代芳烃摩尔比为0.001)的情况下, Pd/LDH-F的催化性能优于其它载体负载的Pd催化剂,显示出很高的催化活性和选择性. 在140 ℃和12 h的条件下, Pd/LDH-F催化溴苯与苯乙烯Heck反应产物的收率可达86％, 反应后催化剂经过分离,可循环使用四次其催化活性基本不变. 在DMF/水摩尔比为0.5的混合溶剂中,在室温和3 h 的条件下, Pd/LDH-F (Pd/溴代芳烃摩尔比为0.005)催化溴苯与苯基硼酸盐的Suzuki反应中,目标产物收率为99%.     

Release of the Water Molecule Encapsulated Inside an Open‐Cage Fullerene through Hydrogen Bonding Mediated by Hydrogen Fluoride

A reversible wetting/dewetting procedure is reported for an open‐cage fullerene with an 18‐membered orifice. In a homogeneous mixture of H₂O/EtOH/CHCl₃, water was encapsulated into the cavity of the open‐cage compound quantitatively at 80 °C. Addition of aqueous hydrogen fluoride into the water‐encapsulated complex removed the encapsulated water completely at room temperature. H‐bonding between the trapped water and fluoride is shown to play a key role for the water release process.     

The Existence of Tricyanomethane

Calcium tricyanomethanide reacts with hydrogen fluoride under formation of tricyanomethane and Ca(HF₂)₂. Tricyanomethane is stable below ?40 °C and was characterized by IR, Raman, and NMR spectroscopy. The vibrational spectra were compared to the quantum‐chemical frequencies at the PBE1PBE/6‐311G(3df,3dp) level of theory and confirm the predicted C_3v symmetry of the molecule with regular C? H (109.8 pm), C? C (146.7 pm), and C?N (114.7 pm) bonds.