Characterizing the coating and size-resolved oxidative stability of carbon-coated aluminum nanoparticles by single-particle mass-spectrometry

Aluminum nanoparticles are of significant interest in enhancing the rate of energy release from propellants. One of the major impediments to their use is that bare aluminum is highly reactive, while oxide coated aluminum significantly decreases overall performance. We investigate creating aluminum nanoparticles with a thin carbon coating using either a laser induced plasma or a DC plasma-arc. The carbon coating was created by injecting ethylene (C₂H₄) directly downstream of the plasma. The elemental composition of the coated aluminum nanoparticles was measured in real time with a recently developed quantitative single particle mass spectrometer (SPMS). We found that the aluminum nanoparticles were coated with a carbon layer of thickness around 1–3 nm.The thermal and oxidative stability of these particles was determined by passing the aerosols through a heated flow reactor in a carrier flow of either air or argon, and measuring the aluminum, carbon and oxygen content in the particles with the single particle mass spectrometer. We found that below 700°C the coating was stable, but that the coating oxidized above ∼ ∼800°C. In contrast the carbon coating was thermally stable above ∼ ∼900°C. These results indicate that a carbon coating may be a suitable passivating agent.     

Visibly transparent & radiopaque inorganic organic composites from flame-made mixed-oxide fillers

Radiopaque composites have been produced from flame-made ytterbium/silica mixed oxide within a crosslinked methacrylate resin matrix. The refractive index of the filler powder increased with ytterbium oxide loading. A high transparency was achieved for a matching refractive index of the filler powder and the polymer in comparison to commercial materials with 52 wt% ceramic filling. It was demonstrated that powder homogeneity with regard to particle morphology and distribution of the individual metal atoms is essential to obtain a highly transparent composite. In contrast, segregation of crystalline single-oxide phases drastically decreased the composite transparency despite similar specific surface areas, refractive indices and overall composition. The superior physical strength, transparency and radiopacity compared to composites made from conventional silica based-fillers makes the flame-made mixed-oxide fillers especially attractive for dental restoration materials.     

无氧铜的准等熵压缩性

 利用递变冲击阻抗材料叠合而成的组合飞片，在二级轻气炮上对无氧铜进行了准等熵压缩性测量，加载时间约达1 μs。用激光速度干涉仪连续记录了不同厚度处无氧铜样品自由面速度随时间的变化过程，并通过拉格朗日波分析技术计算得到40 GPa下的准等熵的应力-应变曲线。结果表明：在低应力区，无氧铜的准等熵压缩线位于冲击绝热线之上；到32 GPa以上，准等熵压缩线才回落到冲击绝热线之下。这个现象与Barker、Chhabildas等对铝与钨的实测现象是一致的，它表明：在低应力区，材料的冲击强化效应与加载速率密切相关。     

Behavior of concrete cylinders confined by a carbon composite 3. Deformability and the ultimate axial strain

Results of an experimental investigation into the mechanical properties of concrete cylinders confined by a carbon-epoxy composite wrapping are presented. It is shown that, for all the con fined con crete spec i mens tested, the loading paths in the normalized stress space follow a single master curve, what ever the concrete strength and confinement intensity. At stresses in the confined concrete exceeding the strength of plain concrete, the tangent modulus was found to depend on the slope angle of the master curve and the asymptotic value of the differential Poisson ratio (the first derivative of the lateral strain with respect to the axial one). Formulas for predicting the ultimate axial strain and the tangent modulus are derived and compared with the corresponding fib (fédération internationale du béton) recommendations. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 433–448, July–Au gust, 2006.     

具有双裂纹的弹性复合材料板承受剪切冲击时的动应力强度因子

本文研究了两个材半限弹性的接合面附近存在与接合面平行的双裂纹，并承受剪切冲击时的瞬态应力，运用付里叶（Ｆｏｕｒｉｅｒ）和拉普拉斯（Ｌａｐｌａｃｅ）变换，将问题归结为求解二元积分方程，求解时将裂纹所在面上，下的位移差展成级数，并让其自动满足裂纹面外的位移差为零的条件，利用裂纹面上的边界条件和施密特（Ｓｃｈｍｉｄｔ）方法求解级数中的待定系数，在拉普拉斯像空间中，求得动应力强度因子，并将其数值地逆变换至     

一种诊断复合材料层合板损伤的频响方法

本文首先选取对故障比较敏感,又能反映结构动力学特性的频响函数作为诊断故障的参数。通过计算无损板在给定模态下各单元的模态能量,求得每个单元对该阶模态下全板能量的贡献,并由模态实验得到损伤前后频响函数在各阶共振峰处的变化。分析发现两者之间存在内在联系,从而得到一种分析小损伤位置和范围的新方法。     

Fingering patterns on an expanding miscible drop in a rotating Hele‐Shaw cell

We perform a detailed numerical study for the evolution of an expanding miscible drop in a rotating Hele‐Shaw cell. Two mathematical formulations applied to model the coating layer expansion during practical spin‐coating process, such as thinning of the layer by cell pressing and drop spreading outward due to injection, are investigated. Including miscible interfacial stresses, we focus on the investigation of dynamical and morphological influences of two different stabilizing parameters: the gap width parameter for the pressing cell and the injecting strength. In the case of a pressing cell, the fingering features of the expanding miscible drop, such as the critical radius, are distinct from those ones in the experiments of spin coating due to the different distributions of the inherent radial velocity. On the other hand, the global interfacial evolutions of an expanding drop with an additional injection bear remarkable resemblances to their immiscible counterparts. The better agreement for an injecting model suggests its appropriateness when we simulate the emerging fingering instabilities in the spin‐coating process. Moreover, we investigate the effects of Coriolis force at higher miscible Bond numbers. Coriolis force affects significantly the onset of fingering instability and the tilting angles of fingers. These stable effects are in line with the results from the previous studies for miscible and immiscible flow fields. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Rodlike/flexible polyimide composite films prepared from soluble poly(amic diethyl ester) precursors: Miscibility,structure, and properties

Homogeneous precursor/precursor solutions with various compositions were obtained with appreciably high solid contents in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone from soluble poly(amic diethyl ester) precursors of rodlike poly(p-phenylene biphenyltetracarboximide) (BPDA-PDA) and flexible poly(4,4′-oxydiphenylene biphenyltetracarboximide) (BPDA-ODA), which are hydrolytically more stable as well as more soluble than the corresponding poly(amic acid)s being equilibrated with the constituent monomers. Both optical microscopic and light scattering measurements showed that the dried precursor blend films and resultant polyimide composite films were optically transparent, regardless of compositions and process conditions. The composite films showed a single T_g behavior. However, for the composite of 30 wt % BPDA-PDA dispersed in the matrix of 70 wt % BPDA-ODA, a smectic crystalline-like aggregation of the BPDA-PDA component was detected on wide-angle x-ray diffraction patterns, indicative of microscopic phase separation between the two components. This phase separation was not detected on the optical microscopy, light scattering, and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis because of their resolution limits: Optical microscopy has a resolution of submicrometers, whereas dynamic mechanical thermal analysis and light scattering have a resolution of ca. 50 Å. Therefore, it is speculated that in the composite films BPDA-PDA and BPDA-ODA polyimide molecules have demixed on the scale of a few nanometers. The mean long periodicity, which was estimated from the small-angle x-ray scattering pattern, varied from 134 to 170 Å as the content of BPDA-ODA component increased. In addition, mechanical properties of the composite films were characterized. ©1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

以高温超导体为基础的颗粒复合磁电阻器件

外加磁场对超导电性有强烈抑制作用，等效于一个显的正磁电阻．将高温超导体与具有不同磁电阻特性的其它材料复合，构成纳米颗粒复合体，可改变其磁场响应，调节成分配比还可使总磁电阻在特定的温度和外磁场下改变符号，即可调谐磁电阻．根据这一原理，我们制备了以La1.85Sr0.15CuO4和YBa2Cu3O7-δ为基础的颗粒复合磁电阻器件，并在其中观测到了以可调谐磁电阻为代表的丰富的磁电现象．这些器件在磁探测、磁记录和磁场标定等方面具有重要应用价值．     

Surface and catalytic properties of Cu–Ce–O composite oxides prepared by combustion method

Surface and catalytic properties of Cu–Ce–O composite materials prepared by solution combustion method have been investigated. The materials are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature programmed reduction (TPR) and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR). The results of EPR and TPR show finely dispersed Cu²⁺ species on ceria matrix with low copper content. The Cu²⁺ species exists in the form of dimers and clusters which are not evident in XRD. In addition CuO is also present as small clusters which grow to larger size at higher Cu content. There is no evidence of CuO forming a solid solution with fluorite CeO₂ in combustion method. The Cu²⁺ species mostly appear on surface rather than in the bulk. Hydrogen peroxide decomposition kinetics has been carried out on Cu–Ce–O composite materials to investigate the effect of crystalline and well-dispersed copper oxide phases on CeO₂. From kinetic results, the catalyst materials can be grouped into highly dispersed as well as crystalline CuO phases present on CeO₂ matrix. Two parallel compensating lines for dispersed and crystalline CuO phases on CeO₂ are observed in ln A versus E_a plot indicating the compensation effect in H₂O₂ decomposition. This observation is consistent with XRD and EPR results.