Synergic Enhancement of High-density Polyethylene through Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene and Multi-flow Vibration Injection Molding: A Facile Fabrication with Potential Industrial Prospects

General-purpose plastics with high strength and toughness have been in great demand for structural engineering applications. To achieve the reinforcement and broaden the application scope of high-density polyethylene(HDPE), multi-flow vibration injection molding(MFVIM) and ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene(UHMWPE) are synergistically employed in this work. Herein, the MFVIM has better shear layer control ability and higher fabrication advantage for complex parts than other analogous novel injection molding technologies reported.The reinforcing effect of various filling times and UHMWPE contents as well as the corresponding microstructure evolution are investigated.When 5 wt% UHMWPE is added, MFVIM process with six flow times thickens the shear layer to the whole thickness. The tensile strength and modulus increase to 2.14 and 1.39 times, respectively, compared to neat HDPE on the premise of remaining 70% impact strength. Structural characterizations indicate that the enhancement is attributed to the improvement of shish-kebab content and lamellae compactness, as well as related to the corresponding size distributions of undissolved UHMWPE particles. This novel injection molding technology with great industrial prospects provides a facile and effective strategy to broaden the engineering applications of HDPE materials. Besides, excessive UHMWPE may impair the synergistic enhancement effect, which is also reasonably explained.     

冷却速率对Lennard-Jones体系凝固过程中结构与动力学性质的影响

用分子动力学模拟方法研究了五种不同冷却速率对Lennard-Jones体系凝固过程中结构与动力学性质的影响。采用两种不同的方法来确定玻璃转变温度Tg,并且对结晶温度Tc、径向分布函数g(r)、均方位移函数MSD与扩散系数D、平均配位数进行比较分析。结果表明：冷却速率影响Lennard-Jones体系凝固过程中的结构。当使用足够高的冷却速率冷却时,体系发生玻璃化转变,而且冷却速率越快,玻璃转变温度越高;当冷却速率较小时,体系形成晶体,而且冷却速率越慢,结晶温度越高,结晶程度也越高。同时发现,冷却速率对扩散系数和平均配位数也有很大影响,二者在体系发生玻璃转变时都有一个缓变的过程,表明了过冷液相区的存在。     

高温高压下Zr2AlC的结构及热学性质的第一性原理

利用密度泛函理论研究了高温高压下Zr₂AlC的结构和热力学性质,计算得到Zr₂AlC的晶格参数与实验值符合较好．研究了Zr₂AlC的弹性常数、体模量、剪切模量和杨氏模量等力学性质随压力变化的趋势．同时研究了维氏硬度随压力的变化趋势．通过计算得到的杨氏模量预测了Zr₂AlC的弹性各向异性．最后,基于准简谐德拜模型,成功预测了Zr₂AlC的德拜温度、热容、热膨胀系数和Grüneisen参数随着压强和温度的变化关系.     

辐射接枝法制备膨化聚四氟乙烯杂化膜及其抗菌性表征

通过共辐射接枝的方法,将聚丙烯酸成功接枝到膨化聚四氟乙烯薄膜上. 采用NaBH₄还原吸附在接枝链上的银离子,在膜中原位负载银纳米粒子,制备了抗菌性ePTFE杂化膜. 杂化膜的SEM、XPS、XRD和TGA表征结果表明,负载的银纳米粒子粒径为几十纳米至100 nm. 而银纳米粒子的负载量可由聚丙烯酸的接枝率控制. 细菌平板计数法测试结果证明,所制备的杂化膜具有优异的抗菌性,对大肠杆菌的抗菌率高达100%.     

Influence of one CO molecule on structural and electronic properties of monatomic Cu chain

By using first-principles calculations, we have systematically investigated the structural and electronic properties of an infinite linear monatomic Cu chain with an adsorbed CO molecule. We find that the bridge geometry is energeticabsally favored not only when the Cu–Cu bond below the molecule is unstretched, but also for a wide range of d_Cu–Cu up to about 4.20 Å, while the substitutional geometry is favored only in the hyperstretched situation d_Cu–Cu>4.80 Å. Charge density differences point out the electron transfer is from the Cu atoms to the adsorbed CO molecule. The binding mechanism of CO to Cu chain can be described by the Blyholder’s model, in terms of σ-donation of electron density from the nonbonding CO-5σ orbital into empty metal orbitals and π-backdonation from the occupied metal d orbitals to empty CO-2π^⁎ orbital. The donation/backdonation process leads to the formation of bonding/antibonding pairs, 5σ_b/5σ_a and 2π_b^⁎/2π_a^⁎, with the 5σ_a lying above E_f and the 2π_b^⁎ below E_f.     

Electronic structures and magnetic properties in Cu-doped two-dimensional dichalcogenides

We explore the electronic structures and magnetic properties in Cu-doped MX₂ (=MoS₂, MoSe₂, MoTe₂, and WS₂) based on density functional theory. A Cu dopant leads to a net moment of 5.0 or 1.0 μ_B in MX₂, which mainly depend on the size of crystal-field splitting relative to that of the spin splitting. No magnetism is observed in Cu-doped MoTe₂. The local distortion around the Cu atom reduces the total magnetic moment in two-Cu-doped MX₂. The magnetic coupling between the nearest neighboring Cu atoms is ferromagnetic for all the cases, but they demonstrate various magnetic ground states with the increasing distance between Cu atoms: the Cu-doped MoS₂ and WS₂ exhibit anti-ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic ground state, respectively. A long-range ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic coupling is attributed to double-exchange interaction in Cu-doped MoSe₂. Half-metallic ferromagnetism with Curie temperature above room temperature in Cu-doped MoSe₂ provides a useful guidance to engineer the magnetic properties of MoSe₂ in experiments.     

Prototype electrochromic device and dye sensitized solar cell using spray deposited undoped and ‘Li’ doped V2O5 thin film electrodes

Lithium (Li) (0–5 wt%) doped V₂O₅ thin films were spray deposited at 450 °C onto ITO substrates. Structural analysis using X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy revealed orthorhombic phase of the films. In addition to the V₂O₅ phase, presence of VO₂ peaks due to high deposition temperature is also evident from structural and optical characterization. The non-stoichiometric nature of the films due to loss of the terminal O atom was confirmed from Raman spectroscopy. The direct band gap, indirect bandgap, and phonon energies were also calculated from optical studies. Different charge states of vanadium ions present in the film were identified from X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study. Results from cyclic voltammetry experiments reflected significant differences between the undoped and Li doped V₂O₅ samples. Transport properties by Hall-effect measured at room temperature indicated significant increase in conductivity, carrier concentration and mobility of V₂O₅ thin films on doping with Li. A Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) was fabricated using mobility enhanced 5 wt% Li doped V₂O₅ film as photoanode and its efficiency was found to be 2.7%. A simple electrochromic cell is fabricated using undoped V₂O₅ thin film to demonstrate the colour change.     

Hierarchical self-assembly of 3D amphiphilic discrete organoplatinum(Ⅱ)metallacage in water

Here we described the design and synthesis of a discrete 3D amphiphilic metallacage 4,in which the tetragonal prismatic frameworks act as the hydrophobic cores and the poly(ethylene glycol)(PEG)chains as the hydrophilic tails.The structure of 4 was characterized by 1H NMR,31P NMR and electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry(ESI-TOF-MS).Notably,4 with its Iong PEG tails was subsequently ordered into micelles at a low concentration(1.20×10^-6 mol/L)in water.As the concentration and cultivation time increased,the micelles can further self-assembly into nanofibers and nanoribbons.Considering the dynamic property of the coordination bond,these structures show reversible transformation under external stimuli.     

Comparison of Two Rhodamine-Polyamine Polystyrene Solid-phase Fluorescence Sensors for Hg(II) Detection Based on Theoretical Calculation

Two novel rhodamine-based polystyrene solid-phase fluorescence sensors PS-PA-I and PS-PA-II with different lengths of polyamines were synthesized for Hg(II) determination. The detection mechanism involving the Hg(II) chelation-induced spirocycle open of rhodamine was proposed with the aid of theoretical calculation. The stronger N-Hg bond and the longer polyamine chain in PS-PA-II led to a better selectivity, much higher and more quickly fluorescence response to Hg(II).