Polypropylene/montmorillonite nanocomposites toughened with SEBS‐g‐MA: Structure–property relationship

Polypropylene (PP)/organo‐montmorillonite (Org‐MMT) nanocomposites toughened with maleated styrene‐ethylene‐butylene‐styrene (SEBS‐g‐MA) were prepared via melt compounding. The structure, mechanical properties, and dynamic mechanical properties of PP/SEBS‐g‐MA blends and their nanocomposites were investigated by X‐ray diffraction (XRD), polarizing optical microscopy (POM), tensile, and impact tests. XRD traces showed that Org‐MMT promoted the formation of β‐phase PP. The degree of crystallinity of PP/SEBS‐g‐MA blends and their nanocomposites were determined from the wide angle X‐ray diffraction via profile fitting method. POM experiments revealed that Org‐MMT particles served as nucleating sites, resulting in a decrease of the spherulite size. The essential work of fracture approach was used to evaluate the tensile fracture toughness of the nanocomposites toughened with elastomer. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 43: 3112–3126, 2005     

First-principles study on the electronic structures of iron phthalocyanine monolayer

The electronic band structure and magnetic properties of iron phthalocyanine (FePc) monolayer were investigated by using the first-principles all-electron full-potential linearized augmented plane wave energy band method. It is found that the ferromagnetic FePc monolayer is energetically more stable than the paramagnetic one. The exchange interaction, which splits the majority and minority bands, influences strongly on the electronic structure near the Fermi level (E_F). Magnetic moment of the central Fe atom is calculated to 1.95 μ_B. The range of the positive polarization of Fe site is larger in the out-of-plane than in the in-plane direction. The FePc ligand remains paramagnetic. The presence of states at E_F indicates the metallic character of FePc monolayer both for the paramagnetic and ferromagnetic states. However, the large density of states at E_F of the majority spins in the ferromagnetic state is expected to cause a phase transition to insulating antiferromagnetic state from the metallic ferromagnetic one.     

Kinetics of residual gas adsorption on Ge(1 1 1) surface in low-energy electron backscattering

Low-energy (0.4-1.2 eV) electron backscattering is applied for the investigation of kinetics of residual gas adsorption effect on the concentration and energy positions of surface electron states of Ge(1 1 1) surface. Chemosorption of residual gas molecules on Ge(1 1 1) at P ∼ 10⁻⁷ Pa and room temperature is shown to be most active during the first 48 h. Low concentration of dangling valence bonds on the reconstructed Ge(1 1 1) (2 × 8) surface is shown to determine its low activity to chemosorption.     

Nonequilibrium Measurements of Free Energy Differences for Microscopically Reversible Markovian Systems

An equality has recently been shown relating the free energy difference between two equilibrium ensembles of a system and an ensemble average of the work required to switch between these two configurations. In the present paper it is shown that this result can be derived under the assumption that the system's dynamics is Markovian and microscopically reversible.     

Electrolytic reduction of molybdophosphate in aqueous acetonitrile and its application to flow-coulometric determination of orthophosphate

The formation and electrolytic reduction of molybdophosphate in aqueous solutions of various water-miscible organic solvents have been extensively investigated. Acetonitrile was found to be the most useful of these solvents. Two species of molybdophosphate are formed in aqueous acetonitrile, one of which changes spontaneously into the other, which is quite stable and undergoes a 2-electron electrolytic reduction. On the basis of these facts, a flow-coulometric method for orthophosphate has been developed, applicable to the range 5 × 10⁻⁶-1 × 10⁻³M. It has been used for determination of orthophosphate in several phosphorus compounds, some of which are acid-labile.     

转臂式离心机工作室内的瞬态温度求解与分析

考虑大型转臂式离心机圆柱形工作室各墙壁(顶板、底板和侧壁)的瞬态导热,建立各墙壁的瞬态温度控制方程,对控制方程进行Laplace变换并求解,得到了透过墙壁内表面的总热流量与工作室内空气温度的关系.同时,综合考虑离心机驱动系统输出功率与工作室内空气和固体部件吸热、墙壁系统的吸热和导热、出风口带出的热量,以及动能与进风口带入的热量和动能之差等供能与耗能之间的平衡关系,建立工作室内瞬态温度控制方程,导出了工作室内空气瞬态温度的Laplace变换像函数的解析表达式.然后,采用求解Laplace逆变换的展开定理,导出了工作室内空气瞬态温度随时间变化的级数型显式表达式.最后,以一台多用途离心机为例,进行了工作室内空气温度的理论计算,与以前只考虑墙壁稳态导热的理论计算相比,瞬态计算结果与实测结果更加接近.所建瞬态温度公式提高了工作室温度的预测精度,有助于提升大型转臂式离心机工作室温控设计的水平.     

以RDX为基的含铝炸药中铝粉粒度和氧化剂形态对加速金属能力的影响

利用激光速度干涉仪研究了含微米铝粉和纳米铝粉复合炸药加速金属平板的能力,结果表明纳米铝粉的引入能够获得更大的金属平板自由面速度,其反应时间比微米复合含铝炸药缩短35.1%。研究了氧化剂的形态对含铝炸药性能的影响,用物理化学手段获得的RDX/AP复合粒子复合粒子制作的含铝炸药加速金属平板的能力优于机械混合RDX/AP的含铝炸药,前者的反应时间也比后者短。此外,还研究了以富氧炸药取代RDX获得的含铝炸药的性能,结果表明其加速金属平板的速度比RDX/Al复合炸药提高10%。     

Shear Induced Crystallization,a Relaxation Phenomenon in Polymer Melts: A Re‐Collection

Thread‐like nuclei for the crystallization of polymers which are formed at high deformation rates in a temperature range close to the equilibrium melting point appear to be practically stable at temperatures where spherulites are melting. However, the fact that the great majority of experiments on flow induced crystallization have been carried out at temperatures below the melting temperature of the spherulites leads to the conclusion that the precursors for elongated structures, as formed under those conditions, are practically stable from the moment of their creation. In other words: their relaxation times are much longer than any deformation time applied. As a consequence, deformation times as independent parameters lose their importance in these experiments. Long lasting deformations under low stresses can yield the same precursors as short term deformations under high loads. Apparently the only condition is that the applied specific work is the same.