Monte Carlo simulation of nitriding in iron by a mixing technology with laser and plasma beams

A program is modeled to describe nitriding depth by a new mixing laser and plasma beams nitriding (LPN) technique. The model extends the transport of ions in matter (TRIM) program by adding temperature and energy factors into the energy function. The nitriding depths and nitrogen distribution in substrate were calculated by Monte Carlo program. There is a good agreement between calculation and experiment results at different laser energy intensities, scanning velocities and nitrogen ion energies respectively. Moreover, the nitriding process diagrams by LPN technique are shown from calculation results.     

Effect of Ar+ irradiation on the electrical conductivity of BaCe0.9Y0.1O3−δ

The effects of 10 keV Ar⁺ ion irradiation on the electrical characteristics of BaCe_0.9Y_0.1O_2.95 subject to fluences of 0, 1.0 × 10¹⁷, 5.0 × 10¹⁷ and 1.0 × 10¹⁸ ions/cm² at room temperature, has been investigated using elastic recoil detection analysis (ERDA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and alternating current (AC) impedance measurements. It was confirmed from the ERDA results that the hydrogen concentration near the surface increased with increase of Ar⁺ ion fluence. This increase may be associated with the increasing quantities of hydrogen generated by interaction between oxygen vacancies, formed by irradiation, and H₂O from exposure to air. SEM images showed clearly that the number of surface defects due to modification increased with increasing fluence. In addition, the size of the defects showed a tendency to increase with increasing fluence. From the results of XPS analyses, providing information on the electronic states on the surface, it was evident that with increase in the Ar⁺ ion fluence, the quantity of excess oxygen, such as hydroxide, increased in the oxygen 1s XPS spectrum. In addition, it was indirectly found, from decomposition of the Ce 3d, spectrum that the concentration of oxygen vacancies increased with fluence, since the percentage of Ce³⁺ also increased. Accordingly, the surface modification led to the formation of more oxygen vacancies and a greater hydrogen concentration on the surface, since the H₂O interacted with some of them. From the results of the DC conductivity and AC impedance measurements, the proton conductivity was shown to predominate over the temperature range from 473 K to 823 K. It was concluded that the increase in these protons and vacancies generated from surface modification contributed to the increase of proton conductivity.     

Surface modification of polypropylene with an atmospheric pressure plasma jet sustained in argon and an argon/water vapour mixture

In this paper, an atmospheric pressure plasma jet sustained in pure argon and an argon/water vapour mixture has been used to modify the surface of polypropylene (PP) films. The gas temperature of the plasma jet was found to be 625 K in an active zone between the electrodes and was found to increase in the afterglow. Based on these results, the PP films are placed as close as possible to the edge of the capillary in order to avoid thermal damage to the polymer. XPS results on the untreated and modified PP samples revealed incorporation of a significant amount of oxygen on the polymer surface, however, this oxygen inclusion is more pronounced for the argon/water vapour jet due to the higher radicals density in the jet afterglow. One can therefore conclude that adding water vapour to an argon plasma jet can be a convenient way to increase the efficiency of plasma surface modification.     

Enhanced in vitro biocompatibility of ultrafine-grained biomedical NiTi alloy with microporous surface

Bulk ultrafine-grained Ni_50.8Ti_49.2 alloy (UFG-NiTi) was successfully fabricated by equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) technique in the present study, and to further improve its surface biocompatibility, surface modification techniques including sandblasting, acid etching and alkali treatment were employed to produce either irregularly roughened surface or microporous surface or hierarchical porous surface with bioactivity. The effect of the above surface treatments on the surface roughness, wettability, corrosion behavior, ion release, apatite forming ability and cytocompatibility of UFG-NiTi alloy were systematically investigated with the coarse-grained NiTi alloy as control. The pitting corrosion potential (E_pit) was increased from 393 mV (SCE) to 704 mV (SCE) with sandblasting and further increased to 1539 mV (SCE) with following acid etching in HF/HNO₃ solution. All the above surface treatment increased the apatite forming ability of UFG-NiTi in varying degrees when soaked them in simulated body fluid (SBF). Meanwhile, both sandblasting and acid etching could promote the cytocompatibility for osteoblasts: sandblasting enhanced cell attachment and acid etching increased cell proliferation. The different corrosion behavior, apatite forming ability and cellular response of UFG-NiTi after different surface modifications are attributed to the topography and wettability of the resulting surface oxide layer.     

Effect of stearic acid, zinc stearate coating on the properties of synthetic hydromagnesite

Synthetic hydromagnesite (SHM), used as flame retardant for polymers, may have similar or better flame retardancy effectiveness than aluminum tri-hydroxide (ATH) and magnesium di-hydroxide (MDH). Suitable surface modifiers are often employed to improve its dispersion and compatibility with polymer matrix. In this study, we chose stearic acid (SA) and zinc stearate (ZS) as the surface modifier, and investigated the properties of SHM modified with various surface modifier content using dry blending coating process. Scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetry (TG), particle size distribution, contact angle, oil absorption, bulk density, tapped density and Carr's index were employed to characterize the effect of surface modification. The results showed that the surface of SHM powders was changed from hydrophilic to lipophilic. The flowability of the surface modified powder was also improved. TG graphs showed that the surface modifier had no obvious influence on the degradation pathway of the SHM.     

隔热材料的纳米成型与性能分析

经不同工艺和过程制备二氧化硅气凝胶,初步摸索出制备温度、溶剂、催化剂、反应时间最佳参数.在分析气凝胶干燥开裂的原因后,以三甲基氯硅烷(TMCS)为表面修饰剂,正己烷为干燥介质的表面改性工艺,一定程度控制了气凝胶的干燥收缩和开裂.在室温、常压下的通过不同的改性方案制备出四种不同气凝胶样品,揭示了改性条件、干燥温度对于气凝胶孔隙分布、微观结构的影响.     

表面修饰碳纳米管/二氧化钛复合光催化剂制备及催化活性研究

采用溶胶-凝胶法在聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)修饰的碳纳米管表面均匀沉积纳米级二氧化钛粒子制得复合光催化剂。采用透射电子显微镜(TEM)、X射线衍射仪(XRD)、紫外-可见吸收光谱仪(UV-Vis)和X射线光电子能谱仪(XPS)等手段对复合光催化剂进行表征。结果表明,二氧化钛粒子是呈球形、团聚,随机沉积在未修饰碳纳米管任意表面,甚至部分碳纳米管表面是完全裸露的。经PVP修饰后的碳纳米管,二氧化钛纳米粒子均匀沉积在碳纳米管表面,二氧化钛为纯锐钛矿晶体结构,没有金红石和板钛矿相。表面修饰碳纳米管/二氧化钛复合光催化剂在紫外光照射下降解亚甲基蓝,相比纯的二氧化钛和碳纳米管/二氧化钛复合光催化剂,具有非常高的催化活性。     

臭氧化法表面改性聚苯乙烯薄膜

 为增强聚苯乙烯(PS)与聚乙烯醇(PVA)之间的结合力,进而提高PS-VA双层空心微球存活率。利用臭氧化改性法在酸性介质中对聚苯乙烯薄膜进行表面改性,用红外光谱对处理后的表面进行了半定量的分析。结果表明：改性过后聚苯乙烯表面产生羟基、羰基等极性基团;接触角测试证明,处理后的表面由憎水变为亲水,并通过纳米压痕划痕法得到了处理前后PS与PVA薄膜之间的相互作用强度,臭氧化改性后PS与PVA膜间作用强度增大了40%。     

直接观测法塞曼效应实验系统的优化调整

提出了塞曼效应实验仪调整中系统优化的理念,给出了直接观测法塞曼效应实验系统的优化方法.     

二甲醚/动力多联产系统初步研究

本文针对两步法二甲醚/动力多联产系统进行了研究。通过对两步法二甲醚生产和动力两个系统的分析整合,使用ASPEN对流程进行了模拟计算,考察了两步法DME和IGCC联产系统的特性。发现两步法DME-IGCC联产与两步法:DME和IGCC分产相比,折合热转功效率提高了5.66个百分点,折合合成能耗下降了26.05％,相对节能率为8.46％。