高温壁面润湿性对气层稳定性及其壁面滑移性能的分子动力学研究

针对流体在纳米通道的小尺度效应,采用分子动力学方法模拟了传热效应以及流体流动行为,研究在壁面温度影响下,不同润湿性壁面上方气层生成状态以及流体流动时气层的稳定特性和相应的减阻性能.结果表明:当壁面为纯疏水壁面时,不能形成气层;疏水基底+亲水组合壁面形成不规则气层;纯亲水壁面和亲水基底+疏水组合壁面能形成规则气层.当流体流动时,疏水基底+亲水组合壁面气层消失,而纯亲水壁面和亲水基底+疏水组合壁面气层较为稳定.纯疏水壁面主流区域速度较大,而纯亲水壁面主流区域最低.对于壁面滑移速度,存在气层的壁面滑移速度与纯疏水表面相对接近,甚至稍优于纯属疏水表面,而疏水基底+亲水组合壁面滑移速度最小.     

Polymer Foams Stabilized by Particles Adsorbed at the Air/Polymer Interface

In aqueous systems, partially hydrophobic particles are known to stabilize foams even in the absence of any added surfactant. This paper shows that the same principle can be applied to polymeric systems: particles that are partially wetted by a polymer melt can stabilize a foam of that polymer. The foam stability is attributable to the adsorption of the particles at the air/polymer interface. Remarkably, stable foams are realized even from polymers that are liquid at room temperature, and hence are otherwise unfoamable. The implications of this result to practical foaming operations are discussed.

     

Surface analysis of oxygen plasma treated poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) fibers

The influence of oxygen plasma treatment on surface properties of poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) (PBO) fibers and aging effect of the oxygen plasma modified PBO fiber surfaces were investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and dynamic contact angle analysis (DCAA), respectively. The results indicated that the oxygen plasma treatment introduced some polar groups to PBO fiber surfaces, enhanced surface roughness and changed surface morphologies of PBO fibers by plasma etching and oxidative reactions. Surface wettability of PBO fibers may be significantly improved by increasing surface free energy of the fibers via oxygen plasma treatment. Aging effect of the oxygen plasma treated PBO fibers showed that the fiber surface wettability degraded in the first several days after the plasma treatment, and it was found to be changeless as the aging time continued as long as 30 days.     

Investigation into the photo-induced change in wettability of hydrophobized TiO2 films

The photo-induced change in wettability of hydrophobized TiO₂ films has been investigated for steel coated with acidic TiO₂ nanosols containing varying concentrations of dispersed nanocrystalline titania, such as Degussa P25. The photo-induced change in wettability was evaluated by measuring the time-dependent drop of water contact angle (WCA) after samples had been soaked in either n-octyltriethoxysilane (OTS) or decanoic acid (DA). TiO₂ films treated in this way exhibit superhydrophobic behaviour, with WCA greater than 160°. After radiation with UV (black light), the superhydrophobic properties are transformed into superhydrophilic properties, with WCA of almost 0°. As P25 content and layer thickness increase, high rates of photo-induced change are found, but a moderate calcination regime is required. On the other hand, hardness and E modulus pass through a maximum at 25 wt% P25, so that a P25 content between 25 and 50 wt% is the optimum for practical uses. With such stable coatings, wettability can be controlled over a wide range, and the switch between hydrophobic and hydrophilic states can be carried out repeatedly when DA is used as the hydrophobizing agent. Use of a low calcination temperature (450 °C) for the intermediate annealing of the single layers in multilayer coatings and a short final sintering step at a relatively high temperature (e.g. 630 °C for 10 min) allow the preparation of relatively thin TiO₂ films on steel with a high photoactivity.     

润湿性梯度驱动液滴运动的格子Boltzmann模拟

运用考虑了固体与液体间分子作用力的格子Boltzmann方法,数值研究了由于固液界面上表面张力梯度引起的Marangoni效应驱动的液滴运动.当表面张力梯度较小时,计算结果和前人的理论预测符合较好.而表面张力梯度较大时,由于液滴不变形和准平衡态等假设不再满足,理论预测的液滴运动速度高于数值模拟的结果.计算结果显示,在向亲水端运动过程中液滴内部出现旋涡结构,当润湿性梯度较大时,其前进速度和接触角随时间变化出现振荡.     

Bio-template Synthesis of Spirulina/α-Fe2O3 Composite with Improved Surface Wettability

Bio-template method has recently attracted much attention because of its prominent advantages in obtai-ning morphology controlled materials with structural specificity, complexity and their unique functions. The bio-template method combining with electrochemical deposition was employed to synthesize spirulina/hematite composite microstructures using native spirulina as template. A great amount of hematite(α-Fe₂O₃) nanoparticles can be formed and deposited onto the spirulina, resulting in a robust and pseudo-homogeneous surface. And the spirulina/α-Fe₂O₃ composite exhibits an improved surface wettability due to its helical morphology. This facile strategy may open new horizons in the field of replicating specific biological structures for functional materials in other potential applications.     

液滴在不同润湿性表面上蒸发时的动力学特性

基于润滑理论,采用滑移边界条件建立了二维液滴厚度的演化模型和移动接触线动力学模型,利用数值计算方法模拟了均匀加热基底上固着液滴蒸发时的动力学特性,分析了液-气、固-气和液-固界面张力温度敏感性对壁面润湿性和液滴动态特性的影响.结果表明,液滴的运动过程受毛细力、重力、热毛细力和蒸发的影响,重力对液滴铺展起促进作用,而毛细力、热毛细力则起抑制作用;通过改变界面张力温度敏感性系数,可使液滴蒸发过程中的接触线呈现处于钉扎或部分钉扎模式,且接触线钉扎模式下的液滴存续时间低于部分钉扎模式;提高液-气与液-固界面张力温度敏感系数均可改善壁面润湿性能,加快液滴铺展速率;而增大固-气界面张力温度敏感系数则导致壁面润湿性能恶化、延缓液滴铺展过程;通过改变固-气界面张力温度敏感系数更有利于调控处于蒸发状态下的液滴运动.     

Crystallization Control of Molten Ba(B0.9Al0.1)2O4 from Supercooled Pendant Drop

Crystallization process of molten Ba(B_0.9Al_0.1)₂O₄ from supercooled pendant drop was investigated on a viewpoint of a supercooling and a solid phase formation. Molten pendant drop was crystallized by a rod touching at an crystallization temperature under an adequate degree of supercooling. Three kinds of rods were used. Each rod was made of Pt, hBN and graphite which had different wettability to the molten drop. There were three kinds of phases on a solid Ba(B_0.9Al_0.1)₂O₄, such as a high temperature crystal phase, a low temperature crystal phase and a glass phase. All phases could be formed by the present method.