Depositing nanoparticles inside millimeter-size hollow tubing

The inner and the outer walls of hollow tubing with an inner diameter of 0.4-0.9 cm and an outer diameter of 0.6-1.3 cm were coated with silver nanoparticles (NPs) by a one-step process using ultrasound irradiation. The structure and morphology of the nanoparticles (NPs) inside the hollow tubing and on the outer surface were characterized using methods such as XRD, TEM, HR-TEM, and HRSEM. The inner surface of the tubing was found to be coated with more silver than the outer surface. The coating was done on tubing made of rubber, PVC, Teflon and polyethylene. Sonochemistry is demonstrated as a method for depositing nanoparticles on the inner wall of a tube.     

Introduction of a biowaste/graphene oxide nanocomposite as a coating for a metal alloy based SPME fiber: Application to screening of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

The present study introduces a high efficiency metal alloy-based solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber coated with a green biowaste nanocomposite of chicken feet yellow membrane mixed with graphene oxide (CFYM/GO). An Al/Cr commercial heating element (aluchrom, AC) has been selected as the fiber substrate and designed as coiled form (CAC-SPME) to enhance its extraction and pre-concentration capacity. The fabricated fiber, CAC-SPME/CFYM/GO, has been employed for the extraction and pre-concentration of some commonly seen PAHs in different standard/real samples prior to their high performance liquid chromatography- ultraviolet (HPLC-UV) analyzing. The synthesized materials and the fibers surface were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy analysis and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area analysis. Under the optimized experimental conditions, low detection limits (LOD, 0.039–0.30 µg L^–1), wide linear ranges (LR, 0.13–643 µg L^–1) and good relative recoveries (RR, 76.20–105.60%) were achieved for all the target analytes. The materials applied to prepare this fiber were low-priced and accessible and also eliminated the need for expensive coating substances. In addition, using of the AC alloy substrate was increased the fiber physicochemical resistance and solved the breakage drawback of the conventional SPME fibers. Moreover, simple fabrication, high rigidity, long service life and high extraction capacity were some of the other advantages of the suggested fiber. Therefore, the proposed method can be utilized successfully for the routine analysis of PAHs in different matrixes.     

Growth and field emission property of coiled carbon nanostructure using copper as catalyst

Coiled carbon nanostructure (CNS) is prepared by a catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process on copper/chromium films deposited by radio frequency (RF) sputtering. Uniform CNS with coiled structure is fabricated by changing the size of the catalyst particles. The effects of Cu catalyst size and RF sputtering power, on the growth of the coiled CNS are discussed, and the results importantly conclude that Cu-catalyzed CVD offers a preferable control of coiled CNS to optimize the field emission property for application.     

Genetic Fusion of Thermoresponsive Polypeptides with UCST-type Behavior Mediates 1D Assembly of Coiled-Coil Bundlemers

Thermoresponsive resilin-like polypeptides (RLPs) of various lengths were genetically fused to two different computationally designed coiled coil-forming peptides with distinct thermal stability, to develop new strategies to assemble coiled coil peptides via temperature-triggered phase separation of the RLP units. Their successful production in bacterial expression hosts was verified via gel electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, and amino acid analysis. Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible (UV/Vis) turbidimetry, and dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements confirmed the stability of the coiled coils and showed that the thermosensitive phase behavior of the RLPs was preserved in the genetically fused hybrid polypeptides. Cryogenic-transmission electron microscopy and coarse-grained modeling revealed that functionalizing the coiled coils with thermoresponsive RLPs leads to their thermally triggered noncovalent assembly into nanofibrillar assemblies.     

高温高产井油管屈曲对特殊螺纹性能的影响

为研究高温高产井中油管发生屈曲对特殊螺纹性能的影响,借助ABAQUS有限元软件建立了某特殊螺纹的三维有限元模型,结合实际屈曲工况,并综合考虑了温度、内压、轴向力等因素,得到了屈曲后油管特殊螺纹的应力分布以及密封结构上的接触压力分布。结果表明：屈曲后特殊螺纹环向上应力分布不均,表现为受压缩一侧Von Mises应力及接触压力明显大于受拉伸一侧,且正弦屈曲段相比于螺旋屈曲段接头环向上的应力集中更突出;屈曲后,受压一侧的台肩以及管体大端外螺纹第一扣处的Von Mises应力值超过了材料的屈服强度,结构发生塑性变形;受拉一侧的密封面以及台肩面上的接触压力为零,密封结构失去密封能力。     

Carbon nanotubes growth from C2H2 and C2H4/NH3 by catalytic LCVD on supported iron–carbon nanocomposites

We report about the synthesis of carbon nanotubes by catalytic LCVD (C-LCVD), using a CW CO₂ laser and alternatively, C₂H₂/C₂H₄/NH₃ and C₂H₂/C₂H₄-containing gas mixtures. Different core–shell Fe–C nanocomposites (as synthesized and toluene extracted) were used employed as catalysts. The nanotubes grown from Fe–C residue demonstrate the lowest mean diameters. Prevalent curled and coiled morphologies are obtained for the CNTs grown in the presence of ammonia.     

异肽键交联的N肽类HIV-1融合抑制剂的设计、合成及活性评价

报道了一种通过在HIV-1 gp41 NHR区域的多肽(N肽)之间引入异肽键稳定N3螺旋的新方法;以天然N肽序列N38为模板,采用此方法设计合成了一系列异肽键交联的N38三股α螺旋结构.该结构具有极强的热稳定性和纳摩尔水平抑制HIV-1包膜糖蛋白(Env)介导的细胞融合活性.     

受压管杆柱在倾斜或弯曲井眼中的稳定性

以一跨受到轴向压力的管杆柱作为研究对象，建立了其弯曲变形的微分方程及边界条件，得到最大径向变形量的计算公式。经分析得到此式的使用条件，并得出临界跨度和临界轴向压力之间的关系式。计算实例表明，无论是套管、油管还是抽油杆，当其下入深度较大时都面临着失稳的问题，而且随着深度的增加．其失稳程度也增加。