Polarized Spacetime Foam

An approximate model of a spacetime foam is presented. It is supposed that in the spacetime foam each quantum handle is like to an electric dipole and therefore the spacetime foam is similar to a dielectric. If we neglect of linear sizes of the quantum handle then it can be described with an operator containing a Grassman number and either a scalar or a spinor field. For both fields the Lagrangian is presented. For the scalar field it is the dilaton gravity + electrodynamics and the dilaton field is a dielectric permeability. The spherically symmetric solution in this case give us the screening of a bare electric charge surrounded by a polarized spacetime foam and the energy of the electric field becomes finite one. In the case of the spinor field the spherically symmetric solution give us a ball of the polarized spacetime foam filled with the confined electric field. It is shown that the full energy of the electric field in the ball can be very big.     

Moisture barrier of AlxOy coating on poly(ethylene terephthalate), poly(ethylene naphthalate) and poly(carbonate) substrates

The moisture barrier property of Al_xO_y coated poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), poly(ethylene naphthalate) (PEN) and poly(carbonate) (PC), have been investigated. The differences in the morphology of the Al_xO_y sputtered grown on these substrate were investigated using atomic force microscopy (AFM). The initial growth of the Al_xO_y followed closely the topology of the substrate and an amplified roughness was observed. In the fully grown Al_xO_y, the comparative roughness followed that of the substrates. It has been found that a single layer Al_xO_y improved the moisture barrier of PET by an order of magnitude, PC by two orders of magnitude while no improvement was observed for PEN. UV-ozone treatment on PC further improved the moisture barrier, while no improvement was observed for PET and PEN. The comparative effects of the substrate surface roughness and surface energy on the moisture barrier are discussed.     

液态泡沫结构及其稳定性

液态泡沫由大量气泡密集堆积在少量的表面活性剂溶液中形成，是具有高度自组织结构的典型的软物质．文章从泡沫物理学角度简要介绍了液态泡沫的结构特征和稳定性方面的研究．     

Calorimetric study of Diepoxide Chain-Extended Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate)

A series of chain-extended PET samples were obtained by the use of different amounts of a diepoxide as chain extender, which was prepared for this purpose. These samples exhibited different intrinsic viscosities and degrees of branching or cross-linking. The effects of this differentiation on the thermal properties were studied by differential scanning calorimetry. The thermal parameters studied were the glass transition temperature (T_g), the cold-crystallization temperature (T_cc), the melting temperature (T_m), the enthalpy (ΔH_m) and the degree of crystallinity. The data revealed that, the higher the quantity of chain extender or the chain extension time, the higher T_gand T_cc, but the lower T_mand ΔH_m, i.e. the more amorphous the chain-extended samples, as also shown by density measurements. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

聚苯基膦酸二苯砜酯对PET凝聚相阻燃作用的研究

采用热重分析、Ｘ－射线光电子能谱和红外光谱分析等手段，研究了含聚苯基膦酸二苯砜酯（ＰＳＰＰＰ）的聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯（ＰＥＴ）阻燃体系的热化学，探讨了ＰＳＰＰＰ对ＰＥＴ的阻燃机理．ＰＳＰＰＰ的加入，明显改变了ＰＥＴ的热分解行为：ＰＳＰＰＰ拓宽了ＰＥＴ的分解温度范围，降低了ＰＥＴ在可燃温度范围内的分解产物的量；在ＰＥＴ的点燃温度以下，ＰＳＰＰＰ对ＰＥＴ的降解起到一定的促进作用，而在点燃温度以上，产生的降解产物有利于促进炭化．４００℃以上，ＰＥＴ和ＰＳＰＰＰ的结构发生了明显的变化，所产生的结构有利于ＰＥＴ的降解，使ＰＥＴ的分子量急剧减小，粘度下降，易于形成熔滴，有利于促使着火部分离开火源，增加燃烧的ＰＥＴ表面的物质损耗和热损耗，起到阻燃作用．     

泡沫铅对VRLA电池负极活性物质结构及性能影响

0引言随着36V/42V汽车电源系统的提出,新一轮汽车用电池的竞争不断加剧。从目前情况看,铅酸电池由于具有成本低廉,使用可靠,原材料来源丰富,铅回收率可高达98%等优点,因此成为电动车电源最实际的选择之一[1]。但作为电动车用电池,需要克服其比能量低、充电接受能力差和负极硫酸盐化等缺点。为此各国科学家开展了大量的研究工作。最近报道用铸造多孔体作为敞口铅酸电池的集流体,它的比表面积为14cm2·cm-3,正极活性物质利用率上升到50%,远高于传统的铸造板栅[2]。在铅酸电池集流体研究领域里另一个重大进步,就是以R V C(R etic-ulated V i…     

表面膨胀粘度的测定研究

用不同浓度的NaCl和表面活性剂直链的十二烷基苯磺酸钠(LAS)、稳定剂聚丙烯酰胺和水所组成的泡沫体系为研究对象,通过表面压松弛的方法,利用计算机数据拟合,得到了计算表面膨胀粘度的方法。     

用FTIR定量测定聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯晶区和非晶区反式构象含量

用傅里叶变换红外分光光度计测定不同条件下退火处理的聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯膜的谱图, 用谱带分离技术对归属于反式构象的1340cm^-^1谱带进行阻尼最小两乘分峰处理, 结合属左右式构象贡献的1454cm^-^1谱带, 用线性回归分析的方法获得晶区反式构象、非晶区反式构象、非晶区左右式构象的百分含量。     

Application of the essential work of fracture concept to nanostructured polymer materials

The first part of the paper deals with a critical discussion of the methodical basis of essential work of fracture (EWF) concept with respect to the specimen geometry (especially the notch depth) and application to polymers. In the second part, an in situ testing device, which combines a tensile testing machine with an optical strain-field measuring system, has successfully demonstrated possibility of characterization of fracture behaviour of polystyrene-polybutadiene block copolymers and block copolymer/homopolymer blends as examples of nanostructured polymer materials. It has been shown that knowledge of the time evolution of the strain field close to the crack tips leads to a simple verification of the basic precondition for the applicability of the EWF concept, the precondition “plastic zone coalescence-before-stable crack propagation”.     

Preconcentration and separation of iron, zinc, cadmium and mercury, from waste water using Nile blue a grafted polyurethane foam

The present work describes a novel method for the incorporation of Nile blue A into polyurethane foam matrix. This foam material was found to be very suitable for the extraction of metal ions from aqueous solutions. The characterization of Nile blue A grafted foam and the effect of halide concentration, pH, shaking time, extraction isotherm and capacity have been investigated. This foam material was found to be suitable for the separation and preconcentration of iron (III), zinc (II), cadmium (II) and mercury (II) from waste water. The extraction was accomplished in (15-20) minutes. Iron was separated from acid medium (2-4 M HCl), zinc from (3-5 M HCl), cadmium from (4-6 M HCl) as thiocyanate complexes and mercury was separated from (1-2 M HCl) as chloride.