The role of carbon in microstructure evolution of SiBCO ceramics

The composition of polymer derived ceramics could be readily tuned through controlling the structure and element content of the polymer precursors, and investigation on the effect of the element on microstructure evolution is important to the design of advanced ceramics. In this article, the effect of carbon content in SiBCO polymer precursors was systematically investigated. The polymer network and thermal stability of polymer precursors and the carbon content of pyrolyzed SiBCO ceramic could be readily tuned by controlling the DVB amount used. Carbon contributed to the formation of graphitic carbon in SiBC_xO ceramics and inhibited the growth of β–SiC and SiO₂ crystals at 1600 °C, but lead to an increase in the graphitic carbon phase at 1800 °C.     

Microstructure and coloring mechanism of iron spots on bluish white porcelain from Jingdezhen of the Song Dynasty

Jingdezhen is famous for its bluish white (Qingbai) porcelains of the Song Dynasty, and those decorated with iron spots are distinctive among them. Herein, iron spots on a bluish white porcelain were investigated using a series of microscopic and spectroscopic characterizations. We found the decreasing iron content from more than 8 wt% to about 2 wt% during the glaze color transition from rusty to brown and finally into green, which built a connection on the coloring mechanism of iron-rich crystallized glaze and celadon glaze. We identified the rare ε-Fe₂O₃, a promising magnetic material, in both the dark brown crystals and the triangular crystals in the rusty area, which is its first discovery among bluish white porcelains. Based on these findings, we discussed the coloring mechanism of iron-spot decoration along with the physical form of the iron oxide crystals, indicating the partially reducing atmosphere during firing process.     

Hydrothermal synthesis of 3D NixCo1−xS2 particles/graphene composite hydrogels for high performance supercapacitors

In this work, three dimensional (3D) Ni_xCo_1−xS₂/graphene composite hydrogels with different Ni contents (denoted as Ni_xCo_1−xS₂/GH (x = 0, 0.31, 0.56, 0.66, 1)) have been synthesized by a simple one-step hydrothermal method and utilized as the active materials of supercapacitors. The as-prepared samples present a 3D interconnected porous network with the pore sizes in the range of several to tens micrometers. Interestingly, the Ni_xCo_1−xS₂ particles are uniformly located on the graphene network and the particle size is evolved from ∼50 nm to ∼1.5 μm with the increase of Ni content. The electrochemical measurements revealed that the specific capacitance, rate capability and cyclability of different Ni_xCo_1−xS₂/GH electrodes are strongly affected by their different Ni content. Among these, the 3D Ni_0.31Co_0.69S₂/GH composite has the highest specific capacitance of 1166 F/g at a current density of 1 A/g. Furthermore, a specific capacitance of 559 F/g can be still maintained at high current density of 20 A/g. After 1000 charge–discharge cycles at 5 A/g, the specific capacitance remains a high value of 755 F/g.     

A simple approach for fabrication of interconnected graphitized macroporous carbon foam with uniform mesopore walls by using hydrothermal method

Three-dimensional (3D) highly interconnected graphitized macroporous carbon foam with uniform mesopore walls has been successfully fabricated by a simple and efficient hydrothermal approach using resorcinol and formaldehyde as carbon precursors. The commercially available cheap polyurethane (PU) foam and Pluronic F127 were used as a sacrificial polymer and mesoporous structure-directing templates, respectively. The graphitic structure of carbon foam was obtained by catalytic graphitization method using iron as catalyst. Three different carbon foams such as graphitized macro-mesoporous carbon (GMMC) foam, amorphous macro-mesoporous carbon (AMMC) foam and graphitized macroporous carbon (GMC) foam were fabricated and their physicochemical and mechanical properties were systematically measured and compared. It was found that GMMC possess well interconnected macroporous structure with uniform mesopores located in the macroporous skeletal walls of continuous framework. Besides, GMMC foam possesses a well-defined graphitic framework with high surface area (445 m²/g), high pore volume (0.35 cm³/g), uniform mesopores (3.87 nm), high open porosity (90%), low density (0.30 g/cm³) with good mechanical strength (1.25 MPa) and high electrical conductivity (11 S/cm) which makes it a promising material for many potential applications.     

Probing the degenerate pattern growth of {100}<011> orientation in a directionally solidified Al-4.5 wt% Cu alloy

Degenerate pattern is a seemingly disordered morphology but it exhibits the inherently ordered crystal connected with tip-splitting and limited stability which makes it difficult to observe in the metallic system. Here we employ (100)[011] orientated planar-front seeds using directional solidification and reveal the fundamental origins of the degenerate pattern growth in an Al-4.5 wt% Cu alloy. We find that the spacing of the tip-splitting (λ) in the degenerate of the alloys followed a power law, λ∝V^−0.5, and the frequency (f) of the splitting was related to the growth velocity (V) by ƒ∝V^1.5. The dimensionless growth direction (θ/θ₀) increased monotonously and approached 0.6 with faster velocity, attributed to its anisotropy in the interface kinetics. Once growth velocity exceeded a threshold, two types of pattern transitions from degenerate to regular dendrites were proposed. One of them exhibited a random and chaotic mode and the other underwent a rotation in growth direction.     

OFDM系统中同步算法的FPGA 实现

给出了一种用于 OFDM 系统中可同时完成帧起始位置估计和载波频偏估计／补偿的同步算法及其 FPGA 实现方法。采用量化的方法对该不需要额外同步序列的估计算法进行了改进,提高了载波频偏的估计精度,并在数字域进行了频偏校正。在硬件实现上,利用 CORDIC 算法能够有效计算三角函数的特点,把频偏估计和频偏校正过程中的反正切运算和角度旋转操作转化成加法和移位操作,实现了计算精度、运算速度和硬件资源利用三方面性能的兼顾。     

关于工控系统信息安全的思考与建议

文章在介绍工控系统的发展历程后,分析了工控信息网络安全隐患的本质与根源,在建议借鉴国外相关规范和经验的同时强调国内重要工程产品引入的约束性,提出了大力支持国内自主核心工控产品的必要洼。     

船舶钢板激光弯曲成形的实验研究

在对船舶钢板激光弯曲成形过程进行实验研究中，采用CO2激光器研究了激光功率、扫描速度、扫描次数以及钢板厚度对船舶钢板激光弯曲成形的影响规律。实验中实时测量了船舶钢板激光弯曲成形过程钢板弯曲角度和温度的变化。结果表明：钢板弯曲角度随激光功率的增加而增加，随激光束扫描速度的增加而减小，而且随着钢板厚度的增加，弯曲角度减小；激光工艺参数和钢板厚度都对钢板激光多次扫描成形产生影响，钢板的弯曲角度随着激光扫描次数的增加而增加。对于较薄的船舶钢板，钢板弯曲角度随扫描次数增加近似呈线性增加，而较厚的钢板，随扫描次数的增加，钢板弯曲角度的增加逐渐减小。     

铸造用α淀粉复合粘结剂粉体粒度分布的分形研究

模拟混砂机混碾过程，应用分形几何理论研究了α淀粉复合粘结剂及其各组分粉体的粒度分布特征，发现其粒度分布具有分形结构。分维可作为描述粉体粒度分布特征的一个序参量，其大小反映了粉体颗粒的粗细程度和集中、不均匀特征，即粉体粒度分布的空间结构性；且在监控粉磨机械效率、估测颗粒级配、分析设计复合粘结剂结构及性能等方面具有重要意义。最后，对按照本分形理论混制的型砂性能进行了实际测试和浇注实验验证。     

An improved global-best harmony search algorithm for faster optimization

In this paper, an improved global-best harmony search algorithm, named IGHS, is proposed. In the IGHS algorithm, initialization based on opposition-based learning for improving the solution quality of the initial harmony memory, a new improvisation scheme based on differential evolution for enhancing the local search ability, a modified random consideration based on artificial bee colony algorithm for reducing randomness of the global-best harmony search (GHS) algorithm, as well as two perturbation schemes for avoiding premature convergence, are integrated. In addition, two parameters of IGHS, harmony memory consideration rate and pitch adjusting rate, are dynamically updated based on a composite function composed of a linear time-varying function, a periodic function and a sign function in view of approximate periodicity of evolution in nature. Experimental results tested on twenty-eight benchmark functions indicate that IGHS is far better than basic harmony search (HS) algorithm and GHS. In further study, IGHS has also been compared with other eight well known metaheuristics. The results show that IGHS is better than or at least similar to those approaches on most of test functions.