Calcium carbonate and ammonium polyphosphate flame retardant additives formulated to protect ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer against fire: Hydrated or carbonated calcium?

In this study, the effect of the chemical nature of different calcium (Ca)-based minerals as flame retardant additives in combination with ammonium polyphosphate (APP), in 1:1 proportions, on the flame retardancy behavior and performance of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer was discussed. Combining APP with partly and completely hydrated calcium oxide led to superior flame-retardant function detected in mass loss calorimeter measurements with respect to the corresponding system containing carbonated calcium. This privileged character was attributed to the higher reactivity of hydrated Ca-based fillers toward APP in comparison with Ca carbonate, which induced the formation of an intumescent residue. The difference between reactivity potential of hydrated and dry Ca was demonstrated by the newly formed thermally stable species, and further evidenced by thermogravimetric analysis performed on APP/fillers blends. Moreover, the presence of more crystalline domains in the Ca/phosphorus-based compounds was evidenced by XRD analysis of the mass loss calorimeter test residues. The results of this work highlight the role of blend additive systems on the performance of flame retardancy of polymer materials.     

Thermal cross-linking and anti-meltdrop properties of copolyester containing phosphorus/magnesium salt composites by in situ polymerization

Polyester is widely used in household products because of its good mechanical properties and wears resistance, but polyester is easy to ignite and inclined to produce droplet, so its application range is limited. The cross-linkable magnesium hydroxide nanoparticles were incorporated into flame-retardant polyester, which enables the phosphorus-containing copolyester with thermal cross-linking and anti-meltdrop properties. The nanoparticles were achieved by in situ polymerization and acted as a nucleating agent for improving the crystalline properties of the copolyester. Furthermore, the nanoparticles also enhanced anti-meltdrop properties and reduced the heat and gas release during the combustion process of the copolyester. The maximum heat release rate and total smoke release reduced by 39.8% and 74.4% compared with pure polyester. Specifically, the combustion products of the nanoparticles and phosphorus flame retardant could act a barrier role by covering the carbon layer to isolate air and heat, thereby resulting in excellent anti-meltdrop properties. The simple modification method reported here realizes the collaborative modification of flame retardant and anti-meltdrop properties of phosphorous flame-retardant copolyesters by thermal cross-linking.     

V12M团簇的电子结构和磁性的第一性原理研究

采用密度泛函理论框架下的广义梯度近似（DFT／GGA），对V13团簇及V12M掺杂团簇（M=Sc，Ti，Cr，Mn，Fe，Co，Ni，Y，Zr，Nb，Mo，Tc，Ru）的电子结构和磁性进行研究．通过对团簇的基态几何构型优化计算得到了团簇束缚能、电子结构以及磁矩的大小，系统地分析了V13和V12M团簇磁矩的形成机理以及电子结构与磁性的变化关系．发现掺杂团簇V12Fe和V12Ru为具有大束缚能和大能隙间隔的闭壳电子结构，V12Y团簇具有11μB的大磁矩，而其它掺杂团簇则表现为弱磁性．     

Theoretical analysis of β-LaNi5Hx(5≤x≤8): structure and energetics

The calculations of total energy, band structure, and electronic density of states and Mulliken population analysis of β-LaNi5 Hx (5≤x≤8) were performed by adopting the method of total energy based on the density functional theory. The augmented plane wave function was selected as the basis set in combination with ultra-soft pseudo-potential technology. The influence of the amount of H absorbed in alloys was discussed in terms of geometry, electronic structure and thermodynamic derived from calculated results. The results show that the amount of H absorbed and the preferred site occupation of the absorbed hydrogen atoms were controlled by the position of Hbands and the energy gap between H-bands and conduction bands. The β-phase hydrides of LaNi5 are most stable when hydrogen atom capacity coating in the range of 6 - 7.     

环氧树脂流变学的研究进展

综述了近20年来环氧树脂流变学的研究进展。利用流变学来指导环氧树脂的最新应用,包括环氧树脂电子浆料例如底部填充胶（underfill）,环氧树脂基复合材料,环氧树脂涂料,环氧树脂黏合剂,环氧树脂与其他树脂/橡胶的复合体系等。环氧树脂体系中的填料规格、加入量以及环氧树脂的固化过程与黏度等流变指数息息相关。随着芯片等领域技术的快速发展,流变学在环氧树脂中的应用还会得到进一步加强。     

Integrated energy storage system based on triboelectric nanogenerator in electronic devices

The emergence of electronic devices has brought earth-shaking changes to people's life.However,an extemal power source may become indispensable to the electronie devices due to the limited capacity of batteries.As one of the possible solutions for the extermal power sources,the triboelectric nanogenerator(TENG)provides a novel idea to the increasing mumber of personal electronic devices.TENG is a new type of energy ollector,which has become a hot spot in the field of nanotechnology.It is widely used at the acquisition and conversion of mechan-ical enegy to electrice energy through the principle of electrostatic induction.On this basis,the TENG could be integrated with the energy stonage system into a self-powered system,W hich can supply power to the electronic devices and make them work continuously.In this review,TENG's basic structure as well as its working process and working mode are firstly discussed.The integration method of TENGs with enegy storage systems and the related research status are then introduced in detail.At the end of this paper,we put forward some problems and discuss the prospect in the future.     

多层复合PVC胶粘膜的性能改进

针对普通PVC胶粘膜在使用过程中存在的问题,开发了无残胶、不脱漆、耐候性能和阻燃性能优良的多层复合PVC胶粘膜。     

酪素基rGO复合乳液的制备及其对皮革阻燃增强效果的研究

为制备具有增强阻燃效果的皮革涂饰材料,本研究首先以天然石墨为原料,采用Hummers法制备氧化石墨烯,并采用NaBH4对其进行还原得到还原氧化石墨烯（rGO）。通过FTIR,XRD和TEM等对其进行表征。结果表明,成功制备了rGO纳米材料。随后,采用物理共混法将rGO引入天然蛋白质酪素体系,制备酪素基rGO复合乳液并将其应用于皮革涂饰,对涂饰后革样的阻燃性能、力学性能和耐干湿擦性能进行测试。结果表明,当rGO的含量为酪素体系溶质质量的0.5%时,与未含rGO的酪素体系相比,涂饰后革样的燃烧速率下降47.2%,极限氧指数（LOI）由24.2%增加至26.3%,热释放速率（HRR）下降53.1%,总热释放率（THR）也有所降低。rGO的引入对涂饰后革样的力学性能和耐干湿擦性能影响不大。     

阻燃OMMT/WPU纳米复合材料的制备及性能研究

采用端羟基聚丁二烯（HTPB）剥离层状有机蒙脱土（OMMT）为纳米片层,并与异佛尔酮二异氰酸酯（IPDI）、二羟甲基丙酸（DMPA）等单体通过原位聚合法制备了OMMT纳米片改性的水性聚氨酯（OWPU）纳米乳液及胶膜。利用小角XRD、TEM、DLS、EDS、TGA、LOI、CONE以及SEM对样品的结构和性能进行了表征。结果表明,HTPB剥离的OMMT纳米片的衬度均匀,完整性较好;改性后OWPU的乳液粒径增大,胶膜的弹性模量、热稳定性、抗熔滴性和阻燃性能均得到明显地改善,其中弹性模量可提高59.4%,热释放速率峰值可降低36.9%;燃烧炭渣表面形貌显示,瓦片状蒙脱土相互穿插形成了具有团簇结构的蒙脱土覆盖层。     

Zirconium-Embedded Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Containing Phosphaphenanthrene-Substituent Group Used as Flame Retardants for Epoxy Resin Composites

A zirconium hybrid polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane derivative (Zr–POSS–bisDOPO) is synthesized by the corner-capping and Kabachnik–Fields reactions. It is characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), and then used as a flame retardant in diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) to endow epoxy resin (EP) with flame retardancy. The flame retardancy, thermal stability, and mechanical properties of the cured EP/Zr–POSS–bisDOPO composites are investigated. The results show that when Zr–POSS–bisDOPO is added by 5–7 wt%, the EP/Zr–POSS–bisDOPO composites pass the UL-94 V-0 rating test. In addition, they have a better flame-retardant effect than pure EP. The combination of Zr atom embedded in the Si O cubic cage and the two phosphaphenanthrene substituent groups in one corner of cubic cage is expected to realize the Zr/Si/P ternary intramolecular hybrid synergistic effect and achieve the possibility of dispersing metal–POSS cages at a sub-micrometer-scale level into polymer matrix. It also proves that Zr–POSS–bisDOPO produces phosphorus-containing free radicals and terminates the chain reactions in gas phase. Meanwhile the Si O Si and Zr O units are retained in the solid phase, which promote the char formation and enhance the flame retardancy. This kind of Zr-doped POSS will be helpful for developing the new metal–POSS hybrid flame-retardant and polymer composites.