The control of paracetamol particle size and surface morphology through crystallisation in a spray dryer

The parameters governing the crystallisation of paracetamol using various conventional techniques has been extensively studied, however the factors influencing the drug crystallisation using spray drying is not as well understood. The aim of this work was to investigate the crystallisation of an active pharmaceutical ingredient through evaporative crystallisation using a spray dryer to study the physicochemical properties of the drug and to use semi-empirical equations to gain insight into the morphology and particle size of the dried powder. Paracetamol solutions were spray dried at various inlet temperatures ranging from 60 °C to 120 °C and also from a series of inlet feed solvent compositions ranging from 50/50% v/v ethanol/water to 100% ethanol and solid-state characterisation was done. The size and morphology of the dried materials were altered with a change in spray drying parameters, with an increase in inlet temperature leading to an increase in particle Sauter mean diameter (from 3.0 to 4.4 µm) and a decrease in the particle size with an increase in ethanol concentration in the feed (from 4.6 to 4.4 µm) as a result of changes in particle density and atomised droplet size. The morphology of the dried particles consisted of agglomerates of individual crystallites bound together into larger semi-spherical agglomerates with a higher tendency for particles having crystalline ridges to form at higher ethanol concentrations of the feed.     

不同发射率下红外热图像的非稳态温度场测量研究

通过分析红外测温公式,研究物体发射率对红外热图像测温精度的影响,并找出影响物体发射率的因素。根据经典计算方法,发现了物体发射率在红外热图像测温应用中的局限。从红外热图像的角度对发射率的计算进行了建模,基于修正物体发射率得到提高红外热图像对非稳态温度场测量精度的模型。对铸铁、不锈钢进行了3组测温实验,红外热图像直接测量的最大误差分别为2.1℃、1.7℃、2.3℃,而所提出的方法测量的最大误差分别为1.0℃、0.7℃、1.6℃。通过对比分析3组测量结果数据验证了测量方法的可行性。     

重水浓度与吸光度关系曲线类型研究

重水作为反应堆的慢化材料，其浓度直接影响反应堆的安全和性能。为研究其重水浓度与吸光度间的关系曲线类型，基于朗伯-比尔定律，从理论上推导出液态重水中某种水分子的红外吸收峰分别与0~2种其他水分子的红外吸收峰发生重叠时重水浓度与吸光度间的关系式，分情况对二者之间的关系曲线类型进行讨论。采用傅里叶变换红外光谱仪，测得浓度为0.015%~99.98%（摩尔比）的重水标准样品吸收光谱，对重水浓度和吸光度间的关系曲线类型进行验证，理论推导与实际吻合。研究表明，一般情况下，宽浓度范围内，重水浓度与吸光度间的关系曲线类型为二次曲线；窄浓度范围内，关系曲线类型为线性。特殊情况下，吸光度为定值或关系曲线类型为线性。     

补偿强反光体表面红外测温误差的算法研究

针对运动强反光体表面温度实时测量困难、精度低这一难点,本文从红外测温原理入手,分析并揭示了红外测温精度易受到被测物体反射率、测量距离、测量环境、红外入射角等因素的影响。根据铝板材加工设备轧辊表面测温实际需要设计了一种利用红外传感器实现对强反光体表面温度点对点测量的方案。通过对测量数据的研究分析建立了一种基于斯忒藩定律的红外入射角度补偿算法,以此减小因红外入射角度变化产生的测温误差。实验结果证明本方法能较好地弥补红外入射角度变化产生的测温误差,提高测温精度。该补偿算法运算简单,适应性强,为改善入射角度变化对测温精度影响提供了新的方法。     

基于超材料的无标记光学生物传感

超材料(metamaterials)因为能够在亚波长尺度范围内精细调控电磁波而受到人们广泛关注。超材料具有丰富的电磁模态,在表面支持高度局域场增强且对周围介电环境极其敏感,可应用于无标记光学生物传感领域。与传统光学生物传感器相比,超材料生物传感器具有小型化、集成化、高度灵敏、多功能可定制等突出优点。本文总结了近年来超材料生物传感器在可见光、近红外、中红外以及太赫兹波段的研究进展,包括折射率生物传感、表面增强拉曼散射、表面增强红外吸收和太赫兹生物传感等。     

A mechanism informed neural network for predicting machining deformation of annular parts

Controlling machining deformation of annular parts is crucial for ensuring the performance of high value products and equipment. For example, during manufacturing of critical parts in aircrafts and spacecrafts, accurate prediction of machining deformation is the basis for guiding the formulation of deformation control strategies. However, due to the complexity of the machining deformation of annular parts, existing methods still have limitations in accurate prediction. To this end, this paper proposes a mechanism informed neural network (MINN) to predict machining deformation of annular parts. MINN is realized by establishing the dual sub-networks structure and using enhanced loss functions with the consideration of the deformation mechanism model characteristics of annular parts. The deformation was decomposed into the axisymmetric portion and the non-axisymmetric portion according to the deformation superposition principle, and modeled separately based on the thin-shell theory and Fourier series. Experiment results showed that the proposed method could predict the machining deformation of annular parts more accurately and stably with a small amount of training data, compared with previous methods.     

Evaluation of particle recovery from microalgae

Coccoliths are micro-structured biomineral particles found in cell protective covering layers of coccolithophore species. They are mainly composed of CaCO₃ and their individual crystal entities are arranged in such a way that they construct complex and unique structures. This complexity is found down to the individual particle level and appears to have promising properties to offer. This study focuses on the essential step prior to any kind of implementation, which is the recovery of the material. It summarizes cleaning protocols found in literature, compares them for the first time for the same freshly cultivated material and addresses challenges that still need to be overcome. Further, it highlight the advantages and disadvantages of the best cleaning protocols, suggests optimizations with promising results and uses size distribution measurements to analyse the recovery efficiency. To that end, further characterization techniques, new for coccoliths, are introduced and used to improve our current knowledge of the particles behaviour.     

面源红外诱饵对抗红外制导导弹干扰策略研究

面源红外诱饵使用的过程中,合理有效的干扰策略是干扰红外制导导弹的关键,针对这一问题,通过理论分析与仿真模拟相结合得到面源红外诱饵对抗红外制导导弹的干扰策略。首先以红外成像制导导弹为例,介绍红外制导导弹的仿真模型,然后将攻击过程分为锁定前与锁定后,以命中率为评价指标,得到两个阶段下的最佳干扰策略,包括诱饵的最佳释放时机、释放间隔以及载机应采取的机动动作等。     

一种酰胺类沥青乳化剂的制备及性能研究

首先通过脂肪酸与酸酐反应，得到多元羧酸中间体，再将其与改性多乙烯多胺经过一系列反应合成一种酰胺类沥青乳化剂，采用傅里叶红外光谱对乳化剂结构进行表征。实验室对比测试了自制乳化剂与进口乳化剂的表面活性及其所制乳化沥青的性能。结果表明：两种乳化剂制备乳化沥青的各项性能指标均可满足微表处施工技术要求，且自制乳化剂具有较高的固含量和较好的储存稳定性，乳化沥青8 min即可破乳，用于微表处养护可快速开放交通；自制乳化剂价格仅为进口乳化剂的76.4%左右，应用前景良好。     

熔融制样-能量色散X射线荧光光谱仪分析硅酸盐中32 种组分

为充分发挥小型实验室设备的功能,实验采用熔融制样,使用台式能量色散X射线荧光光谱仪(10W, Rh靶)定量分析了硅酸盐样品中的Na₂O、MgO、Al₂O₃、SiO₂、P₂O₅、SO₃、Cl、K₂O、CaO、TiO₂、V、Cr、MnO、Fe₂O₃、Co、Ni、Cu、Zn、Ga、Rb、Sr、Y、Zr、Nb、As、Ba、La、Ce、Th、U、Hf、Pb等32种主、次、痕量组分。对3种不同的解谱方法进行比较,确定Na、Mg、Al、Si、P、As、Ce、Cr、Cu、Ga、La、Nb、Ni、Pb、Th、U、V、Y选择感兴趣区解谱,其余元素用高斯或经改进的高斯函数的最小二乘法拟合解谱。选用有代表性的多个硅酸盐类样品,比较了理论检出限及10次重复测定计算3倍标准偏差得出的检出限,发现以3倍标准偏差作为检出限再取它们的平均值则更具代表性和使用意义。各组分的检出限为0.2~1740μg/g。精密度试验表明,各组分测定结果的相对标准偏差(RSD)为0.12%~10.5%(Na为轻元素,由于含量低,小能谱测定的精密度稍差);对两个土壤标准样品进行正确度验证,测定值与标准值一致。