柱塞副微观表面对间隙油膜压力的影响

根据分形理论中的W-M函数建立柱塞与缸体孔表面三维形貌数学模型,并利用MATLAB软件编写程序,分析分形维数对表面微观形貌的影响。将柱塞副间隙油膜沿轴向展成平面,建立油膜厚度及压力分布计算模型,采用有限体积法求解二维雷诺方程,分析粗糙度对柱塞副间隙油膜压力分布的影响。结果表明:随着分形维数的增加,柱塞表面粗糙度呈增加趋势,且表面粗糙度越大,压力峰值越大。     

表面形貌对粗糙接触界面流体润滑特性的影响

为探究不同表面形貌对粗糙接触界面液体润滑特性的影响，基于有限差分法结合雷诺方程和膜厚方程，研究阶梯形貌、波纹形貌、随机形貌和峡谷形貌4种不同粗糙接触界面液体润滑时的载荷分布及规律。研究发现：4种粗糙表面的三维载荷分布规律都与其表面形貌相对应，在波“峰”处载荷大，摩擦力随载荷的增大而增大，在波“谷”载荷小，摩擦力随载荷减小而减小；4种粗糙表面的载荷随表面展开面积比的变化趋势却有所不同；随表面展开面积比的增大，阶梯形貌表面的载荷呈线性增大，波纹形貌表面的载荷基本不变，随机分布形貌表面的载荷呈增大趋势，峡谷形貌表面的载荷呈先增大后减小的变化趋势。研究结果可以进一步补充现有表面形貌表征和流体润滑等相关研究理论。     

纳米银-聚合物薄膜的制备及力电性能测试

聚合物基底上纳米银颗粒薄膜的制备工艺相对简单,成本较低,且该薄膜具有成为高敏感性压阻应力/应变传感材料的潜力。本文采用银镜制备法在聚酰亚胺(PI)和聚乙烯(PE)上合成了纳米银颗粒薄膜,系统研究了该薄膜制备工艺、结构特性、材料性能之间的关系。实验考察了材料“浸泡”时间及聚合物材料前处理等因素对材料表面吸附纳米颗粒含量的影响,研究了 “浸泡”时间对纳米银颗粒粒径大小、颗粒含量及分布的影响,并探讨了不同聚合物基体的颗粒特性对薄膜二维导电渗滤,压阻特性及拉伸性能的影响。研究表明,增加“浸泡”时间能够增加纳米银颗粒粒径大小,提高银颗粒的含量及分布均匀性；在相同的制备条件下,PI基底较PE基底对纳米银颗粒具有更加优异的吸附效果；在PI 和PE基底上的纳米银颗粒薄膜均表现出显著的压阻性能,且电阻对应变的敏感性随应变的增大及银颗粒含量的减少而显著提高。     

High‐performance printable paper‐like composites derived from plastic flexible film wastes

Owing to lack of proper recycling methods, plastic flexible film wastes are usually directly discarded or incinerated, which brings about severe environmental pollution. Therefore, converting plastic wastes into value‐added products has received more and more attention in recent years. In this work, paper‐like composites derived from plastic flexible film wastes were prepared via the thermally induced phase separation method by adding polyethylene‐graft‐maleic anhydride (PE‐g‐MAH) as a compatibilizer and fumed silica as an additive. The resulting paper‐like composites were characterized by SEM and infrared spectroscopy. Other properties such as mechanical properties, thermal properties, whiteness, printability and adsorption performance were also tested in detail. It was found that remarkable enhancements in mechanical, thermal and printable properties of the paper‐like composites were obtained when nano‐SiO₂ loading was 2.5–3 wt%. Uniformly distributed holes that can endow good printability by providing space for ink or other functional molecules were observed by using SEM. Furthermore, the CIE whiteness value of the resulting composites can reach 91.6%–96.7% on adding nano‐SiO₂. Additionally, the paper‐like composites integrating nano‐SiO₂ and PE‐g‐MAH exhibited good solid ink affinity and high water or oil adsorption capacity. Thus, according to this research, high‐performance printable paper‐like composites used as major components of multifunctional papers can be prepared based on plastic flexible film wastes. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry     

电压对微弧氧化膜抑制7050铝合金氢脆敏感性的影响

为进一步探究微弧氧化膜和7050铝合金的氢脆敏感性之间的关系,采用了湿空气中的慢应变速率拉伸、拉伸断口形貌分析、微弧氧化试样表面形貌分析及氢含量测试等表征手段,验证了微弧氧化膜抑制7050铝合金在湿空气中发生氢脆的机制。结果表明,不同微弧氧化电压下制备的膜层对7050铝合金具有不同的抑制氢脆效果,抑制机制主要由膜阻氢进入试样和膜致附加压应力两个方面组成。     

自旋对角接触球轴承弹流润滑与油膜刚度的影响

根据角接触球轴承自旋运动特征，同时考虑弹流润滑效应，建立角接触球轴承考虑自旋运动的弹流润滑模型；采用多重网格法求解弹性变形，利用有限差分法迭代求解雷诺方程，得到较为精确的数值解；分析不同赫兹接触压力、滚道表面粗糙度下自旋对角接触球轴承弹流润滑和油膜刚度的影响。结果表明：考虑自旋时随着Hertz接触压力、自旋角速度增大，油膜厚度减小，油膜压力增大，油膜承压区域呈细长状，并向接触中心靠近；随着滚道表面粗糙度幅值增大，油膜压力和膜厚均出现了波动，且考虑自旋运动时，轴承油膜厚度明显减小，油膜局部压力峰值更大；随着卷吸速度、润滑油黏度增大，油膜刚度减小，而考虑自旋运动时油膜刚度值更大；随着自旋角速度增大，油膜刚度逐渐增大。     

Review of composite cathodes for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell applications

A composite cathode exhibits low activation polarisation by spreading its electrochemically active area within its volume. Composite cathodes enable the development of high-performance electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) at intermediate temperatures (600 °C – 800 °C) because of their significant role in determining the kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Few anions O²⁻ are transferred through the electrolyte component when the ORR is low, thereby lowering the reaction with cation H⁺ from an anode side to transfer electrons along the outer circuit to the cathode side to participate in ORR. The resistance to the ORR at the cathode is minimised, thereby contributing to performance degradation and efficiency loss in existing SOFCs, especially at intermediate temperatures. The suitability and compatibility of the cathode and electrolyte are crucial in the development of cathodes and electrochemical reactions. The intercomponent compatibility is important to ensure the robustness and durability of SOFCs, especially at an operating temperature around 800 °C, at which the components experience extreme thermal and mechanical stresses. Composite cathodes are used to improve cathode performance. These composite cathodes help enhance the properties of mixed electronic–ionic conductors and the intercomponent compatibility. Herein, we reviewed historical data of composite-cathode development for SOFCs, including its basic principle and criteria. The overall performance of as-synthesised composite cathodes in terms of microstructure, electrochemical reaction and intercomponent compatibility is briefly discussed.     

Isolation of the effect of the hairy layer length on the mechanical properties of waterborne coatings

The effect of the acidic hairy layer length on the interdiffusion of polymer between particles and as a consequence on the mechanical properties of the films produced from waterborne coatings has been studied. In order to isolate this effect, latexes with the same particle diameter and molecular weight but stabilized with poly(acrylic acid)-block-poly(butyl acrylate) (PAA-b-PBA) block copolymers of controlled and different lengths were prepared. Tensile strength measurements showed at the macroscopic level that the presence of AA chains in the particle surface reduced the mechanical properties of the films dried at room temperature, being its effect worse the longer the AA chain length. Higher annealing temperatures erased the negative effect of the acidic hairy layer on mechanical properties. The neutralization with NaOH instead of with NH₄OH also led to worse mechanical properties. These macroscopic results were supported by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) experiments that showed that at the microscopic level, the extent of interdiffusion occurred slower when the AA chains in the particles surface increased, the annealing temperature was lower and when NaOH was used as neutralizing agent instead of NH₄OH.     

Formation of ST12 phase Ge nanoparticles in ZnO thin films

In this work, we focus on the Ge nanoparticles (Ge-np) embedded ZnO multilayered thin films. Effects of reactive and nonreactive growth of ZnO layers on the rapid thermal annealing (RTA) induced formation of Ge-np have been specifically investigated. The samples were deposited by sequential r.f. and d.c. sputtering of ZnO and Ge thin film layers, respectively on Si substrates. As-prepared thin film samples have been exposed to an ex-situ RTA at 600 °C for 60 s under forming gas atmosphere. Structural characterizations have been performed by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Raman scattering, Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS), and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) techniques. It has been realized that reactive or nonreactive growth of ZnO layers significantly influences the morphology of the ZnO: Ge samples, most prominently the crystal structure of Ge-np. XRD and Raman analysis have revealed that while reactive growth results in a mixture of diamond cubic (DC) and simple tetragonal (ST12) Ge-np, nonreactive growth leads to the formation of only DC Ge-np upon RTA process. Formation of ST12 Ge-np has been discussed based on structural differences due to reactive and nonreactive growth of ZnO embedding layer.     

Thin‐film nanostructure and polymer architecture in semicrystalline syndiotactic poly(p‐methylstyrene)–(cis‐1,4‐polybutadiene) multiblock copolymers

The thin‐film morphology of stereoregular syndiotactic poly(p‐methylstyrene)–(cis‐1,4‐polybutadiene) (sP(pMS–B)) multiblock copolymers has been investigated using tapping mode atomic force microscopy with variation of the polymer composition and monomer block lengths. The morphology of the thin films ranges from isolated circular domains of sP(pMS) embedded into a matrix of polybutadiene (PB) to isolated domains of PB embedded into a matrix of sP(pMS), passing through bicontinuous (jagged) lamellae when the pMS concentration is in the range 20–67 mol%. Multiple folding of the polymer segments, i.e. where reciprocal inclusions of polymer segments to each other phase are able to generate greater domain, has been postulated and validated by considerations on the polymer architecture and the thermal and crystalline behaviour. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry