Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/mesoporous silica thermosensitive composite hydrogels for drug loading and release

Temperature-sensitive hydrogels are attracting increasing attention for controlled drug delivery. However, achieving high drug loadings and sustained drug release remains challenging. Herein, we describe the successful synthesis of a series of novel temperature-sensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPA)/mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) hydrogels by physical crosslinking of NIPA with MSN. The external and internal structures, temperature sensitivity, drug-loading capacity, and blood compatibility of the PNIPA/MSN composite hydrogels are studied. Results show that MSN addition improved the network structure and adjusted the size of the hole, MSN could also act as drug carrier, thereby enhancing the drug loading capacity. The composite hydrogels underwent a phase transition at 33.7 °C (at the lower critical solution temperature). The hemolysis rate of the composite hydrogels was less than 1%, thus they can be classified as a nonhemolytic materials with good biocompatibility. The composite hydrogels reported here thus have great potential in drug transport and temperature-activated drug release. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020 , 137, 48391.     

Strain hardening behaviors and mechanisms of polyurethane under various strain rate loading

The uniaxial tension experiments are performed on thermoplastic polyurethane to investigate its mechanical behaviors and related potential mechanisms, and the loading strain rate is designing to be wide ranging from 0.0001 to 1 s⁻¹. It is found that the polyurethane presents an obvious rate-dependence, and the stress strain curves share distinct strain hardening characteristics under the investigated strain rates. Furthermore, the strain hardening ratios are sharing nearly same trends and appear to be influenced by both strain rate and the induced adiabatic heating. Besides, the ratio is also strain-dependent on previous loading history. Then, a two-dimension unit cell model is built to investigate potential equivalent mechanisms, of which the hard phase as inclusion is equivalent with crystallization zone, crosslinking sites, and so forth. The simulation results facilitate to explain the distinct strain hardening ratios, even for the matrix from the extrapolated curves under super-low strain rate loading. Finally, the analogic mechanisms of equivalent hard inclusions are proposed, which can reasonably explain the strain rate- and strain-dependence characteristics of polyurethane mechanical behaviors.     

国内建筑涂料市场影响因素与预测分析

中国是全球最大的建筑涂料市场，各涂料厂商在中国建筑涂料市场上进行激烈竞争，能够精准预测行业趋势对各涂料厂商精准决策和投资，提升企业经营质量具有重要意义。文章收集了近 12年建筑业总产值、房地产投资、城镇常住居民人口、 M2和 GDP等影响建筑涂料市场的数据，通过回归分析的方法得出：各影响因素与建筑涂料产量存在紧密且正相关的定量关系，并由此预测了国内建筑涂料市场在未来 3年将稳步发展。     

Polytetrafluoroethylene-intercalated MXene membranes with good photothermal performance for enhanced laser ignition

Photothermal effect has been widely used in many areas such as cancer therapy, photothermal energy harvesting, and laser ignition. However, exploring reliable and efficient free-standing energy converter for enhancing the photothermal performance is still a challenge. Herein, free-standing membrane based on two-dimensional MXene (Ti₃C₂) nanosheets and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) was fabricated and characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry, which demonstrated a drastic temperature rise by laser irradiation and was further used as energy converter for enhancing the photothermal performance of laser ignition. Furthermore, the initiating power of the laser initiator can be largely reduced by adding a thin layer of MXene/PTFE membrane above the B/KNO₃ cylinder. This work can give great promise for MXene-based membranes as the laser energy converter for reducing the initiating energy and promote the development of laser initiators with low initiating energy.     

Efficient construction and enriched selective adsorption-photocatalytic activity of PVA/PANI/TiO2 recyclable hydrogel by electron beam radiation

Enriched selective adsorption-photocatalytic activity of Poly (vinyl alcohol)/Polyaniline/TiO₂ (PVA/PANI/TiO₂, noted as PAT) recyclable hydrogel photocatalyst with 3D structures were prepared by self-assembling and electron beam radiation crosslingking method. TiO₂ nanoparticles were successfully introduced into the 3D matrix of the PVA/PANI hydrogel and manifested by FTIR, TG, XRD, XPS, and SEM-EDS. The microstructure of PAT was characterized further by SEM, TEM, and BET. The highly selective adsorption-photocatalytic activity of PAT was tested by the degradation of cationic or anionic dye and reduction of heavy metal ion in a closed and flow system under UV light irradiation. The results showed that PAT had a highest selective adsorption-photocatalytic performance at the appropriate content of PVA (10 wt %), TiO₂ (15 wt %) and suitable radiation dose (50 kGy), which could be attributed to the synergistic effect of excellent selective adsorption and effective photocatalytic degradation. The mechanism of selective adsorption-photocatalytic on PAT was revealed synchronously in this study. Particularly, the novel PAT photocatalyst with 3D network structure also affords ease of separation and recycling, which is beneficial to water purification in a flow system. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020 , 137, 48516.     

氯化铵蒸发器结垢成分鉴别及原因分析

多效蒸发器结垢的问题常常发生,影响热效率和装置的正常运行。为明确导致蒸发器结垢的原因和成分,利用X射线衍射（XRD）、等离子发射光谱（ICP）、扫描电镜能谱（SEM-EDS）、偏光显微镜、拉曼光谱和离子色谱等分析测试技术,对浙江大洋生物科技集团股份有限公司的氯化铵多效蒸发器上的不明结垢物做了表征和分析。结果表明,该结垢物的主要成分为磷酸铁、氧化铝和有机物的混合物。探讨了发生上述结垢的原因,并提出相应的解决方案,减少了公司氯化铵蒸发器的结垢。     

浅析废旧轮胎高值化综合利用新模式

介绍国内外废旧轮胎综合利用传统方式和新模式以及发展方向。废旧轮胎综合利用的传统方式主要包括轮胎翻新、热能利用、热裂解、制备再生橡胶、制备胶粒和胶粉。结合有代表性的企业重点介绍了从废旧轮胎到胶粒、胶粉应用，从废旧轮胎到改性胶粉应用，从废旧轮胎到混炼胶、新轮胎或橡胶、橡塑制品全产业链闭合生态圈新模式，针对我国废旧轮胎高值化综合利用存在的循环利用率低，管理体系欠缺，政策立法不够全面等问题，提出应建立健全法律法规和回收体系，构建循环利用产品标准及准入机制，加快技术与综合利用模式的创新。     

Microencapsulation of oil soluble polyaspartic acid ester and isophorone diisocyanate and their application in self-healing anticorrosive epoxy resin

Isocyanate and amine solution are microencapsulated, respectively, via in situ polymerization to realize the self-healing function in epoxy matrix. First, the isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) microcapsules prepared with different core/shell ratios, emulsifier dosages and emulsification rates are characterized by field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM). They exhibit integral spherical shape when the core/shell ratio is 3:1 and emulsifier concentration is 2.52 wt %, and the diameter of IPDI microcapsules ranged from 2.66 μm to 11.25 μm is manufactured by adjusting emulsification rate over the range of 3000–9000 rpm. Besides, during the microencapsulation of polyaspartic acid ester (PAE), urea, tung oil, as well as aqueous isocyanate are proposed to improve the stability of PAE emulsion. SEM and FTIR results reveal that aqueous isocyanate can react with partial PAE and form polyurea (PU) layer to take protection effectively. Further, IPDI-PAE dual microcapsules are incorporated into epoxy coatings, the self-healing and anticorrosion performance of coatings with various amounts of microcapsules are investigated systematically. It was found that the degree of repair and anticorrosion are increased with increasing microcapsules loading, and the appropriate amount of microcapsules addition is 15 wt %, which corresponding to 93% repair efficiency. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020 , 137, 48478.     

水泥厂气体分析仪的应用故障处理

0前言环境污染问题愈来被人们所重视,降低成本、提高生产质量也一直是企业发展的关键因素,测量烟囱烟气含量的气体分析仪能为生产提供更为准确的判断,得到广泛应用。其在水泥生产行业中的作用是对窑尾烟室或分解炉中的氧气、一氧化碳、氮化物以及二氧化硫的含量进行实时监测,以保证回转窑中的水泥正常煅烧。     

水泥企业与工地试验室水泥强度偏差原因查找

从水泥强度偏差较大的两起典型案例的处理入手，梳理影响水泥强度检测数据较大偏差各种因素，提出应对不同试验室水泥强度较大偏差的“一查、二看、三比较、四操作”的四步法，以便类似问题能够快速查找到原因，有助于不同试验室间水泥强度偏差较大问题得到及时有效解决。