Soluble polyimide as liquid crystal perpendicular alignment layer

Journal of Materials Science - Three polyimides (PIs) were prepared from a diamine containing biphenyl ester group as a side chain and a corresponding dianhydride chosen from...     

Influence of selenium growth condition on the photovoltaic conversion efficiency of Sb2Se3 as the solar cell absorption layer

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - The influences of the selenium (Se) growth condition on the electronic level structure including deep defects and further on the...     

Real time power management strategy for fuel cell hybrid electric bus based on Lyapunov stability theorem

The fuel cell/battery durability and hybrid system stability are major considerations for the power management of fuel cell hybrid electric bus (FCHEB) operating on complicated driving conditions. In this paper, a real time nonlinear adaptive control (NAC) with stability analyze is formulated for power management of FCHEB. Firstly, the mathematical model of hybrid power system is analyzed, which is established for control-oriented design. Furthermore, the NAC-based strategy with quadratic Lyapunov function is set up to guarantee the stability of closed-loop power system, and the power split between fuel cell and battery is controlled with the durability consideration. Finally, two real-time power management strategies, state machine control (SMC) and fuzzy logic control (FLC), are implemented to evaluate the performance of NAC-based strategy, and the simulation results suggest that the guaranteed stability of NAC-based strategy can efficiently prolong fuel cell/battery lifespan and provide better fuel consumption economy for FCHEB.     

新型防屈曲高强钢腹板可更换钢连梁抗震性能研究

文章率先提出一种新型防屈曲高强钢腹板可更换钢连梁(简称“新型钢连梁”)：腹板采用高强钢，可提高钢连梁的屈服抗剪强度，连梁变形减小，从而减小可更换结构整体变形，便于更换；加劲肋紧贴腹板(但不焊接)提供约束，仅与上下翼缘焊接，可减少60%以上的焊接量。其次，设计并开展了11个试件的拟静力试验，研究了加劲肋间距(规范限值dmax、0.85dmax)、腹板厚度(6mm、8mm)、腹板钢材强度(Q460、Q550)和构造形式(加劲肋与腹板贴紧或焊接)等参数对新型钢连梁抗震性能的影响。试验结果表明：试件均发生剪切破坏；满足加劲肋间距限值的新型钢连梁，滞回曲线饱满，峰值时腹板未发生鼓曲且极限转角均超过0.1rad，大于规范限值0.08rad，表现出良好的耗能和变形能力；缩小加劲肋间距、增加腹板厚度或提高腹板钢材强度，新型钢连梁刚度及承载力提高；新型钢连梁峰值承载力较传统构造试件低约5%。最后，基于试验结果建立了有限元模型并开展了分析，研究结果表明：对腹板采用Q460、Q550高强钢材的新型钢连梁，峰值承载力计算时超强系数建议取1.43(长度比为0.5～1.0)或1.39(长度比为1.0～1.6)、1.25，以期为实际工程设计提供依据。     

A high-throughput chaotic advection microreactor for preparation of uniform and aggregated barium sulfate nanoparticles

A high-throughput (105.5 g/h) passive four-stage asymmetric oscillating feedback microreactor using chaotic mixing mechanism was developed to prepare aggregated Barium sulfate (BaSO₄) particles of high primary nanoparticle size uniformity. Three-dimensional unsteady simulations showed that chaotic mixing could be induced by three unique secondary flows (i.e., vortex, recirculation, and oscillation), and the fluid oscillation mechanism was examined in detail. Simulations and Villermaux–Dushman experiments indicate that almost complete mixing down to molecular level can be achieved and the prepared BaSO₄ nanoparticles were with narrow primary particle size distribution (PSD) having geometric standard deviation, σ_g, less than 1.43 when the total volumetric flow rate Q_total was larger than 10 ml/min. By selecting Q_total and reactant concentrations, average primary particle size can be controlled from 23 to 109 nm as determined by microscopy. An average size of 26 nm with narrow primary PSD (σ_g = 1.22) could be achieved at Q_total of 160 ml/min.     

Eco-friendly approach for preparation of hybrid silica aerogel via freeze drying method

Journal of Materials Science - In this paper, an eco-friendly method of producing hybrid silica aerogels by freeze-drying method (FD) is proposed. In the freeze-drying system, deionized water was...     

Computational and experimental study of dental resin composites with high filler content

Journal of Materials Science - Nanocomposites have been used in various industries due to their excellent properties. For some of them, high filler content (over 50 wt%) is beneficial to improving...     

Mg gas infiltration for the fabrication of MgB2 pellets using nanosized and microsized B powders

MgB₂ superconductor pellets were synthesized through Mg gas infiltration method using nanosized- and microsized B powders. There was a marked difference in the superconducting properties of the two samples, particularly in the pinning force and dominant pinning mechanism. The microstructures of the samples were observed using HR-TEM and STEM-HAADF, and the results showed that the primary reason for the difference in the superconducting properties is the distribution of the nanosized second-phase particle MgO. Additionally, a feasible reaction model for the Mg gas infiltration method was established. Compared to the Mg liquid infiltration method, the gas infiltration showed better penetrability ability with a small amount of residual Mg. This study presents a novel synthesis process to fabricate an MgB₂ pellet with superior density and superconducting properties. This method can be used in multiple applications such as superconducting bearings, compact superconductor magnets, and magnetic shielding.