2015年世博会卡里塔斯展馆及埃内尔展馆 意大利米兰

正Piuarch建筑师事务所负责设计了2015年米兰世博会埃内尔(意大利国家电力公司)展馆及卡里塔斯展馆。为了将客户想表达的含义与价值观更好地传达给观众,Piuarch选择了一种特殊的建筑语言来体现两个展馆的特点。埃内尔展馆沿东西大街而建,占地900平方米。设计体现出智能电网这一概念,传达出以智能科技优化世博会整体用电的理念。     

尊重斯德哥尔摩的历史中心—骑士岛的激活改造

正瑞典国家财产委员会拥有骑士岛的所有权与管理权,并计划对该岛上所有的公共空间进行更新和开发,以提高其可达性与吸引力。总的来说,从文化历史角度来看骑士岛很有     

Tuning the peak position of subwavelength silica nanosphere broadband antireflection coatings

Subwavelength nanostructures are considered as promising building blocks for antireflection and light trapping applications. In this study, we demonstrate excellent broadband antireflection effect from thin films of monolayer silica nanospheres with a diameter of 100 nm prepared by Langmuir-Blodgett method on glass substrates. With a single layer of compact silica nanosphere thin film coated on both sides of a glass, we achieved maximum transmittance of 99% at 560 nm. Furthermore, the optical transmission peak of the nanosphere thin films can be tuned over the UV-visible range by changing processing parameters during Langmuir-Blodgett deposition. The tunable optical transmission peaks of the Langmuir-Blodgett films were correlated with deposition parameters such as surface pressure, surfactant concentration, ageing of suspensions and annealing effect. Such peak-tunable broadband antireflection coating has wide applications in diversified industries such as solar cells, windows, displays and lenses.     

Influence of texture and test velocity on the dynamic,high-strain,tensile behavior of zirconium

Experiments were conducted to characterize the influence of texture and impact velocity on the dynamic, high-strain, tensile extrusion of zirconium. Bullet-shaped samples were machined from a clock-rolled, highly textured Zr plate. Specimens in two orthogonal directions were tested: the extrusion direction aligned with either the in-plane (IP) rolling or the through-thickness (TT) direction of the plate. The post-extrusion microstructure and texture evolution were examined using electron backscatter diffraction microscopy and modeled using the viscoplastic self-consistent model. It was found that extrusion deformation was accomplished through a combination of twinning and slip with their relative activity greatly depending on the initial texture. In this regard, higher elongations in the IP samples as compared to the TT samples were observed at similar test velocities. This difference in ductility is discussed in terms of the material’s ability to accommodate plastic deformation. Due to the availability of a larger number of slip systems with relatively high Schmid factors in the IP samples under this configuration, plastic deformation by prismatic slip can be easily achieved, resulting in larger elongations. On the contrary, for TT samples, twinning preceded deformation by slip. This sequential deformation process, driven by the need to reorient the microstructure favorably to slip, led to diminished elongations to failure.     

Analyzing visually impaired people’s touch gestures on smartphones

Multimedia Tools and Applications - We present an analysis of how visually impaired people perform gestures on touch-screen smartphones and report their preferences, explaining the procedure and...     

Influence of Temperature on the Dynamic Tensile Behavior of Zirconium

The influence of temperature on the dynamic tensile behavior of Zr has been investigated. Bullet-shaped Zr samples with two different textures were dynamically extruded at room temperature and 523 K (250 °C). A higher ductility was measured for samples deformed at elevated temperature as compared to those extruded at room temperature. This difference in ductility is discussed in terms of zirconium’s ability to accommodate plastic deformation via thermally enhanced slip activity, as evidenced by examination of the deformed microstructures.     

TiO2/clinoptilolite composites for photocatalytic degradation of anionic and cationic contaminants

The present work aims to study the bulk and surface properties of the TiO₂/clinoptilolite composite on the crystalline structure, superficial area, bandgap energy, zeta potential, particle size distribution, and chemical composition; in order to analyze the effect of the clinoptilolite proportion in the photocatalytic degradation of pollutants. TiO₂/clinoptilolite composites were prepared by adding different mass proportions of clinoptilolite to a sol–gel bath containing TiCl₄ as the titania precursor. Surface charge studies explain the larger sensitivity to composite ratio observed in the photocatalytic degradation of anionic pollutants than in cationic dyes. An optimum TiO₂/clinoptilolite ratio of 90/10 was found to be the most efficient in terms of lower tendency to agglomeration, largest surface area, and increased crystallite size. Improvement in composite surface area occurs only at low clinoptilolite wt% and seems to be caused by lower agglomeration of nanometric TiO₂ and acid-induced porosity in the zeolite.     

Application of different kinetic models for determining thermal stability of PA 66/HDPE blends

Summary The thermal decomposition of Polyamide 66 (PA)/High-Density polyethylene (HDPE) blends at different compositions was studied. The results for activation energy show that when Polyamide 66 with HDPE blends are processed within the range of the compositions being studied, it is possible to obtain a material with similar thermodegradative properties than those corresponding to PA. These blends would represent an economically viable alternative, because a material would be obtained with low cost/property ratio. Of the presented results, it is inferred that the composition of 20% of HDPE is the one that presents greater thermal stability. Received: 2 March 2000/Revised version: 9 November 2000/Accepted: 10 November 2000     

新中国60年建筑回顾和建筑创作大奖——访中国建筑学会秘书长周畅

为迎接新中国成立60周年,中国建筑学会将举办建筑创作大奖.本刊记者(以下简称记)就大奖的有关问题专访了中国建筑学会秘书长周畅(以下简称周)先生,请他回答了记者的提问.     

Properties and Stability of Solid Lipid Particle Dispersions Based on Canola Stearin and Poloxamer 188

Solid lipid particles (SLP) are one strategy for encapsulating lipophilic molecules, including for controlled release and enhanced bioavailability applications. SLP based on fully hydrogenated canola stearin (CaSt, 5, 10, 20, and 30 wt%) and the non-ionic surfactant Poloxamer 188 (P188, 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0 and 10.0 wt%) were produced by high pressure melt homogenization using a microfluidizer. Spherical particles in the region of 140 nm were formed, depending on compostion and processing parameters. Surfactant concentration and pressure had a significant influence on particle diameter (P < 0.05), although number of homogenization cycles did not (P > 0.05). A maximum surfactant surface load of approximately 4 mg m⁻² was observed and, at or above 2.5% P188, excess surfactant was present in the continuous phase after production. P188 had the effect of decreasing particle size and facilitating transitions from the α to the β polymorph (P < 0.05) both through surface nucleation and size reduction effects. A stability study of the 10% CaSt SLP with 0.0, 1.0, or 5.0% P188 revealed particle growth for the 0.0 and 1.0% P188 SLP, especially at 20 versus 4 °C, but no changes in the 5.0% P188 SLP, which were exclusively in the β form, at both temperatures for up to 240 days.