Healable,Recyclable, and Mechanically Tough Polyurethane Elastomers with Exceptional Damage Tolerance

There is a huge requirement of elastomers for use in tires, seals, and shock absorbers every year worldwide. In view of a sustainable society, the next generation of elastomers is expected to combine outstanding healing, recycling, and damage-tolerant capacities with high strength, elasticity, and toughness. However, it remains challenging to fabricate such elastomers because the mechanisms for the properties mentioned above are mutually exclusive. Herein, the fabrication of healable, recyclable, and mechanically tough polyurethane (PU) elastomers with outstanding damage tolerance by coordination of multiblock polymers of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)/polycaprolactone (PCL) containing hydrogen and coordination bonding motifs with Zn²⁺ ions is reported. The organization of bipyridine groups coordinated with Zn²⁺ ions, carbamate groups cross-linked with hydrogen bonds, and crystallized PCL segments generates phase-separated dynamic hierarchical domains. Serving as rigid nanofillers capable of deformation and disintegration under an external force, the dynamic hierarchical domains can strengthen the elastomers and significantly enhance their toughness and fracture energy. As a result, the elastomers exhibit a tensile strength of ≈52.4 MPa, a toughness of ≈363.8 MJ m⁻³, and an exceptional fracture energy of ≈192.9 kJ m⁻². Furthermore, the elastomers can be conveniently healed and recycled to regain their original mechanical properties and integrity under heating.     

加工方式对玉筋鱼干风味的影响

为研究加工方式对玉筋鱼干风味的影响，实验按加工方式分为加盐煮制冷风干燥（boiling in salt solution followed by cold air drying，SCC）组和冷风干燥（cold air drying，CD）组。采用电子鼻技术、气相离子迁移谱（gas chromatography-ion mobility spectroscopy，GC-IMS）技术、氨基酸自动分析技术、高效液相色谱技术测定玉筋鱼干中的风味成分。结果表明，不同加工方式制作的玉筋鱼干在气味、滋味方面存在显著差异。电子鼻、GC-IMS技术均能区分不同工艺制作的玉筋鱼干气味，采用GC-IMS技术共分析出68 种挥发性成分，庚醛、戊醛、3-甲基丁醛对玉筋鱼干独特风味的形成有重要影响，其中3-甲基丁醛源自CD工艺，其区别于SCC工艺气味的关键物质。玉筋鱼干中的主要鲜味氨基酸是Glu，主要呈味核苷酸是肌苷酸；CD组玉筋鱼干中的鲜味氨基酸和甜味氨基酸含量占总游离氨基酸的比重高于SCC组，同时CD组滋味活性值、味精当量值均高于SCC组，所以仅采用CD工艺制作的玉筋鱼干滋味优于加盐煮制后CD工艺制作的玉筋鱼干。     

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...     

Study on the Ballistic Performance of Multiply Wadded Through-the-thickness Angle-interlock Fabric Reinforced Composites

Applied Composite Materials - The paper presents a study on the ballistic performance of 3D woven wadded through-the-thickness angle-interlock fabrics (TTAI) fabric reinforced composites. Their...     

双恶唑啉及环氧类扩链剂对PA6的改性效果比较

通过熔融挤出的方法分别用环氧类扩链剂和双恶唑啉类扩链剂对尼龙(PA)6进行扩链增黏,并对扩链产物的特性黏度,力学性能和加工性能等进行了测试,对比了两类扩链剂对PA6的改性效果。结果表明,当这两类扩链剂的质量分数均为0.9%时,PA6的各项性能最佳;双恶唑啉类扩链剂对PA6的改性效果比环氧类扩链剂要好。相对于纯PA6,添加质量分数为0.9%的双恶唑啉类扩链剂,可使扩链PA6的特性黏度由0.86 d L/g增加到1.57 d L/g,熔体流动速率由14.3 g/10 min降到5 g/10 min,缺口冲击强度由5.5 k J/m2增加到7.3 k J/m2,拉伸强度由54 MPa增加到65.85 MPa,断裂伸长率由130%增加到450.9%,弯曲强度由53.16 MPa增加到72.66 MPa,平衡扭矩由2.1 N·m升高到5.3 N·m。     

Cytotoxicity induced by nanobacteria and nanohydroxyapatites in human choriocarcinoma cells

We explored the cytotoxic effects of nanobacteria (NB) and nanohydroxyapatites (nHAPs) against human choriocarcinoma cells (JAR) and the mechanisms of action underlying their cytotoxicity. JAR cells were co-cultured with NB and nHAPs for 48 h, and ultrastructural changes were more readily induced by NB than nHAPs. Autophagy in the plasma of JAR cells were observed in the NB group. The rate of apoptosis induced by NB was higher than that for nHAPs. The expression of Bax and FasR proteins in the NB group was stronger than that for the nHAP group. NB probably resulted in autophagic formation. Apoptosis was possibly activated via FasL binding to the FasR signaling pathway.     

基于生产性景观的城市节地生态补偿策略研究

通过对以往紧凑高密度、立体化以及地下空间开发等城市节地策略进行梳理与剖析,结合当前生产性景观的发展趋势,提出城市节地的3项新策略:农业、新能源和复合型生产性景观的生态补偿,其实施方法包括填空、置换、叠加和重构。以城市屋顶为例,对3项新策略的节地与生产潜力进行估算,初步验证其有效性。基于城市生产性景观的生态补偿节地策略兼具经济、生态和社会价值,是未来景观与城市可持续发展领域的新课题。