Dielectric and pyroelectric properties of Ba-modified lead lanthanum zirconate stannate titanate ceramics

(Pb_0.97−xLa_0.02Ba_x)(Zr_0.75Sn_0.12Ti_0.13)O₃ ceramics in the composition range 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.16 were prepared by conventional solid state reaction process. On increasing Ba content from 0.1 to 0.16 mol, the specimens underwent phase transition from the first order to the second order and the Curie temperature decreased from 85 to 35 °C. With x = 0.16, the specimen showed good pyroelectric properties for practical applications. When a 500 V/mm dc bias field was applied, the specimen showed the maximum pyroelectric coefficient of 5800 μC/m² K and figure of merit of 58 × 10⁻⁵ Pa^−0.5 at Curie temperature.     

Microstructure and optical properties of plasmapolymer thin films with embedded silver nanoparticles

Plasmapolymer thin films with embedded silver nanoparticles were deposited by simultaneous plasma polymerization and metal evaporation. The particle size and shape were determined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and analysed by optical image processing. The optical properties in the UV/ VIS/NIR spectral region were determined by the plasma resonance absorption of the silver particles. Transmittance spectra were calculated with the Bergman effective medium theory and compared with experimental spectra.     

Engineering properties of concrete containing natural zeolite as supplementary cementitious material: Strength,toughness, durability,and hygrothermal performance

A complex analysis of engineering properties of concrete containing natural zeolite as supplementary cementitious material in the blended Portland-cement based binder in an amount of up to 60% by mass is presented. The studied parameters include basic physical characteristics, mechanical and fracture–mechanics properties, durability characteristics, and hygric and thermal properties. Experimental results show that 20% zeolite content in the blended binder is the most suitable option. For this cement replacement level the compressive strength, bending strength, effective fracture toughness, effective toughness, and specific fracture energy are only slightly worse than for the reference Portland-cement concrete. The frost resistance, de-icing salt resistance, and chemical resistance to MgCl₂, NH₄Cl, Na₂SO₄, and HCl are improved. The hygrothermal performance of hardened mixes containing 20% natural zeolite, as assessed using the measured values of water absorption coefficient, water vapor diffusion coefficient, water vapor sorption isotherms, thermal conductivity, and specific heat capacity, is satisfactory.     

Facile preparation of poly(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposites with pristine layered double hydroxides

In this paper, nano-sized Mg–Al layered double hydroxide (LDH) was synthesized by a fast nucleation and slow aging method. The structures of LDH were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS). Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanocomposites with different LDH loadings were prepared by water solution casting method. TEM observations show that the LDH nanoplatelets are uniformly dispersed in the PVA matrix. Tensile tests indicate that the elastic modulus and the tensile strength of PVA are improved by about 15% and 54%, respectively, when incorporating with 2 wt% LDH. The improvement of mechanical properties of PVA can be attributed to fine dispersion of LDH, good compatibility and strong interaction between PVA and LDH. In addition, the presence of LDH decreases the decomposition rates at the second stage and improves the amount of residues of PVA. Meanwhile, the transparency of the nanocomposite films is maintained compared with neat PVA.     

X-cor夹层结构的力学性能试验研究

X-cor夹层结构比强度高,比刚度大,有望取代传统蜂窝夹层结构作为航空航天器的主承力结构材料。采用真空固化成型工艺,通过改变Z-pin的植入参数制备了X-cor夹层结构,研究了Z-pin植入角度、植入间距和直径对其平压、剪切和拉伸性能的影响。研究结果表明,Z-pin的植入参数对X-cor夹层结构的力学性能影响显著。随Z-pin植入角度的增加X-cor夹层结构的平压性能降低,剪切性能增强,拉伸模量减小,拉伸强度先增加后减小。随Z-pin植入间距和直径增加,X-cor夹层结构力学性能均增加。与泡沫夹层结构相比,X-cor夹层结构压缩、剪切和拉伸模量的测试值分别提高了1.26～5.15倍、2.50～13.56倍和1.90～2.71倍,压缩、剪切和拉伸测试值分别提高了1.63～9.20倍、1.28～2.03倍和1.01～2.30倍。     

Properties of high performance concrete containing fine-ground ceramics as supplementary cementitious material

This paper presents experimental work regarding the basic physical characteristics, mechanical and fracture-mechanics properties, durability characteristics, hydric and thermal properties of high performance concrete (HPC) with up to 60% of Portland cement replaced by fine-ground ceramics. Experimental results show that the amount of the ceramics in the mix is limited mainly by the resistance against de-icing salts which is found satisfactory only up to the cement replacement level of 10%. The mechanical and water transport properties are not significantly impaired by ceramic additions of up to 20%, whereas the effective fracture toughness, specific fracture energy, and chemical resistance (to MgCl₂, NH₄Cl, Na₂SO₄, HCl) are effectively maintained up to 40%. The frost resistance, water vapor transport and storage parameters and thermal properties are not significantly impaired even up to a 60% replacement level.     

Mechanochemical synthesis,structural, magnetic,optical and electrooptical properties of CuFeS2 nanoparticles

The rapid mechanochemical synthesis of nanocrystalline CuFeS₂ particles prepared by high-energy milling for 60?min in a planetary mill from copper, iron and sulphur elements is reported. The CuFeS₂ nanoparticles crystallize in tetragonal structure with mean crystallite size of about 38?±?1?nm determined by XRD analysis. HRTEM study also revealed the presence of nanocrystals with the size of 5–30?nm with the tendency to form agglomerates. The Raman spectrum confirms the chalcopyrite structure. Low temperature magnetic data for CuFeS₂ support the coexistence of antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic spin structure. Moreover, the hysteresis loops taken at temperatures from 5?K to 300?K revealed a presence of very small amount of ferromagnetic phase, which seems to be associated with the non-consumed elemental Fe in as-prepared nanoparticles. The optical band gap of CuFeS₂ nanoparticles has been detected to be 1.05?eV, larger than band gap of the bulk material. The wider gap possibly resulted from the nano-size effect. Photoresponses of CuFeS₂ nanoparticles were confirmed by I-V measurements under dark and light illumination. It was demonstrated that mechanochemical synthesis can be successfully employed in the one step preparation of nanocrystalline CuFeS₂ with good structural, magnetic, optical and electrooptical properties.     

基于第一性原理研究Heusler合金Fe2CuGa的结构和性能

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理,系统研究了Heusler合金Fe2CuGa的结构、磁性、弹性性能和电子性质.计算结果表明:立方相的基态结构是铁磁态的Hg2CuTi结构.立方到四方的相变几乎是体积不变的,这是形状记忆合金的特性.奥氏体和马氏体的磁矩分别是4.48和4.56μB/f.u..另外,预测了Fe2CuGa的弹性系数.Fe2CuGa的立方结构在力学上是不稳定的而四方结构是稳定的.根据体模量和剪切模量的比值,发现Fe2CuGa在本质上是可延展的.利用态密度的方法解释了Fe2CuGa马氏体相变的来源.     

Preparation and characterization of organic pigments and their fluorescence properties depending on bulk structure

Fluorescent pigments, based on the optical or electrooptical properties of dyes, are the main component in fluorescent coatings and inks. In this study, three kinds of dyes (Rhodamine B, Light Green SF Yellowish, Coumarin) with four different ratios (2.5 wt%, 3 wt%, 3.5 wt%, 4 wt%) were employed as luminophor, and the melamine-formaldehyde (MF) resin was used as curing resin to prepare fluorescent pigments in different color. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffractometry were carried out to analyze the structure of the fluorescent pigments. Scanning electron microscopy and particle size distribution were used to present the morphology of fluorescent pigments. UV–vis and fluorescence spectrum were used to demonstrate the optical properties. It can be concluded that, coumarin pigments possessed consecutive structure in MF resin while rhodamine B might be the best for the preparation of printing inks among the three kinds of dyes from the view of particle size. The TG results presented that all the pigments showed good thermal stability, which might possess potential application in high speed printing industry.     

Material Properties of Titanium Diboride

The physical, mechanical, and thermal properties of polycrystalline TiB₂ are examined with an emphasis on the significant dependence of the properties on the density and grain size of the material specimens. Using trend analysis, property relations, and interpolation methods, a coherent set of trend values for the properties of polycrystalline TiB₂ is determined for a mass fraction of TiB₂ ⩾ 98 %, a density of (4.5±0.1) g/cm³, and a mean grain size of (9±1) µm.     

Optical,electrical and mechanical properties of Ga-doped ZnO thin films under different sputtering powers

We present the optical, electrical and mechanical properties of Ga-doped zinc oxide (GZO) thin films prepared by radio-frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering at room temperature under different RF powers (80–180 W). The thickness, electron concentration, and electron mobility of the GZO thin film were determined by fitting the visible-to-near-infrared transmittance spectrum of GZO film/glass using the transfer matrix method. The bending force per unit width was measured by a home-made Twyman–Green interferometer with the fast Fourier transform method. The obtained results show that the optical, electrical and mechanical properties of GZO thin film are subject to the RF power. At an RF power of 140 W, the local minimum of bending force per unit width corresponds to the highest electron mobility in GZO thin film. This study demonstrates that the optical, electrical and mechanical properties of GZO thin film can be fully resolved by non-contact optical methods.     

Metallurgical effects in niobium-titanium alloys

The effects of metallurgical treatments on some of the physical, metallurgical, and mechanical properties of commercial purity Nb-34-wt % Ti, Nb-45-wt % Ti, and Nb-55-wt % Ti, were studied by measuring properties of annealed and metallurgically processed materials at both room and cryogenic temperatures. Processing strengthens all three materials, but significantly changes the electrical resistivity of only Nb-55-wt % Ti. The behaviour of the electrical resistivity of Nb-55-wt % Ti upon deformation at 76 K suggests the occurence of a systematic transformation (twinning or martensitic phase transformation).     

GaGeTe films as phase-change optical recording media

Ga₂₀Ge₃₀Te₅₀ thin films deposited by vacuum evaporation on various substrates have been studied for their structural and optical properties. The as-deposited amorphous films were crystallized by thermally annealing them. The optical constants of the amorphous films indicate semiconducting behaviour (n> k). The optical bandgap (E_g) determined from Tauc's plot is 0.7 eV. The change in reflectance on crystallization has been utilized to obtain maximum optical contrast by optimising the thickness of the film.     

AZO薄膜制备工艺及其性能研究

综述了掺铝氧化锌(AZO)薄膜制备方法与光电特性,重点阐述了磁控溅射法制备工艺参数如衬底温度、溅射功率、气体压强、溅射时间、衬底和靶间距、负偏压等对AZO薄膜结构、光电性能的影响,并指出目前AZO薄膜的研究关键以及所面临的挑战,展望了未来的研究方向。     

Enhancement of remnant polarization in multilayered Bi4Ti3O12/(Bi3.25La0.75)Ti3O12 films obtained by chemical solution deposition

Enhancement of remnant polarization was observed in artificially multilayered Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂ (BT)/(Bi_3.25La_0.75)Ti₃O₁₂ (BLT) films_. The multilayer were prepared on platinum coated silicon substrate by chemical solution deposition and compared with the single-phase BT, BLT and (Bi_3.5La_0.5)Ti₃O₁₂ films_. The multilayered film with a stacking periodicity of 60 nm BLT/30 nm BT shows a remnant polarization (2Pr) of about 61 μC/cm², which is much higher than those of the single-phase films. In addition, the multilayered films show a good fatigue-endurance character. After post-annealing the multilayered films at 700 °C for a long time (20 h), its remnant polarization decreased to a value close to the corresponding uniform film. Some possible mechanisms behind the polarization enhancement were proposed.     

Synthesis and characterization of pyrochlore-type solid solutions Y2−xLaxRu2O7

New pyrochlore-type solid solutions Y_2−xLa_xRu₂O₇ have been synthesized for x=0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6 as single-phase materials. The lattice parameters for these solid solutions are linear with x and range from 1.0140 nm (x=0.0) to 1.0257 nm (x=0.6). All the samples show semiconducting behavior with an activation energy of about 0.1 eV. They show the spin-glass-like magnetic transition at low temperatures. Its transition temperature T_G decreases from 77 K for Y₂Ru₂O₇ with increasing the La³⁺ content.     

Synthesis of TiO2/Pt/TiO2 multilayer films via radio frequency magnetron sputtering and their enhanced photocatalytic activity

TiO₂/Pt/TiO₂ (TPT) multilayered films with different thicknesses of Pt layers from about 0.75 to 12 nm were prepared by radio frequency magnetron sputtering method. The as-prepared films were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The photocatalytic activity of the samples was evaluated by the photocatalytic decolorization of methyl blue aqueous solution under ultraviolet light irradiation. The photocatalytic activities of all TPT multilayer films were higher than that of the pure TiO₂ films. When Pt thickness was increased to 3 nm, the measured photocatalytic activity of the TPT film was highest, and exceeded that of the pure TiO₂ films by a factor of more than three times. Such enhancement was ascribed to the presence of Pt layer, which inhibits the recombination of the photogenerated charge and carriers, as well as modifies the crystallinity of the TiO₂ top layer.     

Effect of Nb substitution on the structural, dielectric and magnetic properties of multiferroic BiFe1−xNbxO3 ceramics

Polycrystalline BiFe_1−xNb_xO₃ ceramics have been synthesized by standard solid-state reaction method. The effect of Nb substitution on the dielectric, magnetic and magnetoelectric properties of the BiFeO₃ multiferroic perovskite was studied. X-ray diffraction pattern revealed that all the samples with x = 0.00-0.10 showed rhombohedral perovskite structure. We obtained single phase upto doping concentration of x = 0.05 and with further increase in Nb concentration, some impurity peaks appeared. An anomaly in the dielectric constant (?) and dielectric loss (tan (δ)) in the vicinity of the antiferromagnetic Néel temperature (T_N) was observed. Nb substitution reduced the antiferromagnetic Néel temperature (T_N) in BiFe_1−xNb_xO₃. Proper amount of Nb could decrease the dielectric loss. Magnetic hysteresis loops measured at 5 K/300 K and temperature dependent magnetization curves indicated ferromagnetism in Nb substituted BiFeO₃ ceramics. The room temperature magnetic moment was found to increase with increase in Nb concentration. The dependence of dielectric constant on the magnetic field is an evidence of magnetoelectric coupling in BiFe_1−xNb_xO₃ ceramics.     

Applying the virtual fields method to determine the through-thickness moduli of thick composites with a nonlinear shear response

This paper presents a method allowing the simultaneous identification of parameters governing an orthotropic law with a nonlinear shear response. Such laws appear for instance through the thickness of thick laminated composites. The tested specimen is subjected to boundary conditions similar to those of a Iosipescu setup. The strain field in the central area is processed with the so-called virtual fields method, which is an application of the principle of virtual work with particular virtual fields. The method is simulated with data obtained from finite element calculations.