A stretchable carbon nanotube strain sensor for human-motion detection

Devices made from stretchable electronic materials could be incorporated into clothing or attached directly to the body. Such materials have typically been prepared by engineering conventional rigid materials such as silicon, rather than by developing new materials. Here, we report a class of wearable and stretchable devices fabricated from thin films of aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes. When stretched, the nanotube films fracture into gaps and islands, and bundles bridging the gaps. This mechanism allows the films to act as strain sensors capable of measuring strains up to 280% (50 times more than conventional metal strain gauges), with high durability, fast response and low creep. We assembled the carbon-nanotube sensors on stockings, bandages and gloves to fabricate devices that can detect different types of human motion, including movement, typing, breathing and speech.     

Shape-engineerable and highly densely packed single-walled carbon nanotubes and their application as super-capacitor electrodes

We present a rational and general method to fabricate a high-densely packed and aligned single-walled carbon-nanotube (SWNT) material by using the zipping effect of liquids to draw tubes together. This bulk carbon-nanotube material retains the intrinsic properties of individual SWNTs, such as high surface area, flexibility and electrical conductivity. By controlling the fabrication process, it is possible to fabricate a wide range of solids in numerous shapes and structures. This dense SWNT material is advantageous for numerous applications, and here we demonstrate its use as flexible heaters as well as supercapacitor electrodes for compact energy-storage devices.     

Anisotropic optical and electronic properties of two-dimensional layered germanium sulfide

Two-dimensional (2D) layered materials,transition-metal dichalcogenides,and black phosphorus have attracted considerable interest from the viewpoints of fundamental physics and device applications.The establishment of new functionalities in anisotropic layered 2D materials is a challenging but rewarding frontier,owing to the remarkable optical properties of these materials and their prospects for new devices.Herein,we report the anisotropic and thicknessdependent optical properties of a 2D layered monochalcogenide of germanium sulfide (GeS).Three Raman-scattering peaks corresponding to the B3g,A1g,and A2g modes with a strong polarization dependence are demonstrated in the GeS flakes,which validates polarized Raman spectroscopy as an effective method for identifying the crystal orientation of anisotropic layered GeS.Photoluminescence (PL) is observed with a peak at ～1.66 eV that originates from the direct optical transition in GeS at room temperature.The polarization-dependent characteristics of the PL,which are revealed for the first time,along with the demonstration of anisotropic absorption,indicate an obvious anisotropic optical transition near the band edge of GeS,which is supported by density functional theory calculations.The significantly thickness-dependent PL is observed and discussed.This anisotropic layered GeS presents opportunities for the discovery of new physical phenomena and will find applications that exploit its anisotropic properties,such as polarization-sensitive photodetectors.     

生物接触氧化预处理水中藻类及其毒素

用生物接触氧化法预处理富营养化太湖原水的研究结果表明，该工艺可有效去除原水中85．90％的细胞外藻毒素和84．0％的总澡毒素，对细胞外Microcystin-RR(M-RR)和Microcys-tin-LR(M-LR)的去除率分别为81．7％和86．7％，对总M－RR和M－LR的去除率分别为80．5％和71．5％，从而可大量节省常规工艺的加药、加氯量，减轻滤池工作负荷，提高出厂水的卫生安全性。     

Effect of sludge recirculation on characteristics of hydrogen production in a two-stage hydrogen–methane fermentation process treating food wastes

The two-stage hydrogen–methane fermentation process with different patterns of recirculation was investigated. Operations with the circulation of heat-treated sludge performed considerably better than those with the recirculation of raw sludge with respect to both the hydrogen production rate and yield. In addition, the results of the batch tests demonstrated that circulated sludge was capable of consuming hydrogen under acidogenic pH while the heat-treated sludge was not. These results suggest that the recirculation of active methanogenic sludge had an inhibitive effect on the hydrogen production, which can likely be attributed to the high hydrogen-consuming activity of microorganisms present in the circulated sludge. On the other hand, operations without any sludge recirculation did not perform well in terms of hydrogen production or carbohydrates degradation compared to those with recirculation, perhaps due to a shortage of available nitrogen. This suggests that sludge recirculation in effect supplemented the NH₄⁺ in the hydrogen reactor.     

Iodine-initiated,solid-state copolymerization of tetraoxane with 1,3-dioxolane in the presence of methylal. VI. Studies on copolymer composition

In order to elucidate the mechanism of copolymerization of tetraoxane-1,3-dioxolane, the consumption rate of 1,3-dioxolane was measured by using gas chromatography, and the copolymer composition was determined by high-resolution NMR spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. It was found that 1,3-dioxolane is rapidly consumed in the early stage of copolymerization if 1,3-dioxolane is added at once. The copolymer thus obtained is characterized by a heterogeneous distribution of 1,3-dioxolane in the copolymer chain. However, if 1,3-dioxolane is added continuously during the progress of the copolymerization, the distribution and content of 1,3-dioxolane in the copolymer chain was found to be very homogeneous.     

Iodine-initiated,solid-state copolymerization of tetraoxane with 1,3-dioxolane in the presence of methylal. VIII. Mechanical properties of copolymer

Copolymers obtained by the solid-state copolymerization of tetraoxane with 1,3-dioxolane were pelletized using a vent-type extruder and the mechanical properties were measured. The mechanical properties were found to be largely influenced by the distributions of molecular weight and ethylene oxide, which were controlled by the addition method of the 1,3-dioxolane–methylal solution into polymeric system. The mechanical properties of the copolymers were also found to be intermediate between those of Duracon M90 and Delrin 500.