Numerical investigation of water and temperature distributions in a proton exchange membrane electrolysis cell

Science China Technological Sciences - A three-dimensional, non-isothermal, two-phase model for a PEM water electrolysis cell (PEMEC) is established in this study. An effective connection between...     

A Degeneration Gradient of Poplar Trees Contributes to the Taxonomic,Functional, and Resistome Diversity of Bacterial Communities in Rhizosphere Soils

Bacterial communities associated with roots influence the health and nutrition of the host plant. However, the microbiome discrepancy are not well understood under different healthy conditions. Here, we tested the hypothesis that rhizosphere soil microbial diversity and function varies along a degeneration gradient of poplar, with a focus on plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) and antibiotic resistance genes. Comprehensive metagenomic analysis including taxonomic investigation, functional detection, and ARG (antibiotics resistance genes) annotation revealed that available potassium (AK) was correlated with microbial diversity and function. We proposed several microbes, Bradyrhizobium, Sphingomonas, Mesorhizobium, Nocardioides, Variovorax, Gemmatimonadetes, Rhizobacter, Pedosphaera, Candidatus Solibacter, Acidobacterium, and Phenylobacterium, as candidates to reflect the soil fertility and the plant health. The highest abundance of multidrug resistance genes and the four mainly microbial resistance mechanisms (antibiotic efflux, antibiotic target protection, antibiotic target alteration, and antibiotic target replacement) in healthy poplar rhizosphere, corroborated the relationship between soil fertility and microbial activity. This result suggested that healthy rhizosphere soil harbored microbes with a higher capacity and had more complex microbial interaction network to promote plant growing and reduce intracellular levels of antibiotics. Our findings suggested a correlation between the plant degeneration gradient and bacterial communities, and provided insight into the role of high-turnover microbial communities as well as potential PGPB as real-time indicators of forestry soil quality, and demonstrated the inner interaction contributed by the bacterial communities.     

Resveratrol Butyrate Esters Inhibit BPA-Induced Liver Damage in Male Offspring Rats by Modulating Antioxidant Capacity and Gut Microbiota

Resveratrol can affect the physiology or biochemistry of offspring in the maternal–fetal animal model. However, it exhibits low bioavailability in humans and animals. Fifteen-week SD pregnant female rats were orally administered bisphenol A (BPA) and/or resveratrol butyrate ester (RBE), and the male offspring rats (n = 4–8 per group) were evaluated. The results show that RBE treatment (BPA + R30) compared with the BPA group can reduce the damage caused by BPA (p < 0.05). RBE enhanced the expression of selected genes and induced extramedullary hematopoiesis and mononuclear cell infiltration. RBE increased the abundance of S24-7 and Adlercreutzia in the intestines of the male offspring rats, as well as the concentrations of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in the feces. RBE also increased the antioxidant capacity of the liver by inducing Nrf2, promoting the expression of HO-1, SOD, and CAT. It also increased the concentration of intestinal SCFAs, enhancing the barrier formed by intestinal cells, thereby preventing BPA-induced metabolic disruption in the male offspring rats, and reduced liver inflammation. This study identified a potential mechanism underlying the protective effects of RBE against the liver damage caused by BPA exposure during the peri-pregnancy period, and the influence of the gut microbiota on the gut–liver axis in the offspring.     

On the study of creep feed grinding of alumina

Several issues involved in creep feed grinding of alumina with diamond wheels were studied. Influences of variables on responses were investigated. Off-line optimization was performed by formulating the grinding process as a multi-objective nonlinear mixed integer problem. The dominant mechanism of material removal was determined. The grinding process was simulated to obtain the number of active cutting edges and the grinding parameters such as cutting length, maximum undeformed chip thickness, etc. Unit load distribution was characterized and then used to estimate the percentage of cutting edges that fracture or plastically cut the material and to derive the probability distribution function for substance cracks. Fractal concept was applied to characterize wheel profiles. Findings from these studies are reported in this paper. These studies are definitely not complete, but surely shed some light on the creep feed grinding process of ceramic materials.     

AN INVESTIGATION OF QUASI-CLEAVAGE FRACTURE IN STEEL

本文试图探讨准解理断裂的本质。联系多晶材料的典型应力一应变曲线,对不同钢的断裂韧度试样的断口分析表明,准解理断裂可以看作是一种过渡的断裂机制。首先,一系列微观解理裂纹在高拉伸应力集中地方生核,然后这些裂纹各自沿着它本身已变形晶粒的解理面上扩展,最后借助于微观塑性聚合方式,这些微裂纹彼此连接。根据上述断裂模型可以认为:解理裂纹与塑性变形间的相互作用是准解理断裂的一种重要性质。借助于断口定量分析方法,有可能把断口形貌和一些力学参数间关系建立起来。     

Employing fractals and FEM for detailed variation analysis of non-rigid assemblies

Many studies on non-rigid assemblies, or assemblies of non-rigid components, suggest that the component variation affects the assembly dimensional quality. However, little is known about how the variation of surface micro-geometry of assembly components influences the assembly dimensional quality. In this paper, a new method based on the fractal geometry and finite element method (FEM) is proposed to study such an influence. In the new method, a special fractal function, named the Weierstrass–Mandelbrot (W–M) function, is used to extract and represent the characteristics of surface micro-geometry of assembly components. FEM is applied to analyze the deformation of non-rigid assemblies by integrating the variation of component micro-geometry. The sensitivity matrix between the component variation and assembly variation is obtained by using the existing influence coefficients method. It is found that contributions of the surface micro-geometry of assembly components to the final variation of non-rigid assemblies could be substantial under certain conditions. The proposed method is illustrated through a case study on an assembly of two flat sheet metal components under different fixture-releasing conditions.     

液相还原法制备纳米银粉的研究

在液相联氨还原法工艺基础上，对液相还原法制备纳米银粉的还原反应条件（体系温度、分散剂、反应物浓度）进行了研究，得到了优化的反应条件；反应体系温度70℃，反应物浓度[Ag[NH3]2^ ]=0.02mol/l和特定的分散剂2^#。且冬季同平均粒径约为50nm、大小均匀、灰白色的球状银粉。     

山梨酸正丁酯的合成研究

以山梨酸与正丁醇为原料,对甲苯磺酸为催化剂合成了山梨酸正丁酯,用乙酸丁酯作带水剂,4A分子筛作除水剂,酯化收率可达97.5%.     

Preparation of fluoroacrylate nanocopolymer by miniemulsion polymerization used in textile finishing

Latex based on fluoroacrylate (TAN) and other comonomers was prepared via miniemulsion polymerization in the presence of stearyl trimethyl ammonium chloride (STAC) and 2, 2′‐azobis (2‐amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (ABAP) as a water soluble initiator. Light transmittance studies demonstrated that the light transmittance of prepared emulsions increases with the amount of TAN, STAC, cosolvent DPM, and hydrophobe DM. Given suitable reaction temperature and quantities of TAN, STAC, DPM, and DM, a copolymer emulsion of fluoroacylate with a particle size of 50 nm was produced. The water repellency tested on polyester fabrics displayed greater effectiveness than that of commercial products with higher fluorine content. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 94: 1466–1472, 2004     

高性能环氧树脂涂料的研制

以甲基丙烯酸、丙烯酸丁酯及苯乙烯的聚合为接枝体，在过氧化苯甲酰作用下对E-51环氧树脂进行接枝改性，同时对三乙烯四胺进行曼尼希改性，制得多种改性固化剂，并用其与改性的环氧树脂配制成涂料，实验结果表明，当苯酚、甲醛和三乙烯四胺的物质的量比为3：3：1时固化剂的固化性能最好。