Effects of mixing conditions on the reaction of 3‐octanoylthio‐1‐propyltriethoxysilane during mixing with silica filler and natural rubber

The effects of mixing temperature and mixing time on the reaction of 3‐octanoylthio‐1‐propyltriethoxysilane (NXT silane) during mixing with precipitated silica and natural rubber (NR) were investigated. Results showed that the reaction between NXT silane and precipitated silica can proceed at temperatures above 130°C. Because of the blocking group of NXT silane, the silane–NR coupling reactivity is low, so that the reaction of NXT silane with NR occurs only during the curing period. There is no reaction between NXT silane and NR during mixing, which showed that the mixing time of silica‐filled NR compound containing NXT silane must be longer than 10 min at 150°C to obtain the desired silane coupling efficiency. With increasing mill temperature, the coupling efficiency increases. A high mixing temperature promotes improvement of silane–silica coupling efficiency, although the tensile strength, 100% modulus, 300% modulus, and hardness of NR vulcanizates decrease. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 94: 2295–2301, 2004     

一种多接口多信道VANET动态信道分配算法研究

为了合理地实现多接口多信道车载自组织网络（VANET）车辆节点间通信信道的动态分配,提出了一种基于通信双方车辆节点信道切换队列的动态信道分配算法。定义了车辆节点的射频接口状态,给出了信道的性能因子以及信道切换队列的生成方法,通过综合考虑通信双方车辆节点的射频接口状态和信道切换队列,快速自主地建立通信链路,从而解决了信道公平接入和分配不合理的问题。通过软件仿真比较可以看出,该算法实现了信道的动态分配,减小了平均端到端时延,增加了网络平均吞吐量,显著提高了多接口多信道VANET的网络性能。     

基于个性诊断的路段缺失速度值估计

针对基于GPS的浮动车技术因无法做到对路网的时空间全覆盖导致部分路段实时交通状态缺失问题,提出基于热门路段个性化诊断(personality diagnosis base on popular road,PDPR)模型对各路段上的缺失速度值进行估计。使用K均值算法对所有原始数据作离散化处理,根据数据覆盖率对路段进行分类;以高覆盖率路段的速度数据为辅助,使用个性诊断算法(personality diagnosis,PD)对低覆盖率路段进行缺失速度估计,把估计值映射到连续型空间。实验结果表明,PDPR模型估计误差比PPCA(probabilistic principal component analysis)算法低32.84%,比滑动平均法低5.70%。     

Thermogenic Effect from Nutritionally Enriched Coffee Consumption

Background  

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of nutritionally enriched JavaFit™ (JF) coffee (450 mg of caffeine, 1200 mg of garcinia cambogia, 360 mg of citrus aurantium extract, and 225 mcg of chromium polynicotinate) on resting oxygen uptake (VO₂), respiratory exchange ratio (RER), heart rate (HR), and blood pressure (BP) in healthy and physically active individuals.     

Migration of Intergranular Liquid Films and Formation of Core-Shell Grains in Sintered TiC–Ni Bonded to WC–Ni

When TiC–20 wt% Ni powder mixtures are sintered at 1400°C, relatively large TiC grains possibly containing some Ni form with near-equilibrium shapes. When these specimens are heat-treated again at 1400°C in contact with sintered WC–20 wt% Ni pieces, the liquid films between the TiC grains in the contact region migrate against their increasing curvatures, forming (Ti,W)C solid solution behind them. These migrating liquid films reverse their directions on further heat-treatment. As in other alloys, this liquid film migration must be driven by the coherency strain energy produced by W diffusion at the surface of the dissolving TiC grains. Shells of (Ti,W)C solid solution also form around the cores of TiC grains near the contact region, and this process is probably driven by both coherency strain energy and free energy of mixing. At some contact regions, (Ti,W)C precipitates nucleate and grow, probably driven mainly by the free energy of mixing. In powder mixtures, the formation of core-shell grains is expected to be driven by the coherency strain energy, the free energy of mixing, and the capillary effect.     

Electrochemical characteristics of phase-separated polymer electrolyte based on poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropane) and ethylene carbonate

A polymer electrolyte based on microporous poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropane) (PVdF-HFP) film was studied for use in lithium ion batteries. The microporous PVdF-HFP (Kynar 2801) matrix was prepared from a cast of homogeneous mixture of PVdF-HFP and solvents such as ethylene carbonate (EC), dimethyl carbonate (DMC), and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC). After evaporation of DMC and EMC, a sold film of the PVdF-HFP and the EC mixture was obtained. EC-rich phase started its formation in the PVdF-HFP/EC film at EC content of about 60 wt.% based on the total weight of PVdF-HFP and EC. The formation of the new phase resulted in the abrupt increase of the porosity of the PVdF-HFP matrix from 32 to 62%. The ionic conductivity of the film soaked in 1 M LiPF₆-EC/DMC=1/1 was significantly increased from order of 10⁻⁴ S/cm to order of 10⁻³ S/cm at the EC content of 60 wt.%. Thermal and spectroscopic investigations showed that most of the EC interact with PVdF-HFP with the EC content being below 60 wt.%. MCMB/polymer electrolyte/LiCoO₂ cells employing the microporous PVdF-HFP polymer film showed stable charging/discharging characteristics at 1C rate and good rate capability.     

Cracking and the Indentation Size Effect for Knoop Hardness of Glasses

The Knoop hardnesses of five glasses decreased with increasing load in accordance with the classic indentation size effect (ISE). At moderate loads, cracking dramatically altered the indentation sizes and the ISE trends in three of the five glasses. Cracked indentations were as much as 10 μm longer than uncracked indentations made under identical conditions. Diagonal length readings must be corrected for optical resolution limitations if low power lenses are used.     

Morphologic study of electrochemically formed lead dioxide

Various electrochemical methods with different conditions were used to prepare lead dioxide (PbO₂). The observation revealed that the morphology of deposited PbO₂ could be controlled by simply changing deposition parameters. Under the condition of oxygen evolution, which dominates the electrode process, uniformly distributed high porous structured PbO₂ was formed. The results indicated that large current density or high potential polarization should be one of the most important and necessary factors for forming high surface area PbO₂ deposit. Only β-PbO₂ was identified by X-ray diffraction measurement for the deposit prepared by present methods and solution. One potential application of this method is to prepare nanoscaled PbO₂ parallel lines.     

内部连接的球形多孔羟基磷灰石支架的制备

采用高分子模板,通过注浆成型制备了球形孔结构的羟基磷灰石(hroxyapatite,HA)支架,研究了支架的微观结构、压缩强度和相容性.结果表明:改变工艺参数可以控制高分子模板中球体间胶黏面的大小,控制所制备的HA多孔体孔内连接的尺寸.制备的支架具有开口、均匀而内部连通的多孔结构,当孔径为200μm、孔隙率为65%时,压缩强度可达8MPa左右.体外生物模拟实验表明:多孔结构HA支架有很好的相容性.随多孔球体孔隙率和尺寸的增加,支架的细胞吸收率逐步增加.     

复合型调湿涂料的研制及实验研究

将硅藻土做成乳胶型涂料，并得到了不同湿度下这种涂料的吸放湿性能曲线，但是吸放湿能力不是很理想。为了提高涂料的吸放湿能力，在基料中加入无机成膜物质制成硅藻土复合涂料，结果表明，通过复合，最大吸湿能力从6．5％提高到11％，最大放湿能力从5％提高到10％，并且确定了无机成膜物质的比例。复合涂料符合建筑涂料的常规性能要求，在调节湿度的同时克服了传统空调能耗高的缺点，具有很好的应用前景。