Engineering all-aromatic polyamide surface from hydrophilic to superhydrophobic and the accelerated strategy

Being a new kind of nanomaterials, aromatic polyamide nanofibers (ANF) have been much highlighted in recent studies. We here demonstrate an isopropyl alcohol (IPA) accelerated chemical cleavage on poly (p-phenylene terephthalamide) chopped fibers, which provides an efficient preparation method of ANF. The comprehensive study on the processes accelerated by different alcohols revealed that the preparation time of ANF in the mixed medium of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)-alcohol (20:1 in volume) was shorten to 45 min and 75 min for methanol (ethanol) and isopropanol, respectively. However, the nanofibers prepared in DMSO-IPA exhibited the minimum in axial and radial dimensions, providing the finest and most uniform diameter of 16 nm. The corresponding ANF films through vacuum assisted filtration also showed the highest tensile strength of 150 MPa, in comparison with those of the ANF films prepared using other alcohols, which were about 110 MPa. Furthermore, ANF/silicon hybrid films were prepared by the ionic ring-opening reaction followed by the alkoxysilane condensation and nanoparticle fabrication. By changing the organo functional groups in the alkoxysilane, the surface of the films were adjustable in a wide contact angle range from 56° (hydrophilic) to 150° (superhydrophobic), suggesting the amendable interfacial properties potential applicable to composite fabrication with most of the resin matrix.     

Thermally Responsive Fibers for Versatile Thermoactivated Protective Fabrics

Smart textiles with good mechanical adaptability play an important role in personal protection, health monitoring, and aerospace applications. However, most of the reported thermally responsive polymers has long response time and poor processability, comfort, and wearability. Skin-core structures of thermally responsive fibers with multiple commercial fiber cores and temperature-responsive hydrogel skins are designed and fabricated, which exhibit rapid mechanical adaptability, good thermohardening, and thermal insulation. This universal method enables tight bonding between various commercial fiber cores and hydrogel skins via specific covalently anchored networks. At room temperature, prepared fibers show softness, flexibility, and skin compatibility similar to those of ordinary fibers. As temperature rises, smart fibers become hard, rigid, and self-supporting. The modulus of hydrogel skin increases from 304% to 30883%, showing good mechanoadaptability and impact resistance owing to the synergy between hydrophobic interactions and ionic bonding. Moreover, this synergistic effect leads to an increase in heat absorption, and fibers exhibit good thermal insulation, which reduces the contact temperature of the body surface by ≈25 °C under the external temperature of 95 °C, effectively preventing thermal burns. Notably, the active mechanoadaptability of these smart fibers using conductive fibers as cores is demonstrated. This study provides feasibility for fabricating environmentally adaptive intelligent textiles.     

Aromatic Hydrogenation Catalysis: A Review

High aromatic content in diesel fuel has been recognized both to lower the fuel quality and to contribute significantly to the formation of undesired emissions in exhaust gases [1, 2]. Because of the health hazards associated with these emissions, environmental regulations governing the composition of diesel fuels are being tightened in both Europe and the United States, leading to limitations on aromatics [3, 4].     

碳纤维材料在梁板加固工程中的应用

以南京某高校教学楼卫生间梁板加固工程为例，阐述了应用碳纤维材料对混凝土梁板进行结构补强加固的设计原理、施工工序，提出了应用碳纤维布进行结构加固时应注意的事项。     

空气中γ射线辐照聚碳硅烷陶瓷先

将聚碳硅烷(PCS)陶瓷先驱丝在开放空气中用γ射线辐照,然后在惰性气氛中高温热解制备出SiC纤维。研究了吸收剂量对先驱丝的结构、热分解特性以及热解产物微观形貌的影响。结果表明,在辐射作用下,空气中的氧与PCS中的部分Si—H发生氧化反应生成Si—OH,同时辐照产物中还形成了Si—C—Si,Si—O—Si等桥联结构。吸收剂量为0.5 MGy时,PCS先驱丝在热解过程中没有并丝;吸收剂量为3.0 MGy时,PCS先驱丝的凝胶含量和陶瓷产率分别达到75%和85.17%。这说明开放的空气气氛能够有效降低PCS先驱丝的不熔化处理剂量。     

基于蒙特卡罗方法的复合材料辐射屏蔽设计北大核心CSCD

在乏燃料后处理厂的工作环境中可能存在着低能中子-γ射线混合辐射,严重威胁工作人员的人身安全。本文针对上述混合辐射环境,利用蒙特卡罗程序Geant4模拟计算了一种钨/硼纤维增强含硼/铋聚合物复合材料中不同材料参数对低能中子和γ射线综合防护效果的影响。结果显示,此种钨/硼纤维复合材料对低能中子和γ射线均具有良好的屏蔽效果。文章证实了纤维垂直排布方式具有比平行排布方式更优的屏蔽效果,且垂直排布方式下透过粒子束的强度分布更加均匀。此外,在聚合物基体中掺杂一定质量分数的硼/铋可以进一步增强复合材料的辐射屏蔽效果。依据这些结果我们认为此种复合材料可以为后处理厂等辐射环境中的防护服及相关防护用具提供参考。     

石墨烯/碳纤维/芳纶电磁屏蔽纸的制备与性能研究

本研究以耐高温的芳纶短切纤维和芳纶沉析纤维为纸基纤维材料,导电性优良的碳纤维为导电骨架,石墨烯为电磁屏蔽增强材料,结合抄纸和涂布工艺制备得到石墨烯/碳纤维/芳纶电磁屏蔽纸。结果表明,制备的石墨烯/碳纤维/芳纶电磁屏蔽纸具有“三明治结构”,其厚度为333.9 μm时,在X波段的电磁屏蔽效能SE_T高达70.3 dB,电导率高达1 685 S/m,兼有较好的耐高温性和耐腐蚀性。     

250℃下时间效应对PAN纤维热氧稳定化反应的影响及关联

借用傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)、元素分析(EA)、X射线衍射(XRD)和示差扫描量热分析(DSC)等手段,对比研究了热氧稳定化过程中250℃下时间效应与两种聚丙烯腈(PAN)共聚纤维及其炭纤维结构和性能之间的关联。研究结果表明,PAN纤维在250℃温区内停留超过9min时,最终热氧稳定化纤维的环化度(RCI)、体密度和芳构化指数(AI)的增加速率开始变小;炭纤维的孔含量(Vp)值与内部微晶的d002值开始增大,微晶排列的规整程度变差,缺陷增多,拉伸强度开始降低。     

冷历史对PA1010及其共混物内耗行为的影响

本工作对尼龙1010(PA1010)及其与双酚A型聚碳酸酯(PC)的共混物进行了内耗测量,发现它们的内耗峰温与测量起始温度有密切联系。