Physical and electroresponsive characteristics of the intercalated styrene‐acrylonitrile copolymer/clay nanocomposite under applied electric fields

Styrene‐acrylonitrile copolymer (SAN)/clay nanocomposites were synthesized through an emulsion copolymerization of styrene and acrylonitrile in the presence of sodium montmorillonite, and their physical properties and electroresponsiveness under an applied electric field were characterized. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) showed that the thermal stability of the synthesized polymer was sustained. X‐ray diffraction (XRD) analysis confirmed the insertion of SAN into the interlayers of clay, whose separation consequently increased, as compared to those of the pristine clay. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to observe the suspended state of clay. Dry‐base electrorheological (ER) fluids were prepared by mixing intercalated SAN nanocomposite particles into silicone oil. Typical ER behavior, i.e., enhancement of shear and yield stresses in the presence of an applied electric field, was observed using a rotational rheometer equipped with a high‐voltage generator. A universal yield stress scaling equation was also found to fit our experimental data well. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 89: 821–827, 2003     

Catalytic hydrodechlorination of 1-chlorooctadecane, 9,10-dichlorostearic acid, and 12,14-dichlorodehydroabietic acid in supercritical carbon dioxide

Kinetic and thermodynamic analyses of catalytic hydrodechlorinations in supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO₂) were performed using 5% Pd supported on γ-Al₂O₃. The selected standard compounds used for the study represented chlorinated wood resins commonly found in pitch deposits; 1-chlorooctadecane (C₁₈-Cl), 9,10-dichlorostearic acid (Stearic-Cl₂), and 12,14-dichlorodehydroabietic acid (DHA-Cl₂). The reaction utilized isopropanol as a hydrogen donor. Pressure, temperature, and the concentrations of isopropanol and palladium were varied to study the effect of each parameter and to optimize the dechlorination yield. The reaction in SC-CO₂ was compared to the one in liquid solvents at atmospheric pressure. By applying a Langmuir–Hinshelwood kinetic model, the rate-determining step of the reaction was deduced to be adsorption of the chlorinated molecules on the palladium surface. The apparent activation energies of the reactions for C₁₈-Cl, Stearic-Cl₂, DHA-Cl₂ were 43±5, 40±7, and 135±7 kJ mol⁻¹, respectively, in SC-CO₂. The relatively high activation energy for DHA-Cl₂ was apparently due to structural differences from the other two compounds. The apparent activation energy of dechlorination of C₁₈-Cl in liquid isopropanol at atmospheric pressure was determined to be 35±3 kJ mol⁻¹, leading to the conclusion that the rate-determining step is the same for this compound in both fluid systems. The enthalpies of desorption of stearic acid and dehydroabietic acid were determined to be 18±2 and 12±2 kJ mol⁻¹, respectively. These values being less than half of the apparent activation energies of dechlorination of their corresponding chlorinated compounds indicates that desorption of the dechlorinated products is not the rate-determining step of the reaction. This was consistent with the conclusion that the rate-determining step is adsorption, on the understanding that the reaction mechanism is same in both fluid systems.     

Experimental and Numerical Analysis of the Viscous Fingering Instability of Shear‐Thinning Fluids

Miscible flow displacements in a rectilinear Hele‐Shaw cell of Newtonian as well as rheologically well‐characterized shear‐thinning fluids are examined through experimental measurements and numerical modelling. Water is used as a displacing fluid while the displaced fluid consists of either a reference Newtonian glycerol solution or shear‐thinning solutions of Alcoflood? polymers of different molecular weights. The experimental measurements revealed that the shear‐thinning behaviour of the non‐Newtonian solutions resulted in more complex instability patterns and new finger structures not previously observed in the case of Newtonian displacements are identified and characterized. An analysis of the effects of the rheological behaviour of the shear‐thinning fluids on instability characteristics such as the finger width and finger tip velocity is presented. Numerical simulations using a pseudo‐spectral method are conducted and allowed to compare the predictions of the mathematical model based on an effective Darcy's law with the experimental measurements.     

Fe3O4-10-HCPT及Fe3O4-HCPT@SiO2核壳纳米粒子的制备

为有效控制磁性四氧化三铁纳米粒子在水介质中的分散,防止其聚集.通过控制Na Cl溶液的物质的量浓度,对比研究磁性四氧化三铁纳米粒子在超声前和超声后在盐中的分散情况.实验结果表明,磁性四氧化三铁纳米粒子在0.4 mol/L的氯化钠中分散性最好,聚集度较小;进一步为了制备粒径均匀的复合磁性纳米载药粒子,通过调节10-羟基喜树碱溶液的p H,将10-羟基喜树碱和磁性纳米粒子制备成复合纳米粒子,并将其用二氧化硅包覆制备了复合载药纳米粒子,其复合纳米粒子的粒径大约为120 nm,结果显示通过该方法成功制备了理想的磁性纳米载药粒子.     

电流变客车减振器的力学分析与最优控制

在减振器中采用电流变液,通过控制电场实时响应路面激励,提高客车对振动响应的智能性。基于车辆1/4动力学模型的分析表明,在0～25 Hz路面激励下,车身加速度、相对动载、悬架动挠度的共振响应峰值分别减小52.9%、52.6%、60.0%。线性二次型最优控制理论的仿真结果表明,主动悬架系统的车身振动加速度减小0.37 m/s2,悬架动挠度值减小4.3 mm,轮胎变形量基本不变(仅约0.1 mm),实现了良好的减振性能,从而提高了行驶平顺性、被动悬架系统稳定性。不同路面状况下所需的场强幅值为3.5 kV/mm、能耗约为225 W,为配套电源的设计提供了依据。     

绿色金属加工用油的开发与发展趋势

本文论述了绿色金属加工油液的发展概况,开发的必要性和可能性,介绍了几种绿色金属加工油液和几种添加剂的性能测试结果,并提出了相关建议.     

Prospects of Supercritical Fluids in Realizing Graphene‐Based Functional Materials

Supercritical‐fluids science and technology predate all the approaches that are currently established for graphene production by several decades in advanced materials design. However, it has only recently been proposed as a plausible approach for graphene processing. Since then, supercritical fluids have emerged into contention as an alternative to existing technologies because of their scalability and versatility in processing graphene materials, which include composites, aerogels, and foams. Here, an overview is presented of such materials prepared through supercritical fluids from an advanced materials science standpoint, with a discussion on their fundamental properties and technological applications. The benefits of supercritical‐fluid processing over conventional liquid‐phase processing are presented. The benefits include not only better performances for advanced applications but also environmental issues associated with the synthesis process. Nevertheless, the limitations of supercritical‐fluid processing are also stressed, along with challenges that are still faced toward the achievement of the great expectations from graphene materials.     

粉煤灰漂珠@BaTiO_3@PAn的制备及其电流变性能

聚苯胺(PAn)作为电流变材料具有响应快、屈服应力大的特点,但因其良好的导电性能导致漏电击穿现象发生,为了进一步增加PAn的悬浮稳定性,引入了粉煤灰漂珠(FAFB),BaTiO_3作为经典的电介质材料也引入其中以进一步提高材料的介电性能。采用逐层包覆的思路,利用溶胶-凝胶法在漂珠表面包覆BaTiO_3,获得FAFB@BaTiO_3,再利用原位聚合法制备以FAFB@BaTiO_3为核、PAn为壳的结构复合材料即FAFB@BaTiO_3@PAn。利用FTIR、XRD和SEM对材料的结构与形貌进行分析,借助四探针技术和LCR数字电桥对材料的导电与介电性能进行分析,利用自组装电流变仪进行了电流变特性测试,考察了7d内的悬浮稳定性能。结果表明:BaTiO_3、PAn确实发生了逐层包覆,且电导率、介电常数、介电损耗和剪切应力均符合复合效应规律,介于PAn与FAFB@BaTiO_3之间,其中,剪切应力可达675Pa(电场强度为3.0kV/mm);漏电现象得到缓解,击穿电压提高了20%;比较悬浮稳定性发现,7d后FAFB@BaTiO_3@PAn悬浮率仍为82%。     

Towards a continuous microfluidic rheometer

In a previous paper we presented a way to measure the rheological properties of complex fluids on a microfluidic chip (Guillot et al., Langmuir 22:6438, 2006). The principle of our method is to use parallel flows between two immiscible fluids as a pressure sensor. In fact, in a such flow, both fluids flow side by side and the size occupied by each fluid stream depends only on both flow rates and on both viscosities. We use this property to measure the viscosity of one fluid knowing the viscosity of the other one, both flow rates and the relative size of both streams in a cross-section. We showed that using a less viscous fluid as a reference fluid allows to define a mean shear rate with a low standard deviation in the other fluid. This method allows us to measure the flow curve of a fluid with less than 250 μL of fluid. In this paper we implement this principle in a fully automated set up which controls the flow rate, analyzes the picture and calculates the mean shear rate and the viscosity of the studied fluid. We present results obtained for Newtonian fluids and complex fluids using this set up and we compare our data with cone and plate rheometer measurements. By adding a mixing stage in the fluidic network we show how this set up can be used to characterize in a continuous way the evolution of the rheological properties as a function of the formulation composition. We illustrate this by measuring the rheological curve of four formulations of polyethylene oxide solution with only 1.3 mL of concentrated polyethylene oxide solution. This method could be very useful in screening processes where the viscosity range and the behavior of the fluid to an applied stress must be evaluated.