氧化石墨烯材料对水溶液中放射性元素的吸附去除研究进展

作为一种高效的新型吸附材料，氧化石墨烯由于具有巨大的比表面积和丰富的含氧官能团等特性，在放射性元素的吸附去除中展现出巨大的应用潜力。本文主要介绍了氧化石墨烯及其复合材料的结构性质与制备方法，并对其在水溶液中吸附去除放射性元素铀、钍、铕的研究进行了综述，通过表面改性或与其它功能性材料复合可显著提高对放射性元素的吸附去除性能，并对吸附机理进行了总结，最后展望了今后的研究方向并提出了建议。     

Processing and characterization of nanostructured Cu-carbon nanotube composites

Carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced nanostructured Cu matrix composite with a grain size less than 25 nm has been successfully fabricated via a combination of ball milling and high-pressure torsion. CNTs were found to be homogeneously dispersed into the metal matrix, leading to grain refinement with a narrow grain size distribution and significant increase in hardness.     

A Comprehensive Overview on the Latest Progress in the Additive Manufacturing of Metal Matrix Composites: Potential,Challenges, and Feasible Solutions

Nowadays, as an emerging technology, additive manufacturing(AM) has received numerous attentions from researchers around the world. The method comprises layer-by-layer manufacturing of products according to the 3D CAD models of the objects. Among other things, AM is capable of producing metal matrix composites(MMCs). Hence, plenty of works in the literature are dedicated to developing different types of MMCs through AM processes. Hence, this paper provides a comprehensive overview on the latest research that has been carried out on the development of the powder-based AM manufactured MMCs from a scientific and technological viewpoint, aimed at highlighting the opportunities and challenges of this innovative manufacturing process. For instance, it is documented that AM is not only able to resolve the reinforcement/matrix bonding issues usually faced with during conventional manufacturing of MMCs, but also it is capable of producing functionally graded composites and geometrically complex objects. Furthermore, it provides the opportunity for a uniform distribution of the reinforcing phase in the metallic matrix and is able to produce composites using refractory metals thanks to the local heat source employed in the method. Despite the aforementioned advantages, there are still some challenges needing more attention from the researchers. Rapid cooling nature of the process, significantly different coe fficient of expansion of the matrix and reinforcement, processability, and the lack of suitable parameters and standards for the production of defect-free AM MMCs seem to be among the most important issues to deal with in future works.     

聚合物基复合封装材料导热性能的参数仿真

鉴于聚合物基复合封装材料导热性能传统研究方法的不足(效率低、预测模型不合理等),提出了一种基于VC++结合ANSYS和MATLAB联合编程的方法,对聚合物基复合材料的导热性能进行参数化有限元分析。用户只需要在由VC++开发出来的人机交互界面上输入复合材料的相关导热参数,即可由ANSYS与MATLAB相互协作完成导热模型的构建、模型导热率的数值仿真、结果输出的可视化处理等一系列工作。通过分析氮化铝填充环氧树脂复合材料的导热性能,检验了该方法的可靠性。研究结果表明,该方法不仅能够有效地预测实验结果,而且还方便易用。     

Engineering biomass into formaldehyde‐free phenolic resin for composite materials

The use of formaldehyde to prepare phenol‐formaldehyde (PF) resins is one of the primary challenges for the world‐wide PF industry with respect to both sustainability and human health. This study reports a novel one‐pot synthesis process for phenol‐5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (PHMF) resin as a formaldehyde‐free phenolic resin using phenol and glucose, and the curing of the phenolic resin with a green curing agent organosolv lignin (OL) or Kraft lignin (KL). Evidenced by ¹³C NMR, the curing mechanism involves alkylation reaction between the hydoxyalkyl groups of lignin and the ortho‐ and para‐carbon of PHMF phenolic hydroxyl group. The curing kinetics was studied using differential scanning calorimetry and the kinetic parameters were obtained. The OL/KL cured PHMF resins were tested in terms of thermal stability, and mechanical properties for their applications in fiberglass reinforced composite materials. The results obtained demonstrated that OL/KL can be promising curing agents for the PHMF resins. © 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 61: 1275–1283, 2015     

Improvement of Palm Oil Biodiesel Filterability by Adsorption Methods

Palm oil biodiesel (POB) is characterized by a very high cold soak filtration time (CSFT), which places the acceptability of this biofuel at risk. Therefore, the effect of four adsorbents, namely diatomaceous earth, natural silicate (NS), neutral bleaching earth (NBE), and acid activated bleaching earth (AABE), at two levels of addition (1 and 5 wt%) or two temperatures (25 and 110 °C) on the precipitate content and CSFT of POB was investigated. The impact on total glycerin content, moisture content, and oxidative stability was also examined. All treatments significantly decreased the precipitate content, total glycerin content, and moisture content, but only treatments with NS, NBE, and AABE at 5 wt% and 25 °C achieved acceptable filterability. The OSI value was also decreased; however, it remained above the ASTM limit. Operational conditions of treatment with AABE were further optimized in a two‐factor, five‐level center composite design. The combination of 0.65 wt% AABE and 10 min at 25 °C decreased CSFT to below the ASTM limit. Lower adsorbent concentrations could be effective down to 0.44 wt%, given a corresponding increase in the contact time up to 30 min.     

Design of a timed and controlled release osmotic pump system of atenolol

The objective of the article was to design a novel timed and controlled release osmotic pump (TCOP) containing atenolol as an active pharmaceutical ingredient and compare with a bilayer-core osmotic pump (BCOP) of atenolol. Different from BCOP, a modulating barrier was added to delay the drug release and obtain desired lag time (T_lag). The influences of the amount of pore-forming agent and modulating barrier, coating weight gain on the lag time (T_lag) and drug release rate (R_t) of TCOP were investigated. The central composite design-response surface methodology (RSM) was applied to optimize the formulation. Rhodamine B was added to modulating barrier to determine the release process of modulating barrier. A method used to correct the release profiles with a certain lag time by ΔT_lag and interpolating was applied to compare TCOP with BCOP. T_lag was directly proportional to the amount of modulating barrier and coating weight gain, but inversely related to the amount of pore forming agent, which were contrary to the effects on R_t. The optimal formulation including 60?mg PEO WSR N80, 3?g PEG 4000 and 6% coating weight gain could obtain a 3.59-h T_lag. According to the release of Rhodamine B, the modulating barrier was completely pushed out at ～5.0?h, longer than 3.59?h, therefore, atenolol along with remaining modulating barrier was released together between 3.59 and 5.0?h. By comparing with BCOP, the release profiles subtracting the part of lag time had no significant difference, yet R_t of TCOP presented a slight decrease.     

Quasi‐Static Single‐Component Hybrid Simulation of a Composite Structure with Multi‐Axis Control

This paper presents a quasi‐static hybrid simulation performed on a single component structure. Hybrid simulation is a substructural technique, where a structure is divided into two sections: a numerical section of the main structure and a physical experiment of the remainder. In previous cases, hybrid simulation has typically been applied to structures with a simple connection between the numerical model and physical test, e.g. civil engineering structures. In this paper, the method is applied to a composite structure, where the boundary is more complex i.e. 3 degrees of freedom. In order to evaluate the validity of the method, the results are compared to a test of the emulated structure – referred to here as the reference test. It was found that the error introduced by compliance in the load train was significant. Digital image correlation was for this reason implemented in the hybrid simulation communication loop to compensate for this source of error. Furthermore, the accuracy of the hybrid simulation was improved by compensating for communication delay. The test showed high correspondence between the hybrid simulation and the reference test in terms of overall deflection as well as displacements and rotation in the shared boundary.