Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene with improved crosslink density,oxidation stability,and microbial inhibition by chemical crosslinking and tea polyphenols for total joint replacements

Highly crosslinked ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) stabilized by vitamin E (VE) is widely applied in artificial joints as the bearings. Despite the approval, there is a discord that VE lowers the crosslinking efficiency, limiting its use at high concentration. In this work, we aim to obtain highly crosslinked and oxidation resistant UHMWPE through the conjunction of tea polyphenol and chemical crosslinking. We hypothesized that highly incorporated tea polyphenol with multiple reactive sites can ameliorate crosslinking efficiency of chemical crosslinked UHMWPE in comparison to VE. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) as representative tea polyphenol was incorporated into UHMWPE at high concentration (2–8 wt%), followed by chemical crosslinking with 2 wt% organic peroxide. Unlike VE/UHMWPE blends as the control, chemical crosslinking achieved an increasing trend in crosslink density of EGCG/UHMWPE blends with increasing antioxidant concentration. High concentration of EGCG also enhanced the oxidation stability of UHMWPE. Intriguingly, EGCG endowed UHMWPE with an excellent antimicrobial property, which was inefficient in VE/UHMWPE. Cell viability was hardly affected by the high loaded antioxidant and peroxide. The chemically crosslinked UHMWPE blended with EGCG is proved to be a reasonable, cost effective and realistic alternative for use in artificial joints.     

Chemical,thermal, and mechanical properties and ultraviolet transmittance of novel nano-hydroxyapatite/polyethylene terephthalate milk bottles

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)/nano-hydroxyapatite (nHAp) composite granules were obtained using twin-screw extruder. Preforms were prepared by injection molding and then PET/nHAp bottles were produced by blow molding. For PET bottles with nHAp, the migration amounts of carboxylic acid (COOH), acetaldehyde (AA), diethylene glycol (DEG), and isophthalic acid (IPA); glass transition temperature (T_g); melting temperature (T_m); and the maximum crystallization temperature (T_cry) were measured. The load-carrying capacity, burst strength, stress cracking, and regional material distribution tests were carried out on the bottles. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and ultraviolet transmittance analyses were conducted to explain the changes in mechanical, chemical, physical properties, and light transmission of bottles. It was found out that the COOH amount increased and the AA content decreased with increasing nHAp amount. On the other hand, no change was observed in the amounts of DEG and IPA. Although the mechanical properties such as load-carrying capacity and burst strength of the bottles have improved, it has been determined that the standard environmental stress crack resistance test procedure cannot be applied to such a composite. Experimental findings indicate that nHAp disrupts the chemical structure of PET and it isolates harmful chemicals such as AA by forming intermolecular bonds. Moreover, with the addition of up to 0.8% nHAp, PET bottles block the light transmission approximately 80% within 400–700 nm wave length zone. The study demonstrates that the PET/nHAp composite bottles can be used in the food industry, particularly in the packaging of milk and milk products which are vulnerable to light exposure.     

Preparation and characterization of poly(vinyl alcohol)/gum tragacanth/cellulose nanocomposite film

The effects of gum tragacanth obtained from two species of Astragalus Gossypinus (GT-G) and A. Parrowianus (GT-P) at two levels of 10% and 30% combined with cellulose nanofibers (CNF; 5%) on the physico-mechanical and structural properties of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanocomposite film were investigated in this study. The water solubility and water vapor permeability of the films decreased with increasing the content of both gums, especially in the film containing 30% GT-P. The highest values of the tensile strength (39.3 MPa) and elongation at break (445%) belonged to the treatment containing 10% GT-P (90/10P/0). The FTIR and DSC analyses confirmed good interactions between GT and PVA in the 90/10P/0 treatment. SEM images indicated the dense structure of this film as the optimum treatment. Although the presence of CNF in the films containing GT-G improved some properties, especially the Young modulus, it impaired all the functional properties of nanocomposite GT-P film.     

Microcellular foaming of poly(lactic acid) branched with food-grade chain extenders

This study evaluated the effectiveness and efficiency of two food-grade multifunctional epoxies chain extenders (CE) in branching PLA and improving its foamability. Both CE grades were effective in branching PLA causing increased end mixing torque, shear, elongational viscosities, molecular weight but decreased crystallinity of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) with CE content, due to chain entanglements. CE with low epoxy equivalent weight (EEW) was more efficient than the counterpart with high EEW due to its high reactivity. Neat PLA foams showed poor cell morphology with areas without nucleated cells and had a low expansion, owing to its low elongational viscosity. By contrast, there was a considerable change in the morphology of the PLA foam structure caused by its branching. Chain-extended PLA foams had uniform cell morphology with a high void fraction (up to ~85%) and expansion ratio (an eightfold expansion over unfoamed PLA) due to their high elongational viscosities, suggesting that melt properties of branched PLA were appropriate for optimum cell growth and stabilization during foaming. Overall, CE with low EEW was the most effective grade and 0.25% the optimum content that provided appropriate melt viscosity to produce PLA foams with a homogeneous structure, fine cells, high void fraction, high volume expansion ratio, and cell-population density.     

天然胶乳床垫和枕芯的发展

综述介绍天然胶乳床垫和枕芯的生产工艺、产品特性以及存在的问题。天然胶乳床垫和枕芯的生产工艺主要有邓禄普法和塔勒莱法胶乳发泡工艺,塔勒莱法工艺先进,但受设备结构复杂和投资大的限制,只有少数公司采用;邓禄普法性价比高,工艺趋于完善,被大多数厂家采用。天然胶乳床垫和枕芯具有优异的弹性、支撑性、透气性和抑菌抗螨功能,与睡眠者有良好的贴合性,可提高睡眠质量。巨大的市场需求导致天然胶乳床垫和枕芯产品存在部分假冒伪劣和粗制滥造产品,需要监管部门尽快制订产品标准并加强管理,引导和规范天然胶乳床垫和枕芯生产行业健康发展。     

Infiltration kinetics of pressureless infiltration in SiCp／Al composites

The pressureless infiltration kinetics was investigated by plotting the infiltration distance as function of the infiltration time. The effects of key process parameters such as time, temperature, Mg content on the pressureless infiltration of silicon carbide particle compacts were studied and quantified. The preform with high volume fraction SiC was obtained by mixing SiC particles with bimodal size distribution, whose diameters are 5 and 50 btm, respectively. The results show that an incubation period exists before infiltration, the influence of temperature on the incubation time exceeds that of Mg content, infiltration rate increases with the increasing temperature and Mg content, infiltration rate decreases as Mg consumes. A model of macroscopical infiltration and microscopical infiltration of liquid alloy in porous SiC preform was proposed.     

纳米硫化铋-锌复合镀膜的制备及其抗菌性能研究

目的将锌镀层与具有光催化抗菌性能的纳米粒子复合,实现对锌镀层的改性,成功制备一种具有光催化抗菌性能的功能性复合镀层。方法通过向弱酸性硫酸盐锌镀液中加入梯度浓度具有可见光催化杀菌性能的硫化铋纳米粒子,在20#碳钢表面利用恒电流法一步成功制备了系列硫化铋-锌复合镀膜。利用电化学工作站监测了沉积过程中的沉积电位,分别记录沉积前和沉积后的样品质量并测量沉积面积,通过计算,确定了沉积过程的电流效率。通过扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、X-射线晶体衍射仪(XRD)及电子能谱仪(EDS)对镀层进行了形貌及成分分析,采用大肠杆菌作为代表性的细菌,检测了复合镀膜的抗菌性能。结果与纯锌镀膜相比,硫化铋的加入显著促进了(100)晶相的晶体生长,而抑制了(102)晶相的晶体生长,使镀膜形貌由标准六方晶系变为块状晶体;硫化铋的加入使沉积电位变得更正,且随硫化铋添加量的增加,变正增幅变大;硫化铋的加入使电沉积过程的电流效率与纯锌镀膜的电流效率相比增大了5%左右,但硫化铋的添加量对电流效率的影响不大;硫化铋-锌复合镀膜在可见光下对大肠杆菌具有良好的抗杀性能,且硫化铋的复合量越高,抗菌效果越好。结论通过笔者提出的电沉积方法,硫化铋可成功复合到了锌镀膜中,从而使硫化铋-锌复合镀膜获得了良好的抗菌性能,最终发现当镀液中硫化铋质量浓度为2 g/L时,硫化铋在锌镀层中的复合量最高,抗菌性能最好。     

电子封装SiCp/Al复合材料的制备与性能

研究了无压渗透法制备电子封装SiCp/Al复合材料过程中,烧结工艺对SiC预制件开孔率、抗压强度的影响,以及渗透工艺对Al液渗透形成复合材料的影响,并对所制备的复合材料热物理性能和表面涂覆进行了评价。结果表明,经1100℃分段烧结的SiC预制件开孔率、抗压强度较好;Al液浇铸温度、保温温度分别在750～850℃、800～900℃的范围时,SiC预制件的渗透效果较好;所制备的55%SiCp/Al复合材料相对密度为98.3%,热膨胀系数在（7.23～9.97）×10-6K^-1之间变化,热导率为146.5～172.3W/（m.K）,复合材料表面涂覆性能可行性好。     

抗菌功能性铝基材料的制备及表征

通过交流电沉积的方法在铝阳极氧化膜的孔内沉积金属铜,制备了铝基抗菌功能性材料;测试了沉积铜的铝阳极氧化膜的抗菌性能.结果表明:电沉积铜的铝阳极氧化膜对大肠杆菌、绿脓杆菌、粪链球菌和金黄色葡萄球菌的抗菌率均大于95%.透射电子显微镜表征了铜在氧化膜孔内的沉积形貌,铜在铝阳极氧化膜孔内呈连续的线状形貌,直径为25 nm.     

SMT封装电路板三维在线检测技术

为了检测回流焊接之后SMT( Surface Mount Technology)封装电路板是否存在缺陷,设计并搭建了基于线结构光传感器的SMT封装电路板三维在线检测系统,通过线结构光扫描测量,获取SMT封装电路板表面三维数据。采用双传感器测量技术,有效减少数据丢失;研究了双传感器统一标定技术,可同时实现两个传感器的参数标定和坐标系统一。提出了自适应光条中心提取算法,对反射或散射影响而形成的光条图像噪声具有很好的抑制效果,能够提取准确的光条中心。实验表明系统测量精度可达到0.02 mm。系统测量得到的三维数据,可以为在线检测SMT封装电路板缺陷提供可靠的三维信息。