WO3对零膨胀锂铝硅封接玻璃流动性的影响与作用机理

密封连接石英玻璃被广泛应用于航空航天、半导体加工以及微机电系统真空连接等领域。改进的低膨胀Li₂O-Al₂O₃-SiO₂(LAS)系微晶玻璃可以用于封接石英玻璃,但存在流动性不佳的难题。本文通过掺入WO₃对LAS系微晶玻璃进行改性,利用线膨胀系数分析仪、差示扫描量热仪、X射线衍射仪、高温烧结影像仪、扫描电镜,研究了掺入WO₃后LAS玻璃封接石英玻璃的机理。结果表明:WO₃对LAS玻璃的析晶产生先增强后削弱的影响; WO₃掺量越大,热膨胀系数越大,当掺量达到5.0%(质量分数)时,热膨胀系数提升至5.69×10^-7 ℃^-1;流动性与润湿性随着掺量增加而提升,铺展面积随掺量增加而增大,润湿角随掺量增加而减小,有效改善了LAS玻璃本身流动性不足的问题;LAS玻璃与石英玻璃之间主要是通过化学元素迁移实现封接。     

助熔剂和密着剂对搪玻璃的作用机理及其研究进展

搪玻璃是一种在金属表面喷涂瓷釉(搪玻璃釉),经高温搪烧密着而成的复合材料,既具有玻璃的化学稳定性,又具有金属材料的硬度大、强度高等优良特性,同时表面光滑易清洗,因此在化工、医药等行业广泛应用。搪玻璃性能取决于搪玻璃釉的成分,搪玻璃釉包括基体剂、乳浊剂、助熔剂、密着剂等,其中助熔剂中含有低熔点物质,能够降低熔化温度,破坏搪玻璃釉连续的网络结构,形成新分子键,进而改良搪烧工艺;密着剂能够与金属基体发生化学反应,增强搪玻璃釉和金属基体的结合强度,进而提高力学性能。本文简要介绍了搪玻璃釉中的各类助剂,着重叙述了助熔剂和密着剂的组成及作用机理,为今后设计搪玻璃釉及提高搪玻璃设备性能提供了参考依据。     

废弃玻璃粉对水泥石高温抗压强度和微观结构的影响

废弃玻璃粉作为一种高SiO₂含量的固体废弃物,可以有效防止油井水泥石在高温下的强度衰退,从而提升深井、超深井固井水泥环长期封隔完整性。本文研究了150 ℃、21 MPa下,不同粒径废弃玻璃粉对水泥石抗压强度、渗透率和微观结构的影响。结果表明:150 ℃、21 MPa下净浆水泥石180 d抗压强度为8.57 MPa,较1 d衰退76.04%;掺入废弃玻璃粉可以提高水泥石抗压强度的长期稳定性,在内掺40%(质量分数)粒径为45 μm的废弃玻璃粉情况下,水泥石在180 d时抗压强度为31.85 MPa,较1 d仅衰退3.95%,渗透率为1.28×10^-2 mD,较1 d降低16.88%;掺入废弃玻璃粉改变了水泥石150 ℃、21 MPa下的物相组成,净浆水泥石的主要结晶相为氢氧化钙和水硅钙石,掺入不同粒径废弃玻璃粉的水泥石主要结晶相为硬硅钙石和托贝莫来石;内掺40%粒径为45 μm的废弃玻璃粉的水泥石中托贝莫来石晶粒尺寸稳定;随龄期增加,净浆水泥石孔结构向大孔径发展,内掺40%粒径为45 μm的废弃玻璃粉的水泥石的孔结构更加致密,180 d内各龄期均以凝胶孔为主。     

蒙砂粉熟化过程与蚀刻玻璃表面的研究

固体蒙砂粉的熟化质量是决定玻璃蚀刻效果的重要因素。用X射线衍射（XRD）、能谱仪（EDS）、拉曼光谱、粘度计、Zeta电位和碱滴定等方法研究了用柠檬酸和氟化氢铵为主要成分配制的蒙砂粉的理化性质随熟化时间的变化规律,考察和评价了熟化时间对GG6手机盖板玻璃蚀刻效果的影响。结果表明：熟化时间为36 h,得到的熟化液的黏度和氢离子浓度最大,GG6玻璃蚀刻后的粗糙度为265 nm、雾度为84%、透光率为92.4%、光泽度为11.7%,符合工业上手机玻璃盖板的蚀刻加工质量要求,蚀刻后的GG6玻璃表面形成一层微量的氟硅酸物晶体,构成的微纳蚀孔结构更均匀。测定蒙砂液的理化性质能有助于更好地了解蒙砂粉的熟化过程,对蒙砂粉蚀刻工艺具有指导作用,提高玻璃防眩工艺的生产效率。     

等离子体射流载气流量大小对玻璃纤维改性效果影响的研究

通过大气压等离子体射流在玻璃纤维（GF）表面沉积氧化硅（SiOx）纳米颗粒的方法改善玻璃纤维增强聚丙烯（GFRP）复合材料的界面结合性能,利用扫描电子显微镜、原子力显微镜和X射线光电子能谱等表征分析了改性纤维的表面形貌、化学成分、润湿性能和复合材料的界面结合性能,并考察了等离子体射流载气流量大小对GF改性效果的影响。结果表明,当载气流量为40 mL/min时,GF的改性效果最好,且此时GF的表面能相比对照组提高了43.18%,GFRP复合材料的层间剪切强度提高了30.79%;经过等离子体处理后,GF的表面粗糙度增大,极性官能团增多,复合材料的界面结合性能提升。     

Team formation on the basis of Belbin’s roles to enhance students’ performance in project based learning

This paper presents a method that instructors have designed and implemented to form balanced teams based on Belbin's roles, with the aim of boosting positive interdependence and individual accountability within the teams and improving their performance in a project-based learning environment. Students’ performance has been measured through the scores obtained during the project, individual exam and Individual Accountability Factor (IAF) and compared with cohorts of previous years, in which team composition was self-selected by students. Belbin teams (18/19–19/20) have performed significantly better than self-selected teams (16/17–17/18). Additionally, students’ feedback experience and opinion has been collected. Students belonging to Belbin teams acknowledge that they attend classes more regularly, they need less time for study outside the classes and they show a higher interest for the subject at the end of the course. They also agree that working on Belbin teams has helped them to mainly improve interpersonal relationships and social skills, followed by positive interdependence and individual accountability. This team forming method gives students the opportunity to identify their own strengths and weaknesses and understand the roles (behaviours) of their teammates as well as their strengths and weaknesses. Besides, it encourages learners to focus explicitly on group work skills.     

Kinetics of crack healing and self-repair behaviors in a sealant glass for SOFC applications

A sealant is required for the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) to maintain hermeticity at high operating temperatures, keep fuel and oxidant from mixing, and avoid shorting of the cell stack. Glass and glass–ceramic materials are widely used as a sealant because their properties can be tailored to meet the stringent requirements of SOFC stack, but they are susceptible to cracking. In contrast, a promising concept of self-repairable glass for seals is pursued for making reliable seals that can self-repair cracks at the SOFC operating temperatures. This concept is studied through measuring crack-healing kinetics and independent measurement of glass viscosity for relating to the observed self-repair. The cracks on the glass surface are created using a Vickers indenter to achieve a well-defined crack geometry, and then the glass is exposed to elevated temperatures for different length of times to study the crack-healing kinetics. The crack-healing kinetics is compared with the predictions of our theoretical model and found to be in good agreement. In addition, glass viscosity is extracted from the healing kinetics and compared with the independent measurement of viscosity measured from the dilatometry and sintering data to further validate the crack-healing theoretical model. These results are presented and discussed.     

A critical review of bioceramics for magnetic hyperthermia

Magnetic hyperthermia (HT) using biocompatible ceramics is a ground-breaking, competent, and safe thermo-therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment. The magnetic properties of bioceramics, along with their structure and synthesis parameters, are responsible for the controlled heating of malignant tumors and are the key to clinical success. After providing a brief overview of magnetism and its significance in biomedicine, this review deals with materials selection and synthesis methods of bioceramics/glasses used for HT. Relevant research carried out on promising bioceramics for magnetic HT, with a focus on their size, shape, surface functionalization, magnetic field parameters, and in vitro/in vivo properties to optimize cancer therapy, is also discussed. Recent progress in magnetic HT combined with chemotherapy and phototherapy is especially highlighted, with the aim to provide interdisciplinary knowledge to advance further the applications of bioceramics in this field.     

Intense broadband photoemission from Bi-doped ZrO2 embedded in vitreous aluminoborate via direct melt-quenching

Tuning the optical properties of active species embedded within a glass matrix by modifying the ligand environment is of interest for luminescence-based technologies, for example, in optical sensing, data transmission, or spectral conversion. Here, we discuss a facile synthesis procedure for a glass-crystal composite material comprising of bismuth (Bi)-doped zirconia within an aluminoborate glass phase. The approach offers tunable and broad photoemission characteristics in the visible spectral region from 400 to 750 nm. Incorporation of Bi ions into the crystal phase enhances the photoemission intensity by two orders of magnitude, with an external quantum efficiency of about 29%. At higher ZrO₂ dopant concentration, we observe a red-shift of both the excitation and the emission bands to match commodity ultra-violet light emitting diodes as excitation sources. Encapsulation within the aluminoborate glass phase provides advantageous thermal behavior, with the emission intensity remaining at >80 % of its initial value up to a temperature of 400 K.     

Photodarkening mechanisms of Pr3+ singly doped and Pr3+/Ce3+ co-doped silicate glasses and fibers

In this work, we revealed the possible mechanisms of the photodarkening in Pr³⁺ ions singly doped and Pr³⁺/Ce³⁺ co-doped silicate glasses and fibers induced by X-ray and 488-nm laser radiations and studied the role of Ce³⁺ in increasing radiation resistance in Pr³⁺-doped silicate glasses and fibers. The absorption, emission, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), radiation induced attenuation spectra, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) of Pr³⁺ singly doped and Pr³⁺/Ce³⁺ co-doped silicate glasses before and after X-ray radiation were measured and analyzed. The fluorescence intensity and photoinduced attenuation of Pr³⁺ singly doped and Pr³⁺/Ce³⁺ co-doped silicate fibers at visible wavelengths pumped by 488-nm laser were measured and analyzed. The influence of Ce³⁺ ions co-doping on the spectroscopic properties of Pr³⁺ ions as well as the radiation-induced defects in silicate glasses was studied. Results demonstrate that both X-ray and 488-nm laser radiations will induce photodamage in Pr³⁺ ions-doped silicate glasses and fibers. Co-doping Ce³⁺ (by up to 1 mol%) is efficient to suppress the darkening induced by both X-ray and 488-nm laser radiations without influence on the luminescence behavior of Pr³⁺ ions in silicate glasses and fibers. Our studies demonstrate the promising potential of Pr³⁺/Ce³⁺ co-doped silicate glasses for visible lasing applications.