简介:Ethyl-cyanoethylcellulose((E-CE)C)/styrenesolutioncouldformanisotropicsystemwhentheconcentrationwashighenough.The(E-CE)C/polystyrene(PS)multiphasepolymercouldbeobtainedbyradicalpolymerizationofthestyreneinthesolution.The(E-CE)C/PSmultiphasepolymermaintainedboththecrystallinestructureofthe(E-CE)CandtheamorphousstructureofthePS.Inthemultiphasepolymerproducedfromtheisotropicsolution,however,the(E-CE)CformedspherulitesandspreadinthePSamorphousphase.While,inthemultiphasepolymerproducedfromtheanisotropicsolution,the(E-CE)formedcylindericcrystallineaggregates.Moreover,theorderedlamellartexturewasalsoobservedinthemultiphasepolymerproducedfromtheanisotropicsolution.
简介:Thesandfishisalizardhavingtheremarkableabilitytomoveindesertsandinaswimming-likefashion.Themostout-standingadaptationstothismodeoflifearethelowfrictionbehaviourandtheextensiveabrasionresistanceofthesandfishskinagainstsand,outperformingevensteel.Weinvestigatedthetopography,thecompositionandthemechanicalpropertiesofsandfishscales.Theseconsistofglycosylatedkeratinswithhighamountofsulphurbutnohardinorganicmaterial,suchassilicatesorlime.Remarkably,atomicforcemicroscopyshowsanalmostcompleteabsenceofattractiveforcesbetweenthescalesurfaceandasilicontip,suggestingthatthisisresponsiblefortheunusualtribologicalproperties.Theunusualglycosylationofthekeratinswasfoundtobeabsolutelynecessaryforthedescribedphenomenon.Thescalesweredissolvedandreconstitutedonapolymersurfaceresultinginpropertiessimilartotheoriginalscale.Thus,weprovideapathwaytowardsexploitationofthereconstitutedscalematerialforfutureengineeringapplications.
简介:Amathematicalmodelforsimulatingmorphologicalchangesinspaceandtimeofthe124kmlongalluvialreachoftheKosiRiverbasedonthedataintheperiod1968-79isdeveloped.Equationsareobtainedtodescribethechangesofstreambedparameterssuchasminimumbedlevel,riverwidthandmaximumriverdepth.Fouriersineseriesareusedtofittherivercross-sectionsoverthestudiedreachfordifferentyears.Thegeneraltrendofastreamcross-sectioncanbemodeledsatisfactorilywiththeFouriersineseries.Temporalvariationsinbedlevelandwidthoftheriverhavetimeperiodsofabout7yearand3.2-4.3years,respectively,andarecontrolledbymeanannualdischargewithatimeperiodof13.9years.
简介:SiCwhiskerswith'rosarybead'morphologyweresynthesizedusingsuitablesiliconsourceandcarbonsourcethroughsolidreactionatthetemperatureabove1537K.ThediameterandlengthoftheSiCwhiskerswereabout0.1-1.0μmand20-100μm,respectively.Thelargestdiameteroftheirenlargedendsofthewhiskerswasabout0.2-1.0μm,anditgraduallyandsmoothlydecreasedtothesizeoftheplainpartofthewhiskers.TheresultsofX-raydiffractionanalysisshowthatthecrystallinestructureoftheobtainedSiCwhiskersisβ-SiC.ItisconsideredthattheSiCwhiskersgrowviaavapor-solidmechanism.
简介:Theshapeofnanostructurehasimportanteffectsontheirproperties,thereforeinthisstudy,wehavepreparedandcharacterizedthreedifferentmorphologiesofWO3nanostructuresi.e.nanorod,nanosphereandnanoplateforsurveyingshapeeffectontheirphotocatalyticpropertiestowarddegradationofRhodamineB(RhB)dye.ObtainedresultsshowthatnanoplateWO3incomparisonwithothershasthebestphotocatalyticactivity.AccordingtoSEM,andphotocatalyticdegradationresults,thereasonforthisbehavioristhesharpedgesandcornersofWO3nanoplates.Becauseoftheirlowcoordinationnumber,atomslocatedintheedgesandcornersoftheWO3nanoplateshavemoreactivity,adsorbmoreRhBandthereforegivemorephotocatalyticactivitytotheWO3nanoplates.UsingofdifferentscavengersshowedthathydroxylradicalsaremainlyresponsibleforphotocatalyticactivityofWO3nanoplatesandnanospheresbutforWO3nanorods,superoxideradicalsarethemainphotocatalyticdegradationagents.
简介:Nowadays,licenseplaterecognitionforparkingsystemsisacriticaltasktoprovideautomaticcontrolofcustomersandpayment.Thispaperintroducesanewmethodforautomaticrecognitionoflicenseplatesofvehiclesbymathematicalmorphology.Theproposedmethodcanprovidethelicenseplatenumberoftheplatesindifferentlightconditions,colors,sizes,andinclination(angles).ThealgorithmcanrecognizethelicenseplatesofEuropeanUnionvehiclesquicklyandcorrectly.Thepatternlearningofmathematicalskeletonshashighefficiencyintheprocess.Theperformanceofthealgorithmisdemonstratedwellbythetestinaparkingcontrolsystem.
简介:ZnSnanostructureswithdifferentdimensionsandstructure-relatedpropertieswerereviewedinthispaper.Thecrystallizationofnanostructuresfrom0D,1Dto3D,aswellastheheterogonouscounterparts,wassummarizedintheaspectofzincblende,wurtzitestructure,andtheircombinations.Furthermore,thestructure-relatedenergybandsandthecorrespondingphotoelectricpropertiesofZnSnanostructureswerealsofocused,inwhichwemadeabriefsummaryoftheco-relationsbetweenphotoluminescenceandcrystallography,especiallythedefectrelatedluminescencepropertiesofZnSnanocrystal.
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简介:PP/claycompositeswithdifferentdispersions,namely,exfoliateddispersion,intercalateddispersionandagglomeratesandpanicle-likedispersion,werepreparedbydirectmeltintercalationorcompounding.TheeffectofclaydispersiononthecrystallizationandmorphologyofPPwasinvestigatedviaPLM,SAXSandDSC.Experimentalresultsshowthatexfoliatedclaylayersaremuchmoreefficientthanintercalatedclayandagglomeratesofclayinservingasnucleationagentduetothenano-scaledispersionofclay,resultinginadramaticdecreaseincrystalsize(lamellarthicknessandspherulites)andanincreaseofcrystallizationtemperatureandcrystallizationrate.Ontheotherhand,adecreaseofmeltingtemperatureandcrystallinitywasalsoobservedinPP/claycompositeswithexfoliateddispersion,duetothestronginteractionbetweenPPandclay.Comparedwithexfoliatedclaylayers,theintercalatedclaylayershavealessimportanteffectonthecrystallizationandcrystalmorphology.Noeffectisseenforsampleswithagglomeratesandpanicle-likedispersion,inregardtomeltingtemperature,crystallizationtemperature,crystalthicknessandcrystallinity.
简介:ThediamondfilmshavebeendepositedbythehotfilamentCVDmethodonmolybdenumsubstratesfromthemixturereactantgasofacetoneandhy-drogen.Thesurfacemorphologiesoftheobtaineddiamondfilmsundervariousde-positionconditionshavebeenobservedbyscanningelectronmicroscope(SEM).Theexperimentalresultsstronglyindicatethatthesurfacemorphologiesofthere-sultingfilmshavecloselyrelatedtothedepositionconditions,i.e.,reactionpres-sure.Formolybdenumsubstrates,underthelowerreactionpressurethesurfacemorphologiesofthegrainscomprisingtheresultingfilmsmainlydisplaythesmallsinglecrystalcubo-octahedronanddoublesmallcrystalcubo-octahedron;underthehigherreactionpressure,thesurfacemorphologiesmainlydisplaythelargecauliflower-like.TheseresultsshowthattherearevariouscrystalhabitsforCVDdiamondundervariousdepositionconditions.
简介:Anewcoupledfiniteelementformulationisproposedtocalculateaconformationtensormodelintwocomplexflows:aplanarcontractionflowandaplanarflowaroundasymmetricallyplacedcylinder.Thecomponentsofconformationtensorarefirstcomputedtogetherwiththevelocityandpressuretodescribethechangeofmorphologyofpolymerchaincoilsinflowfields.Macroscopicquantitiesofviscoelasticflowarethencalculatedbasedontheconformationtensor.Comparisonsbetweenthenumericalsimulationsandexperimentsforstresspatternsandvelocityprofilesarecarriedouttoprovethevalidityofthemethod.
简介:Thefocusofthisstudyistoexaminebedstabilityandmorphologyinhigh-gradientgravel-bedstreams,andthustoimproveunderstandingofthevariousparametersgoverningthesedimentflowcharacteristicsinmountainstreams.Ultimately,thisknowledgecanbeusedtodesignpseudo-naturalchannels,asinthestreamsimulationmethodofculvertdesign;withthisinmind,prototypeconditionsareevaluatedinaflumewithslopesrangingfrom3%to7%,andparticlerelativesubmergencevaryingfrom0.5to2.5forthreebedsizedistributions.Theseexperimentsaredesignedtosatisfytheconditionsofdynamicsimilarityforflowandsediment,andtheyarepreferredoverfieldmeasurementssincetheyallowahighdegreeofcontrolovertestingconditions.Itisfoundthatsteppoolbedformsarethemostubiquitousfeaturesalongthegravelbed.Anewformulaisdevelopedthatcorrelatesstepheightwiththegravel-bedsizedistribution,relativesubmergenceoftheparticles,andtheFroudenumber.Thestepspacingisfoundtoberelatedtostepheightandstreambedlongitudinalslope.Flowresistanceisalsoexamined,andaformulaisdevelopedwhichaccountsfortheresistanceduetothebedforms(formresistance),aswellastheindividualsedimentparticles(grainresistance).
简介:Highlyefficientsheet-likeBiPO4/zeoliteandball-flower-likeBiPO4/zeolitehadbeensuccessfullysynthesizedbyastandardhydrothermalmethod.Theadditionofassistantreagentinthehydrothermalsystemispromisingtoobtainspecialmorphology.Theassistantreagent(EDTA)actsasagrowthmodifierofcrystal.Thepossibleformationmechanismsofsheet-likeBiPO4/zeoliteandball-flower-likeBiPO4/zeolitewereschematicallydiscussed.Adetailedstudyofsheet-likeBiPO4/zeoliteandball-flower-likeBiPO4/zeoliteimpactedonthephotodecolorationmethyleneblue(MB)solutionshowedthatthecompositehadahighlyreusableandstablepropertyforlong-runphotocatalyticapplication.