充油SEEPS/SEBS的力学性能和动态力学性能与结构的关系

对具有代表性的多种SEEPS和SEBS进行了结构分析和相对分子质量检测,筛选出化学结构不同但苯乙烯含量相同且相对分子质量接近而具有可比性的SEEPS Kuraray-4055和SEBS YH-502T。通过小角X射线散射、透射电镜和原子力显微镜表征了充油SEEPS与SEBS体系的微观结构,显示SEEPS体系的相尺寸(49.1 nm)和相间距(47.9 nm)比SEBS体系的相尺寸(38.3 nm)和相间距(38.1 nm)大,前者具有更完整的微相分离;结合核磁共振氢谱的结果,发现这是由于SEEPS软段中氢化异戊二烯链段单元的存在使其链段柔顺性高于SEBS所致。根据Instron万能材料试验机和动态力学性能分析结果可知,相同条件下微相分离程度更高的SEEPS体系所具有的力学性能和储能模量均大于SEBS体系。研究结果表明,SEEPS/SEBS的分子结构是影响其充油体系微观结构、力学性能及动态力学性能的主要因素。

Comparative transcriptome analysis of atmospheric pressure cold plasma enhanced early seedling growth in Arabidopsis thaliana

The stimulatory effects of atmospheric pressure cold plasma(APCP)on plant growth have attracted much attention due to its great potential as a new approach to increase crop growth and production.However,the transcriptome changes of plants induced by APCP treatment are unknown.Herein,the comparative transcriptome analysis was performed to identify the transcriptional response of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings to APCP.Results showed that APCP exhibited a dual effect(stimulation or inhibition)on Arabidopsis seedling growth dependent on the treatment time and the maximum stimulatory effects were achieved by 1 min APCP treatment.The metabolic analysis of amino acid,glutathione(GSH)and phytohormone demonstrated that 1 min APCP treatment decreased most amino acids concentrations in Arabidopsis seedling,while the accumulations of GSH,gibberellins and cytokinin were significantly increased.The RNA-Seq analysis showed that a total of218 differentially expressed genes(DEGs)were identified in 1 min APCP-treated seedlings versus the control,including 20 up-regulated and 198 down-regulated genes.The DEGs were enriched in pathways related to GSH metabolism,mitogen-activated protein kinase(MAPK)signaling transduction and plant resistance against pathogens.Moreover,most of the DEGs were defense,stimuli or stressresponsive genes and encoded proteins with oxidoreductase activity.Expression determination of six randomly selected DEGs by quantitative real-time PCR demonstrated similar pattern with the RNASeq data.These results indicated that the moderate APCP treatment may regulate the expression of stimuli/stress-responsive genes involved in GSH,phytohormone/amino metabolism and plant defense against pathogens via MAPK signal transduction pathway,accordingly enhance Arabidopsis seedling growth.This study provides a theoretical basis for the application of APCP in agriculture.

Quality enhancement and microbial reduction of mung bean(Vigna radiata)sprouts by non-thermal plasma pretreatment of seeds

Mung bean(Vigna radiata)sprouts are widely consumed worldwide due to their high nutritional value.However,the low yield and microbial contamination of mung bean sprouts seriously reduces their economic value.This study investigates the effects of non-thermal plasma on the quality and microbial reduction of mung bean sprouts by pretreatment of seeds in water for different times(0,1,3 and 6 min).The quality results showed that short-time plasma treatment(1 and 3 min)promoted seed germination and seedling growth,whereas long-time plasma treatment(6 min)had inhibitory effects.Plasma also had a similar dose effects on the total flavonoid and phenolic contents of mung bean sprouts.The microbiological results showed that plasma treatment achieved a reduction of native microorganisms ranging from 0.54 to 7.09 log for fungi and 0.29 to 6.80 log for bacteria at 96 h incubation.Meanwhile,plasma treatment could also efficiently inactivate artificially inoculated Salmonella typhimurium(1.83–6.22 log)and yeast(0.53–3.19 log)on mung bean seeds.The results of seed coat permeability tests and scanning electron microscopy showed that plasma could damage the seed coat structure,consequently increasing the electrical conductivity of mung bean seeds.The physicochemical analysis of plasma-treated water showed that plasma generated various long-and short-lived active species[nitric oxide radicals(NO·),hydroxyl radicals(·OH),singlet oxygen(1O2),hydrogen peroxide(H_(2)O_(2)),nitrate(NO_(3)^(-)),and nitrite(NO_(2)^(-))]in water,thus the oxidizability,acidity and conductivity of plasma-treated water were all increased in a treatment timedependent manner.The result for mimicked chemical mixtures confirmed the synergistic effect of activity of H_(2)O_(2),NO_(3)^(-)and NO_(2)^(-)on bacterial inactivation and plant growth promotion.Taken together,these results imply that plasma pretreatment of mung bean seeds in water with moderate oxidizability and acidity is an effective method to improve the yield of mung bean sprouts and reduce microbial contamination.

Characterization of micro-mixing in a novel impinging streams reactor

This paper presents an experimental investiga-tion of a novel impinging stream reactor(ISR)with the aim of high mixing intensity.The integral mixing quality in the reactor was measured with the iodide-iodate reaction and showed excellent mixing performance.The impact of the operating parameters,such asfluxes,circulation and inter-nozzle distances,was investigated in terms of segregation index.The results showed that the increase offlux,the decrease of inter-nozzle distance and a suitable circulation can improve the micro-mixing efficiency.Based on turbulence theory,it was estimated that the characteristic micro-mixing time was 0.002–0.02 s,which was much shorter than that in the stirred tank reactor.The micro-mixing time was related to the segregation index,which was in good agreement with those in the literature.

Numerical investigation of mass transfer behavior of a gas-liquid two‐phase Taylor flow in a microchannel by a volume‐of‐fluid multiphase flow system

The microchannel reactor is the most commonly used microreaction technology,an innovative reaction system developed in recent years.This study investigates the mass transfer behavior of a gas-liquid two‐phase Taylor flow in a microchannel by coupling the volume‐of‐fluid model and the species transport model.The concentration distribution and the volumetric mass transfer coefficient of the gas solute are determined and discussed in detail.The simulation results reveal that the double‐circulation flow influences the concentration distribution in the liquid slug.The highest value is observed at the bubble's surface and decreases rapidly along the vertical direction of the bubble.The increase of bubble velocity leads to a more apparent decreasing trend.The gas-liquid interface renewal rate of the bubble is accelerated with increasing bubble velocity,resulting in an increase in the average mass transfer rate in all regions of the bubble surface with an increase in bubble velocity.The results also indicate that the liquid film area contributes the most to the mass transfer behavior due to the most significant proportion and average mass transfer rate of the liquid film among the bubble.