Surface and Texture Properties of Tb-Doped Ceria-Zirconia Solid Solution Prepared by Sol-Gel Method

The three-way catalysts （TWCs） promoters Ce0.6Zr0.4- x TbxO2-y were prepared by sol-gel method. BET surface areas analysis indicated that an increase of the dopant Tb content from x = 0.05 to x = 0.15 favors an increase of surface area from 66.8 to 80.4 m^2· g^-1 compared with the undoped sample Ce0 .6oZr0.40O2 65.1 m^2·g^- 1 after calcination at 650℃. Transmission electron microscopy （TEM） observation indicated that the doped samples have a higher thermal stability. The XRD and Raman spectra confirmed that the Ce0.6Zr0.4-xTbxO2-y cubic solid solution is formed. XPS analysis revealed that Ce and Tb mainly existed in the form of Ce^4＋ and Tb^3 ＋ , and Zr existed in the form of Zr^4＋ on the surface of the samples. The doped samples were homogenous in composition ; the introduction of Tb into the CeO2-ZrO2 promoters resuited in the formation of a solid solution, and the concentration of surface lattice oxygen was increased.

Experimental Study on Wear Performance and Oil Film Characteristics of Surface Textured Cylinder Liner in Marine Diesel Engine

It is of a vital importance to reduce the frictional losses in marine diesel engines. Advanced surface textures have provided an e ective solution to friction performance of rubbing pairs due to the rapid development of surface engineering techniques. However,the mechanisms through which textured patterns and texturing methods prove beneficial remains unclear. To address this issue,the tribological system of the cylinder liner?piston ring(CLPR) is investigated in this work. Two types of surface textures(Micro concave,Micro V?groove) are processed on the cylinder specimen using di erent processing methods. Comparative study on the friction coe cients,worn surface texture features and oil film characteristics are performed. The results demonstrate that the processing method of surface texture a ect the performance of the CLPR pairs under the specific testing conditions. In addition the micro V?groove processed by CNCPM is more favorable for improving the wear performances at the low load,while the micro?con?cave processed by CE is more favorable for improving the wear performances at the high load. These findings are in helping to understand the e ect of surface texture on wear performance of CLPR.

Influence of La precursors on structure and properties of CeO_2-ZrO_2-Al_2O_3 composite oxides

Three La-doped CeO2-ZrO2-Al2O3(CZA)composite oxide samples,namely,CZA-I,CZA-II and CZA-III,were prepared following a co-precipitation method in the presence of La2O3,La(NO3)3-6H2O and H[La(EDTA)]-16H2O precursors,respectively.When the precursor samples are sintered at 1000°C,the as-prepared composite oxides mainly exhibit the CeO2-ZrO2 cubic fluorite phase,while theγ-Al2O3 andδ-Al2O3 phases appear when the precursor samples are subjected to sintering at 1100 and 1200°C.CZA-III exhibits improved redox properties after high-temperature treatment compared with CZA-I and CZA-II.CZA-III presents the largest surface area of 97.46 m2/g among the three CZAs when the CZA-III precursor sample is sintered at 1000°C.Furthermore,the corresponding oxygen storage capacity(OSC)is the largest with value of 400.27μmol/g when CZA-III precursor sample is sintered at 1000°C.Additionally,CZA-III exhibits the best thermal stability and the highest reduction temperature.However,by increasing the sintering temperature to 1200°C,there is a dramatic decline in the properties of surface area and OSC.And a decrease for CZA-III in surface area by 58.94%and a decrease of the OSC value by 74.56%are observed.

Reactive adsorption of thiophene on Ni/ZnO adsorbent:Effect of ZnO textural structure on the desulfurization activity

To better understand the nature of reactive adsorption of thiophene on Ni/ZnO adsorbent,the effect of ZnO textural structure on the desulfurization activity was investigated.ZnO materials were synthesized by low-temperature solid-state reaction and the corresponding Ni/ZnO adsorbents were prepared by incipient impregnation method.The analysis results showed that the crystalline sizes of ZnO as-synthesized as well as the BET surface areas varied obviously with the calcination temperature.The activity evaluations indicated that the Ni/ZnO adsorbents prepared with ZnO possessed a favorable textural structure as active component exhibited good activity of removing thiophene.The evolutions of the main crystalline phases of Ni/ZnO adsorbents before and after reaction confirmed that ZnO played a crucial role in taking up S element and converting it into ZnS in the reactive adsorption process.It was concluded that ZnO with larger surface area and smaller crystal particles resulted in better desulfurization activity,which may be the main reason for the different activities of the Ni/ZnO adsorbents prepared with ZnO calcined at different temperatures.

Safety-efficiency trade-offs in the cotton xylem：acclimatization to different soil textures

The acclimatization of plant xylem to altered environmental conditions has attracted considerable attention from researchers over several decades. Plants growing in natural environments must seek a balance between water uptake and the water loss of leaves from evaporation. Thus, the adaptation of xylem to different soil textures is important in maintaining plant water balance. In this study, we investigated the xylem changes of cotton（Gossypium herbaceum L.） xylem in sandy, clay and mixed soils. Results showed that soil texture had a significant effect on xylem vessel diameter and length of stems and roots. Compared with G. herbaceum growing in the clay soil, those plants growing in the sandy soil developed narrower and shorter xylem vessels in their roots, and had a higher percentage of narrow vessels in their stems. These changes resulted in a safer（i.e. less vulnerable to cavitation）, but less-efficient water transport system when soil water availability was low, supporting the hydraulic safety versus efficiency trade-off hypothesis. Furthermore, in sandy and mixed soils, the root： shoot ratio of G. herbaceum increased twofold, which ensures the same efficiency of leaves. In summary, our finding indicates that the morphological plasticity of xylem structure in G. herbaceum has a major role in the acclimatization of this plant species to different soil textures.

Fabrication of hierarchical porous ZnO and its performance in Ni/ZnO reactive-adsorption desulfurization

To investigate the effect of texture structure on the desulfurization performance in the Ni/ZnO reactive adsorption desulfurization（RADS） system,two kinds of ZnO porous materials with rod-shaped morphology were synthesized and their structure was characterized by X-ray diffraction（XRD）,scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,transmission electron microscopy（TEM）,and N2 adsorption/desorption.The formation mechanisms of hierarchical porous ZnO（ZnO with meso and macro pores） were also studied.Their application performance was evaluated in the RADS process over Ni/ZnO absorbent.Due to the difference in structure between the two kinds of ZnO,the two ZnO based adsorbents showed different desulfurization activity.

Microstructure of polycrystalline Fe_(82)Ga_(18) sample with solidification texture

Main attention of this paper was devoted to studying the effect of solidification texture on microstructure（phase constituents,grain morphology,and magnetic domain structure） of polycrystalline Fe_（82）Ga_（18） sample.The alloy was melted using button arc melting and solidified in water-cooled copper mold.Optical microscope（OM） results confirm the development of large columnar grains in the solidification microstructure.Phase constitution and magnetic domain structures of the sample were studied by X-ray diffraction（XRD） and magnetic force microscopy（MFM）.Results show a single-phase solid solution with an A2 structure for the sample which consists of regularly aligned magnetic domains.Although some maze-like subdomains are found in few regions,well-aligned stripe-like domains are predominant patterns in the sample.It demonstrates the high dependence of grain morphology and magnetic domain structure upon a preferred crystallographic direction during solidification.

Interactive texture design and synthesis from mesh sketches

Geometry mesh introduces user control into tex- ture synthesis and editing, and brings more variations in the synthesized results. But still two problems related remain in need of better solutions. One problem is generating the meshes with desired size and pattern efficiently from easier user inputs. The other problem is improving the quality of synthesized results with mesh information. We present a new two-step texture design and synthesis method that addresses these two problems. Besides example texture, a small piece of mesh sketch drawn by hand or detected from example texture is input to our algorithm. And then a mesh synthesis method of geometry space is provided to avoid optimizations cell by cell. Distance and orientation features are introduced to im- prove the quality of mesh rasterization. Results show that with our method, users can design and synthesize textures from mesh sketches easily and interactively.

Lightweight and Efficient Attention-Based Superresolution Generative Adversarial Networks

To address the problems of lack of high-frequency information and texture details and unstable training in superresolution generative adversarial net-works,this paper optimizes the generator and discriminator based on the SRGAN model.First,the residual dense block is used as the basic structural unit of the gen-erator to improve the network’s feature extraction capability.Second,enhanced lightweight coordinate attention is incorporated to help the network more precisely concentrate on high-frequency location information,thereby allowing the gener-ator to produce more realistic image reconstruction results.Then,we propose a symmetric and efficient pyramidal segmentation attention discriminator network in which the attention mechanism is capable of derivingfiner-grained multiscale spatial information and creating long-term dependencies between multiscale chan-nel attentions,thus enhancing the discriminative ability of the network.Finally,a Charbonnier loss function and a gradient variance loss function with improved robustness are used to better realize the image’s texture structure and enhance the model’s stability.Thefindings from the experiments reveal that the reconstructed image quality enhances the average peak signal-to-noise ratio(PSNR)by 1.59 dB and the structural similarity index(SSIM)by 0.045 when compared to SRGAN on the three test sets.Compared with the state-of-the-art methods,the reconstructed images have a clearer texture structure,richer high-frequency details,and better visual effects.