Studies on nonlinear behavior at oil/water interface membrane were performed. This system showed rhythmic oscillations and chaos of electrical potential in a given concentration domain. The nonlinear behavior response...Studies on nonlinear behavior at oil/water interface membrane were performed. This system showed rhythmic oscillations and chaos of electrical potential in a given concentration domain. The nonlinear behavior response at the liquid membrane apparently resembled that of biological chemoreceptive membrane. The possibility of developing a new type of chemical sensor with the ability to simulate substance equilibrium in living organisms was suggested in the paper.展开更多
In this study,interface shapes of horizontal oil–water two-phase flow are predicted by using Young-Laplace equation model and minimum energy model.Meanwhile,the interface shapes of horizontal oil–water twophase flow...In this study,interface shapes of horizontal oil–water two-phase flow are predicted by using Young-Laplace equation model and minimum energy model.Meanwhile,the interface shapes of horizontal oil–water twophase flow in a 20 mm inner diameter pipe are measured by a novel conductance parallel-wire array probe(CPAP).It is found that,for flow conditions with low water holdup,there is a large deviation between the model-predicted interface shape and the experimentally measured one.Since the variation of pipe wetting characteristics in the process of fluid flow can lead to the changes of the contact angle between the fluid and the pipe wall,the models mentioned above are modified by considering dynamic contact angle.The results indicate that the interface shapes predicted by the modified models present a good consistence with the ones measured by CPAP.展开更多
Nowadays,the novel oil water interface method has attracted a considerable attention owing to the advantages of mild reaction conditions,simple operation,low cost,and high efficiency.In this paper,uniform oil-soluble ...Nowadays,the novel oil water interface method has attracted a considerable attention owing to the advantages of mild reaction conditions,simple operation,low cost,and high efficiency.In this paper,uniform oil-soluble Fe_3O_4 nanoparticles(NPs) were synthesized by oil-water interface method from mixing iron tristearate of 0.067mol/L in cyclohexane with ferrous sulfate in water.The as-prepared products were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),vibrating sample magnetometer(VSM),Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR) and thermogravimetric analyzer(TGA).TEM images and XRD profiles showed that the size of the oil-soluble products ranged in 1.7-6.9 nm.VSM indicated that the Fe_3O_4 NPs were superparamagetic.FT-IR and TGA proved that oleic acid was combined to the surface of Fe_3O_4 NPs closely.TEM images and XRD profiles revealed that the most suitable reaction concentration of NH_3·H_2O,oleic acid/water in volume,reaction temperature and reaction time were 4.5 mol/L,50:1 000,80℃ and 6 h,respectively.The formation mechanism of the nearly monodispersed Fe_3O_4 NPs was that the preformed Fe_3O_4 nuclei were capped by oleic acid as early as the nucleation occurred in oil-water interface and subsequently entered into oil phase to stop growing.展开更多
The membrane method based on adaptive wettability shows great advantages in oil-water separation.At present,researches focus on the excellent application performance of the membrane material,while the quantitative ana...The membrane method based on adaptive wettability shows great advantages in oil-water separation.At present,researches focus on the excellent application performance of the membrane material,while the quantitative analysis of interactions in oil-water separation is rarely recognized.Herein,we constructed an adaptable wettability membrane with multiple polymer networks by polydopamine(PDA)and mussel-inspired amphiphilic polymer.Based on the Owens three-probe liquid method,the surface energy of the modified membrane was verified to meet the adaptive wettability conditions,with surface energies(γ-8)of 147.6 mJ m^(−2)(superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic)and 49.87 mJ m^(−2)(superhydrophobic/superoleophobic),respectively.The adhesion or repulsion of the membrane to the oil phase under different conditions during the separation process was quantified by the chemical probe AFM technique.In addition,the oil-water selective separation mechanism was further analyzed in a simplified membrane microchannel model.The results show that the different wetting produces capillary additional pressure in opposite directions,resulting in different energies to be overcome when the oil or water passes through the microchannels,thus achieving selective separation.展开更多
Nowadays,waterborne polyurethanes(WPUs)prepared from renewable resources has attracted more and more attention.However,due to its structure,the prepared films easily swells in water and greatly affects the application...Nowadays,waterborne polyurethanes(WPUs)prepared from renewable resources has attracted more and more attention.However,due to its structure,the prepared films easily swells in water and greatly affects the application range of WPUs.Therefore,solving the problem of water resistance is a way to improve the application range of WPUs.In this study,a series of WPU dispersions were prepared using castor oil as the bio-based polyol.Besides,the thiol-ene photo click reaction was carried out on the WPU films for silane modification.The effect of the silane modification on the chemical structures of the WPU dispersions and the properties of the WPU films was investigated and discussed.The results revealed that the WPU dispersions had a smaller particle size and potential,showing excellent stability.In addition,the modified WPU films showed highly water resistance which 72 h water absorption could be reduced to 1.94%and the contact angle was up to 99.34?.Moreover,the modified WPU films also exhibited excellent solvent resistance(in acid and salt solution)and thermal stability.This study can provide a new way to improve the water-resistance,hydrophobicity,and thermal stability of bio-based waterborne polyurethane for potential application in painting,adhesives and inks.展开更多
A series of stable waterborne polysiloxaneurethane (WPSUR) dispersions were prepared using amino-terminated polydimethylsiloxane (NS), dimethylolpropionic acid (DMPA), castor oil, polypropylene glycol and toluen...A series of stable waterborne polysiloxaneurethane (WPSUR) dispersions were prepared using amino-terminated polydimethylsiloxane (NS), dimethylolpropionic acid (DMPA), castor oil, polypropylene glycol and toluene diisocyanate. Meanwhile, NS with different molecular weights was synthesized and used as the soft co-segment. Effects of types and contents of soft co-segments as well as chain extenders on the thermal degradation and stability for WPSUR films were examined. Results reveal that WPSUR films exhibit excellent water resistance and mechanical properties as compared with pure polyurethane (PU) films, and the NS soft co-segment possesses a remarkable effect on the second stage (stage Ⅱ), while the content of the hard segment is propitious to the initial stage (stage Ⅰ). Moreover, the highest temperature of stage Ⅱ (T2m) for WPSUR films using NS as soft co-segment is 413℃, approximately being 30℃ higher than that of those typical PUs using HDA and APDMS as the chain extenders, respectively.展开更多
Traditional post-treatment of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) usually involves repeated centrifugation-wash-sonication processes to separate NPs from the original synthetic environment; however, such separation proces...Traditional post-treatment of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) usually involves repeated centrifugation-wash-sonication processes to separate NPs from the original synthetic environment; however, such separation processes have either high energy cost or low efficiency and tend to cause aggregation. Here we show a general and scalable colloid post-processing technique based on density gradient centrifugation through water/oil interfaces. Such a one-step technique can switch the solvent in a colloid at almost any concentration without aggregation, and meanwhile purify colloidal nanoparticles by separating them from by-products and environmental impurities. Droplet sedimentation was shown to be the mechanism of this one-step concentration/purification process, and mathematical modeling was established to quantify the accumulation and sedimentation velocities of different NPs.展开更多
文摘Studies on nonlinear behavior at oil/water interface membrane were performed. This system showed rhythmic oscillations and chaos of electrical potential in a given concentration domain. The nonlinear behavior response at the liquid membrane apparently resembled that of biological chemoreceptive membrane. The possibility of developing a new type of chemical sensor with the ability to simulate substance equilibrium in living organisms was suggested in the paper.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41974139,41504104,11572220,51527805)Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin,China(19JCYBJC18400)。
文摘In this study,interface shapes of horizontal oil–water two-phase flow are predicted by using Young-Laplace equation model and minimum energy model.Meanwhile,the interface shapes of horizontal oil–water twophase flow in a 20 mm inner diameter pipe are measured by a novel conductance parallel-wire array probe(CPAP).It is found that,for flow conditions with low water holdup,there is a large deviation between the model-predicted interface shape and the experimentally measured one.Since the variation of pipe wetting characteristics in the process of fluid flow can lead to the changes of the contact angle between the fluid and the pipe wall,the models mentioned above are modified by considering dynamic contact angle.The results indicate that the interface shapes predicted by the modified models present a good consistence with the ones measured by CPAP.
基金Nanometer Special Project of Shanghai,China(No.1052nm06400)
文摘Nowadays,the novel oil water interface method has attracted a considerable attention owing to the advantages of mild reaction conditions,simple operation,low cost,and high efficiency.In this paper,uniform oil-soluble Fe_3O_4 nanoparticles(NPs) were synthesized by oil-water interface method from mixing iron tristearate of 0.067mol/L in cyclohexane with ferrous sulfate in water.The as-prepared products were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),vibrating sample magnetometer(VSM),Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR) and thermogravimetric analyzer(TGA).TEM images and XRD profiles showed that the size of the oil-soluble products ranged in 1.7-6.9 nm.VSM indicated that the Fe_3O_4 NPs were superparamagetic.FT-IR and TGA proved that oleic acid was combined to the surface of Fe_3O_4 NPs closely.TEM images and XRD profiles revealed that the most suitable reaction concentration of NH_3·H_2O,oleic acid/water in volume,reaction temperature and reaction time were 4.5 mol/L,50:1 000,80℃ and 6 h,respectively.The formation mechanism of the nearly monodispersed Fe_3O_4 NPs was that the preformed Fe_3O_4 nuclei were capped by oleic acid as early as the nucleation occurred in oil-water interface and subsequently entered into oil phase to stop growing.
基金We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from National Key Research and Development Project,China(2019YFA0708700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52222403,52074333)the Innovation Fund Project for graduate students of China University of Petroleum(East China)(22CX04049A).
文摘The membrane method based on adaptive wettability shows great advantages in oil-water separation.At present,researches focus on the excellent application performance of the membrane material,while the quantitative analysis of interactions in oil-water separation is rarely recognized.Herein,we constructed an adaptable wettability membrane with multiple polymer networks by polydopamine(PDA)and mussel-inspired amphiphilic polymer.Based on the Owens three-probe liquid method,the surface energy of the modified membrane was verified to meet the adaptive wettability conditions,with surface energies(γ-8)of 147.6 mJ m^(−2)(superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic)and 49.87 mJ m^(−2)(superhydrophobic/superoleophobic),respectively.The adhesion or repulsion of the membrane to the oil phase under different conditions during the separation process was quantified by the chemical probe AFM technique.In addition,the oil-water selective separation mechanism was further analyzed in a simplified membrane microchannel model.The results show that the different wetting produces capillary additional pressure in opposite directions,resulting in different energies to be overcome when the oil or water passes through the microchannels,thus achieving selective separation.
基金This work was sponsored by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFD1101202,2019YFD1101203)Guangdong Province Science&Technology Program(2018B030306016)+2 种基金Guangdong Provincial Innovation Team for General Key Technologies in Modern Agricultural Industry(2019KJ133)Key Projects of Basic Research and Applied Basic Research of the Higher Education Institutions of Guangdong Province(2018KZDXM014)Guangzhou Municipal Key Laboratory of Woody Biomass Functional New Materials(201905010005).
文摘Nowadays,waterborne polyurethanes(WPUs)prepared from renewable resources has attracted more and more attention.However,due to its structure,the prepared films easily swells in water and greatly affects the application range of WPUs.Therefore,solving the problem of water resistance is a way to improve the application range of WPUs.In this study,a series of WPU dispersions were prepared using castor oil as the bio-based polyol.Besides,the thiol-ene photo click reaction was carried out on the WPU films for silane modification.The effect of the silane modification on the chemical structures of the WPU dispersions and the properties of the WPU films was investigated and discussed.The results revealed that the WPU dispersions had a smaller particle size and potential,showing excellent stability.In addition,the modified WPU films showed highly water resistance which 72 h water absorption could be reduced to 1.94%and the contact angle was up to 99.34?.Moreover,the modified WPU films also exhibited excellent solvent resistance(in acid and salt solution)and thermal stability.This study can provide a new way to improve the water-resistance,hydrophobicity,and thermal stability of bio-based waterborne polyurethane for potential application in painting,adhesives and inks.
基金supported by the Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province(No.2006C11050)
文摘A series of stable waterborne polysiloxaneurethane (WPSUR) dispersions were prepared using amino-terminated polydimethylsiloxane (NS), dimethylolpropionic acid (DMPA), castor oil, polypropylene glycol and toluene diisocyanate. Meanwhile, NS with different molecular weights was synthesized and used as the soft co-segment. Effects of types and contents of soft co-segments as well as chain extenders on the thermal degradation and stability for WPSUR films were examined. Results reveal that WPSUR films exhibit excellent water resistance and mechanical properties as compared with pure polyurethane (PU) films, and the NS soft co-segment possesses a remarkable effect on the second stage (stage Ⅱ), while the content of the hard segment is propitious to the initial stage (stage Ⅰ). Moreover, the highest temperature of stage Ⅱ (T2m) for WPSUR films using NS as soft co-segment is 413℃, approximately being 30℃ higher than that of those typical PUs using HDA and APDMS as the chain extenders, respectively.
文摘Traditional post-treatment of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) usually involves repeated centrifugation-wash-sonication processes to separate NPs from the original synthetic environment; however, such separation processes have either high energy cost or low efficiency and tend to cause aggregation. Here we show a general and scalable colloid post-processing technique based on density gradient centrifugation through water/oil interfaces. Such a one-step technique can switch the solvent in a colloid at almost any concentration without aggregation, and meanwhile purify colloidal nanoparticles by separating them from by-products and environmental impurities. Droplet sedimentation was shown to be the mechanism of this one-step concentration/purification process, and mathematical modeling was established to quantify the accumulation and sedimentation velocities of different NPs.