Development of Modified Glasses by Transparent, Functional Hybrid Sol-Gel Nano-Ceramic Coatings, a Comparative Study

This paper concentrates on the development of glasses with self-cleaning surfaces exhibiting high water contact angles. In this study, we prepared super-hydrophobic nano-ceramic coated glass based on titania & silica using simple sol-gel & dip coating methods and studied the best composition of the coatings by altering ratios of titanium tetraisopropoxide (TTIP)/tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) with different homogenizing agents. We characterized the coatings by surface roughness measurement, percentage of optical transmission, static contact angle, near-infrared (NIR) transmission, and diffuse reflectance. The fabrication of coatings on glass substrates played an important role in increasing the water contact angle of about 95° and visible & NIR transmission of about 90%. We compared our modified glass substrate with commercial low emissivity (Low E) glass using X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, which showed pure amorphous surface claiming excellent wettability and thus the prepared glass substrate could have a variety of applications in different fields.

Minimizing Carbon Content with Three-in-One Functionalized Nano Conductive Ceramics:Toward More Practical and Safer S Cathodes of Li-S Cells

Using porous carbon hosts in cathodes of Li-S cells can disperse S actives and offset their poor electrical conductivity.However,such reservoirs would in turn absorb excess electrolyte solvents to S-unfilled regions,causing the electrolyte overconsumption,specific energy decline,and even safety hazards for battery devices.To build better cathodes,we propose to substitute carbons by In-doped SnO_(2)(ITO)nano ceramics that own three-in-one functionalities:1)using conductive ITO enables minimizing the total carbon content to an extremely low mass ratio(~3%)in cathodes,elevating the electrode tap density and averting the electrolyte overuse;2)polar ITO nanoclusters can serve as robust anchors toward Li polysulfide(LiPS)by electrostatic adsorption or chemical bond interactions;3)they offer catalysis centers for liquid–solid phase conversions of S-based actives.Also,such ceramics are intrinsically nonflammable,preventing S cathodes away from thermal runaway or explosion.These merits entail our configured cathodes with high tap density(1.54 g cm^(−3)),less electrolyte usage,good security for flame retardance,and decent Li-storage behaviors.With lean and LiNO_(3)-free electrolyte,packed full cells exhibit excellent redox kinetics,suppressed LiPS shuttling,and excellent cyclability.This may trigger great research enthusiasm in rational design of low-carbon and safer S cathodes.

Preparation of nano-TiO_2/diatomite-based porous ceramics and their photocatalytic kinetics for formaldehyde degradation

Diatomite-based porous ceramics were adopted as carriers to immobilize nano-TiO2 via a hydrolysis-deposition technique. The thermal degradation of as-prepared composites was investigated using thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis, and the phase and microstructure were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The results indicated that the carriers were encapsulated by nano-TiO2 with a thickness of 300-450 nm. The main crystalline phase of TiO2 calcined at 650~C was anatase, and the average grain size was 8.3 nm. The FT-IR absorption bands at 955.38 cm1 suggested that new chemical bonds among Ti, O, and Si had formed in the composites. The photocatalytic （PC） activity of the composites was investigated un- der UV irradiation. Furthermore, the photodegradation kinetics of formaldehyde was investigated using the composites as the cores of an air cleaner. A kinetics study showed that the reaction rate constants of the gas-phase PC reaction of formaldehyde were k = 0.576 mg＇m3·min^-1 and K = 0.048 m3/mg.

Plastic Deformation of Nano-TiO_2 Ceramics Prepared by Different Methods

The comparative study of the tensile plastic deformation of nano(n)-TiO2 ceramic prepared byphysical gas condensation (P) and chemical hydrolysis precipitation (C) methods was conductedby a gas pressure forming technique at 750~800℃. The results show that n-TiO2 (P) possessesexcellent property of tensile pIastic deformation comparing with n-TiO2(C). The reason for thisis attributed to the surface cleanness and soft agglomeration of n-TiO2 (P) particfe prepared inreIatively cIean vacuum condition.

Effect of Nano-ZrO_2 on Microstructure and Thermal Shock Behaviour of Al_2O_3/SiC Composite Ceramics Used in Solar Thermal Power

The Al2O3-ZrO2（3Y）-SiC composite ceramics used in solar thermal power were prepared by micrometric Al2O3,nano-ZrO2 and SiC powders under the condition of pressureless sintering.The bulk density and bending strength of samples with 10vol% nano-ZrO2 sintered at 1480℃ were 3.222 g/cm3 and 160.4MPa,respectively.The bending strength of samples after 7 times thermal shock tests （quenching from 1000℃ to 25℃ in air medium） is 132.0MPa,loss rate of bending strength is only 17%.The effect of nano-ZrO2 content on the microstructure and performance of Al2O3-ZrO2（3Y）-SiC composite ceramic was investigated.The experimental results show that the bending strength of samples with above 10vol% nano-ZrO2 content has decreased,because the volume expansion resulting from t-ZrO2 to m-ZrO2 phase transformation is excessive;Adding proper nano-ZrO2 would be contributed to improve the thermal shock resistance of the composite ceramics.The Al2O3-ZrO2（3Y）-SiC composite ceramic has promising potential application in solar thermal power.

Stabilized dispersion of nano-ceramic coating

The mechanism and effects of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) as a dispersant on nano ceramic aqueous suspension were examined by the measurements of ζ potential and the sedimentation test. The results show that proper addition of CMC to nano ceramic coating exhibits an enhanced dispersity and stability compared to the coating without CMC; the stably dispersed nano ceramic coating with excellent preformance was obtained with addition of 0.10% CMC to it in pH 7 to 8.

Stability of aqueous nano-ceramic coatings with two different dispersants

The effects of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and sodium citrate as dispersants on nano-ceramic aqueous suspension were examined by the measurements of ζ -potential and the sedimentation test. The results show that proper addition of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose or sodium citrate into nano-ceramic coating, exhibits an enhanced dispersion and stability compared with the coating without dispersants. The negative ζ -potential of the particles in the nano-coating increases with the increase of pH value of the coating, and the curve of ζ -pH moves to lower pH range when the dispersants are added into the coating. To ensure that the coating has not only good stability and dispersibility but also no corrosivity to substrate alloy, adding 1.00% sodium citrate into coating with pH value of 7-8 is preferable to adding sodium carboxymethyl cellulose.

Synergistic Effect between Nano-ceramic Lubricating Additives and Electroless Deposited Ni-W-P Coating

The major solving ways for the material wear are surface modification and lubrication. Currently, the researches at home and abroad are all limited to the single study of either nano-lubricating oil additive or electroless deposited coating. The surface coating has high hardness and high wear resistance, however, the friction reduction performance of the coating with high hardness is not good, the thickness of the coating is limited, and the coating can not regenerate after wearing. The nano-lubricating additives have good tribological performance and self-repair function, but under heavy load, the self-repair rate to the worn surface with the nano-additives is smaller than the wearing rate of the friction pair. To solve the above problems, the Ni-W-P alloy coating and deposition process with excellent anti-wear, and suitable for industrial application were developed, the optimum bath composition and process can be obtained by studying the influence of the bath composition, temperature and PH value to the deposition rate and the plating solution stability. The tribological properties as well as anti-wear and friction reduction mechanism of wear self-repair nano-ceramic lubricating additives are also studied. The ring-block abrasion testing machine and energy dispersive spectrometer are used to explore the internal relation between the coating and the nano-lubricating oil additives, and the tribology mechanism, to seek the synergetic effect between the two. The test results show that the wear resistance of Ni-W-P alloy coating （with heat treatment and in oil with nano-ceramic additives） has increased hundreds times than 45 steel as the metal substrate in basic oil, the friction reduction performance is improved. This research breaks through the bottleneck of previous separate research of the above-mentioned two methods, and explores the combination use of the two methods in industrial field.

Preparation of Neodymium-Doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Transparent Ceramics by Homogeneous Precipitation Method

substitutes tion, high loosely dis Neodymium doped-yttrium aluminum garnet （Nd ： YAG） transparent polycrystalline ceramics already become of single crystals because they are provided with easy fabrication, low cost, large size, highly doped concentraheat conductivity, mass fabrication, multi-layers and multi-filnctions. The Nd：YAG precursor powders with persed , slightly agglomerated, super fine and YAG cubic crystal phase were synthesized at 1100 ℃ by the homogeneous precipitation method, using Nd2O3, Y2O3, Al（NO3）3·9H2O and urea as raw materials, （NH4）2SO4 as electrical stabilizer, TEOS as sintering additive. The Nd：YAG transparent ceramics were prepared after being vacuum sintered at 1700 ℃ for 5 h. The Nd：YAG ceramic materials were characterized by the TG-DTA, XRD, FT-IR, TEM, FEG-ESEM and FT-PL. The results show that the crystallization temperature of YAG is 850 ℃ and the intermediate crystal phase YAP forming during the heat treatment transforms to YAG cubic crystal phase at 1050 ℃. The lasing wavelength of （Nd0.01 Y0.99）3Al5O12 transparent ceramics is 1.065 μm and there exists a slight red-shift compared to the single crystal with the same chemical composition. The optical transmittance is 45 % in the visible light and 58 % in the near infrared light and the optical transmittance descends with the decreasing the wavelength.

Up-conversion luminescence properties and energy transfer of Er^(3+)/Yb^(3+)co-doped oxyfluoride glass ceramic containing CaF_2 nano-crystals

The Er^3＋/yb^3＋ co-doped transparent oxyfluoride glass-ceramics containing CaF2 nano-crystals were successfully prepared. After heat treatments, transmission electron microscopy （TEM） images showed that CaF2 nano-crystals of 20-30 nm in diameter precipitated uniformly in the glass matrix. luminescence of Er^3＋ at 540 nm and 658 nm was observed in Comparing with the host glass, high efficiency upconversion the glass ceramics under the excitation of 980 nm. Moreover, the size of the precipitated nano-crystals can be controlled by heat-treatment temperature and time. With the increase of the nano-crystal size, the intensity of the red emission increased more rapidly than that of the green emission. The energy transfer process of Er^3＋ and Yb^3＋ was convinced and the possible mechanism of Er^3＋ up-conversion was discussed.

Subsolidus Conceptual Design of CaO-AI_2O_3-TiO_2-SiO_2 System and Its Significance for Manufacturing Advanced Ceramics

The article deals the structure of the CaO -Al2O3 - TiO2 -SiO2 system as a basis for obtaining advanced ce- ramics with a complex of high-operational characteris- tics. As a result o[＇investigations the phase charctcteristics are represented trod the graph of the relationship of the elementaory tetrahedra has been plotted. The most techno- logical system area ,for the production of heat resistant advanced ceramics has been determined. The batches for producing heat and chemical resistant dense advanced ceramics made of natural, technical and technogenic raw materials have been developed.

Microstructure of Al_2O_3/SiO_2 ceramic core nano-composites

Al2O3/SiO2 ceramic core nano-composites were prepared and their microstructure was investigated by transmission electron microscope（TEM）. The results show that intergranular nano-composites are achieved. The bonding between Al2O3 and SiO2 particles is well and the interface is even. Amorphous phases and nano crystals appear in the Al2O3/SiO2 ceramic core nano-composites, which both come into being during the cooling process after sintering. Glass phase does not appear between the Al2O3 and SiO2 particles and only appears among the Al2O3 particles, which can be explained with stress model. The quantity of the glass phase is not much and its influence on the high-temperature deformation of the ceramic core nano-composites is little.

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Preparation of micro-nano hollow multiphase ceramic microspheres containing MnFe_2O_4 absorbent by self-reactive quenching method

Fe–Fe2O3–MnO2–sucrose–epoxy resin and O2 as reaction system and feed gas,separately,were used to prepare micro-nano hollow multiphase ceramic microspheres containing MnFe2O4absorbent by self-reactive quenching method which is integrated with flame jet,selfpropagating high-temperature synthesis(SHS),and rapidly solidification.The morphologies and phase compositions of hollow microspheres were studied by scanning electron microscope(SEM),transmission electron microscope(TEM),X-ray diffraction(XRD),and energy dispersive spectroscopy.The results show that the quenching products are regular spherical substantially with hollow structure,particle size is between few hundreds nanometers and 5 lm.Phase compositions are diphase of Fe3O4,Mn3O4,and MnFe2O4,and the spinel soft magnetic ferrite MnFe2O4 with microwave magnetic properties is in majority.Collisions with each other,burst as well as‘‘refinement’’of agglomerate powders in flame field may be the main reasons for the formation of micro-nano hollow multiphase ceramic microspheres containing MnFeOabsorbent.

Sin-QuEChERS Nano净化柱结合气相色谱-串联质谱法快速筛查石斛中84种农药残留

利用Sin-QuEChERS Nano净化柱结合气相色谱-串联质谱(GC-MS/MS)分析,建立了石斛基质中84种不同极性农药残留的快速筛查方法。比较了采用不同的提取溶剂(1%乙酸乙腈、丙酮)和不同的提取方式(加水浸泡和不加水浸泡)下目标物的提取效率。利用金钗石斛样品系统比较了Sin-QuEChERS Nano法与经典的基质固相分散法(dSPE)、固相萃取法(SPE)、QuEChERS法的净化效果及提取回收率,以及净化效果较好的Sin-QuEChERS Nano法与dSPE法基质效应的差异。目标物经DB-1701MS石英毛细管色谱柱(30 m×0.25 mm×0.25μm)程序升温分离,GC-MS/MS多反应监测(MRM)模式检测,基质匹配溶液外标法定量。通过GC-MS/MS检测方法对金钗石斛和铁皮石斛中的84种代表性农药进行了方法学验证。结果表明:各目标物在不同范围内呈良好的线性相关,相关系数(r^(2))均>0.990,方法的检出限(LOD,S/N=3)为1.5~5.8μg/kg,方法的定量限(LOQ,S/N=10)为5.0~15.0μg/kg。在两个水平下,目标农药的加标回收率为68.7%~116.2%,相对标准偏差(RSD,n=6)均低于15%。与其他经典的前处理方法相比,Sin-QuEChERS Nano法在净化效果方面表现更好,该法不仅可以有效去除色素、有机酸、碱性干扰物等物质,还可以节省样品制备时间,避免溶剂转移造成的损失,无需进一步涡旋或离心,是一种简单而有效的提取物纯化程序。该方法灵敏、快速、简便、可靠,有效地提高了石斛中农药快速筛查时的检测效率,具有较强的实际应用价值。此外,所开发的方法可以进一步扩展目标农药的类型,并可以用于检测其他更多食品及中药材中的农药残留。

Simple-QuEChERS Nano结合GC-MS/MS同时检测全血中的97种农药

建立了Simple-QuEChERS Nano结合气相色谱-串联质谱(GC-MS/MS)同时检测血液中97种农药的方法,并对基质条件、提取溶剂以及净化材料进行了优化。0.5 mL血液样品经3倍水稀释混匀,使用2.0 mL乙酸乙酯提取后振荡、离心,过Simple-QuEChERS Nano净化柱及0.22μm有机微孔滤膜后,采用多反应监测模式(MRM)进行分析。结果显示,97种农药在一定质量浓度范围内线性关系良好(r2≥0.9873),除丙烯菊酯(检出限和定量下限分别为11.03、36.76 ng/mL)外,其余农药的检出限为0.06~4.27 ng/mL,定量下限为0.18~14.24 ng/mL。采用空白全血进行加标回收实验,97种农药在100、200、400 ng/mL 3个加标水平下的回收率为32.2%~120%,日内精密度为1.9%~11%,日间精密度为3.6%~13%。该方法由传统QuEChERS方法改进,绿色环保、操作简单、快速高效,可用于血液中多种农药的同时检测,用于实际案件血液样品中农药的筛查与定性定量检验,获得了良好的结果。

基于Nano-CT技术研究多孔陶瓷材料的三维结构

陶瓷材料体内的多孔结构对其性能影响很大,因此研究陶瓷的多孔结构具有重要的意义。但现有的表征技术均不能够观察这种多孔的三维结构。本文采用Nano-CT成像技术对相转化制备的陶瓷中空纤维管壁内的孔结构进行了三维无损观察,得到了壁内孔的形状、走向、孔径分布以及三维结构图,并计算了孔径的大小为0.4–1.5μm,孔隙率为38.31%。从而可以为改善其制造工艺、优化结构参数提供依据,使其更好地在化工、能源、环保等多个领域得到广泛应用。

多孔Nano-dHA/PLA/BCP复合支架的制备及性能研究

为改善常规的多孔聚乳酸/双相钙磷陶瓷(PLA/BCP)支架表面亲水性不佳及降解时呈酸性等不足,采用马弗炉烧结制备的BCP多孔支架浸入纳米缺钙羟基磷灰石/聚乳酸(nano-dHA/PLA)混悬液后,真空干燥得到多孔纳米缺钙羟基磷灰石/聚乳酸/双相钙磷陶瓷(nano-dHA/PLA/BCP)复合支架,利用万能测试机测试支架抗压强度,阿基米德法测定支架孔隙率,扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察支架表面形貌,并对其保水率和体外降解过程中pH值的变化情况等进行了研究.结果表明:多孔nano-dHA/PLA/BCP复合支架表面粗糙,保水率和强度均有较大提高,在磷酸盐缓冲液(PBS)浸泡过程中pH值下降较慢,在模拟体液(SBF)中浸泡1个月后发现有较多的类骨磷灰石形成.

Si_3N_4/TiC_(nano)制备中Y_2O_3-Al_2O_3的影响机理研究

采用Y2O3-Al2O3复合烧结助剂制备Si3N4/TiCnano复合陶瓷材料,研究了Y2O3与Al2O3的配比、烧结助剂体积分数对纳米复合陶瓷材料力学性能、致密化进程和显微结构的影响,并利用SEM等手段对其影响机理作了探讨。研究结果表明:烧结助剂的配比、体积分数影响到烧结体中液相的量和粘度等,并进一步影响到材料的致密化进程和显微组织,材料致密化程度的提高和显微结构的改善是其力学性能提高的根本原因。

Y_2O_3-Al_2O_3在Si_3N_4/TiC_(nano)复合陶瓷材料制备中的作用

Si3N4基复合陶瓷材料具有广阔的应用前景,但由于其强共价键,很难烧结致密。本文采用Y2O3-Al2O3复合烧结助剂,制备了Si3N4/TiCnano复合陶瓷材料,并研究了Y2O3和Al2O3的配比、含量对纳米复合陶瓷材料力学性能、致密化进程和烧结性能的影响。研究结果表明两者配比为2∶3、总含量为10Vol.%时,可以获得较高的致密度和较好的烧结性能,此时材料的力学性能最好,其力学性能指标为:抗弯强度938.6MPa,显微硬度16.01GPa,断裂韧性为6.78MPa·m1/2。利用SEM分析发现材料致密度的提高和显微组织的改变是其力学性能提高的根本原因。