Study on Characteristics of Crystal Growth of NdFeB Cast Alloys

The characteristic of crystal growth of NdFeB cast alloys was studied. It is found that the crystal growth orientation of conventional ingots is along <410> or <411>. As the cooling rate increases, the crystallization orientation changes from a axis to c axis, along which the grain is easy to be magnetized. Meanwhile, by analyzing the change of crystallization orientation, the influence on the property of magnets was discussed.

Orientational growth behavior and mechanism of delta(δ)phase precipitation in cold-rolled Inconel 718 alloy during heat treatment

Due to the important role ofδphase's quantity and morphology in the mechanical and fatigue properties of Inconel 718 alloy and its components,it is necessary to renew insights into the effect of cold deformation on theδphase precipitation,especially on the morphology evolution.Therefore,the nucleation and growth behavior ofδphase in cold-rolled Inconel 718 alloy during aging were investigated.The results show that the precipitation rate and volume fraction ofδphase increase with increasing the cold rolling reduction from 10%to 50%.The volume fraction ofδphase reaches equilibrium after 5 h,remaining at 5.98%,6.52%,and 6.79%under different rolling reductions(10%,30%,and 50%),respectively.The nucleation ofδphase mainly occurs on different sites(grain boundaries,new twin boundaries and old twin boundaries)under 10%rolling reduction,whileδphase mainly nucleates on the new grain boundaries of static recrystallization due to 50%rolling reduction.And the growth ofδphase undergoes a process of alternate orientation growth from spherical(nucleation)→short rod(longitudinal orientation growth)→short rod(radial orientation growth)→dynamic equilib-rium.Under 10%rolling reduction,δphase tends to grow into the matrix,while under 50%rolling reduction,the orientation grows faster and is easily affected by the grain boundary curvature.

Preparation of Manganese Oxide Nanobelts

Oriented nanobelts of manganese oxide have been firstly and successfully prepared by a microemulsion technique under controlled circumstances. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM). Influences of sodium chloride and annealed temperature on the synthesis of Mn3O4 nanobelts were investigated. It was found that NaCI is the key factor to synthesize oriented Mn3O4 nanobelts and 827 K is optimum temperature to produce fine nanobelts. Oriented growth mechanism of Mn3O4 nanobelts was discussed.

科学发展观的哲学解读

科学发展观是对现代经济社会发展新要求的反映。协调发展,人与自然的二元本体是它的的立足点;以人为本,各发展要素的相互兼容是它的价值诉求;持续发展,近利与远效的互补是它的动态过程;科技支持,权衡正负效应的经济性是它的原动力。

Superaligned carbon nanotubes guide oriented cell growth and promote electrophysiological homogeneity for synthetic cardiac tissues

With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research team led by Professor Li Yigang(李毅刚)at Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and Professor Peng Huisheng(彭慧胜)at Fudan University presented a new type of

Growth of ZnO self-converted 2D nanosheet zeolitic imidazolate framework membranes by an ammoniaassisted strategy

Shaping crystalline porous materials such as metal organic frameworks （MOFs） and zeolites into two-dimensional （2D） nanosheet forms is highly desirable for developing high-performance molecular sieving membranes. However, conventional exfoliation-deposition is complex and challenging for the large-scale fabrication of nanosheet MOF tubular membranes. Here, for the first time, we report a direct growth technique by ZnO self-conversion and ammonia assistance to fabricate zeolitic imidazolate framework （ZIF） membranes consisting of 2D nanosheets on porous hollow fiber substrates; the membranes are suitable for large-scale industrial gas separation processes. The proposed fabrication process for ZIF nanosheet membranes is based on the localized self-conversion of a pre-deposited thin layer of ZnO in a ligand solution containing ammonium hydroxide as a modulator. The resulting ZIF 2D nanosheet tubular membrane is highly oriented and only 50 nm in thickness. It exhibits excellent molecular sieving performance, with high H2 permeance and selectivity for H2/CO2 separation. This technique shows great promise in MOF nanosheet membrane fabrication for large-scale molecular sieving applications.

Microstructure Evolution and Growth Orientation of Directionally Solidified Mg–4 wt% Zn Alloy with Different Growth Rates

The microstructure evolution and growth orientation of directionally solidified Mg-4 wt% Zn alloy in the growth rate range from 20 to 200μm/s were investigated. A typical cellular structure was observed with a growth rate of 20 μm/s, and the cellular spacing was 115 μm. When the growth rate increased to 60 μm/s, cellular structure with some developed perturbations was obtained and the cellular spacing was 145 μm, suggesting that the cell-to-dendrite transition happened at the growth rate lower than 60 μm/s. As the growth rate further increased, the microstructure was dendritic and the primary dendritic arm spacing decreased. The relationship between the primary dendritic arm spacings and the growth rates was in good agreement with Trivedi model during dendritic growth. Besides, X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy analyses showed that the growth direction of directionally solidified Mg-4 wt% Zn alloy was （1120） lay in {0002} crystal plane, and the preferred orientation was explained with the lattice vibration model for one-dimensional monatomic chain.

Ultrahigh flux of graphene oxide membrane modified with orientated growth of MOFs for rejection of dves and oil-water separation

Metal organic frameworks(MOFs)has broad application prospect in separation,catalysis,and adsorption.By a facile green method,we successfully fabricated prGO@cHKUST-1 composite membrane with the modification of dopamine and orientated growth of MOFs.Mg/AI-layered double hydroxides(Mg/Al-LDHs)was used as a modulator to obtain cubic HKUST-1(cHKUST-1)with excellent morphology and special properties.Scanning Electron Microscopy(SEM),X-ray diffraction(XRD),and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR)etc.characte rization illustrated successful synthesis of cHKUST-1 and composite membranes.Cubic HKUST-1 can tune the inter-layer spacing of graphene oxide(GO)leading increase in hydrophilicity and flux of the membrane.Meanwhile,the reduction effect of PDA and intercalation effect of MOFs could change the stacked way of GO layers,forming several fuzzy pores and more active sites on membrane surface.The prGO@cHKUST-1 membrane has an excellent rejection for methylene blue(MB)(99.5%)and Congo red(CR)(71.2%).Moreover,the modified membra ne exhibited 10 and 5 times higher permeation flux than that of original GO membrane and prGO membrane,respectively.Thus,using orientated growth of MOFs to synthesize GO based composite membrane will provide useful insights in ultrahigh permeation flux membranes of dye and oil-water emulsion separation.

Growth orientation and superconducting properties of YBa_2Cu_3O_(7-δ) films prepared by the low-fluorine sol-gel process

YBa_2Cu_3O_（7-δ）（YBCO） films were deposited on（100）-oriented LaAlO_3（LAO） single crystal substrates by the dip-coating process using low-fluorine solution.Their microstructures were characterized with the aid of X-ray diffractometry,scanning electron microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.Their superconducting properties were measured by the standard four-probe method.The experiment results show that the film obtained under high enough humidity conditions exhibits better c-axis texture and superconducting properties than the film under a relatively low humidity conditions.Based on the classical nucleation and chemical reaction thermodynamics theory, the underlying crystalline and growth mechanisms of YBCO films under certain humidity conditions are explained in combination with our experimental results.It is suggested that the unreacted intermediate phases such as BaF_2 and CuO aggregated in the YBCO grain boundary will cause lattice distortion in the YBCO matrix and further induce the formation of a-axis oriented YBCO grains as crystallization proceeds.Therefore,it is believed that the relative content of water vapor within the heat-treatment atmosphere plays quite an important role in the preparation of c-axis oriented YBCO film with good superconducting properties.

Conductive PS inverse opals for regulating proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells

The development of neural tissue engineering has brought new hope to the treatment of spinal cord injury(SCI).Up to date,various scaffolds have been developed to induce the oriented growth and arrangement of nerves to facilitate the repair after injury.In this work,a conductive and anisotropic inverse opal substrate was presented by modifying polystyrene(PS)inverse opal films with carbon nanotubes and then stretching them to varying degrees.The film had good biocompatibility,and neural stem cells(NSCs)grown on the film displayed good orientation along the stretching direction.In addition,benefiting from the conductivity and anisotropy of the film,NSCs differentiated into neurons significantly.These results suggest that the conductive and anisotropic PS inverse opal substrates possess value in nerve tissue engineering regeneration.

Germinant ZnO nanorods as a charge-selective layer in organic solar cells

A facile method was introduced and demonstrated to synthesize zinc oxide(ZnO) nanorods(NRs) as an electron transporting layer(ETL) for organic solar cells(OSCs).Hydrothermal synthesis of the NRs showed a constant growth rate of 5.5 nm min-1 from germination to sub-micrometer length.The properties were characterized using scanning electron microscopy(SEM),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),absorption spectrophotometry and so on.Based on these measurements,the germinant growth mechanism and its corresponding orientation characteristics were investigated.As an ETL of the OSCs,ZnO NRs enhance the charge extraction from the active layer due to their increased interfacial surface area,but there is an optimal length because of the shunt path formation and UV absorption of long ZnO NRs.As a re sult,the OSC with the ZnO NRs as ETL shows power conversion efficiency(PCE) up to 6.2%.The J-V characteristics and incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency(IPCE) measurement also reveal that the efficiency enhancement is an assembly of individual results from optical,physical and electrical characteristic of the ZnO NRs.

Interaction of straight chain alcohol vapors with self-assembled MOF film by surface plasmon resonance sensing and imaging

Interaction of straight chain alcohol vapors with MOF-199-functionalized films was studied by SPR. The signals had linear relationships with the concentration of alcohols over a wide range from 0 to 70% （v/v） and were reversible in proportional to the chain length, with R2 all above 0.99.

Effects of Sn-doping on morphology and optical properties of CdTe polycrystalline films

Sn-doped CdTe polycrystalline films were successfully deposited on ITO glass substrates by close space sublimation. The effects of Sn-doping on the microstructure, surface morphology, and optical properties of polycrys- talline films were studied using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry, respectively. The results show that the lower molar ratio of Sn and CdTe conduces to a strongly preferential orientation of （111） in films and a larger grain size, which indicates that the crystallinity of films can be improved by appropriate Sn-doping. As the molar ratio of Sn and CdTe increases, the preferential orientation of （111） in films becomes weaker, the grain size becomes smaller, and the crystal boundary becomes indistinct, which indicates that the crystallization growth of films is incomplete. However, as the Sn content increases, optical absorption becomes stronger in the visible region. In summary, a strongly preferential orientation of （111） in films and a larger grain size can be obtained by appropriate Sn-doping （molar ratio of Sn ： CdTe = 0.06 ： 1）, while the film retains a relatively high optical absorption in the visible region. However, Sn-doping has no obvious influence on the energy gap of CdTe films.

Preparation and permeability of ZSM-35 zeolite membranes on porous stainless steel tubes

ZSM-35 zeolite membranes were prepared on porous stainless steel tubes with silica sol and tetraethoxysi-lane as silica source,and with 1-butylamine and ethylenedi-amine as templates,respectively.The characterization of X-ray diffraction(XRD)and scanning electron microscopy(SEM)showed that the membranes prepared with ethylene-diamine as the template displayed growth orientation with their crystal planes(h00)parallel to the support surface.The single-component permeability tests of H2,N2 and C3H8 showed that the membranes synthesized with ethylene-diamine as the template,compared with those with 1-butylamine as the template,showed relatively higher permeation rates and ideal separation factors,and above their corresponding ideal Knudsen diffusion factors,which might be attributed to the different growth orientation of zeolite membranes synthesized with different templates.

Energy-driven surface evolution in beta-MnO2 structures

Exposed crystal facets directly affect the electrochemical/catalytic performance of MnO2 materials during their applications in supercapacitors, rechargeable batteries, and fuel cells. Currently, the facet-controlled synthesis of MnO2 is facing serious challenges due to the lack of an in-depth understanding of their surface evolution mechanisms. Here, combining aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy （STEM） and high-resolution TEM, we revealed a mutual energy-driven mechanism between beta-MnO2 nanowires and microstructures that dominated the evolution of the lateral facets in both structures. The evolution of the lateral surfaces followed the elimination of the {100} facets and increased the occupancy of {110} facets with the increase in hydrothermal retention time. Both self-growth and oriented attachment along their {100} facets were observed as two different ways to reduce the surface energies of the beta-MnO2 structures. High-density screw dislocations with the 1/2〈100〉 Burgers vector were generated consequently. The observed surface evolution phenomenon offers guidance for the facet-controlled growth of beta- MnO2 materials with high performances for its application in metal-air batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, etc.