Vanadium alloy has been taken as one of the candidate structural materials for fusion reactors because of its excellent high-temperature mecha nical performances, high thermal stress factor and low radioactivity. It i...Vanadium alloy has been taken as one of the candidate structural materials for fusion reactors because of its excellent high-temperature mecha nical performances, high thermal stress factor and low radioactivity. It is a kind of potential materials for hydrogen storage as well. Because operated in an environment conta!ning hydrogen and its isotopes or the neutron irradiation resulting transmutation product of H, the problem that H induced degradation of mechanical properties and hydrogen embrittlement has been being one of the key issues for the application for vanadium alloys.展开更多
Molybdenum disilicide(MoSi_2) based composites with various contents of carbon nanotubes(CNTs) were fabricated by spark plasma sintering(SPS) in vacuum under a pressure of 25 MPa.The composites obtained under a sinter...Molybdenum disilicide(MoSi_2) based composites with various contents of carbon nanotubes(CNTs) were fabricated by spark plasma sintering(SPS) in vacuum under a pressure of 25 MPa.The composites obtained under a sintering temperature of 1500 °C and time of 10 min exhibited optimum mechanical properties at room temperature in terms of fracture toughness and transverse rupture strength.MoSi_2 based composite with 6.0% CNTs(volume fraction) had the highest fracture toughness,transverse rupture strength and hardness,which were improved by about 25.7%,51.5% and 24.4% respectively,as compared with pure MoSi_2.A Mo_(4.8)Si_3C_(0.6) phase was detected in CNTs/MoSi_2 composites by both X-ray diffraction(XRD) method and microstructure analysis with scanning electron microscopy(SEM).It is believed that the fine grains and well dispersed small Mo_(4.8)Si_3C_(0.6) particles had led to a higher hardness and strength of CNTs/MoSi_2 composites because of their particle pullout,crack deflection and micro-bridging effects.展开更多
Construction is one of the largest users of energy, material resources and water and it is a formidable polluter. One of the major materials used in construction is concrete and ordinary concrete contains about 12% ce...Construction is one of the largest users of energy, material resources and water and it is a formidable polluter. One of the major materials used in construction is concrete and ordinary concrete contains about 12% cement which is a major producer of greenhouse gas in the world. The use of waste materials as partial replacement of cement in concrete reduces greenhouse gases, frees up land fill space, and reduces raw materials consumption. This contributes towards sustainable development, as in a sustainable society, nature is not subject to systematically increasing concentrations of substances extracted from the earth＇s crust. This research work explores the possibility of replacing some percentage of cement in concrete with marble sludge powder to produce lightweight concrete. This was achieved by determining the compressive strength and some hardened properties of concrete like sorptivity and carbonation with marble sludge. The results so far have been able to prove that lightweight concrete can be produced when some percentage of cement is replaced with this waste.展开更多
Photo-responsive room-temperature phosphorescent(RTP)materials have garnered significant interest due to the advantages of rapid response,spatiotemporal control,and contactless precision manipulation.However,the devel...Photo-responsive room-temperature phosphorescent(RTP)materials have garnered significant interest due to the advantages of rapid response,spatiotemporal control,and contactless precision manipulation.However,the development of such materials remains in its infancy,underscoring the importance of exploiting novel and efficient light-responsive RTP molecules.In this work,three phenothiazine derivatives of TPA-PTZ,TPA-2PTZ,and TPA-3PTZ were successfully synthesized via the Buchwald-Hartwig C—N coupling reaction.By embedding these molecules as RTP guests into polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA)matrix,photo-induced RTP properties were realized.Upon sustained UV irradiation,there was an enhancement of 19 times in the quantum yield to reach a value of 5.68%.Remarkably,these materials exhibit superior alongside robust light and thermal stability,maintaining high phosphorescence intensity even after prolonged UV exposure(irradiation for>200 s by a 365 nm UV lamp with the power of 500μW·cm-2)or at higher temperature up to 75℃.The outstanding properties of these photo-induced RTP materials make them promising candidates for applications in information encryption,anti-counterfeiting,and advanced optical materials.展开更多
The phenomenon that different molecular packing modes in aggregates result in different optical properties has attracted intense attention,since it can provide useful information to establish the relationship between ...The phenomenon that different molecular packing modes in aggregates result in different optical properties has attracted intense attention,since it can provide useful information to establish the relationship between the micro-and macro-world.In this paper,DBTDO-DMAC was designed with 9,10-dihydro-9,9-dimethylacridine(DMAC)as electron donor.DBTDO-DPA and DBTDO-Cz were designed for comparison,which adopted diphenylamine(DPA)with twisted structure and carbazole(Cz)with planar structure as donors,respectively.As expected,two polymorphs(Crystal G and Crystal Y)of DBTDO-DMAC were obtained and exhibited distinct properties.Crystal G originating from planar conformation exhibited mechanochromism(MC)phenomenon and the emission color changed from green to yellow with a redshift of 35 nm after grinding.Nevertheless,Crystal Y with folded conformation displayed obvious room-temperature phosphorescence(RTP)with yellow afterglow.Careful single crystal analyses,powder X-ray diffraction and theoretical calculation reveal that the different emissive behaviors are highly related to the molecular conformation and packing modes.The successful adjustment of molecular conformation provides some guidance in the design of other MC and/or RTP luminogens,broadens the molecule family with the tunable molecular conformation and opens up a new avenue for exploring possible adjustment of molecular packing in aggregates.展开更多
Organic phosphorescence materials with longlived triplet excitons that can highly generate active singlet oxygen(1O2) through the energy transfer with the molecular oxygen under photoexcitation, serve as highly effici...Organic phosphorescence materials with longlived triplet excitons that can highly generate active singlet oxygen(1O2) through the energy transfer with the molecular oxygen under photoexcitation, serve as highly efficient antibacterial agent. Herein, we report bright red-emissive organic phosphorescent nanoparticles(PNPs) based on a metal-free organic phosphor encapsulated with biocompatible block copolymers. The obtained PNPs with an ultra-small particle size of around 5 nm and a long emission lifetime of up to 167 μs showed effective 1O2 generation ability under visible light(410 nm) excitation in aqueous media, which can efficiently eradicate multi-drug resistant bacteria both in vitro and in vivo. This is the first demonstration of metal-free organic PNPs for photodynamic antimicrobial therapy, expanding the application scope of metal-free organic room temperature phosphorescent materials.展开更多
Room-temperature sodium-ion batteries have attracted increasing interest in recent years because of abundant sodium reserves and the low costs.Grid-scale energy storage applications are particularly relevant to this b...Room-temperature sodium-ion batteries have attracted increasing interest in recent years because of abundant sodium reserves and the low costs.Grid-scale energy storage applications are particularly relevant to this battery technology.Here,we present our recent progress in researching room-temperature sodium-ion batteries,and focus on new electrode materials,including cathodes and anodes,for both non-aqueous and aqueous systems.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （ 50271025 ）
文摘Vanadium alloy has been taken as one of the candidate structural materials for fusion reactors because of its excellent high-temperature mecha nical performances, high thermal stress factor and low radioactivity. It is a kind of potential materials for hydrogen storage as well. Because operated in an environment conta!ning hydrogen and its isotopes or the neutron irradiation resulting transmutation product of H, the problem that H induced degradation of mechanical properties and hydrogen embrittlement has been being one of the key issues for the application for vanadium alloys.
基金Project(51371155)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2014H0046)supported by the Key Science and Technology Project of Fujian Province,China+2 种基金Project(3502Z20143036)supported by the Scientific Research Fund of Xiamen,ChinaProject(JB13149)supported by the Education Department Science and Technology Project of Fujian Province,ChinaProject(2012D131)supported by the Natural Science Foundation Guidance Project of Fujian Province,China
文摘Molybdenum disilicide(MoSi_2) based composites with various contents of carbon nanotubes(CNTs) were fabricated by spark plasma sintering(SPS) in vacuum under a pressure of 25 MPa.The composites obtained under a sintering temperature of 1500 °C and time of 10 min exhibited optimum mechanical properties at room temperature in terms of fracture toughness and transverse rupture strength.MoSi_2 based composite with 6.0% CNTs(volume fraction) had the highest fracture toughness,transverse rupture strength and hardness,which were improved by about 25.7%,51.5% and 24.4% respectively,as compared with pure MoSi_2.A Mo_(4.8)Si_3C_(0.6) phase was detected in CNTs/MoSi_2 composites by both X-ray diffraction(XRD) method and microstructure analysis with scanning electron microscopy(SEM).It is believed that the fine grains and well dispersed small Mo_(4.8)Si_3C_(0.6) particles had led to a higher hardness and strength of CNTs/MoSi_2 composites because of their particle pullout,crack deflection and micro-bridging effects.
文摘Construction is one of the largest users of energy, material resources and water and it is a formidable polluter. One of the major materials used in construction is concrete and ordinary concrete contains about 12% cement which is a major producer of greenhouse gas in the world. The use of waste materials as partial replacement of cement in concrete reduces greenhouse gases, frees up land fill space, and reduces raw materials consumption. This contributes towards sustainable development, as in a sustainable society, nature is not subject to systematically increasing concentrations of substances extracted from the earth＇s crust. This research work explores the possibility of replacing some percentage of cement in concrete with marble sludge powder to produce lightweight concrete. This was achieved by determining the compressive strength and some hardened properties of concrete like sorptivity and carbonation with marble sludge. The results so far have been able to prove that lightweight concrete can be produced when some percentage of cement is replaced with this waste.
文摘Photo-responsive room-temperature phosphorescent(RTP)materials have garnered significant interest due to the advantages of rapid response,spatiotemporal control,and contactless precision manipulation.However,the development of such materials remains in its infancy,underscoring the importance of exploiting novel and efficient light-responsive RTP molecules.In this work,three phenothiazine derivatives of TPA-PTZ,TPA-2PTZ,and TPA-3PTZ were successfully synthesized via the Buchwald-Hartwig C—N coupling reaction.By embedding these molecules as RTP guests into polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA)matrix,photo-induced RTP properties were realized.Upon sustained UV irradiation,there was an enhancement of 19 times in the quantum yield to reach a value of 5.68%.Remarkably,these materials exhibit superior alongside robust light and thermal stability,maintaining high phosphorescence intensity even after prolonged UV exposure(irradiation for>200 s by a 365 nm UV lamp with the power of 500μW·cm-2)or at higher temperature up to 75℃.The outstanding properties of these photo-induced RTP materials make them promising candidates for applications in information encryption,anti-counterfeiting,and advanced optical materials.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21875130)the Starting Foundation of Tianjin Universitythe Project of“100 Talents Program”of Shanxi Province。
文摘The phenomenon that different molecular packing modes in aggregates result in different optical properties has attracted intense attention,since it can provide useful information to establish the relationship between the micro-and macro-world.In this paper,DBTDO-DMAC was designed with 9,10-dihydro-9,9-dimethylacridine(DMAC)as electron donor.DBTDO-DPA and DBTDO-Cz were designed for comparison,which adopted diphenylamine(DPA)with twisted structure and carbazole(Cz)with planar structure as donors,respectively.As expected,two polymorphs(Crystal G and Crystal Y)of DBTDO-DMAC were obtained and exhibited distinct properties.Crystal G originating from planar conformation exhibited mechanochromism(MC)phenomenon and the emission color changed from green to yellow with a redshift of 35 nm after grinding.Nevertheless,Crystal Y with folded conformation displayed obvious room-temperature phosphorescence(RTP)with yellow afterglow.Careful single crystal analyses,powder X-ray diffraction and theoretical calculation reveal that the different emissive behaviors are highly related to the molecular conformation and packing modes.The successful adjustment of molecular conformation provides some guidance in the design of other MC and/or RTP luminogens,broadens the molecule family with the tunable molecular conformation and opens up a new avenue for exploring possible adjustment of molecular packing in aggregates.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFC1105402 and 2017YFA0207202)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21975120, 21875104, 51673095 and 21875189)+3 种基金the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2015CB932200)the Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Jiangsu Province (BK20180037)the Natural Science Fund for Colleges and Universities of Jiangsu Province (17KJB430020)the Key R&D Program of Jiangsu Province (BE2017740)
文摘Organic phosphorescence materials with longlived triplet excitons that can highly generate active singlet oxygen(1O2) through the energy transfer with the molecular oxygen under photoexcitation, serve as highly efficient antibacterial agent. Herein, we report bright red-emissive organic phosphorescent nanoparticles(PNPs) based on a metal-free organic phosphor encapsulated with biocompatible block copolymers. The obtained PNPs with an ultra-small particle size of around 5 nm and a long emission lifetime of up to 167 μs showed effective 1O2 generation ability under visible light(410 nm) excitation in aqueous media, which can efficiently eradicate multi-drug resistant bacteria both in vitro and in vivo. This is the first demonstration of metal-free organic PNPs for photodynamic antimicrobial therapy, expanding the application scope of metal-free organic room temperature phosphorescent materials.
基金supported by funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51222210,50972164,11234013,11005161,11205249)One Hundred Talent Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘Room-temperature sodium-ion batteries have attracted increasing interest in recent years because of abundant sodium reserves and the low costs.Grid-scale energy storage applications are particularly relevant to this battery technology.Here,we present our recent progress in researching room-temperature sodium-ion batteries,and focus on new electrode materials,including cathodes and anodes,for both non-aqueous and aqueous systems.
