热处理对爆炸法制备的碳包裹碳化铁纳米颗粒的影响

在1300℃、惰性气氛下,对含铁的炭基干凝胶的爆炸产物———无定型碳包裹Fe7C3纳米颗粒进行了热处理,并对热处理后的产物进行HRTEM和电子衍射分析。结果表明:热处理后无定型碳包裹Fe7C3纳米颗粒由10nm～40nm长大到100nm～300nm,颗粒的外层碳石墨化。通过对包裹颗粒的长大机理进行初步探索,认为在热处理过程中,核碳化铁对壳层的无定型碳具有催化石墨化作用;颗粒的长大是由于核Fe7C3对其外层的无定型碳产生催化石墨作用时,导致核碳化铁的裸露,相互融并引起的。

Microstructure and dry sliding wear behavior of Cu-Sn alloy reinforced with multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes （MWCNTs） reinforced Cu-Sn alloy based nanocomposite was developed by powder metallurgy route. The mass fraction of CNTs was varied from 0 to 2% in a step of 0.5%. The developed nanocomposites were subjected to density, hardness, electrical conductivity, and friction and wear tests. The results reveal that the density of nanocomposite decreases with the increase of the mass fraction of CNTs. A significant improvement in the hardness is noticed in the nanocomposite with the addition of CNTs. The developed nanocomposites show low coefficient of friction and improved wear resistance when compared with unreinforced alloy. At an applied load of 5 N, the coefficient of friction and wear loss of 2%CNTs reinforced Cu-Sn alloy nanocomposite decrease by 72% and 68%, respectively, compared with those of Cu-Sn alloy. The wear mechanisms of worn surfaces of the composites are reported. In addition, the electrical conductivity reduces with the increase of the content of CNTs.

Parametric optimization of dry sliding wear loss of copper-MWCNT composites

The wear behavior of multi-walled carbon nano-tubes(MWCNTs)reinforced copper metal matrix composites(MMCs)processed through powder metallurgy(PM)route was focused on and further investigated for varying MWCNT quantity viaexperimental,statistical and artificial neural network(ANN)techniques.Microhardness increases with increment in MWCNTquantity.Wear loss against varying load and sliding distance was analyzed as per L16orthogonal array using a pin-on-disctribometer.Process parameter optimization by Taguchi’s method revealed that wear loss was affected to a greater extent by theintroduction of MWCNT;this wear resistant property of newer composite was further analyzed and confirmed through analysis ofvariance(ANOVA).MWCNT content(76.48%)is the most influencing factor on wear loss followed by applied load(12.18%)andsliding distance(9.91%).ANN model simulations for varying hidden nodes were tried out and the model yielding lower MAE valuewith3-7-1network topology is identified to be reliable.ANN model predictions with R value of99.5%which highly correlated withthe outcomes of ANOVA were successfully employed to investigate individual parameter’s effect on wear loss of Cu?MWCNTMMCs.

Electrical properties of carbon nanotubes in flowing vapor

Electric potentials were generated from carbon nanotubes immersed in flowing vapors. The nanomaterials used in this study were multiwall carbon nanotubes（MWCNTs） and silver nanopowders. These nanomaterials were dispersed and densely packed on a substrate and immersed in flowing vapors generated from solution such as water, ethanol and KCI. The potentials generated from these samples were measured by a voltmeter. Experimental results showed that the electric potentials were produced at the surface of the MWCNT samlpes, and strongly dependent on the pretreatment of MWCNT and properties of the flowing vapors. The mechanism of vapor-flow induced potentials may be ascribed to ions in the flowing vapors. This property of MWCNTs can advantage their application to nanoscale sensors, detectors and power cells.

Fabrication and Characterization of Alumina/CNTs Nanocomposite Powders, by CCVD Method and Investigation of the Parameter Involved

Ceramics in general and particularly alumina （Al2O3） are important materials in various industries, but the main problem with these materials is related to some of their mechanical properties including low resistance against mechanical shock （hardness-toughness）, which makes them to be so brittle, and possession of high degree of porosity which reduces their strength and gives them fragile characteristics. Researchers report indicates that the presence of the second phase with suitable properties can improve some of the mechanical properties of these materials and optimize their characteristic. Carbon nanotubes with unique physical characteristics such as large aspect ratio, high strength and Young＇s modulus and improved thermal properties could be suitable candidates for this purpose. In this study, the growth of multi wall carbon nanotubes （MWCNTs） on the alumina support as the matrix of the composite has been carried out, using catalytic chemical vapor deposition （CCVD） method in which the iron nanoparticles has been selected as catalyst materials. Ethylene gas is used as feed materials for carbon source and argon as the carrier gas. In order to achieve a more comprehensive results, we have investigated the effects of some fabricating parameters like catalyst particle size, its weight percentage related to support material, alumina and to the some synthesizing temperature gases flow rate. Fabricated ceramics composites samples structures were analyzed using SEM images as well as Raman scattering spectra and X-ray diffraction pattern.

Towards efficient and stable multi-color carbon nanoparticle phosphors: synergy between inner polar groups and outer silica matrix

Nanocarbon as an eco-friendly and abundant material has strong multi-color fluorescence, which makes it a promising candidate for healthy lighting and display. However, the low fluorescence efficiency and poor stability of multi-color carbon nanoparticle（CNP） phosphors are main hurdles that hinder their applications. This work demonstrated efficient and stable multi-color CNP phosphors through synergy between inner polar groups and outer silica matrix. The polar groups in polyethylene glycol（PEG） 6,000 are favor of high fluorescence of the CNP phosphors, and the low melting point（64℃） of PEG 6,000 helps to improve the thermal stability of the phosphors, while the silica matrix provides protection to the phosphors. Based on this design,blue, green, yellow and red CNP phosphors with photoluminescence quantum yield of 53.1%, 47.4%, 43.8% and 42.3% have been achieved, all of which are the best values in ever reported multi-color CNP phosphors. Furthermore, the fluorescence of the CNP phosphors keeps almost unchanged at 100℃ and degrades little in one month, indicating their good thermal tolerance and temporal stability. In addition, multicolor devices including white light-emitting devices（LEDs）have been realized by coating the CNP phosphors onto UV chips. The luminous efficiency, correlated color temperature,Commission Internationale de L＇Eclairage and color rendering index of the white LED can reach 12 lm W^-1, 6,107 K,（0.32, 0.33） and 89, respectively, indicating the potential applications of the CNP phosphors in lighting and display.