This paper presents an approach to synthesis of gold nanoparticles with different morphologies and investigation of the relationship between morphologies and their optical properties.Spherical gold nanoparticles with ...This paper presents an approach to synthesis of gold nanoparticles with different morphologies and investigation of the relationship between morphologies and their optical properties.Spherical gold nanoparticles with different sizes are synthesized via reduction method.Using seed-mediated solution growth method,gold nanoparticles with shuttle,star and stick shapes can be obtained.The sizes and morphologies of the gold nanoparticles are characterized by transmission electron microscopy （TEM）.The characterization results illustrate the growth process of the gold nanoparticles with different morphologies.Absorption spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy measurements are performed to demonstrate the relationship between the morphologies and optical properties.The results of Raman characterization show that the gold nanoparticles with different morphologies can be used to probe molecules with different concentrations.展开更多
The infrared absorption and Raman scattering spectra were measured for the metallotriph- enylcorroles （MTPCs, M=Cu, Co, Ni, Mn）. The ground-state structures and vibrational spectra of MTPCs have been calculated with...The infrared absorption and Raman scattering spectra were measured for the metallotriph- enylcorroles （MTPCs, M=Cu, Co, Ni, Mn）. The ground-state structures and vibrational spectra of MTPCs have been calculated with the density functional theory. The observed Raman and IR bands have been assigned based on the calculation results. Due to the symmetry lowering, the vibrational spectra of MTPCs are much more complex than metal- loporphyrins, and several skeletal modes are found strongly coupled to the phenyl vibrations. The relationship between the Raman/IR frequencies and the structures of TPC ring is in-vestigated. It is found that the vibrations involving the Cα^I Cα^I stretch and CαCm stretchare sensitive to the size of corrole core. In particular, the frequency of v5, which is assigned to Cα^I Cα^I stretch in coupling with the CαCm symmetric stretch, increases linearly with the decrease of the corrole core-sizes and may be used as a mark band to evaluate the structural change of the metallocorroles.展开更多
A dynamic imaging method for monitoring self-potential data was proposed.Based on the Darcy’s law and Archie’sformulas,a dynamic model was built as a state model to simulate the transportation of metallic ions in po...A dynamic imaging method for monitoring self-potential data was proposed.Based on the Darcy’s law and Archie’sformulas,a dynamic model was built as a state model to simulate the transportation of metallic ions in porous medium,and theNernst equation was used to calculate the redox potential of metallic ions for observation modeling.Then,the state model andobservation model form an extended Kalman filter cycle to perform dynamic imaging.The noise added synthetic data imaging testshows that the extended Kalman filter can effectively fuse the model evolution and observed self-potential data.The further sandboxmonitoring experiment also demonstrates that the self-potential can be used to monitor the activities of metallic ions and exactlyretrieve the dynamic process of metallic contamination.展开更多
The Ni-modified TiO2 was synthesized using two methods including co-precipitation(Ni doped TiO2, Ni-TiO2) and wet impregnation(Ni loaded TiO2, Ni/TiO2). The surface and bulk crystalline phases of Ni-modified TiO2 were...The Ni-modified TiO2 was synthesized using two methods including co-precipitation(Ni doped TiO2, Ni-TiO2) and wet impregnation(Ni loaded TiO2, Ni/TiO2). The surface and bulk crystalline phases of Ni-modified TiO2 were investigated by using X-ray diffractometry(XRD), UV Raman spectroscopy, TEM, and SEM. It is observed that Ni doping can promote the phase transition and grain size growth of TiO2. Moreover, the propagation of the rutile phase from the bulk into the surface region of TiO2 is increased when the Ni doping amount reaches up to 3%. However, in Ni/TiO2, it is found out that the surface and bulk phase transformation of TiO2 can be inhibited after impregnation of 1% of Ni on the TiO2. Compared with the co-precipitation method, Ni species may be more enriched in the surface of the Ni/TiO2 sample upon adoption of the impregnation method, and the direct contact of anatase particles of TiO2 is avoided. As a consequence, the phase transition in the surface and bulk region of TiO2 can be effectively inhibited by Ni loading. Additionally, the activity of the photocatalytic degradation of RhB on the 3Ni-TiO2-600 ℃ sample is higher than that on the 3 Ni/TiO2-600 ℃ sample. The phase junction formed between anatase and rutile in the surface region of 3Ni-TiO2-600 ℃ may the main reason for its high photocatalytic activity.展开更多
Isothermal and cyclic oxidation behaviors of pure and yttrium-implanted nickel were studied at 1 000℃ in air. The oxide scales formed on nickel substrates were performed using SEM and TEM. It was found that Y-implant...Isothermal and cyclic oxidation behaviors of pure and yttrium-implanted nickel were studied at 1 000℃ in air. The oxide scales formed on nickel substrates were performed using SEM and TEM. It was found that Y-implantation greatly improved the anti-oxidation ability of nickel both in isothermal and cyclic oxidizing experiments. Laser Raman microscopy was also used to study the stress status of oxide scales formed on nickel with and without yttrium. The main reason for the improvement in anti-oxidation and adhesion of oxide scale was Y-implantation greatly reduced the grain size of NiO and lowered the compressive stress within the scale. Yttrium implantation enhanced the adhesion of protective NiO oxide scale formed on nickel substrate.展开更多
The formation of non-dendritic structures in the primary phase of an aluminum alloy solidified using low superheat pouring with a shearing field(LSPSF) machine was investigated by numerical simulation.The growth and m...The formation of non-dendritic structures in the primary phase of an aluminum alloy solidified using low superheat pouring with a shearing field(LSPSF) machine was investigated by numerical simulation.The growth and motion of a dendrite during solidification was simulated by a combination of the lattice Boltzmann method and the phase field method.The simulation results indicated that enough shear flow helped homogenize the concentration fields,rotate crystals and altere microstructures from dendritic to non-dendritic.The interaction of grains was also discussed.A fragmentation criterion was established based on partial remelting of dendrite arms;fragmentation was enhanced by a strong shear flow and larger inclined angles.The simulation results were verified experimentally.展开更多
Anisotropic metallic Nanoparticles （NPs） have unique optical properties, such as Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering （SERS） spearoscopy. In this paper, star-shaped and sphere gold NPs were prepared by seed-mediated ...Anisotropic metallic Nanoparticles （NPs） have unique optical properties, such as Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering （SERS） spearoscopy. In this paper, star-shaped and sphere gold NPs were prepared by seed-mediated growth and Frence methods respectively. The reaction process arid the effect of reagent in seed-mediated growth of gold naaostar particles were systematically described. After fabricaring NPs the authors test their Raman enhancement using Ch-ystal Violet （CV） moleolles apart. The experimental results indicated that star-shaped Au NPs had strtmger Raman enhancement spectrum than that of sphere Au NPs.展开更多
Fermentative production of chlortetracycline is a complex fed-batch bioprocess. It generally takes over 90 h for cultivation and is often contaminated by undesired microorganisms. Once the fermentation system is conta...Fermentative production of chlortetracycline is a complex fed-batch bioprocess. It generally takes over 90 h for cultivation and is often contaminated by undesired microorganisms. Once the fermentation system is contaminated to certain extent, the product quality and yield will be seriously affected, leading to a substantial economic loss. Using information fusion based on the Dezer–Smarandache theory, self-recursive wavelet neural network and unscented kalman filter, a novel method for online prediction of contamination is developed. All state variables of culture process involving easy-to-measure and difficult-to-measure variables commonly obtained with soft-sensors present their contamination symptoms. By extracting and fusing latent information from the changing trend of each variable, integral and accurate prediction results for contamination can be achieved. This makes preventive and corrective measures be taken promptly. The field experimental results show that the method can be used to detect the contamination in time, reducing production loss and enhancing economic efficiency.展开更多
This study presents the first documentation work on recent benthic foraminifers of Oman coasts, especially of the northern part of Sultanate at Sawadi and the southern part at Janoof Tidal Creek near Taqah-Salalah bea...This study presents the first documentation work on recent benthic foraminifers of Oman coasts, especially of the northern part of Sultanate at Sawadi and the southern part at Janoof Tidal Creek near Taqah-Salalah beach. Eleven samples were collected from both localities. Twenty-nine species of benthonic Foraminifera belonging to 20 genera are retrieved, identified and illustrated herein. The study areas show the interaction in land and sea. Lagoons with normal marine hypersaline inhabited with sea grass and Mangrove-swamps. Mainly calcareous porcellaneous and hyaline walled foraminifers are abundant. Environmentally, the Janoof Tidal Creek shows better condition than Sawadi Tidal Creek as reflected by the more diverse and high abundance of foraminiferal taxa at the former locality. Both water bodies are free of toxic-heavy elements as evidenced by the lack of any abnormal foraminiferal test.展开更多
Polyelectrolyte becomes more and more popular in electrocatalysis.The understanding of electrode/polyelectrolyte interfaces at the molecular level is important for guiding further the polyelectrolyte-based electrocata...Polyelectrolyte becomes more and more popular in electrocatalysis.The understanding of electrode/polyelectrolyte interfaces at the molecular level is important for guiding further the polyelectrolyte-based electrocatalysis.Herein,we demonstrate an in-situ surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic method by using a three-electrode spectroelectrochemical cell towards characterizing the electrode/polyelectrolyte interfaces.The Ag/AgCl and Ag/Ag_(2)O electrodes are used as the reference electrode in the acidic and the alkaline systems,respectively.The working electrode is made of a transparent carbon thin film which loads the electrocatalysts.The applications of this method are demonstrated through the in-situ characterizations of the p-methylthiophenol adsorbed on the Au and Pt and the electrochemical oxidation of Au on polyelectrolyte membranes.The potential-dependent spectral features of these two systems show that this method is a powerful tool for investigating the electrode/polyelectrolyte interfaces in electrocatalysis.展开更多
基金Merit-funded Science and Technology Project for Returned Oversea Scholars from Ministry of Human and Social Security of Shanxi provinceNatural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of Shanxi province(No.2011011020-2)Shanxi Province Foundation for Returness(No.2008062)
文摘This paper presents an approach to synthesis of gold nanoparticles with different morphologies and investigation of the relationship between morphologies and their optical properties.Spherical gold nanoparticles with different sizes are synthesized via reduction method.Using seed-mediated solution growth method,gold nanoparticles with shuttle,star and stick shapes can be obtained.The sizes and morphologies of the gold nanoparticles are characterized by transmission electron microscopy （TEM）.The characterization results illustrate the growth process of the gold nanoparticles with different morphologies.Absorption spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy measurements are performed to demonstrate the relationship between the morphologies and optical properties.The results of Raman characterization show that the gold nanoparticles with different morphologies can be used to probe molecules with different concentrations.
文摘The infrared absorption and Raman scattering spectra were measured for the metallotriph- enylcorroles （MTPCs, M=Cu, Co, Ni, Mn）. The ground-state structures and vibrational spectra of MTPCs have been calculated with the density functional theory. The observed Raman and IR bands have been assigned based on the calculation results. Due to the symmetry lowering, the vibrational spectra of MTPCs are much more complex than metal- loporphyrins, and several skeletal modes are found strongly coupled to the phenyl vibrations. The relationship between the Raman/IR frequencies and the structures of TPC ring is in-vestigated. It is found that the vibrations involving the Cα^I Cα^I stretch and CαCm stretchare sensitive to the size of corrole core. In particular, the frequency of v5, which is assigned to Cα^I Cα^I stretch in coupling with the CαCm symmetric stretch, increases linearly with the decrease of the corrole core-sizes and may be used as a mark band to evaluate the structural change of the metallocorroles.
基金Project(41574123) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2013FY110800) supported by the National Basic Research Scientific Program of China
文摘A dynamic imaging method for monitoring self-potential data was proposed.Based on the Darcy’s law and Archie’sformulas,a dynamic model was built as a state model to simulate the transportation of metallic ions in porous medium,and theNernst equation was used to calculate the redox potential of metallic ions for observation modeling.Then,the state model andobservation model form an extended Kalman filter cycle to perform dynamic imaging.The noise added synthetic data imaging testshows that the extended Kalman filter can effectively fuse the model evolution and observed self-potential data.The further sandboxmonitoring experiment also demonstrates that the self-potential can be used to monitor the activities of metallic ions and exactlyretrieve the dynamic process of metallic contamination.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20903054)sponsored by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese ScholarsState Education Ministry (The project is sponsored by SRF for ROCS, SEM)
文摘The Ni-modified TiO2 was synthesized using two methods including co-precipitation(Ni doped TiO2, Ni-TiO2) and wet impregnation(Ni loaded TiO2, Ni/TiO2). The surface and bulk crystalline phases of Ni-modified TiO2 were investigated by using X-ray diffractometry(XRD), UV Raman spectroscopy, TEM, and SEM. It is observed that Ni doping can promote the phase transition and grain size growth of TiO2. Moreover, the propagation of the rutile phase from the bulk into the surface region of TiO2 is increased when the Ni doping amount reaches up to 3%. However, in Ni/TiO2, it is found out that the surface and bulk phase transformation of TiO2 can be inhibited after impregnation of 1% of Ni on the TiO2. Compared with the co-precipitation method, Ni species may be more enriched in the surface of the Ni/TiO2 sample upon adoption of the impregnation method, and the direct contact of anatase particles of TiO2 is avoided. As a consequence, the phase transition in the surface and bulk region of TiO2 can be effectively inhibited by Ni loading. Additionally, the activity of the photocatalytic degradation of RhB on the 3Ni-TiO2-600 ℃ sample is higher than that on the 3 Ni/TiO2-600 ℃ sample. The phase junction formed between anatase and rutile in the surface region of 3Ni-TiO2-600 ℃ may the main reason for its high photocatalytic activity.
文摘Isothermal and cyclic oxidation behaviors of pure and yttrium-implanted nickel were studied at 1 000℃ in air. The oxide scales formed on nickel substrates were performed using SEM and TEM. It was found that Y-implantation greatly improved the anti-oxidation ability of nickel both in isothermal and cyclic oxidizing experiments. Laser Raman microscopy was also used to study the stress status of oxide scales formed on nickel with and without yttrium. The main reason for the improvement in anti-oxidation and adhesion of oxide scale was Y-implantation greatly reduced the grain size of NiO and lowered the compressive stress within the scale. Yttrium implantation enhanced the adhesion of protective NiO oxide scale formed on nickel substrate.
基金Project(51674144)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(KJLD14016)supported by the Luodi Research Plan of Jiangxi Educational Department,China+1 种基金Projects(20122BAB206021,20133ACB21003)supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province,ChinaProject(20122BCB23001)supported by the Young Scientists Cultivating Program of Jiangxi Province,China
文摘The formation of non-dendritic structures in the primary phase of an aluminum alloy solidified using low superheat pouring with a shearing field(LSPSF) machine was investigated by numerical simulation.The growth and motion of a dendrite during solidification was simulated by a combination of the lattice Boltzmann method and the phase field method.The simulation results indicated that enough shear flow helped homogenize the concentration fields,rotate crystals and altere microstructures from dendritic to non-dendritic.The interaction of grains was also discussed.A fragmentation criterion was established based on partial remelting of dendrite arms;fragmentation was enhanced by a strong shear flow and larger inclined angles.The simulation results were verified experimentally.
文摘Anisotropic metallic Nanoparticles （NPs） have unique optical properties, such as Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering （SERS） spearoscopy. In this paper, star-shaped and sphere gold NPs were prepared by seed-mediated growth and Frence methods respectively. The reaction process arid the effect of reagent in seed-mediated growth of gold naaostar particles were systematically described. After fabricaring NPs the authors test their Raman enhancement using Ch-ystal Violet （CV） moleolles apart. The experimental results indicated that star-shaped Au NPs had strtmger Raman enhancement spectrum than that of sphere Au NPs.
文摘Fermentative production of chlortetracycline is a complex fed-batch bioprocess. It generally takes over 90 h for cultivation and is often contaminated by undesired microorganisms. Once the fermentation system is contaminated to certain extent, the product quality and yield will be seriously affected, leading to a substantial economic loss. Using information fusion based on the Dezer–Smarandache theory, self-recursive wavelet neural network and unscented kalman filter, a novel method for online prediction of contamination is developed. All state variables of culture process involving easy-to-measure and difficult-to-measure variables commonly obtained with soft-sensors present their contamination symptoms. By extracting and fusing latent information from the changing trend of each variable, integral and accurate prediction results for contamination can be achieved. This makes preventive and corrective measures be taken promptly. The field experimental results show that the method can be used to detect the contamination in time, reducing production loss and enhancing economic efficiency.
文摘This study presents the first documentation work on recent benthic foraminifers of Oman coasts, especially of the northern part of Sultanate at Sawadi and the southern part at Janoof Tidal Creek near Taqah-Salalah beach. Eleven samples were collected from both localities. Twenty-nine species of benthonic Foraminifera belonging to 20 genera are retrieved, identified and illustrated herein. The study areas show the interaction in land and sea. Lagoons with normal marine hypersaline inhabited with sea grass and Mangrove-swamps. Mainly calcareous porcellaneous and hyaline walled foraminifers are abundant. Environmentally, the Janoof Tidal Creek shows better condition than Sawadi Tidal Creek as reflected by the more diverse and high abundance of foraminiferal taxa at the former locality. Both water bodies are free of toxic-heavy elements as evidenced by the lack of any abnormal foraminiferal test.
文摘Polyelectrolyte becomes more and more popular in electrocatalysis.The understanding of electrode/polyelectrolyte interfaces at the molecular level is important for guiding further the polyelectrolyte-based electrocatalysis.Herein,we demonstrate an in-situ surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic method by using a three-electrode spectroelectrochemical cell towards characterizing the electrode/polyelectrolyte interfaces.The Ag/AgCl and Ag/Ag_(2)O electrodes are used as the reference electrode in the acidic and the alkaline systems,respectively.The working electrode is made of a transparent carbon thin film which loads the electrocatalysts.The applications of this method are demonstrated through the in-situ characterizations of the p-methylthiophenol adsorbed on the Au and Pt and the electrochemical oxidation of Au on polyelectrolyte membranes.The potential-dependent spectral features of these two systems show that this method is a powerful tool for investigating the electrode/polyelectrolyte interfaces in electrocatalysis.
