The UV Aging Properties of Maleic Anhydride Esterified Starch/Polylactic Acid Composites

Esterified starch/polylactic acid（ES/PLA） blending composite was prepared by melting extrusion with maleic anhydride esterified starch and PLA as the raw materials. The composite was accelerated aging by using UV aging box, and its properties were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy（FT-IR）, scanning electron microscopy（SEM）, X-ray diffraction（XRD）, thermo gravimetric analysis（TGA） and mechanical testing machine. FT-IR and SEM results show that the infrared absorption peak intensities of C-O, C-H, and C=O in aged samples decrease gradually with increasing aging time. The damage degree of surface and internal of aged samples increases gradually. XRD analysis results show that after aging treatment, the crystalline diffraction peak of thermoplastic esterified starch at 2θ = 21° disappears and the diffraction peaks of PLA at 2θ = 16.5° appear, indicating that the hydrolysis rate of esterified starch is greater than that of PLA. The crystallinity of PLA in aged sample shows an increasing trend at first followed by a decreasing one along with the increasing time of aging treatment, suggesting that the hydrolysis of amorphous regions of PLA is more preferential than its crystalline regions. Because of the influence of crystal structure and the change of composition structure, the initial decomposition temperature of aging test specimen gradually increases with the extension of aging time. The maximum decomposition rate temperature and residual mass increases at first, and then decrease after the aging time extending to 1600 h. As the aging time increases, the damage degree of combination interface between esterification starch and PLA is exacerbated, resulting in the tensile strength and bending strength of aged specimen decreasing gradually.

SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTRA OF p-AMINOBENZOIC ACID ADSORBED ON Ag2CO3 COLLOIDS

It was observed that the p-aminobenzoic acid(PABA)molecules adsorbed on A92CO3 colloids exhibited strong SERS effect,the enhancement factor is estimated at 10~7—10~8 The mechanism of SERS effect on PABA adsorbed on the colloids was discussed.

Synthesis, Structure and Electrochemical Property of a New 3D Ag(I) Coordination Polymer Constructed by Biphenyl-2,2ˊ,4,4ˊ-tetracarboxylate

A new 3D Ag（I） coordination polymer, [Ag8（btc）2（bpp）2]n（1, H4btc = biphenyl- 2,2ˊ,4,4ˊ-tetracarboxylic acid, bpp = 1,2-bis（4-pyridyl）propane）, has been hydrothermally synthesi- zed and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, elemental analysis and IR spectroscopy. Complex 1 crystallizes in the triclinic system, space group P1 with a = 13.4899（8）, b = 13.4928（8）, c = 16.4575（10） , α = 102.7640（10）, β = 108.8100（10）, γ = 101.4940（10）°, V = 2644.1（3） 3, Z = 2, Dc = 2.401 Mg·m-3, μ = 2.978 mm-1, F（000） = 1840, the final R = 0.0481 and wR = 0.0955 for 6794 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（I）. Complex 1 features a 3D framework formed by Ag（I）-carboxylate chains containing [Ag16（COO）16] secondary building block. Furthermore, thermal stability and electrochemical property of 1 are also investigated in detail.

Reaction mechanism and metal ion transformation in photocatalytic ozonation of phenol and oxalic acid with Ag^+/TiO_2

Photocatalytic ozonation of phenol and oxalic acid （OA） was conducted with a Ag^＋/TiO2 catalyst and different pathways were found for the degradation of different compounds. Ag^＋ greatly promoted the photocatalytic degradation of contaminants due to its role as an electron scavenger. It also accelerated the removal rate of OA in ozonation and the simultaneous process for its complex reaction with oxalate. Phenol could be degraded both in direct ozonation and photolysis, but the TOC removal rates were much higher in the simultaneous processes due to the oxidation of hydroxyl radicals resulting from synergetic effects. The sequence of photo-illumination and ozone exposure in the combined process showed quite different effects in phenol degradation and TOC removal. The synergetic effects in different combined processes were found to be highly related to the properties of the target pollutants. The color change of the solution and TEM result confirmed that Ag＋ was easily reduced and deposited on the surface of Tit2 under photo-illumination, and dissolved again into solution in the presence of ozone. This simple cycle of enrichment and distribution of Ag^＋ can greatly benefit the design of advanced oxidation processes, in which the sequences of ozone and photo-illumination can be varied according to the needs for catalyst recycling and the different properties of pollutants.

Effects of tungsten oxide on the activity and thermal stability of a sulfate-derived titania supported platinum catalyst for propane oxidation

A Pt/WO3/TiO2 catalyst for propane oxidation was prepared by a stepwise wet impregnation method, and was aged at 800°C for 5 hr. Compared to the sulfate-derived titania supported catalyst, the introduction of tungsten oxide as stable Br nsted acid sites led to the formation of more metallic platinum active sites at the Pt/WO3 interface. The dissociation of surface intermediates for propane oxidation was promoted on the WO3-modified catalyst. This, as well as the inhibition effects of tungsten oxide on the sintering of anatase and the phase transformation to rutile, resulting in a high activity and thermal stability for the Pt/WO3/TiO2 catalyst.