High thermal conductivity carbon/carbon composites (HTC-C/Cs) have a high specific modulus and a low thermal expansion in addition to all the excellent properties of traditional C/C composites, which have been a resea...
High thermal conductivity carbon/carbon composites (HTC-C/Cs) have a high specific modulus and a low thermal expansion in addition to all the excellent properties of traditional C/C composites, which have been a research focus in recent years. 2D HTC-C/Cs were prepared by hot pressure molding, densification by precursor impregnation and pyrolysis, and then heat treatment at high temperatures, using pitch-based carbon fiber fabric with a high thermal conductivity as reinforcement and mesophase pitch as the binder precursor. The structure and morphology of pitch-based carbon fibers and 2D HTC-C/Cs were investigated by XRD, SEM and TEM. The thermal conductivity was measured by laser-flash diffusivity. Results show that with increasing heat treatment temperature the crystallite size increases, the degree of order is improved, the thickness of laminar graphite around the carbon fibers increases, and the number of interfacial cracks between the fiber and matrix decrease and cracks between matrix layers are expanded. A linear relationship between thermal conductivity and heat treatment temperature was observed and the highest thermal conductivity was 443 W/m·K after heat treatment at 3000 °C. [new Carbon materials 2014, 29(5): 357–362]
Cathode material LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 was synthesized via oxalate co-precipitation process using LiCl,NiCl2·6H2O and MnCl2·4H2O as raw materials, oxalate as precipitant. The effects of calcining temperat...
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The ability to arbitrarily regulate semiconductor interfaces provides the most effective way to modulate the performance of optoelectronic devices. However, less work has been reported on piezo-modulated interface eng...
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The ability to arbitrarily regulate semiconductor interfaces provides the most effective way to modulate the performance of optoelectronic devices. However, less work has been reported on piezo-modulated interface engineering in all-oxide systems. In this paper, an enhanced photoresponse of an all-oxide Cu_2O/ZnO heterojunction was obtained by taking advantage of the piezotronic effect. The illumination density-dependent piezoelectric modulation ability was also comprehensively investigated. An 18.6% enhancement of photoresponse was achieved when applying a –0.88% compressive strain. Comparative experiments confirmed that this enhancement could be interpreted in terms of the band modification induced by interfacial piezoelectric polarization. The positive piezopotential generated at the ZnO side produces an increase in space charge region in Cu_2O, thus providing an extra driving force to separate the excitons more efficiently under illumination. Our research provides a promising method to boost the performance of optoelectronics without altering the interface structure and could be extended to other metal oxide devices.
Understanding molecular mechanisms of interactions between nanoparticles and bacteria is important and essential to develop nanotechnology for medical and environmental applications. Quantum dots (QDs) are specific na...
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Understanding molecular mechanisms of interactions between nanoparticles and bacteria is important and essential to develop nanotechnology for medical and environmental applications. Quantum dots (QDs) are specific nanoparticles with unique optical properties and high photochemical stability. In the present study, direct interactions were observed between cationic QDs and bacteria. Distinct fluorescence quenching patterns were developed when cationic QDs interacted with Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria. The aggregation of QDs on bacterial surface as well as fluorescence quenching depends upon the chemical composition and structure of the bacterial cell envelopes. The presence of lipopolysaccharide is unique to Gram-negative bacterial surface and provides negatively charge areas for absorbing cationic QDs. The effects of lipopolysaccharide were proved on fluorescence quenching of cationic QDs. In contrast to Gram-negative bacteria, the presence of teichoic acids is unique to Gram-positive bacterial cell wall and provides negatively charged sites for cationic QDs along the chain of teichoic-acid molecules, which may protect QDs from aggregation and fluorescence quenching. This study may not only provide insight into behaviors of QDs on bacterial cell surfaces but also open a new avenue for designing and applying QDs as biosensors in microbiology, medicine, and environmental science.
To understand intrinsic reason of capacity fading of nanowire elctrode, we designed the single nanowire electrochemical devices for in situ probing the direct relationship between electrical transport, structure, and ...
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To understand intrinsic reason of capacity fading of nanowire elctrode, we designed the single nanowire electrochemical devices for in situ probing the direct relationship between electrical transport, structure, and electrochemical properties of the single nanowire electrode. Results show that conductivity of the nanowire electrode decreased during the electrochemical reaction, which limits the cycle life. Based on this conclusion, a series of hierarchical structures nanowires have been obtained, including hierarchical MnMoO4/CoMoO4 heterostructured nanowires and hierarchical mesoporous La0.5Sr0.5CoO2.91 nanowires which show enhanced performance in Li-air batteries and supercapacitors.1 In our present work, a series of novel nanowire architectures have been designed and synthesized, including kinked hierarchical nanowires, hierarchical heterostructured nanowires and hierarchical scrolled nanowires which show great electrochemical and biological probe performances.2-4 It is expected that our research may extend effective methods in directions that will solve the challenge of property degradation in energy storage and open new applications.5
Recently, researchers have discovered unexpected bumps in the detection rate curve of yet another steganographic scheme (YASS). We refer to this abnormal phenomenon as non-monotonic security performance. This paper fi...
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