用有机聚合物连接碳化硅陶瓷及陶瓷基复合材料

用陶瓷先驱体有机聚合物连接陶瓷及陶瓷基复合材料是一种成本低廉、工艺新颖、可满足特殊高温条件下连接件要求的新型连接技术。介绍了近年来采用先驱体有机聚合物连接SiC及其复合材料的研究现状，重点对影响连接强度的因素进行分析，并提出相应的改进措施。由于该技术具有连接温度较低、连接过程简单、接头热应力小，连接件的热稳定性高等特点，因此它是陶瓷及其复合材料最有前途的连接方法之一。     

新型材料对RSiC抗氧化性的影响

为了提高多孔SiC陶瓷材料的抗氧化性，研究了其氧化机理。研制的新型V-NOX材料，添加到SiC陶瓷中，可防止其氧化，有效地保护了SiC陶瓷。     

单源聚合物先驱体法制备SiC基复相陶瓷的研究进展

在碳化硅(SiC)陶瓷中引入异质元素可赋予其更优异的性能,如良好的热稳定性和独特的电磁性能。采用单源聚合物先驱体法制备陶瓷,通过合成不同结构的单源聚合物先驱体,可在原子尺度设计、调控陶瓷的组成和微结构等方面,达到优化陶瓷性能的目的。根据近年来的研究成果,介绍了单源聚合物先驱体制备Si-B-C、Si-M-C(M=Ti,Zr,Hf)和Si-M-C(M=Fe,Ni)复相陶瓷的研究动态,并展望了其今后的发展趋势。     

不同助烧结剂及造孔剂对SiC多孔陶瓷的影响

采用真空烧结方法制备了SiC多孔陶瓷，研究了不同助烧结剂Al2O3-Y2O3、Si以及不同造孔剂丙烯酰胺聚合物、羧甲基纤维素（CMC）对SiC多孔陶瓷形貌和气孔率的影响。结果表明：与Si相比较，Al2O3-Y2O3更有利于促进SiC的烧结；以Al2O3-Y2O3为助烧结剂的试样比以Si为助烧结剂的试样具有较高的气孔率。     

电子辐照对SiC陶瓷微观结构与辐致发光性能的影响

以聚碳硅烷(PCS)为原料,通过聚合物裂解法分别在1 100和1 800℃制备出Si C陶瓷。用1.8 MeV电子源(辐照强度为5 360 Gy/s、总剂量约为20 MGy、辐照温度为200℃)对其进行辐照。对SiC陶瓷辐照前后的结构以及辐照后的辐致发光谱进行分析。结果表明:1 100和1 800℃得到的SiC陶瓷X射线衍射谱中最强峰强度分别下降了48.7%和50.5%,辐照区域晶粒变小,说明SiC陶瓷辐照后晶体结构发生了明显无定形化。1 800℃得到的Si C陶瓷辐照后局部区域出现了C元素富集。聚合物裂解法制备的Si C陶瓷中游离碳含量较高,导致其辐致发光强度低(0.1)。     

B4C增强SiC基复合陶瓷力学性能和抗氧化性能

为改善SiC基复合陶瓷的抗氧化性能，以SiC基复合陶瓷为对象，研究了B₄C的添加量对SiC基复合陶瓷显微结构、力学性能和抗氧化性能的影响。结果表明，添加B₄C可提高材料中SiC的结晶性和石墨化程度；经1 450℃处理后，当B₄C添加量为6%(质量分数)时，SiC基复合陶瓷的线变化率由1.39%降至0.58%；抗折强度和抗压强度分别由28.06 MPa和48.03 MPa提高到50.25 MPa和98.58 MPa(分别提高1.8倍和2倍)；当B₄C添加量由0增加到6%时，SiC基复合陶瓷经1 400℃烧结(氧化气氛)的氧化指数由30.33%降低至18.35%，氧化层厚度由3.52 mm降至0.23 mm。添加B₄C可提高SiC晶须的生成量，显著增强SiC基复合陶瓷的强度和抗氧化性。     

聚合物制备工程陶瓷的研究概况

随着聚碳硅烷、聚硅氮烷、聚硅氧烷以及聚硅硼烷等先进前驱体材料的开发,由含硅陶瓷预制体聚合物制备的工程陶瓷在Si-O-C-N-B体系中占有重要的地位。耐高温的SiC和SiN陶瓷纤维增强陶瓷基复合材料(CMC)已在航空、航天结构中获得应用,而耐中、低温的新型涂层、单向带,泡沫和复杂形状的构件在未来将在能源、环境、运输和通讯领域占有重要的地位。综述了陶瓷预制体聚合物的合成、聚合物制备陶瓷的性能、聚合物制备陶瓷的方法以及影响聚合物热解的主要因素。     

SiC/SiC复合材料高温面内剪切强度测试方法研究

以三维四向编织方式的碳化硅纤维预制体为增强相,选用聚碳硅烷为先驱体浸渍剂,采用聚合物先驱体浸渍裂解工艺制备了SiC纤维增强SiC陶瓷基(SiC/SiC)复合材料,进而采用自主设计研制的陶瓷基复合材料高温面内剪切测试夹具对SiC/SiC复合材料进行高温面内剪切强度测试,分析研究了试样形状尺寸、加载速率、夹具材料等对SiC/SiC复合材料高温面内剪切强度测试结果的影响,并分析了夹具材料、测试环境等对测试夹具寿命的影响,最终优化确认出一套较优的针对SiC/SiC复合材料的高温面内剪切强度测试方法。     

碳化硅/氮化硅/聚丙烯复合材料的制备及介电性能研究

通过在聚丙烯(PP)中填充不同体积的氮化硅和碳化硅等导热填料,制备出系列Si3N4/SiC/PP复合材料,对复合材料的介电性能进行了测试及分析。实验结果表明,填充加碳化硅和氮化硅填料后均能提高PP的介电常数,碳化硅比氮化硅更有利于PP复合材料介电常数的增加。在PP体积比固定为50%的Si_3N_4/SiC/PP复合材料中,当填料体积比Si_3N_4∶SiC=1∶4时,其介电常数最大达到16.4,介电损耗在0.03左右。通过在聚合物基体中添加导热性陶瓷填料,能够迅速提高聚合物的介电性能,制备具有高介电常数和低介电损耗的陶瓷/聚合物复合材料。     

无压烧结制备Al2O3/SiC纳米复合陶瓷

用沉淀法包裹微米级SiC颗粒，通过常压、埋烧制备Al2O3／SiC纳米复合陶瓷。通过XRD、TG和SEM等分析了煅烧和烧结过程中相组成的变化、烧成收缩和显微结构。结果表明：利用SiC粉埋烧及碳粉制造还原气氛，含8wt％SiC(平均粒径为5mm)的复合粉末经800℃煅烧、成型，试样于1550℃，2h烧结，可制备Al2O3／SiC纳米复合陶瓷，其相对体积密度达95．2％，在烧结过程中由SiC氧化形成的无定形SiO2及与基质氧化铝反应形成的莫来石前躯体可大大促进烧结。     

A review of ZrO2 nanoparticles applications and recent advancements

The many branches of nanoscience have made significant strides and advancements during the past ten years, as has the entire scientific community. Zirconia nanoparticles have several uses as adsorbents, nanosensors, nanocatalysts, and other types of nanomaterials. Their outstanding biomedical uses in dental care and drug delivery, as well as their intriguing biological characteristics, such as their anti-cancer, anti-microbial, and antioxidant activity, have further encouraged researchers to investigate their physicochemical properties using various synthetic pathways. Due to the popularity of zirconia-based nanomaterials, the current research comprehensively examines several synthesis techniques and their effects on the composition, dimensions, forms, and morphologies of these nanomaterials. In general, there are two methods for creating zirconia nanoparticles: chemical synthesis, which uses hydrothermal, solvothermal, sol-gel, microwave, solution combustion, and co-precipitation processes; and a greener method, which uses bacteria, fungi, and plant components. The aforementioned techniques have been evaluated in the present review for achieving particular phases and shapes. A thorough analysis of zirconia-based nanomaterial's uses is also included in the review. Furthermore, comparisons with their equivalent composites for various applications as well as the influence of particular phases and morphologies have been added. The final portion includes the summary, future outlook, and potential application.     

Semiochemistry of the Goldeneyed Lacewing Chrysopa oculata: Attraction of Males to a Male-Produced Pheromone

Gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection (G3C-EAD) experiments showed that antennae of males and females of the goldeneyed lacewing, Chrysopa oculata Say (Co. = Chrysopa), consistently responded to four compounds extracted from the abdominal cuticle of males:nonanal, nonanol, nonanoic acid, and (1R*,2S*,5R*,8R*)-iridodial. These compounds were not detected from abdominal cuticle of females. Thoracic extracts of both sexes contained antennal-stimulatory 1-tridecene and EAD-inactive skatole. Chrysopa oculata adults were most sensitive to (1R,2S,5R,8R)-iridodial standard at an EAD-response threshold between 0.1 and 1 pg, which was 10-100 times lower than thresholds for nonanal and nonanoic acid, and up to 10,000 times lower than thresholds for other compounds tested. A similar EAD response pattern was also found in another Chrysopa sp. (Co. quadripunctata Burmeister). In field-trapping experiments, (1R,2S,5R,8R)-iridodial was the only male-specific compound that attracted Co. oculata males. Males also were weakly attracted to (1R,4aS,7S,7aR)-nepetalactol (an aphid sex pheromone component), probably due to the 5% (1R,2S,5R,8R)-iridodial present in the synthetic sample as an impurity. A herbivore-induced plant volatile, methyl salicylate, increased attraction of males to (1R,2S,5R,8R)-iridodial, whereas 1-tridecene was antagonistic. No females were caught in the entire study. Scanning electron micrographs revealed numerous male-specific, elliptical epidermal glands on the 3rd-8th abdominal sternites of Co. oculata, which are likely the pheromone glands. Another lacewing species, Chrysoperla rufilabris (Burmeister) (Cl. = Chrysoperla), did not produce male-specific volatiles or possess the type of gland presumed to produce pheromone in Co. oculata males, but (Z)-4-tridecene was identified as a major antennal-stimulatory compound from thoracic extracts of both sexes of Cl. rufilabris. Thus, (1R,2S,5R,8R)-iridodial (or its enantiomer) is now identified as a male-produced male aggregation pheromone for Co. oculata, the first pheromone identified for lacewings.     

Graphene-Based Sensors for the Detection of Bioactive Compounds: A Review

Over the last years, different nanomaterials have been investigated to design highly selective and sensitive sensors, reaching nano/picomolar concentrations of biomolecules, which is crucial for medical sciences and the healthcare industry in order to assess physiological and metabolic parameters. The discovery of graphene (G) has unexpectedly impulsed research on developing cost-effective electrode materials owed to its unique physical and chemical properties, including high specific surface area, elevated carrier mobility, exceptional electrical and thermal conductivity, strong stiffness and strength combined with flexibility and optical transparency. G and its derivatives, including graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO), are becoming an important class of nanomaterials in the area of optical and electrochemical sensors. The presence of oxygenated functional groups makes GO nanosheets amphiphilic, facilitating chemical functionalization. G-based nanomaterials can be easily combined with different types of inorganic nanoparticles, including metals and metal oxides, quantum dots, organic polymers, and biomolecules, to yield a wide range of nanocomposites with enhanced sensitivity for sensor applications. This review provides an overview of recent research on G-based nanocomposites for the detection of bioactive compounds, providing insights on the unique advantages offered by G and its derivatives. Their synthesis process, functionalization routes, and main properties are summarized, and the main challenges are also discussed. The antioxidants selected for this review are melatonin, gallic acid, tannic acid, resveratrol, oleuropein, hydroxytyrosol, tocopherol, ascorbic acid, and curcumin. They were chosen owed to their beneficial properties for human health, including antibiotic, antiviral, cardiovascular protector, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, cytoprotective, neuroprotective, antiageing, antidegenerative, and antiallergic capacity. The sensitivity and selectivity of G-based electrochemical and fluorescent sensors are also examined. Finally, the future outlook for the development of G-based sensors for this type of biocompounds is outlined.     

The Emerging Roles of Chromogranins and Derived Polypeptides in Atherosclerosis,Diabetes, and Coronary Heart Disease

Chromogranin A (CgA), B (CgB), and C (CgC), the family members of the granin glycoproteins, are associated with diabetes. These proteins are abundantly expressed in neurons, endocrine, and neuroendocrine cells. They are also present in other areas of the body. Patients with diabetic retinopathy have higher levels of CgA, CgB, and CgC in the vitreous humor. In addition, type 1 diabetic patients have high CgA and low CgB levels in the circulating blood. Plasma CgA levels are increased in patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease, and heart failure. CgA is the precursor to several functional peptides, including catestatin, vasostatin-1, vasostatin-2, pancreastatin, chromofungin, and many others. Catestatin, vasostain-1, and vasostatin-2 suppress the expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in human vascular endothelial cells. Catestatin and vasostatin-1 suppress oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced foam cell formation in human macrophages. Catestatin and vasostatin-2, but not vasostatin-1, suppress the proliferation and these three peptides suppress the migration in human vascular smooth muscles. Chronic infusion of catestatin, vasostatin-1, or vasostatin-2 suppresses the development of atherosclerosis of the aorta in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. Catestatin, vasostatin-1, vasostatin-2, and chromofungin protect ischemia/reperfusion-induced myocardial dysfunction in rats. Since pancreastatin inhibits insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells, and regulates glucose metabolism in liver and adipose tissues, pancreastatin inhibitor peptide-8 (PSTi8) improves insulin resistance and glucose homeostasis. Catestatin stimulates therapeutic angiogenesis in the mouse hind limb ischemia model. Gene therapy with secretoneurin, a CgC-derived peptide, stimulates postischemic neovascularization in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice and streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice, and improves diabetic neuropathy in db/db mice. Therefore, CgA is a biomarker for atherosclerosis, diabetes, hypertension, and coronary heart disease. CgA- and CgC--derived polypeptides provide the therapeutic target for atherosclerosis and ischemia-induced tissue damages. PSTi8 is useful in the treatment of diabetes.     

A review of liquid silicone rubber injection molding: Process variables and process modeling

Liquid silicone rubber (LSR) is an elastomer molded into critical performance components for applications in medical, power, consumer, automotive, and aerospace applications. This article reviews process behavior, material modeling, and simulation of the (LSR) injection molding process. Each phase of the LSR injection molding process is discussed, including resin handling, plastication, injection, pack and hold, and curing; and factors affecting the molding process are reviewed. Processing behavior of LSR is marked by transient interactions between curing, shear rate, temperature, pressure, and tooling. Therefore, current LSR models for curing, viscosity, pressure, and temperature are discussed. Process dynamics and material modeling are combined in LSR injection molding simulations with applications in mold design, troubleshooting process-induced defects, and management of shear stress and non-uniform temperatures between LSR and substrates during overmolding. Finally, case studies using commercial simulation software are presented, which have shown cavity pressure and flow front advancement within 3% of experimental values. Optimization of LSR materials, data collection, model fitting, venting, and bonding remain areas of continued interest.     

Using symmetry to understand the attributes of color

The common attributes of color are distinguishable by their symmetries. Hue, saturation, chroma, chromaticness, whiteness, and blackness symmetries are discussed. Symmetries are generally not sufficient to specify unique formulas for color attributes, nor are they an endorsement of color model accuracy. However, symmetries do provide constraints for valid formulae, which are useful even when symmetries are only approximate. They also provide an alternate conceptual understanding of color attributes that differs from standard color science definitions. Symmetries provide a simplified framework for calculating groups of colors that share color attributes. Color models examined include the Hunt Model, a simple color model (SCM), various CIE color spaces, and IPT. A general functional form describes symmetries and scaling laws for many color models, and exceptions are discussed. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 33, 27–44, 2008     

Potential of Polyvinylidene Fluoride/Carbon Nanotube Composite in Energy,Electronics, and Membrane Technology: An Overview

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) is a semicrystalline thermoplastic and electroactive polymer with piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties, thermal stability, elasticity, and chemical resistance. PVDF exits in five different phases (α, β, δ, γ, and ε-phase). Unique properties of this polymer enhances its use in chemical, biomedical, and electronic industries such as supercapacitors, transducers, actuators, and batteries. Carbon nanotube (CNT) is used as reinforcement to exploit full potential of PVDF in energy, electronics, and membrane technology. The nanofiller affects morphology, piezoelectric, pyroelectric, electrical, dielectric, thermal, and mechanical properties of PVDF-based nanocomposite. CNT content and chemical modification influence properties as well as application of PVDF.     

Pheromonal activity of single castoreum constituents in beaver,Castor canadensis

Behavioral activity of single components of beaver castoreum was demonstrated for the first time. In four experiments samples were presented to free-ranging beaver in their family territories. First, responses to whole castoreum and anal gland secretion (AGS) from males and females were tested. Second, 24 compounds, known to be constituents of beaver castoreum, were individually screened for activity. Four of these consistently released immediate responses during the observation periods. These are the phenols 4-ethylphenol and 1,2-dihydroxybenzene and the ketones acetophenone and 3-hydroxyacetophenone. In the most complete responses, the beaver sniffed from the water, were attracted to the odor, swam toward its source, went on land, and then approached, sniffed, pawed, and scent-marked the artificial scent mound. 4-Ethoxyphenol, a compound not yet found in castoreum, also released these responses. Five additional compounds resulted in a few delayed visits to the samples during the night following the observations, as evidenced by destroyed scent mounds. These are 4-methyl-1,2-dihydroxybenzene, 4-methoxyacetophenone, 5-methoxysalicylic acid, salicylaldehyde, and 3-hydroxybenzoic acid. Third, mixtures of 24 and six compounds were tested. Responses to these mixtures could be as strong as those to whole castoreum. Fourth, the four regularly active compounds were tested in two additional beaver populations and proved to be active there, too. The response was strongest in the densest beaver population.     

Enhancing the daytime conspicuity of pedestrians through the usage of fluorescent materials

The issue of daytime, pedestrian visibility, especially where occupational activities are involved, can be well served by bringing existing and related knowledge on high-visibility materials together with new product capabilities. Formulated strategically, this information can beneficially serve the personal safety of our society. This particular form of personal safety involves being seen, most critically, by operators of motorized vehicles. Therefore, the issues of visibility, visibility enhancement, and conspicuity are focused upon through the use of high-visibility materials. High-visibility materials include but are not limited to retroreflective forms. In daytime and dusk/dawn conditions, fluorescent-colored products can serve as high-visibility materials used to effectively generate enhanced conspicuity. the time has now come to more aggressively research what we may intuitively believe and then apply this knowledge. to more fully grasp what is involved, we must take into account the following: 1. a basic understanding of fluorescence, 2. basic human vision and perception, 3. situations calling for enhanced conspicuity, 4. strategies for use, 5. product development, 6. specfications, guidelines and standards, 7. public education, and awareness. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Analyses of Avocado (Persea americana) Nectar Properties and their Perception by Honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Honey bees are important avocado pollinators. However, due to the low attractiveness of flowers, pollination is often inadequate. Previous work has revealed that avocado honey is relatively unattractive to honey bees when compared with honey from competing flowers. We characterized avocado honey and nectar with respect to their odor, color, and composition of sugars, phenolic compounds, and minerals. Furthermore, we tested how honey bees perceive these parameters, using the proboscis extension response bioassay and preference experiments with free-flying bees. Naïve bees were indifferent to odors of avocado and citrus flowers and honey. Experienced bees, which were collected in the field during the blooming season, responded preferentially to odor of citrus flowers. The unique sugar composition of avocado nectar, which contains almost exclusively sucrose and a low concentration of the rare carbohydrate perseitol, and the dark brown color of avocado honey, had no negative effects on its attractiveness to the bees. Phenolic compounds extracted from avocado honey were attractive to bees and adding them to a solution of sucrose increased its attractiveness. Compared with citrus nectar and nonavocado honey, avocado nectar and honey were rich in a wide range of minerals, including potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, sulfur, iron, and copper. Potassium and phosphorus, the two major minerals, both had a repellent effect on the bees. Possible explanations for the presence of repellent components in avocado nectar are discussed.