Direct Measurement of the Metastable Liquid Miscibility Gap in Fe-Co-Cu Ternary Alloy System

The metastable liquid-liquid phase separation in undercooled Fe-Co-Cu ternary alloy melts (Xcu=0.10-0.84;Xco:XFe=1:3, 1:1 and 3:1) is investigated by differential thermal analysis in combination with glass fluxing technique. In almost every case, the undercooling of the homogeneous alloy melt was sufficient to reach the boundary line of the submerged miscibility gap. The differential~thermal-analysis signals indicate that this separation into a (Fe, Co)-rich liquid phase L1 and a Cu-rich liquid L2 is exothermic and proceeds until the rapid solidification of the L1 phase occurs.     

Ternary Eutectic Growth in a Highly Undercooled Liquid Alloy

The crystal nucleation and growth mechanism during the formation of Ag42.4 Cu21.6 Sb36 ternary eutectic are investigated under substantial undercoo]ing conditions. The x-ray diffraction analysis shows that the solidified eutectic phases are not invo]ved (Ag) within a wide undercooling range of 6-114 K. This indicates that under high undercooling condition, the phase constitution of Ag-Cu-Sb eutectic is different from that in the equilibrium phase diagram. With the increase of undercoo]ing, the crystalline morpho]ogy of Ag42.4 Cu21.6 Sb36 alloy transforms from the mixed structure of primary θ(Cu2Sb), two pseudobinary eutectics and (ε θ Sb) ternary eutectic into a unique (ε θ Sb) ternary eutectic. The calculated results indicate that θ(Cu2Sb) is the leading nucleating phase among the three eutectic phases. In addition, the growth morpho]ogy of primary ε(Ag3Sb) compound in Ag60Cu6Sb34 alloy exhibits the characteristics of solid solution and its orthorhombic dendrite grows along the (111) directions.     

聚(2-甲氧基-5-辛氧基)对苯乙炔/单壁碳纳米管复合材料的光致发光特性

采用原位聚合法在无水四氢呋喃(THF)溶液中制备了聚(2-甲氧基-5-辛氧基)对苯乙炔(MOPPV)/单壁碳纳米管(SWNTs)复合材料。通过对该复合材料的红外光谱、X射线衍射、透射电镜、扫描电镜等的研究,证实SWNTs已聚合到MOPPV上且被MOPPV紧密有效地包覆,形成了纳米线网状结构。通过紫外-可见(UV-Vis)吸收光谱和光致发光(PL)谱发现:随着SWNTs掺杂量的增加,该复合材料的吸收强度逐渐增强且最大吸收峰出现红移,其发光强度呈现先升高后降低的趋势,发光峰蓝移。当SWNTs掺杂质量分数为3.85%时,复合材料的发光强度最大,此时最大发光峰位较纯MOPPV蓝移8 nm。研究结果表明:在MOPPV中掺入一定量的SWNTs,能有效地增强复合材料的光致发光强度。     

Amorphous-crystalline dual-layer structures resulting from metastable liquid phase separation in(Fe₅₀Co₂₅B₁₅Si₁₀)₈₀Cu₂₀ melt-spun ribbons

(Fe50Co25B15Si10)80Cu20 ribbons are prepared by using the single-roller melt-spinning method.A dual-layer structure consisting of a(Fe,Co)-rich amorphous phase and a Cu-rich crystalline phase forms due to metastable liquid phase separation before solidification.The magnetic hysteresis loops of the as-quenched and annealed samples are measured at room temperature.It is indicated that the coercivity of the ribbon is almost zero in the as-quenched state.The crystallization leads to the increase of coercivity and decrease of saturation magnetization.     

退火温度对聚对苯乙炔MOPPV-ZnSe量子点复合材料太阳电池性能影响

利用原位缩合法制备了聚(2-甲氧基-5辛氧基)对苯乙炔(MOPPV)-ZnSe量子点复合材料,通过对复合材料的X射线衍射、透射电子显微镜、扫描电子显微镜、紫外可见吸收光谱等研究,发现聚合物MOPPV与ZnSe量子点以包覆形式有效地复合在一起,复合材料中ZnSe量子点结晶性良好,尺寸约为4 nm;且两者之间发生光诱导电荷转移,复合材料随着退火温度的升高,其吸收光谱范围发生红移。通过对MOPPV-ZnSe复合材料光电性能的研究发现,复合材料光电性能随着退火温度的升高逐渐表现出明显的二极管特性,转换效率出现先增大后减小的趋势,且在160℃时转换效率达到最大为0.3726%。     

Formation of L10-FeNi hard magnetic material from FeNi-based amorphous alloys

L1₀-FeNi hard magnetic alloy with coercivity reaching 861 Oe was synthesized through annealing Fe₄₂Ni_41.3Si₈B₄P₄Cu_0.7 amorphous alloy, and the L1₀-FeNi formation mechanism has been studied. It is found the L1₀-FeNi in annealed samples at 400 ℃ mainly originated from the residual amorphous phase during the second stage of crystallization which could take place over 60 ℃ lower than the measured onset temperature of the second stage with a 5 ℃/min heating rate. Annealing at 400 ℃ after fully crystallization still caused a slight increase of coercivity, which was probably contributed by the limited transformation from other high temperature crystalline phases towards L1₀ phase, or the removal of B from L1₀ lattice and improvement of the ordering quality of L1₀ phase due to the reduced temperature from 520 ℃ to 400 ℃. The first stage of crystallization has hardly direct contribution to L1₀-FeNi formation. Ab initio simulations show that the addition of Si or Co in L1₀-FeNi has the effect of enhancing the thermal stability of L1₀ phase without seriously deteriorating its magnetic hardness. The non-monotonic feature of direction dependent coercivity in ribbon segments resulted from the combination of domain wall pinning and demagnetization effects. The approaches of synthesizing L1₀-FeNi magnets by adding Si or Co and decreasing the onset crystallization temperature have been discussed in detail.     

Amorphous-crystalline dual-layer structures resulting from metastable liquid phase separation in （Fe50Co25B15Si10）80Cu20 melt-spun ribbons

（Fe50Co25B15Si10）80Cu20 ribbons are prepared by using the single-roller melt-spinning method. A dual-layer structure consisting of a （Fe, Co）-rich amorphous phase and a Cu-rich crystalline phase forms due to metastable liquid phase separation before solidification. The magnetic hysteresis loops of the as-quenched and annealed samples are measured at room temperature. It is indicated that the coercivity of the ribbon is almost zero in the as-quenched state. The crystallization leads to the increase of coercivity and decrease of saturation magnetization.     

Rapid eutectic growth in undercooled Al-Ge alloy under free fall condition

Eutectic growth in Al-51.6%wt Ge alloy has been investigated during free fall in a drop tube. With decreasing undercooling ΔT, the microstructural evolution has shown a transition from lamellar eutectic to anomalous eutectic. A maximum cooling rate of 4.2×10^4K/s and undercooling of up to 240K (0.35T_E) are obtained in the experiment. The eutectic coupled zone is calculated on the basis of current eutectic and dendritic growth theories, which covers a composition range from 48%－59% Ge and leans towards the Ge-rich side. The two critical undercoolings for the eutectic transition are ΔT_1^*=101K and ΔT_2^*=178K. When ΔT≤ΔT^*_1, the microstructure for Al-51.6% Ge eutectic shows lamellar eutectic. If ΔT≥ΔT^*_2, the microstructure shows anomalous eutectic. In the intermediate range of ΔT^*_1<ΔT<ΔT^*_2, the microstructure is the mixture of the above two types of eutectics.     

High undercooling of bulk water during acoustic levitation

The experiments on undercooling of acoustically levitated water drops with the radius of 5-8 mm are carried out, and the maximum undercooling of 24 K is obtained in such a containerless state. Various factors influencing the undercoolability of water under acoustic levitation are synthetically analyzed. The experimental results indicate that impurities tend to decrease the undercooling level, whereas the dominant factor is the effect of ultrasound. The stirring and cavitation effects of ultrasound tend to stimulate the nucleation of water and prevent further bulk undercooling in experiments. The stirring effect provides some extra energy fluctuation to overcome the thermodynamic barrier for nucleation. The local high pressure caused by cavitation effect increases the local undercooling in water and stimulates nucleation before the achievement of a large bulk undercooling. According to the cooling curves, the dendrite growth velocity of ice is estimated, which is in good agreement with the theoretical prediction at the lower undercooling. The theoretical calculation predicts a dendrite growth velocity of 0.23 m/s corresponding to the maximum undercooling of 24 K, at which the rapid solidification of ice occurs.