简介:Duetotheirsize-dependentpropertiesandflexibleprocessingchemistry(Alivisatos,1996),monodispersednanocrystalshaveattractedconsiderableattentionfortheirdistinguishedroleinfundamentalstudiesandtechnicalapplications.AlthoughmuchhasbeenreportedonfabricationofmonodispersedinorganicnanocrystalssuchasFe2O3,CdSe,PbSeandZrO2(Peng&Peng,2002;Zhuetal.,2002;Niederbergeretal.,2002;Pangetal.,2001),littlepublishedonthepreparationofBaSO4nanocrystalsandtheircrystalsizeandmorphologywhichaffecttheirperformanceinapplication.PolymeradditiveswithcomplexfunctionshavebeenusedastemplatestodirectorientednucleationandgrowthofBaSO4(Xiaoetal.,2001;Yuetal.,2002;Summersetal.,2002),asanewclassoffunctionalpolymers,theso-calleddouble-hydrophilicblockcopolymers,designedtocontrolthemorphologyofBaSO4(Colfenetal.,2002),includingtheirnanofiberssynthesizedinAOTmicroemulsion(Li&Mann,2000).ThoughsomuchresearchhasbeendevotedtocontrollingtheBaSO4morphologies,thepresentnotewillreportonthesynthesisofBaSO4nanocrystalswithsizecontrolling.
简介:Electronicsystemswithlargestretchabilityhavemanyapplications.Apreciselycontrolledbucklingstrategytoincreasethestretchabilityhasbeendemonstratedbycombininglithographicallypatternedsurfacebondingchemistryandabucklingprocess.Thebuckledgeometrywasassumedtohaveasinusoidalform,whichmayresultinerrorstodeterminethestrainsinthefilm.Atheoreticalmodelispresentedinthislettertostudythemechanicsofthistypeofthinfilm/substratesystembydiscardingtheass...
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简介:Nano-sizedhexagonalmagnesiumhydroxide(Mg(OH)2)withgooddispersibilitywassynthesizedbyadoubleinjection-hydrothermalmethod,utilizingpolyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP)asanadditiveandwithoptimizedprocessingparameters.SEMandBETanalysisshowedthatthemeanparticlesizeandspecificsurfaceareaoftheMg(OH)2particleswere174nmand50.77m2/g,respectively.TheFT-IRspectraandtheXRDpatternsshowedthatPVPwasadsorbedonthesurfaceoftheMg(OH)2crystal,thuseffectivelylimitingparticleagglomerationandhinderingcrystalgrowthalongthe(101)plane.TGAshowedadecreaseinthedecompositiontemperatureandanincreaseintheweightlossoftheMg(OH)2particlesduetoadditionofPVP.
简介:Remainingusefullife(RUL)estimationisatopicthathasgainedmoreandmoreattentioninthefieldoffluidpowersystems,thankstothetremendouspotentialsshownforimprovingsafetyandreducedproductionlosses.However,manychallengesrelatedtoRULestimationarenotsolvedyet,mainlyconnectedtothedefinitionofthehealthstatusofeachcomponent.Aprognosticmethodbasedonadata-drivenmethodologyforhydraulicsystemsishereproposedtoestimatethepercentageoflifealreadyspentbythemonitoredcomponents.Thepotentialsofthemethodologyareshownconsideringthecaseofatruck-mountedhydrauliccrane,forwhichasimulationmodelwasavailable.