Waterborne polyurethane （ WBPU ） with controlled biodegradability and biocompatibility was synthesized by using poly （ε-caprolactone） （ PCL ） as the polyglycol, isophorone diisocyanate （IPDI） as the isocyanate, 2 acid （DMPA） as the chain extender and 1, 4-butanediol （BDO） as the hard-segment regulating agent. We found that BDO content significantly influenced mechanical properties, degradable performances and cyto-biocompatibility of PCL-WBPUs. Increasing the BDO content in PCL-WBPU enhanced its tensile strength and decreases strain. Enzymolysis and hydrolysis properties were also regulated by BDO content, but with different meechanisms. Cyto- biocompatibility was evaluated with ATDC5 cells. The results show that the biodegradability of PCL-WBPU is significantly determined by BDO content, which exerts a serious influence on its polymer structure, leading to resultant degradable properties.
Phosphorus atomic chains, the narrowest nanostructures of black phosphorus （BP）, are highly relevant to the in-depth development of BP-based one-dimensional （1D） nano-electronics components. In this study, we report a top-down route for the preparation of phosphorus atomic chains via electron beam sculpturing inside a transmission electron microscope （TEM）. The growth and dynamics （i.e., rupture and edge migration） of 1D phosphorus chains are experimentally captured for the first time. Furthermore, the dynamic behavior and associated energetics of the as-formed phosphorus chains are further investigated by density functional theory （DFT） calculations. It is hoped that these 1D BP structures will serve as a novel platform and inspire further exploration of the versatile properties of BP.
Zhangru XiaoJingsi QiaoWanglin LuGuojun YeXianhui ChenZe ZhangWei JiJixue LiChuanhong Jin
For coupled system of multilayer dynamics of fluids in porous media, thecharacteristic alternating-direction finite element methods for nonrectangular regions applicable toparallel arithmetic are put forward and two-dimensional and three-dimensional schemes are used toform a complete set. Some techniques, such as calculus of variations, isoparametric transformation,patch approximation, operator-splitting, characteristic method, negative norm estimate, energymethod, the theory of prior estimates and techniques are used. For the nonrectangular regions case,optimal order estimates in L^2 norm are derived for the error in the approximation solution. Thusthe well-known theoretical problem has been thoroughly and completely solved. These methods havebeen successfully used in multilayer oil resources migration-accumulation numerical simulation.
The maximum refrigeration power dependence on the doping density in the p-BaTiO3/BaTiO3/SrTiO3/BaTiO3/ n-BaTiO3 system and in the p-AlGaAs/AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs/n-AlGaAs system is obtained respectively based on the opto-thermionic refrigeration model. The results show that the maximum refrigeration power in the p-BaTiO3/BaTiO3/SrTiO3/BaTiO3/n-BaTiO3 system increases dramatically with the increase of doping density from 1.0×1018 cm-3 to 5.0×1019 cm-3 while that in the p-AlGaAs/AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs/n-AlGaAs system is nearly a constant. It is found that the different Auger coefficients and the competition between radiative power and dissipation power lead to the different behavior of the maximum refrigeration power dependence on the doping density of the two systems.
Phase transition process and magnetic entropy change -Delta S of Ni55.2Mn18.6Ga26.2-xGdx(x=0, 0.05, 0.15) alloys were studied. Ni55.2Mn18.6Ga26.2-xGdx(x=0, 0.05, 0.15) alloys still underwent simultaneous structural and magnetic transitions and transform from ferro-magnetic martensitic phase to paramagnetic austenitic phase during heating. Under a field of 2 T, the maximum magnetic entropy change -Delta S-M of Ni55.2Mn18.6Ga26.15Gd0.05 alloy was 7.7 J/kg.K at 317 K during heating and 8.6 J/kg.K at 314 K during cooling while it was 11.8 J/kg.K at 317 K in Ni55.2Mn18.6Ga26.05Gd0.15 alloy during heating.
Employing the method which can be used to demonstrate the infinite conservation laws for the standard Kortewegde Vries （KdV） equation, we prove that the variable-coeFficient KdV equation under the Painlevé test condition also possesses the formal conservation laws.
This paper addresses the significance of preprocessing big data collected during a tunnel boring machine(TBM)excavation before it is used for machine learning on various TBM performance predictions.The research work is based on two water diversion tunneling projects that cover 29.52 km and 17051 boring cycles.It has been found that the penetration rate calculated from the raw measured penetration distances exhibits more random behavior owing to their percussive and vibratory behavior of the cutterhead.A moving average method to process the negative instantaneous velocities and a noise reduction filter to deal with signals with abnormal frequencies have been recommended.An index called the drilling efficiency index is introduced to assess the relationships between the mechanical parameters in a boring cycle,whose linear regression coefficient R^(2)is taken for a preliminary investigation of possible problems requiring preprocessing.The research work defines the irrelevant data whose errors are caused by human or mechanical mistakes,and therefore should be cleaned or amended.These irrelevant data can be divided into five categories:(1)premature cycles,(2)sensor defects,(3)mechanical defects,(4)human interruption,and(5)missing files.A program TBM-Processing has been coded for the recognition and classification of these categories.PDF books generated by the program have been uploaded at GitHub to encourage discussions,collaboration,and upgrading of the data processing work with our peers.
In Yingzuijie National Nature Reserve, Pinus massoniana forest, mixed broadleaf-coniferous forest and evergreen broad-leaf forest were investigated to study the changing characteristics of woody debris （WD） during various succession stages o1 evergreen broad-leaf forest. The results showed that during various succession stages of evergreen broad-leaf forest in Yingzuijie National Nature Reserve, WD storage of each forest ranged from 1.26 to 8.82 t/hm^2, with the order of P. massoniana forest 〈 mixed broadleaf-coniferous forest 〈 evergreen broad-leaf forest, that is, it increased from early to late stages of the succession. At different succession stages, coarse woody debris （CWD） storage was 2 -9 times more than fine woody debris （FWD） storage, revealing that CWD was dominant in WD of each forest. CWD biomass accounted for 0.66% -2.21% of arbor biomass, so the forests were at the developmental stage.
