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Effects of heat treatment on mechanical properties and microstructure of tungsten fi ber reinforced grey cast iron matrix composites
In this study, grey cast iron matrix composites reinforced by different volume fractions of tungsten fibers (Vr = 0.95 %, 1.90 %, 2.85 %, 3.80 %) were investigated in as-cast and under the heat treatment temperatures of 1,000℃ and 1,100℃. The microstructure and mechanical properties of the composites were analyzed and tested by means of SEM, micro-hardness tester and three-point bend testing. The results show that with increasing of the volume fraction of tungsten fibers, the composites reinforced by the tungsten fiber have higher fl exural strength and modulus than that of cast iron without reinforcement, and the fl exural strength increases with the increasing of heat treatment temperatures. Due to diffusion reaction between matrix and reinforcing phases, the process of heat treatment, the number of graphite fl akes in the matrix seemingly becomes lower; and some hard carbide particles are formed around the residual tungsten fi bers. Not only does the hardness of both matrix and reinforcement change tremendously, but also the region of reinforcement is also extended from the original 0.11 mm to 0.19 mm in radius
Gate defined quantum dot realized in a single crystalline InSb nanosheet
Single crystalline InSb nanosheet is an emerging planar semiconductor
material with potential applications in electronics, infrared optoelectronics,
spintronics and topological quantum computing. Here we report on realization of
a quantum dot device from a single crystalline InSb nanosheet grown by
molecular-beam epitaxy. The device is fabricated from the nanosheet on a
Si/SiO2 substrate and the quantum dot confinement is achieved by top gate
technique. Transport measurements show a series of Coulomb diamonds,
demonstrating that the quantum dot is well defined and highly tunable. Tunable,
gate-defined, planar InSb quantum dots offer a renewed platform for developing
semiconductor-based quantum computation technology.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figure
Anisotropic Pauli spin-blockade effect and spin-orbit interaction field in an InAs nanowire double quantum dot
We report on experimental detection of the spin-orbit interaction field in an
InAs nanowire double quantum dot device. In the spin blockade regime, leakage
current through the double quantum dot is measured and is used to extract the
effects of spin-orbit interaction and hyperfine interaction on spin state
mixing. At finite magnetic fields, the leakage current arising from the
hyperfine interaction is suppressed and the spin-orbit interaction dominates
spin state mixing. We observe dependence of the leakage current on the applied
magnetic field direction and determine the direction of the spin-orbit
interaction field. We show that the spin-orbit field lies in a direction
perpendicular to the nanowire axis but with a pronounced off-substrate-plane
angle. It is for the first time that such an off-substrate-plane spin-orbit
field in an InAs nanowire has been detected. The results are expected to have
an important implication in employing InAs nanowires to construct spin-orbit
qubits and topological quantum devices.Comment: 20 pages, 5 figures, Supporting Informatio
Microfluidic production of porous chitosan/silica hybrid microspheres and its Cu(II) adsorption performance
AbstractWaste water with heavy metal ions has been of great concern because of its increased discharge, toxic and some other bad effects on human beings or the environment. In this article, monodispersed chitosan/silica hybrid microspheres with porous structure and large specific surface area were successfully prepared by using microfluidic technology and they have advantages in mechanical property and adsorption of heavy metal ions such as Cu(II). In the optimum condition, porous chitosan/silica hybrid microspheres with 1.0wt.% TEOS in the dispersed phase and pre-solidified for 3h have enhanced mechanical intensity, faster adsorption kinetic and larger equilibrium adsorption amount of Cu(II) compared to the porous chitosan microspheres. The mechanical intensity and adsorption rate of the porous hybrid microspheres were 1.5 times and two times of porous chitosan microspheres, respectively. Meantime, the adsorption capacity was increased by 25%. The porous hybrid microspheres have good potentials in the applications of removing heavy metal ions from waste water
Two-dimensional Mott variable-range hopping transport in a disordered MoS nanoflake
The transport characteristics of a disordered MoS nanoflake in the
insulator regime are studied by electrical and magnetotransport measurements.
The layered MoS nanoflake is exfoliated from a bulk MoS crystal and the
conductance and magnetoresistance are measured in a four-probe setup over a
wide range of temperatures. At high temperatures, we observe that
exhibits a temperature dependence and the transport in the nanoflake
dominantly arises from thermal activation. At low temperatures, where the
transport in the nanoflake dominantly takes place via variable-range hopping
(VRH) processes, we observe that exhibits a
temperature dependence, an evidence for the two-dimensional (2D) Mott VRH
transport. The measured low-field magnetoresistance of the nanoflake in the
insulator regime exhibits a quadratic magnetic field dependence with , fully consistent with the 2D Mott VRH transport
in the nanoflake.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures, and Supplemental Material
CHARACTERISTICS AND KINETICS OF BIOMASS PYLOLYSIS IN A MICRO FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR
A Micro Fluidized Bed Reactor (MFBR) was developed to enable on-line pulse feeding and isothermal differential reaction of particle reactant. Application of the MFBR to biomass pyrolysis demonstrated that the resulting globe kinetics parameters were 11.77 kJ/mol and 1.45 s-1 on the gas release characteristics, respectively
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