Daily Weather Maps as Illustrations of Weather Types

Author Institution: Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, Columbus 1

Melt mixed PCL/MWCNT composites prepared at different rotation speeds: Characterization of rheological, thermal, and electrical properties, molecular weight, MWCNT macrodispersion, and MWCNT length distribution

Composites of poly(caprolactone) (PCL) and 0.5 wt.% multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) were prepared by melt-mixing in a conical twin-screw micro-compounder by varying the rotation speed between 25 and 400 rpm at constant mixing time and temperature. The state of dispersion analyzed by light microscopy was improved with increasing rotation speed but levels off starting at about 100 rpm. PCL molecular weight as well as crystallization and melting behavior did show only insignificant difference when varying the rotation speed. Concerning melt rheological properties, storage modulus G′ and complex viscosity η* at 0.1 rad/s increased up to a rotation speed of about 75 rpm illustrating improved dispersion. When further increasing the speed G′ and η* decreased which was attributed to more pronounced nanotube shortening as quantified by TEM measurements. Both effects - improved dispersion and nanotube shortening - are also reflected in the electrical resistivity values of compression molded samples which show a minimum of resistivity at the rotation speed of 75 rpm corresponding to a specific mechanical energy input of 0.47 kWh/kg. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

A discussion and preliminary evaluation of nudging as an environmental policy instrument

Traditional environmental policy instruments have not always proven successful in fostering environmentally friendly behaviour. The question remains: how can policymakers tackle the attitude-behaviour gap when it comes to pro- environmental choices and sustainable lifestyles? One solution that has emerged is green nudging, a new and potentially promising policy tool born of behavioural economics and experimental psychology. This paper contributes to the current discussion surrounding green nudging with an extensive overview of the subject and the establishment of a policy evaluative framework, which, in addition to incorporating the criteria, efficacy and effectiveness, focuses on the commonly neglected dimension of ethics. A preliminary policy evaluation of two types of nudging — defaults and social norms — suggests that while green nudging has proven to be both efficacious in laboratory settings and effective in real life, there remain many ethical concerns that must be accounted for in the implementation of this new policy instrument. Policymakers may be able to use these insights to further develop green nudging as a means to promote pro- environmental behaviour and come a step closer to effective and ethical environmental policymaking

An Open-World Extension to Knowledge Graph Completion Models

We present a novel extension to embedding-based knowledge graph completion models which enables them to perform open-world link prediction, i.e. to predict facts for entities unseen in training based on their textual description. Our model combines a regular link prediction model learned from a knowledge graph with word embeddings learned from a textual corpus. After training both independently, we learn a transformation to map the embeddings of an entity's name and description to the graph-based embedding space. In experiments on several datasets including FB20k, DBPedia50k and our new dataset FB15k-237-OWE, we demonstrate competitive results. Particularly, our approach exploits the full knowledge graph structure even when textual descriptions are scarce, does not require a joint training on graph and text, and can be applied to any embedding-based link prediction model, such as TransE, ComplEx and DistMult.Comment: 8 pages, accepted to AAAI-201

Influence of dry grinding in a ball mill on the length of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and their dispersion and percolation behaviour in melt mixed polycarbonate composites

Ball milling of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in the dry state is a common way to produce tailored CNT materials for composite applications, especially to adjust nanotube lengths. For NanocylTM NC7000 nanotube material before and after milling for 5 and 10h the length distributions were quantified using TEM analysis, showing decreases of the mean length to 54% and 35%, respectively. With increasing ball milling time in addition a decrease of agglomerate size and an increase of packing density took place resulting in a worse dispersability in aqueous surfactant solutions. In melt mixed CNT/polycarbonate composites produced using masterbatch dilution step, the electrical properties, the nanotube length distribution after processing, and the nano- and macrodispersion of the nanotubes were studied. The slight increase in the electrical percolation threshold in the melt mixed composites with ball milling time of CNTs can be assigned to lower nanotube lengths as well as the worse dispersability of the ball milled nanotubes. After melt compounding, the mean CNT lengths were shortened to 31%, 50%, and 66% of the initial lengths of NC7000, NC7000-5h, and NC7000-10h, respectively. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd

Establishment, morphology and properties of carbon nanotube networks in polymer melts

As for nanofillers in general, the properties of carbon nanotube (CNT) -polymer composites depend strongly on the filler arrangement and the structure of the filler network. This article reviews our actual understanding of the relation between processing conditions, state of CNT dispersion and structure of the filler network on the one hand, and the resulting electrical, melt rheological and mechanical properties, on the other hand. The as-produced rather compact agglomerates of CNTs (initial agglomerates, >1 μm), whose structure can vary for different tube manufacturers, synthesis and/or purification conditions, have first to be well dispersed in the polymer matrix during the mixing step, before they can be arranged to a filler network with defined physical properties by forming secondary agglomerates. Influencing factors on the melt dispersion of initial agglomerates of multi-walled CNTs into individualized tubes are discussed in context of dispersion mechanisms, namely the melt infiltration into initial agglomerates, agglomerate rupture and nanotube erosion from agglomerate surfaces. The hierarchical morphology of filler arrangement resulting from secondary agglomeration processes has been found to be due to a competition of build-up and destruction for the actual melt temperature and the given external flow field forces. Related experimental results from in-line and laboratory experiments and a model approach for description of shear-induced properties are presented

Preparation and Characterization of Extruded Nanocomposite Based on Polycarbonate/Butadiene-Acrylonitrile-Styrene Blend Filled with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

"This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Marcin, W., Benedito, A., & Gimenez, E. (2014). Preparation and characterization of extruded nanocomposite based on polycarbonate/butadiene‐acrylonitrile‐styrene blend filled with multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 131(10)., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/app.40271. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving."[EN] Nanocomposites of polycarbonate/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (PC/ABS) with multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) prepared by masterbatch dilution are investigated in this work. Melt compounding with twin screw extruder is followed by complete characterization of morphology, rheological-, mechanical-, and thermal-properties of the nanocomposites. Light-transmission- and scanning electron microscopy shows the preferential location of MWCNT in the PC. 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Role of processing history on the mechanical and electrical behavior of melt-compounded polycarbonate-multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposites

This work investigates the effects of primary compounding temperature and secondary melt processes on the mechanical response and electrical resistivity of polycarbonate filled with 3 wt % multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNT). Nanocomposites were melt compounded in an industrial setting at a range of temperatures, and subsequently either injection molded or compression molded to produce specimens for the measurement of electrical resistivity, surface hardness, and uniaxial tensile properties. Secondary melt processing was found to be the dominant process in determining the final properties. The effects observed have been attributed to structural arrangements of the CNT network as suggested by morphological evidence of optical microscopy and resistivity measurements. Properties were found to be relatively insensitive to compounding temperature. The measured elastic moduli were consistent with existing micromechanical models

Improvement of carbon nanotube dispersion in thermoplastic composites using a three roll mill at elevated temperatures

The paper reports the effect of using of a three roll mill as additional dispersion step after twin-screw melt extrusion of nanocomposites containing thermoplastic polymers and multiwalled carbon nanotubes. The three roll milling technology was adapted to elevated temperatures of up to 180 °C and examples are shown for its use in processing of different pre-compounded thermoplastic polymer composites based on polypropylene, polycaprolactone and ethylene-vinyl acetate. The aim is to enhance the state of dispersion achieved by the previous melt extrusion step. In particular, depending on the state of dispersion before three roll milling and the adapted conditions, like number of runs and gap sizes, a reduction of number and size of remaining primary nanotube agglomerates was found. This was studied using light microscopy. The resulting improvements in mechanical properties were assessed and could be attributed to the improved dispersion. In some cases agglomerate free samples could be achieved after the three roll milling process. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd