Acid functionalized single walled carbon nanotubes （CNTs） were grafted to chitosan by first reacting the oxidized CNTs with thionyl chloride to form acyl-chlorinated CNTs. This product was subsequently dispersed in ...Acid functionalized single walled carbon nanotubes （CNTs） were grafted to chitosan by first reacting the oxidized CNTs with thionyl chloride to form acyl-chlorinated CNTs. This product was subsequently dispersed in chitosan and covalently grafted to form CNT-chitosan. CNT-chitosan was further grafted onto 3-trimethoxysilylpropyl methacrylate by free radical polymerization conditions, to yield CNT-g-chitosan-g-3-trimethoxysilylpropyl methacrylate （TMSPM）, hereafter referred to as CNT-chitosan-3-TMSPM. These composites were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Resonance Spectroscopy （FTIR）, carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance （13C NMR）, Yhermogravimetric Analysis （TGA）, scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and transmission electron microscopy （TEM）. The composite showed improved thermal stability and could be of great potential use in bone tissue engineering.展开更多
In this study, factors affecting the crystal structure of flame-synthesized Y2O3 ：Eu particles were investigated, especially the particle size effect and its interaction with Eu doping concentration, Polydisperse Y2O...In this study, factors affecting the crystal structure of flame-synthesized Y2O3 ：Eu particles were investigated, especially the particle size effect and its interaction with Eu doping concentration, Polydisperse Y2O3：Eu （size range 200 nm to 3μm） powder samples with Eu doping concentrations from 2,5 mol% to 25 mol% were generated in either H2/air or H2/O2 substrate-free flames. The crystal structure of the powder samples was determined by powder X-ray diffraction （XRD）, which was complemented by pho- toluminescence （PL） measurements. Single particle crystal structure was determined by single particle selected area electron diffraction （SAED）, and for the first time, by electron backscatter diffraction （EBSD）. H2/air flames resulted in cubic phase Y2O3：Eu particles with hollow morphology and irregular shapes, Particles from H2/O2 flames had dense and spherical morphology; samples with lower Eu doping concen- trations had mixed cubic/monoclinic phases; samples with the highest Eu doping concentrations were phase-pure monoclinic. For samples generated from H2/02 flames, a particle size effect and its interaction with Eu doping concentration were found： particles smaller than a critical diameter had the monoclinic phase, and this critical diameter increased with increasing Eu doping concentration, These findings suggest that the formation of monoclinic Y2O3：Eu is inevitable when extremely hot substrate-free flames are used, because typical flame-synthesized Y203 ：Eu particle sizes are well below the critical diameter, However, it may be possible to generate particles with dense, spherical morphology and the desired cubic structure by using a moderately high flame temperature that enables fast sintering without melting the particles.展开更多
文摘Acid functionalized single walled carbon nanotubes （CNTs） were grafted to chitosan by first reacting the oxidized CNTs with thionyl chloride to form acyl-chlorinated CNTs. This product was subsequently dispersed in chitosan and covalently grafted to form CNT-chitosan. CNT-chitosan was further grafted onto 3-trimethoxysilylpropyl methacrylate by free radical polymerization conditions, to yield CNT-g-chitosan-g-3-trimethoxysilylpropyl methacrylate （TMSPM）, hereafter referred to as CNT-chitosan-3-TMSPM. These composites were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Resonance Spectroscopy （FTIR）, carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance （13C NMR）, Yhermogravimetric Analysis （TGA）, scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and transmission electron microscopy （TEM）. The composite showed improved thermal stability and could be of great potential use in bone tissue engineering.
基金Financial support for this work was provided by Texas A&M University and Texas Engineering Experiment Station
文摘In this study, factors affecting the crystal structure of flame-synthesized Y2O3 ：Eu particles were investigated, especially the particle size effect and its interaction with Eu doping concentration, Polydisperse Y2O3：Eu （size range 200 nm to 3μm） powder samples with Eu doping concentrations from 2,5 mol% to 25 mol% were generated in either H2/air or H2/O2 substrate-free flames. The crystal structure of the powder samples was determined by powder X-ray diffraction （XRD）, which was complemented by pho- toluminescence （PL） measurements. Single particle crystal structure was determined by single particle selected area electron diffraction （SAED）, and for the first time, by electron backscatter diffraction （EBSD）. H2/air flames resulted in cubic phase Y2O3：Eu particles with hollow morphology and irregular shapes, Particles from H2/O2 flames had dense and spherical morphology; samples with lower Eu doping concen- trations had mixed cubic/monoclinic phases; samples with the highest Eu doping concentrations were phase-pure monoclinic. For samples generated from H2/02 flames, a particle size effect and its interaction with Eu doping concentration were found： particles smaller than a critical diameter had the monoclinic phase, and this critical diameter increased with increasing Eu doping concentration, These findings suggest that the formation of monoclinic Y2O3：Eu is inevitable when extremely hot substrate-free flames are used, because typical flame-synthesized Y203 ：Eu particle sizes are well below the critical diameter, However, it may be possible to generate particles with dense, spherical morphology and the desired cubic structure by using a moderately high flame temperature that enables fast sintering without melting the particles.
