Crosslinking treatments for a commercially available aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membrane were carried out to improve its chlorine resistance.The crosslinking agents including 1,6-hexanediol diglycidyl ether,ad...Crosslinking treatments for a commercially available aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membrane were carried out to improve its chlorine resistance.The crosslinking agents including 1,6-hexanediol diglycidyl ether,adipoyl dichloride and hexamethylene diisocyanate ester with long flexible aliphatic chains and high reactivity with N-H groups were used in the experiments.Attenuated total reflective Fourier transform infrared spectra verified the successful preparation of highly crosslinked membranes by crosslinking treatments.It was suggested that the crosslinking agents were connected to membrane surface through the reactions with amine and amide Ⅱ groups,which is confirmed by surface charge measurements.Based on contact angle measurements,crosslinking treatments decreased membrane hydrophilicity by introducing methylene groups to membrane surface.With increasing amount of crosslinking agent molecules connected to membrane surface,the hydrolysis of unconnected functional groups of crosslinking agent produced polar groups and increased membrane hydrophilicity.The highly crosslinked membranes showed higher salt rejections and lower water fluxes as compared with the raw membrane.Since the active sites(N-H groups) vulnerable to free chlorine on membrane surface were eliminated by crosslinking treatments,the chlorine resistances of the highly crosslinked membranes were significantly improved by slighter changes in both water fluxes and salt rejections after chlorination.展开更多
Rutherford backscattering and channeling spectrometry (RBS/C) are used to identify the crystalline quality (Xmin = 4.87%) Of an InN thin film as a function of depth, and make a non-destructive quantitative analysi...Rutherford backscattering and channeling spectrometry (RBS/C) are used to identify the crystalline quality (Xmin = 4.87%) Of an InN thin film as a function of depth, and make a non-destructive quantitative analysis of the structure, in order to analyze the tetragonal distortion of the InN thin film at the depth determined.展开更多
Currently,the neutron yield of Z-Pinch is lower than that of laser driven fusion.In the neutron imaging for this facility,the signal to noise ratio(SNR)has a significant influence on the expected spatial resolution of...Currently,the neutron yield of Z-Pinch is lower than that of laser driven fusion.In the neutron imaging for this facility,the signal to noise ratio(SNR)has a significant influence on the expected spatial resolution of the reconstructed fusion core,especially in the condition of low neutron yield.In this paper,mathematical model is purposed to describe the dependence of aperture parameters on the imaging SNR.The investigation shows that the imaging SNR is closely related to the size of contrast boundary on the point spread function.According to this,a novel non-uniform redundancy penumbra apertures array is designed.In addition,the imaging performances of this novel coded aperture,penumbra aperture and ring aperture are evaluated and compared by Monte Carlo method.The comparison shows that this novel aperture has significant advantage compared to the penumbra aperture which is commonly used for neutron imaging with low yield.The encouraging results can provide reference for the optimal design of the coded aperture used in the neutron imaging for Z-pinch driven fusion with low neutron yield.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20676095)the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (B06006)
文摘Crosslinking treatments for a commercially available aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membrane were carried out to improve its chlorine resistance.The crosslinking agents including 1,6-hexanediol diglycidyl ether,adipoyl dichloride and hexamethylene diisocyanate ester with long flexible aliphatic chains and high reactivity with N-H groups were used in the experiments.Attenuated total reflective Fourier transform infrared spectra verified the successful preparation of highly crosslinked membranes by crosslinking treatments.It was suggested that the crosslinking agents were connected to membrane surface through the reactions with amine and amide Ⅱ groups,which is confirmed by surface charge measurements.Based on contact angle measurements,crosslinking treatments decreased membrane hydrophilicity by introducing methylene groups to membrane surface.With increasing amount of crosslinking agent molecules connected to membrane surface,the hydrolysis of unconnected functional groups of crosslinking agent produced polar groups and increased membrane hydrophilicity.The highly crosslinked membranes showed higher salt rejections and lower water fluxes as compared with the raw membrane.Since the active sites(N-H groups) vulnerable to free chlorine on membrane surface were eliminated by crosslinking treatments,the chlorine resistances of the highly crosslinked membranes were significantly improved by slighter changes in both water fluxes and salt rejections after chlorination.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 10875004, and the Bilateral Cooperation between China and Belgium under Grant No BIL04/05.
文摘Rutherford backscattering and channeling spectrometry (RBS/C) are used to identify the crystalline quality (Xmin = 4.87%) Of an InN thin film as a function of depth, and make a non-destructive quantitative analysis of the structure, in order to analyze the tetragonal distortion of the InN thin film at the depth determined.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.10975113)Innovative Research Team in University of Ministry of Education of China(Nuclear Energy Science and Engineering)(Grant No.IRT1280)
文摘Currently,the neutron yield of Z-Pinch is lower than that of laser driven fusion.In the neutron imaging for this facility,the signal to noise ratio(SNR)has a significant influence on the expected spatial resolution of the reconstructed fusion core,especially in the condition of low neutron yield.In this paper,mathematical model is purposed to describe the dependence of aperture parameters on the imaging SNR.The investigation shows that the imaging SNR is closely related to the size of contrast boundary on the point spread function.According to this,a novel non-uniform redundancy penumbra apertures array is designed.In addition,the imaging performances of this novel coded aperture,penumbra aperture and ring aperture are evaluated and compared by Monte Carlo method.The comparison shows that this novel aperture has significant advantage compared to the penumbra aperture which is commonly used for neutron imaging with low yield.The encouraging results can provide reference for the optimal design of the coded aperture used in the neutron imaging for Z-pinch driven fusion with low neutron yield.