Junshan Zhao^1,#, Yihan Shi^1,#, Ming Zhang¹, Liu Zhang¹, Xumei Cui¹, Xinghua Zhu², Jitong Su¹, Dandan Jing¹, Dingyu Yang^1,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.11, No.1, pp. 79-91, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2023.022030

Abstract In this paper, the non-polluting, non-toxic, and eco-friendly material-MnO₂ electrodes were deposited on three-dimensional porous nickel (Ni) foam by linear sweep voltammetry, and the entire electrodeposition process did not require sintering of the material, which was fast and convenient while avoiding unnecessary energy consumption and thus was environmentally friendly. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy were used to examine the surface and microscopic characteristics of each sample (TEM). Chronoamperometry (CA), cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge/discharge (GCD), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were then used to determine the electrochemical characteristics of the manufactured samples. The result suggests that the… More >

Ling Wang^1,2, Chenchen Huang¹, Ping Zhang³, Fenghua Liu^1,*, Ting Zou¹, Zhixiang Li¹, Jianfei Zhang¹, Gaojie Xu¹

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.9, No.10, pp. 1707-1715, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2021.013884

Abstract Using palygorskite (PAL) as template, the PAL/TiO₂/PANI nano-rods were synthesized by heterogeneous precipitation and in-situ polymerization. The synthesized PAL/TiO₂/PANI nanorods were used as a novel electrorheological (ER) fluid by mixing with silicone oil, which showed excellent ER effect. The yield stress of the PAL/TiO₂/PANI based ER fluid (15 vol%) reached 8.8 kPa under 4 kV mm⁻¹ electric field. The dynamic shear stress of the PAL/TiO₂/PANI based ER fluid could maintain a stable level in the shear rate range of 0.1–100 s⁻¹ . Furthermore, the PAL/TiO₂/PANI ER fluid exhibited excellent suspension stability. More >

Deshui Xu, Jingtao Du^*, Yuhao Zhao

Sound & Vibration, Vol.53, No.2, pp. 16-28, 2019, DOI:10.32604/sv.2019.04033

Abstract In this paper, an accurate series solution for the longitudinal vibration analysis of elastically coupled nanorods system is established, in which artificial springs are introduced to simulate such general coupling and boundary conditions. Energy formulation is derived for the description of axial dynamics of multiple coupled nanorods based on Eringen nonlocal elasticity. For each nanorod component, its longitudinal vibration displacement function is invariantly assumed as the superposition of Fourier series and boundary smoothed supplementary polynomials, with the aim to make all the spatial differential sufficiently continuous across each rod. All the unknown coefficients are determined in conjunction with Rayleigh-Ritz procedure… More >

Xiaowei Zeng¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.74, No.3&4, pp. 183-202, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.074.183

Abstract This paper presents an atomistic field theory and its application in modeling and simulation of nano/micro materials. Atomistic formulation and finite element implementation of the atomistic field theory is briefly introduced. Numerical simulations based on the field theory are performed to investigate the material behaviors of bcc iron at coarse-grained scale and we have obtained the mechanical strength and elastic modulus, which are in good agreement with results by first principles calculations. Also the nanoscale deformation and failure mechanism are revealed in bcc iron nanorods under simple tension. It is interesting to observe that under tensile loading, iron has gone… More >