Investigation on Structure Transition of Fullerene During Mechanical Alloying and Subsequent Treatments

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 1528-1537
Author(s):  
Z. G. Liu ◽  
H. Ohi ◽  
K. Masuyama ◽  
K. Tsuchiya ◽  
M. Umemoto

Mechanical milling of fullerene (soot containing C60/C70 fullerenes in a 8:2 molar ratio) was investigated through various characterization methods. It was found that mechanical milling would not destroy the molecular structure of fullerene C60 (C70), while the long-range order of the face-centered-cubic crystalline structure was easily modified and transformed into amorphous phase, a mixture of fullerene C60 (C70) polymers and monomers. Differential scanning calorimetry analysis revealed a recovery of polymers to pristine fullerene molecules at 678 K, which is much higher than the reported depolymerization temperature of fullerene polymers induced by photo irradiation and by high-pressure–temperature processes. It is suggested that the contaminated Fe acts as a catalyst in the polymerization process.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Fahui Gao ◽  
Yanru Yin ◽  
Zhengshuai Cao ◽  
Hongliang Li ◽  
Peizhi Guo

Palladium-based bimetallic nanoparticles (NPs) have been studied as important electrocatalysts for energy conversion due to their high electrocatalytic performance and the less usage of the noble metal. Herein, well-dispersed PdAg NPs with uniform size were prepared via oil bath accompanied with the hydrothermal method. The variation of the Ag content in PdAg NPs changed the lattice constant of the face-centered cubic alloy nanostructures continuously. The Pd/Ag molar ratio in the PdAg alloy NPs affected their size and catalytic activity toward ethanol electrooxidation. Experimental data showed that PdAg NPs with less Ag content exhibited better electrocatalytic activity and durability than pure Pd NPs owing to both the small size and the synergistic effect. PdAg-acac-4 with the Pd/Ag molar ratio of 4 : 1 in the start system possessed the highest catalytic current density of 2246 mA/mg for the electrooxidation of ethanol. The differences in the morphology and electrocatalytic activity of the as-made PdAg NPs have been discussed and analyzed.


Author(s):  
F. Monchoux ◽  
A. Rocher ◽  
J.L. Martin

Interphase sliding is an important phenomenon of high temperature plasticity. In order to study the microstructural changes associated with it, as well as its influence on the strain rate dependence on stress and temperature, plane boundaries were obtained by welding together two polycrystals of Cu-Zn alloys having the face centered cubic and body centered cubic structures respectively following the procedure described in (1). These specimens were then deformed in shear along the interface on a creep machine (2) at the same temperature as that of the diffusion treatment so as to avoid any precipitation. The present paper reports observations by conventional and high voltage electron microscopy of the microstructure of both phases, in the vicinity of the phase boundary, after different creep tests corresponding to various deformation conditions.Foils were cut by spark machining out of the bulk samples, 0.2 mm thick. They were then electropolished down to 0.1 mm, after which a hole with thin edges was made in an area including the boundary


2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (08) ◽  
pp. 1159-1173 ◽  
Author(s):  
CASEY MANN ◽  
JENNIFER MCLOUD-MANN ◽  
RAMONA RANALLI ◽  
NATHAN SMITH ◽  
BENJAMIN MCCARTY

This article concerns the minimal knotting number for several types of lattices, including the face-centered cubic lattice (fcc), two variations of the body-centered cubic lattice (bcc-14 and bcc-8), and simple-hexagonal lattices (sh). We find, through the use of a computer algorithm, that the minimal knotting number in sh is 20, in fcc is 15, in bcc-14 is 13, and bcc-8 is 18.


1976 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 1539-1542 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Ledbetter

Abstract The Poisson ratio υ of a polycrystalline aggregate was calculated for both the face-centered cubic and the body-centered cubic cases. A general two-body central-force interatomatic potential was used. Deviations of υ from 0.25 were verified. A lower value of υ is predicted for the f.c.c. case than for the b.c.c. case. Observed values of υ for twenty-three cubic elements are discussed in terms of the predicted values. Effects of including volume-dependent electron-energy terms in the inter-atomic potential are discussed.


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