简介：CuO/γ-Al2O3catalystswerepreparedbyplasmatreatmentandconventionalimpregnationmethods.Thecatalyticcombustionoftwokindsofvolatileorganiccompounds(VOCs),tolueneandbenzene,werecarriedoutovertheseCuO/γ-Al2O3catalysts.ThesurfacepropertiesofthesecatalystswerecharacterizedbyX-rayDiffraction(XRD)andScanningElectronMicroscopy(SEM).TheexperimentalresultsshowedthatincatalyticcombustiontheactivityoftheCuO/γ-Al2O3catalystpreparedviaplasmawasmuchhigherthanthatoftheCuO/γ-Al2O3catalystpreparedbyconventionalimpregnationmethod.XRDresultsshowedthatanenhanceddispersionhadbeenachievedwiththeplasmatreatment.SEMresultsindicatedthatthesizebecamemuchsmallerandthesurfacebecamemoreuniformwiththeplasmatreatment.

简介：LigandeffectofthecatalyticsystemWCl6-Et2AlClforringopeningmetathesispolymerization(ROMP)ofdicyclopentadiene(DCPD)wasinvestigated.Theexperimentalresultsshowthataddingstericallyhinderedphenol-2.6-di-tert-butylcresylol(DTBC)inthecatalyticsystemnotonlycanobviouslyincreasethemonomerconversionofpolymerizationbutalsoimprovethemechanicalproperties,suchasnotchedimpactstrength(NIS),tensilestrength(TS)ect.,ofthesynthesizedpolydicyclopentadiene(PDCPD),Asimilareffectcanbeobservedbyusingastericallyhinderdpolymericphenol-linearphenolformaldehyderesin(LPF)asaligand.

简介：ThisarticleaddressesthesynthesisoforganicallytailoredNi-Allayereddoublehydroxide(ONi-AlLDH)anditsuseinthefabricationofexfoliatedpoly(methylmethacrylate)(PMMA)nanocomposites.ThepristineNi-AlLDHwasinitiallysynthesizedbyco-precipitationmethodandsubsequentlymodifiedusingsodiumdodecylsulfatetoobtainONi-AlLDH.NanocompositesofPMMAcontainingvariousamountsofmodifiedNi-AlLDH(3wt%?7wt%)weresynthesizedviasolventblendingmethodtoinvestigatetheinfluenceofLDHcontentonthepropertiesofPMMAmatrix.SeveralcharacterizationmethodssuchasX-raydiffraction(XRD),transmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM),Fouriertransforminfraredspectroscopy(FTIR),rheologicalanalysis,differentialscanningcalorimetry(DSC)andthermogravimetricanalysis(TGA),wereemployedtoexaminethestructural,viscoelasticandthermalpropertiesofPMMA/OLDHnanocomposites.TheresultsofXRDandTEMexaminationconfirmtheformationofpartiallyexfoliatedPMMA/OLDHnanocomposites.TheFTIRresultselucidatethatthecharacteristicbandsforbothpurePMMAandmodifiedLDHarepresentinthespectraofPMMA/OLDHnanocomposites.Rheologicalanalyseswerecarriedouttoexaminetheadhesionbetweenpolymermatrixandfillerspresentinthenanocompositesample.TheTGAdataindicatethatthePMMAnanocompositesexhibithigherthermalstabilitywhencomparedtopurePMMA.ThethermaldecompositiontemperatureofPMMA/OLDHnanocompositesincreasesby28KcomparedtothatofpurePMMAat15%weightlossasapointofreference.IncomparisonwithpurePMMA,thePMMAnanocompositecontaining7wt%LDHdemonstratesimprovedglasstransitiontemperature(Tg)ofaround3K.Theactivationenergy(Ea),reactionorders(n)andreactionmechanismofthermaldegradationofPMMA/OLDHnanocompositeswereevaluatedusingdifferentkineticmodels.WateruptakecapacityofthePMMA/OLDHnanocompositesislessthanthatofthepurePMMA.