PET Depolymerization Catalyzed by Sulfates under Microwave Irradiation

2012 ◽  
Vol 550-553 ◽  
pp. 792-797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Lu Zhang ◽  
Xiao Ni Shi ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Chun Hua Han ◽  
Dong Zhang

Different sulfates were used as the catalysts of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) depolymerization under microwave of 250 watts, in which ZnSO4presented the best catalysis in this reaction, and the depolymerization degree (DPD) of PET was reached to 90 %. It was found that the depolymerization was occurred simultaneously on the surface and the internal parts of PET chips by the observation of scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. In addition, DPD increased with the improvement of the polarization forces of these sulfates.

Author(s):  
X Wei ◽  
C-H Lee ◽  
Z Jiang ◽  
K Jiang

Recently, microelectroforming has been extensively applied to fabricating metallic components for sensors, actuators, and other systems. Thick photoresists are used for making micromoulds for electroforming and closely related to the quality and costs of an electroforming process. In the current paper, thick UV photoresists SU8, BPR100, and KMPR are analysed and compared in their electroforming performance of nickel microcomponents. Optimized UV lithography processes are introduced for producing micromoulds in each of the resists and scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of the moulds are presented and analysed. Then, electroformed nickel components from the micromoulds are presented. Finally, applicability of the photoresists to electroforming microcomponents is discussed. Each of the resists demonstrates advantages and disadvantages to suit different applications.


2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (5B) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Truong Thi Nam

Zinc coatings have been deposited electrochemically from cyanine free alkaline solutions containing zinc ions with the presence of polyamine 70.000 and polyvinyl alcohol at different contents. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) images showed that the size of zinc grains decreased with the presence of polyamine 70.000 and polyvinyl alcohol with smoother surface of zinc coating. The polarization measurements also revealed that the coatings with the presence of polyamine or polyvinyl alcohol possessed higher value of polarity degree. This result is in good agreement with the result obtained from SEM images.


Author(s):  
Suresh Panchal ◽  
Unnikrishnan Gopinathan ◽  
Suwarna Datar

Abstract We report noise reduction and image enhancement in Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) imaging while maintaining a Fast-Scan rate during imaging, using a Deep Convolutional Neural Network (D-CNN). SEM images of non-conducting samples without conducting coating always suffer from charging phenomenon, giving rise to SEM images with low contrast or anomalous contrast and permanent damage to the sample. One of the ways to avoid this effect is to use Fast-Scan mode, which suppresses the charging effect fairly well. Unfortunately, this also introduces noise and gives blurred images. The D-CNN has been used to predict relatively noise-free images as obtained from a Slow-Scan from a noisy, Fast-Scan image. The predicted images from D-CNN have the sharpness of images obtained from a Slow-Scan rate while reducing the charging effect due to images obtained from Fast-Scan rates. We show that using the present method, and it is possible to increase the scanning rate by a factor of about seven with an output of image quality comparable to that of the Slow-Scan mode. We present experimental results in support of the proposed method.


2013 ◽  
Vol 562-565 ◽  
pp. 136-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao Tang Yang ◽  
Xiao Jiang Liu ◽  
Jing Song Liu ◽  
Xiu Li Feng

Single phase pyrite has been successfully prepared via the reaction of FeSO4·7H2O, S and Na2S·9H2O using hydrothermal method. The X-ray powder diffraction measurements confirm the formation of iron disulfides in the pH range of 1-12. Marcasite is formed at pH<4, the marcasite contents in the final products increasing with decreasing pH; when the pH is higher than 4, the final product is single phase pyrite. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images reveal that both the pH and temperatures have significant effects on the size and morphology of final products. Pyrite micro-nanocubes of 200-400nm in length were synthesized at pH=9. Detailed information of the experimental results are analyzed in the results and discussion part.


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4624 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-255
Author(s):  
SCOTT A. GRUBBS ◽  
RICHARD W. BAUMANN

Alloperla Banks, 1906 (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) is a speciose genus of spring- and summer-emergent stoneflies known from the Oriental, eastern Palearctic, and Nearctic realms. Over 50 species are currently recognized. Alloperla clarki sp. nov. is described herein from the adult male stage from a small geographic area in the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia and West Virginia, USA. Diagnostic characters are presented with scanning electron microscope (SEM) photomicrographs. Alloperla clarki sp. nov. most closely resembles A. biserrata Nelson & Kondratieff, 1980, A. nanina Banks, 1911, and A. stipitata Surdick, 2004. These four species share similar characteristics of the male epiproct and appear to comprise a species group. The Alloperla nanina Group is formally proposed. Comparative SEM images are also provided for A. biserrata, A. nanina, and A. stipitata to assist with differentiating between these four species. 


Scanning ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Lun Zhao ◽  
Yunlong Pan ◽  
Sen Wang ◽  
Liang Zhang ◽  
Md Shafiqul Islam

The scanning electron microscope (SEM) is widely used in the analysis and research of materials, including fracture analysis, microstructure morphology, and nanomaterial analysis. With the rapid development of materials science and computer vision technology, the level of detection technology is constantly improving. In this paper, the deep learning method is used to intelligently identify microcracks in the microscopic morphology of SEM image. A deep learning model based on image level is selected to reduce the interference of other complex microscopic topography, and a detection method with dense continuous bounding boxes suitable for SEM images is proposed. The dense and continuous bounding boxes were used to obtain the local features of the cracks and rotating the bounding boxes to reduce the feature differences between the bounding boxes. Finally, the bounding boxes with filled regression were used to highlight the microcrack detection effect. The results show that the detection accuracy of our approach reached 71.12%, and the highest mIOU reached 64.13%. Also, microcracks in different magnifications and in different backgrounds were detected successfully.


Author(s):  
А.И. Дергачев ◽  
В.В. Журихина ◽  
А.А. Липовский

It is shown that the scattering of electrons near the interface between the poled and unpoled regions of glass makes it possible to determine the thickness of the poled region from the image obtained by a scanning electron microscope. Good agreement between the thicknesses determined from the SEM images and by energy dispersive analysis was demonstrated.


10.30544/99 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-100
Author(s):  
N. NayebPashaee ◽  
A.M. Aarabi ◽  
H. Sarpoolaky ◽  
H. Vafaeenezhad

In this research, the effects of Zn on microstructure and color developments of the copper reduction glaze were investigated. Structural and colorimetric characteristics of the glaze surface are examined by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with electron dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and Telespectrophotometery. Results indicate in samples consisted of more than 7 % of zinc amount, crystalline structures containing Willemite and synthesized copper. XRD indicate that, 14 wt% of zinc oxide is enough to form Willemite. In all samples, duration of process was sufficient to form the metallic particles. SEM images confirm presence of copper nanosphere-laths of Willemite and surrounding glaze.


1998 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
B. N. Nagorcka ◽  
A. E. Dollin ◽  
A. J. Ringrose-Voase

A procedure for analysing digitised scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of impressions of sheep skin has been developed and tested. The new technique for measuring fibre densities and fibre bundles was applied to a small number of sheep from the Romney, Border Leicester, and Suffolk breeds, and in fine- and strong-woolled Merinos. Skin impressions were taken from small shaved areas of the skin, and fibres in digitised SEM images of the skin impressions were counted and assigned to bundles. Estimates were made of the density of epidermal follicles, the proportion of these which branch, the number of fibres (follicles) per bundle, and the proportion of skin left bare of follicles. An average distance between neighbouring epidermal follicles, Λ E, was also measured. Λ E was found to be correlated with fibre diameter. The total density of fibres (follicles) in the animals sampled ranged from 10 to 100 follicles/mm2 , and fibre diameter ranged from ~35 to ~15µm. Despite this wide range, all animals examined were observed to have derived (branched) follicles. The fraction of epidermal follicles which branched varied from ~0·15 to ~0·45, and the average number of fibres (follicles) per bundle ranged from 2·2 to 3·8. Λ E was used to calculate an indicator of the fraction of skin which is bare of follicles. This was found to be substantial, varying between 0·4 and 0·7. Measurements were also made using both serial transverse and serial longitudinal skin sections. The results obtained with the different techniques were compared.


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