Synthesis of novel poly(arylene ether amide) containing aliphatic ring for optical property

In this work, the monomer N, N′-bis(4-fluorobenzamide)dicyclohexyl methane (BFDCM) was synthesized successfully by 4-fluorobenzoylchloride and 4,4′-diaminodicyclohexylmethane through interfacial reaction, and then the monomer BFDCM and 1,4-benzenediol (HQ) or 4.4′-biphenol (BH) were used to prepare the novel poly(arylene ether amide) (HQ-BFDCM and BH-BFDCM) containing an aliphatic ring in the main chain by nucleophilic substitution in NMP solution. These two polymers exhibited the inherent viscosities ranging from 0.828 to 1.044 dL g−1, high glass-transition temperatures (Tg) of 214.1–235.0 °C, and weight-loss temperature (T5%) of 425.2–441.3 °C. The polymers HQ-BFDCM and BH-BFDCM could completely or partly dissolve in some polar solutions, such as NMP, DMF, and so on, and they showed moderate corrosion resistance. Additionally, the obtained polymers HQ-BFDCM and BH-BFDCM exhibited good optical property, and the optical transmittances of HQ-BFDCM and BH-BFDCM were 74% and 80% at 450 nm, respectively, which showed that they could be applied to the heat-resistant optical films.

Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution over Cr3+Doped Porous CdIn2S4 Photocatalysts under Visible Light Irradiation

A series of Cr3+doped porous CdIn2S4photocatalysts with good optical property were synthesized via a facile hydrothermal process using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as template. The above-prepared photocatalysts were characterized by XRD, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), UV-Vis diffusive reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and XPS. The influences of Cr3+doping concentration on the morphology and photocatalytic activity of CdIn2S4photocatalysts were investigated. The results demonstrated that the presence of Cr3+doping in the CdIn2S4photocatalyst had significantly influence on the crystal structure, micro-morphology, e--h+recombination and photocatalytic activity. The photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of CdIn2S4was enhanced by doping, and the highest rate of hydrogen evolution of 758.8 μmol/(h·g) over Cr3+(0.5%)-CdIn2S4was observed.

Optical Property of Spark Plasma Sintered Translucent AlN Ceramics

Translucent AlN ceramics were fabricated using spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique with 3wt% CaF2 as sintering additive. The samples achieved 52.4% maximum transmittance in medium IR region after 10 min holding time by spark plasma sintering at 1800°C and 30 MPa pressure in N2. The results from XRD, SEM, TEM and EDX showed that the sintered bodies were densely compacted and highly pure with fine grain size and uniform microstructures. No secondary phases were observed at the grain boundaries and triple grain junctions, which guaranteed good optical property of the sintered bodies.