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This invention provides a sustained-release preparation comprising a biodegradable polymer metal salt and broactive polypeptide, with enhanced entrapment of the bioactive polypeptides, a suppression of initial burst, and a constant long-term release of the bioactive polypeptides.

Zirconium phosphate particles are synthesized by providing a solution of zirconium oxychloride in an aqueous solvent, adding at least one oxygen-containing additive to the solution, the oxygen-containing additive being selected to form a complex with zirconium ions in the solution of zirconium oxychloride and thereby reduce hydration of the zirconium ions, and combining this solution with phosphoric acid or a phosphoric acid salt to obtain zirconium phosphate particles by sol gel precipitation.

The invention concerns arrays of solid-forms of substances, such as compounds and rapid-screening methods therefor to identify solid-forms, particularly of pharmaceuticals, with enhanced properties. Such properties include improved bioavailability, solubility, stability, delivery, and processing and manufacturing characteristics. The invention relates to a practical and cost-effective method to rapidly screen hundreds to thousands of samples in parallel. The invention further provides methods for determining the conditions and / or ranges of conditions required to produce crystals with desired compositions, particle sizes, habits, or polymorphic forms. In a further aspect, the invention provides high-throughput methods to identify sets of conditions and / or combinations of components compatible with particular solid-forms, for example, conditions and / or components that are compatible with advantageous polymorphs of a particular pharmaceutical.

Zirconium phosphate particles are synthesized by providing a solution of zirconium oxychloride in an aqueous solvent, adding at least one low molecular weight, oxygen containing, monofunctional, organic additive to the solution, and combining this solution with heated phosphoric acid or a phosphoric acid salt to obtain zirconium phosphate particles by sol gel precipitation.

Novel chromatographic materials for chromatographic separations, columns, kits, and methods for preparation and separations with a superficially porous material comprising a substantially nonporous core and one or more layers of a porous shell material surrounding the core. The material of the invention is comprised of superficially porous particles and a narrow particle size distrution. The material of the invention is comprised of a superficially porous monolith, the substantially nonporous core material is silica; silica coated with an inorganic / organic hybrid surrounding material; a magnetic core material; a magnetic core material coated with silica; a high thermal conductivity core material; a high thermal conductivity core material coated with silica; a composite material; an inorganic / organic hybrid surrounding material; a composite material coated with silica; a magnetic core material coated with an inorganic / organic hybrid surrounding material; or a high thermal conductivity core material coated with an inorganic / organic hybrid surrounding material.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a silicon and carbon-coated graphene composite cathode material. The technical problem to be solved is to enhance the electronic conductivity of the silicon-based cathode material, buffer the volume effect produced in the process of deintercalation of the lithium in the silicon-based cathode material and enhance the structure stability in the circulation process of the material at the same time. The material is prepared by using a spray drying-thermally decomposing treatment process in the invention. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: evenly dispersing nano silicon and graphite micro powder in a dispersion solution of oxidized graphene, carrying out thermal treatment under an inert protection atmosphere after spray drying, subsequently cooling along a furnace to obtain the silicon and carbon-coated graphene composite cathode material. The extra binder does not need to add in the process of manufacturing balls in the invention and the outer oxidized graphene is thermally reduced in situ to graphene in the thermal treatment process of the composite precursor, so that the process is simple and easy to operate; and the practical degree is high. The prepared composite material has the advantages of great reversible capacity, designable capacity, good cycling performance and high-current discharging performance, high tap density and the like.

The invention relates to a preparation method of a high purity and high concentration graphene suspension, which comprises the following steps of: reacting natural crystalline flake graphite with a strong oxidizer to obtain graphite oxide; spreading the graphite oxide into a dispersing agent, and obtaining a graphene oxide suspension by ultrasonic dispersion; mixing the graphene oxide suspension with hydrazine hydrate under the protection of nitrogen and reacting at constant temperature under ultrasonic radiation to prepare stable graphene suspension. Compared with the traditional method for preparing the graphene suspension, the method introduces ultrasonic in the reduction process of the graphite oxide. The invention has the following advantages that the prepared graphene suspension has high concentration (higher than 1 mg.mL<-1>), high purity (without influence of surface active agents and other impurities), high dispersionstability (time for stable dispersion is more than 60 days) and the like; the graphene prepared by the method has high electrical conductivity (high than 700 S.m<-1>), less number of layers, is simple and easy to implement, and is very suitable for large scale production in industy.

The invention discloses a graphene / molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) compound nano material lithium ion battery electrode and a preparation method thereof. The electrode comprises the following components in percentage by mass: 75 to 85 percent of compound nano material serving as an active substance, of a graphene nano slice and MoS2, and 5 to 10 percent of acetylene black and 10 percent of polyvinylidene fluoride; and the mass ratio of the graphene nano slice to the MoS2 nano material in the compound nano material active substance is (1 to 1)-(4 to 1). The preparation method of the electrode comprises the following steps of: preparing an oxidized graphite nano slice by using graphite as a raw material by a chemical oxidization method; synthesizing by a one-step hydrothermal in-situ reduction method in the presence of the oxidized graphite nano slice to obtain a graphene nano slice / MoS2 compound nano material; and finally, preparing the electrode by using the graphene nano slice / MoS2 compound nano material as the active substance. The electrode has high electrochemical lithium storage reversible capacity and cyclic stabilization performance, and can be widely applied to new generation lithium ion batteries.

A process of forming a hard-soft phase, exchange-coupled, magnetic nanocomposite includes forming a dispersion of magnetic nanoparticles, separating the magnetic nanoparticles from a solvent of the dispersion so as to allow self-assembly of the magnetic nanoparticles, and removing a coating from the nanoparticles, which are disposed in a self-assembled, locally-ordered nanostructure.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a lithium ion battery ternary cathode material. According to the preparation method, full grinding is performed through a colloid mill to improve the reactivity of a precursor and a lithium salt and the uniformity of a mixed material; and a carbon chain organic additive is added in the process of grinding to improve the viscosity of a sizing material, inhibit raw material segregation in the process of drying, quickly balance the temperature of each part of a system in the process of high-temperature reaction and inhibit agglomeration among particles, so that a uniform-appearance and regular mono-crystal ternary cathode material is obtained. Meanwhile, the ternary cathode material is doped and subjected to surface coating modification, so that the structure of the material is stabilized, the side reaction between the material and electrolyte is inhibited, and the high-temperature cycle performance of the material is improved.

A method for forming a semiconductor device including a resistive memory cell includes providing a substrate having an upper surface. A first conductive layer is formed over the upper surface of the substrate. An amorphous silicon layer is formed over the first conductive layer. A surface of the amorphous silicon layer is cleaned to remove native oxide formed on the surface of the amorphous silicon layer. A silver layer is deposited over the amorphous silicon layer after removing the native oxide by performing the cleaning step. The resistive memory cell includes the first conductive layer, the amorphous silicon layer, and the second conductive layer. The surface of the amorphous silicon layer is cleaned to prevent silver agglomeration on the native oxide.

Zirconium phosphate particles are synthesized by providing a solution of zirconium oxychloride in an aqueous solvent, adding at least one oxygen-containing additive to the solution, the oxygen-containing additive being selected to form a complex with zirconium ions in the solution of zirconium oxychloride and thereby reduce hydration of the zirconium ions, and combining this solution with phosphoric acid or a phosphoric acid salt to obtain zirconium phosphate particles by sol gel precipitation.

The invention discloses a method for preparing a silicon carbide alloy negative electrode material for a lithium ion battery; and a technical problem to be solved is to increase the circulation performance and the specific capacity of a silicon carbide composite negative electrode material. The method comprises the following steps of: dispersing nanometer silica powder in an organic solution to form a uniform nanometer silicon suspending liquid, then adding a silane coupling agent to the nanometer silicon suspending liquid, and finally carrying out carbon coating and thermal treatment. Compared with the prior art, the method has the advantages of increasing the dispersiveness of nanometer silicon particles in a silicon carbide composite material and inhibiting the volume effect caused by the conglobation of silicon in a lithium intercalation and deintercalation process by adding the silane coupling agent, thereby increasing the circulation performance and the specific capacity of the silicon carbide composite negative electrode material, wherein the capacity of the silicon carbide composite negative electrode material is larger than 500mAh / g, and the capacity retention rate is above 97% when the silicon carbide composite negative electrode material is circulated for 50 times; and according to the preparing method, the preparation cost is low, the technology is simple and controllable, and the silicon carbide alloy negative electrode materials with different capacities can be easily prepared by adjusting a weight proportion of Si powder, graphite and an organic matter.

A method is provided for carbonizing and activating carbonaceous material, which comprises supplying the material to an externally fired rotary kiln maintained at carbonizing and activating temperatures, the kiln having a downward slope to progress the material as it rotates, the kiln having an atmosphere substantially free of oxygen provided by a counter-current of steam or carbon dioxide, and annular weirs being provided at intervals along the kiln to control progress of the material. There may further be provided an externally fired rotary kiln for carbonizing and activating carbonaceous material having a hollow rotary body that has a downward slope towards a discharge end thereof, and which is provided at intervals along its length with annular weirs for controlling progress of the carbonaceous material. In embodiments, there is also provided a process is for producing discrete solid beads of polymeric material e.g. phenolic resin beads having a mesoporous structure, which may be useful as feedstock for the above mentioned carbonization / activation process or which may have other utility e.g. as ion exchange resins. The process may produce resin beads on an industrial scale without aggregates of resin building up speedily and interrupting production. The process comprises the steps of: (a) combining a stream of a polymerizable liquid precursor e.g. a novolac and hexamine as cross-linking agent dissolved in a first polar organic liquid e.g. ethylene glycol with a stream of a liquid suspension medium which is a second non-polar organic liquid with which the liquid precursor is substantially or completely immiscible e.g. transformer oil containing a drying oil; (b) mixing the combined stream to disperse the polymerizable liquid precursor as droplets in the suspension medium e.g. using an in-line static mixer; (c) allowing the droplets to polymerise in a laminar flow of the suspension medium so as to form discrete solid beads that cannot agglomerate; and (d) recovering the beads from the suspension medium. There is also provided apparatus for forming discrete solid beads of polymeric material, said apparatus comprising: a first line for conveying s stream of a polymerizable liquid precursor; a second line for conveying a stream of a dispersion medium with which the polymerizable liquid precursor is substantially or completely immiscible; an in-line mixer configured to receive a combined flow from the first and second lines and to disperse the polymerizable liquid precursor as droplets in the dispersion medium; a vertical polymerization column configured to receive the dispersion medium with the droplets dispersed therein and to permit the polymerizable liquid precursor polymerize while descending the column in a descending flow of polymerization medium; and a vessel at the base of the column for receiving the descending flow of dispersion medium and collecting polymerized solid beads.

The invention belongs to the technical field of transition metal sulfides, namely carbon materials, and particularly discloses a nickel cobalt sulfide / graphene / carbon nanotube composite material and a preparation method and an application thereof. The method comprises the following preparation processes: mixing graphene oxide with a carbon nanotube, and preparing a graphene oxide / carbon nanotube hybrid material through ultrasound; and carrying out in-situ growth of a nickel cobalt sulfide nanosheet on the graphene oxide / carbon nanotube hybrid material through a one-step hydrothermal process. The graphene oxide / carbon nanotube hybrid material prepared by the method has the advantages of a three-dimension porous space structure, excellent conductivity, large specific surface area, stable chemical property and the like; the final nickel cobalt sulfide / graphene / carbon nanotube composite material is controllable in morphology; the nickel cobalt sulfide nanosheet evenly grows on the graphene oxide / carbon nanotube hybrid material; and a unique base structure and high specific surface area of the graphene oxide / carbon nanotube hybrid material are fully utilized. The material disclosed by the invention can be used as an ideal high-performance electric catalytic material, and an electrode material for new energy devices of a lithium-ion battery, a super capacitor and the like.

The invention discloses a compound nano material of graphene and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and a preparation method thereof. The compound material is formed by mixing graphene and a MoS2 nano material in a mass ratio of (1 to 1)-(4 to 1). The preparation method comprises the following steps of: preparing an oxidized graphite nano slice from graphite by a chemical oxidization method; then dissolving molybdate into deionized water so as to form 0.02 to 0.07M of solution; adding L-cysteine serving as a sulfur source and a reduction agent, wherein the mass ratio of the L-cysteine to the molybdate is (5 to 1)-(12 to 1); adding the oxidized graphite nano slice into the solution, and ultrasonically treating so that the oxidized graphite nano slice can be fully dispersed in the hydrothermal reaction solution; transferring the mixture into a hydrothermal reaction kettle and sealing; and synthesizing by a one-step hydrothermal method to obtain the compound nano material of graphene and MoS2, wherein the mass ratio of the graphene nano slice to the MoS2 is (1 to 1)-(4 to 1). The method has the characteristics of mild reaction condition and simple process. The compound nano material of graphene and MoS2 synthesized by the method can be widely used as electrode materials of new energy batteries, high-performance national lubricants, catalyst carriers and the like.

A method for forming a semiconductor device including a resistive memory cell includes providing a substrate having an upper surface. A first conductive layer is formed over the upper surface of the substrate. An amorphous silicon layer is formed over the first conductive layer. A surface of the amorphous silicon layer is cleaned to remove native oxide formed on the surface of the amorphous silicon layer. A silver layer is deposited over the amorphous silicon layer after removing the native oxide by performing the cleaning step. The resistive memory cell includes the first conductive layer, the amorphous silicon layer, and the second conductive layer. The surface of the amorphous silicon layer is cleaned to prevent silver agglomeration on the native oxide.

Disclosed is a method for making a material having a controlled microstructure, the method including providing particles of a ceramic mineral material, the particles having a metal oxide dopant therein. The particles of the ceramic mineral material are consolidated into larger aggregates of a size relevant to the desired application using standard industrial mixing and pelletizing technology. The aggregates are heated under reducing conditions so that at least part of the dopant is reduced to form a transient, metastable liquid phase among the particles. The liquid phase includes at least part of the reduced dopant and promotes sintering of the particles and forms islands of reduced metal within the material and on the surface of the aggregates. Following heating of the aggregates under reducing conditions, the aggregates are heated under oxidizing conditions such that the islands of reduced metal are oxidized and / or go into solid solution within the particles, thereby creating voids within and form a shell thereon the particles.

A method is provided for controlling copper agglomeration on a substrate and for forming void-free bulk copper metal filling of recessed features in integrated circuits. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate having a topography including a top surface and at least one recessed feature comprising at least a sidewall surface and a bottom surface, depositing a barrier film on the substrate topography, and depositing a metal-containing wetting film on the barrier film. The method further includes physical vapor depositing copper metal on the metal-containing wetting film, where the substrate temperature is sufficiently high to form a smooth copper metal seed layer on the metal-containing wetting film. Void-free bulk copper metal may be plated in the at least one recessed feature.

The present invention relates to a tube-side sequentially pulsable-flow, shell-and-tube heat exchanger apparatus and a chemical processing system comprising and methods of heat exchange employing the same.

A metal nanoparticle colloid solution, metal-polymer nanocomposites, and methods for preparing the same are provided. The metal nanoparticle colloid solution and the metal-polymer nanocomposites can be prepared with a variety of polymeric stabilizers and have uniform particle diameter and shape. The metal nanoparticle colloid solution and the metal-polymer nanocomposites have wide applications, for example, as an antibacterial agent, a sterilizer, a conductive adhesiv, conductive ink or an electromagnetic wave shielder for an image display.

Particulate materials useful as fillers, reinforcing agents, radioopacifiers, or impact modifiers. The particulate material has an average particle size range of about 10,000 nm or less and comprises an organic-inorganic hybrid material that has a ceramic material network having organic polymer segments distributed throughout the ceramic network. The ceramic network may be prepared by a sol-gel technique. The particulate material may be compounded in thermoplastic polymer compositions useful in a variety of applications such as preparation of medical device components.

Multi-layer coatings are disclosed that include (a) a first layer deposited from at least one composition that includes a polymeric composition, and (b) a second layer applied over at least a portion of the first layer in which the second layer is deposited from at least one liquid composition that includes (i) a photocatalytic material, and (ii) a binder that is hydrophilic and comprises an essentially completely hydrolyzed organosilicate. Also disclosed are substrates coated with such multi-layer coatings, methods of applying such multi-layer coatings to a substrate and methods of making a painted surface easy-to-clean.

Multi-layer coatings are disclosed that include (a) a first layer deposited from at least one composition that includes a polymeric composition, and (b) a second layer applied over at least a portion of the first layer in which the second layer is deposited from at least one liquid composition that includes (i) a photocatalytic material, and (ii) a binder that is hydrophilic and comprises an essentially completely hydrolyzed organosilicate. Also disclosed are substrates coated with such multi-layer coatings, methods of applying such multi-layer coatings to a substrate and methods of making a painted surface easy-to-clean.

Provided herein is a method for preparing a battery electrode based on an aqueous slurry. The method disclosed herein has the advantage that an aqueous solvent can be used in the manufacturing process, which can save process time and facilities by avoiding the need to handle or recycle hazardous organic solvents. Therefore, costs are reduced by simplifying the total process. In addition, the batteries having the electrodes prepared by the method disclosed herein show impressive energy retention.

The invention discloses a general synthesis method of a three-dimensional compound structure based on three-dimensional MXene, and belongs to the field of nano materials. The three-dimensional compound structure is composed of a three-dimensional MXene load inorganic nano structure and is of a flower-like hierarchical porous structure. The method comprises the steps that an ultrasonic atomizer isadopted for atomizing mixed suspension liquid of three-dimensional MXene particles, metal salt and an auxiliary into aerosol micro-droplets, and under inert or reactive atmosphere, high-temperature fast drying is conducted to obtain the three-dimensional compound structure with controllable structure and size; or the three-dimensional MXene particles and metal salt or a nonmetallic compound are evenly mixed in solvent or in a solid-phase mode to obtain a mixture, and high-temperature calcination is conducted under the inert or reactive atmosphere to obtain the three-dimensional compound structure with controllable structure and size. By means of the three-dimensional compound structure based on the three-dimensional MXene, the problems of inorganic nano material particle aggregation, poorconductivity and two-dimensional MXene stacking can be solved, and thus a foundation is laid for preparation, processing and various aspects of application of a MXene-based high-performance functionalmaterial.

The invention discloses a Fe, Ni and N three-doped carbon nanotube coated type FeNi@NCNT catalyst as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the fields of energy materialsand electrochemistry. The catalyst is prepared by using dicyandiamide as a C source and N source and ammonium ferric citrate and NiCl2.6H2O as metal sources, adopting one pot method and performing pyrolysis in two steps; and a plurality of Fe and Ni metal particles in the catalyst are uniformly wrapped in walls of ''bamboo-like'' N-doped carbon nanotubes, and a small number of the particles are distributed at the tip ends of the carbon nanotubes. Compared with a common metal alloy oxygen reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction bifunctional catalyst, the catalyst disclosed by the invention exhibits good oxygen evolution reaction activity and stability under alkaline conditions; the preparation method is simple, and raw materials used in the method have low costs and wide sources;and the catalyst can be widely used in the fields of proton exchange membrane fuel cells, electrolyzed water, metal-air batteries and the like, and has higher practical value.

The invention mainly relates to a preparation method of a carbon nitride supported monoatomic metal catalysis material, concretely relates to a preparation method of a layered graphite phase carbon nitride supported monatomic metal M catalysis material (M is one or two or more of Ag, Pd, Rh and Pt), and belongs to the field of catalysis materials. The carbon nitride supported monoatomic metal catalysis material is prepared through one-step pyrolysis of a carbon and hydrogen precursor and a metal precursor in a carbon and hydrogen precursor and metal precursor complexing manner through using the inhibition of the aggregation of metal atoms by the interaction of a metal center and a ligand, so the stability and the dispersibility of the monatomic metal catalysis material are improved. The metal in the material prepared through the method is supported on the surface of layered graphite phase carbon nitride in a zero-valence monoatomic dispersion form, and the kind and composition of supported metal atoms can be controlled as needed.

The invention relates to negative-ion, far-infrared, antibacterial and anti-mite compound polyester fibers and a manufacturing method thereof. The compound polyester fibers are added with a negative-ion additive, a far-infrared additive and an antibacterial and anti-mite additive, wherein the negative-ion additive, the far-infrared additive and the antibacterial and anti-mite additive respectively account for 2%, 5% and 6% by mass in the compound polyester fibers; the negative-ion additive comprises an additive carrier and tourmaline negative-ion powder; the far-infrared additive comprises an additive carrier, Tai Chi stone powder, ZrO2 nano-powder, nano-silicon dioxide, nano-aluminum oxide, nano-manganese oxide and nano-calcium oxide; the antibacterial and anti-mite additive comprises an additive carrier, nano-Cu-ZnO compound particles, nano-titanium dioxide, nano-zinc oxide and nano-silicon dioxide; and the additive carrier is TiO2 hollow spheres.