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Obtenção de H2 através da decomposição do CH4 utilizando catalisadores metálicos suportados
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Físicas e Matemáticas. Programa de Pós-graduação em QuímicaEste trabalho descreve a síntese de catalisadores compostos por uma fase ativa contendo Ni e Co em diferentes suportes (Nb2O5, Al2O3, ZnO, SiO2) com o intuito de obter materiais com elevado volume de poros, grande área superficial específica e satisfatória dispersão metálica para serem empregados na reação de decomposição do metano. Foram utilizados os métodos de síntese por impregnação úmida e por precipitação de esferas, sendo este último desenvolvido pelo nosso grupo de pesquisa # LABOCATH. Os catalisadores de Ni e Co/Al2O3, Ni e Co/SiO2, Ni/ZnO e Ni/Nb2O5 foram caracterizados morfologicamente e conduzidos aos testes em diferentes condições operacionais, tais como fluxo dos gases, massas dos catalisadores, razões molares dos substratos e temperaturas reacionais e de calcinação. Os resultados dos testes catalíticos apresentaram, em sua maioria, valores de conversão do CH4 satisfatórios. Os catalisadores de 3,8%-Ni/Al2O3 obtido pelo método de precipitação de esferas, calcinado a 550ºC, utilizado na temperatura reacional de 800ºC (LABOCATH), e o de 10%-Ni/Al2O3 obtido pelo método de impregnação úmida, calcinado a 700ºC utilizado na temperatura reacional de 600ºC, apresentaram durante todo o processo reacional as maiores atividades catalíticas, mesmo com a perda da atividade do segundo após 180min de reação. Indicando que os dois métodos utilizados neste trabalho foram efetivos para o processo de decomposição do CH4. Em geral os catalisadores estudados apresentaram grande potencial para geração de H2 livre de CO e CO2 tornando o processo economicamente atrativo, particularmente para sua aplicação em células combustíveis. This work describes the synthesis of metallic catalysts composed basically by Ni and Co, supported at (Nb2O5, Al2O3, ZnO, SiO2) in order to obtain compounds with high pore volume and active surface area and a good metallic dispersion. These catalysts will be further used in the methane decomposition reaction. The chosen synthesis methods were the wet impregnation and the spheres precipitation; being the last a method developed by our research group # LABOCATH. The Ni and Co/Al2O3, Ni and Co/SiO2 catalysts were morphologic characterized and conducted to tests at different operational conditions, as gases flow, catalysts loading, substrate molar rate and temperatures of the calcination and of the reaction. The catalytic tests showed good methane conversions. The 3,8%-Ni/Al2O3 catalysts obtained through sphere precipitation, calcined at 550ºC and used at a reactional temperature of 800ºC and the 10%-Ni/Al2O3, obtained through wet impregnation, calcined at 700ºC and used at a reactional temperature of 600ºC, they exhibited the highest catalytic activity even with the activity deploy of the second one after 180min. The obtained data indicates that both synthetic methods were effective for the catalysts employed at methane decomposition process. The studied catalysts revealed a huge potential in H2 generation free from CO and CO2, turning the process economically attractive, particularly in fuel cell applications
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Mitomycin C in highly myopic eyes - Author reply
No full textOphthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):208-18; discussion 219.
Mitomycin C modulation of corneal wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy in highly myopic eyes.
Gambato C, Ghirlando A, Moretto E, Busato F, Midena E.
SourceRefractive Surgery Service and Antimetabolite Therapy Research Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of topical mitomycin C in corneal wound healing (CWH) after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in highly myopic eyes.
DESIGN: Prospective, double-masked, randomized clinical trial.
PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-two eyes of 36 patients affected by high (>7 diopters) myopia.
METHODS: In each patient, one eye was randomly assigned to PRK with intraoperative topical 0.02% mitomycin C application, and the fellow eye was treated with a placebo. Postoperatively, mitomycin C-treated eyes received artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months), whereas the fellow eye was treated with fluorometholone sodium 2% and artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), contrast sensitivity, manifest refraction, and biomicroscopy. Contrast sensitivity was determined using the Pelli-Robson chart. Corneal confocal microscopy documented CWH.
RESULTS: Mean follow-up was 18 months (range, 12-36). No side effects or toxic effects were documented. At 12-month follow-up examination, UCVAs (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) were 0.4+/-0.48 and 0.5+/-0.53 (P = .03) in mitomycin C-treated eyes and corticosteroid-treated eyes, respectively. At 1 year, corneal haze developed in 20% of corticosteroid-treated eyes, versus 0% of mitomycin C-treated eyes. At 12, 24, and 36 months, corneal confocal microscopy showed activated keratocytes and extracellular matrix significantly more evident in untreated eyes (Ps = 0.004, 0.024, and 0.046, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Topical intraoperative application of 0.02% mitomycin C can reduce haze formation in highly myopic eyes undergoing PRK.
Comment in
Ophthalmology. 2006 Feb;113(2):357; author reply 357-8
Bio-Nano-Composite Materials Constructed With Single Cells and Carbon Nanotubes: Mechanical, Electrical, and Optical Properties
No full textHere we report a procedure to obtain novel artificial materials using either fungal or isolated tobacco cells in association with different percentages of carbon nanotubes. The electrical, mechanical and optical properties of these materials have been determined. The produced bio-nano-composite materials have linear electrical characteristics, high temperature stability up to 180°C, linear increase of the electrical conductivity with increasing temperature and, in one case, also optical transparency. Using tobacco cells we obtained a material with low mass density and mechanical properties suitable for structural applications along with high electrical conductivity. We also present theoretical models both for their mechanical and electrical behavior. These findings report a procedure for next generation bio-nano-composite materials
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Zerstörungsfreie 3-dimensionale Defektlokalisierung an System-in-Packages (SIP) mittels Lock-in Thermographie
No full textMonitoring of the formation of a photosensitive device by electric breakdown of an impurity containing oxide in a MOS capacitor
No full textThe formation of an photosensitive device due to the local breakdown in an MOS structure with an impurity containing oxide layer has been monitored. A stepwise breakdown of the oxide layer resulted in the formation of a diode like characteristics with further on stable current-voltage characteristics. Under illumination with white and blue light we found a high photosensitivity of the resulting structure, probably due to the formation of a local p-n junction due to out-diffusion from the oxide of n-type dopants into the underlying silicon substrate. Using a blue light LED illumination during the monitoring of the device formation enables the identification of the moment, when a high ratio between photo- and dark current is obtained
A Multi-Language Comparison of Influences on Author Verification using Character N-Grams
No full textWe create a new multi-language corpus for author verification based on Wikipedia talkpages, and evaluate the influence that differences in topic and time have on character n-gram author profiles. Topic alignment between two texts is found to increase author verification precision, and an authors writing style is found to change over time, but not more significantly after 3 years than after 1 year.Information ArchitectureWISElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
A 0.12mm<sup>2</sup> Wien-Bridge Temperature Sensor with 0.1°C (3σ) Inaccuracy from -40°C to 180°C
No full text Resistor-based temperature sensors can achieve much higher resolution and energy efficiency than conventional BJT-based sensors [1], but they typically occupy more area (> 0.25 mm 2 ) and have lower operating temperatures (le 125 {circ} {C}) [2]-[4]. This work describes a 0.12mm 2 resistor-based sensor that uses a Wien-bridge (WB) filter to achieve 0.1 {circ} {C} (3 sigma) inaccuracy from - 40 {circ} {C} to 180 {circ} {C}. Compared to a state-of-the-art WB sensor [4], it occupies 6 × less area and achieves comparable relative accuracy over a 76% wider operating range. Session 10.3 Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Electronic InstrumentationMicroelectronic
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