The introduction of foam into concrete, made the concrete have a small internal, closed independent uniform bubbles, which can form light weight, good insulation properties of foamed concrete, mainly used for roofing, non-load-bearing walls and thermal insulation layer pipeline. The purpose of this study is to obtain basic data on the properties of the development of lightweight foamed concrete containing a novel and high-efficiency foaming agent for various applications. The results show that this novel complex foaming agent have high foam expansion and stable foam. Lightweight foamed concrete based on LC foaming agent exhibits high compressive strength, low thermal conductivity and low water absorption after 28-day curing. Furthermore, it can be found that micropores is homogenously distributed into the LC foamed concrete with density of 400kg/m3.

NiO/Ni nanocomposites were prepared by chemically reduction-oxidation process in tetra-ethylene glycol (TEG) solution. The structure and morphology of the samples were examined by XRD and SEM. The results indicated the composite consisted of NiO and Ni and exhibited spherical morphology with diameter of 50-200 nm. The electrochemical performances of composite electrodes used in electrochemical capacitors were studied. The electrochemical measurements were carried out using cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge/discharge and impedance spectroscopy in 6M KOH aqueous electrolyte using three-electrode Swagelok systems. The results showed that the composite had a high specific capacitance and excellent capacitive behavior. The specific capacitance of the composite decreased to 192F/g after 500 cycles. Due to the existance of Ni, the charge transfer resistance is lower than 1Ω. It revealed that the composite exhibited good cycling performance.

Spinel-perovskite multiferroics of NiFe2O4/BiFeO3 nanoparticles were prepared by modified Pechini method. The structure and morphology of the composites were examined by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed that the composites consisted of spinel NiFe2O4 and perovskite BiFeO3 after annealed at 700°C for 2h, and the particle size ranges from 40 to 100nm. VSM and ME results indicated that the nanocomposites exhibited both tuning magnetic properties and a ME effect. The ME effect of the nanocomposites strongly depended on the magnetic bias and magnetic field frequency.

Synthesis of Ag-doped magnetic composites with antibacterial properties is in the great interest in the development of new biomedical applications. Ag/γ-Fe2O3 composite microspheres have been successfully prepared via a simple solvothermal reduction method under mild conditions. The crystal phases and the shapes of the products were characterized by XRD and SEM. The results revealed that the composites are spherical with the diameter of 200-300 nm. Magnetic measurements showed that the mixed microspheres exhibit a typical ferromagnetic behavior, a specific saturation magnetization of 56 emu/g and an intrinsic coercivity of 38 Oe at room temperature. The strain of E. coli was used to evaluate the antibacterial activity of the Ag-doped γ-Fe2O3 composites which exhibited very high inhibition.

Layered manganese oxide nanostructures were synthesized by a facile hydrothermal method, using KMnO4 and CH3CH2OH as the precursors. The structure, composition and morphology of the product are evaluated by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Infrared (IR) techniques. The results showed that crystalline birnessite-based manganese oxide was formed and the hydrothermal time and temperature had great influence on nanostructures of the products. The electrochemical results showed that birnessite nanowires exhibit excellent cyclic stability performance in the potential application window of 1.5~4.8 V.