In this study the relationships between mechanicals properties and morphology of the poly (lactic acid) (PLA)/poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) blends with or without heat treatment were investigated. The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis showed that blends have a two-phase structure indicating that they are immiscible. On the other hand, the PLA/PBAT (30/70) blend achieved the best tensile and impact strength because of its sea-island morphology, except for high PBAT content. The PLA/PBAT (70/30) and PLA/PBAT (50/50) blends showed irregular and directive-layer morphologies, in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis, producing a break cross-section with various fiber shapes. Both blends showed lower tensile strength and impact strength than the PLA/PBAT (30/70). After heat treatment, the PLA/PBAT blends showed high modulus of tensile and HDT because of a high degree of crystallization. The high degree of crystallization in the blends, which originated in the heat treatment, reduced their impact strength and elongation. However, the effect of high degree of crystallization on the PLA/PBAT (30/70) blend was small because of its sea-island morphology.

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Aminated and phosphorylated graphene quantum dots (PiNGQDs) have been synthesized and used as fluorescent probes for sensing metal cations.

A facile one-pot synthesis of l-DOPA imprinted silica nanospheres for chiral separation and in vitro controlled release.

13C‐isotope labeled paraoxon‐ethyl (13C2‐EP) and deuterium‐labeled paraoxon‐methyl (D6‐MP) were synthesized and employed as the surrogate (SS) and the internal standard (IS) in organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) spiking agricultural QC samples. The residual amounts of OPs were determined with gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry (GC‐MS) method. The isotope‐labeled compounds used in this study could assist the analysts to estimate the appropriateness and the uncertainties produced by pre‐treatment process. It was found that these isotope labeled compounds could improve the accuracy (10% to 40% of quantitative analysis), and provide efficacious calibration for the spiking recoveries of OPs in some agricultural samples.