Publications by authors named "Youzhi Chen"

An embedded core fiber sensor based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) principle is developed. In the structure of optical fiber, the middle of the optical fiber cladding is hollowed out. The hollowed-out part is then filled with a temperature-sensitive layer.

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As a municipal solid waste, waste glass undergoes pozzolanic activity when ground to a certain fineness. In this paper, calcium carbide residue (CCR) and NaCO were used as composite alkali activators for a glass powder-based composite cementitious system. A total of 60% fly ash (FA) and 40% ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) were used as the reference group of the composite cementitious material system, and the effects of 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% glass powder (GP) replacing FA on the rheological behavior, mechanical properties, and microstructure of alkali-activated composite cementitious systems were investigated.

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Despite their excellent performance, two-dimension nanomaterials have certain limitations in improving the performance of cement-based materials due to their poor dispersity in the alkaline environment. This paper has synthesized a new two-dimension stacked GO-SiO (GOS) hybrid through the sol-gel method. Nano-SiO is coated on the surface of GO with wrinkling characteristics, and the atomic ratio of C, O, and Si in GOS is 1:1.

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Soil contaminated by hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) poses a severe environmental threat owing to the carcinogenic and genotoxic characteristics of Cr(VI). Currently, field application of remediation technologies for Cr(VI) removal or detoxification fails to achieve optimum results owing to various limitations, such as high energy consumption, high chemical cost, secondary pollution, and long treatment duration. Herein, a novel strategy, namely, the capillary-evaporation membrane (CEM) method, which is based on the ubiquitous phenomena of capillarity and evaporation in natural soil environment without external forces, was applied to remove Cr(VI) from contaminated soil.

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:Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber was proposed to enhance the mechanical performance of engineered cementitious composite in this research. A mixture of engineered cementitious composite with better expected performance was made by adding 2% PVA fiber. Mechanics tests, including pressure resistance, fracture resistance, and ultimate tensile strength, were conducted.

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In this study, the relationship between mycelium morphology and laccase production was studied. The results indicated that the morphology of P. ferulae pellets was changed when glass beads were added.

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