Dense CO2 can be used as an environmentally-benign polymer processing medium because of its liquid-like densities and gas-like mass transfer properties.In this work, polymer bio-blends of polycarbonate (PC), a biocompatible polymer, and polycaprolactone (PCL), a biodegradable polymer were prepared. Dense CO2 was used as a reaction medium for the melt-phase PC polymerization in the presence of d...

In emissions intensive industries such as iron and cement, manufacturers can invest to reduce carbon emissions. Under carbon regulations, their investment decisions will change the cost structure of production. We study the joint production and investment decisions under command-andcontrol and market-based regulations for a manufacturer. Market-based regulations include carbon tax and cap-and-t...

By making use of the double-time Green function technique, we study thermodynamics of a deformed Bose gas, which describes well properties of density intensive photonic gas and radiation fields of the early universe. General form of statistical distribution function is obtained. We show explicitly the expression of the distribution function in some limitation cases. The free energy, equation of...

With the growing concern with our environment, the practice degree of green supply chain management I attractgetting more and more attention from academic and industry. Therefore, studying green supply chain management practice is a very meaningful work. Green supply chain management performance appraisal will involve a lot of indicators, and there are usually have dependence and feedback relat...

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a low-toxicity and environmentally-friendly material applied on devices, sensors or actuators for "green" usage. A porous ZnO film deposited by a rapid process of aerosol deposition (AD) was employed as the gas-sensitive material in a CO gas sensor to reduce both manufacturing cost and time, and to further extend the AD application for a large-scale production. The relative ...

Potential interactions between food production and climate mitigation are explored for two situations in sub-Saharan Africa, where deforestation and land degradation overlap with hunger and poverty. Three agriculture intensification scenarios for supplying nitrogen to increase crop production (mineral fertilizer, herbaceous legume cover crops--green manures--and agroforestry--legume improved tr...

Well-crystallized Ba2SiO4:Eu powders were grown on a substrate by the vapor phase reaction between a mixed powder (barium carbonate and europium oxide) and SiO gas. The vaporization of SiO occurs at 1400–1600◦C from the SiO2 source (or SiO powder) in a reducing atmosphere. The formed SiO gas was transported by 95 vol% Ar 5 vol% H2 gas and reacted with the raw material powders. The emission inte...

introduction “green infrastructure” is a term that describes the abundance and distribution of natural features providing ecological services necessary for community wellbeing specially in urban areas where these are limited. green infrastructure is increasingly espoused by landscape conservation and metropolitan planning because it is an effective way to surrogate ecological network functions ...