Better control of #particles can support cleaner manufacturing and resource recovery. This review highlights advances in China, from modifying particle surfaces to producing #hydrogen while recovering lithium from used #batteries.🧐 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/4203/33…

Crystalline porous #particles offer tunable pores for separation, catalysis and #energy storage. This review explores their applications, showing why shaping, scalable production and experimental validation are essential for turning laboratory designs into practical technologies.🧐 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/4203/33…

Tiny #airborne #particles can behave very differently. This review explains how their coatings and internal structure affect water uptake and sunlight absorption, and how studying individual particles helps improve air-quality and #climate models.🧐 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/1683/32…

Shape matters when treating reactor exhaust. In simulations, cross-shaped columns helped more #particles touch each other, increasing contacts by 87.4% compared with round columns. However, they also made airflow harder. Lengthening the arm along the #airflow improved overall performance.😀 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/1683/32…

#PM2.5 can affect more than the #lungs. This review looks at research in China on how people are exposed to fine #particles, their links to health problems, and why some particle components may be more harmful than others.🧐 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/1683/32…

How can #lasers measure #particle size without touching the sample? This review traces China's laser particle sizing from early light-scattering methods to modern online systems, highlighting advances in instruments, data analysis and measurements from #nanometers to millimeters.🧐 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/1683/32…

What can #microbes and other biological #material in the air tell us about health and pollution? This review traces China’s #bioaerosol research from simple counts to sequencing, activity and exposure studies, and calls for standardized sampling and stronger risk assessment.🧐 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/1683/32…

#Graphene #oxide can strengthen polymers, but shape matters. Flatter, thicker GOc sheets spread more evenly than wrinkled GOH, increasing stiffness by about 30% in vitrimers and 5% in epoxy. GOc-vitrimer also relaxed stress fastest, helped by dynamic bonds.🧐 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/1683/32…

Measuring PM2.5 is harder than it seems. This review compares several common methods and explains how humidity, #particle type and instrument calibration can affect results—and which methods work best for different monitoring needs.😀 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/1683/32…

Can a #coating make water bead up? Researchers changed the coating surface with #siloxane and #silica #particles. The result was a highly water-repellent surface with a 158° contact angle, while curing may also become simpler.😀 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/3693/31…

How can cubic boron nitride (#CBN) grinding wheels last longer? Researchers compared six abrasives and nine plating conditions. The best combination reached 310 N bonding strength, reduced grain loss to 2.3%, and lasted 10.85% longer than a commercial #wheel.🤓 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/3693/31…

Can low-cost #sodium #silicate make high-quality silica microspheres? By combining ultrasound with #polyethylene glycol, researchers produced smooth, well-dispersed spheres with a median size of 3.6 μm, offering a low-cost alternative to conventional methods for making silica #microspheres.🧐 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/3693/31…

Can the right mix of wood #powder and #fibres make a stronger composite without glue? A 1:3 mix gave the best bending strength, reaching 75 MPa, while a 1:1 mix showed the least deformation.👇 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/3693/31…

Recycled aggregate can perform better in road bases when #particle sizes are properly graded. Using a fractal-based #model, researchers optimized three mixtures. All achieved 7-day unconfined compressive strengths above 2.0 MPa and met the relevant standard.👍 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/3693/31…

Using camera-based scattering images, a deep-learning model classified airborne dust into four concentration levels in real time, with 90.0% precision and 86.7% recall—supporting faster and more practical industrial dust monitoring and safety warnings.😀 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/1683/30…

Can #simulations capture how refractory mortar particles pile up? Using three representative #particle shapes and calibrating surface energy and friction, a discrete-element model matched measured angle-of-repose tests with just 0.68% overall error—providing reliable inputs for pumping-system design.🧐 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/3703/31…

Water still beads up even after 100 #sandpaper abrasion cycles. A laser-engineered multilayer composite coating keeps the #aluminum alloy surface superhydrophobic—its water contact angle decreases only from 157° to 152°—while improving abrasion resistance.😀 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/3683/31…

Iron #powder for #laser coatings often carries tiny bumps that clog nozzles. A 20-minute #nitrogen spin at 4000–5000 r/min smooths grains to 4.39 g/cm³, yielding denser, harder, more corrosion-resistant coatings. This gives industry a practical recipe for better #metal parts.👍 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/3683/31…

A super-hard #powder for tools can be made below 100 #nanometers. Reviewing four routes shows cheap methods risk impurities while pure ones stay costly. This guides greener synthesis to bring #nanoscale powder from lab to industry for energy and #biomedical use.😀 @China_Powder ftjs.ujn.edu.cn/info/3683/31…