Modeling and computational simulation for supersonic flutter prediction of polymer/GNP/fiber laminated composite joined conical-conical shells

This paper is presented to study the supersonic flutter characteristics of laminated joined conical-conical shells made of epoxy as the matrix and fibers and graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) as the reinforcements. The mathematical modeling of the shell and the aerodynamic pressure are performed sequentially using the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) and the supersonic piston theory incorporating the aerodynamic damping coefficient. The effective elasticity and shear modulus, Poisson’s ratios, and density are estimated using the rule of mixture, Halpin-Tsai model, and micromechanical relations. The governing equations and associated boundary and compatibility conditions are derived utilizing Hamilton’s principle and are solved in the circumferential direction and numerically in the meridional direction via the differential quadrature method (DQM). The natural frequencies and mode shapes are obtained, and the influences of various parameters on the flutter boundaries are examined including the geometrical characteristics of the shell segments, boundary conditions, circumferential wave number, and weight fractions of the GNPs and fibers. It is concluded that by increasing the weight fractions of the fibers and the GNPs, the natural frequencies grow and the aeroelastic stability improves.     

Control of structure and photophysical properties by protonation and subsequent intramolecular hydrogen bonding

Protonation and subsequent intramolecular hydrogen bonding as methods to control chain structure and tune luminescence in heteroatomic conjugated polymers were reported experimentally [A. P. Monkman et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 6049 (2002)]. In this paper, the structure and photophysical properties of the model teraryl compound of phenylene-pyridylene copolymer before and after protonation are theoretically studied with quantum chemistry methods. From the optimized ground states, intramolecular hydrogen bonding to the adjacent oxygen atom in the alkoxy substituent planarizes the backbone of the molecules, and the optimized detailed results of compound 9 before and after protonation, such as the dihedral angles between the central benzene and the two pyridyl rings, the bond lengths, and the bond angles, are consistent with the experimental results. From the results of the calculated excited states, the protonation and subsequent intramolecular hydrogen bonding result in the redshifts of the absorption, the increase of the ionization energy, the increase of the electron affinity, the decrease of the energy difference of the highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital, the decrease of the binding gap, and the delocalization of the electron-hole coherence. The photophysical properties of compound 9 before and after protonation are further studied with a three-dimensional real-space analysis method of transition and charge difference densities (study transition dipole moment and charge transfer in the absorption and fluorescence processes) and two-dimensional real-space analysis method of transition density matrices (study the electron-hole coherence and the excitation delocalization). The calculated results show theoretically an insight understanding on the influence of the protonation and subsequent intramolecular hydrogen bonding to chain structure and photophysical properties.     

Excited state properties of novel p- and n-type organic semiconductors with an anthracene unit

Photoinduced dynamics of novel p- and n-type organic semiconductors with an anthracene unit are theoretically investigated with quantum chemistry methods. The calculated vertical absorption and fluorescence frequencies of them are consistent with the experimental data. The changing tendencies of the dihedral angles between anthracene unit and trifluoromethylphenyl (or thiophene) in the photoinduced dynamics processes (vertical absorption and vertical fluorescence) are examined from the geometries of optimized ground and excited states. To study the influence of the individual units of the derivatives to the excited state properties of the derivatives, the energies and densities of frontier orbital HOMOs and LUMOs of the individual unit and the derivatives are studied in the processes of vertical absorption and fluorescence. The excited state properties of the two derivatives in the processes of vertical absorption and fluorescence are studied with 2D and 3D real space analysis methods, which are employed to study the electron–hole coherence and the excitation delocalization (with transition density matrix method), and charge and energy transfer (with transition and charge difference density method). Overall, the computed results remain in good agreement with the relevant experimental data, and the theoretical results promote deeper understanding to the optical and electronic properties of the semiconductor in the process of photoinduced dynamics.     

晶种数量对MOR分子筛上烷基转移反应的影响及反应机理研究

以丝光沸石(MOR)分子筛为催化剂,甲苯与三甲苯烷基转移反应为探针反应,系统考察了晶种数量变化对分子筛物化性能和催化性能的影响。研究表明,合成过程中晶种添加量的不同会显著影响催化剂的酸性、比表面积和孔体积,进而影响其催化剂活性和稳定性。当晶种添加量为8%时,MOR分子筛具有最多的B酸含量、最大的比表面积和孔体积,同时对应的催化剂活性和稳定性也最好。本研究还对甲苯和三甲苯烷基转移反应机理进行了深入研究,结果表明,发生在MOR分子筛上的烷基转移反应通过双分子中间体机理进行,并应用实验手段捕捉到了中间体的存在,证实了双分子中间体机理的合理性,同时推导出可能的反应机理路线图。     

关于应对疫情开展化学类专业课程线上教学的探究

This paper aims at the implementation of the online courses of chemistry majors in Sichuan University in response to the epidemic, and explores a more effective and reasonable way to organize teaching. Based on the investigation and feedback of teachers and students, this paper points out the difficulties and challenges of online teaching at the present stage:the classroom interaction and discussion are not smooth, the online teaching tools and methods are diversified, and the chemistry laboratory courses are not matched. Therefore, the School of Chemistry of Sichuan University will coordinate the online teaching platform, enhance the classroom interaction, and launch the "chemistry virtual simulation experiment teaching center" to ensure the teaching progress and quality during the epidemic prevention and control.     

化工单元操作中理论板与传质单元数之间关系的探究

填料塔与板式塔是化工单元操作过程中的常见设备,而填料塔中填料层高度的计算与板式塔中理论板数的确定是关键,教材中有关填料层高度的计算采用的是传质单元数法,而板式塔中理论板的确定采用是Mc Cable-Thiele方法来确定的,有关传质单元数与理论板它们之间的关系介绍的较少。本文采用吸收因子法详细介绍了理论板数与传质单元数的求法,并由此建立了它们之间的定量关系,可用于二类塔的比较,对于填料塔的分析与设计具有一定的指导作用,有助于对吸收与精馏单元操作过程的学习与理解。     

Molecular dynamics simulation of self- and mutual diffusion coefficients for confined mixtures

The self- and mutual diffusion coefficients for binary mixtures of Ar-Kr both in the bulk and in the nanopores were studied by molecular dynamics simulations. The composition dependences and the relationships between the self- and the mutual diffusion coefficients both in the bulk and in the nanopores were further discussed. It was found that the simulation results (D(c.m.)) are close to the calculated ones (D(s)) for the Ar-Kr system. Both self- and mutual diffusion coefficients in nanopores are much lower than that of the bulk, and they ever decrease as the pore width decreases. Nevertheless, the self- and mutual diffusion coefficients increase as the mole fraction of Ar increases, and as expected, increase as the temperature increases. The self-diffusion coefficients of mixtures both in the bulk and in the nanopores are predicted by the Carman model and by the molecular cluster model.     

类风湿性关节炎中医证候计算机数理统计方法初探

从１１０例类风湿性关节炎患者中选取临床最常见的肝肾两虚证、寒热错杂证及寒湿阻络证患者７４例与健康人３０例，仅就人发１４种必需微量元素含量进行计算机数理统计方法的研究，结果表明：三种中医证候类风关患者的Ｃｏ、Ｍｇ、Ｍｏ、Ｓｒ、Ｚｎ含量明显低于健康人，统计学分析呈非常显著性差异（Ｐ＜０．００１）。利用计算机数理统计方法对上述人群的微量元素进行筛选判别及分析，结果表明只要选择适当的特征参量，肝肾两虚证与寒热错杂证的类同关患者的分类判别准确率为９４．６４％，肝肾两虚证与寒湿阻络证患者以及寒热错杂与寒湿阻络证患者的分类判别准确率分别均为１００％．同时对健康人与上述三种中医证候的病例进行判别，其准确率为９５．１９％，获满意结果．     

Comparison of subcellular responses for the evaluation and prediction of the chemotherapeutic response to cisplatin in lung adenocarcinoma using Raman spectroscopy

Confocal Raman Micro-spectroscopy (CRM) is employed to examine the chemical and physiological effects of anticancer agents, using cisplatin and A549 adenocarcinoma cells as a model compound and test system respectively. Spectral responses of the membrane and cytoplasm of the cell are analysed independently and the results are compared to previously reported spectroscopic studies of the nucleus. Moreover, Raman spectra from the proteins extracted from the control and exposed samples are acquired and analysed to confirm the origin of the molecular changes of the cell membrane and cytoplasm of the A549 cells. Multivariate data analysis techniques including Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR) along with PLS-Jackknifing are used to analyse the data measured from the cell membrane and cytoplasm of the A549 cells and results are correlated with parallel measurements from the cytotoxicity assay MTT. A PLSR model is used to differentiate between the chemical effect of the chemotherapeutic agent and the physiological response of the A549 cells and to identify regions of the spectrum that are associated with these processes respectively. The PLSR model is also employed to predict, on the basis of the Raman spectra, the effective dose as well as the level of physiological response, using spectra data from the cytoplasmic and cell membrane regions. The effectiveness of the models based on spectral datasets from the cell membrane and cytoplasm is compared to similar models constructed using spectral data from the nuclear region as well as one combining spectral data from all regions. In all cases, higher prediction accuracy is found for regression against the cisplatin dose, and for both regression against the dose and the physiological response, nuclear data yield higher precision.     

Selection between pinching-type and supramolecular polymer-type complexes by alpha-cyclodextrin-beta-cyclodextrin hetero-dimer and hetero-cinnamamide guest dimers

Novel supramolecular complexes have been prepared from an alpha-cyclodextrin-beta-cyclodextrin hetero-dimer (alpha-CD-beta-CD hetero-dimer) and hetero-cinnamamide guest dimers, G-t-Boc and G-NH2, having adamantyl groups in aqueous solutions. On addition of the competitive guest, the supramolecular structure formed by a mixture of the alpha-CD-beta-CD hetero-dimer and G-t-Boc was found to be different from that of a mixture of the alpha-CD-beta-CD hetero-dimer and G-NH2 by the 1H NMR spectroscopy, the ROESY NMR spectroscopy, and the circular dichroism spectroscopy. The size of the supramolecular complex from the mixture of the alpha-CD-beta-CD hetero-dimer and G-NH2 is larger than that from the mixture of the alpha-CD-beta-CD hetero-dimer and G-t-Boc, which was proved by the pulse field gradient spin-echo NMR and the atomic force microscopy. These results suggest that the mixture of the alpha-CD-beta-CD hetero-dimer and G-t-Boc formed a pinching-type complex, and the mixture of the alpha-CD-beta-CD hetero-dimer and G-NH2 formed a supramolecular polymer-type complex.     

Effect of reaction medium on the radical polymerization and copolymerization of potassium and sodium p-styrenesulphonate

The kinetics of the homogeneous free radical polymerization of potassium p-styrenesulphonate and sodium p-styrenesulphonate (SSS) in water-salt, water-dioxane, water-dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO), DMSO—dioxane mixtures and copolymerization of SSS with acrylamide in water-salt and water-DMSO mixtures have been investigated. The overall rate of the process, the kinetic orders with respect to monomer and initiator, overall activation energy and also the properties of the resulting polymers (molecular weight, copolymer composition and compositional inhomogeneity) depend on the nature of the reaction medium. It is mainly connected with the influence of ionic strength (due to varying ionogenic monomer concentration, addition of salts and also the change of the conversion degree) and with the influence of the polarity of solvent on the rate constants for propagation and termination. The chemical and physical characteristic of the reaction mainly influence parameters of the electrostatic interactions in the system “macroradical-counterions-anions of monomer”. This leads to conformational variation of polymer chains and influences the reactivities of growing macroradicals and ionogenic monomers in polymerization and copolymerization. Data on conductivity and viscometric measurements confirmed the dependence of the conformation of polymer and copolymer macromolecules upon the composition of the medium.     

载体对包埋酶微环境的影响分析

包埋法固定化酶过程中,酶固定化载体的选择和设计是酶固定化过程的关键因素,适宜的载体微环境对酶活性和稳定性的影响尤为重要。论文首先分析并提出了影响固定化酶所处载体微环境的主要因素,包括载体的亲疏水性、结构形态和反应活性。载体的亲疏水性决定固定化酶微环境中的水分含量。载体的结构形态对酶形成的笼效应,以及载体的反应活性,包括共价键合、静电和氢键等的结合能力,影响酶构象的稳定性和运动性。另外,底物／产物的扩散速率和酶的可及性也同样受到载体的孔结构、孔分布以及载体反应活性的影响。本文介绍了常用的酶包埋载体,包括sol-gel二氧化硅、高分子水凝胶以及高分子－二氧化硅杂化凝胶固定化酶过程,结合上述影响酶微环境的因素,分析比较了三类载体固定化酶的包埋率、活性和稳定性,综述了为改善固定化酶微环境所进行改进研究的进展。     

Effect of temperature, pressure, and cosolvents on structural and dynamic properties of the hydration shell of SNase: a molecular dynamics computer simulation study

It is now generally agreed that the hydration water and solvational properties play a crucial role in determining the dynamics and hence the functionality of proteins. We present molecular dynamics computer simulation studies on staphylococcal nuclease (SNase) at various temperatures and pressures as well as in different cosolvent solutions containing various concentrations of urea and glycerol. The aim is to provide a molecular level understanding of how different types of cosolvents (chaotropic and kosmotropic) as well as temperature and high hydrostatic pressure modify the structure and dynamics of the hydration water. Taken together, these three intrinsic thermodynamic variables, temperature, pressure, and chemical potential (or activity) of the solvent, are able to influence the stability and function of the protein by protein-solvent dynamic coupling in different ways. A detailed analysis of the structural and dynamical properties of the water and cosolvents at the protein surface (density profile, coordination numbers, hydrogen-bond distribution, average H-bond lifetimes (water-protein and water-water), and average residence time of water in the hydration shell) was carried out, and differences in the structural and dynamical properties of the hydration water in the presence of the different cosolvents and at temperatures between 300 and 400 K and pressures up to 5000 bar are discussed. Furthermore, the results obtained help understand various thermodynamic properties measured for the protein.     

Conformational preferences of pseudoproline residues

The conformational study on N-acetyl-N'-methylamides of oxazolidine and thiazolidine residues (Ac-Oxa-NHMe and Ac-Thz-NHMe) is carried out using ab initio HF and density functional B3LYP methods with the self-consistent reaction field method to explore the effects of the replacement of the C(gamma)H(2) group in the prolyl ring by oxygen or sulfur atoms on the conformational preferences and prolyl cis-trans isomerization in the gas phase and in solution (chloroform and water). As the solvent polarity increases, the conformations C with the C7 intramolecular hydrogen bonds become depopulated, the PPII- or PPI-like conformations F become more populated, and the cis populations increase for both Oxa and Thz dipeptides, as found for the Pro dipeptide, although the populations of backbone conformations and puckerings are different in pseudoproline and proline dipeptides. As the increase of solvent polarity, the populations of the trans/up conformations decrease for Oxa and Thz dipeptides, but they increase for the Pro dipeptide. It is found that the cis-trans isomerization proceeds through the anticlockwise rotation with omega' approximately -60 degrees about the oxazolidyl peptide bond and the clockwise rotation with omega' approximately +120 degrees about the thiazolidyl peptide bond in the gas phase and in solution, whereas the clockwise rotation is preferred for the prolyl peptide bond. The pertinent distance d(N...H-N(NHMe)) and the pyramidality of the prolyl nitrogen can describe the role of this hydrogen bond in stabilizing the transition state structure but the lower rotational barriers for Oxa and Thz dipeptides than those for the Pro dipeptide, which is observed from experiments, cannot be rationalized. The calculated cis populations and rotational barriers to the cis-trans isomerization for both Oxa and Thz dipeptides in chloroform and/or water are consistent with the experimental values.     

煤中矿物质及其燃烧后的变化分析

以淮北煤田6煤层煤为样品，采用中子活化法、化学方法、X射线衍射及扫描电镜等方法对煤及其灰样品中的矿物质、微量元素进行了分析，在此基础上，研究了样品中主要矿物的种类及其形成时的影响因素，分析了它们在燃烧前后的主要变化。通过分析可知，样品中主要含有高岭石、石英、方解石和黄铁矿以及多种微量元素；在燃烧过程中，微量元素的含量以及矿物的种类发生了变化，并形成高温稳定的矿物种类。     

Conformational preferences and cis-trans isomerization of azaproline residue

The conformational study of N-acetyl-N'-methylamide of azaproline (Ac-azPro-NHMe, the azPro dipeptide) is carried out using ab initio HF and density functional methods with the self-consistent reaction field method to explore the effects of the replacement of the backbone CHalpha group by the nitrogen atom on the conformational preferences and prolyl cis-trans isomerization in the gas phase and in solution (chloroform and water). The incorporation of the Nalpha atom into the prolyl ring results in the different puckering, backbone population, and barriers to prolyl cis-trans isomerization from those of Ac-Pro-NHMe (the Pro dipeptide). In particular, the azPro dipeptide has a dominant backbone conformation D (beta2) with the cis peptide bond preceding the azPro residue in both the gas phase and solution. This may be ascribed to the favorable electrostatic interaction or intramolecular hydrogen bond between the prolyl nitrogen and the amide hydrogen following the azPro residue and to the absence of the unfavorable interactions between electron lone pairs of the acetyl carbonyl oxygen and the prolyl Nalpha. This calculated higher population of the cis peptide bond is consistent with the results from X-ray and NMR experiments. As the solvent polarity increases, the conformations B and B* with the trans peptide bond become more populated and the cis population decreases more, which is opposite to the results for the Pro dipeptide. The conformation B lies between conformations D and A (alpha) and conformation B* is a mirror image of the conformation B on the phi-psi map. The barriers to prolyl cis-trans isomerization for the azPro dipeptide increase with the increase of solvent polarity, and the cis-trans isomerization proceeds through only the clockwise rotation with omega' approximately +120 degrees about the prolyl peptide bond for the azPro dipeptide in the gas phase and in solution, as seen for the Pro dipeptide. The pertinent distance d(N...H-NNHMe) and the pyramidality of imide nitrogen can describe the role of this hydrogen bond in stabilizing the transition state structure and the lower rotational barriers for the azPro dipeptide than those for the Pro dipeptide in the gas phase and in solution.     

Relationship between the minute structure and the lodging resistance of rice stems

The aim of this experiment is to measure the morphological and mechanical properties, and to analyze the relationship between the morphology and lodging resistance of several different kinds of rice stem. Choose the typical species of tall, mid and short stem and hybrid rice, ten individual plants each species (all should be caulis), and when paddies are full heading, intercept the third internode above the ground. The minute structure characteristics include the size of outer diameter, Culm wall thickness, and the number of big and small vascular bundles. Mechanical properties include the tensile breaking point and the tensile elastic modulus. Based on the above characteristics it is concluded that the middle stem has the highest lodging resistance. Thus when we select the high-yield and lodging resistance species, the middle and rigid stem should be considered.     

HPLC of fatty acid esters of mono- and polyhydric alcohols. Part 2: Preparative separation

This paper demonstrates how simply and rapidly fatty acid esters of mono- and polyhydric alcohols can be separated quantitatively in preparative quantities on Lobar® RP-8 packed columns. After the separation of unknown mixtures, the isolated esters are identified from spectroscopic data (IR/NMR) and, after saponification of the ester components (fatty acids and alcohols), from the retention times of gas and high-pressure liquid chromatographic separations. Thus, in particular, sparingly volatile or nonvolatile partial esters of polyhydric alcohols, as well as the long-chained full esters, can be determined qualitatively and quantitatively. The following fatty acid esters of mono- and polyhydric alcohols have been separated: the i-propylesters of the laurinic and myristinic acids, the i-butyl-, i-octyl- and i-octadecyl-esters of the palmitinic and stearic acids, the mono- and di-fatty acid esters of the 1,3-bis-(2-hydroxyethyl)-5,5-dimethylhydantoins, the mono-, di- and tri-esters of the trimethylalpropane and the full esters of the pentaerythrite.