The abnormal behavior of polymers glass transition temperature increase and its mechanism

In terms of the classical theory in textbooks, the two components with phase separation in a binary polymer blend will, depending on their compatibility, have their respective Tg get closer or remain in their original values. According to the classical theory, the Tg of plastic component shall remain unchanged or move toward the lower Tg of rubber component in a rubber/plastic blend. However, ultra-fine full-vulcanized powdered rubber (UFPR) with a diameter of ca. 100 nm can simultaneously increase the toughness and the Tg of plastics, which is abnormal and is difficult to explain by classical theory. In this feature article, the abnormal behavior and its mechanism are discussed in detail.     

An analysis of the rate of isomerization in molecules with an asymmetric double well potential

The classical theory of the rate of unimolecular isomerization developed by Gray andRice as extended by Zhao and Rice is applied to the calculation of the rate of isomerization in modelsystems which have linear asymmetric double well potentials. We are interested in this system fortwo reasons. First, we are interested in the detailed dynamical processes for the mentioned systembecause it is widely related to practical chemical reactions. Second, the present model systemhas an asymmetric double well potential, which provides a different test of the accuracy of theapproximations used in the Gray-Zhao-Rice theory than posed by previous applications. We havecalculated relaxation rates and relaxation times for the model systems on different time scales.We find that for the systems under studies the Gray-Zhao-Rice version of the classical theory ofisomerization rate yields values in good agreement with those generated from trajectory calculationsand from the Reactive Island theory of De Leon et al.     

Description of the Structure and Properties of Atactic Polystyrene Melt Using Integral Equation Theory

The polymer reference interaction site model （PRISM） integral equation theory was used to describe the structure and thermodynamic properties of atactic polystyrene （aPS） melt, in which the monomer of aPS is represented with an eight-site model to characterize its microstructure. The intramolecular structure factors needed in the PRISM calculations were obtained from single chain MD simulations. The calculated results indicate that the results by the integral equation method agrees well with experiments, and can reflect the fine microscopic structure of real aPS melt. This work shows that the PRISM theory is a powerful tool for investigating the structure and properties of complex polymers.     

A Theoretical Study on the Photochromic Mechanism of 1-Phenyl-3-methyl-4-（6-hydro-4-amino-5-sulfo-2,3-pyrazine）-pyrazole-5-one

The photochromic mechanism of 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-（6-hydro-4-amino-5-sulfo-2,3- pyrazine）-pyrazole-5-one has been investigated using the density functional theory（DFT）. The solvent effect is simulated using the polarizable continuum model（PCM） of the self-consistent reaction field theory. According to the crystal structure of the title compound, an intramolecular proton transfer mechanism from enol to keto form was proposed to interpret its photochromism. Bader＇s atom-in-molecule（AIM） theory is used to investigate the nature of hydrogen bonds and ring structures. Time-dependent density functional theory（TDDFT） calculation results show that the photochromic process from enol to keto form is reasonable. The conformation and molecular orbital analysis of enol and keto forms explain why only intramolecular proton transfer is possible. The results from analyzing the energy and dipole moments of enol form, transition state and keto form in the gas phase and in different solvents have been used to assess the stability of the title compound.     

A New Method to Study the Sol-gel Transition Process of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials

The sol-gel transition process of PMMA/SiO2 hybrid materials was first studied by means of the dynamic torsional vibration method. The different stages of the transition can be described by the change of torque. The temperature-dependent measurement of the gel time（ tg ） gives the possibility to determine the apparent activation energy.（ Ea ） of this transition according to Flory＇s gelation theory. The non-equilibrium thermodynamic fluctuation theory was used to predict the transition behavior. The isothermal transition experiments on hybrid sols with different TEOS（tetraethyl orthosilicate） contents were carried out. The results show that the Ea of a hybrid sol is higher than that of a non- hybrid sol of a TEOS-water-ethanol system. The increasing of TEOS content in a hybrid sol has no obvious effect on the Ea value, but it can enhance the sol-gel .reaction rate.     

Inhibition Mechanism of Cholinesterases by Carbamate: A Theoretical Study

The density functional theory at the B3LYP/6-311G（d, p） level was applied to exploring the inhibition mechanism of cholinesterases by carbamate. The results indicate that the inhibition reactions with or without the catalytic effect of the catalytic triad in eholinesterases underwent a two-step addition-elimination mechanism, which is in good agreement with the proposed mechanism. The solvent has a strong effect on the inhibition reactions and the reaction with the catalytic triad in the solvent phase is close to the real reaction under biological condition.     

Fe@C60几何结构和电子性质的计算研究

The generalized gradient approximation （GGA） based on density functional theory （DFT） was used to analyze the structural and electronic properties of Fe@C60 and C59Fe for comparison. Among the six possible optimized geometries of Fe@C60, the most favorable endohedral site of Fe atom is under the center of a hexagon ring, i.e., Fe@C60-6. The Energy gap （Eg） of Fe@C60-6 is smaller than those of C59Fe and C60, indicating the higher chemical reactivity. The magnetic moment of Fe atom in Fe@C60-6 is preserved to some extent though there is the hybridization between the ge atom and C atoms of the cage, in contrast to the completely quenched magnetic moment of the Fe atom in C59Fe.     

Molecular Dynamics Studies of the Kinetics of Phase Changes in Clusters IV： Crystal Nucleation from Molten （NaCl）256 and （NaCl）500 Clusters

Molecular dynamics computer simulation based on the Born-Mayer-Huggins potential function has been carried out to study the effects of duster size and temperature on the nucleation rate of sodium chloride dusters in the temperature range of 580 K to 630 K. Clusters with 256 and 500 NaCl molecules have been studied and the results have been compared with those obtained from 108 molecule dusters. The melting point (MP) of the clusters were observed to increase with the size of the clusters and can be well described by a linear equation MP =1107(37)-1229(23)N^-1/3(N is the number of molecules in the duster).The nucleation rate was found to decrease with increasing the duster size or temperature. Various nucleation theories have been used to interpret the nucleation rates obtained from this molecular dynamics simulation. It is possible to use a constant diffuse interface thickness to interpret the nucleation rate from the diffuse interface theory in the temperature range of this study. However, the interfacinl free energy estimated from classical nucleation theory and diffuse interface theory increases too fast with increasing the temperature while that from Gran-Gunton theory does not change with changing temperatures.The sizes of critical nuclei estimated from all the theories are smaller than those estimated from our simulations.     

Numerical simulation of Marangoni effects of single drops induced by interphase mass transfer in liquid-liquid extraction systems by the level set method

The mathematical model of mass transfer-induced Marangoni effect is formulated. The drop surface evolution is captured by the level set method, in which the interface is represented by the embedded set of zero level of a scalar distance function defined in the whole computational domain. Numerical simulation of the Marangoni effect induced by interphase mass transfer to/from deformable single drops in unsteady motion in liquid-liquid extraction systems is performed in a Eulerian axisymmetric reference frame. The occurrence and development of the Marangoni effect are simulated, and the re- sults are in good agreement with the classical theoretical analysis and previous simulation.     

The PVT Properties Calculation of Water by BWR Equation

The classical theory of the equation of state first formulated by van der Waals1 has shown that a universal relation among pressure, volume, and temperature exists. In spite of the large number of equations of state that have appeared during the last century, very few people seems to have developed an equation with a reasonable number of empirical constants, and few constants have a clear physical significance. The successful empirical development is the virial type equation of state. It is…     

Synthesis of Ruthenium-Graphene Quantum Dots Artificial Oxidase and Its Application in Colorimetric Detection of Phoxim in Carrots北大核心CSCD

The histidine functionalized graphene quantum dots（His-GQDs）react with ruthenium trichloride to form a stable ruthenium complex. This complex is treated in a N2 atmosphere at 600 ℃ for 1 h to obtain a ruthenium-graphene quantum dot composite （Ru-His-GQD）. The results of scanning electron microscopy （SEM）and transmission electron microscopy（TEM）analysis demonstrate that Ru-His-GOD has one three-dimensional structure. The diameter of ruthenium nanoparticles is between 40 and 60 nm. Ru-His-GQD is rich in functional groups and has high oxidase-like activity. Based on Ru-His-GQD catalyzed oxidation of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine（TMB）to produce blue compounds,a photometric method for the determination of phoxim in carrots is established. Phoxim can inhibit the activity of Ru-His-GQD oxidase,resulting in a decrease in the absorbance of the blue compound. When the concentration of phoxim is between 30～240 μg/ L,the absorbance of the oxidation product of TMB at 652 nm decreases linearly with the increase of phoxim concentration. The detection limit of the method reaches 7. 33 μg/L（S/N=3）,and the sensitivity is higher than those in literature. It has been successfully applied to the detection of phoxim in carrots. © 2022, Science Press (China). All rights reserved.     

Application of IPF Theory to the Study of lonization Equilibrium

This article is a theoretical study about ionization equilibrium. Taking the ionization equilibrium of acetic acid in a series of MeOH-water mixtures as an example, we calculated the ionization constant Ka according to the IPF theory, the Born theory and the vander Waals theory, respectively. The results indicate that the values obtained by the IPF theory are in best accordance with those from literatures. A brief discussion about the theories is given at the end.     

A Theoretical Model of Energy Transfer between Rare Earth Ions in Crystals

The limitation of the random walk theory of energy transfer between rare earth ions in crystals published in literatures is pointed out in this paper. A modified model, which can be used in any level of rare earth ion concentration when the interaction between donor and acceptor is different from that between donors, is introduced. measured fluorescence lifetimes of Yb^3＋：YAl3（BO3）4 This model has been applied to analyze the with a series of Yb^3＋ concentrations.     

8-羟基喹啉单体及二聚体质子转移反应的理论研究

Density functional theory （DFT） of quantum chemistry method was employed to investigate proton transfer reactions of 8-hydroxyquinoline （8-HQ） monomers and dimers. By studying the potential energy curves of the isomerization, the most possible reaction pathway was found. The total energy of 8-hydroxyquinoline was lower than that of quinolin-8（1H）-one, whereas the order was reversed in dimers. The findings explained the contrary experimental phenomena. The minimum reaction barrier of intramolecular proton transfer was 47.3 kJ/mol while that in dimer was only 25.7 kJ/mol. Hence it is obvious that proton transfer reactions of 8-HQ monomer have a considerable rate but it is easier to proceed for 8-HQ dimer than monomers. It implied that the hydrogen bond played an important role in depressing the activation energy of reaction. The mechanism of the tautomerization was discussed on the basis of theoretical results.     

Electrochemical DNA nano-biosensor for the detection of genotoxins in water samples简

In the present study, a disposable electrochemical DNA nano-biosensor is proposed for the rapid detection of genotoxic compounds and bio-analysis of water pollution. The DNA nano-biosensor is prepared by immobilizing DNA on Au nanoparticles and a self-assembled monolayer of cysteamine modified Au electrode. The assembly processes of cysteamine, Au nanoparticles and DNA were characterized by cyclic voltammetry （CV）. The Au nanoparticles enhanced DNA immobilization resulting in an increased guanine signal. The interaction of the analyte with the immobilized DNA was measured through the variation of the electrochemical signal of guanine by square wave voltammetry （SWV）. The biosensor was able to detect the known genotoxic compounds： 2-anthramine, acridine orange and 2- naphthylamine with detection limits of 2, 3 and 50 nmol/L, respectively. The biosensor was also used to test actual water samples to evaluate the contamination level. Additionally, the comparison of results from the classical genotoxiciw bioassay has confirmed the applicability of the method for real samoles.     

Trace determination of cobalt ion by using malic acid-malonic acid double substrate oscillating chemical system

A novel kinetic method for determination of trace amounts of cobalt ion was proposed and validated. The method is based on adding malic acid into classical Belousov-Zhabotinskii （B-Z） oscillating chemical system to form a double substrate one. The results showed that when the concentration of cobalt ion was in the range of 5.27× 10^-8 to 5.37 × 10^-12 mol L^-1, the change of the oscillating period was directly proportional to the negative logarithm of cobalt ion concentration. The sensitivity and precision of the developed method were quite satisfactory. The limit of detection was down to 5.20 × 10^-13 mol L^-1 which was a highest sensitivity found for determination of metal ions using oscillating chemical reaction so far. Some factors influencing the determination were also examined. The method has been successfully used to determine cobalt ion in vitamin B12 injection.     

First Principle Study of Ferromagnetism in Cr-Doped In2O3

We present a first principle study of Cr-doped In2O3 system using density functional theory. The obtained results show that the Cr ion prefers the cation site of the center of trigonally distorted octahedron and converges to high spin-polarized configuration in the ground state. The hybridization between d-states and the donor states is strong, and the spin-split donor impurity-band model is found to be the most favorable mechanism for the ferromagnetism in this system. The good ferromagnetic property of high Curie temperature is discussed in view of the electronic structure analyses.     

三芴及螺旋三芴等衍生物的吸收和发光性质的理论研究

The structures, ionization potentials （IP）, electron affinities （EA） and HOMO-LUMO gaps （AEH.L） of the terfluorene oligomers were studied by the density functional theory with B3LYP functional. The characters of the front orbitals were analyzed on the basis of the ground structure. The vertical excitation energies Ev and the maximal absorption wavelengths λabs of a series of ter（9,9-diarylfluorene） compounds were studied employing the time dependent density functional theory （TD-DFT） and ZINDO. The calculated maximal absorption wavelengths by both methods are in good agreement with the experimental data. The results show that the differences between terfluorene hh and ter（9,9-diarylfluorene） derivatives are slight in the structures and the electronic states except that there is the spiroconjugation in the latter. The spiroconjugation made these derivatives far from optimization in terms of stability. Excited structure of hh was calculated to be compared with the ground structure, which indicats that it has strong coplanar tendency of aromatic ring with the neighbour in the excited state. Consequently, they are good blue emitting materials with promising thermal stability.     

Electrochemical Reduction of 1,2-Di（p-tolylimino）ethane and 1,2-Di（2,4-dimethylphenylimino）ethane in Dimethylformamide

1,2-Di（p-tolylimino）ethane （Ⅰ） and 1,2-Di（2,4-dimethylphenylimino）ethane （Ⅱ） were synthesized and their electrochemical behavior investigated in dimethylformamide using classical voltammetry, differential pulse voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, controlled potential electrolysis and coulometry. Both bis-Schiff base ligands examined show a cathodic irreversible peak which corresponds to one-electron reduction of the substrate to form anion radical. According to the fact obtained from cyclic voltammetry, that the current function （ip/v^1/2） is a decreasing function of the scan rate, it can be concluded that there is a following coupling chemical reaction （EC mechanism）. Thus, the most probable mechanism of electroreduction of both ligands is the coupling of two radicals to form a dimer.     

Applications of the molecular orbital graph theory (XI)——The molecular moment's method of evaluating π-bond grade and judging relative reactivity of even AH

The tree graph method of evaluating the local molecular moment is proposed. By applying this method and the molecular moment formula of π-electron energy in the molecular orbital graph theory, a topological method of using the molecular moment to judge the relatively reactive point of even AH is achieved.