PHASE SEPARATION BEHAVIOR OF ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE COPOLYMER INDUCED BY SURFACES OF VARIOUS POLYMERS

This paper reports the phase separation behavior of ABS filmscast on the surfaces of homopelymers or random copolymers.It is foundthat phase separation of ABS films was induced by the surfaces of thesubstrate polymers.The relationship between the miscibility of the sub-strate polymers and the phase separation behavior of ABS films was alsoexamined.     

Microfluidic separation of particles by synergistic effect of geometry-induced hydrodynamics and magnetic field

Microfluidic combined with magnetic field have been demonstrated to be the promising solutions for fast and low-damage particles separation. However, the difficulties in the precise layout of magnets and accurate prediction of particle trajectories lead to under and over separation of target particles. A novel particle separation lab-on-chip(LOC) prototype integrated with microstructures and micropolar arrays is designed and characterized. Meanwhile, a numerical model for the separation of magne...     

Using two-dimensional time resolved light scattering to study the cure reaction induced phase separation process of epoxy-amine-polyethersulfone blend with secondary phase separation

<正>The generalized two-dimensional correlation analysis based on time-resolved light scattering patterns(2D TRLS) has been employed to study the phase separation process of an epoxy-amine-polyethersulfone blend in which the secondary phase separation takes place.The results of the 2D TRLS provided more detailed information that was not readily observed in the 1D TRLS patterns.(i) During the first process of phase separation,the sequential order of coarsening in size of the domains among the larger and smaller ones has been reversed between the diffusion regime and the hydrodynamic regime. (ii) The change of the larger domains in size,due to the hydrodynamic flow in the late stage of the first phase separation process,keeps on taking place earlier than that of the new domains appeared in the secondary phase separation process. (iii) During the secondary phase separation process the size growth of the smaller domains takes place earlier than that of the larger ones,probably due to the assumption that the coarsening mode could decrease the interface tension more quickly.     

Separation of Neutral Amino Acids with Ligand Exchange Resins

Four neutral amino acids (Gly, Ala,.Val and Leu) were separated with ligand exchange resins. The separation capacity of the ligand exchange resins is compared with that of common ion exchange resins. The effects of eluent, column temperature, and central metal ions of the support on the separation are studied. The relationship between matrix structure of resins and their separation capacity is analysed.     

Optimized Separation of Nine Xanthones by Microemulsion Electrokinetic Chromatography

A microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography method has been firstly used for the separation of the therapeutically important xanthones from Securidaca inappendiculata. The separation of the nine xanthones was systematically optimized with respect to pH, composition of microemulsion,addition of cyclodextrins, applied voltage and column temperature. Baseline separation was successfully achieved for the nine xanthones, which was also compared with that by micellar electrokinetic chromtography.     

Miniaturization of Separation Systems and Its Applications

Development of miniaturized separation system consisted of microscale extraction and liquid phase separation processes has been reviewed. Various types of novel bonded stationary phases have been developed on the basis of the systematic analysis for the retention behavior of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on experimentally synthesized phases. In this review, the miniaturization of microscale sample preparation technique and the effective on-line coupling to microcolumn liquid phase separations are also described especially focusing on the approach by the author‘‘s group. The novel use of synthetic polymer filaments as the stationary phase and extraction media in those microscale separation systems will be introduced along with the applications in gas chromatographic separation.     

Optimization by orthogonal array design of ion-pair HPLC separation of the enzymatic hydrolysis products of yeast RNA

<正>The separation of enzymatic hydrolysis products of yeast RNA by ion-pair HPLC was studied.A modified chromatographic response function(MCRF) was proposed to appraise the effectiveness of chromatographic separation.This function takes the number of peaks,resolution and the retention time of the last peak into consideration.It shows advantages for optimization of HPLC separation of complex mixtures.An orthogonal array design was used to separate the hydrolysate of yeast RNA and the optimal chromatographic conditions were obtained.     

THE ROLES OF REACTION INHOMOGENEITY IN PHASE SEPARATION KINETICS AND MORPHOLOGY OF REACTIVE POLYMER BLENDS

The roles of reaction inhomogeneity in phase separation of polymer mixtures were described and summarized via two examples:photocross-link of polymer mixtures in the bulk state and photopolymerization of monomer in the liquid state. The reaction kinetics,the reaction-induced elastic strain and the phase separation kinetics were monitored respectively by UV-Vis spectroscopy,Mach-Zehnder interferometry and laser-scanning confocal microscopy.It was found that phase separation in the bulk state was strongly ...     

EFFECT OF DILUENTS ON CRYSTALLIZATION OF POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE) AND PHASE SEPARATED STRUCTURE IN A TERNARY SYSTEM via THERMALLY INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION

The phase diagram of a ternary system of PVDF,dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) was determined in terms of a pseudo binary system with the same polymer concentration and different DBP content in diluent mixture.The experimental results showed that as the DBP content increased in diluent mixture,the phase separation changed from liquid-liquid phase separation to solid-liquid phase separation,and both the cloudy point for L-L phase separation and crystallization temperature shif...     

Electrostatic interaction mechanism on the separation of phenols by non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis

The electrostatic interaction between additive and analyte is of great importance to non-aqueous cap- illary electrophoresis(NACE)separation.Three tetraalkylammonium bromides and acetonitrile were applied as additives and running solvent respectively.The effect of alkyl chain length and concentra- tion of additive on electrostatic interactions was investigated by the separation of phenols.The sepa- ration ability was found to increase with decreasing alkyl chain length of the additive,and the resolu- tion values were increased with increasing additive concentration.The separation was seriously dete- riorated after a little amount of water was added in the running solution.Furthermore,the electrostatic interaction is strong under the conditions of low electron cloud density,weak steric hindrance and multi-interaction sites.Thus,the separation result can be predicted by theoretical analysis,which is helpful for the separation of other substances in NACE based on electrostatic interaction.     

Nearly lattice-defect-free MOF membranes

<正>Membrane technology has widely accepted as the most energy efficient technology for the separation of ions or molecules. As the core of the membrane technology, the chemical and structure nature of membrane materials determines the application and energy-efficiency of the technology. An advanced membrane that has a remarkable ability to selectively differentiate ions and molecules can significantly enhance the separation technology and revolutionize industrial separation processes.     

The preparation of supported ionic liquids (SILs) and their application in rare metals separation

This review summarizes the preparation methods of support ionic liquids (SILs) and their applications in rare metals separation. The rare metals separation includes the recovery of high value metal ions and the removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater. SILs can be used as a kind of highly efficient multifunctional separation materials. The preparation methods of SILs include chemical immobilization technique in which ILs moieties are supported on solid supports via covalent bonds and physical immobilization techniques in which ILs are immobilized on solid supports via physical method such as simple im- pregnation, sol-gel method. According to the difference of solid supports, this review summarizes the application of polymer supported ionic liquids (P-SILs), silica based material supported ionic liquids (SM-SILs) and membrane supported ionic liq- uids (M-SILs) in rare metals separation. P-SILs and SM-SILs prepared by chemical method with N-methylimidazolium group can be used as highly efficient anion exchangers with high thermal stability and good chemical stability for adsorption of Cr(VI), Re(VII), Ce(IV). P-SILs prepared via simple impregnation afforded IL functionalized solvent impregnated resins (SIRs) which showed high separation efficiency and selectivity in the separation of rare earths(III) (REs(III)). SM-SILs prepared via sol-gel method with IL doped in the support as porogens or extractant show high removal efficiencies and excellent stability for the separation of RE(III), Cr(III) and Cr(VI). M-SILs with IL as plasticizer or carrier show improved stability, high perme- ability coefficient and good selectivity for Cr(VI) transport. Different supports and different supporting methods were suffi- ciently compared. Based on the different practical application, different forms of SILs can be prepared for separation of rare metals with high separation efficiency and selectivity.     

Evaluation of a mathematical model using experimental data and artificial neural network for prediction of gas separation

In recent times, membranes have found wide applications in gas separation processes. As most of the industrial membrane separation units use hollow fiber modules, having a proper model for simulating this type of membrane module is very useful in achieving guidelines for design and characterization of membrane separation units. In this study, a model based on Coker, Freeman, and Fleming＇s study was used for estimating the required membrane area. This model could simulate a multicomponent gas mixture separation by solving the governing differential mass balance equations with numerical methods. Results of the model were validated using some binary and multicomponent experimental data from the literature. Also, the artificial neural network （ANN） technique was applied to predict membrane gas separation behavior and the results of the ANN simulation were compared with the simulation results of the model and the experimental data. Good consistency between these results shows that ANN method can be successfully used for prediction of the separation behavior after suitable training of the network     

Synthesis of Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin Bonded Silica-gel and its Application to Resolution

Many chiral separation methods have been set up for efficient, precise and dependable determination of optical purity and/or separation of optical isomers in preparative scale. However, most of the methods could only be used to analyze chiral substances, …     

Modification of Nylon Membrane Used for Affinity Adsorption

Using microporous affinity membrane in separation has advantages of large specific area,low backpressure and fast separation ratel. This led to obtain high purity proteins invery short time and reduce the possibility of denaturation of biomelecules in largelysimplified separation process. Nylon membrane offers narrow pore size distributionand good mechanical rigidity. However, nylon membrane has low concentration ofprimary amino group and nonspecific adsorption of protein'. To solve these prob…     

Separation of chiral phosphorus compounds on the substituted P-cyclodextrin stationary phase in normal-phase liquid chromatog-raphy

The separation of enantiomers of a series of eighteen novel nitrogen mustard linked phosphoryl diamide derivatives was investigated on the prepared phenyl carbamate derivative β-cy-clodextrin bonded phase in normal-phase HPLC. Some of the enantiomers could be separated in baseline. The chiral recognition mechanism was also suggested for the separation of chiral phosphorus organic compounds.     

Investigation on Mechanism for Separation of Alkali, Alkaline Metal and Ammonium Cations in Nonaqueous Capillary Electrophoresis

Capillary electrophoresis ( CE ) has rapidly gained great interests among researchers in many different fields. One of these areas is the separation of small ions such as inorganic cations, anions, and low Mr organic molecules However, as the separation of ions     

Chiral Separation of Ibuprofen and Terbutaline by Nonaqueous Capillary Electrophoresis with Conductance Detection

IntroductionThe separation of chiral substances is a chal-lenge task to analytical chemistry and pharmaceuti-cal chemistry.HPLC[1] and GC[2 ] are the commonchiral separation techniques.Unfortunately,theyare time- consuming and strenuous.In addition,thechiral separation columns are expensive and thebaseline separation is hard to be obtained.Recently,the researches of chiral separationwith capillary electrophoresis have been active[3 ,4 ] .However,the instrument with an optical detectorcosts …     

Thermoregulated Phase-separable Ru_3(CO)_(12)/PETPP Complex Catalyst for Hydrogenation of Styrene

The basic problem in homogeneous catalysis is the separation of catalyst from the reaction mixtures. To overcome this drawback, a number of methods have been developed. One of them is to attach homogeneous catalyst to supports 1. An alternative and well used approach involves liquid/liquid biphasic catalysis in which the catalyst and product reside in different phases and separation of the products is achieved simply by phase separation2. Recently, a concept of thermoregulated phase transf…     

Enrichment and separation of rebaudioside A from stevia glycosides by a novel adsorbent with pyridyl group

The adsorptive capacity and selectivity of a novel adsorbent with pyridyl group toward stevia glycosides were studied. The effect of polarity and physical structure of the sorbent on the selectivity was investigated in detail. Two separation methods were applied in the enrichment of rebaudioside A(RA). They were selective elution using methanol or ethanol solution as solvent, and dynamic chromatographic separation using pyridyl resin with high selectivity. Results show that the chromatographic separation method can effectively enrich RA from stevia glycoside with high content of stevioside.