Characterization of graded polyurethane elastomer by FTIR

Polyurethane elastomers with graded structure were prepared in the graded temperature field. The samples were characterized by FTIR technology. The results show that the degree of microphase separation in the samples decreases with the decrease of the curing temperature. As far as the molar ratio of NH2 and NCO is concerned, the sample exhibits better graded morphology when the ratio is 0.95. The transparence of the samples prepared also changes gradually, increasing along the direction, in which temperature decreases.     

Study on the Conformation of Cyclodecapeptide Loloatin C with Obvious Antibiotic Activity

The conformation of cyclodecapeptide loloatin C with obvious antibiotic activity has been investigated in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol/sodium acetate buffer solution and then characterized by Fr-IR, CD and NMR spectrum. The results of FT-IR show that there exists β-strand or β-tum secondary structure in the molecule. According to the CD spectrum, the helical turn is dominant but the β-turn structure also exists. Conformation of the whole molecule is probably a helical β-turn.The chemical shifts and coupling constants prove the existence of a β-structure in the regions of Val,Orn2 and Leu3. NOESY data and temperature gradients of amide protons suggest that the molecular conformation is a dumbbell-like structure with the waist located between ornithyl (position 2) and D-phenylalanyl (position 7) and β-turn on both ends.     

Enhanced proton conductivity of Mo_(154)-based porous inorganic framework

The construction of inorganic porous frameworks from discrete polyoxometalate (POM) units is a major research challenge.Herein,a three-dimensional (3D) all-inorganic porous structure{Mo_(154)}_n that consists of classic Mo_(154)rings connected by Mo–O–Mo covalent bonds was synthesized.Interestingly,the proton conductivity of the 3D-{Mo_(154)}_n framework is 1.1×10~(-2)S cm~(-1)at 22℃ and 100%relative humidity (RH),which is one of the highest proton conductivities reported thus far for POM-based conductive materials.Compared to the discrete{Mo_(154)}cluster and 1D-{Mo_(154)}_n,the enhanced conductivity of 3D-{Mo_(154)}_n suggests that assembling POM-based all-inorganic porous frameworks is a promising method for designing proton-conductive materials.     

Studies on the Structure of Kansuinine A from Euphorbia kansui

Kansuinine A is a macrocyclic jatrophane diterpene that was isolated from Euphorbia kansui.Further investigation of the structure was revealed that the benzoyl group located at C-8 and the position of C-3 was the present of an acetyl group by means of HMQC,HMBC spectra.     

Valence bond description for structures of O_3, SO2 and NO_2~-

A modern valence bond approach, namely bonded tableau unitary group approach, isapplied to ozone, sulphur dioxide and nitrite systems, respectively. It is shown that the biradicalstructure is in the primary position in descrbing the molecular structure of ozone. Thus threeinstead of two resonance structures are needed to describe the ground state of ozone. The caseof sulphur dioxide is similar to that of ozone. It is found that, however, for the nitrite anion fourresonance structures are needed.     

An ESR Study on Singlet Oxygen Photoproduction of the Meso-Tetrakis-(Substituted Phenyl) Porphine Derivatives

The ability of meso-tetrakis- (substituted phenyl) porphine derivatives for photo-generating singlet oxygen (O2) is studied by ESR spectrometry. The results show that the singlet oxygen yields of most of porphine derivatives are higher than that of HPD. It is also exhibited that the nature and structure of the substituent at the meso position are closely related to the photo-sensitizing ability of meso-tetrakis-(substituted phenyl) porphine.     

THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OP 1-p-CRESOXYSILATRANE, C_(13)H_(19)NO_4Si

<正> INTRODUCTION. The five-coordinated silicon atoms in the 1-aryloxy derivatives of the silatrane series are surrounded by four oxygen atoms (three in equatorial- and one in apical position). The only known crystal structure of the 1-aryloxy silatrane derivatives is that of 1-m-chlorophenoxysilatrane and we performed the structure determination of the title compound to throw light upon the effect of the phenyl ring substituent on the Si←N dative bond.     

Ferroferric oxide/chitosan scaffolds with three-dimensional oriented structure

A facile approach to construct ferroferric oxide/chitosan composite scaffolds with three-dimensional oriented structure has been explored in this research.Chitosan and ferroferric oxide are co-precipitated by using an in situ precipitation method,and then lyophilized to get the composite scaffolds.XRD indicated that Fe₃O₄ was generated during the gel formation process,and increasing the content of magnetic particles could destruct the crystal structure of chitosan. When the content of magnetic particles is lower than 10%,the layer-by-layer structure and wheel spoke structure arc coexisting in the scaffolds.Increasing the content of magnetic particles,just layer-by-layer structure could be observed in the scaffolds.Ferroferric oxide particles were uniformly distributed in the matrix,the size of which was about 0.48μm in diameter,2μm in length.Porosity of magnetic chitosan composite scaffolds is about 90%.When the ratio of ferroferric oxide to chitosan is 5/100,the compressive strength of the material is 0.4367 MPa,which is much higher than that of pure chitosan scaffolds,indicating that the layer-by-layer and wheel spokes complex structure is beneficial for the improvement of the mechanical properties of chitosan scaffolds.However,increasing the content of ferroferric oxide,the compressive strength of scaffolds decreased,because of the decreasing of chitosan crystallization and aggregation of magnetic particles as stress centralized body.Another reason is that the layer-by-layer and wheel spokes complex structure makes bigger contributions for the compressive strength than the layer-by-layer structure does.Three-dimensional ferroferric oxide/chitosan scaffolds could be used as hyperthermia generator system,improving the local circulation of blood, promoting the aggradation of calcium salt and stimulating bone tissue regeneration.     

RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (RDF) STUDY OF THE NONCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE OF POLY P-PHENYLENE SULFIDE (PPS)

Owing to the existence of sulfur, a heavy atom, in the structure unit of PPS (C_6H_4S), P(r), the experimental reduced radial distribution function of its atomic-electronic density shows a group of finger print peaks in the range of 4—7 distinctly. According to the erystal structure model of PPS, an approximate P(r) curve is set up. Comparing it with the experimental results, we have discovered that the height of the 5th, 6th and 7th peak, which decreases with the decrease of sample erystallinity, is consistent with the damage of three interchain S—S distances (5.16 , 5.61, 6.76 ) in the erystal structure. And, correspondingly, the number of S—C distance is increased, which is consistent with the increase of the 4th and 7th peak height in the sample of noncrystalline state. The present authors hold that this is caused by the molecular chain displacement occurring along the direction of fibrous axis. The position of the 6th peak moving from 5.7 to 6.0 is referred obviously to the lateral space expansi     

THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF TRICHOSANTHIN MOLECULE

A model completed recently of two trichosanthin molecules in an asymmetric unit belonging to themonoclinic system is reported. It can be seen that the molecular, structure consists of two domains, onelarge and one small, and that there are some features in the secondary structure. The dissimilarity be-tween two molecules as well as their interactions in an independent unit rorrelated in a non-symmetricway has been described. moreover, the binding sites of the heavyatom position in the derivatives are alsodiscussed.     

Room temperature synthesis of silver nanowires from tabular silver bromide crystals in the presence of gelatin

Long silver nanowires were synthesized at room temperature by a simple and fast process derived from the development of photographic films. A film consisting of an emulsion of tabular silver bromide grains in gelatin was treated with a photographic developer (4-(methylamino)phenol sulfate (metol), citric acid) in the presence of additional aqueous silver nitrate. The silver nanowires have lengths of more than 50 μm, some even more than 100 μm, and average diameters of about 80 nm. Approximately, 70% of the metallic silver formed in the reduction consists of silver nanowires. Selected area electron diffraction (SAED) results indicate that the silver nanowires grow along the [111] direction. It was found that the presence of gelatin, tabular silver bromide crystals and silver ions in solution are essential for the formation of the silver nanowires. The nanowires appear to originate from the edges of the silver bromide crystals. They were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), SAED, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD).     

Template-grown metal nanowires

The growth of metal nanowires using membranes as hard templates is reviewed. The method provides access to arrays of single-crystal metal nanowires and to quasi-one-dimensional metal nanostructures with controlled compositional variation along their length. Recent applications of these kinds of nanowires to problems in superconductivity, optical spectroscopy and sensing, and catalytic conversion of chemical to mechanical energy are reviewed.     

Synthesis of tubular gold and silver nanoshells using silica nanowire core templates

We report the synthesis of tubular gold and silver nanoshells on silica nanowire core templates in solution. Silica nanowires were synthesized and characterized with optical and NMR methods. Gold nanoparticle seeds (2 to 3 nm) with weak repulsive surfactants such as tetrakis-hydroxymethyl-phosphonium chloride (THPC) were conjugated to the surface of these nanowires. A regrowth process was initiated from these nanoparticles on the surface of the silica nanowires dispersed in gold or silver stock solutions in the presence of reducing agents. Micrometers-long gold and silver tubular nanoshells (80-150 nm o.d.) were made, fully covering the silica nanowires.     

Vertically well aligned P-doped ZnO nanowires synthesized on ZnO-Ga/glass templates

Vertically well aligned P-doped ZnO nanowires were prepared on ZnO-Ga/glass templates at 550 degrees C by reactive evaporation without metal catalysts and the nanowires were found to be single crystalline with the würtzite structure, oriented in the c-axis direction; the P-doping shortened the physical lengths of the ZnO nanowires without changing their diameter, and furthermore, the introduction of P atoms resulted in a much weaker and broader ZnO band edge emission.     

醇热法合成单晶银纳米线及其表征

以硝酸银为前驱物, 聚乙烯醇缩丁醛(PVB)为结构导向剂, 通过醇热法, 反应温度为140 ℃, 反应时间为24 h的条件下制备了银纳米线. 采用X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)、热重分析(TG)、红外光谱(FT-IR)和激光拉曼光谱(Raman)等手段对产物进行了系统表征, 结果表明: 所得银纳米线具有面心立方结构, 沿着(111)晶面生长, 具有单晶结构; 考察了反应温度和时间对产物形貌的影响, 结果表明: 反应温度和时间在形成银纳米线的过程中起着关键的作用; 银纳米线具有较强的表面增强拉曼散射效应; 同时提出了银纳米线可能的晶化机理.     

Anisotropic and passivation-dependent quantum confinement effects in germanium nanowires: a comparison with silicon nanowires

Electronic structures of hydrogen-passivated germanium nanowires (GeNWs) along the [100], [110], [111], and [112] directions are studied by using the density functional theory within the generalized gradient approximation. The band gaps of the fully relaxed GeNWs along the [100], [110], and [111] directions are all direct at the smaller sizes, while those of the wires along the [112] direction remain indirect. The magnitude of the band gaps of the GeNWs for a given size approximately follows the order of E(g)[100] > E(g)[111] > E(g)[112] > E(g)[110]. Compared with silicon nanowires, GeNWs exhibit stronger quantum confinement effects. Replacement of H by the more stable ethine group is found to lead to a weakening of the quantum confinement effects of GeNWs.     

Large-scale synthesis of silver nanowires and platinum nanotubes

Silver nanowires have been synthesized by ethylene glycol reduction of silver nitrate with the assistance of polyvinyl pyrrolidone and sodium sulfide in a large scale. By adjusting the reaction temperature and Na₂S content, silver nanowires with lengths up to 3?4 μm can be achieved in high yield. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), selected areas electron diffraction (SAED), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) have been employed to characterize silver nanowires. Platinum nanotubes with length about 3 μm can be prepared using as-prepared silver nanowires as sacrificial templates. Platinum nanotubes were characterized by TEM, SAED, and HRTEM.     

金纳米线阵列制备及其光谱特性

利用电化学沉积方法在重离子径迹模板中制备出直径从45 nm到200 nm, 长径比达700的金纳米线阵列, 利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和X射线衍射(XRD)对所制备金纳米线的形貌及晶体结构进行分析, 结果表明, 在1.5 V(无参比电极)沉积电压下所制备出的直径为200 nm金纳米线沿[100]晶向具有较好择优取向. 利用紫外-可见光谱(UV-Vis)对镶嵌在透明模板中平行排列的金纳米线阵列光学特性进行研究, 发现金纳米线直径为45 nm时, 其紫外可见光谱在539 nm处有强烈吸收峰, 随着金纳米线直径增加, 吸收峰红移, 当金纳米线直径达到200 nm时, 其吸收峰峰位移至700 nm. 结合金纳米颗粒相关表面等离子体共振吸收效应对实验结果进行了讨论.     

Coordinated organogel templated fabrication of silver/polypyrrole composite nanowires

A new method to fabricate metal/conducting polymer composite nanowires is presented by taking silver/polypyrrole composite nanowires as an example.A silver(Ⅰ)-coordinated organogel as template was prepared firstly,and redox-polymerization of pyrrole took place on the gel fiber,giving product of silver/polypyrrole nanowires.The silver/polypyrrole nanowires were characterized by multiple techniques.This strategy could be carried out in one-step procedure at room temperature,and it proves the utility of coordinated organogels in template synthesis of polymer nanostructures.     

Preparation of graded materials by laterally controlled template synthesis

A novel scheme is presented for the synthesis of graded materials by electrodeposition in porous insulating templates. Lateral control of copper electrodeposition in nanoporous alumina membranes is achieved by application of a lateral potential gradient on a thin Au film evaporated on the membrane, used as the cathode. Formation of metal gradients in the membranes is shown to occur under conditions where essentially no gradient is formed on similar bare electrodes. This is attributed to the permanent resistivity of the thin Au film between the pores, which does not disappear upon Cu deposition, allowing a potential gradient to be maintained. Formation of a copper gradient in porous alumina membranes by uniform deposition followed by gradient dissolution is also demonstrated. These results establish the feasibility of controlled electrodeposition and gradient formation in nanoporous insulating templates.