MECHANICAL RELAXATION AND INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTION IN EPOXY RESINS/POLY (ETHYLENE OXIDE) BLENDS CURED WITH PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE

The miscibility of the blend,composed of a bisphenol A epoxy resins (Diglycidyl etherof bisphenol A) (DGEBA) and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and crosslinked by phthalicanhydride (PA) was studied using dynamic mechanical method. Single glass transitiontemperatures intermediate between the two pure components were observed for all blendlevels. The secondary relaxation mechanism should relate to not only diester linkage, butalso hydroxyether structural unit in the system. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR) is applied to study the curing reaction and intermolecular specific interaction of thesystem. The results indicate the PEO participates the crosslinking reaction, accelerates thecuring reaction and make the reaction more perfect. The shifts of the hydroxyl band andcarbonyl band demonstrate the presence of the intermolecular interaction in the curedblend. Moreover, the molecular interaction between the side hydroxyl in the hydroxyetherunits and the ether bond in PEO macromolecules is stronger.     

Synthesis, Purification and Characterization of Amphiphilic and Microphase Separated Graft Copolymer Polystyrene-g-Poly(ethylene oxide)

The present paper covers the poly (ethylene oxide) macromer with vinyl benzyl terminal group (PEO-VB) prepared by deactivation of the alkoxide function of mono-functional "living" PEO chains with vinyl benzyl chloride (VBC). The obtained macromers were subjected to careful purification and detailed characterization. A new kind of amphiphilic polystyrene-g-poly(ethylene oxide) (PS-g-PEO) with both mi-crophase separated and PEO side chains was synthesized from radical copolymerization of PEO-VB macromer with styrene monomer. An improved purification method, referred as "selective dissolvation", was established for the isolation of graft copolymers from the grafting products, and the purity and yield of the purified copolymers were satisfactory. The well-defined structure of the purified copolymers was confirmed by IR, 1H NMR and GPC. The bulk composition of the graft copolymers was determined by a well-established first derivative UV spectrometry. Various experimental parameters controlling the copolymeri     

Electrochemical behavior of hemoglobin in neutral surfactants with different poly(ethylene oxide) unit lengths adsorbed on an electrode

The direct electron transfer and adsorption behavior of hemoglobin(Hb) in a series of surfactants with different poly(ethylene oxide)(PEO) unit lengths on a glassy carbon electrode have been studied.With a surfactant of appropriate PEO unit length,the surfactant film-modified electrode exhibited a more stable adsorption state with a larger surface coverage of Hb and a more positive formal potential,which can be attributed to the effect of hydrogen bonding between proteins and surfactants.The electrochemical behavior of surfactants with different PEO unit lengths is discussed in detail.Moreover,UV-visible spectroscopy demonstrated that the structure of Hb was not destroyed in the surfactant films.The electrocatalytic activity of hydrogen peroxide on three neutral surfactant-modified electrodes has also been investigated.     

THEORETICAL STUDY ON THE 1,4-CYCLO-ADDITION REACTION BETWEEN SINGLET OXYGEN (~(1)O_(2)) AND IMIDAZOLE

Quantum chemical ab initio method has been used to study the cycloaddition reaction between singlet oxygen and imidazole theoretically. The intermediate product, an endoper-oxide, of which the structure has not yet been found experimentally was optimized by using energy gradient method. The transition state (TS) structure of this reaction was also located on the potential energy surface and characterized. From the structural features of the TS, e.g. the transition vector of the imaginary vibration mode, as well as the interaction of orbitals, it is realized that this cycloaddition is a synchronous concerted reaction. The activation barriers calculated are 69.5 kJ·mol (forward reaction) and 140.4 kJ·mol-1 (backward reaction) respectively (6-31G results).     

Preliminary Synthesis and Characterization of Mesoporous Nanocrystalline Zirconia

A novel method to prepare mesoporous nano-zirconia was developed. The synthesis was carried out in the presence of PEO surfactants via a solid-state reaction. The materials exhibit a strong diffraction peak at low 28 angle and their nitrogen adsorption/desorption isotherms are typical of type IV with H1 hysteresis loops. The pore structure imaged by TEM can be described as wormhole domains. The tetragonal zirconia nanocrystals are uniform in size (around 1.5 nm) and their mesopores focus on around 4.6 nm. The zirconia nanocrystal growth is tentatively postulated to be the result of an aggregation mechanism. This study also reveals that the PEO surfactants can interact with the Zr-O-Zr framework to reinforce the thermal stability of zirconia. The ratio of NaOH to ZrOC12, crystallization and calcination temperature play an important role in the synthesis of mesoporous nano-zirconia.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Ethylene Glycol Monoethylether by Diperiodatonickelate（IV） in Alkaline Medium

The kinetics of oxidation of ethylene glycol monoethylether (EGE) by diperiodatonickelate(IV) ion (DPN) was studied by spectrophotometry in alkaline medium. The reaction rate showed first order dependence on Ni(IV) and positive fractional order with respect to EGE. The pseudo-first order rate conslants, kobs increased with the increase of [OH^-] and decreased with the increase of [IO4^- ]. Added salts had little effect on the rate and no free radical was detected. Based on these,the mechanism including the equilibrium between DPN and EGE was proposed. Furthermore, the activation parameters of the reaction were calculated.     

Analysis of 17β-Estadiol from Sewage in Coastal Marine Environment by Surface Plasmon Resonance Technique

In this study,surface plasmon resonance(SPR)for monitoring 17β-eatradiol(E2)was developed.The small molecule E2 was immobilized on a CM5 sensor chip for an indirect competitive immunoassay to detect E2.The SPR response based on the antigen-antibody reaction was measured by injecting the sample solution into the flow system.The limitation of detection was 0.445 μg/L.The developed SPE-SPR system was applied to analyze the seawater samples.Recovery of E2 was 91.6%-93.1%.Relative standard deviations(RSD)for the E2 assay were between 10.9%-15.1%(n=3).The range of determination of E2 samples from the sewage in the coastal marine environment was between ND(lower than detection limit)and ca.11.78 ng/L.     

Topological studies on IRC paths of the isomerization reaction of silicon methyl-nitrene

On the basis of kinetic study of isomerization reaction of H_3Si-N, ab initio (RHF, UHF/6-31G) calculations on some points of the singlet and triplet reaction paths were carried out. The breakage and formation of chemical bond in the reaction are discussed. The calculated results show that there is a transitional structure of three-membered ring on each of reaction paths. A 'structural transition region' and a 'structural transition state' in both of studied reaction are found. Our previous conclusion that the structure transition state (STS) always appears before the energy transition state (ETS) in endothermic reaction and after ETS in exothermic reaction is further confirmed. The relationship between the change of spin density distribution and the structural transition state are investigated.     

Dilectric and thermal properties of PEO doped with cadimium chloride salt

The main aim of this research is to investigate the effect of salt concentration on the dielectric properties(AC (σ_AC),permittivity（ε′）,dielectric loss（ε″）,and dielectric relaxation process) and melting behavior of polyethylene oxide （PEO）/CdCl₂ complexes.The dielectric study was carried out over a frequency range 10-335 kHz and a temperature range 25-45℃.The AC conductivity,permittivity and dielectric loss of the PEO/CdCl₂ complexes increase with increasing salt concentration and temperature.Also,it was found that the addition of CdCl₂ salt to PEO host reduced the melting temperature of PEO host.Dielectric results reveal that the relaxation process of these complexes is due to viscoelastic relaxation or non-Debye relaxation at room temperature.Additionally,it was found that relaxation behavior remained viscoelastic at different temperatures and salt concentrations.     

SYNTHESIS OF ETHYL ACETATE OVER HZSM—5 CATALYST(Ⅰ)

A study on the esterification of ethanol with acetic acid on the HZSM—5 zeolite catalyst ina fixed bed reactor was reported.The influence of the kaolin level and the hydrothermal treatment ofthe catalyst,and also the effect of the reaction conditions,such as the reaction temperature,the molarratio of acid/alcohol and the liquid hour space velocity(LHSV)on the catalytic performance weredetermined.