Crosslinked epoxy materials exhibiting thermal remendablility and removability from multifunctional maleimide and furan compounds

Crosslinked polymeric materials, which exhibit thermal remendability and removability through Diels–Alder (DA) and retro‐DA reactions, were obtained from using multifunctional maleimide and furan compounds as monomers. The synthesized monomers possess low melting points and good solubility in organo solvents to show excellent processing properties. The performance of DA and retro‐DA reactions were demonstrated with DSC and FTIR measurements. High performance of thermal remendablility and removability of the crosslinked materials were observed with SEM and solvent tests. These materials were applicable in advanced encapsulants and structural materials. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 905–913, 2006     

Sulfonated poly(aryl ether ether ketone ketone)s containing fluorinated moieties as proton exchange membrane materials

A series of sulfonated poly(aryl ether ether ketone ketone)s statistical copolymers with high molecular weights were synthesized via an aromatic nucleophilic substitution polymerization. The sulfonation content (SC), defined as the number of sulfonic acid groups contained in an average repeat unit, could be controlled by the feed ratios of monomers. Flexible and strong membranes in sodium sulfonate form could be prepared by the solution casting method, and readily transformed to their proton forms by treating them in 2 N sulfuric acid. The polymers showed high T_gs, which increased with an increase in SC. Membranes prepared from the present sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone ketone) copolymers containing the hexafluoroisopropylidene moiety (SPEEKK‐6F) and copolymers containing the pendant 3,5‐ditrifluoromethylphenyl moiety (SPEEKK‐6FP) had lower water uptakes and lower swelling ratios in comparison with previously prepared copolymers containing 6F units. All of the polymers possessed proton conductivities higher than 1 × 10^?2 S/cm at room temperature, and proton conductivity values of several polymers were comparable to that of Nafion at high relative humidity. Their thermal stability, oxidative stability, and mechanical properties were also evaluated. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 2299–2310, 2006     

A study of the polymerization of styrene initiated by K-THF-GIC system

In this paper, the polymerization of styrene initiated by potassium (K)-tetrahydrofuran (THF)-graphite intercalation compound (GIC) (K-THF-GIC) was studied. The mechanism of the polymerization was determined to be anionic polymerization according to its characteristics. The effect of the concentration of the initiator and monomer was studied. It was found that the polymerization mainly occurred on the surface and edge of the intercalated graphite. It was also shown that the polarity of solvent has little effect on the polymerization yield in this system.     

Hair dye distribution in human hair by ToF-SIMS

A single hair sample preparation protocol modified from reported method was developed and used to prepare longitudinally sectioned hair for ToF-SIMS analysis. Preliminary results demonstrate that ToF-SIMS is capable of providing molecular distribution of fragment ions from intrinsic constituents as well as external chemicals like the hair dye ingredients used in this study. The observation of pPDA and H₂PO₄⁻ penetrating into the internal region of hair might initiate a renewed interest in exposure study.     

A Convenient Method for the Stereoselective Synthesis of 7αHydroxycholesterol

7-Hydroxyderivativesofcholesteroldisplayawidevarietyofbiologicalactivities'-',mostofwhicharerelatedtothephysiologicalcontrolofcholesterolbiosynthesisandantitumoractivity.Inearlyreports',the7-hydroxycholesterolswerepreparedbythesequenceofacetylation,allylicchromicoxidation,andhydridereduction.Generally,theproductisamixtureof7a-and76-epimerswhichisdifficulttobeseparated.V.Kumaretal5improvedthisprocedurebyusingstereospecificreducingreagentsinsteadofthesimplehydride.7a-and7o-epimerscouldbeobtained…     

Conflict resolution in fuzzy environment

Conflict resolution methodology is discussed with fuzzified Pareto frontier. Four solution concepts, namely, the Nash solution, the generalized Nash solution, the Kalai-Smorodinsky concept, and a solution method based on a special bargaining process are examined. The solutions are also fuzzy, the corresponding payoff values are fuzzy numbers, the membership functions of which are determined. Three particular cases are considered in the paper. Linear, quadratic, and general nonlinear Pareto frontiers with known shape are examined.     

Large area bolometers for millimeter-wave power calibration

An accurate monolithic power meter has been developed for millimeter-wave applications. The detector is a large-area Bismuth bolometer, integrated on a fused-Quartz substrate. It simply measures the temperature change caused by the absorption of millimeter-wave radiation. The power meter is simple to fabricate, inexpensive, and can be easily calibrated using a low-frequency network. The measured responsivity for a 50 bolometer, with an area of 1×1cm, at a bias of 1V. and a video modulation of 100Hz, is 1mV/W. The noise spectrum exhibits a 1/f rolloff till 1KHz, and is limited by the Johnson noise for higher frequencies. The NEP of the detector is 3WHz^–1/2 at a video modulation of 1KHz. It is possible to decrease the current NEP by fabricating bolometers with higher responsivities. Possible application areas are absolute power calibration and localized power density measurements at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths.     

YBO3:Eu荧光粉的水热法制备及形貌控制

用水热法在低于300℃成功地制备出具有不同形貌的YBO3:Eu3+荧光粉,其反应温度比固相反应了约800℃.研究了初始原料、pH值、反应温度、反应溶剂和催化剂等条件对目的产物形貌及粒度的,得到了具有Vaterite结构、粒度分布均匀的球形荧光粉的最佳合成工艺.在254nm激发下,水热法的球形Y0.95Eu0.05BO3荧光粉最强发射峰位于598nm处,属于Eu3+的5D0→7F1的跃迁,是固相反应所品的1.5倍.这些结果表明,在PDP和荧光灯等显示和照明用荧光粉的制备中水热法具有潜在的应用.     

ZnO超微粒子光催化氧化降解n-C7H16的研究

利用ZnO光催化氧化技术对气相n-C7H16进行了降解研究，考察了氧气、水燕气体积分数等因素对n-C7H16光催化氧化的影响，利用气相色谱－质谱联用仪和气相色谱仪对气相光催化反应过程中的气体组成进行了定性分析，并对主要中间产物丙醛进行了定量分析，结果发现，ZnO超微粒子光催化氧化n-C7H16的降解率较高，n-C7H16绝大部分被完全氧化成CO2，探讨了n-C7H16光催化氧化反尖的动力学行为及机理。