Designing polymer metamaterial for protective armor: a coarse-grained formulation

Meccanica - Designing protective armors is important for varied civil and defense applications. Ceramic-polymer composite armors are particularly interesting for their high strength and light...     

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The performance of the four strap ion cyclotron range of frequency (ICRF) antenna in EAST was studied by three dimensional electromagnetic code CST MWS. The coupling impedance with various frequencies, the distribution of current on straps and the power spectra for the three types of phases were calculated. The voltage breakdown and ICRF-related impurity were also studied. Simulation results show that the coupling impedance and power spectrum of the antenna design were reasonable, however, highest electric field, which is 3.61MV•m⁻¹ for (0, 0, 0, 0) toroidal phasing at the local area, exceeds the empirical value of breakdown. After the structure size was optimized, the maximum of E-field was below the breakdown value, the results also show that the high radio frequency (RF) potential was close to the antenna limiter, the RF potential along total B-field in front of Faraday screens 10mm for (0, π, π, 0) phasing was one-third of that for (0, 0, π, π) phasing.     

Type II hybrid structures of TiO2 nanorods conjugated with CdS quantum dots: assembly and optical properties

We developed a novel method to assemble TiO₂ nanorods conjugated with CdS quantum dots by L-cysteine molecular linker for type II semiconducting hybrid structure. The XRD patterns indicate that the CdS quantum dots perform the cubic phase structure, and TEM images show that CdS quantum dots are well dispersed on the surfaces of anatase TiO₂ nanorods with little agglomeration. The UV-vis absorption spectra reveal the bandgap alignment in type II configuration between CdS QDs and TiO₂ nanorods.     

磁性Y-MOF@SiO2@Fe3O4催化剂的制备及其在Aza-Micheal加成反应中的性能

在磁性SiO₂@Fe₃O₄纳米微球表面原位合成包覆不同含量的Y-MOF,从而制备出新型磁性Y-MOF@SiO₂@Fe₃O₄催化剂。采用XRD、TEM、FT-IR、VSM和N₂吸附-脱附测试等手段对催化剂的结构进行表征,并且评价了催化剂对苯胺和丙烯酸甲酯的Aza-Micheal加成反应性能。结果表明Y-MOF能均匀包覆在磁性SiO₂@Fe₃O₄纳米微球表面,形成具有核壳结构的磁性Y-MOF@SiO₂@Fe₃O₄催化剂,催化剂具有良好的超顺磁性。Y-MOF含量为43.3%（w/w）的Y-MOF@SiO₂@Fe₃O₄催化剂,在苯胺和丙烯酸甲酯的Aza-Micheal加成反应表现出最好的催化性能,丙烯酸甲酯的转化率为88.3%时,N-（β-甲氧碳酰乙基）苯胺的选择性可达99.8%。反应后的催化剂可以通过外磁场容易回收,并且重复使用5次其转化率和选择性没有明显下降。     

Tertiary-butoxycarbonyl (Boc) – A strategic group for N-protection/deprotection in the synthesis of various natural/unnatural N-unprotected aminoacid cyanomethyl esters

A number of cyanomethyl esters of natural/unnatural aminoacids with un-protected amino functionality were synthesized because of their synthetic and medicinal importance. Critical N-Boc deprotection methods in the presence of labile (hydrolytic sensitivity) cyanomethyl functionality were screened thoroughly and it was found that readily available 4M HCl in 1,4-dioxane solution (2–4 equiv); acetonitrile, 0?°C, 2–4?h was a suitable condition. This condition was generalized and successfully applied to a variety of alkyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, benzyl, azido, spiro amino acid cyanomethylesters irrespective of the nature of the amine (primary or secondary) and the distance between the amine and ester group to achieve final deprotected amino esters with high yield, and purity compared to other commonly known N-protecting groups (Cbz, Fmoc, Ac, Bn, Bz etc.). It was also demonstrated that N-Boc protected aminoacid cyanomethylesters are stable enough to carry out further functionalization compared to N-unprotected counterparts.     

Vacuum-deposited, nonpolymeric flexible organic light-emitting devices

We demonstrate mechanically flexible, organic light-emitting devices (OLED's) based on the nonpolymetric thin-film materials tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq(3)) and N, N(?) -diphenyl- N, N(?) -bis(3-methylphenyl)1- 1(?) biphenyl-4, 4(?) diamine (TPD). The single heterostructure is vacuum deposited upon a transparent, lightweight, thin plastic substrate precoated with a transparent, conducting indium tin oxide thin film. The flexible OLED performance is comparable with that of conventional OLED's deposited upon glass substrates and does not deteriorate after repeated bending. The large-area (~1 - cm>(2)) devices can be bent without failure even after a permanent fold occurs if they are on the convex substrate surface or over a bend radius of ~0.5>cm if they are on the concave surface. Such devices are useful for ultralightweight, flexible, and comfortable full-color flat panel displays.     

Response of a two-level system to a sequence of N radiation pulses

A general expression has been obtained for the polarisation of an assembly of two-level systems irradiated by a sequence of N radiation pulses. The times and amplitudes of the echo-polarisation have been obtained. The method is an extension of the T-matrix method for the exact solution of the problem of interaction of radiation with two-level systems. The number of polarisation echoes is 3 ^N?1?N. The echo times are given by $$t' = (1 + a)t_N + (b - a)t_{N - 1} + (c - b)t_{N - 2} + \cdots + (q - p)t_1 $$ wheret _k are the pulse times anda, b, c take on values 1, 0, ? 1. From the general expression the amplitudes of echoes due to sequences of 2, 3 and 4 pulses are obtained as special cases. Distinct echo sequences determined by time relations among the incident pulses are discussed. The echo sequences exhibit interesting features which are of significance in the application of the phenomenon in holophony, etc.     

Copper-catalyzed reaction of alkyl halides with cyclopentadienylmagnesium reagent

Treatment of alkyl halides, including tertiary alkyl bromides, with cyclopentadienylmagnesium bromide in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper(II) triflate yielded the corresponding cyclopentadienylated products in high yields. The following hydrogenation of the products provided alkyl-substituted cyclopentanes.