Synthesis and photochemical properties of novel pentamethylated norbornadiene containing polyimides

A novel pentamethylated norbornadiene (NBD) based dianhydride, α,α′‐bis‐(3,4,5,6,7‐pentamethylcyclopenta‐2,4‐dienyl)meta‐xylene‐1,2‐dianhydride (3), was prepared from α,α′‐bis‐(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)meta‐xylene (1) and acetylene dicarboxylic acid. The bis‐adduct formed via Diels–Alder reaction afforded tetra‐acid (2), which was chemically cyclodehydrated to lead the targeted dianhydride (3). New polyimides containing NBD moieties in the main chain were prepared from the dianhydride monomer (3) and various aromatic diamines. The chemical structure of the polymers was confirmed by both ¹H and ¹³C NMR analysis. Their Molecular weights were also measured by SEC. All of these polyimides are soluble at room temperature in common organic solvents, such as chloroform, dichloromethane, THF, DMSO, DMF, and NMP, and show good thermal stabilities. The photochemical isomerization of the NBD into quadricyclane (QC) was investigated by UV/vis spectrophotometry from polymer films using visible sunlight as irradiation source. It was found that the kinetic rate of the conversion NBD‐QC which proceeded smoothly is a first kinetic order. The stored energies released by the transformation of QC groups into NBD ones of the irradiated polymer films were also evaluated by DSC measurement and were found to be around 90 kJ mol^?1. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2011     

Biases in the prime number race of function fields

We derive a formula for the density of positive integers satisfying a certain system of inequality, often referred as prime number races, in the case of the polynomial rings over finite fields. This is a function field analog of the work of Feuerverger and Martin, who established such formula in the number field case, building up on the fundamental work of Rubinstein and Sarnak.     

Identification of137Cs in an individual microparticle by laser desorption/ionization ion trap mass spectrometer

The detection of radiocesium in microparticles was performed by using an ion trap mass spectrometer coupled with laser desorption and ionization. Pulsed laser desorbed particle and the resulted ions were analyzed by an ion trap mass analyzer. The presence of radiocesium, especially about¹³⁷Cs, in microparticles was verified by single as well as successive particle analysis. The detection limit was reached to ≈ag/particle level with a signal-to-background ratio of 4. The inhomogeneous distribution of particle size and the irregular shapes of particle limit the quantitative evaluation of¹³⁷Cs concentration in the microparticle. But this high sensitivity allows to monitor directly the radiocesium from small amounts of a microparticle sample.     

Thin layer gas electrode and its application to measurement of dissolved oxygen

A novel thin layer cell equipped with thin layer gas electrode (TLGE) was studied as electrochemical gas sensor for the measurement of dissolved oxygen in water or aqueous solutions. The working electrode (TLGE) is a hydrophobic gas diffusing electrode placed between the cell electrolyte and the solution to be tested. The hydrophobic pores in TLGE serve as a gas chamber. After the sampling period, in which the partial pressure of dissolved oxygen in test solution becomes in equilibrium with that in the gas chamber, the TLGE is polarized with square wave or linear potential signal. Then the Faradaic charge (Q) consumed in depletion of the oxygen contained in pores of TLGE is measured. The main merits of this system are good linearity between the partial pressure of dissolved oxygen in test solution and Q, low zero-reading, negligible liquid-gas difference, convenient calibration and very low temperature coefficient (ca. 0.5%/°C). This technique can also be applied to the measurement of oxygen partial pressure in gas phases.     

A.第十九届国际高速摄影和光子学会议概况

本文对第19届国际高速摄影与光子学会议做了简介,主要谈到了光机式相机、高速视频技术、全息和干涉计量。     

Forced-convection film condensation on a horizontal cylinder with wavy surface structure

The forced-convection film condensation on a horizontal cylinder with wavy surface structure was performed by boundary-layer-approximation. The local/mean heat fluxes were obtained for the effects of tube temperature, wave number, and wave amplitude. The mean heat flux increases with decreasing wavy amplitude and tube temperatures. Furthermore, when β = 20 and α = 0.005, the mean heat flux slightly increases from 1.1 to 3.6% compared with that of smooth tube, depending on tube temperature.     

聚丙烯酸修饰咔唑的电化学聚合及表征

合成了侧链带有咔唑的N-丙烯酰氧己基咔唑(MACZ),通过自由基聚合得到聚N-丙烯酰氧己基咔唑(PMACZ),在四氢呋喃含10%三氟化硼乙醚与四氟化硼四丁基胺的混合电解质溶液中,直接阳极氧化PMACZ获得自支撑交联网状的聚(聚N-丙烯酰氧己基咔唑)(PPMACZ)薄膜.PPMACZ薄膜具有良好的氧化还原性和热稳定性,电导率为1.34×10-5S·cm-1.1HNMR和红外光谱表明PMACZ二次聚合反应发生在咔唑单元的3,6位上,荧光光谱表明PPMACZ薄膜是一种良好的蓝色发光材料.     

Polymerase Chain Reaction-based Detection of Total and Specific Vibrio Species

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique is widely used for efficient detection of food-borne pathogens because of speed and specificity. However, PCR methods have focused mostly on species-specific detection. In the present work, we describe a PCR-based method for the simultaneous detection of all Vibrio species because lots of them are notorious food-borne human pathogens. We then combined this total detection method with specific detection of Vibrio cholerae pathogen. Using a degenerate primer set based on the sequence of the potassium uptake gene, trkA, we were able to successfully detect all Vibrio species. Specific detection of V. cholerae was also possible using primer sets based on putative flagellin sequence. Importantly, simultaneous total and species-specific Vibrio detection was possible using all two primer sets in a multiplexed PCR strategy. Thus, the PCR method we have developed is applicable to both simultaneous and two-step detection of total and specific Vibrio species.