Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Organosoluble Polychloro Substituted Aromatic Poly(Ether Ketone)s

A novel monomer of tetrachloroterephthaloyl chloride (TCTPC) was prepared by the chlorination of terephthaloyl chloride catalyzed by ferric chloride at 175‐180 °C for 10 h, and confirmed by FTIR, MS and elemental analysis. A series of new polychloro substituted poly(aryl ether ketone)s with inherent viscosities of 0.58‐0.65 dL/g have been prepared from TCTPC with aromatic ether monomers by electrophilic Friedel‐Crafts acylation in the presence of DMF with anhydrous AlCl₃ as a catalyst in 1,2‐dichloroethane. Glass‐transition temperatures of these polychlorinated polymers ranged from 267 to 280 °C by DSC. The degradation temperature at 5% weight loss by TGA in nitrogen for these polymers ranged from 486 to 534 °C, and the char yields at 700 °C were 54‐65%. The polymers having a weight‐average molecular weight in the range of 65,900‐79,300 are all amorphous and readily soluble in polar solvents such as DMF, DMSO and NMP at room temperature. All the polymers formed transparent, strong, and flexible films, with tensile strengths of 86.1‐99.7 MPa, Young's moduli of 2.32‐3.35 GPa, and elongations at break of 10‐15%.     

Synthesis and magnetic properties of one-dimensional zinc nickel oxide solid solution

A novel facile method has been demonstrated for large-scale synthesis of zinc-oxide-based one-dimensional solid solution with a series percentage of nickel dopant. The obtained Zn1-xNixO nanorods were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, selected area electron diffraction, and energy dispersed X-ray spectroscopy. The result shows that the obtained Zn1-xNixO nanorods are single crystalline with the Ni2+ dopants occupying tetrahedral Zn2+ cation sites of wurtzite ZnO. Moreover, the Zn1-xNixO nanorods exhibit robust high-Curie-temperature (TC) ferromagnetism at 300 K.     

Palladium(II)-catalyzed isomerization of olefins with tributyltin hydride

A new efficient method for the synthesis of geometrically pure (E)-alkenes from (Z)-alkenes is described. The reaction of aryl- or alkyl-substituted (Z)-alkenes with tributyltin hydride and triethylamine in the presence of a catalytic amount of palladium acetate afforded the corresponding (E)-alkenes in good yields.     

Origin of Antibacterial Activity of ZnO Nanoparticles: The Roles of Protonic and Electronic Conductions

To elucidate the origin of antibacterial activity of ZnO nanoparticles, a reactive oxygen species (ROS) mechanism is systematically investigated based on electronic and protonic conductions. While the enhancement of antibacterial activity by an increase in electronic conductivity is marginal, an apparent improvement is observed by in the increase of protonic conductivity in terms of the surface basicity. This study first demonstrates that antibacterial activity can be enhanced by controlling the surface basicity of solid particles. The basicity of ZnO can be modulated by doping alkaline‐earth oxides such as MgO and CaO, and it results in the increase of hydroxyl defects on the surface of solid particles. The basicity shows a strong dependency on mobile OH concentrations. The increase of ROS hydroxyl radicals is confirmed by Mg (ZMO) or Ca‐doping (ZCO), which shows high antibacterial activity, and Ca‐doped ZnO exhibits the highest performance. It is clearly observed that the antibacterial activity is proportional to the basicity, which is controlled by the mobile OH formation. While both electrons and hydroxyl species are required for ROS reactions, it is concluded that the formation of hydroxyl species is a key factor in improving the antibacterial activity in ZnO.     

微波消解-FAAS法测定三种蒙成药中铜、铁、锰、钙和镁

微波消解 -火焰原子吸收分光光度法测定蒙成药中 5种金属元素。实验结果表明 ,微波消解方法简便 ,消化时间短 ;测试方法具有较好的精密度和准确度     

Morphological Transformation of Co(OH)2 Microspheres from Solid to Flowerlike Hollow Core–Shell Structures

Co(OH) ₂ that blooms : Flowerlike hollow spherical architectures of cobalt hydroxide obtained through a facile solvothermal process are reported for the first time (see picture). Their growth process involves aggregation of cobalt hydroxide nanoparticles into solid spheres and a hollowing effect through subsequent dissolution‐diffusion‐redeposition of the smaller crystallites under the surface layer.

     

Combination of “living” nitroxide-mediated and photoiniferter-induced “grafting from” free-radical polymerizations: From branched copolymers to unimolecular micelles and microgels

We report on solution properties of lightly grafted copolymers composed of polystyrene (PS) backbone (degree of polymerization of PS backbone, N_b=95) and variable length of poly(tert-butyl methacrylate) P(tBuMA) side chains (degree of polymerization of side chains, N_sc=14-222) at fixed number of grafting sites n = 11 and polydispersity index (M_w/M_n) ranging from 1.05 to 2.63. Synthesis of these graft copolymers is based on a novel synthetic route [Gromadzki D, Makuška R, Netopilík M, Holler P, Lokaj J, Janata M, et al. Eur Polym J 2008;44:59-71] involving two independent controlled/“living” polymerization mechanisms, namely nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization (NMP) for the synthesis of the backbone and photoinduced “grafting from” iniferter process for building of P(tBuMA) branches. The viscosity-related contraction factors g^′<1 confirmed high degree of branching of the studied graft copolymers. Dilute solutions of graft copolymers in non-selective solvent (THF), examined by dynamic light scattering (DLS), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and viscometry, revealed a transition from comb-like conformation through wormlike-star to a microgel architecture under increasing number of monomeric units in side chains. These data were further supported by the structure factors R_η/R_h and R_g/R_h obtained by independent measurements and extrapolated to infinite dilution. Persistence lengths of the samples exhibiting comb-like topology were larger compared to linear polystyrene backbone and P(tBuMA) side chains in THF suggesting stiffening of the main chain with increasing size of the attached side chains. Unimolecular micelles were detected by DLS and SAXS in solvent selective for grafts, tert-amyl alcohol.     

Vacuum solution and quasineutral limit of semiconductor drift-diffusion equation

The first half of this paper is concerning with the nonlinear drift-diffusion semiconductor model in d (d?3) dimensional space. The global estimate is achieved on the evolution of support of solution and the finite speed of propagation. The proof is based on the estimate of the weighted norm with special designed weight functions. In the second half, we prove the quasineutral limit locally for 1-dimensional standard drift-diffusion model with discontinuous, sign-changing doping profile.     

Complete and Nondestructive Atomic Bell‐State Analysis Assisted by Inverse Engineering

A protocol for complete and nondestructive atomic Bell‐state analysis by using inverse engineering is presented. The setups for the Bell‐state analysis contain four atoms trapped in four separated cavities, respectively. The laser pulses designed by inverse engineering help in the manipulation of the transitions of atoms in a robust manner. By using the protocol, the information for distinguishing four Bell states of two information‐carrying atoms is encoded on two auxiliary atoms. Therefore, the four Bell states can be distinguished without being destroyed by detecting the states of the two auxiliary atoms. Moreover, as shown by the numerical simulations, the protocol has high successful probabilities to distinguish four Bell states when decoherence is considered. Thus, the protocol may provide some helpful perspectives for the quantum information tasks based on Bell states.     

椭圆偏振强激光场中准直的乙炔分子的高次谐波发射

We perform an experimental study on high-order harmonic generation (HHG) of aligned acetylene molecules induced by a 35-fs 800-nm strong laser field, by using a home-built HHG spectrometer. It is observed that the molecular HHG probability declines with increasing the laser ellipticity, which is in consistence with the deduction from the well-known tunneling-plus-rescattering scenario. By introducing a weak femtosecond laser pulse to nonadiabatically align the molecules, we investigated the molecular orbital effect on the HHG in both linearly and elliptically polarized driving laser fields. The results show that the harmonic intensity is maximum for the molecular axis aligned perpendicularly to the laser electric field. It indicates that both the highest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMO) and HOMO-1 contribute to the strong-field HHG of acetylene molecules. Our study should pave the way for understanding the interaction of molecules with ultrafast strong laser fields.