Single electron transfer–degenerative chain transfer living radical polymerization of N‐butyl acrylate catalyzed by Na2S2O4 in water media

Living radical polymerization of n‐butyl acrylate was achieved by single electron transfer/degenerative‐chain transfer mediated living radical polymerization in water catalyzed by sodium dithionate. The plots of number–average molecular weight versus conversion and ln[M]₀/[M] versus time are linear, indicating a controlled polymerization. This methodology leads to the preparation of α,ω‐di(iodo) poly (butyl acrylate) (α,ω‐di(iodo)PBA) macroinitiators. The influence of polymerization degree ([monomer]/[initiator]), amount of catalyst, concentration of suspending agents and temperature were studied. The molecular weight distributions were determined using a combination of three detectors (TriSEC): right‐angle light scattering (RALLS), a differential viscometer (DV), and refractive index (RI). The methodology studied in this work represents a possible route to prepare well‐tailored macromolecules made of butyl acrylate in an environmental friendly reaction medium. Moreover, such materials can be subsequently functionalized leading to the formation of different block copolymers of composition ABA. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 2809–2825, 2006     

次近邻相互作用对Heisenberg XX链纠缠影响的研究

研究了存在次近邻相互作用(耦合)时Heisenberg XX链的纠缠特性. 结果表明对近邻格点, 随着耦合常数J的变化, 次近邻相互作用的存在可能使其纠缠度增大或者减小; 而对次近邻格点, 引进次近邻相互作用却可以产生纠缠, 并且使其随着|J|的增大而增大. 近邻格点间纠缠存在的临界温度T_c随着J的增大而降低, 次近邻格点间纠缠存在的临界温度T_c随着|J|的增大而升高. 此外对纠缠W态的制备, 次近邻相互作用的存在还使得三量子位情形时W态产生的时刻改变, 而对于四量子位情形却没有影响.     

STRONG LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS AND ASYMPTOTIC EQUIPARTITION PROPERTY FOR NONSYMMETRIC MARKOV CHAIN FIELDS ON CAYLEY TREES

Some strong laws of large numbers for the frequcncies of occurrence of states and ordered couples of states for nonsymmetric Markov chain fields(NSMC)on Cayley trees are studied.In the proof,a new technique for the study of strong liinit theorems of Markov chains is extended to the case of Markov chain fields.The asymptotic equiparti- tion properties with almost everywhere(a.e.)convergence for NSMC on Cayley trees are obtained.     

How much sweetness is there in the universe?

We continue investigations of forcing notions with strong ccc properties introducing new methods of building sweet forcing notions. We also show that quotients of topologically sweet forcing notions over Cohen reals are topologically sweet while the quotients over random reals do not have to be such. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Calorimetric study of Diepoxide Chain-Extended Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate)

A series of chain-extended PET samples were obtained by the use of different amounts of a diepoxide as chain extender, which was prepared for this purpose. These samples exhibited different intrinsic viscosities and degrees of branching or cross-linking. The effects of this differentiation on the thermal properties were studied by differential scanning calorimetry. The thermal parameters studied were the glass transition temperature (T_g), the cold-crystallization temperature (T_cc), the melting temperature (T_m), the enthalpy (ΔH_m) and the degree of crystallinity. The data revealed that, the higher the quantity of chain extender or the chain extension time, the higher T_gand T_cc, but the lower T_mand ΔH_m, i.e. the more amorphous the chain-extended samples, as also shown by density measurements. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Asymptotic behavior of energy band associated with a negative energy level

The mathematical foundation of the tight binding approximation is given. If ₀ is a negative energy level of a real potentialq, then there exists an energy band for a one-dimensional chain with period 2T of the same atoms which lies near ₀. We study this band whenT tends to infinity.On leave of absence from the Department of Physics, Leningrad State University, Leningrad, USSR.     

On concepts of directional differentiability

Various definitions of directional derivatives in topological vector spaces are compared. Directional derivatives in the sense of Gâteaux, Fréchet, and Hadamard are singled out from the general framework of -directional differentiability. It is pointed out that, in the case of finite-dimensional spaces and locally Lipschitz mappings, all these concepts of directional differentiability are equivalent. The chain rule for directional derivatives of a composite mapping is discussed.     

Random walks generated by affine mappings

This article is concerned with Markov chains on ^m constructed by randomly choosing an affine map at each stage, and then making the transition from the current point to its image under this map. The distribution of the random affine map can depend on the current point (i.e., state of the chain). Sufficient conditions are given under which this chain is ergodic.     

新的酰胺型开链冠醚的合成与性质

Simon在70年代开发了一类酰胺型开链冠醚,能选择性配位碱土金属离子并可作为中性载体制备离子选择性电极.由于酰胺型开链冠醚易于制备,因此受到人们广泛地重视.Vgtle等提出的“末端基”概念为开链冠醚的合成、设计起了重要的指导作用.前文报道2-甲氧基-1-氨甲基萘与三甘醇二碘化物在无水碳酸钠存在下于乙腈中反应得到双手臂的套索冠醚与碘化钠的配合物.X射线衍射晶体结构分析表明萘环上的甲氧基中的氧原子参加了与钠离子的配位,生成了扭曲的六边形双锥结构配合物.因此2-甲氧基-1-氨基萘可以作为开链冠醚的“末端基”.开链冠醚的合成路线是:     

MONTE CARLO STUDY ON THE CRITICAL ADSORPTION POINT OF BOND-FLUCTUATED POLYMER CHAINS TETHERED ON ADSORBING SURFACES

 The behavior of three-dimensional bond fluctuation model chains tethered on an adsorbing flat surface was simulated by the Monte Carlo method. The dependence of the number of surface contacts M on the interaction strength e and the chain length N was investigated by a finite-size scaling law M = N[a₀ + a₁N^1/v_k + O((N ^1/v_k)²)] for e near the critical adsorption point e_c, i.e., k ≡(e-e_c)/e_c closes to 0. The critical adsorption point was estimated to be e_c = 0.93, and the exponents  = 0.49 and 1/v= 0.57.