Dissolution and regeneration of cellulose in NaOH/thiourea aqueous solution

A novel cellulose solvent, 1.5 M NaOH/0.65 M thiourea aqueous solution, was used to dissolve cotton linters having a molecular weight of 10.1 × 10⁴ to prepare cellulose solution. Regenerated cellulose (RC) films were obtained from the cellulose solution by coagulating with sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄) aqueous solution with a concentration from 2 to 30 wt %. Solubility of cellulose, structure, and mechanical properties of the RC films were examined by infrared spectroscopy, X‐ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, ¹³C NMR, and tensile tests. ¹³C NMR analysis indicated that the novel solvent of cellulose is a nonderivative aqueous solution system. The presence of thiourea enhanced significantly the solubility of cellulose in NaOH aqueous solution and reduced the formation of cellulose gel; as a result, thiourea prevented the association between cellulose molecules, leading to the solvation of cellulose. The RC film obtained by coagulating with 5 wt % H₂SO₄ aqueous solution for 5 min exhibited higher mechanical properties than that with other H₂SO₄ concentrations and a homogenous porous structure with a mean pore size of 186 nm for free surface in the wet state. The RC film plasticized with 10% glycerin for 5 min had a tensile strength of 107 MPa and breaking elongation of 10%, and about 1% glycerin in the RC film plays an important role in the enhancement of the mechanical properties. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 1521–1529, 2002     

1H, 13C and 15N NMR chemical shifts of substituted pyrazolo[1,5‐a]pyrimidines

¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N NMR chemical shifts of 10 substituted pyrazolo[1,5‐a]pyrimidines were assigned based on DQF ¹H, ¹H COSY, PFG ¹H, ¹³C HMQC and PFG ¹H,X (X = ¹³C and ¹⁵N) HMBC experiments and on literature data. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

固体高分辨~(13)C NMR研究γ线辐照对结晶聚乙稀聚集态结构的影响

结晶聚乙烯(PE)经~(60)Coγ线辐照后,用固体高分辨~(13)C NMR CP/DD/MAS方法观测解析了辐射效果与具有片晶结构的结晶相,结晶—橡胶状无定形界面相以及橡胶状无定形相的聚集态结构的关系。考察了各相中的~(13)C核自旋—晶格弛豫和自旋-自旋弛豫行为及辐照对其影响。得到辐照后产生交联,破坏,相转变及晶型变化等有意义的结果,对PE的辐照效应和机制的探讨提供了核磁共振的新实验证据。     

致癌性胺离子反应过程中电荷和化学位移的计算

应用原子-键电负性均衡方法中的σπ模型(ABEEMσπ)计算了由致癌性胺离子所参与的反应过程中的电荷分布,所计算出的电荷分布可以和从头算很好的相关联,并且所需要的时间也大大的缩短;同时应用从头计算程序计算致癌性胺离子反应过程中的NMR化学位移.结果表明,在反应过程中电荷的变化和NMR化学位移的变化有很好的对应关系.     

Coherent control of stimulated emission inside one dimensional photonic crystals: strong coupling regime

The present paper discusses the stimulated emission, in strong coupling regime, of an atom embedded inside a one dimensional (1D) Photonic Band Gap (PBG) cavity which is pumped by two counter-propagating laser beams. Quantum electrodynamics is applied to model the atom-field interaction, by considering the atom as a two level system, the e.m. field as a superposition of normal modes, the coupling in dipole approximation, and the equations of motion in Wigner-Weisskopf and rotating wave approximations. In addition, the Quasi Normal Mode (QNM) approach for an open cavity is adopted, interpreting the local density of states (LDOS) as the local density of probability to excite one QNM of the cavity; and therefore rendering this LDOS dependent on the phase difference of the two laser beams. In this paper we demonstrate that the strong coupling regime occurs at high values of the LDOS. In accordance with the results of the literature, the emission probability of the atom decays with an oscillatory behaviour, so that the atomic emission spectrum exhibits two peaks (Rabi splitting). The novelty of this work is that the phase difference of the two laser beams can produce a coherent control of both the oscillations for the atomic emission probability and, as a consequence, of the Rabi splitting in the emission spectrum. Possible criteria to design active delay lines are finally discussed.     

Über Bewertungen,welche unter einer reduktiven Gruppe invariant sind

Summary LetG be a reductive group defined over an algebraically closed fieldk and letX be aG-variety. In this paper we studyG-invariant valuationsv of the fieldK of rational functions onX. These objects are fundamental for the theory of equivariant completions ofX. LetB be a Borel subgroup andU the unipotent radical ofB. It is proved thatv is uniquely determined by its restriction toK ^U . Then we study the set of invariant valuations having some fixed restrictionv ₀, toK ^B . Ifv ₀ is geometric (i.e., induced by a prime divisor) then this set is a polyhedron in some vector space. In characteristic zero we prove that this polyhedron is a simplicial cone and in fact the fundamental domain of finite reflection groupW ^X . Thus, the classification of invariant valuations is almost reduced to the classification of valuations ofK ^B .

Unterstützt durch den Schweizerischen Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung.     

Local instability and localization of attractors. From stochastic generator to Chua's systems

This paper discusses the connection between various instability definitions (namely, Lyapunov instability, Poincaré or orbital instability, Zhukovskij instability) and chaotic movements. It is demonstrated that the notion of Zhukovskij instability is the most adequate for describing chaotic movements. In order to investigate this instability, a new type of linearization is offered and the connection between that and the theorems of Borg, Hartman-Olech, and Leonov is established. By means of new linearization, analytical conditions of the existence of strange attractors for impulse stochastic generators are obtained. The assumption is expressed that an analogous analytical tool may be elaborated for continuous dynamical systems describing Chua's circuits. The paper makes a first step in this direction and establishes a frequency criterion of the existence of positive invariant sets with positive Lebesgue measure for piecewise linear systems, which are unstable in every region of phase space where they are linear.     

On the topological theory of self-dual connections over noncompact Riemann surfaces

A topological action for self-dual connections over noncompact Riemann surfaces is proposed. TheJ formulation and the associated linear system are obtained. A new connection is constructed, depending on a Kac-Moody parameter such that its flatness condition is theJ-equation associated to the self-dual problem. The algebra of infinitesimal Bäcklund transformations depending on this Kac-Moody parameter is constructed.     

Microwave spectrum and structure of furfural

The microwave spectrum of furfural was investigated in the frequency range 7 GHz-21 GHz and 49 GHz-330 GHz. The ground and first torsional state of trans-furfural and ground state of cis-furfural were assigned and analyzed. A total of 1720 rotational lines with J up to 100 and K_a up to 53 were assigned to the ground state of trans-furfural, 1406 rotational lines with J up to 100 and K_a up to 48 were assigned to the first torsional state of trans-furfural and 2103 rotational lines with J up to 90 and K_a up to 48 to the ground state of cis-furfural. Accurate sets of centrifugal distortion constants for both conformations have been determined for the first time. The spectra of all ¹³C and ¹⁸O singly substituted isotopic species were observed in natural abundance in the 7 GHz-21 GHz range. Molecular structure co-ordinates, bond lengths and angles of the Kraitchman substitution type (r_s) and pseudo-Kraitchman type (r_pKr) are derived from the isotopic studies.