On the mechanism of negative compressibility in layered compounds

A mechanism of negative compressibility occurring in compressed layered compounds in the presence of a pressure transmitting fluid medium is discussed within a simple model. It takes into account the excluded volume effects and soft fluid–matrix repulsion. It is demonstrated that a non-monotonic behavior of the inter-layer spacing with the applied pressure results from a competition between the applied pressure and the internal one induced by the adsorbed fluid. Recent experimental data on the graphite oxide “structure breathing” under compression in the presence of water are analyzed in the light of these theoretical results.     

Optical properties of cholesteric (2-hydroxypropyl) cellulose (HPC) esters

Acetoxypropylcellulose (APC) and propionic, n-butyric, isobutyric, valeric, isovaleric, hexanionic, and heptanionic acid esters of hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC) (respectively PPC, BPC, iBPC, VPC, iVPC, HexPc, and HepPc) were prepared and characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, chromatography, polarizing microscopy, chemical methods, and spectroscopy. All these esters form thermotropic cholesteric liquid crystalline phases. The glass (T_g) and clearing (T_c) transition temperatures were determined. The stability interval of the mesophases appears to be greater in the case of longer-linear side chains. The mesophases of APC, PPC, iBPC, VPC, and iVPC exhibit reflection bands in the visible region, at wavelengths that depend on temperature, moisture content, size and number of substituents, and degree of polymerization ( \[ \overline {{\rm DP}} \] ). The pitch of the cholesteric helical structure increases with side chain length and with increasing temperature. At room temperature, a fingerprint-like pattern can be observed for HepPc. No reversal in the sense of the pitch with temperature variations was observed. The pitch of BPC increases with moisture content and with decreasing values of the degree of esterification ( \[ \overline {{\rm DE}} \] ) and \[ \overline {{\rm DP}} \] . A theory for cholesteric mesophases composed of helical rod-like species and a model of elastic bend chain have been compared to the experimentally observed changes in the pitch with temperature and with the length of the side chain substituents (for iBPC, iVPC, BPC, PPC, and APC) and \[ \overline {{\rm DE}} \] and \[ \overline {{\rm DP}} \] (for BPC). © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

CHEBYSHEV WEIGHTED NORM LEAST-SQUARES SPECTRAL METHODS FOR THE ELLIPTIC PROBLEM

We develop and analyze a first-order system least-squares spectral method for the second-order elhptic boundary value problem with variable coefficients. We first analyze the Chebyshev weighted norm least-squares functional defined by the sum of the Lw^2- and Hw^-1- norm of the residual equations and then we eplace the negative norm by the discrete negative norm and analyze the discrete Chebyshev weighted least-squares method. The spectral convergence is derived for the proposed method. We also present various numerical experiments. The Legendre weighted least-squares method can be easily developed by following this paper.     

线性过程关于大数律的精确渐近性

该文主要讨论的是滑线性过程 $X_k=\sum\limits_{i=-\infty}^\infty a_{i+k}\varepsilon_i$,其中 $\{\varepsilon_i; -\infty$\varphi$ -混合或负相伴随机变量序列,$\{a_i;-\inftyp$, 若 $E|\varepsilon_1|^r<\infty$$\lim_{\epsilon\searrow 0}\epsilon^{2(r-p)/(2-p)}\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty n^{r/p-2}P\{|S_n|\geq \epsilonn^{1/p}\}=\frac{p}{r-p}E|Z|^{2(r-p)/(2-p)},$ 其中 $Z$ 是服从均值为零,方差为 $\tau^2=\sigma^2\cdot(\sum\limits_{i=-\infty}^\infty a_i)^2$的正态分布.     

负泊松比材料研究进展

介绍了近年来材料科学的一大热点——负泊松比材料的研究概况，通过讨论负泊松比材料的微观结构与形变机理，阐述了该材料所具有的特殊物理机械性能，并通过与普通材料的性能的比较，指出了此类材料所具有的巨大应用前景和实用价值。     

MOLECULAR DESIGN OF NEW KINDS OF AUXETIC POLYMERS AND NETWORKS

Three new kinds of molecular networks are designed and predicted to exhibit negative Poisson ratios. Molecular mechanics calculations on these networks show that the magnitude of Poisson ratios depends on the relative flexibility of beam and arm structures. Several new kinds of auxetic polymers, whose successful synthesis should be easier than that of the corresponding auxetic networks, are then proposed. It is found that the kabob-like polymers with auxegens lying vertically on the main chain can acquire auxeticity while those with auxegens lying horizontally on the main chain cannot. Besides, a half kabob-like or pseudo-ladder polymer with auxegens linked at the intersection of the beam and the arm does show auxeticity when adopting constrictive conformers. It is, however, worthwhile noting that the origins of auxeticity still await and strongly deserve further experimental and theoretical investigations.     

Analysis of contact allergenic compounds in oxidizedd-limonene

Summary A detailed chemical analysis and quantification of oxygen-containing monoterpenes in auto-oxidizedd-limonene was performed. Some of these, e.g. the cis- and trans-isomers of limonene-2-hydroperoxide, have previously been shown to exhibit strong contact allergenic properties. GC-MS with chemical ionization in negative ion mode was shown to be a successful method for the identification and determination of the molecular weight of chemically unstable limonene hydroperoxides. An HPLC method for isolation of individual compounds in auto-oxidizedd-limonene is presented. Two different stationary phases were used in normal phase mode, cyanopropyl- and diamino-modified silica. The method described can be used for the isolation of individual contact allergens in sensitization experiment vehicles, such as petrolatum and olive oil. This makes it possible to study whether test compounds, such as hydroperoxides, are chemically stable during a sensitization experiment.     

Supercritical fluid chromatographic separation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) using a negative temperature gradient for density programming

The technical PCB mixtures Aroclol and Clophen have been analyzed by packed column supercritical fluid chromatography using negative temperature programming. The chromatographic method was successfully applied to the analysis of PCBs, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins in extracts from environmental matrices.     

Comparison of Different Crucible Materials for the Growth of AlN Crystals

Choice of crucible material is a key issue during the growth of AlN crystal. The stabilities at high temperature and life-spans of boron nitride (BN) crucible,tantalum (Ta) crucible and tungsten (W) crucible were compared. Tantalum crucible behaved worse at high temperature and life-span was shortened as compared with the other two crucible materials. It was very crisp and easy to crack. In contrast,self-seeded AlN crystals with different morphologies could be obtained at different high temperatures using BN crucible. The boron nitride crucible was stable below 2200 ℃,above which it would decompose. Thus it was unsuitable for the bulky AlN crystal growth. Tungsten crucible could endure the temperatures higher than 2200℃. Unfortunately we could only get AlN polycrystallines using tungsten crucible. After 50～100 hours’ run,the crucible was destroyed completely due to the multiple deep cracks. XRD results of destroyed tungsten crucible indicated that the main phases are tungsten carbide and tungsten nitride.     

Isoelectronic changes in X-alpha theory using a Z-transition state approach

Using a simple geometrical interpretation based on the Z-perturbation theory and the Hellman-Feynman theorem a Z-transition method is proposed for the calculation of total electronic energy difference of ions with respect to the isoelectronic neutral atoms. The method is particularly useful within the X-alpha like models wherein the negative ions are known to be inaccessible.