Investigation into new materials for optical devices: the miscibility and solvent effects of azobenzene derivative blends

With the increasing demand for novel devices with optical applications the search for new materials to data store and process becomes a priority. By introducing blends, tailor made properties and low cost give added advantage. Miscibility is an essential requirement for a new material, this research thus involves miscibility studies of poly(4‐(N‐(2‐methacryloyloxyethyl)‐N‐ethylamino)‐4′‐nitroazobenzene)₉₀‐co‐(methyl methacrylate)₁₀, (azobenzene derivative) with polymethyl‐methacrylate (PMMA), polyvinylacetate (PVAc) and polyvinylchloride (PVC) prepared in tetrahydrofuran (THF), and/or dimethylformamide (DMF) and/or dichloromethane (CH₂Cl₂). The glass transitions, solvent and varying molecular weight effect were investigated, since these all primarily influence the miscibility. THF was found to encourage miscibility at specific compositions of PVAc and PVC blends. However, with CH₂Cl₂ and DMF immiscibility is encouraged. The Fox–Flory equation was applied to the blends analyzing the PVC blends in DMF as deviations from ideality. Different molecular weights of PMMA were identified as immiscible regardless of solvent. PMMA's lower solubility in THF and CH₂Cl₂ compared to the azobenzene derivative, displayed the existence of PMMA islands. In all blends the favorable and unfavorable interactions between polymer–solvent–polymer systems are considered. Furthermore, the miscibility effect on increasing the MMA content of the azobenzene derivative was also investigated. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

C2型轴对称手性双恶唑啉的合成及其应用研究

本文综述了手性双恶唑啉的合成及其金属配合物作为手性催化剂在催化不对称反应中的应用研究进展。     

氯代膦烯化合物与零价钯的氧化加成反应机理探讨

与氯代烯烃或芳烃相反, 氯代膦烯与零价钯的氧化加成反应可以在温和条件下进行. 提出了可能的反应机理. 起始卤代膦烯的结构决定了反应历程和最终产物的结构.     

Harnessing the killer micros: Applications from LLNL's massively parallel computing initiative

Recent developments in microprocessor technology have led to performance on scalar applications exceeding traditional supercomputers. This suggests that coupling hundreds or even thousands of these killer-micros (all working on a single physical problem) may lead to performance on vector applications in excess of vector supercomputers. Also, future generation killer-micros are expected to have vector floating point units as well. The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the parallel computing environment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. However, the perspective is necessarily quite narrow and most of the examples are taken from the author's implementation of a large-scale molecular dynamics code on the BBN-TC2000 at LLNL. Parallelism is achieved through a geometric domain decomposition — each processor is assigned a distinct region of space and all atoms contained therein. As the atomic positions evolve, the processors must exchange ownership of specific atoms. This geometric domain decomposition proves to be quite general and we highlight its application to image processing and hydrodynamics simulations as well.Work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract No. W-7405-ENG-48     

白藜芦醇分子的转动惯量和电偶极矩

通过分子轨道理论和杂化轨道理论推断出较稳定的白藜芦醇分子是平面型分子,然后根据白藜芦醇分子结构特点计算了该化合物的一种稳定异构体的转动惯量,用矢量合成法计算了其电偶极矩,为微波辅助白藜芦醇萃取理论研究提供转动惯量和电偶极矩的数据.     

Solid-supported Hantzsch—Biginelli reaction for syntheses of pyrimidine derivatives

The microwave-assisted dry media technology was utilized for the synthesis of some novel derivatives in the Hantzsch—Biginelli reaction. In this eco-friendly approach, the usage of organic solvents and hazardous reagents resulting in corrossion of materials was minimized, giving high yields of products within a short reaction time.     

Micro construction of poly(epsilon-caprolactone)/poly(L-lactic acid) blend film by solution casting under microwave irradiation

The micro construction of poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) and poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) blend films fabricated by solution casting under microwave irradiation was investigated by selective enzymatic degradation and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results were totally different from the blends obtained by conventional methods. The blend was more homogeneous and the PCL continuous phase more compact as no spherulites and tiny zone separation were observed from the film surface and no PCL network was observed inside the film, and the degradation of a PCL plank by Pseudomonas lipase was significantly retarded. The distributed PLLA micro spheres were enlarged and amorphous. The thermal behavior of the blend by microwave heating revealed that PCL and PLLA underwent a melting process, which induced the variations of the PCL phase and PLLA spheres. The weight loss caused by degradation of the PCL/PLLA blend obtained by conventional methods (B50c) is greater than that of the blend obtained by microwave methods (B50m), which reflects the change in morphology from a loose PCL network (B50c) to a dense PCL plank (B50m).     

微波辐射下无催化剂一锅法合成N-甲基十氢吖啶-1,8-二酮化合物

为了研究从简单易得的原料在无催化剂的条件下一锅法合成N-甲基十氢吖啶-1,8-二酮化合物，我们以各类醛（脂肪醛、芳香醛、二醛）、达咪酮或1,3-环己二酮和甲胺为原料，以乙二醇或水为溶剂，经微波辐射，一步反应得到了一系列N-甲基十氢吖啶-1,8-二酮化合物。反应时间从传统热反应的4-5小时缩短至2-10分钟，产率较高（56-95%），并且不需要使用催化剂。该反应后处理方便，只需要简单洗涤，环境友好，为合成此类化合物提供了一种简便、有效的合成方法。该方法不仅适用于一元脂肪醛、芳香醛，还适用于芳香二醛，因此可以合成含有一个或两个十氢吖啶结构单元的杂环化合物。     

自组装合成纳米复合TiO2-ZnO介孔材料及其光催化性能

以TiCl₄, ZnSO₄•7H₂O为原料, 尿素为沉淀剂, 利用可溶性淀粉大分子链的空间位阻效应和高分子网络的阻隔作用, 以纳米级碳黑为模板, 采用微波加热、均相沉淀法合成出了一系列纳米TiO₂-ZnO复合介孔材料. XRD分析证明反应前驱体为非晶态, 500 ℃以上转变为锐钛矿结构的TiO₂和ZnTiO₃, 当Ti∶Zn＝1(摩尔比)时, 产物全部为ZnTiO₃ (TiO₂•ZnO). TEM形貌观察结合N₂吸附表明, 基本粒子为球形, 粒径15～20 nm. 最可几孔径8～10 nm. EDS分析证明产品中Ti∶Zn的分析测定值与实际的投料值基本一致, 并且掺杂均匀性好. 光吸收及光催化实验发现Zn含量为50%时, 光催化效果最好, 在日光照射90 min后, 此TiO₂-ZnO复合材料对藏蓝染料溶液降解率可达到100%, 其光催化反应符合一级动力学方程.     

Chemical applications of group theory and topology

The following procedure is described for investigating the qualitative dynamics of simple chemical systems: 1) A so-called influence diagram is generated representing the relationships between the reference reactants (phase-determining intermediates); 2) This influence diagram is used to generate a truth table indicating possible transitions between state vectors representing the signs of the time derivatives of of the reference reactant concentrations; 3) The truth table is used to determine a state transition diagram representing the flow topology around unstable equilibrium points; 4) The characteristic equation of the adjacency matrix of the influence diagram is solved in order to determine the presence of such unstable equilibrium points. The two types of qualitative dynamics possible for chemical systems containing two reference reactants and one feedback circuit are bifurcation between two attracting regions (bistability) and limit cycle oscillation. However, in two reference reactant systems oscillation requires an additional self-activating loop to generate the unstable equilibrium point required for its realization. Bistability and limit cycle oscillation are also two of the possible types of qualitative dynamics for chemical systems containing three reference reactants. However, chemical systems with three reference reactants and two or more feedback circuits can also contain interlocking limit cycles, which can lead to toroidal oscillations or chaos. The influence diagrams are given for the systems exhibiting these various types of dynamic behavior along with a summary of the important properties of all 729 possible influences for simple chemical systems containing three reference reactants.