Synthesis, characterization and in vitro degradation study of a novel and rapidly degradable elastomer

Biodegradable elastomers represent a useful class of biomaterials. In this paper, a novel biodegradable elastomer, poly(PEG-co-CA) (PEC), was synthesized by condensation of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and citric acid (CA) under atmospheric pressure without any catalyst. We first synthesized a pre-polymer by carrying out a controlled condensation reaction between PEG and citric acid, and then post-polymerised and simultaneously cross-linked the pre-polymer in the mould at 120 °C. The pre-polymer was characterized by FT-IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, GPC and DSC. A series of polymers were prepared at different post-polymerisation time and different monomer ratios. Measurements on the mechanical properties of PEC testified that the new polymers are elastomers with low hardness and big elongation, and hydrolytic degradation of the polymer films in a buffer of pH 7.4 at 37 °C showed that PEC had excellent degradability (all the films show the weight losses more than 60% after 96 h incubation). The different post-polymerisation time and monomer ratio had strong influence on the degradation rates and mechanical performances. The material is expected to be useful for controlled drug delivery and other biomedical applications.     

A novel silane coupling agent with peroxy groups used as an initiator in the graft polymerization of AN or MMA on nano-TiO<Subscript>2</Subscript>

A novel peroxy group-containing silane coupling agent was synthesized and anchored on the surface of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nano-TiO₂) to form an immobilized-initiator-modified nano-TiO₂ species. In this study, the kinetic parameters of the peroxy group-containing silane were tested and assessed using DSC. The pre-exponential factor (A_d) was 8.973?×?10⁸ and the activation energy (E_a) was 80.736 kJ mol^?1. Moreover, the empirical Arrhenius equation was determined to be ln K_d?=???80.736/RT?+?ln(8.973?×?10⁸). To obtain continuous polymers, acrylonitrile (AN) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) were polymerized using the novel peroxy group-containing silane and FeSO₄ as an initiator system. The number average molecular weights (M_n of PAN?=?3×10⁴ and M_n of PMMA?=?1.4?×?10⁵) and polydispersity indexes (PDI of PAN?=?2.76 and PDI of PMMA?=?1.65) were determined by GPC. It was suggested that the redox initiation system can generate highly reactive species on the surfaces of inorganic nanoparticles. The nano-TiO₂-grafted polymers were successfully obtained.     

Heterogeneous liquid phase oxidation of ethylbenzene to acetophenone with graphene carbon-based catalyst

The series of graphene materials and N-doped graphene materials were successfully synthesized and improved by high-temperature treatment with trace iron oxide. XRD, Raman, FT-IR, TEM and XPS were employed for these catalysts. The catalytic performance of these catalysts was investigated in the selective oxidation of ethylbenzene with tert-butyl hydroperoxide as oxidant. The impacts of temperature, mass of catalysts, reaction time and oxidants on the selective oxidation of ethylbenzene were also investigated. The N-doped graphene materials exhibit greatly remarkable catalytic performance than others. The conversion of ethylbenzene is more than 90% and the selectivity of acetophenone is more than 95% at 353 K. Graphene can be used as catalyst owing to its unique structures and chemical properties. The characterization tests show that the doping of N atoms can create more defects and more active sites in the N-doped graphene materials which could greatly improve the catalytic performance. Furthermore, such cost-effective graphene-based catalysts possess good stability and could be reused at least five times without remarkable loss of the catalytic activity.     

电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱测定铬矿中的铅、锌、镍、钛、磷

提出了电感耦合等离子体原子原子发射光谱测定铬矿中的铅、锌、镍、钛、磷含量的方法,选择各元素的分析谱线,采用正交试验的方法确定仪器的工作参数,方法的检出限0.22 ~1.50ug·L-1 ,方法的回收率在89%~112%,测定值的相对标准偏差（n=5）小于1.45%,方法用于铬矿杂元素的分析结果与现有的国标检验方法测定值一致。填补无铬矿中铅、锌、钛元素检测方法的空白。     

旋转输液管动力稳定性理论分析北大核心CSCD

基于Lagrange原理和假设模态法建立了旋转输液管的动力学模型.通过降阶升维的方法求解系统的特征值问题,并分析了旋转输液管自由振动特性.得到了不同端部集中质量和转速下,系统特征值随流速升高的演变轨迹.揭示了临界流速随系统参数的变化规律.研究发现,内部流体的流动对旋转输液管动力学特性存在显著影响.在某些参数组合下,系统低阶模态能够形成不同形式的内共振关系.预示了旋转输液管模型蕴含丰富的动力学现象.     

Electrospun Fibrous Membranes of Modified Polystyrene and its Copolymer With Butyl Acrylate and Their Respective Adsorption Capabilities for Cationic Blue and Copper Ions

Cationic dyes and metal ions in wastewater are considered as environmental pollutants. In order to treat these pollutants individually polystyrene (PS) and poly (styrene-co-butyl acrylate) (P(St-co-BA)) were first electrospun into fibrous membranes with a porous structure and then two simple modification methods were adopted to introduce -SO₃H and -COO^? groups into the PS fibrous membranes' and the P(St-co-BA) fibrous membranes' surfaces, respectively; finally the modified samples were used individually to adsorb either cationic blue dyes or copper ions, respectively. The results showed that the PS fibrous membranes were hydrophobic before modification but they became hydrophilic after modification due to the introduction of -SO₃H. Then the modified PS fibrous membranes had the capability to adsorb cationic blue dyes from water, and their adsorption efficiency, with an adsorption time of 300 min, reached 68.1%. For the P(St-co-BA) fibrous membranes, the -COO^? groups were introduced into their surfaces after hydrolysis in alkali lye; however, they showed very weak adsorption capability for copper ions due to the loss of the fiber-web structure. In addition, the thermal properties of the fibrous membranes before and after modification were analyzed, and the morphology was also observed by field emission scanning electron microscopy.     

Synthesis and evaluation of bio-based elastomer based on diethyl itaconate for oil-resistance applications

Bio-based elastomer poly(diethyl itaconate-co-isoprene) (PDEII) was designed and synthesized by redox-initiated emulsion polymerization from diethyl itaconate and isoprene with mass ratio of 20:80, 40:60, 60:40 and 80:20. The number-average molecular weights of PDEII exceeded 140000 with relatively high yields. The physical properties of PDEII, such as glass transition temperatures and thermostability, were comparable with conventional synthetic elastomers and can be readily tuned by varying the ratio of diethyl itaconate to isoprene. The interaction between silica and PDEII macromolecules was effectively enhanced with the increase of diethyl itaconate content by endowing high polarity. The oil-resistance relevant properties of silica/ PDEII80 (80% diethyl itaconate, 20% isoprene) such as retention of tensile strength, retention of elongation at break and change in volume even surpass those of silica/NBR 240S after soaked in ASTM 3# oil at different temperatures.     

CCD对高空间分辨率波前干涉检测的影响

推导并用实验验证了光强与入射波前在单位像元面积里成近似线性关系，从而得到入射波前经CCD采样后的功率谱密度（PSD）公式.根据该公式，模拟分析了影响CCD采集系统的系统传递函数的各个因素：入射波前、CCD的填充因子及CCD的曝光时间，得出了他们与系统传递函数的定性关系，并且通过实验明确CCD曝光时间对高空间分辨率波前检测不确定度的影响，为高空间分辨率干涉设计提供了理论依据.     

The Lagrangian Globalization Method for Nonsmooth Constrained Equations

The difficulty suffered in optimization-based algorithms for the solution of nonlinear equations lies in that the traditional methods for solving the optimization problem have been mainly concerned with finding a stationary point or a local minimizer of the underlying optimization problem, which is not necessarily a solution of the equations. One method to overcome this difficulty is the Lagrangian globalization (LG for simplicity) method. This paper extends the LG method to nonsmooth equations with bound constraints. The absolute system of equations is introduced. A so-called Projected Generalized-Gradient Direction (PGGD) is constructed and proved to be a descent direction of the reformulated nonsmooth optimization problem. This projected approach keeps the feasibility of the iterates. The convergence of the new algorithm is established by specializing the PGGD. Numerical tests are given. This author's work was done when she was visiting The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His work is also supported by the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong.