Needlelike and spherical polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles of poly(l-lysine) and copolymers of maleic acid

We report on the bulk and surface properties of dispersions consisting of nonstoichiometric polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) nanoparticles. PEC nanoparticles were prepared by mixing poly(l-lysine) (PLL) or poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDADMAC) with poly(maleic acid-co-alpha-methylstyrene) (PMA-MS) or poly(maleic acid-co-propylene) (PMA-P). The monomolar mixing ratio was n-/n+ = 0.6, and the concentration ranged from 1 to 6 mmol/L. Subsequent centrifugation enabled the separation of the excess polycation, resulting in a stable coacervate phase further used in the experiments. The bulk phase parameters turbidity and hydrodynamic radius (R(h)) of the PEC nanoparticles showed a linear dependence on the total polymer content independently of the mixed polyelectrolytes. This can be interpreted by the increased collision probability of the polyelectrolyte chains when the overlap concentration is approached or exceeded. Different morphologies of the cationic PEC nanoparticles, which were solution-cast onto Si supports, were obtained by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The combinations of PLL/PMA-MS and PDADMAC/PMA-MS revealed more or less hemispherical particle shapes, whereas that of PLL/PMA-P revealed an elongated needlelike particle shape. Circular dichroism and attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) measurements proved the alpha-helical conformation for the PEC PLL/PMA-P and the random coil conformation for the PEC PLL/PMA-MS. We conclude that stiff alpha-helical PLL induces anisotropic elongated PEC nanoparticles, whereas randomly coiled PLL forms isotropic spherical PEC nanoparticles.     

Ordered nickel oxide nanowire arrays and their optical absorption properties

Ordered NiO nanowire arrays embedded in anodic alumina membranes have been prepared by using an electrochemical deposition method. After annealing at 300 °C, the NiO nanowire arrays were characterized using SEM, TEM, SAED, and XRD. SEM and TEM observations reveal that these nanowires are dense, continuous and arranged roughly parallel to one another. XRD and SAED analysis together indicate that these NiO nanowires crystallize with a polycrystalline structure. The optical absorption band gap of NiO nanowire arrays is 3.74 eV, and no obvious blue shift or red shift with respect of that of the bulk NiO can be observed.     

含二氧杂环异黄酮的合成

本文报道含有3', 4'-亚甲二氧基, 3', 4'-亚乙二氧基, 3, 4'-三亚甲二氧基的异黄酮类化合物的合成, 所得25个新化合物的结构经元素分析、^1H NMR谱确证; 紫外光谱表明有异黄酮特征吸收。文中并对反应机理进行了探讨。     

Aerobic oxidation assisted by ligand-free palladium catalysts

Aerobic oxidation of electron-rich benzylic and phenyl allylic alcohols was achieved with high yields with only 0.1 mol.% of Pd(OAc)2 catalyst in the absence of any ligand. This procedure was expected to be valuable for realistic industrial-scale applications from both economic as well as environmental points of view.     

稀土在鼠肝中的物种分布

采用 ICP-MS、微量蛋白层析分离技术 ,研究了长时间、低剂量混合稀土及短时间、高剂量硝酸镧分别对大鼠及小鼠作用后 ,稀土在鼠肝中的代谢累积及其物种分布 .结果表明 ,鼠肝中各稀土含量随给药剂量的增加而增大 ,其累积速度大小顺序为 La>Ce>Nd>Pr;经柱层析分离未得到与稀土特异结合的鼠肝蛋白 ;稀土可与多种鼠肝蛋白 (包括多种重要的酶 )结合 ,在一定条件下 ,稀土与其结合蛋白可发生解离     

偏最小二乘-同步荧光法测定人尿中黄蝶呤

建立了人尿中黄蝶呤含量测定的同步荧光分析方法。在pH 7.8 KH2PO4-NaOH缓冲溶液中,于Δλ为70 nm的条件下对黄蝶呤及其它蝶呤类化合物进行同步荧光扫描,所得的重叠波谱数据用主成分回归法(PCR)、偏最小二乘法(PLS)、经典最小二乘法(CLS)和径向基人工神经网络(RBF-ANN)等多元校正法进行处理,结果表明偏最小二乘法(PLS)的分析结果最好,其标准偏差为4.29%。该方法简便、快速、准确,避免了较繁琐的样品前处理过程,应用于人尿中黄蝶呤分析,结果令人满意。     

A combined diffraction and dielectric properties investigation of Ba3MnNb2O9 complex perovskites

A combined synthesis, diffraction and dielectric properties investigation of the dependence (and effect) of Mn²⁺/Nb⁵⁺ ordering in Ba₃MnNb₂O₉ (BMN) upon annealing atmosphere and processing conditions has been carried out. Annealing in different atmospheres was not found to significantly alter either nominal stoichiometry or structure type. The obtained structure type (disordered metrically cubic or ordered trigonal) as well as the measured electrical properties (in particular, the dielectric loss) were, however, found to be sensitive to the synthesis route. Samples obtained via solid-state reaction were found to be predominantly of 1:2 Mn²⁺/Nb⁵⁺ ordered, trigonal structure type whereas samples obtained via an aqueous solution route were found to be of a Mn²⁺/Nb⁵⁺ ‘disordered’, metrically cubic structure type. All solid-state synthesized samples showed reasonable dielectric properties. The microwave dielectric constant and dielectric quality factor, Q, at 8 GHz of an as-synthesized BMN sample were 38 and 100, respectively. By contrast, the dielectric loss of the metrically cubic, Mn²⁺/Nb⁵⁺ ‘disordered’ samples obtained via an aqueous solution synthesis process were significantly worse.     

AN ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY STUDY ON THE AGGREGATION OF ISOTACTIC POLY（METHYL METHACRYLATE）

Aggregation process of isotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) (i-PMMA) has been studied extensively for many years, and considerable progress has been made in both experimental and theoretical studies. They are, however, seldom sustained by real-space observations of the underlying morphology. In this paper, the aggregation process of i-PMMA in concentrated acetone solutions and the fractal structure of the resulting three-dimensional clusters were characterized on the basis of real-space AFM observations of their two-dimensional projection. It was found that spherical multiple-chain particles formed upon collapse and aggregation of the involving chains as a whole during quenching the solution to room temperature. By keeping the solution at room temperature, the initially formed particles stick together upon contact to form larger particles through reassembling very slowly. The succeeding collision of the enlarged spherical particles leads to the formation of small clusters. These newly formed small clusters grow when they meet with other clusters or single Brownian particles. This leads to the formation of large clusters with fractal dimension of 1.95$±0.05, which suggest a reaction-limited cluster aggregation of i-PMMA in a concentrated acetone solution. This is in accordance with the conclusion obtained by light scattering measurements.     

Syntheses of 4-(2-hydroperoxy-2,2-diarylethyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazoles, 4-(2-hydroxy-2,2-diarylethyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazoles and the related compounds

The reactions of 1,1-disubstituted ethenes with 2,4-pentanedione in the presence of manganese(III) acetate and atmospheric oxygen yielded 4-acetyl-6,6-diaryl-3-methyl-1,2-dioxan-3-ols. The latter gave 4-(2-hydroperoxy-2,2-diarylemyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazoles by the reaction with hydrazines in methanol-acetic acid (1:1 v/v) at 50° in 15-77% yields, or 4-(2-hydroxy-2,2-diarylethyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazoles by the reaction with hydrazines in methanol in 2-78% yields. The acid-catalyzed reaction of 4-(2-hydroperoxy-2,2-diarylethyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazoles yielded 4-(aroylmethyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazoles (15-55%) and 4-(2,2-diarylethenyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazoles (9-29%).