Adsorption of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) on Oxygen-rich Porous Carbon Materials Obtained from Glucose/Potassium Oxalate

To investigate the effects of oxygen-containing functional groups on the adsorption of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with different polarity, oxygen-rich porous carbon materials (OPCs) were synthesized by heat treatment of glucose/potassium oxalate material. The carbon material had a large specific surface area (1697 m² g⁻¹) and a high oxygen content (18.95 at.%). OPC exhibited high adsorption capacity of toluene (309 mg g⁻¹) and methanol (447 mg g⁻¹). The specific surface area and total pore volume determined the adsorption capacity of toluene and methanol at the high-pressure range, while the oxygen-containing groups became the main factor affecting the methanol adsorption at the low-pressure range due to the hydrogen bond interaction through the density functional theory (DFT) calculations. This study provides an important hint for developing a novel O-doped adsorbent for the VOCs adsorption applications and analyzing the role of oxygen-containing groups in the VOCs adsorption under the low-pressure range.     

Exploring the Role of Surface States in Emissive Carbon Nanodots: Analysis at Single-Particle Level

Fluorescent carbon nanodots (CDs) have been highlighted as promising semiconducting materials due to their outstanding chemical and optical properties. However, the intrinsic heterogeneity of CDs has impeded a clear understanding of the mechanisms behind their photophysical properties. In this study, as-prepared CDs are fractionated via chromatography to reduce their structural and chemical heterogeneity and analyzed through ensemble and single-particle spectroscopies. Many single particles reveal fluorescence intensity fluctuations between two or more discrete levels with bi-exponential decays. While the intrinsic τ₁ components are uniform among single particles, the τ₂ components from molecule-like emissions spans a wider range of lifetimes, reflecting the inhomogeneity of the surface states. Furthermore, it is concluded that the relative population and chemical states of surface functional groups in CDs have a significant impact on emissive states, brightness, blinking, stability, and lifetime distribution of photoluminescence.     

Nontriviality of the first Hochschild cohomology of some block algebras of finite groups

We show that for some finite group block algebras, with nontrivial defect groups, the first Hochschild cohomology is nontrivial. Along the way we obtain methods to investigate the nontriviality of the first Hochschild cohomology of some twisted group algebras.     

Lower Bounds on the Number of Cyclic Subgroups in Finite Non-Cyclic Nilpotent Groups

Let $G$ be a finite group and $\mathfrak{c}(G)$ denote the number of cyclic subgroups of $G$. It is known that the minimal value of $\mathfrak{c}$ on the set of groups of order $n$, where $n$ is a positive integer, will occur at the cyclic group $Z_n$. In this paper, for non-cyclic nilpotent groups $G$ of order $n$, the lower bounds of $\mathfrak{c}(G)$ are established.     

具有若干$c_p$-可补子群的有限群

设$H$为有限群$G$的子群且$p$为整除群$G$的阶的素因子. 我们称$H$在$G$中为$c_p$-可补的,如果$G$中存在$H$的包含$H_G$的补子群$T$使得$H\cap T/H_G$为$p''$-群, 其中$H_G$为$H$在$G$中的核. 群$G$ 称$CS_p$-群, 如果$G$的所有$p$-子群都在$G$中$c_p$-可补. 本文,我们刻画具有若干$c_p$-可补$p$-子群的有限群的$p$-可解性和$p$-超可解性. 此外,我们给出$p$-可解群为$CS_p$-群的若干等价条件. 最后, 我们给出两个$CS_p$-群的直积为$CS_p$-群的判别准则. 我们的结果推广了近期的若干结论.     

Total Synthesis of Pulvomycin D

A synthetic route to the pulvomycin class of natural products is presented, which culminated in the first synthesis of a pulvomycin, pulvomycin D. Key elements of the strategy include a pivotal aldol reaction which led to bond formation between the C24-C40 and the C8-C23 fragment. The remaining C1-C7 fragment was attached by a Yamaguchi esterification completing the assembly of the 40 carbon atoms within the main skeleton. Ring closure to the 22-membered lactone ring was achieved in the final stages of the synthesis by a Heck reaction. The completion of the synthesis required the removal of six silyl protecting groups in combination with olefin formation at C26-C27 by a Peterson elimination.     

影响分子沉积膜纳米摩擦特性的几个因素

利用原子力显微镜探讨了表面电荷及分子端基对分子沉积膜纳米摩擦特性的影响，并考察了表面形貌在不同扫描方向和法向高度上对摩擦力的影响．结果表明：对Si3N4针尖而言，表面净电荷对摩擦特性有一定的影响，不同类型的表面电荷对摩擦力和摩擦系数的影响不同，正电荷影响相对较大；在较小载荷和粘附力的条件下，针尖在表面上滑动时所受的摩擦作用同分子端基有关；单层CuTsPc分子沉积膜表面形貌的取向对摩擦力影响不大，分子沉积膜的表面高度同摩擦力，即时测量值并不存在对应关系，摩擦力受表面形貌的影响较小．     

A new solution for the rotation-driven spreading of a thin fluid film

Lie groups are used to solve the equation governing the flow of a thin liquid film subject to centrifugal spreading and viscous resistance. A new implicit solution is found. It is shown how this relates to the previous known solutions for the spreading of an initially flat film, the steady state and a separable solution. New permissible forms for the film evolution are also studied, including solutions exhibiting finite time blow-up. Near the contact line, where the film height tends to zero, an approximate explicit solution is obtained which may be used to describe a film with any size contact angle.     

Preparation,Characterization and Drug Release Behavior of 5-Fluorouracil Loaded Carboxylic Poly(ε-caprolactone) Nanoparticles

In this paper, 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) loaded carboxylic poly(ε-caprolactone) nanoparticles have been prepared by emulsification/solvent evaporation o/w method, and the drug release behaviors of 5-FU were investigated. The novel carboxylic poly (ε-caprolactone) (P(CL-OPD)-mal) was synthesized via conjugation of maleic anhydride to sodium borohydride (NaBH₄) reduced poly(ε-caprolactone-co -4- carbonyl -ε-caprolactone) (P(CL-OPD)), while P(CL-OPD) was synthesized in bulk by ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone and 4-carbonyl-ε-caprolactone (OPD) with stannous octoate as a catalyst. Their structures were confirmed by ¹HNMR, FT-IR and GPC. Dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), zeta potential measurements were used for nanoparticle characterization. TEM and DLS showed the nanoparticles were with spherical shape and uniform size distribution (mean diameter 70～100 nm), respectively. Zeta potential analysis revealed that the nanoparticles had an increased negative surface with the increase of carboxyl group concentration. UV spectroscopy was adopted to study the entrapment and release behaviour. The maximum 5-FU loading efficiency was 14.39% with the entrapment efficiency be 42%. In vitro release studies were performed in PBS at 37°C. Results of the study showed that the release behavior can be well-controlled, and the balanced release was up to 96 h. P(CL-OPD)-mal nanoparticles would provide increased benefit in biomedical and pharmaceutical applications.     

Influence of cellulose nanofibers on the curing behavior of epoxy/amine systems

Epoxy composites were prepared using diglycidyl ether bisphenol F and water-dilutable diglycidyl ether bisphenol A with curing agents, polyoxypropylenediamine and diethylmethylbenzenediamine, in water or dimethylformamide as a solvent. The influence of cellulose nanofibers and solvents on curing kinetics of epoxy composites was investigated. Curing kinetic parameters were calculated using the model-fitting methods and the isoconversional method. Among these, the Sestak–Berggren equation best fit the experimental data. Results indicated that dimethylformamide decreased the reaction rate, whereas water revealed the opposite pattern. Cellulose nanofibers catalyzed the reaction between bisphenol F resins and the aromatic curing agent.