SUPER TOUGH GELS WITH A DOUBLE NETWORK STRUCTURE

 Living tissues work with fantastic functions in soft and wet gel-like state. Thus, hydrogels have attracted much attention as excellent soft & wet materials, suitable for making artificial organs for medical treatments.However, conventional hydrogels are mechanically too weak for practical uses. We have created double network (DN) hydrogels with extremely high mechanical strength in order to overcome this problem. DN gels are interpenetrating network (IPN) hydrogels consisting of rigid polyelectrolyte and soft neutral polymer. Their excellent mechanical properties cannot be explained by the standard fracture theories. In this paper, we discuss about the toughening mechanism of DN gels in accordance with their characteristic behavior, such as large hysteresis and necking phenomenon. We also describe the results on tissue engineering application of DN gels.     

Synthesis of monodisperse poly(chloromethylstyrene-co-divinylbenzene) beads and their application in separation of biopolymers

The monodisperse, porous poly(chloromethylstyrene-co-divinylbenzene) beads of 7.9 microm were prepared by a single-step swelling and polymerization method. The seed particles prepared by dispersion polymerization exhibited good absorption of the monomer phase. Based on this media, a weak cation-exchange (WCX) stationary phase for HPLC was synthesized by a new chemically modified method. The prepared resin has advantages of biopolymer separation, high column efficiency, low column backpressure, high protein mass recovery, and good resolution for proteins. The dynamic protein-loading capacity of the synthesized WCX packings was 18.2 mg/g. Five proteins were separated in 3.0 min using the synthesized WCX stationary phase. The experimental results show that the obtained WCX resin has very weak hydrophobicity. The WCX resin was also used for the rapid separation and purification of lysozyme from egg white in 5.0 min with only one step. The purity and specific bioactivity of the purified lysozyme were found to be more than 93% and 70 245 U/mg, respectively.     

助剂对Cu/Cr催化剂上甲醇部分氧化制氢的活性影响

曾研究了Cu/Cr二元催化剂上甲醇部分氧化制氢的反应，发现当Cu/Cr比为6：4时，催化剂的Cu^0比表面积最大，呈现出较好的活性。在Cu/Cr（6：4）催化剂中添加Fe,Zn,Al等8种助剂，考察其对甲醇部分氧化制氢催化性能的影响，并着重研究了Zn助剂的作用。实验结果表明，Zn的引入，有利于催化剂活性的提高。当Zn含量为10％时，催化剂活性最好。XRD表征结果表明，Cu/Cr催化剂的失活与其表面上的Cu物种烧结有关，Zn的引入可明显增强Cu/Cr（6：4）催化剂的热稳定性，提高其寿命。     

Studies on fluorenscence resonance energy transfer between CdS nanoparticles and DOCAI dyes

The water-soluble CdS nanoparticles were synthesized in aqueous solution. A novel fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) system with CdS nanoparticles as energy donors and 3,30-diethyl-oxadicarbocyanine iodide (DOCAI) dyes as energy accepter has been developed.     

熔盐电解合成希土六硼化物的研究——REBO3、LiBO2和LiF体系熔盐电解合成RER6

本文在800℃和空气中电解REBO₃-LiBO₂-LiF熔盐体系合成了单相的REB₆.石墨川埚兼作容器和阳极.耐火金属棒如Cu和Mo等被悬吊在电解质中作为阴极.根据似二元体系LiBO₂-LiF和LiBO₂-LaBO₃的低熔点组成以La₂O₃、B₂O₃、Li₂CO₃和LiF为原料找到了具有较低熔点的熔盐体系.根据X射线粉末衍射,该熔体是由REBO₃、LiBO₂和LiF三个物相组成.     

Preparation and characterization of nitrogen-doped TiO2 photocatalyst in different acid environments

Nitrogen-doped TiO₂ powders were successfully prepared by a wet method, i.e., a micro-emulsion-hydrothermal method, in different acid environments. Several characterization techniques, X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectra, were combined to determine the crystal phase, concentration and chemical states of the nitrogen doped in TiO₂. The high photocatalytic activity of the nitrogen-doped TiO₂ was evaluated through the decomposition of rhodanmine B under visible light irradiation. It was suggested that the doped nitrogen formed oxynitride (NO) and produced impurity states at higher above the valence band of TiO₂. Therefore, the nitrogen doping could enhance the response of photocatalyst to the visible light and improve the photocatalytic activity because of the narrowing of band gap of TiO₂.