Positron annihilation studies of poly(N‐isopropyl acrylamide) gel in mixed solvents

Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy was used to characterize the reentrant volume‐phase‐transition behavior of poly(N‐isopropyl acrylamide) hydrogel in an ethanol/water mixed solvent. The polymer gel was synthesized with γ irradiation. The ortho‐positronium lifetime (τ₃) in the gel slowly increased with an increase in the ethanol content in the mixed solvent. τ₃ was not influenced by the volume phase transition. The ortho‐positronium intensity decreased with the collapse of the gel in an approximately 10% ethanol/water mixture. When swelled in pure ethanol, τ₃ initially increased with the solvent amount in the gel, showing the destruction of intramolecular hydrogen bonding and the relaxation of polymer chains. The lower critical solution temperature of the gel in the 10% ethanol/water mixture was lower than that in pure water, and τ₃ for various solvent contents showed behavior similar to that seen in pure solvent. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 1028–1036, 2002     

From a point-like to an arbitrarily shaped sample: A survey of equations for electron paramagnetic resonance signal intensity calculations

A set of original, analytical equations useful for theoretical calculation of the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signal intensity are presented for the multitude of sample shapes, which range from point-like, line-like, planar, rectangular, cubical, circular, cylindrical, spherical to an irregularly shaped sample. The samples can be situated at any available position within the prescribed part of the microwave cavity (a central cylinder of diameter 11 mm and length 23.5 mm, in either a Bruker single TE₁₀₂ or double TE₁₀₄ rectangular cavity, with the modulation coils situated in the left and right side cavity walls, which is connected to a X-band, field-modulated CW Bruker EPR spectrometer). The theoretical computations of EPR signal intensity can be used in the computer simulations in which: (i) the EPR signal intensity profiles are constructed; (ii) the optimal sample positions in the cavity to give a maximum value of signal intensity are found; (iii) the errors associated with sample positioning within the cavity when compared to a second sample of a different size, shape or position are studied.     

交联聚丙烯酰胺吸水凝胶的强度

高吸水材料是一类新型的功能高分子材料,已有广泛开发和应用。本文讨论了含大量无机填料膨润土的阴离子型交联聚丙烯酰胺(JSWAM)吸水凝胶的强度及其形态结构。 吸水材料JSWAM的制备:将填料搅拌分散于丙烯酰胺水溶液中,同时加入规定量的甲叉基双丙烯酰胺、过硫酸铵、碱,而后聚合并水解。将聚合物胶块造粒、烘干、粉碎。凝胶强度     

DFT study and vibrational spectra of the phoshorus-containing G0 generation dendrimer

The Raman (10–3500 cm⁻¹) and infrared (150–3500 cm⁻¹) spectra have been recorded for tris(4-oxibenzaldehyde)thiophosphate. This compound includes structural parts of elementoorganic dendrimers: a core and terminal aldehyde groups. The structural optimization and normal mode analysis are performed for elementoorganic dendrimer on the basis of the ab initio density functional theory. It is found that the dendrimer exist in a single stable conformation with planar C₆H₄CHO fragments. Our calculations show that conformer with one trans and two gauche 4-oxibenzaldehyde groups is realized. All these observations suggest that steric congestion does not disturb the construction of dendrimers even for the highest generations, and that terminal groups are readily available for further reactions. Relying on DFT calculations a complete vibrational assignment is proposed for different parts of the studied dendrimers.     

Studies on Monodispersed Microspheres of Zinc Sulfide Doped with Mn^2＋

In this paper,zinc acetate,manganese acetate and thiacetamide are used as raw materials to successfully synthesize monodispersed ZnS:Mn2+ microspheres by using hydrothermal method and taking P123 surfactant as a template. The products were characterized by XRD,STEM,FT-IR and N2 adsorption-desorption. And the results show that the diameter of this microsphere is 1.0 μm or so,which is larger than that of ZnS microsphere without Mn2+ doping,and it has monodispersion,smooth surface and uniform size. The doping of Mn2+ does not obviously change the structure of monodispersed ZnS microsphere. The photoluminescence peak lies in a wide band ranging from 450 to 650 nm,and the microspheres emit orange light; with the increase of Mn2+ concentration,fluorescence intensity of ZnS:Mn2+ microsphere changes,and when the mole ratio of Mn2+:Zn2+ is 0.3:1,the fluorescence intensity is the strongest.     

Modeling of plasma jets with superimposed vortex flow

This work is concerned with analytical studies of thermal plasma jets, which are finding increasing interest for thermal plasma processing. A two-dimensional model for turbulent plasma jets with superimposed vortex flow has been developed, incorporating multiple time scales for velocity and temperature fluctuations and a density-weighted averaging for the density fluctuation effect. Results show that adding swirl to the flow field for confined and free jets induces strong axial and radial pressure gradients near the nozzle exit, causing a rapid decay of the axial velocity with increasing distance from the nozzle. Comparisons with cold flow show similar trends close to the nozzle exit, but further downstream, the axial velocities increase again, especially for larges swirl numbers. Comparisons of theoretical predictions based on the present model with available experimental data are, in general, in reasonable agreement.     

8,10-二炔廿五碳酸LB膜的周期结构

合成了8,10-二炔廿五碳酸,在玻璃片、石英片和镀金片上沉积了它的LB膜,X-射线衍射研究了LB膜的周期结构和聚合对它的影响。在2θ=1°—15°范围内观察到了多达7个布拉格衍射峰。由此计算了等同周期和分子在基片上的倾斜角。用分子模型计算了衍射峰强度,得到了与实验结果相符合的衍射峰强度奇偶起伏现象。     

The effect of a coriolis force on Taylor-Couette flow

Taylor-Couette flow subject to a Coriolis force is studied experimentally and numerically. In the experiment, the Couette apparatus is mounted on a turntable with the axis of the cylinders orthogonal to the rotation vector of the turntable. The Coriolis force stabilizes the fluid against the onset of Taylor vortices and alters the velocity fields, both above and below the transition from the initial flow. At small dimensionless turntable frequencies, the transition yields time-independent Taylor vortices which are tilted with respect to the cylinder axis. At larger there is a direct transition to turbulence. We determine the first-order correction to the classical Couette initial flow, to account for the effects of the Coriolis force, by expanding in powers of. We present numerical results for the axial velocity (the only nonvanishing correction term to order) in the infinite-cylinder approximation.     

Modelling of the pressure-velocity correlation in turbulence diffusion

Most current computations of trubulent flows with second-moment closure adopt the diffusion models which neglect the effect of pressure-velocity correlation. In the present paper the importance of this correlation effect is elucidated the neglect of this effect accounts for some major defects in the wide application of the second-moment closures. Through the relation between and , established by Lumley, we propose here a new turbulence diffusion model which takes into consideration the pressure effect. Applications of this new model in the computation of shearless turbulence mixing layer and plane and round-jet flows show that the spreading rate of these flows can be satisfactorily captured.     

New FIR laser lines and frequency measurements in CD3OD

Twenty-four new submillimeter laser lines in fully deuterated methyl alcohol (CD₃OD) in the wavelength range from 52 to 328 m have been obtained in a Fabry-Perot FIR resonator by optically pumping the methanol with a cw CO₂ laser. We have made accurate wavelength measurements and have determined the relative polarization of most of the known CD₃OD laser lines. The frequencies of 13 of the strongest lines were also measured.Contribution of the U.S. Government, not subject to copyright.