Synthesis of AN-g-casein copolymer in concentrated aqueous solution of sodium thiocyanate and AN-g-casein fiber's structure and property

The main products of graft copolymerization of acrylonitrile (AN) onto casein in concentrated aqueous solution of sodium thiocyanate in homogeneous phase were characterized as a graft copolymer (AN-g-casein) by Fourier transform infrared. The effects of the monomer concentration, initiator concentration, reaction temperature and reaction time on copolymerization were investigated. The result of WAXD showed that the major part of casein in graft copolymer is amorphous. The SDSC determination showed that the lateral order of PAN, the side chain of copolymer, decreases and the lateral order distribution becomes wider with the increase of the casein component in copolymer. It revealed that the two systems of AN-g-casein copolymer are incompatible by an investigation of DMTA, SEM. The two systems of AN-g-casein exist in separating phases, but tie up each other. So the phenomena of characteristic boundary relaxation occur.Direct spinning of graft copolymer in concentrated aqueous solution of sodium thiocyanate in homogeneous phase was successfully carried out. The skin-core layer structure of AN-g-casein fiber cross-section was observed by scanning electron microscope (SEM). In the core layer, the dimension of phase domain of casein is about from 20 to 60 nm. When the fiber was drawn into broken, microfibrillation occurs, the fiber skin layer is compact, and its broken section is flat. Many long and thin casein strips are formed in the surface of the fiber, respective crystalline grade of two components is scarcely effected by the change of the content of casein. AN-g-casein fibers have good hygroscopicity and dyeability, and more, they can be dyed by acidic dyestuff and cationic dyestuff. AN-g-casein fiber still has good mechanical properties, so AN-g-casein fiber is a new type modified “silk-like” fiber for wide application.     

A highly efficient asymmetric Michael addition of anthrone to nitroalkenes with cinchona organocatalysts

A highly efficient asymmetric Michael addition of anthrone to nitroalkenes catalyzed by cinchona alkaloids was described. Up to 99% ee of the corresponding adduct was obtained.     

Resonance-enhanced group delay times in an asymmetric single quantum barrier

It is shown that transmission and reflection group delay times in an asymmetric single quantum barrier are greatly enhanced by the transmission resonance when the energy of incident particles is larger than the height of the barrier. The resonant transmission group delay is of the order of the quasibound state lifetime in the barrier region. The reflection group delay can be either positive or negative, depending on the relative height of the potential energies on the two sides of the barrier. Its magnitude is much larger than the quasibound state lifetime. These predictions have been observed in microwave experiments.     

Ring-opening reactions of diarylvinylidenecyclopropanes by iodine and bromine

Diarylvinylidenecyclopropanes undergo a novel ring-opening reaction upon treatment with iodine or bromine at 0-25 °C in 1,2-dichloroethane to give the corresponding iodinated or brominated naphthalene derivatives in good to high yields within 3 h. The further transformation of the corresponding iodinated or brominated naphthalene derivatives has been disclosed.     

Pulsed field ionisation—ZEKE photoelectron spectrum of o-, m- and p-tolunitrile

Pulsed field ionisation—ZEKE photoelectron spectroscopy has been applied to o-, m- and p-tolunitrile in a supersonic jet. The PFI-ZEKE photoelectron spectra of m- and p-tolunitrile show well-resolved anharmonic structures in the low-frequency region, which are assigned to bands due to internal rotational motion of the methyl group in the cation. Level energies and relative transition intensities are reproduced well by a one-dimensional rotor model with a three-fold axis potential. Potential curves for the internal rotation have been determined. For o-tolunitrile, no band due to internal rotation was found in PFI-ZEKE spectrum. It is suggested that the o-tolunitrile cation has the high barrier for internal rotation and the stable conformation that is the same as that in S₁ and S₀. The barrier height and the conformation are compared with other toluene derivatives, and the relation between the electronic character of –CN and the internal rotational motion has been discussed.     

Potentiality of the triboelastic approach for clarifying the filler reinforcement mechanism in elastomers

The triboelastic approach developed earlier is applied to a set of well-known structure–property relations of elastomers whose structural mechanisms remain debated topics until now. Predictive calculations gained through the triboelastic approach demonstrate good agreement with the accumulated experience and with it they present a new insight into certain as yet unclear mechanisms. The area of application of the proposed approach is examined.     

Asymmetry in the turbulent flow of a viscoelastic liquid through an axisymmetric sudden expansion

This paper concerns the asymmetry in mean axial velocity distributions for the flow through an axisymmetric sudden expansion of a viscoelastic, shear-thinning aqueous solution of a polyacrylamide (PAA). The asymmetry manifests itself as an azimuthal variation in the length of the recirculation region of the separated flow downstream of the expansion inlet. For water, the flow is found to be axisymmetric. The asymmetry for the PAA flow, which remained unchanged despite alterations to the flow facility, is attributed to the high viscoelasticity of the polymer solution. The conclusion is drawn that the asymmetry is a purely physical feature of such a flow, and not the product of upstream or downstream flow conditions deriving from the flow facility, or the result of geometrical imperfections in the axisymmetric sudden expansion set-up.     

Multimode network analysis for dielectric leaky-wave antennas consisting of multilayer periodic structure with arbitrary dielectric distributions

The multimode network method is used to analyze the radiation characteristics of the leaky-wave antenna consisting of multilayer dielectric periodic structure with arbitrary dielectric distributions in each layer. The eigenfunction of each periodic layer is determined by Floquet theorem; and the mode matching combining with generalized transverse resonant method are used to derive the dispersion equation of the leaky-wave antenna. The complex transmission constant is calculated by Newton iterative method and the radiation characteristics of the antenna are obtained. Some antenna structures are analyzed and useful guidelines for design of the leaky-wave antennas are suggested.     

The average-shadowing property and transitivity for continuous flows

We prove that a continuous flow with the average-shadowing property is chain transitive and a Lyapunov stable continuous flow with the average-shadowing property is a minimal flow.