Stability of chromogenic colour prints in polluted indoor environments

Chromogenic colour prints are known to be sensitive to storage environments. However, limited research is available on the effect of atmospheric pollutants on these materials, especially pollutants generated indoors. The stability of photographic dyes is of particular interest and the rate of their change can be best described using the standard RGB colour model. Therefore, the colourimetric method was compared to dye extraction and liquid chromatographic analysis to justify its use as a rapid, non-destructive method for quantitative assessment of the rate of change in dye content of colour photographs during degradation. The effects of typical indoor (acetic acid, formaldehyde) and outdoor (nitrogen dioxide) generated pollutants on chromogenic colour prints were then investigated at 80 °C, 60% RH. It was identified that acetic acid leads to the most pronounced changes in photographic dye concentrations, which is significant considering that acetic acid is often the most prominent pollutant in archival environments. On the other hand, formaldehyde exhibited a slight protective effect in comparison to the blank experiment.     

Studies on novel thermally stable segmented polyurethanes based on thiourea-derivative diols

Novel thermoplastic segmented poly(urethane-thiourea)s (PURs) were synthesized via one-step polymerization from aromatic diols containing sulfur (thiourea linkage) in the main-chain, including terephthaloyl bis (3-(2-hydroxopyridyl) thiourea) (TBHPT) and terephthaloyl bis (3-(5-naphtholyl) thiourea) (TBNT), along with 1,4-phenylene diisocyanate (PDI) as hard segment and 20, 50 and 80 mol% polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a soft segment. The prepared chain extenders and polymers were characterized by conventional methods, and physical properties such as η_inh, solubility, thermal stability and thermal behavior were studied. Easily processable PURs with excellent thermal stability were obtained by incorporating 20 mol% PEG in the soft segment. Thermogravimetric analysis indicated that poly(urethane-thiourea)s were fairly stable above 500 °C and own high glass transition temperatures about 263-266 °C. These polymers also showed partially crystalline structures. Ultimately, weight average molecular weights (M_w) of PURs were up to 109 × 10³. Compared to typical polyurethanes, PURs exhibited better thermal stability and T_g’s owing to rigid hard segment structure.     

花状微球NiO/CeO_2催化剂上乙醇水蒸气重整制氢研究

用水热法制备微米尺寸CeO2花状微球粉体,并通过浸渍/热分解法在该粉体上担载纳米尺寸的NiO颗粒,制得催化剂NiO/CeO2。对催化剂进行了XRD、SEM、XES和BET物性表征。经固定床反应器对催化剂的催化性能进行测试。装载1.0 g催化剂,液体处理量0.05 mL/min。结果表明,该方法合成的催化剂NiO/CeO2对低温乙醇水蒸气重整反应表现出较高的活性和稳定性。同时通过微量Cr、Zn、Cu的加入在低温区抑制了CO、CH4的生成,提高了H2的产率和催化剂的抗积炭能力。该催化剂连续稳定性测试达到2 000 h;进行反复起动稳定性测试12次后,未表现出失活特征。     

离子交换树脂催化酯化生物油的试验研究

生物油黏稠、稳定性差、热值低、腐蚀性强,需要进行改质与品位提升,将生物油中的有机酸通过酯化的方法转化为中性的酯类可以改善生物油的性能。实验利用模型反应,筛选出了适合于生物油体系的732型和NKC-9型两种树脂作为酯化改质的催化剂。生物油和甲醇在间歇釜内以732和NKC-9为催化剂进行改质以后,酸值分别降低了88.54%和85.95%,表明生物油中的有机酸极大地转化为中性酯类。此外,热值分别提高了32.26%和31.64%,水分分别降低了27.74%和30.87%,密度均降低了21.77%,黏度降低均接近97%。732树脂固定床催化酯化生物油后,酸值降低了92.61%。加速陈化实验和铝片腐蚀性实验结果分别表明,改质生物油的稳定性和腐蚀性能得到了改善。     

Synthesis and photoluminescence stability of non-conjugated polymers based on fluorene and benzoxazole

A kind of non-conjugated blue luminescent polymer based on fluorene and benzoxazole was synthesized via solution condensation polymerization from 2,2-bis(3-amino-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane and 2,7-dicarboxyl-9,9-dioctyl-fluorene and was characterized with H NMR, FT-IR, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), UV-vis absorption and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The polymer displayed the maximum photoluminescence emission peak at 415 nm and showed high PL spectroscopic stability. The green-to-blue emission intensity ratio I_Green/I_Blue is only 0.073 even after thermal annealing at 150 °C for 30 h. After being exposed to UV light for 30 min, no bathochromic emission or obvious crosslink is observed. The common phenomenon of greenish blue emission of fluorene-based polymer around 525 nm has been effectively restrained in this polymer by introducing the isopropylidene group into the backbone of polymer.     

Structural Analysis of a Helical Peptide Unfolding Pathway

The analysis of the folding mechanism in peptides adopting well‐defined secondary structure is fundamental to understand protein folding. Herein, we describe the thermal unfolding of a 15‐mer vascular endothelial growth factor mimicking α‐helical peptide (QK_L10A) through the combination of spectroscopic and computational analyses. In particular, on the basis of the temperature dependencies of QK_L10A H_α chemical shifts we show that the first phase of the thermal helix unfolding, ending at around 320 K, involves mainly the terminal regions. A second phase of the transition, ending at around 333 K, comprises the central helical region of the peptide. The determination of high‐resolution QK_L10A conformational preferences in water at 313 K allowed us to identify, at atomic resolution, one intermediate of the folding–unfolding pathway. Molecular dynamics simulations corroborate experimental observations detecting a stable central helical turn, which represents the most probable site for the helix nucleation in the folding direction. The data presented herein allows us to draw a folding–unfolding picture for the small peptide QK_L10A compatible with the nucleation–propagation model. This study, besides contributing to the basic field of peptide helix folding, is useful to gain an insight into the design of stable helical peptides, which could find applications as molecular scaffolds to target protein–protein interactions.     

吸附氢气后的钯团簇在氧化亚铜表面上的稳定性研究

为了探究吸附H2后的Pdn团簇在Cu2O（111）完整表面和铜缺陷表面上的稳定性,计算了负载在Cu2O（111）完整表面和铜缺陷表面上的Pdn（n=1-4）对H2分子的最稳定吸附结构;利用在给定H2压力和温度下Pdn / Cu2O表面吸附H2的相图揭示了Pdn团簇在Cu2O（111）两个表面的变化情况。结果表明,在吸附了H2分子以后,Pdn团簇更倾向于保持原有的结构,且随着Pd团簇的增大,吸附H2的数量也逐渐增长。     

Au/SBA-15 的制备及其催化 CO 氧化反应性能

 以 SBA-15 为载体, 采用沉积沉淀法制备了纳米 Au 催化剂, 研究了不同预处理条件对 Au 在载体表面状态的影响, 考察了催化剂样品催化 CO 氧化性能. 以高分辨率透射电子显微镜、N2 吸附、X 射线衍射、紫外-可见漫反射吸收谱、X 射线光电子能谱和电感耦合等离子体发射光谱等手段对催化剂的结构和表面性质进行了表征. 结果表明, 经还原焙烧处理后的 Au/SBA-15 催化剂热稳定性较好, Au 在 SBA-15 孔道表面呈高分散状态, 样品在 CO 氧化反应中表现出优异的低温催化活性和高温稳定性, 同时具有优异的抗烧结性能和良好的循环稳定性.     

Synergistic effects of layered double hydroxide with phosphorus-nitrogen intumescent flame retardant in PP/EPDM/IFR/LDH nanocomposites

<正>Synergistic effects of layered double hydroxide(LDH) with intumescent flame retardanct(IFR) of phosphorus-nitrogen (NP) compound in the polypropylene/ethylene-propylene-diene/IFR/LDH(PP/EPDM/IFR/LDH) nanocomposites and related properties were studied by X-ray diffraction(XRD),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),scanning electron microscopy(SEM),limiting oxygen index(LOI),UL-94 test,cone calorimeter test(CCT) and thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA).The XRD and TEM results show that the intercalated and/or exfoliated nanocomposites can be obtained by direct melt-intercalation of PP/EPDM into modified LDH and that LDH can promote the IFR additive NP to disperse more homogeneously in the polymer matrix.The SEM results provide positive evidence that more compact charred layers can be obtained from the PP/EPDM/NP/LDH sample than those from the PP/EPDM/LDH and PP/EPDM/NP samples during burning.The LOI and UL-94 rating tests show that the synergetic effects of LDH with NP can effectively increase the flame retardant properties of the PP/EPDM/NP/LDH samples.The data from the CCT and TGA tests indicate that the PP/EPDM/NP/LDH samples apparently decrease the HRR and MLR values and thus enhance the flame retardant properties and have better thermal stability than the PP/EPDM/LDH and PP/EPDM/NP samples.     

Fluorene-bridged polyphenylquinoxalines with high solubility and good thermal stability: Synthesis and properties

<正>A novel fluorene-bridged tetraketone monomer,9,9-bis[(4-benzilyloxy)phenyl]fluorene(FLTK) was synthesized and characterized.The tetraketone was polymerized with various aromatic tetraamines to afford a series of polyphenylquinoxalines(PPQs).The obtained polymers were found to be soluble in common organic solvents such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone(NMP),chloroform and m-cresol.Flexible and tough PPQ films obtained by spin-casting their NMP solutions exhibited tensile strengths higher than 60 MPa.The films also demonstrated good thermal stability up to 500℃in nitrogen and glass transition temperatures higher than 280℃.In addition,the PPQ films exhibited good hydrolytic stability. High surface and volume resistivity retentions were achieved for the films after immersion or boiling in water for 24 h.