We studied the stepwise formation constants (β) of water-soluble diglycolamide (DGA) and dioxaoctanediamide (DOODA) for the mutual separation of Ln in a solvent extraction system. TODGA (N,N,N?,N?-tetraoctyl-diglycolamide) and DOODA(C8) (N,N,N?,N?-tetraoctyl-dioxaoctanediamide) exhibit opposite behaviors in extracting both light and heavy Ln through Ln-patterns. Metal complexes of two- and three-folding with water-soluble DOODA and DGA, respectively, were found, and each β value was calculated using distribution ratios. Taking β, their distribution ratio, D, and separation factor, SF, values into consideration, the suitable separation conditions (aqueous phase: 30 mM DOODA(C2) in 1 M HNO3; organic phase: 0.1 M TODGA in n-dodecane) of multistage extraction (10?×?10 extraction using aqueous and organic phases, including one sample solution) were determined. In this study, La, Pr, and Nd were mainly present in the aqueous phase, whereas Sm–Dy existed in the organic phase. Although these two groups can be easily separated into two phases, the resolution, Rs, values provide for little mutual separation between La–Nd and Sm–Dy under the present conditions.
We investigate a miniaturized X-ray source using an ultraviolet (UV) laser and a pyroelectric crystal and discuss potential applications in medicine. The UV laser is the fourth harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser with a wavelength of 266 nm, repetition rate of 10 Hz, and pulse energy of 40 mJ. The pyroelectric crystal is a LiNbO3 cylinder of diameter 10 mm and length 6 mm. The prototype X-ray source we fabricated is an aluminum parallelepiped of dimensions 3 × 3 × 5 cm. The X-ray count rate of the X-ray source is maximized at approximately 1,400 cps for UV laser irradiation of approximately 5 min. After 30 min of irradiation by the UV laser, the temperature of the pyroelectric crystal rose from 295 K to 312 K. The principles of X-ray generation ensure that X-ray sources using UV lasers and pyroelectric crystals offer ample opportunity for miniaturization. We believe the X-ray source developed in this work is suitable for medical applications, although further study is needed to address points such as increasing the X-ray count rate and adjusting the temperature of the pyroelectric crystal. 相似文献
In 1989, Asahi Kasei commercialized a porous hollow fiber membrane filter (Planova?) made of cuprammonium regenerated cellulose, making it possible for the first time in the world to “remove viruses from protein solutions by membrane filtration”. Planova has demonstrated its usefulness in separating proteins and viruses. Filters that remove viruses from protein solutions, i.e., virus removal filters (VFs), have become one of the critical modern technologies to assure viral safety of biological products. It has also become an indispensable technology for the future. The performance characteristics of VFs can be summarized in two points: 1) the virus removal performance increases as the virus diameter increases, and 2) the recovery rate of proteins with molecular weights greater than 10,000 exceeds the practical level. This paper outlines the emergence of VF and its essential roles in the purification process of biological products, requirements for VF, phase separation studies for cuprammonium cellulose solution, comparison between Planova and other regenerated cellulose flat membranes made from other cellulose solutions, and the development of Planova. The superior properties of Planova can be attributed to its highly interconnected three-dimensional network structure. Furthermore, future trends in the VF field, the subject of this review, are discussed.
The mechanisms including spin-inversion have been systematically studied for the M+ + OCS → MS+ + CO/MO+ + CS (M denotes a transition metal from Sc to Cu) ion-molecule reactions using the automated reaction path search method. We used the lowest mixed-spin potential energy surface obtained from the diagonalization of the spin-coupled Hamiltonian matrix, whose diagonal elements are taken to be the lowest two spin states. This scheme can effectively locate approximate minimum energy crossing points between the two potential energy surfaces with different spin multiplicities. The spin-orbit couplings at spin-inversion points have been calculated to understand the efficiencies of nonadiabatic transitions. The obtained reaction pathways and the calculated spin-orbit couplings are employed to interpret previous experimental studies. 相似文献
We study parametric estimation of ergodic diffusions observed at high frequency. Different from the previous studies, we suppose that sampling stepsize is unknown, thereby making the conventional Gaussian quasi-likelihood not directly applicable. In this situation, we construct estimators of both model parameters and sampling stepsize in a fully explicit way, and prove that they are jointly asymptotically normally distributed. High order uniform integrability of the obtained estimator is also derived. Further, we propose the Schwarz (BIC) type statistics for model selection and show its model-selection consistency. We conducted some numerical experiments and found that the observed finite-sample performance well supports our theoretical findings.
ABSTRACT1H NMR spectra of some oligosaccharide substituted cyclodextrins composed of only α-D-glucose units are analysed. Chemical shifts of protons of each glucosyl group of the chain were determined by experiments with the HOHAHA pulse technique. In spite of the similar kinds of protons, dispersion of chemical shifts is observed. The most dispersed proton is the anomeric proton, and the largest change in the chemical shifts is 0.5 ppm. 相似文献
The structure of the thermotropic cubic phases of 4′-n-alkoxy-3′-nitrobiphenyl-4-carboxylic acids (ANBC-n, where n indicates the number of carbon atoms in the alkoxy group) was studied by X-ray diffraction. For the homologues with n = 15, 16, 17, and 18, the cubic phase was of an Ia3d type, whereas the homologues with n = 19, 20, and 21 exhibited an Im3m cubic structure; for these seven homologues the same type of cubic structure was observed both on heating and cooling. Further lengthening of the alkoxy chain to n = 22 and 26, however, gave two types of cubic structure in the cubic phase region on heating, one with Im3m symmetry in the low temperature region and the other with Ia3d symmetry in the high temperature region. On cooling, the two homologues exhibited the Ia3d cubic structure only. This is the first example in the cubic phase region of a series of homologues containing two types of structure, dependent on temperature and n. Such a complicated phase diagram in the cubic region is clearly understood qualitatively in terms of Gibbs free energy-temperature diagrams. The dependence of structural parameters such as the cubic lattice constant on the alkoxy chain length n are also presented and discussed. 相似文献
The phase behaviour of the binary systems 4′-n-tetradecyloxy-3′-nitrobiphenyl-4-carboxylic acid (ANBC-14)-n-alkane (n-tetradecane or n-hexadecane) was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. The phase behaviour was a function of temperature (T) and the effective carbon number of the system (n*), where n* involves carbon atoms both from the alkoxy group of ANBC-14 and from the n-alkane added. ANBC-14 shows no cubic phase, but the addition of n-alkane induced cubic phases when n*≧c. 15. An interesting point is that the type of cubic phase is Ia3dfor 15≦n*≦17, while an Im3m type is formed for 18≦n*≦20. Furthermore, for n* = 22, two types of cubic phase, one with Im3m symmetry in the low temperature region and the other with Ia3d in the high temperature region, were observed both on heating and cooling. The phase diagram with respect to T and n* is very similar to that of pure one-component ANBC-n, which is a function of T and the number of carbon atoms in the alkoxy group n. 相似文献
Abstract The activation field for the switching time (τ1/2) in the truly ferroelectric liquid crystal 8SI* (CE8; ΔS-(+)-4-(2′-methylbutyl) phenyl-4′-n-octylbiphenyl-4 carboxylate) has been studied for various surface conditions of the transparent electrode (SnO2), in order to understand the memory effect, the polarization reversal mechanism and its surface effect. We prepared five different surfaces, namely one coated with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and the other four by scratching N-times(N = 0, 10, 20 and 30) with a paste made of Cr2O3 powder (about 0·1 μm). The number and the area of scratches on the electrode surface obviously increase with N. The polarization reversal processes are influenced by this treatment. τ1/2 decreases with increasing N, but no change is observed in the contrast of the light transmittance. Two different activation fields, Ea1, for the applied field E > E0 and Ea2 for E < E0 are observed, where E0 is a certain field depending on the sample. Here Ea1 is much larger than Ea2; typically Ea1, = 260 kV cm?1 and Ea2 = 144 kV cm?1 for N = 0. This means that nucleation for the higher field needs a large activation energy which therefore has strong barriers. In contrast with this, nucleation for the low field occurs easily. Changing a surface condition, Ea2 clearly decreases with increasing N although Ea1 is almost independent of the surface scratching. This may suggest that Ea1 corresponds to the activation field for the bulk pinning and nucleation, and Ea2 for the surface pinning. The PVA treatment gives an intermediate influence between N = 0 and 10. 相似文献
A C3‐symmetric π‐conjugated macrocycle combined with an appropriate hydrogen bonding module (phenylene triangle) allowed the construction of crystalline supramolecular frameworks with a cavity volume of up to 58 %. The frameworks were obtained through non‐interpenetrated stacking of a hexagonal sheet possessing three kinds of pores with different sizes and shapes. The activated porous material absorbed CO2 up to 96 cm3 g−1 at 195 K under 1 atm. 相似文献