Physicochemical Studies on Biological Macro- and Microemulsions VI : Mixing Behaviors of Eucalyptus Oil,Water and Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monolaurate (Tween 20) Assisted by n-Butanol or Cinnamic Alcohol

The phase behavior of Eucalyptus oil/ Tween 20/ Butanol/ Water and Eucalyptus oil/ Tween 20/ Cinnamic Alcohol/ Water systems have ben studied in detail. Both triangular and tetrahedral representations have been considered to understand the topological nature of the multicomponent mixtures. Shear viscosities of typical multiphasic compositions have been measured at different rates and temperatures. The samples have undergone shear thinning. The effect of temperature on the volumes of multiphasic compositions have been also investigated both increase and decrease of the extents of different phases have been witnessed. The enthalpy of dissolution of both water and oil in presence of amphiphile solutions in oil and water respectively have been determined calorimetrically. Considering the phase separation point to be the point of maximum solubility of microdroplets, the free energies and hence entropies ofsolution have been estimated. The above phy.sicochemical features have been also examined in presence of additives, viz, NaGI and urea.     

Recent developments in radioanaytical technologies for environmental investigations

Radiometric techniques, specifically underground gamma-ray spectrometry, have been recently widely applied in the analysis of short and medium-lived radionuclides in the environment. Long-lived radionuclides have been mostly analysed by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry. These developments have considerably improved the detection limits for analysis of radionuclides in the terrestrial and marine environments. They have also decreased required sample volumes so applications, which have not been possible before either because of sample size or required sensitivity, have become feasible. The recent developments are illustrated by applications of radiometric and mass spectrometry techniques in isotope hydrology and oceanography.     

CRETACEOUS MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY IN THE SONGLIAO BASIN, CHINA

This paper is the result of research on the Cretaceous magnetostratigraphy in the Songliao Basin. The palaeomagnetic experiment on 2235 specimens from 24 drills and an outcrop profile in Quantou shows that most specimens have stable remanent magnetization.The features of polarities associated with all the rock formations of the Cretaceous in the Songliao plain have been summarized. The reversed polarity zones have been found in the Yingcheng, Dcnglouku, Yaojia and Nenjiang Formations. These reserved-polarity zones and their geologic ages have been argued. Accordingly. the polarity columns for different drills and a comprehensive column have been compiled, and the classification and correlation of the Cretaceous stratigraphy in the Songliao Basin have been discussed.     

Mass spectra of some oxadiazole derivatives

The mass spectra of some substituted oxadiazoles have been determined and analysed with the aid of high resolution mass spectrometry. Some characteristic and major differences between their spectra have been noted, and possible rationalizations have been advanced. The main fragmentation patterns of the 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives have been interpreted in terms of diazirine intermediates. Specific skeletal rearrangement processes have been observed in the spectra of the 1,3,4- and 1,2,4-oxadiazoles, and possible mechanisms are proposed.     

Development and in situ synthesis of monolithic stationary phases for electrochromatographic separations

Organic monolithic stationary phases have been synthesized in UV-transparent fused-silica capillaries, which have been used as test format of microfabricated device channels. The columns have been prepared by in situ polymerization of butyl acrylate, lauryl acrylate, 1,3-butanediol diacrylate, and 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS) in a ternary porogenic solvent. The resulting stationary phases have been tested in capillary electrochromatography and exhibited reversed-phase chromatography behavior toward neutral solutes. Van Deemter plots of phenylureas and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, selected as model analytes, have been determined to study the influence of various polymerization and separation parameters on properties of the monoliths. The amount of AMPS and the nature of monomers in the polymerization solution have been thus adjusted. It has been observed that the ionic strength of the mobile phase may affect significantly the efficiency of the separation. The effect of the percentage of acetonitrile in the mobile phase on efficiency and permeability of the organic monoliths has also been investigated. Efficiencies greater than 300,000 plates/m have been obtained with the test compounds. Stability and reproducibility have been extensively studied.     

Structure and reactions of reduction products in crystalline and polymeric materials by combining pulse radiolysis and ESR

The structure and the reactions of primary oxidation and reduction products in irradiated organic crystals and solid polymers have been investigated. The data from pulse radiolysis with nanosecond time resolution have been combined in a new manner with the data obtained by low-temperature irradiation and ESR spectroscopy. By this combination optical spectra have been assigned, reaction mechanisms have been studied and ESR components have been identified using the kinetic data from pulse radiolysis. The method has been particularly useful in the study of negative-ion radicals in carboxylic acid derivatives, of trapped electrons in polyhydroxy compounds, and of ionic species in polymers.     

Short peptides as biosensor transducers

This review deals with short peptides (up to 50 amino acids) as biomimetic active recognition elements in sensing systems. Peptide-based sensors have been developed in recent years according to different strategies. Synthetic peptides have been designed on the basis of known interactions between single or a few amino acids and targets, with attention being paid to the presence of peptide motifs known to allow intermolecular self-organization of the sensing peptides over the sensor surface. Sensitive and sophisticated sensors have been obtained in this way, but the use of designed peptides is limited by severe difficulties in their in silico design. Short peptides from random phage display have been selected in a random way from large, unfocussed, and often preexisting and commercially available phage display libraries, with no design elements. Such peptides often perform better than antibodies, but they are difficult to select when the target is a small molecule because of the need to immobilize it with considerable modifications of its structure. Artificial, miniaturized receptors have been obtained from the reduction of the known sequence of a natural receptor down to a synthesizable and yet stable one. Alternatively, binding sites have been created over a designed, stable peptide scaffold. Short peptides have also been used as active elements for the detection of their own natural receptors: pathogenic bacteria have been detected with antimicrobial and cell-penetrating peptides, but key challenges such as detection of bacteria in real samples, improved sensitivity, and improved selectivity have to be faced. Peptide substrates have been conjugated to fluorescent quantum dots to obtain disposable sensors for protease activity with high sensitivity. Ferrocene–peptide conjugates have been used for electrochemical sensing of protease activity.     

生物质谱--蛋白质组研究的关键技术

介绍了近几年来国际上重点研究的几类新型生物质谱技术,综述了它们在蛋白质组研究中的最新进展,比较了各自的特点,简要评价了它们在蛋白质组研究中的应用和前景。     

Recent analytical applications of fluorinated hydrocarbon-based stationary phases in HPLC

Fluorocarbon stationary phases have taken great advances in recent years in liquid chromatography. Numerous studies to elucidate the retention mechanism have been undertaken that concluded the retention is driven by a multitude of factors, due to the presence of fluorine atoms in the molecule. Many applications in this domain have been described in the literature so far. Applications for other fields have also been published in various original papers for fluorocarbon silica.     

Mushroom Polysaccharide-Assisted Anticarcinogenic Mycotherapy: Reviewing Its Clinical Trials

Of the biologically active components, polysaccharides play a crucial role of high medical and pharmaceutical significance. Mushrooms have existed for a long time, dating back to the time of the Ancient Egypt and continue to be well explored globally and experimented with in research as well as in national and international cuisines. Mushroom polysaccharides have slowly become valuable sources of nutraceuticals which have been able to treat various diseases and disorders in humans. The application of mushroom polysaccharides for anticancer mycotherapy is what is being reviewed herein. The widespread health benefits of mushroom polysaccharides have been highlighted and the significant inputs of mushroom-based polysaccharides in anticancer clinical trials have been presented. The challenges and limitation of mushroom polysaccharides into this application and the gaps in the current application areas that could be the future direction have been discussed.     

Effect of infection withVerticillium dahliae on the bound and strongly bound lipids of cotton seeds of varieties with contrasting resistance

The lipids of the kernels of ripe cotton seeds of varieties resistant and susceptible to verticillium wilt have been determined. Intra- and intervariety changes in these indices for the infected plants have been revealed. Different directions of the post-infection changes in the lipids according to the degree of resistance of the variety to wilt have been shown. Differences have been observed both in healthy and in infected plants.     

Phase structure of silanol-modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers

For (ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer)-tetraethoxysilane and (ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer)-polydimethylsiloxane systems, the solubility of components has been studied in a wide range of temperatures and compositions. Phase diagrams have been constructed, pair interaction parameters have been calculated, and diffusion coefficients and activation energies of diffusion have been estimated. The temperature and concentration ranges of a change in solubility related to chemical interactions between the components have been revealed, and the structure of the modified copolymers has been studied. On the basis of the kinetic data on the movement of isoconcentration planes in diffusion zones of component mixing, time intervals corresponding to the onset of the chemical reaction between the components have been determined and the apparent activation energies of the process have been computed. Complex-shaped binodal and boundary curves have been interpreted within the framework of the classical Flory-Huggins theory.     

The study of atropoisomers of meso-tetrakis[2.2]paracyclophanylporphyrin

Theoretical considerations of atropoisomers of the title compound have revealed the existence of a large number of stable isomeric species. Syntheses, carried out according to two procedures at widely separated temperatures, resulted in the formation of mixtures of atropoisomers in good yield. Two isomeric fractions have been separated and characterized. Some analytical methods have been worked out and have proved useful in separational techniques.     

Nucleation-controlled multiphase transitions

Thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transitions in multiphase systems have been discussed. Thermodynamically admissible transitions have been identified and transition kinetics described in terms of the extended Kolmogoroff-Avrami-Evans model. Different combinations of transitions have been described as directed graphs. Graph nodes represented individual phases, graph edges--transitions. Superposition of parallel transitions in various mother phases, simultaneous transition of the same mother phase into different target phases, and successive (chain) transitions have been analyzed. Detailed solutions for a three-phase system consisting of one liquid phase and two polymorphic solid phases have been presented.     

γ-取代丙基环四硅氧烷的合成及其与D_4的乳液共聚反应

本文合成了四种γ-取代丙基环四硅氧烷。通过阳离子型和阴离子型乳液共聚的方法,分别使其与八甲基环四硅氧烷共聚,合成了含有γ-羟丙基、γ-氯丙基和γ-乙酰氧丙基等活性碳官能团有机硅聚合物的稳定乳液;研究了乳液共聚反应过程中的单体转化率、聚合物分子量的变化以及温度、催化剂、乳化剂、取代基团等因素的影响。     

Field determination of rhenium in plants using catalytic test methods with dimethyldithiooxamide and Sulfonitrazo P

Methods for the field determination of rhenium in plants have been developed. The speciation of rhenium in solutions throughout the process of sample preparation has been investigated. It has been shown that, in the initial ethanol and water-salt extracts, rhenium occurs as perrhenate ions. Perrhenate ions have been established to be partially reduced in time to give Re(VI). Since test methods have been developed for determining rhenium as perrhenate-ions, their partial reduction in the process of sample preparation can lead to an low level of the results. The optimal conditions for preserving rhenium as perrhenate ions have been determined. Two procedures (in four versions) providing the determination of as low as 5 ng of rhenium in a 1-g sample with an error below 23% have been proposed. The developed procedures have been applied in the places of the collection of plant materials for the regional investigation of the occurrence of rhenium in the territories of different ore contents.     

Elongated dihydrogen complexes: what remains of the H-H bond?

Of the several hundred examples of transition metal dihydrogen complexes that have been reported to date, the vast majority have H-H distances of less than 1.0 Angstrom. A small number of complexes have been reported with distances in the range of 1.1 to 1.5 Angstrom. These complexes have been termed elongated dihydrogen complexes. In this review, experimental methods for structure determination of such complexes are summarized, along with computational approaches which have proven useful in understanding the structures of these molecules.     

Self-association of sulfo derivatives of cobalt phthalocyanine in aqueous solution

Sulfo derivatives of cobalt phthalocyanine containing naphthalene fragments have been synthesized, and their self-association and molecular complexation with pyridine in aqueous solution have been studied by spectrophotometry. The dissociation constants of the dimeric associates have been determined. The effects of the number of functional groups in the peripheral substituents and of the axial ligand on the phthalocyanine dimerization process have been revealed.     

Synthese de substances macromoleculaires renfermant des motifs monomeres derives de colorants—XIX: Synthese d'oligoethers et d'oligoesters colores par structure

Oligo-oxyethylenes and oligo(oxyethylenes-Co-oxypropylenes) with hydroxy end-groups have been modified by nitration and amination of the end-groups; the modification was partial in some cases and complete in others. Amino end-groups have been diazotized and the oligomers with azo end-groups have been coupled with β oxynaphthic acid and N,N′diethylaniline. Oligomers with chromophoric and hydroxy groups in the chain have been used to prepare polyurethane foams. Structurally coloured polyesters have been synthesized similarly and used to prepare polyurethane elastomers. All these oligomers have been characterized by i.r. and visible spectroscopy, NMR, end-group titration, vapour pressure osmometry and thermal differential analysis.     

新型汽车发动机油用添加剂的研究进展

本文介绍了汽车发动机油用添加剂尤其是多功能添加剂的发展概况、作用机理、种类、结构及应用效果，并对未来润滑油添加剂的发展方向提供了一些参考，为我国润滑油品的高档化发展提出了几点想法。