Preparation and Characterization of Nano-Structured SiO2 Thin Films on Carbon Steel

Nano-structured SiO2 thin films were prepared on the surface of carbon steel for the first time by LPD. The compositions of the films were analyzed by XPS, and the surface morphology of the thin films were observed by AFM. The thin films were constituted by compact particles of SiO2, and there was no Fe in the films. In the process of film forming, the SiO2 colloid particles were deposited or absorbed directly onto the surface of carbon steel substrates that were activated by acid solution containing inhibitor, and corrosion of the substrates was avoided. The nano-structured SiO2 thin films that were prepared had excellent protective efficiency to the carbon.     

Preparation and Characterization of Chitosan Composite Membranes Crosslinked by Carboxyl-capped Poly（ethylene glycol）

In this study a series of chemically crosslinked chitosan/poly（ethylene glycol） （CS/PEG） composite membranes were prepared with PEG as a crosslinking reagent other than an additional blend. First, carboxyl-eapped poly（ethylene glycol） （HOOC-PEG-COOH） was synthesized. Dense CS/PEG composite membranes were then prepared by casting/evaporation of CS and HOOC-PEG-COOH mixture in acetic acid solution. Chitosan was chemically crosslinked due to the amidation between the carboxyl in HOOC-PEG-COOH and the amino in chitosan under heating, as confirmed by FTIR analysis. The hydrophilicity, water-resistance and mechanical properties of pure and crosslinked chitosan membranes were characterized, respectively. The results of water contact angle and water absorption showed that the hydrophilicity of chitosan membranes could be significantly improved, while no significant difference of weight loss between pure chitosan membranes and crosslinked ones was detected, indicating that composite membranes with amidation crosslinking possess excellent water resistanance ability. Moreover, the tensile strength of chitosan membranes could be significantly enhanced with the addition of certain amount of HOOC-PEG-COOH crosslinker, while the elongation at break didn＇t degrade at the same time. Additionally, the results of swelling behaviors in water at different pH suggested that the composite membranes were pH sensitive.     

Preparation and Characterization of Titania-grafted Poly（styrene-divinybenzene） Nanocomposite Microspheres

Titania-grafted poly（styrene-divinylbenzene）（TiO2/PSt-DVB） nanocomposite microspheres were prepared by an open-ring reaction and radical grafting copolymerization method. The TiO2 nanoparticles were first modified by attachment of epoxy groups to their surfaces to provide reactive groups that could covalently bond to the polymer （PSt-DVB） microspheres. The nanocomposite obtained was characterized by FTIR, SEM, XRD, and TGA analyses as well as UV-Vis spectrophotometry. The results indicated that the TiO2 nanoparticles were uniformly grafted onto the surface of the polymer microsphere producing grain sizes of about 5―10 μm. The modified TiO2 showed better UV absorbing property than the unmodified form, and the nanocomposite also retained the same UV absorbing property as the free modified TiO2 nanoparticle.     

Preparation and Characterization of Poly（γ-glutamic acid） Hydrogels as Potential Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

In this paper, methacrylated γ-PGA（m PGA） precursor was synthesized via reaction between γ-PGA and glycidyl methacrylate（GMA）. Hydrogels from this precursor were prepared under 365 nm ultraviolet irradiation. The swelling behavior and mechanical properties were studied in detail as functions of the degree of substitution（DS）, precursor concentration, and environmental p H. Results showed that the crosslink density, swelling kinetics and mechanical properties of the hdyrogel could be tailored by adjusting the DS and concentration of the precursor as well as the environmental p H. Three-dimensional photo-encapsulation of swine cartilage chondrocytes and Live/Dead assay proved the cytocompatibility of the hydrogel.     

Preparation and Characterization of High Purity Al（2-x）Mg（x＋y）Ti（1-y）O（5-0.5x-y） Solid Solution

A small amount of mineralizer MgO was added into Al2TiO5 synthesized from the sludge of aluminum factory to form Al（2-x）Mg（x＋y）Ti（1-y）O（5-0.5x-y） solid solution and inhibit the decomposition of Al2TiO5 solid solution. It increased the content of Al2TiO5 solid solution and improved the thermal stability of materials. In this work,XRD and SEM methods were adopted to characterize the crystalline structure and microstructure of each kind of sample. Rietveld Quantification method was used to determine the content of crystalline phases in each sample. Results show as follows： the optimal addition concentration of MgO was 2.0%,and the corresponding content of Al2TiO5 solid solution which displayed irregular bulk shape was 100%; the addition of mineralizer MgO could enhance the flexural strength and thermal stability of Al2TiO5 solid solution materials. The optimal addition concentration of MgO determined by performance analysis was 2.0%,and its corresponding retention rate of thermal-shock flexural strength was 86.4%. Structure analysis and performance analysis resulted in good accordance.     

Synthesis and Characterization of （4R,5R）-1,3-dioxolance-4,5-bis（2-pyridineacrboxylic acid）

The title compound, (4R,5R)-1,3-dioxolance-4,5-bis(2-pyridineacrboxylic acid), has been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, IR, NMR, and MS analyses. Crystal structure of the title compound was grown from ETOH by slow diffusion at room temperature. The title compound crystallizes in monoclinic, space group C2 with a = 17.805(3), b = 11.459(3), c = 11.1656(17) , β = 113.066(4)°, V = 2095.9(6) 3, Z = 4, F(000) = 880, Dc = 1.332 Mg/m-3, C23H20N2O6, Mr = 420.41 and μ = 0.10 mm-1     

Structure and Luminescence Characteristics of Europium Activated Strontium Silicates Sr（Eu ,Bi）SiO3 and Sr（Eu ,Bi）2SiO4

Sr2SiO4 ： Eu^3 , Bi^3 and SrSiO3 ：Eu^3 , Bi^3 samples were synthesized at high temperature and high pressure. The effect of high pressure on the structure and luminescence properties of the samples were stud-ied. As a comparison, the samples were also prepared by the method of sol-gel at high temperature and atmo-spheric pressure. The SrSiO3 ： Eu^3 , Bi^3 prepared at atmosphere has a hexagonal phase structure; in the pressure range of 2. 34—4. 10 GPa, it is transformed into a pseudo-orthorhombic structure (monoclinic), and in the pressure range of 4. 10—4. 15 GPa, the structure change of Sr2SiO4 ： Eu^3 , Bi^3 has not been ob-served, it maintains the monoclinic structure of the samples synthesized at an atmospheric pressure. High pressure makes the luminescence properties of the samples changed obviously. The intensity and the relative quantum luminescent efficiency decrease, the half-width increases obviously and the red shift occurs. The changes of the luminescence properties result from the pressure-induced changes of the crystal structures.     

Crystal Structures and Spectroscopy of Anti-2,4-bis（3-R-phenyl）pentane-2,4-diols （R = Me, SMe）

Two anti-2,4-bis(3-R-phenyl)pentane-2,4-diols (1, R = Me; 2, R = SMe) have been synthesized and were characterized by X-ray diffraction, IR and UV spectra. X-ray diffractions indicate that intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonding interactions form one-dimensional (1D) ribbons. The adjacent infinite 1D ribbons result in 3D supramolecular structures. The dihedral angles between every two benzene rings in the two diols are 31.61(12) and 31.80(7)°, respectively. UV absorption spectra of the title compounds were recorded in MeOH, C2H5OH, CH3CN, n-BuOH and cyclohexane solvents with different dielectric constants.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Sulfonated Polyimides from 4,6-Bis（4-aminophenoxy）-naphthalene-2-sulfonic Acid

A novel sulfonated diamine monomer, 4,6-bis（4-arninophenoxy）-naphthalene-2-sulfonic acid（BAPNS）, was synthesized. A series of sulfonated polyimide copolymers was prepared from BAPNS, 1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic dianhydride（NTDA） and nonsulfonated diamine 4,4＇-diaminodiphenyl ether（ODA）. Flexible, transparent, and mechanically strong membranes were obtained. The novel sulfonated polyimide（SPI） membranes show higher conductivity, for example, SPI-100 shows a conductivity of 0.0698 S/cm at 80℃（SPI-X： Xrefers to molar fraction of BAPNS）. The membranes exhibit the permeability of methanol from 2.18×10^-7 cm2/s to 2.57×10^-7 cm2/s, which is much lower than that of Nafion（2.00×10 6 cm^2/s）. The copolymers were thermally stable up to 330℃. The sulfonated polyimide copolymers also show reasonable mechanical strength; for example, the maximum tensile strength at break of the sulfonated polyimide copolymer with 100%（molar fraction） BAPNS is 1.35 GPa under high moisture condi- tions. The optimum concentration of BAPNS was found to be 100%（molar fraction） from the view point of proton conductivity, methanol permeability, and membrane stability.     

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of [Mn（phen）2（H2O）2]（OAc）2.6H2O

1 INTRODUCTION Water oxidation to oxygen gas by photo- synthetic apparatus of green plants and cyano- bacteria is the origin of this gas in the atmosphere. The water oxidation center is a tetranuclear, oxide- bridged manganese cluster with O,N-based peri- pheral ligation by amino acid side-chain group[1, 2]. The binding of aqua to the Mn site may be impor- tant to the oxidation of aqua for producing dioxygen. 1,10-Phenanthroline has been adopted to simulate coordination sphere of manga…     

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Gd（Ⅱ） Coordination Polymer [Gd2（μ-phth）3（b-pd）（H2O）5]n

1 INTRODUCTION The polymeric metal complexes with extended structures are of great interest because of their useful chemical or physical properties[1]. Due to the noti- ceable fact that the aromatic polycarboxylate can provide versatile coordination mode and the non- coplanar structure of carboxylate groups and benze- ne rings, a lot of efforts in this field have been parti- cularly directed to the preparation of aromatic poly- carboxylate (such as phthalate, terephthalate and isophthalat…     

Synthesis and Characterization of a New Ligand 2-（4, 5-Dihydro-2-thiazolyl）-6-methoxylbenzothiazole and Its Dinuclear Co（II） Complex

A new ligand 2-(4,5-dihydro-2-thiazolyl)-6-methoxyl benzothiazole and its new dinuclear Co(II) coordination complex [Co(C11H10N2OS2)Cl2]2·2CHCl3 (1) have been synthesized and characterized. Complex 1 was synthesized by the reaction of Co(II) salt with 2-(4,5-dihydro- 2-thiazolyl)-6-methoxyl benzothiazole under room-temperature evaporation condition and struc- turally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and IR spectroscopy. The supramolecular network of complex 1 is stabilized by the presence of intermolecular interaction, such as C–H···Cl hydrogen bonding and π-π stacking. The complex crystallizes in triclinic, space group P1 with a = 8.3288(12), b = 10.5273(15), c = 10.822(2), α = 93.416(3), β = 90.864(3), γ = 94.890(3)o, V = 943.60(2)3, Z = 2, Dc = 1.758 g/cm3, F(000) = 498 and μ = 1.840 mm-1. The final complex [Co(C11H10N2OS2)Cl2]2·2CHCl3 is a diplex bridged dinuclear complex consisting of two Co(II) ions, two ligands, two bridging Cl- anions and two terminal Cl- anions.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Bi（2-nitrilethyl）aminoacetonitrile

1INTRODUCTIONTheresearchonorganicpolyaminesiscur-rentlyofgreatinterestbecauseoftheirpotentialapplicationsasusefulorganicligands,inwhichtheaminenitrogenatomshavestrongcoordinationabilitytothetransitionmetalions.Theirtransitionmetalcomplexesplayanexcellentr…