Furan-containing conjugated polymers for organic solar cells

Development of organic semiconductors is one of the most intriguing and productive topics in material science and engineering. Many efforts have been made on the synthesis of aromatic building blocks such as benzene, thiophene and pyrrole due to the facile preparation accompanied by the intrinsic environmental stability and relatively efficient properties of the resulting polymers. In the past, furan has been less explored in this field because of its high oxidation potential. Recently, furan has attracted obsession due to its weaker aromaticity, the greater solubilities of furan-containing π-conjugated polymers relative to other benzenoid systems and the accessibility of furan-based starting materials from renewable resources. This review elaborates the advancements of organic photovoltaic polymers containing furan building blocks. The uniqueness and advantages of furan-containing building blocks in semiconducting materials are also discussed.     

CHARACTERIZATION OF BRANCHING POINT DISTRIBUTION IN THE SOL OF IRRADIATED POLYSTYRENE WITH SEC-LALLS

In this paper, the change behavior of branching point distribution of irradiated polystyrene in sol has been first studied by the SEC-LALLS method. The experimental results show that branching parameter of the part with lower molecular weight in the sol changes little at the early stage of irradiation and that of the part with the higher molecular weight becomes greater with the increase in radiation dose.     

A STUDY OF THE HEAT OF HYDRATION OF SULFONIC ACID RESINS

The heat of hydration of dry sulfonic acid resin in different concentrations of sulfuric acid has been determined. The heat of hydration of the resin in H2O is 143. 4 J/g(resin). The greater the concentration of sulfuric acid, the less the heat will be released. The hydrate formed from three sulfonic acid groups and one water molecule is the most stable one of all the hydrates of sulfonic acid resin and water.     

STUDY ON THE MODIFICATION OF POLY (METHYL METHACRYLATE) TRANSPARENT MATERIAL

A kind of transparent plastic material has been prepared with bulk copolymer of MMA-MA containing MA 20 vol% as matrix modified by introducing EtOH during bulk copolymerization to increase the transparency and by copolymerizing together with metallic salts of MA forming ionomer polymer to improve the heat-tolerance and hardness. The effect of the contents of the additives on the heat stability, hardness and transparency of the copolymer has been studied. The optical homogeneity of the copolymer material has also been examined. It has been found that the specific property of transparent material of this kind may be obtained by controlling the amounts of EtOH and metallic salt of MA.     

DETERMINATION OF SENSITIZATION IN AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL

The electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation technique(EPR) and the potentiostatic pulse technique(PPT) have been used to detect sensitization of austenitic stainless steel. Compared with EPR, PPT has some advantages such as it can be conducted at greater speed and with less destruction, etc. The sensitivity of PPT can be improved by altering t_1/t_2 in a certain range and it will favour the detection of the specimen with lower degree of sensitization.     

STUDIES ON RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS OF DRUG ISE''''S (Ⅶ)——PERFORMANCE AND THEORETICAL TREATMENT OF MICROCELLS CONNECTED IN SERIES

A new type of MCCS (microcells connected in series) has been constructed and its performances investigated. It has been applied to the determination of streptomycin. The sensitivity and accuracy have been increased significantly. A theoretical model for the error of determination using the MCCS has been suggested and proved experimentally using the Monte Carlo method, and the error model proposed in Ref. [1] revised.     

DIRECT DETERMINATION OF NEODYMIUM AND ERBIUM IN RARE EARTH MIXTURE BY DERIVATIVE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY

The absorption spectra of 4f electron transitions of the complexes of neodymium and erbium with 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulphonic acid in the presence of diethylamine and ethanol have been measured by normal and third-derivative spectrophotometry. Their molar absorptivities are 70.7 l.mol~(-1).cm~(-1) for Nd and 62.5 l.mol~(-1).cm~(-1) for Er. They are 7.6 times and 14.9 times greater than those of corresponding chlorides, respectively. Use of the third-derivative spectra both eliminates the interference of Ce(Ⅳ) and increases the sensitivity for Nd and Er. Beer,s Law was obeyed from 0-10 ug/ml of Nd and Er. The method has been applied to the determination of neodymium and erbium in rare earth mixtures.     

Dye-sensitized photo-oxidation of disulfiram

Dye-sensitized photo-oxidation of disulfiram has been carried out under various reaction conditions including change in solvents and sensitizers. The product has been isolated and characterized by its physical, chemical and spectral data. To confirm the participation of singlet-oxygen in the reaction, the experiment has also been carried out in the presence of various singlet oxygen scavengers.     

A QSAR of the toxicity of amino-benzenes and their structures

The quantum chemical parameters and the topological indices have been calculated for the prediction of the toxicity of amino-benzenes in the environment, and work has been done on the multiple regression and neural networks. The combination of CoMFA with formation heat yields greatly improved results. A good model has been obtained which provides a basis for the studies of the toxic action mechanism.     

Effect of Zr and C Co-doping on the Optical Properties and Electronic Structure of TiO_2

The systematic trends and effect introduced by Zr and C co-doping to TiO2 of electronic structure and optical properties of anatase TiO2 have been calculated by the plane-wave ultra-soft pseudopotential density functional theory (DFT) method within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) for the exchange-correlation potential. Through the current calculations, the density of states (DOS), energy band structure and optical absorption coefficients have been obtained for TiO2 and compared with the doped TiO2, and the influence of electronic structure and optical properties caused by Zr and C co-doping has been presented qualitatively together. The results revealed that the energy band gap has been decreased owing to the doped Zr and C, whereas the optical absorption coefficients have been increased in the region of 400～800 nm and a red shift of absorption band can be found. Accordingly, photo catalytic activity of TiO2 has been enhanced. The current calculations are in good agreement with the experimental data.     

Membrane potentials and electrolyte permeation in a cation-exchange membrane

A method has been developed which permits one to determine the electrolyte permeation velocities and the membrane system permeability from measurements of the membrane potential as a function of time. The method has been applied to a cation-exchange membrane separating two aqueous KCl solutions, at the same pressure and temperature, but of different concentrations. The experiments have been carried out in two concentration ranges and at different solution stirring rates. The obtained results showed that the membrane system permeability depends notably on the stirring rate, this dependence being greater for the highest concentration range. The intrinsic permeability of the membrane was determined from considerations about the concentration polarization effect, its value being greater in the lower concentration range.     

Scaleable processes for the synthesis of (−)-β-d-2,6-diaminopurine dioxolane (Amdoxovir,DAPD) and (−)-β-d-2-aminopurine dioxolane (APD)

An efficient and scalable synthesis of (?)-DAPD and (?)-APD has been developed. We discovered that t-butyl cyanoacetate can be used as a new additive for the sugar nucleoside base coupling step en route to DAPD with improved β-selectivity and an isolated yield four-fold greater than the original process scale method. Using this new process, (?)-DAPD has been prepared on greater than 20 g scale. In the synthesis of (?)-APD, a key enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis reaction afforded the water soluble deprotected α-anomer while leaving the β-anomer completely untouched.     

氟离子仪器分析方法研究进展

近几年社会公众对氟离子的关注度显著提高,氟离子含量的检测技术也在不断更新和发展。该文介绍了氟离子含量测定的各类仪器分析技术及其优缺点,主要包括氟离子选择电极法、离子色谱法、反相-高效液相色谱法以及气相色谱法。     

Analysis of dispersive carrier transport based on numerical solution of multiple-trapping equations

A numerical packet has been developed to solve multiple-trapping equations with an exponential trap distribution without any restrictions on the dispersion parameter, which can be both smaller and greater than unity. Attention has been focused on current transients recorded upon the near-surface, as well as bulk, excitation of the polymer in the small-signal mode. The results have been compared with published data. The program has been used for a critical review of published experimental results obtained by the time-of-flight technique.     

Evaluation of the analytical use of the manganese-catalysed malachite green-periodate reaction by the stopped-flow technique

The analytical use of the manganese(II)-catalysed oxidation of Malachite Green by sodium periodate has been evaluated by using the stopped-flow technique for the mixing of sample and reagents. Compared with its batch and flow-injection analysis counterparts, the proposed approach offers greater sensitivity, versatility and sample throughput, and greater selectivity than flow-injection analysis.     

A novel fluoride sensor based on fluorescence enhancement

A novel halide sensor, which yields greater fluorescence upon binding to fluoride, has been synthesized and characterized.     

Thermal Stability of Polystyrene Peroxide

It has been observed that poly(styrene peroxide) with a high molecular weight is thermally less stable than the same polymer with a low molecular weight. This has been explained as being due to the strain on the O-O bond due to the greater polymer chain length.     

茂基稀土胺化物催化ε-己内酯开环聚合

聚己内酯（ＰＣＬ）是一种可生物降解的高分子材料,有良好的相溶性,可用于药物的缓释放．近年来,用稀土化合物作为单组分催化剂催化己内酯开环聚合的研究,已成为人们关注的热点．杜邦公司的ＭｃＬａｉｎ等［１,２］最早发现了单组分烷氧基稀土化合物可以在室温下催化...     

The role of spectral selectivity in fluorescence detection for liquid chromatography

The use of a cut-off filter has been compared with a monochromator for emission energy selection in the fluorescence detector used in the analysis of environmental samples for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by liquid chromatography. The use of a cut-off filter can provide greater sensitivity for compounds that are well separated by the chromatography. However, samples that contain a large number of compounds often result in overlapping peaks, and for such samples, it has been found that the spectral selectivity of monochromatic emission selection reduces the interference due to compounds eluting near the compounds of analytical interest. This spectral selectivity results in greater sensitivity and a smaller quantitation error in the analysis of these complex samples.     

Luminescent investigation of the components of sugar cane

A luminescent analysis of sugar cane has been made, and the dependence of the amounts of the components investigated on the organ, variety, and age of the plant has been established. Rising relative amounts of lignin have been found in the sequence leaves, stem, and trunk with increasing age of the plant, and this to a greater degree for the variety I 60-5 than for S 374-72.