A Visible‐Light‐Induced Dynamic Mechanical Bond as a Linkage for Dynamic Materials

Exploring dynamic bonds and their applications in fabricating dynamic materials has received great attention. A photoinduced [2]rotaxane‐based dynamic mechanical bond (DMB) features visible‐light‐triggered dynamic bonding behavior that is essentially distinguished from conventional dynamic chemical bonds. In this DMB, a photoisomerizable ortho‐fluoroazobenzene unit is introduced as a steric‐controllable stopper, the visible‐light‐induced dynamic wagging movement of which enables the photoregulated threading of the macrocycle. This allows reversible in situ de‐/reforming of the mechanical bond without involving dynamic chemical linkage. The DMB‐cross‐linked polymeric gel shows interesting photoinduced degradation behavior upon visible light irradiation. Benefiting from the distinctive dual dynamic nature of reversible bonding behavior and mechanical interlocked structure, this DMB is expected to serve as a new type of dynamic bond that can be applied in designing dynamic soft materials.     

测汞仪直接测定食品中总汞

建立了食品中总汞快速准确的测定方法。使用测汞仪,采用样品直接进样法,对芹菜、大葱、鸡肉等10种标准物质中的汞含量进行了测定,结果表明,在0.2~100ng范围内线性良好,10种标准物质的检测结果均在标示值范围内。使用测汞仪直接测定食品中总汞含量,具有灵敏度高、快捷、不受前处理影响等优点,便于推广,适用于各类食品中总汞的快速测定。     

Synthesis and characterization of a novel polytriazole resin with low‐temperature curing character

A novel low‐temperature curing polytriazole resin was prepared from a triazide and a tetraalkyne and characterized. The resin can be cured at 70°C. The glass transition temperature T_g and thermal decomposition temperature T_d5 of the cured resin with the molar ratio of azide to alkyne group [A]/[B] = 1.0:1.0 reached 324 and 355°C, respectively. The study on the curing kinetics of the resin shows that the apparent activation energy of the curing reaction is 93 kJ mol^?1. The flexural strength of the cured resin reached 137.6 MPa at room temperature and 102.6 MPa at 185°C. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

DMA-80直接测汞仪测定肥料样品中总汞含量

选择6个化学肥料样品和6个有机肥料样品,利用DMA-80直接测汞仪对肥料中的总汞进行了测定。对同一样品添加3种不同汞浓度汞标准溶液,每组3次重复,测定加标回收率在96.6%~104%;DMA-80直接测汞仪与原子荧光光谱法测定结果之间无显著差异;在实验过程中每个肥料样品利用测汞仪直接进样测定6组平行样,相对标准偏差小于5.0%;根据多次测定空白数据结果计算方法检出限为0.0137 ng。利用DMA-80测汞仪测定肥料中汞含量的方法具有操作简单、快速高效、检出限低等优点,可用于批量肥料样品中汞含量的快速测定分析。     

分散液液微萃取结合测汞仪分析水产食品中甲基汞

建立了以分散液液微萃取技术作为分离富集手段,以测汞仪分析水产品中的甲基汞的方法。以测汞仪直接测定样品中总汞,并用差减法计算出无机汞的含量。实验优化了分散液相微萃取的条件。实验表明,以二氯甲烷为萃取剂,乙醇为分散剂,二者体积比为1：5,HCl浓度为1 mol/L,NaCl浓度为120 g/L时,可以得到较为理想的结果。本方法的动态线性范围为0.2~20μg/L,检出限为0.10μg/L,相对标准偏差6.0%,富集倍数为8。仪器测定总汞的检出限为0.1 μg/kg,线性范围0.2~50μg/kg,相对标准偏差2.4%。本方法简单、快速,溶剂消耗量少。以标准参考物质验证本方法的准确性,其测定结果与标准值吻合较好。将本方法应用于实际水产制品的分析,得到较满意的结果。     

用手持式农药速测仪酶法现场测定蔬菜中有机磷及氨基甲酸酯农药残毒

检测蔬菜中有机磷类及氨基甲酸酯类农药残留通常采用气相色谱、色谱-质谱联用[1]等方法, 不适应现场快速检测的要求. 关于快速分析方法, 国外主要采用电化学酶传感器法[2], 还有微孔板酶标仪法[3]. 前者存在电极易受污染且需再生处理的麻烦; 后者难以实现现场检测. 国内报道的有酶抑制光度法[4]、单点目视比色法及速测卡法等, 其中目视比色法和速测卡法虽然具有操作简便等优点, 但由于实验误差较大, 灵敏度较低, 只能作为定性分析. 本文在前期工作的基础上[5,6], 研制了一种体积小(140 mm×70 mm×30 mm)、重量轻(整机180 g)、能耗低(电池可连续使用50 h)且现场实用的手持式农药残毒速测仪, 开发了专用试剂包并建立了蔬菜中有机磷类及氨基甲酸酯类农药残毒的现场分析方法, 对6种蔬菜及速冻玉米样品进行了实际检测, 并与GC-MS方法[1]进行了对照, 结果令人满意.     

Novel toughened automotive clearcoats modified by a polyester‐amide hyperbranched polymer: structural and mechanical aspects

The present work attempts to study the mechanical properties and toughness behavior of a typical acrylic melamine clearcoat modified by a polyester‐amide hyperbranched polymer (HBP). Formulations were such that 0, 5, 10, 25 and 50% (molar percent) of total acrylic hydroxyl groups were stoichiometrically substituted by those of HBP. Bulk and surface of the clearcoats were studied by various mechanical techniques including hardness, tensile, dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA), nano‐indentation and scratch tests. In addition a scanning electron microscope (SEM) was utilized to observe the morphology of the fractured films. The bulk mechanical properties showed that a low loading (5 molar %) of HBP was sufficient to considerably increase the bulk hardness, cross‐linking density and toughness. DMTA and SEM results proved the occurrence of a single‐phase blend and that the shear deformation was the main toughening mechanism of HBP modified clearcoats. In general, it was revealed that the HBP not only could act as an excellent compatible toughening agent, but also maintained the clarity of the clearcoat and increased its scratch resistance. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Transient Substrate‐Induced Catalyst Formation in a Dynamic Molecular Network

In biology enzyme concentrations are continuously regulated, yet for synthetic catalytic systems such regulatory mechanisms are underdeveloped. We now report how a substrate of a chemical reaction induces the formation of its own catalyst from a dynamic molecular network. After complete conversion of the substrate, the network disassembles the catalyst. These results open up new opportunities for controlling catalysis in synthetic chemical systems.     

A Chemo‐Mechanical Tweezer for Single‐Molecular Characterization of Soft Materials

A new atomic force microscopy (AFM)‐based chemo‐mechanical tweezer has been developed that can measure mechanical properties of individual macromolecules in supramolecular assembly and reveal positions of azide‐containing polymers. A key feature of the new technology is the use of an AFM tip densely modified with 4‐dibenzocyclooctynols (chemo‐mechanical tweezer) that can react with multiple azide containing macromolecules of micelles to give triazole “clicked” compounds, which during retracting phases of AFM imaging are removed from the macromolecular assembly thereby providing a surface topographical image and positions of azide‐containing polymers. The force–distance curves gave mechanical properties of removal of individual molecules from a supramolecular assembly. The new chemo‐mechanical tweezer will make it possible to characterize molecular details of macromolecular assemblies thereby offering new avenues to tailor properties of such assemblies.     

Dynamic mechanical properties of epoxy‐phenolic mixtures

The dynamic‐mechanical properties of different mixtures formed by an epoxy resin (DGEBA type) and a phenolic resin (resole type) cured by trietylenetetramine and/or p‐toluensulphonic acid at different concentrations have been studied by means of dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA). All samples were cured by pressing at 90 °C during 6 h. The mechanical studies were performed between ?100 to 300 °C at a heating rate of 2 °C/min. This study was also carried out for the epoxy‐TETA and phenolic‐p‐toluensulphonic acid systems. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 43: 1548–1555, 2005     

Time‐Temperature Independence of Aging‐Induced Relaxation Peak in the Glassy State

Cooling a polymer glass through the glass transition temperature and then holding the material temporarily at an aging temperature produces a localized relaxation peak on its dynamic mechanical spectra. Clear evidence is provided that the aging‐induced structural relaxation is frequency‐temperature insensitive. The aging‐associated retardation time, if there is any, should therefore not relate to an activation process over temperature barriers or originate from a manipulation of the retardation spectra of the glass and the β‐transition.     

The Direct Heat Measurement of Mechanical Energy Storage Metal–Organic Frameworks

In any process, the heat exchanged is an essential property required in its development. Whilst the work related to structural transitions of some flexible metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) has been quantified and linked with potential applications such as molecular springs or shock absorbers, the heat related to such transitions has never been directly measured. This has now been carried out with MIL‐53(Al) using specifically devised calorimetry experiments. We project the importance of these heats in devices such as molecular springs or dampers.     

Molecular‐Level Understanding of Structural Changes of Organic Crystals Induced by Macroscopic Mechanical Stimulation

Structural changes to molecular crystals upon mechanical stimulation have attracted attention for sensing, recording, and microactuation. Comprehensive structure information is required to understand relationships between the mechanical force applied, the crystal structure, and the bulk property changes in order to develop general design concepts for mechanoresponsive compounds. Unfortunately, mechanical stimulation of organic crystals typically deteriorates their integrity, preventing detailed structure analyses by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction (XRD) methods. However, in the past three years, several interesting studies have been reported in which molecular crystals retain their integrity even after a mechanically induced crystalline structure change. These materials have allowed us to investigate how macroscopic mechanical forces affect the microscopic structures of molecular crystals by single‐crystal XRD analyses. This Minireview summarizes current knowledge of mechanically induced structure changes in molecular crystals, which will facilitate research in this field.     

Polymerization and viscoelastic behavior of networks from a dual‐curing,liquid crystalline monomer

The network formation and viscoelastic behavior of a liquid crystalline monomer, whose structure includes both acrylate and acetylene reactive groups, have been studied. By combining both photo and thermal polymerization, the networks can be formed in two separate steps, with the initial photopolymerization dominated by acrylate crosslinking and subsequent thermal polymerization dominated by acetylene crosslinking. In addition, the monomer exhibits a liquid crystalline phase. Photopolymerization while in the liquid crystal phase locks in the molecular ordering. Dynamic mechanical analysis shows that networks formed from the liquid crystalline phase have lower crosslink densities and narrower distributions of molecular weights between crosslinks when compared to networks formed from the isotropic phase (and at higher polymerization temperatures). After thermal postcure at 250°C, the networks formed from the isotropic monomer have a 23% higher dynamic mechanical storage modulus (in the glassy state) than the networks formed from the liquid crystalline monomer. The thermally postcured networks have unusually high glass‐transition temperatures, which exceed 300°C. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 37: 1183–1190, 1999     

固体进样一直接测汞仪法测定金精矿粉中微量汞

将金精矿粉样品直接置于石英舟中,在高纯氧气氛中燃烧,释放出汞,与齐化管中的金形成金汞齐,于900℃热释放出汞蒸汽,用直接测汞仪法测定汞的含量。测定结果的相对标准偏差为0．28％～1．57％（n=6）,方法检出限为1．0pg／kg,加标回收率为95．7％～117．4％。用该法对4种土壤标准样品进行了测定,测定结果与标准值相符。该方法适合于金精矿粉中微量汞的测定。     

Selection of DNA‐Encoded Dynamic Chemical Libraries for Direct Inhibitor Discovery

Dynamic combinatorial libraries (DCLs) is a powerful tool for ligand discovery in biomedical research; however, the application of DCLs has been hampered by their low diversity. Recently, the concept of DNA encoding has been employed in DCLs to create DNA‐encoded dynamic libraries (DEDLs); however, all current DEDLs are limited to fragment identification, and a challenging process of fragment linking is required after selection. We report an anchor‐directed DEDL approach that can identify full ligand structures from large‐scale DEDLs. This method is also able to convert unbiased libraries into focused ones targeting specific protein classes. We demonstrated this method by selecting DEDLs against five proteins, and novel inhibitors were identified for all targets. Notably, several selective BD1/BD2 inhibitors were identified from the selections against bromodomain 4 (BRD4), an important anti‐cancer drug target. This work may provide a broadly applicable method for inhibitor discovery.     

Selector‐Induced Dynamic Deracemization of a Selectand‐Modified Tropos BIPHEPO‐Ligand: Application in the Organocatalyzed Asymmetric Double‐Aldol‐Reaction

Stereolabile interconverting catalysts open up the possibility of directing enantioselectivity in asymmetric synthesis by formation of diastereomeric complexes with chiral auxiliaries and deracemization. However, the stoichiometrically used auxilliaries can significantly limit the potential applications of such systems. We synthesized a new BIPHEPO tropos ligand containing achiral selectands in the backbone, which forms transient diastereomeric associates with amylose‐tris‐3,5‐dimethylphenyl carbamate as a selector and thus deracemizes. The enantiomerically enriched BIPHEPO obtained was successfully used in the organocatalytic asymmetric double aldol addition of substituted methyl ketones to form benzaldehyde. This strategy combines an on‐column deracemization with the high stereoinduction of chiral biarylphosphineoxides and opens up new possibilities in the field of self‐amplified asymmetric syntheses.     

Novel bio‐based IPNs obtained by simultaneous thermal polymerization of flexible methacrylate network based on a vegetable oil and a rigid epoxy

A series of novel vegetable oil‐based interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) have been successfully prepared: on one hand, methacrylated camelina oil (MCO) and a polyethyleneglycol dimethacrylate (PEG, MW 750 g/mol) and on the other hand, diglycidylether of bisphenol A (DER), in various blend ratios (75/25, 50/50, and 25/75 wt). Hence the appealing innovative direction of the current work was to build oil‐based poly(methacrylate) network using PEG macromonomer which is able to modulate adequately the crosslinking degree of the oil‐based network. These innovative combinations of cross‐linkable resins in terms of flexible methacrylate network based on camelina oil (CO) and PEG and a rigid epoxy (DER) were simultaneously polymerized using two independent non‐interfering curing reactions: free‐radical process for MCO and anionic polymerization of epoxy resin in the presence of a tertiary amine. The effect of the IPNs composition compositional characteristics on the reactivity of methacrylate or epoxy groups was studied using differential scanning calorimetry. The influence of the MCO‐PEG bio‐based polymer on the system properties was evaluated after curing by dynamic mechanical and thermogravimetric analyses. In addition mechanical and morphological studies were also carried out. The results suggested that blending of MCO and DER gave synergistic effects on the overall properties of the developed oil‐based IPNs and a dependence on the methacrylate/epoxy ratio was clearly noticed. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Direct Creation of Highly Conductive Laser‐Induced Graphene Nanocomposites from Polymer Blends

The current state‐of‐the‐art mixing strategies of nanoparticles with insulating polymeric components have only partially utilized the unique electrical conductivity of graphene in nanocomposite systems. Herein, this paper reports a nonmixing method of direct creation of polymer/graphene nanocomposites from polymer blends via laser irradiation. Polycarbonate‐laser‐induced graphene (PC‐LIG) nanocomposite is produced from a PC/polyetherimide (PC/PEI) blend after exposure to commercially available laser scribing with a power of ≈6 W and a speed of ≈2 cm s⁻¹. Extremely high electrical conductivities are obtained for the PC‐LIG nanocomposites, ranging from 26 to 400 S m⁻¹, depending on the vol% of the starting PEI phase in the blend. To the authors' knowledge, these conductivity values are at least one order of magnitude higher than the values that are previously reported for conductive polymer/graphene nanocomposites prepared via mixing strategies. The comprehensive microscopy and spectroscopy characterizations reveal a complete graphitization of the PEI phase with columnar microstructure embedded in the PC phase.