Hydrogels with Crystalline or Liquid Crystalline Structure

The formation of ordered structure in hydrogels derived from copolymers of hydrophilic and hydrophobic monomers with crystalline or liquid‐crystalline moieties is reviewed. The role of water in the formation of ordered structure and its influence on the thermal and mechanical properties of hydrogels are clarified. For example, by inducing a certain amount of water, an amorphous to crystalline transition occurs in gels of acrylic acid/alkyl acrylate copolymers. On the other hand, water induces a liquid‐crystalline (SmA) to liquid‐crystalline (SmI) transition in copolymers consisting of acrylic acid and 11‐(4′‐cyanobiphenyloxy)undecyl acrylate. These specific features regarding the formation of ordered structures in hydrogels might shed some light on the formation of ordered structure in biological tissues.     

流动电位/胶体滴定法测定聚电解质电荷密度的研究

探讨了应用粒子电荷测定仪的流动电位判定胶体滴定终点的可行性。结果表明流动电位曲线能在样品浓度大于 0 .6× 1 0 - 5mol· L- 1的溶液中准确指示胶体滴定的终点 ,较常用指示剂邻甲胺兰的使用极限浓度低一个数量级。观察到由阳离子聚电质滴定阴离子聚电质能减少盐干扰的现象。叔胺型阳离子淀粉应在酸性下滴定     

液晶离聚物--液晶行为的研究

综述了液晶离聚物中离子的种类,位置、在链中浓度对液晶性能的影响,无论是主链还是侧链液晶离聚物,离子的种类,位置对中介区间的宽度有影响,但对中介相类型基本没有影响,当离子浓度增大到一定值时,液晶性能消失。     

Kinetics of Epoxy–Amine Curing Accompanied by the Formation of Liquid Crystalline Structure

The curing of a mesomorphic epoxy has been studied by polarized light microscopy (PLM) and differential scanning calorimetry. PLM in combination with wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction proves the formation of a liquid crystalline (LC) structure. An advanced isoconversional method reveals that the formation of the LC structure is accompanied by a dramatic decrease in the effective activation from ∼60 to ∼10 kJ · mol⁻¹. A kinetic model of the phenomenon has been discussed.

The dependence of the activation energy on the extent of conversion for isothermal curing of the diglycidyl ether of 4,4′‐dihydroxybiphenyl/2,6‐diaminopyridine (diamonds) and DGEBA/2,6‐diaminopyridine (circles) systems.     

高分子液晶向列相的向错结构

高分子液晶态向错结构在正交偏振片下呈现出具有不同数目黑刷子的纹影织构，是由于分子指向矢取向排列上的不连续性所引起的一种光学效应。近年来，高分子液晶态向错结构的研究已取得了较大进展，发展和应用片晶装饰、条带织构装饰和表面裂纹装饰等技术可以在电镜和偏光显微镜下直接观察各种向错结构。本文简要介绍高分子液晶态向列相的向错和反转壁结构的几何学、高强度向错以及近年在实验上观察各类型向错形态的研究进展。     

高分子液晶条带织构的计算机模拟

The relationship between the vector version and tensor version of Frank distortion energy for the liquid crystal was established, through which the relationship between the Frank elastic constants and the expansion coefficients of spatial derivatives for the orientational order parameter Sij of liquid crystalline polymer was obtained. Ginzberg-Landau equation for the orientational order parameter Sij was numerically solved by using the cell dynamical system, which involves a free energy functional containing Landau-de Gennes orientational free energy, Maier-Saupe anisotropic interaction free energy and Frank distortion free energy. Incase of the splay elastic constant being much lager than the bend elastic constant, the evolution process of band textures in liquid crystalline polymer during the shear relaxation and its small angle light scattering patterns were simulated. The influence of preshear rate on the band forming and band structure was investigated. It was found that the formation of longitudinal band textures is due to the much rapider longitudinal splay relaxation than the latitudinal bend relaxation, and the induced times of band forming and the characteristic length of band structure decrease with the increasing of preshear rate, which is consistent with the experimental results.     

Structure of Charge Transfer Reaction Complexes Formed in Anionic Polymerization of Isoprene

A new mechanism is suggested for the anionic polymerization of isoprene. The key moment of this mechanism is thermal electron excitation of the complex of a living polymer with a monomer to the low lying S₁ (T₁) state involving a charge (electron) and (Li⁺) cation transfer from the terminal unit to the monomer molecule. It is stated that the probability of chemical bonding depends on the spin density on the radical centers of reactant molecules and on the geometry of the reaction complex. The semiempirical AM1 and ab initio 6-31G* quantum-chemical calculations revealed strong interaction for the ground electronic state of the complex (5-10 kcal/mole) and low energies of the excited triplet levels (<10 kcal/mole).     

非传统型液晶分子设计与工程研究进展

从液晶基元连接方式、液晶分子拓扑结构以及凝聚态自组织方式等方面扼要介绍和评述了非传统型液晶分子设计与工程研究进展,并重点介绍了可望引起液晶显示技术革命的双轴向列相香蕉形液晶研究的突破性工作,展望了非传统型液晶分子设计和复杂自组织超分子液晶领域今后的发展方向。     

分子量对壳聚糖溶致液晶性的影响

三种不同分子量的壳聚糖[脱乙酰度均为(84±1)%]在二氯乙酸溶液中都呈现胆甾型溶致液晶相.临界浓度随分子量增加而降低,但均比同样聚合度的甲壳素的高.用偏光显微镜法和激光小角散射法测得的胆甾液晶相的螺距很相近,在浓度相同时,其值随分子量的增加而减小.     

Controlling Mirror Symmetry Breaking and Network Formation in Liquid Crystalline Cubic,Isotropic Liquid and Crystalline Phases of Benzil-Based Polycatenars

Spontaneous development of chirality in systems composed of achiral molecules is important for new routes to asymmetric synthesis, chiral superstructures and materials, as well as for the understanding of the mechanisms of emergence of prebiotic chirality. Herein, it is shown that the 4,4′-diphenylbenzil unit is a universal transiently chiral bent building block for the design of multi-chained (polycatenar) rod-like molecules capable of forming a wide variety of helically twisted network structures in the liquid, the liquid crystalline (LC) and the crystalline state. Single polar substituents at the apex of tricatenar molecules support the formation of the achiral (racemic) cubic double network phase with Ia d symmetry and relatively small twist along the networks. The combination of an alkyl chain with fluorine substitution leads to the homogeneously chiral triple network phase with I23 space group, and in addition, provides a mirror symmetry broken liquid. Replacing F by Cl or Br further increases the twist, leading to a short pitch double gyroid Ia d phase, which is achiral again. The effects of the structural variations on the network structures, either leading to achiral phases or chiral conglomerates are analyzed.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Piperazinium Polyelectrolytes Carrying Hydrophobic Functionalities: Effect of Counter Ion and Charge Density on Flocculation

Following our recent synthesis and characterization of three new cationic polyelectrolytes with subtle hydrophobic variability, this paper reports their physical and chemical properties in aqueous media in relation to their chemical structure. Aryl substituted cationic polyelectrolytes varying with their charge density are reported for the first time. Viscosity studies show that these polymers display typical polyelectrolytic behavior. The flocculation efficiency of the polyelectrolytes was investigated with different counter ions. The zeta potential of the polyelectrolytes indicates the charge of the mono and diquaternary ammonium salts which is supported by chloride analysis. The morphology of polymer before and after flocculation was investigated. The introduction of methylene group and quaternary nitrogen play an important role in the flocculation process. It was shown that increasing the hydrophobicity and charge density of the aryl substituted polymer affects the flocculation in the industrial tannery effluent and bentonite suspension.     

Ultracentrifugation Studies of Polyelectrolytes in Polyglucose Density Gradient

An ideal solute for density gradient ultracentrifugation of polymers in aqueous solution should be inert and readily soluble in water to form an extended range of solution densities of low viscosity. High molecular weight is an added attraction because osmotic effects are minimized. Highly branched spherical synthetic polysaccharides fulfill these requirements. High degree of branching is a consequence of the condensation of polyfunctional monomers. Density and relative viscosity of solutions of polyglucose, sucrose, and of a natural sucrose polymer, Ficoll, are compared. The behavior of various polyelectrolytes was studied in low viscosity polyglucose density gradients in equilibrium buoyant density measurement in the ultra-centrifuge. Macromolecules or macromolecular complexes attain low apparent equilibrium buoyant density, probably because of an excluded volume effect of the solute. This allows sedimentation to isopycnic position of complex biopolymers in inert polyglucose solutions, which otherwise can be attempted only in concentrated solutions of heavy salts (such as CsCI or Cs₂SO₄). Such salts, however, may salt out, or through osmotic effects degrade or alter the properties of certain biologic macromolecular complexes.     

Anionic Conjugated Polyelectrolytes for FRET-based Imaging of Cellular Membrane Potential

We report a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based imaging ensemble for the visualization of membrane potential in living cells. A water-soluble poly(fluorene-cophenylene) conjugated polyelectrolyte (FsPFc10) serves as a FRET donor to a voltage-sensitive dye acceptor (FluoVolt^™). We observe FRET between FsPFc10 and FluoVolt^™, where the enhancement in FRET-sensitized emission from FluoVolt^™ is measured at various donor/acceptor ratios. At a donor/acceptor ratio of 1, the excitation of FluoVolt^™ in a FRET configuration results in a three-fold enhancement in its fluorescence emission (compared to when it is excited directly). FsPFc10 efficiently labels the plasma membrane of HEK 293T/17 cells and remains resident with minimal cellular internalization for ~ 1.5 h. The successful plasma membrane-associated colabeling of the cells with the FsPFc10-FluoVolt^™ donor-acceptor pair is confirmed by dual-channel confocal imaging. Importantly, cells labeled with FsPFc10 show excellent cellular viability with no adverse effect on cell membrane depolarization. During depolarization of membrane potential, HEK 293T/17 cells labeled with the donor-acceptor FRET pair exhibit a greater fluorescence response in FluoVolt^™ emission relative to when FluoVolt^™ is used as the sole imaging probe. These results demonstrate the conjugated polyelectrolyte to be a new class of membrane labeling fluorophore for use in voltage sensing schemes.     

正负离子表面活性剂混合体系中高稳定性囊泡的形成

对总浓度为0.01 mol/L，摩尔比为2：1的十二烷基硫酸钠/溴化十二烷基三乙 铵的正负离子表面活性剂混合体系形成的囊泡的稳定性进行了研究。发现这一体系 形成的囊泡在长放置（5个月）后依然存在。在加入较大量的无机盐（0.15 mol/L NaBr）、较大幅度pH变化（pH = 2～12）、温度变化（从80 ℃到-22 ℃）情况下 体系中的囊泡依然呈现出优异的稳定性。在非水溶剂乙醇（100%）中这类正负离子 表面活性剂仍然可以形成囊泡。     

液晶态磷脂酰乙醇胺脂质体和LB膜结构的研究

用原子力显微镜、小角X射线散射和³¹PNMR分别对液晶态磷脂酰乙醇胺脂质体和LB膜结构进行了研究.用原子力显微镜观察到了液晶态脂质体的立方相和双层膜共存的结构图像.研究结果表明,两相共存的状态与双亲性分子的结构、浓度以及介质的组分和pH等因素有关.用小角X射线散射和³¹PNMR研究发现,在DEPE液晶态中,钠盐诱导形成Q²²⁹(Im3m)立方相.DEPE液晶态分别在37.5℃出现L_β→L_α可逆相变,在63.5℃出现L_α→H_Ⅱ可逆相变.     

溶致性液晶高分子PBT的结构表征

聚苯撑苯并二噻唑(PBT)具有典型的溶致性液晶行为,聚合后期有液晶态搅拌乳光现象。偏光显微镜观察到具有向列型织态结构,溶液粘度随浓度变化,当进入液晶区时有明显的反常突变。对高分子链和凝聚态结构进行了X射线衍射研究,测定了晶胞参数、C轴等同周期和高分子链的取向度,并表明取向的PBT凝聚态是由刚性棒状的分子呈园柱体形态二维有序堆砌而成的。     

Influence of Anionic Layer Structure of Fe-Oxyhydroxides on the Structure of Cd Surface Complexes

The nature of crystallographic reactive sites on the lepidocrocite (gammaFeOOH) surface has been determined by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy and compared to the surface bonding properties of goethite. To this end, the specific surface areas of lepidocrocite particles, and of their crystal faces, were calculated from the size and shape of individual particles determined by AFM, and the structure of Cd surface complexes was determined from Cd-Fe EXAFS distances. The combined results show that Cd forms solely mononuclear surface complexes, even at 100% surface coverage, and that hydrated Cd octahedra sorb on basal {010} and lateral {hk0}, {h0l} faces of lepidocrocite platelets by sharing edges with surface Fe octahedra. The absence, or scarcity, of corner-sharing linkage between Fe and Cd octahedra on the surface of lepidocrocite is in contrast to goethite (alphaFeOOH), where this type of complex is predominant. The explanation for the observed difference of Cd sorption mechanism on these two polymorphs lies not in the shape and relative surface area of their crystallographic faces, but in their different bulk structures and, specifically, in the stacking mode of anion layers (O(2-), OH(-)) which is hexagonal in alphaFeOOH and cubic in gammaFeOOH. This study demonstrates that the stacking mode of anions in the sorbent solid is a key factor in determining the structure of surface complexes on mineral surfaces. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

正、负离子表面活性剂混合体系溶致液晶生成的相行为

研究了烷基(C8,C12,C14)三甲基溴化铵、烷基(C12,C14)溴化吡啶与烷基(C8,C12)硫酸钠混合体系溶致液晶形成的条件与结构的变化.在高浓度的水溶液中,随着正、负离子表面活性剂摩尔比接近于1,液晶结构由六角相过渡为层状相.表面活性剂非极性链长改变,对相行为影响显著,短碳链的正、负离子表面活性剂混合体系,在等摩尔比时,体系为层状液晶或立方液晶为主,夹杂少许沉淀.随碳链增长,两类表面活性剂间的静电吸引效果表现为生成沉淀的摩尔比例范围变宽,沉淀量增多,共存的液晶相减少,甚至消失.若只改变正离子的极性头基,季胺盐比吡啶盐与烷基硫酸盐的作用要强,形成不溶物的混合摩尔比例范围更宽.     

端基含4个丁氧基苯介晶基元光致变色液晶树状物的合成、结构及液晶性研究

合成了周边含4个丁氧基偶氮苯介晶基元(M5)端基新的零代光致变色液晶树状物(D0),并用元素分析、核磁共振、基质辅助激光解吸飞行时间质谱、红外、紫外、偏光显微镜、差示扫描量热(DSC)和广角X射线衍射法(WAXD)表征.D0显示向列相,与M5相同,树状物相态由介晶基元相态所决定,D0的相行为:K138N147I145N118K.对零代(D0)、一代(D1)、二代(D2)和三代(D3)液晶树状物的清亮焓、清亮熵、熔化焓和熔化熵进行了比较.