SURFACE ENTHALPY AND ENTROPY AND THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL NATURE OF HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS

The attractive Interactions between typically hydrophobic molecules such as hexane or CCl₄, and the repulsive Interactions between extremely hydrophilic molecules such as poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), when immersed in water, as well as the interactions between these molecules and water, have been examined from a surface thermodynamic viewpoint, taking the changes in surface free energy into account, as a function of temperature. It was found that attractive hydrophobic Interactions are not, as vas generally believed up to now, invariably entropic. Hydrophobic Interactions can be mainly enthalpic or mainly entropic, or more or less equal mixtures of both, depending on each individual case; however, all hydrophobic interactions are polar (in the sense of Lewis acid-base) in nature. Repulsive hydrophilic interactions are enthalpic, and also polar in nature. The interaction between hydrophobic solutes and water is mainly enthalpic, and is apolar in nature.     

含氟丙烯酸酯共聚物结晶性与涂膜表面润湿性能研究

以甲基丙烯酸2-全氟辛基乙酯( FOEMA)分别和不同烷烃链长丙烯酸酯(RA,CH2=CHCOOCnH2n+1,n=4,8,12,16,18)为单体,用自由基聚合法合成了一系列的含氟丙烯酸酯共聚物,通过X射线衍射(XRD)和示差扫描量热法(DSC)对共聚物进行了表征,发现结晶性与丙烯酸酯的烷烃链长度密切相关,当n=4,...     

用角分布XPS法研究热处理时YBCO膜的表面组成变化及膜与衬底的相互作用

用角分布XPS法研究了MOD法制得的YBCO膜在热处理过程中膜的表面元素浓度变化以及膜与村底ZrO_2之间的原子扩散和固态化学反应。结果表明无论是薄膜(约0.1μm)和较厚的膜(约1～1.5μm),在大约530～720℃的温度范围内加热后都发生铜表面富集和钡表面浓度偏低。在800℃以上加热后铜的表面浓度显著降低,温度愈高,降低愈甚。膜与衬底之间的化学反应也随温度升高而加剧。例如薄膜在890℃加热后钡向ZrO_2衬底扩散,膜中的铜仍以 2价为主;在950℃加热后衬底表面生成了富钡层,而铜则主要以 1价的形式存在于富钡层表面。与厚膜相比,在800℃以上薄膜与衬底的原子扩散和固态化学反应对于膜超导电性的损害更显著。     

聚丙烯膜光氧化过程中表层光氧化产物的X-射线光电子能谱(XPS)的研究

本文用X-射线光电子能谱(XPS)研究了聚丙烯膜表层的光氧化产物,得出几种主要氧化产物的相对含量随氧化时间变化的规律并将其与缸外光谱所测结果及文献报道的相比较,证明膜表层光氧化和膜整体光氧化规律有所不同。根据实验结果提出了反应机理。     

ACUTE EFFECTS OF NEAR ULTRAVIOLET AND VISIBLE LIGHT ON THE CUTANEOUS ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE SYSTEM

Reactive oxygen species are considered to play an important role in cutaneous pathology. Enzymic and non-enzymic antioxidants can prevent oxidative damage but may be overcome by strong pro-oxidative stimuli. The acute effect of a single exposure to near ultraviolet (UVA)/visible radiation (greater than 320 nm) on various skin antioxidants was examined in hairless mice immediately after irradiation. Impairment of cutaneous catalase and glutathione reductase activity was observed. Superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase were not significantly influenced. Inhibition of catalase may render skin more susceptible to the damaging effects of hydrogen peroxide and its reaction products such as the hydroxyl radical. Partially diminished glutathione reductase activity is not accompanied by a change in reduced/oxidized glutathione level immediately after irradiation. There was a tendential (not statistically significant) decrease in cutaneous tocopherol, ubiquinol + ubiquinone 9 and ascorbic acid levels, either indicating direct photodestruction or consumption by reaction products of photooxidative stress. This partial impairment of the cutaneous antioxidant defense system by near ultraviolet/visible light, showing that the most susceptible component in skin is catalase, suggests possible pharmacological interventions.     

Diels-Alder反应在硅橡胶工业及聚硅烷化学中的应用

本文总结了Diels—Alder反应在硅橡胶加工和聚硅烷合成方面的应用,其中包括:(一) 利用该反应合成了含多苯苯基或稠环的硅橡胶交联剂和耐热助剂;(二) 通过该反应建立了硅橡胶新型硫化体系,不外加催化剂;(三) 通过该反应合成了含多苯苯基或稠环的有机硅单体,进而制出许多新型聚硅烷;(四) 探讨了影响硅橡胶各种性能的因素及大芳基对聚硅烷性能的影响。     

A FLUORESCENCE STUDY OF TRYPTOPHAN-HISTIDINE INTERACTIONS IN THE PEPTIDE ANANTIN AND IN SOLUTION

Abstract—Anantin is a heptadecapeptide in which the C-terminal peptide chain pierces the covalently cyclized peptide ring formed by an amide link between the α-NH₂ end group and the β-carboxyl group of Asp(8). It contains a tryptophan and a histidine at positions 5 and 12 , respectively. Des-Phe(17)-anantin lacks the C-terminal phenylalanine. Fluorescence emission intensity as a function of pH follows the ionization of a single residue. The pK_a amounts to 7.23 ± 0.03 for anantin and is attributed to His(12). At pH 9 the quantum yield is 0.12 ± 0.01 for anantin, whereas at pH 4.5 the quantum yield decreases more than two-fold (0.05 2 0.01). Practically identical parameters are observed for des-Phe(17)-anantin. This pH dependency reveals intramolecular quenching of the excited indole ring of Trp(5) by the imidazole of His(12), which results in a marked decrease of the tryptophan fluorescence at low pH. In a multifrequency phase fluorometric study the fluorescence lifetimes for both peptides at pH 4.5 and pH 9 are determined. At both, pH fluorescence decay is well described by a sum of two exponentials. For anantin at pH 4.5 the lifetimes are 0.72 ± 0.07 ns and 1.67 ± 0.07 ns. At pH 9 the lifetimes are 1.11 ±0.12 ns and 2.55 ± 0.03 ns. In methanol we find two lifetimes for anantin: 0.68 ± 0.01 ns and 2.57 ± 0.01 ns. The lifetimes are found to be slightly dependent upon emission wavelength. For des-Phe(17)-anantin practically the same values are observed. The quenching of tryptophan fluorescence by histidine is further studied in solution using N-acetyl-tryptophanamide in the presence of increasing concentrations of imidazole in the protonated (pH 4.5) and unprotonated (pH 9) state and in methanol. At both pH values and in methanol, a linear increase in both the inverse of the steady-state fluorescence F_o/F and the inverse of the lifetime 1/τ with increasing imidazole concentration indicates that a collisional mechanism is at the root of the observed quenching. The quenching efficiency values, γ, are calculated and amount to about 0.32 at pH 4. 5 , 0.02 at pH 9 and 0.002 in methanol, showing that protonated imidazole is a better quencher than the unprotonated form, and that the nature of the solvent is involved even in the quenching by unprotonated imidazole. Tryptophan-histidine interactions in solution and in the peptide are compared.     

Ti—MCM—41的结构特征与芳烃羟化反应的化学亲和选择性

以不同硅源合成了Si/Ti比不同的Si-Ti－MCM－41,并在引入Ti的同时引入Al,合成了Si/Al比不同的Si-Ti-Al-MCM-41。XRD、TEM、低温N2吸附的表征结果说明,Ti-MCM-41具有长程有序一维孔道,且比表面积较高,FT－IR光谱表征说明,Ti对骨架Si的取代使MCM－41表面出现缺陷羟基。Al的引入有利于Ti-MCM-41有序结构的形成。且可调变Ti-MCM-41的表面性质。Ti-MCM-41在不同极性芳烃化合物的羟化过程中表现出化学亲和选择性,且调变Ti-MCM-41的表面性质可实现对化学亲和选择性的控制。     

ABSORPTION SPECTRA AND ACID-BASE DISSOCIATION OF THE 4-ALKYL DERIVATIVES OF 7-HYDROXYCOUMARIN IN SELF-ASSEMBLED SURFACTANT SOLUTION: COMMENTS ON THEIR USE AS ELECTROSTATIC SURFACE POTENTIAL PROBES

Abstract— The absorption spectra of the un-ionized and ionized forms of 4-heptadecyl-7-hydroxycoumarin (HHC) in aqueous self-assembled surfactant solution have been investigated. From a comparison with the absorption spectra of 7-hydroxycoumarin, 7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin (MHC) and HHC in neat organic solvents and organic solvent/water mixtures it is shown that the 7-hydroxycoumarin chromophore of HHC in self-assembled surfactant solution resides, on average, in an interfacial microenvironment which has a lower effective dielectric constant than that of the bulk aqueous solution. The absorption spectrum of the ionized form of HHC in aggregates of self-assembled surfactant molecules with cationic quaternary ammonium headgroups is found to be consistent with there being specific molecular interaction between the anionic chromophore and the quaternary ammonium headgroup. pH titrations performed with MHC in pure water and in four molar aqueous solutions of sodium chloride and tetra-methylammonium chloride indicate that the acid-base dissociation of HHC in charged micelles and vesicles should not be substantially influenced by any interfacial salt-effects, and that the acid-base dissociation of HHC in cationic micelles and vesicles with quaternary ammonium headgroups should not be markedly affected by the specific molecular interaction that exists. Estimates of the electrostatic surface potentials of a number of self-assembled surfactant aggregates are made by utilising the acid-base dissociation of HHC and assuming that the nonionic micelles of n -dodecyl octaoxyethylene glycol monoether (C₁₂E₈) can serve as a reference state of zero surface potential. The validity of this assumption in relation to both micelles and vesicles is discussed in detail.     

NEWS ABOUT FOUR-MEMBERED RINGS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANOSILICON, -GERMANIUM,AND -TIN COMPOUNDS

The synthesis of the cyclic tin-modified silanes 1–6 are described by the reaction of ^t Bu₂SnCl₂ with different dichloromono- and -disilanes in the presence of magnesium. Reacting dimethyldichlorosilane with diphenyldichlorosilane and magnesium yielded the 1,1-dimethylhexaphenylcyclotetrasilane 8 in reasonably good yields.     

THE STATUS OF CONSTRUCTIVISM IN CHEMICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF THE CONCEPT OF IDEALIZATION IN CHEMISTRY

A review of the chemical education research literature suggests that the term constructivism is used in two ways: experience-based constructivism and discipline-based constructivism. These two perspectives are examined as an epistemology in relation to the teaching and learning of the concept of idealization in chemistry. It is claimed that experience-based constructivism is powerless to inform the origin of such concepts in chemistry and while discipline-based constructivism can admit such theoretical concepts as idealization it does not offer any unique perspectives that cannot be obtained from other models. Chemical education researchers do not consistently appeal to constructivism as an epistemology or as a teaching/learning perspective and it is shown that, while it draws attention to worthwhile teaching/learning strategies, it cannot be considered as foundational to chemical education research and tends to be used more as an educational label than as an undergirding theory.     

INTERPLAY OF STERIC AND ELECTRONIC INFLUENCES IN THE CHEMISTRY OF MONOCYCLIC AND BICYCLIC PHOSPHORUS ESTERS

Abstract

The importance of biologically active cyclic phosphorus systems has become increasingly apparent relatively recently; particularly, for example, with the discoveries of the cellular “second messenger” activities of cyclic 3′, 5′-adenosine and guanosine monophosphates and the powerful cancer therapeutic capabilities of cyclo-phosphamide and its cyclic metabolites. The earlier recognition that cyclic 2′, 3′-nucleotides formed as intermediates in the hydrolysis of polynucleotides, led to the classic researches of Westheimer and his coworkers on the hydrolysis rates of cyclic and acyclic phosphate esters.¹ Within the few years the extreme toxicities of bicyclic phosphorus esters compared to their acyclic analogues have come to light^2,3 along with the surprising observation that the cholinesterase inhibition of such cages is only negligible.^3,4     

β-环糊精及其衍生物在分析化学中的应用进展

综述了近10年来，β-环糊精及其衍生物在电泳分析和色谱分析两个方面的研究进展并从结构修饰变化的角度指出β-环糊精衍生物将在手性分离中所起的重要作用。     

EXAMINATION OF THE SURFACE FREE ENERGY AND ACID-BASE PROPERTIES OF CELLULOSE BY THE COLUMN WICKING TECHNIQUE AND THE CRITICAL PACKING HEIGHT/DENSITY

INTRODUCTIONThe wicking technique has been used to determine the surface energy components of solids[1-7]. Generally, thereare two wicking processes in practice, i.e. thin layer wicking and column wicking. A comparison of the twowicking techniques made by van Oss et al.[2], shows that column wicking has a problem of showing differentpacking density due to some kinds of powder materials, i.e. clay can not give good repacking reproducibility[2].But thin layer wicking has a problem in sample…     

H2SO4溶液中F-离子对Pb及Pb-Sb电极表面膜影响的研究

Pb-Sb板栅的耐腐蚀性能是影响铅蓄电池寿命的重要原因之一。关于不同Pb合金电极的研究已有不少工作。关于H₂SO₄溶液中添加剂的研究,除H₃PO₄以外,其它一些添加剂的研究不多。鉴于F^-离子的特殊性,我们研究了电解液中F^-离子对Pb、Pb-Sb电极的影响。     

拉氏变换阻抗分析测量CdSe薄膜电极的表面态

在光电化学光能转换的研究中,由于多种因素在半导体/溶液界面形成了各种性质和作用不同的表面态,在界面的电荷和能量转移中起着重要作用,对光电转换性能产生较大的影响。对于多晶半导体——作为具有实用前景和目前深受重视的光电转换材料,由于存在较多的晶格缺陷和晶粒界面,在表面形成了浓度较高的表面态,这些表面态可作为光生电子空穴的复合中心,是造成多晶材料光电转换效率低于单晶材料的主要原因。因此测量和研究半导体/溶液界面的表面态能量分布,性质及作用对研究光电转换过程的机理,特别是对改善多晶半导体的性能都具有直接的重要意义。