Cellulose/poly(acryloyl morpholine) composites: synthesis by solution coagulation/bulk polymerization and analysis of phase structure

Cellulose/poly(acryloyl morpholine) (CELL/PACMO) compo sites were synthesized by bulk polymerization in the gel state of cellulose impregnated with reactive ACMO monomer. The thermal transition behaviour and phase structure of the CELL/PACMO composites obtained in film form were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), and solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy. For compositions rich in PACMO (CELL 30 wt %), it was revealed by DSC and DMA that the synthesized samples gave a composition-dependent Tg value higher than that of PACMO homopolymer, and the magnitude of the lowering of their dynamic modulus E in the glass transition region became extremely small in comparison with the corresponding drop in E noted for plain PACMO samples. These observations were interpreted as being due to the development of an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN)-type organization, resulting from successful fixation of an original netw ork structure of cellulose gels into the polymerized bulks. From the measurements of proton spin-lattice relaxation times in the NMR study, the IPN-like composites were estimated to be substantially homogeneous on a scale of a few nanometers. 0969--0239 © 1998 Blackie Academic & Professional     

磁量子结构中二维自旋电子的隧穿输运

研究了零偏压和偏置电压作用下磁量子结构中自旋电子的隧穿输运性质. 结果表明电子自旋 输运的性质不仅取决于磁量子结构的构型、入射电子的能量和波矢, 而且取决于偏置电压. 在零偏压下, 由等同的磁垒磁阱构成的磁量子结构不具有自旋过滤的特点, 而由不等同的磁 垒磁阱构成的磁量子结构却具有较好的自旋过滤特点. 偏置电压极大地改变了磁量子结构中 电子的极化程度, 使得电子隧穿等同的磁垒磁阱构成的磁量子结构的输运性质也显著地依赖 于电子的自旋指向. 关键词： 磁量子结构 自旋电子 隧穿输运 自旋极化     

SiC/SiC复合材料第一壁热工设计

以日本原子力研究所那珂研究所聚变堆设计室进行的先进稳态托卡马克聚变堆2（A－SSTR2）概念设计为基础，对SiC/SiC复合材料包层／第一壁热工设计进行了分析计算。通过选取各种几何位形和材料敏感特性参数，用有限元法进行了大量的热工计算，以最高温度、最大热应力为基础建立了包层／第一壁设计窗口，选取了满足热工要求的最佳设计方案，对今后的工程设计具有指导作用和重要的参考价值。     

Postural Sway during Local Vibratory Stimulation for Proprioception in Elderly Individuals with Pre-Sarcopenia

Objective: Many studies have demonstrated that the loss of muscle mass (LMM) poses a risk of postural instability in the elderly; however, few studies have shown how LMM decreases proprioception. In this study, we investigated the changes in postural sway among older individuals with LMM induced by application of a local vibratory stimulus. Method: We enrolled 64 older adults (mean age). Postural sway was measured while applying vibration stimuli of 30, 60, and 240 Hz to both the gastrocnemius and lumbar multifidus muscles. We also measured the relative proprioceptive weighting ratio (RPW) of postural sway. The patients were divided into LMM and non-LMM (NLMM) groups. The study subjects were compared in terms of their age, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), lower leg skeletal muscle mass index (LSMI), L4/5 lumbar multifidus cross-sectional area ratio, and RPW at 30, 60, and 240 Hz. Results: Subjects in the LMM group showed a significantly lower RPW at 60 Hz, LSMI, and BMI than did those in the NLMM group. Conclusions: Decrease in RPW with 60-Hz stimulation concerning the lower leg proprioception is a risk factor for LMM-associated postural instability in the elderly. Consequently, with respect to the gastrocnemius muscles proprioception in LMM, it is necessary to perform assessments using muscle spindle stimuli.     

VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION AND TURBULENCE STRUCTURE OF FULLY DEVELOPED FLOW IN A CURVED TUBE

Turbulent structures in a curved circular tube were measured for three values of the curve radius to the tube radius ratio, R. Distributions of turbulent energy and axial and radial velocities are obtained in a fully developed flow region by a hot wire anemometer. Turbulent energy and Reynolds stress, become maximum in the core region, where turbulence generation becomes maximum. When R is small, turbulent generation does not balance with turbulent energy dissipation, due to a convective effect induced by secondary flow. Experimental results for Reynolds stress and turbulent energy are compared with theoretical results. Due to the secondary flow effect, for small R value flow, the ratio of these two values was not uniform in the core region.     

The microwave spectrum of sodium tetrahydroborate NaBH4 in excited vibrational states: Coriolis interaction between the Na-BH4 stretching and the BH4 rocking vibrations

Two sets of vibrational satellites have been observed in the rotational spectrum of sodium tetrahydroborate NaBH₄, and have been assigned to the non-degenerate, Na—BH₄ stretching and the degenerate BH₄ rocking (or internal rotation) states. The observation was extended from the J = 11 ← 10 up to J = 20 ← 19 transitions. The vibrational satellites showed anomalous K structure; higher-K lines of the non-degenerate state appeared at higher frequencies, in reverse to those of the ground state, whereas the spectra in the degenerate state exhibited a K pattern similar to but somewhat more widely spread than that of the ground state. These anomalies are ascribed to the Coriolis interaction between the two excited vibrational states. The spectra observed were analysed using a C_3v symmetric-top rotational Hamiltonian, which took into account the Coriolis interaction explicitly. The A rotational constants, the energy difference δE between the two interacting vibrational states, and the first- and second-order Coriolis interaction constants have been derived.     

Blends of poly(∈-caprolactone) with cellulose alkyl esters: effect of the alkyl side-chain length and degree of substitu tion on miscibility

Cellulose alkyl esters, CELL- OCOCnH2n+1(n = 1 6), were synthesized by a homogeneous reaction of cotton cellulose with different acyl chlorides in N,N-dimethylacetamide--lithium chloride solution. The miscibility of the esterified celluloses with poly(-caprolactone) (PCL) was investigated, mainly through thermal analysis by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). A polymer pair, cellulose butyrate (CB)/PCL, showed the highest miscibility of all the binary blends examined here; this is usual when relatively high-substituted esters (DS 2.0) are used as the respective component. The butyl ester derivatives with DS 1.5 showed poor miscibility with PCL     

On Large-Time Behavior of Solutions to the Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations in the Half Space in R 3

 The Navier-Stokes equation for compressible viscous fluid is considered on the half space in R ³ under the zero-Dirichlet boundary condition for the momentum with initial data near an arbitrarily given equilibrium of positive constant density and zero momentum. Time decay properties in L ² norms for solutions of the linearized problem are investigated to obtain the rate of convergence in L ² norms of solutions to the equilibrium when initial data are sufficiently close to the equilibrium in . Some lower bounds are derived for solutions to the linearized problem, one of which indicates a nonlinear phenomenon not appearing in the case of the Cauchy problem on the whole space. (Accepted May 8, 2002) Published online October 18, 2002 Communicated by T.-P. LIU