Preparation and properties of covalently cross-linked sulfonated copolyimide membranes containing benzimidazole groups

A series of sulfonated copolyimides containing benzimidazole groups (SPIs) were synthesized by random copolymerization of 1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic dianhydride (NTDA), 2-(4-aminophenyl)-5-aminobenzimidazole (APABI), 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl ether-2,2′-disulfonic acid (ODADS) and 9,9-bis(4-aminophenyl)fluorene (BAPF) in m-cresol in the presence of benzoic acid and triethylamine at 180 °C for 20 h. Membranes with good mechanical properties were prepared by solution cast method. Proton exchange treatment resulted in ionic cross-linking and the membranes were further covalently cross-linked by treating them in polyphosphoric acid (PPA) at 180 °C for 6 h. The covalently cross-linked membranes displayed slightly lower ion exchange capacities (IECs) and proton conductivities than the corresponding covalently uncross-linked ones because small part of the sulfonic acid groups had been consumed during the cross-linking process. Fenton’s test (3% H₂O₂ + 3 ppm FeSO₄, 80 °C) revealed that benzimidazole groups played an important role in the radical oxidative stability of the membranes, while the cooperative effect of benzimidazole groups and covalent cross-linking led to much more significant enhancements in the radical oxidative stability of the membranes than each alone. The membrane 4 (ODADS/APABI/BAPF = 2/1/1, by mol), for example, after covalent cross-linking could maintain membrane form within 8 h measurement, which was much longer than that (3 h) before covalent cross-linking under the same conditions. The membrane 5 (ODADS/BAPF = 3/1, by mol) without benzimidazole groups, however, after covalent cross-linking started to break into pieces after 85 min measurement, which was only slightly longer than that (60 min) before cross-linking under the same conditions.     

An X‐shaped π‐conjugated polymer comprising of fluorene units and anthracene units with high efficiency. Synthesis and optical and electrochemical properties

A new X‐shaped π‐conjugated monomer comprising of fluorene units and anthracene units was synthesized, and it was used to fabricate the new X‐shaped π‐conjugated polymers and investigate the properties of the new polymers. Using different molar ratios between such monomer and a fluorene monomer gave three polymers that showed higher absolute PL quantum yields than the linear polyfluorene (PF) in the solid state. After thermal annealing at 200 °C for 4 h, the linear PF showed an additional bathochromic emission at about 550 nm, whereas such red‐shifted emission was fully eliminated for the X‐shaped polymers. The electroluminescent devices based on the X‐shaped polymers with a configuration of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/polymer/LiF/Ca/Al displayed blue emission with low turn‐on voltage and high brightness. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 5616–5625, 2008     

从$A^{p}_{\alpha}$到$A^{\infty}(\varphi)$的加权复合算子

设$u \in H(D), \ \phi$为$D$上的解析自映射,定义$H(D)$上的加权复合算子为$u C_{\phi}(f)=$$uf\circ\phi$, \ $f\in H(D)$.本文得到了从$A^{p}_{\alpha}$到$A^{\infty}(\varphi)\ (A_{0}^{\infty}(\varphi))$的加权复合算子$u C_{\phi}$的有界性和紧性的充要条件.     

MAGNETOMECHANICAL BEHAVIORS OF GIANT MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MATERIALS

The Laves phase alloy Tb-Dy-Fe, commercially known as Terfenol-D, exhibits the giant room-temperature magnetostriction at moderate field strength of a few kOe due to its combination of high magnetostriction and low magnetocrystalline anisotropic energy. Thus, this pseudobinary rare earth iron compound has found quite a number of applications such as in magnetomechanical transducers, actuators and adaptive vibration control systems. The simultaneous measurements of magnetostriction and magnetization at various fixed compressive pre-stresses applied in the axial direction for Tb0.3Dy0.7Fe1.95 samples are presented. The results show that the magnetostriction increases with increasing compressive stress until it reaches 1742 ×10^6 under 25 MPa, so does the coercive magnetic field. And the hysteresis loop area for magnetization and magnetostriction also increases with the increment of applied compressive stresses. But the maximum magnetic susceptibility χ（dM/dH） is obtained under zero stress field and the strain derivative dλ/dH increases to the highest amplitude of 0.039×10^-6 A^-1m at a stress level of 5 MPa. In the strain versus magnetization intensity curve, the initial fiat stage mainly consisting of a 180° domain wall motion becomes shorter with increasing stress. It means more initial domains are driven to the transversal direction under the compressive stress before magnetization, which is consistent with the improvement of the magnetostriction.     

Damage and fracture prediction of plastic-bonded explosive by digital image correlation processing

By digital correlation processing of Scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) images, the paper presents the deformation and damage analysis of an energetic material—the plastic-bonded explosive (PBX) on mesoscopic scale. The analysis is made by observing the deformation field resulted from the digital image correlation (DIC) processing of the images corresponding to the loading steps and comparing with the surface profiles of the composite material so as to visualize the matter damage near a preset crack. The results show that the local deformation disturbance can reveal the material damage even happened underneath the specimen surface. The strain distribution in the front of the preset crack, can be used to predict the propagating route of the microcrack initiated from the tip of the pre-crack, which is related to the splitting fracture of the granular-based composite under compressive loading.     

Synthesis and biological evaluation of a new series of histone deacetylases inhibitors

Histone deacetylases （HDACs） play an important role in tumorigenesis. Inhibition of HDACs is considered as a potent strategy for cancer therapy. Two lead compounds （ja and jb） were found to have activities against HDACs with IC50 at about 15 μmol/L. Then a new series of hydroximic acid derivatives were designed and synthesized based on them. The HDACs activity assay in vitro found that compounds J04 and ,109 are nearly as potent as the positive control drug Zolinza.     

Comparison Theorems of Kolmogorov Type for Classes Defined by Cyclic Variation Diminishing Operators and Their Application

Presenting a unified approach, we establish a Kolmogorov-type comparison theorem for classes of 2π-periodic functions defined by a special class of operators having certain oscillation properties, which include the classical Sobolev class of 2π-periodic functions, the Achieser class, and the Hardy-Sobolev class as examples. Then, using these results, we prove a Taikov-type inequality, and calculate the exact values of the Kolmogorov, Gel'fand, linear, and information n-widths of these classes of functions in the space L_q, which is the classical Lebesgue integral space of 2π-periodic functions with the usual norm.     

嗜铅菌对水中重金属Pb~(2+)的吸附研究

研究了实验室提供的嗜铅菌对水中铅离子吸附的条件和机理.讨论了吸附时间、pH、铅离子的质量浓度和菌的质量浓度对吸附的影响.结果表明,在pH=7.0、铅离子初始质量浓度为25mg/L、离心湿菌的质量浓度为1.06g/L、吸附时间为60min时,铅离子的吸附率达96.88%;实验条件下超标25倍的含Pb~(2+)废水,可迭排放标准;Pb~(2+)的最大吸附量为150mg/g.数学模型Langmuir和Freundlich方程均能很好地描述嗜铅菌对Pb~(2+)的吸附过程.对Pb~(2+)吸附前后的红外光谱表征表明,嗜铅菌表面多糖、蛋白质的羟基峰和羰基峰均有不同程度的紫移,羟基峰、糖苷峰等峰宽略增,说明菌体吸附,主要是表面基团的作用所致.用原子力显微镜对吸附前后的嗜铅菌检测可见,吸附后菌体的弹性变小、粘性变大、部分茵体有一定的收缩,说明以表面吸附为主的吸附过程,对菌细胞的聚合度有影响,菌体内部对铅也有一定的生物积累.     

An efficient approach to synthesize polysaccharides‐graft‐poly(p‐dioxanone) copolymers as potential drug carriers

Starch and poly(p‐dioxanone) (PPDO) are the natural and synthetic biodegradable and biocompatible polymers, respectively. Their copolymers can find extensive applications in biomedical materials. However, it is very difficult to synthesize starch‐graft‐PPDO copolymers in common organic solvents with very good solubility. In this article, well‐defined polysaccharides‐graft‐poly(p‐dioxanone) (SA_n‐PPDO) copolymers were successfully synthesized via the ring‐opening polymerization of p‐dioxanone (PDO) with an acetylated starch (SA) initiator and a Sn(Oct)₂ catalyst in bulk. The copolymers were characterized via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, ¹H NMR, gel permeation chromatography, thermogravimetric analysis (TG), differential scanning calorimetry, and wide angle x‐ray diffraction. The in vitro degradation results showed that the introduction of SA segments into the backbone chains of the copolymers led to an enhancement of the degradation rate, and the degradation rate of SA_n‐PPDO increased with the increase of SA wt %. Microspheres with an average volume diameter of 20 μm, which will have potential applications in controlled release of drugs, were successfully prepared by using these new copolymers. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 5344–5353, 2009