Substituent Effect on the Electronic Properties and Morphologies of Self‐Assembling Bisphenazine Derivatives

Tuning electronic properties and morphologies : We report a unique design platform of n‐type organic semiconductors based on asymmetrically substituted bisphenazines that enable tuning of both electronic properties and morphologies of 1D nanostructures (see figure) by using small substituents with various sizes and electronic demands.

     

硬脂酸聚氧乙烯酯与聚乙烯接枝共聚物的制备与表征

以聚氧乙烯为起始原料,合成了一系列硬脂酸聚氧乙烯酯及其丙烯酸酯,用FTIR和1H NMR测试技术对其结构进行了表征,用最大气泡法测定了其表面张力.以其作为接枝单体,利用反应挤出接枝方法制备了系列功能化聚乙烯,用FTIR确定了接枝共聚物的结构和接枝率;用DSC、接触角测量仪对接枝共聚物的热性能、结晶行为和表面性质进行了测试分析.结果表明,含有不同分子量(200、600、1 000、2 000和6 000)聚氧乙烯的硬脂酸聚氧乙烯酯的表面张力分别为30.19、32.22、35.30、38.39和43.37 mN/m;相应的聚乙烯接枝共聚物的结晶温度分别为109.30、109.08、110.18、109.74和109.74℃,水接触角分别为81.060、70.100、72.25°、76.加.和95.55°.随着聚氧乙烯分子量的增加,表面活性剂的表面活性降低;聚乙烯接枝共聚物的结晶温度高于线形低密度聚乙烯(LLDPE,T.=104.95℃),且其亲水性得到改善(纯聚乙烯的水接触角103°).     

Voltammetric Antioxidant Analysis in Mineral Oil Samples Immobilized into Boron‐Doped Diamond Micropore Array Electrodes

Mineral oil microdroplets containing the model antioxidant N,N‐didodecyl‐N′,N′‐diethyl‐phenylene‐diamine (DDPD) are immobilized into a 100×100 pore‐array (ca. 10 μm individual pore diameter, 100 μm pitch) in a boron‐doped diamond electrode surface. The robust diamond surface allows pore filling, cleaning, and reuse without damage to the electrode surface. The electrode is immersed into aqueous electrolyte media, and voltammetric responses for the oxidation of DDPD are obtained. In order to further improve the current responses, 20 wt% of carbon nanofibers are co‐deposited with the oil into the pore array. Voltammetric signals are consistent with the oxidation of DDPD and the associated transfer of perchlorate anions (in aqueous 0.1 M NaClO₄) or the transfer of protons (in aqueous 0.1 M HClO₄). From the magnitude of the current response, the DDPD content in the mineral oil can be determined down to less than 1 wt% levels. Perhaps surprisingly, the reversible (or midpoint) potential for the DDPD oxidation in mineral oil (when immersed in 0.1 NaClO₄) is shown to be concentration‐dependent and to shift to more positive potential values for more dilute DDPD in mineral oil solutions. An extraction mechanism and the formation of a separate organic product phase are proposed to explain this behavior.     

Platform for Highly Sensitive Alkaline Phosphatase‐Based Immunosensors Using 1‐Naphthyl Phosphate and an Avidin‐Modified Indium Tin Oxide Electrode

We report a versatile platform for highly sensitive alkaline phosphatase (ALP)‐based electrochemical biosensors that uses an avidin‐modified indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode as a sensing electrode and 1‐naphthyl phosphate (NPP) as an ALP substrate. Almost no electrocatalytic activity of NPP and good electrocatalytic activity of 1‐naphthol (ALP product) on the ITO electrodes allow a high signal‐to‐background ratio. The effective surface covering of avidin on the ITO electrodes allows very low levels of nonspecific binding of proteins to the sensing electrodes. The platform technology is used to detect mouse IgG with a detection limit of 1.0 pg/mL.     

Finding almost squares IV

In this paper, we continue the study of almost squares; these are integers n representable as n = a · b for some . We show that almost all (in the measure–theoretic sense) short intervals [x, x + (log x)¹²] contain at least one almost square, and we consider related questions. Moreover, a result of Erdős shows that the exponent 12 cannot be smaller than 0.086 .... Received: 26 June 2008; Revised: 22 December 2008     

The Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction and a new Eisenstein series identity

With two elementary trigonometric sums and the Jacobi theta function θ₁, we provide a new proof of two Ramanujan's identities for the Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction in his lost notebook. We further derive a new Eisenstein series identity associated with the Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction.     

The minimal prime spectrum of rings with annihilator conditions

In this paper, we study rings with the annihilator condition (a.c.) and rings whose space of minimal prime ideals, , is compact. We begin by extending the definition of (a.c.) to noncommutative rings. We then show that several extensions over semiprime rings have (a.c.). Moreover, we investigate the annihilator condition under the formation of matrix rings and classical quotient rings. Finally, we prove that if R is a reduced ring then: the classical right quotient ring Q(R) is strongly regular if and only if R has a Property (A) and is compact, if and only if R has (a.c.) and is compact. This extends several results about commutative rings with (a.c.) to the noncommutative setting.     

全流通格局下沪市主并上市公司并购绩效研究

以全流通格局下2007年发生并购的56家上市公司为样本,应用超常收益方法对沪市主并上市公司并购的绩效进行实证研究.结果表明:主并上市公司并购后绩效呈上升趋势;在横向并购、纵向并购和混合并购三种方式中,纵向并购的效果优于横向并购和混合并购,而横向并购与混合并购对绩效的影响区别不明显.     

Ferroelectric metal-organic framework with a high dielectric constant

Hydrothermal reaction of (l)-N-(4'-cyanobenzy)-(S)-proline with CdCl2 as a Lewis acid catalyst and NaN3 gives colorless block compound 1, in which 1 displays a complicated 3D framework. Ferroelectric and dielectric property measurements reveal that 1 exhibits physical properties comparable to that of a typical ferroelectric compound with a dipole relaxation process and a dielectric constant of ca. 38.6 that makes it, by definition, a high dielectric material.     

Analyses of Stemona alkaloids in Stemona tuberosa by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry

Alkaloid profiles in Stemona tuberosa were found to be highly variable. Six Stemona alkaloids isolated from the plant were subjected to on-line high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC/ESI-MS) and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) analyses. Their fragmentation patterns and products were useful for their characterization. The LC/MS fingerprints of these alkaloids, though variable among samples, could provide an overall characterization of the authenticity and quality of this species and help to differentiate it from S. japonica and S. sessilifolia, as all three species are recognized as genuine sources of the herb Radix Stemonae in the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China.