Synthesis and characterization of poly[4,4-bis(pivaloxymethyl)-1,6-heptadiyne] having high oxygen permselectivity

Cyclopolymerization of 4,4-bis(pivaloxymethyl)-1,6-heptadiyne containing a bulky ester group was examined by group 5,6-transition metal catalysts. Both of the MoCl₅-based and WCl₆-based catalysts were effective for the cyclopolymerization. The obtained polymer was characterized to have planar backbone and recurring cyclic ring structure by various spectroscopy. The poly[4,4-bis(pivaloxymethyl)-1,6-heptadiyne] was soluble in common organic solvents to easily cast the free standing film. The polymer film had good mechanical property and high oxygen permselectivity to nitrogen. The oxygen permeability coefficient (PO₂) and permselectivity of oxygen to nitrogen (PO₂/PN₂) of poly[4,4-bis(pivaloxymethyl)-1,6-heptadiyne] were 19.7 barrer and 5.71, respectively. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 37: 4135–4139, 1999     

Impact behaviors of a millimetric impinging drop on a superheated Al alloy surface

Journal of Visualization - The impact behaviors and boiling regimes of millimetric water droplets on an aluminum alloy are experimentally investigated with varying surface temperatures. Compared to...     

Uniform Drug Loading into Prefabricated Microparticles by Freeze‐Drying

Microparticle‐based drug delivery is a promising technology for small volume bioassay platforms. The general utilization of the drug‐loaded microparticles in the in vitro bioassay platforms requires the drug loading method, which should impregnate the general drug types (e.g., water insoluble) with high payload into the variously designed microparticles. Loading the drug into the prefabricated microparticles using solvent evaporation satisfies the requirement. However, similar to the “coffee‐ring effect,” drugs are loaded in a seriously nonuniform manner, caused by the capillary flow during the evaporation process. Here, it is presented that the freeze‐drying is an efficient way to load uniform and high amount of the drug into the prefabricated microparticles. It is demonstrated that freezing solvent can block the capillary flow during the solvent removal process, improving the loading uniformity. The delivered amount of drugs is linearly proportional to the initial loading amount of drugs. Also, this drug loading method is shown to be applied to the various drug types and the prefabricated microparticles with different properties. Considering many challenges to suppress the “coffee‐ring effect” that induces nonuniform impregnation/deposition, the proposed concept can be applied not only for microparticle‐based drug delivery but also for uniform coating applications (e.g., thin‐film coating, DNA/protein microarray).     

Poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) Derived from Poly(ionic liquid) for the Use as Hole‐Injecting Material in Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes

We report that poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) derived from poly(ionic liquid) (PEDOT:PIL) constitutes a unique polymeric hole‐injecting material capable of improving device lifetime in organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs). Imidazolium‐based poly(ionic liquid)s were engineered to impart non‐acidic and non‐aqueous properties to PEDOT without compromising any other properties of PEDOT. A fluorescent OLED was fabricated using PEDOT:PIL as a hole‐injection layer and subjected to a performance evaluation test. In comparison with a control device using a conventional PEDOT‐based material, the device with PEDOT:PIL was found to achieve a significant improvement in terms of device lifetime. This improvement was attributed to a lower indium content in the PEDOT:PIL layer, which can be also interpreted as the effective protection characteristics of PEDOT:PIL for indium extraction from the electrodes.

     

Optical beat interference-tolerant 60-km WDM/SCM-PON link based on reflective-SOA using amplified spontaneous emission and wavelength conversion

An optical beat interference (OBI)-resistant 60-km wavelength division multiplexed/subcarrier multiplexing-passive optical network (WDM/SCM-PON) is proposed. This scheme disperses OBI-noises using broadband amplified spontaneous emission (ASE)-light as an optical source for optical network unit. An uplink transmission is executed using a cross gain modulated light by ASE source with data in a local exchange. Error free transmissions of up and downlink are experimentally accomplished after 60-km optical transmission. The impact of Rayleigh backscattering noise on 100-Mb/s uplink signal is also investigated.     

Improved delay-dependent stability criterion for neural networks with time-varying delays

In this Letter, the problem of stability analysis for neural networks with time-varying delays is considered. By constructing a new Lyapunov functional, a new delay-dependent stability criterion for the network is established in terms of LMIs (linear matrix inequalities) which can be easily solved by various convex optimization algorithms. Two numerical examples are included to show the effectiveness of proposed criterion.     

Effect of strain and nonparabolicity on interband transition energies of InAs/GaAs coupled double quantum dots

Strained potential profiles and electronic subband energies of InAs/GaAs coupled double quantum dots (DQDs) were calculated by using a three-dimensional finite-difference method (FDM) taking into account shape-based strain and nonparabolic effects. The interband transition energies from the ground electronic subband to the ground heavy-hole band (E₁-HH₁) in the InAs/GaAs DQDs, as determined from the FDM calculations taking into account strain and nonparabolic effects, were in reasonable agreement with the experimental peaks corresponding to the (E₁-HH₁) interband transition energies at several temperatures, as determined from the temperature-dependent photoluminescence spectra.