The Laser and Electrical Kerr Effect in Pentyloxy - Cyanobiphenyl

The optical and dc pulsed field Kerr effects have been measured in 5 OCB in the isotropic phase and in dilute solution. The pretransitional behaviour has been examined in terms of the Landau-de Gennes model. The constants of this formalism have been given and a possible optical shutter has been suggested.     

PHOTOISOMERISING EFFECTS IN NITROAZO FLEXOELECTRIC DIMERIC NEMATIC SYSTEMS

Abstract

The photoisomerisation of a flexoelectric chiral nematic bimesogen system dyed with an azo dye has been investigated. The host material has a pitch and field dependent tilt angle that are temperature independent. Upon illumination by ultra violet, the azo dye molecules undergo a shape change from their trans to cis isomer. The effect of the shape change of the dye on the mixture is to decrease the I-N* transition temperatures, to increase the response times and to decrease the transmitted optical intensity. For the same reduced temperatures, the tilt angles, pitch and threshold voltages for the transition from focal conic to homeotropic textures are unchanged. The macroscopic parameters observed suggest that the orientational order parameter of the system is reduced by UV illumination. The cis isomers do not appear to separate from the host material or significantly change the flexoelectric coefficient.     

PHOTOISOMERISING EFFECTS IN NITROAZO FERROELECTRIC DYE GUEST HOST SYSTEMS

Abstract

The effect of a photoisomerising dye in a ferroelectric liquid crystal host has been investigated. A nitroazo dye incorporating the same three-siloxane unit as an organosiloxane ferroelectric host has been used to insure good miscibility and high dye concentrations. The effect of photoisomerisation by 300–400 nm UV of up to 430 mW. cm^?2 has been investigated in two mixtures with 25% and 50% molar weight of dye. The 25% mixture has an I-SmC*-crystal phase sequence, while the 50% mixture has I-SmA*-SmC*-crystal. Transition temperatures of both the mixtures are reduced by increased UV illumination. For the first mixture at a constant temperature, the spontaneous polarisation in the ferroelectric phase is reduced by UV illumination. For the second mixture both the spontaneous polarisation and tilt angle of the SmC* phase are reduced by UV illumination and the phase is changed from SmC* to SmA* at temperatures close to the transition. The change of tilt angle and observations of micrograph textures indicate that this is a macroscopic change of the material rather than any phase separation of the dye and host materials.     

Semipinacol rearrangement of cis-fused β-lactam diols into keto-bridged bicyclic lactams

The 6-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane ring system, prevalent in a range of biologically active molecules, is prepared through a novel semipinacol rearrangement utilizing a cyclic phosphorane or sulfite intermediate. The rearrangement proceeds with exclusive N-acyl group migration of a β-lactam ring and results in carbonyl functionality at the 7- and bridging 8-position of the bicycle. Precursor ring-fused β-lactam diols are prepared through a sequence of 4-exo trig carbamoyl radical cyclization, regioselective dithiocarbamate group elimination, and dihydroxylation.     

Af+AB星型聚合体系的统计热力学

应用统计力学和热力学原理研究了 A_f+AB星型聚合体系的性质. 首先从两种不同的角度给出了与聚合反应相应的配分函数, 并据此得到反应体系的平衡自由能、质量作用定律及数量分布函数, 进而得到了体系的平衡状态方程和比热. 在此基础上, 以反应体系的回转半径为例研究了溶剂效应对星型高分子空间尺度的影响.     

催化裂化催化剂中微量金属元素的测定

原料油中的微量金属元素会污染催化裂化催化剂而使其中毒,对于使用中的再生、平衡催化裂化催化剂进行微量金属元素含量分析,可以有效地指导炼油厂的生产．通过对检出限、重复性以及准确性的考察．表明等离子发射光谱法测定催化剂中微量金属元素含量检出限低、重复性好、准确度高、且具有多元素同时测定以及线性范围宽的特性,是催化裂化催化剂中金属元素含量快速测定的最有效方法之一．     

1,4-Aryl migration under copper(I) atom transfer conditions

Reaction of N-alkyl-N-(trichloroacetyl)arylsulfonamides with CuCl/amines leads to N-alkyl-N-(dichloroacetyl)-arylsulfonamides via reduction or N-alkyl-aryldichloroacetamides via 1,4-aryl migration with loss of SO₂. The ratio of reduction to aryl migration is dependent upon the temperature and the ligand utilised. Along with amide bond hydrolysis these reactions may compete when carrying out slow atom transfer radical cyclisation reactions using sulfonamides.     

A novel dinuclear double-stranded helical complexes of bis(terdentate) N4O2 donor ligand with silver(I) and zinc(II) d metal ions

Reaction of the hexadentate N₄O₂-donor ligand 6,6′-bis(3-hydrazonobutan-2-one)-2,2′-bipyridine (L) with Ag^(I) and Zn^(II) affords a dinuclear double stranded helicate species [Ag₂L₂]²⁺ (1a) and [Zn₂L₂]²⁺ (1b), in which partitioning of the ligand into two bis-tridentate pyridyl-ketoimine chelating units allow each ligand to bridge both metal centres. X-ray crystallography, ESI-MS and UV–Vis spectrophotometric titration experiments reveal that the complex (1a) retains its solid-state structure in solution. The crystal structure of (1a) provides the first example of dinuclear silver(I) complex in which both of the metal centres can be approximated as a seven coordinate distorted mono-capped trigonal prism in which the Ag?Ag close contact of 3.034(4) Å is taken into account and forms the cap. The counter-ions do not interact with metal centres but hydrogen bond to N–H protons of the hydrazonic arms from the separate strands. The adjacent helical units are cross-linked together via NH?O_keto hydrogen bonding to maintain the supramolecular structure.     

以三聚茚为核的星型电子受体材料的合成、 表征与光伏性能

以高度平面共轭的烷基取代三聚茚为中心核, 以噻吩基团桥联, 在末端连接氰基茚酮作为拉电子基团, 设计合成了一类星型受体分子2,2',2″-{[(5,5,10,10,15,15-己基-10,15-二氢-5H-二茚[1,2-a：1',2'-c]芴-2,7,12-三基)三(噻吩-5,2-二基)]三(亚甲基)}三(3-氧杂-2,3-二氢-1H-茚-2,1-二叉)三丙二腈(NFT-C6)和2,2',2″-{[(5,5,10,10,15,15-癸基-10,15-二氢-5H-二茚[1,2-a：1',2'-c]芴-2,7,12-三基)三(噻吩-5,2-二基)]三(亚甲基)}三(3-氧杂-2,3-二氢-1H-茚-2,1-二叉)三丙二腈(NFT-C10). NFT-C6和NFT-C10的最高占据轨道(HOMO)和最低未占轨道(LUMO)分别位于-5.66和-3.75 eV. 其薄膜在400~700 nm范围内具有较大的吸收强度, 最大吸收峰分别位于606和586 nm. 以聚[(2,6-{4,8-二[5-(2-乙基己基)噻吩-2-基]-苯并[1,2-b：4,5-b']二噻吩})-{5,5-(1',3'-二-2-噻吩基-5',7'-二(2-乙基己基)苯并[1',2'-c：4',5'-c']二噻吩-4,8-二酮)}](PBDB-T)为给体材料, 以NFT-C6或NFT-C10为受体材料制备了太阳能电池器件, 器件在300~700 nm之间具有较宽的响应光谱, 其光电转换效率(PCE)分别达到1.09%和5.23%. 原子力显微镜(AFM)结果表明, PBDB-T和NFT-C10共混制备的光伏器件活性层具有合适的相分离尺寸, 有利于激子的有效解离, 而PBDB-T: NFT-C6器件的活性层相分离尺寸过大, 增加了激子复合的几率, 使器件的短路电流、 填充因子和PCE降低. 研究结果表明, 基于三聚茚的星型光伏材料具有一定的应用前景.