Study of RPC gas composition using Daya Bay RPCs

This study uses Daya Bay RPCs operating in streamer mode to investigate gas mixtures of at least 50% argon,at most 6% isobutane,and with small amounts of SF6.Isobutane is reduced to 2% without degradation of performance,and SF6 reduces the noise rate and current,as well as the signal size.This study provides quantitative relationships between basic RPC operating parameters and various gas compositions.     

Preferential interaction between DNA and small ions in mixed-size counterion systems: Monte Carlo simulation and density functional study

Competitive binding between counterions around DNA molecule is characterized using the preferential interaction coefficient of individual ion in single and mixed electrolyte solutions. The canonical Monte Carlo (MC) simulation, nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) equation, and density functional theory (DFT) proposed in our previous work [Wang, Yu, Gao, and Luo, J. Chem. Phys. 123, 234904 (2005)] are utilized to calculate the preferential interaction coefficients. The MC simulations and theoretical results show that for single electrolyte around DNA, the preferential interaction coefficient of electrolyte decreases as the cation size is increased, indicating that the larger cation has less accumulation ability in the vicinity of DNA. For the mixed electrolyte solution, it is found that cation diameter has a significant effect on the competitive ability while anion diameter has a negligible effect. It proves that the preferential interaction coefficients of all ions decrease as the total ionic concentration is increased. The DFT generally has better performance than the PB equation does when compared to the MC simulation data. The DFT behaves quite well for the real ionic solutions such as the KCl-NaCl-H2O, NaCl-CaCl2-H2O, and CaCl2-MgCl2-H2O systems.     

Density-functional theory and Monte Carlo simulation study on the electric double layer around DNA in mixed-size counterion systems

A density-functional approach and canonical Monte Carlo simulations are presented for describing the ionic microscopic structure around the DNA molecule immersed in mixed-size counterion solutions. In the density-functional approach, the hard-sphere contribution to the Helmholtz energy functional is obtained from the modified fundamental measure theory [Y.-X. Yu and J. Z. Wu, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 10156 (2002)], and the electrostatic contribution is evaluated through a quadratic functional Taylor expansion. The new theory is suitable to the systems containing ions of arbitrary sizes and valences. In the established canonical Monte Carlo simulation, an iterative self-consistent method is used to evaluate the long-range energy, and another iterative algorithm is adopted to obtain desired bulk ionic concentrations. The ion distributions from the density-functional theory (DFT) are in good agreement with those from the corresponding Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. It is found that the ratio of the bulk concentrations of two species of counterions (cations) makes significant contribution to the ion distributions in the vicinity of DNA. Comparisons with the electrostatic potential profiles from the MC simulations show that the accuracy of the DFT becomes low when a small divalent cation exists. Both the DFT and MC simulation results illustrate that the electrostatic potential at the surface of DNA increases as the anion diameter or the total cation concentration is increased and decreases as the diameter of one cation species is increased. The calculation of electrostatic potential using real ion diameters shows that the accuracy of DFT predictions for divalent ions is also acceptable.     

具有开放骨架结构氟化磷酸钛的水热合成及分子动力学辅助确定骨架中模板剂的位置

在水热体系中,制备了一个具有三维开放骨架结构的氟化磷酸钛化合物Ti₄(PO₄)4(HPO₄)₂F₂.[(CH₃)₂N(CH₂)₂NH₃][H₃O](简称TP-J3J=Jilinuniversity).用X射线粉末衍射、元素分析、热重分析和X射线单晶衍射对其进行了表征.单晶结构分析表明,该化合物属于三斜晶系,P1空间群,晶胞参数a=0.6353(1)nm,b=0.8699(2)nm,c=1.1069(2)nm,α=93.94(3),β=90.13(3),γ=107.96(3),V=0.5804(2)nm³,Z=2,R₁=0.0391,wR₂=0.0959,GOF=1.052.TP-J3的骨架结构可以看作是由次级结构单元(SBU)[Ti₂(PO₄)₂(HPO₄)F]通过氧桥共顶点相连构筑而成的,在a和c方向形成了两种不同的八元环孔道,两种孔道相互交叉,形成了一种“类笼”结构.通过计算模拟确定双质子化的模板剂存在于“类笼”中,模板剂与骨架原子之间存在强烈的氢键作用,可稳定骨架的结构.     

C4H8N2H4·Zn(HPO3)2的水热合成和结构表征

在过去的十几年中 ,人们对含有机模板的、由 Zn O4 四面体和 PO4 四面体基本结构单元组成的磷酸锌盐进行了深入广泛的研究 ,发现其结构具有多样性 [1] .近年来 ,人们又开始探索用亚磷酸氢根( HPO3)替代磷酸根 ( PO4 ) ,形成结构新颖的含有机模板的亚磷酸盐 .与磷酸根相比 ,亚磷酸氢根只能与 3个邻近的阳离子通过 P— O— M( M=Zn等 )键相连 ,结构同 [PO3( OH) ]相似 .鉴于此 ,HPO3完全可以作为搭建空旷骨架化合物的结构基元 .与磷酸盐的研究相比 ,以有机胺为模板的过渡金属亚磷酸盐合成研究相对较少 .Harrison等 [2 ,3] 报道了通过…     

2,2'-联喹啉-4,4'-二羧酸构筑的一维钴(Ⅱ)配位聚合物

利用2,2'-联喹啉-4,4'-二羧酸钠(Na2bqdc),2,2-联吡啶与硫酸钴在溶剂热作用下合成了1个一维配位聚合物[Co(bqdc)(bipy)(H20)]n(1).通过元素分析、粉末衍射、红外、紫外光谱对配合物进行了表征,利用X射线单晶衍射仪测定了其晶体结构.中心CoⅡ离子分别与2个来自2,2-联喹啉-4,4-二羧酸钠配体的双齿羧基氧原子和1个来自配体的单齿羧基氧原子、辅助配体2,2-联吡啶上的2个N原子和1个水分子的氧原子配位,形成了1个稍微扭曲的八面体配位构型.紫外光谱实验表明,相对2,2'-联喹啉-4,4'-二羧酸钠配体,配合物的紫外光谱发生了少量的蓝移.对该配合物多晶样品的差热分析(TGA)表明该化合物在217℃后开始分解.     

缔合流体在高温高压下的自扩散系数研究

在统计力学理论基础上,本文提出了一个考虑氢键对自扩散系数影响的方程．这个方程为非氢键贡献部分与氢键贡献部分之积,其中自扩散系数的非氢键部分由Ｌｅｎｎａｒｄ－Ｊｏｎｅｓ链模型求得,而一个分子中的平均氢键数随温度和密度的变化关系使用统计缔合流体理论得到。链节之间的相互作用能量参数由粘度的关联式获得,其它四个参数则由扩散系数的实验数据获得。对７个典型的缔合流体在相当宽的温度压力范围内计算的平均相对百分误差为５．９８％。