Crystal structure of μ-hydroxo-bis[tris(2–aminoethyl)amine]dicopper(II) perchlorate

A novel, high-symmetry dicopper complex bridged by only a single hydroxo has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The coordination geometry of copper(II) is a strict trigonal bipyramidal of C3 symmetry. The three equivalent amino nitrogen atoms of the ligand form the equatorial plane, while the tripodal nitrogen atom and the hydroxo anion occupy axial positions. The bridging Cu-(OH)-Cu angle of the single hydroxo anion is only 136.5°, which does not agree well with data found in similar compounds. The magnetic–structural relation is discussed. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Determination of alcohols by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorimetric detection after pre-column derivatisation with carbazole-9-N-acetic acid and chromatographic behaviour of alcoholic derivatives

Alcohols were derivatised to their carbazole-9-N-acetic acid (CRA) esters with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC.HCl) as the dehydrating agent. Studies on derivatisation conditions indicated that the coupling reaction proceeded rapidly and smoothly in the presence of a base catalyst in acetonitrile to give the corresponding sensitively fluorescent derivatives. The retention behaviour of alcohol derivatives was investigated by varying mobile phase compositions (ACN-water and MeOH-water). The parameters from the equation log k'=A-BX were evaluated by retention data of derivatives using an isocratic elution with different mobile phases. The results indicated that the parameters derived allowed computation of retention factors in good agreement with experiments. At the same time, a general equation was derived that makes possible predictions of partition coefficient in binary mobile phases with different proportions of organic solvent to water based on some simple regression analysis. The LC separation for the derivatised alcohols containing higher carbon alcohols showed good reproducibility on a reversed-phase C18 column with gradient elution. The detection limits (excitation at 335 nm, emission at 360 nm) for derivatised alcohols (signal-to-noise ratio=3:1) were in the range of 0.1-0.4 pg per injection.     

表面对纳米微粒中稀土离子光谱性质的影响

对于稀土和过渡金属这样的离子中心,由于电子轨道的半径小，纳米尺度的限域对能级位置和跃迁速率的影响并不显著，表面效应成为这类材料与相应体材料光谱性质出现差异的主要因素。把使稀土离子光谱性质产生可测量变化的环境用一个以其为中心、半径为D的作用球表示，可以定义纳米材料厚度为D的表面层。用完整晶格的晶体场和一个补偿电荷的场近似描述表面层中稀土离子的晶体场。本文用这个模型分析了纳米微粒中稀土离子光谱的非均匀宽化，激光选择激发下发射光谱随激发波长的变化，非选择激发下发射光谱随温度的变化以及跃迁分支比的变化等实验现象。     

Crystal structures,spectroscopic and nonlinear optical properties of metal complexes of Schiff-base ligands containing nitrogen and sulfur donors

ML2 type CuII chelates with the Schiff base ligands R-C6H4CHNNHC(S)SCH2Ph (R=NMe2 or -OMe) have been prepared and characterized. Spectroscopic data suggest that the Schiff bases act as singly charged anionic bidentate ligands, forming stable neutral metal complexes. Magnetic and e.s.r. data support a square-planar coordination geometry for both complexes. Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of the complexes has established that the Schiff base ligand is deprotonated to give the thiol tautomer, coordinated via the thiolato sulfur and β-nitrogen. The geometry around the metal is square-planar with two equivalent Cu-N and Cu-S bonds; the two phenyl rings and the donor atoms are in one plane forming an extensive electronic delocalization system. Third-order optical nonlinearity measurements show that the complexes exhibit fairly large second-order hyperpolarizabilities. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Unexpected temperature-dependent single chain mechanics of poly(N-isopropyl-acrylamide) in water

Poly(N-isopropyl-acrylamide) (PNIPAM) is a paradigm thermally sensitive polymer, which has a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of ~32 °C in water. Herein by AFM-based single molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS), we measured the single chain elasticity of PNIPAM across the LCST in water. Below LCST, the force curves obtained at different temperatures have no remarkable difference; while above LCST, an unexpected temperature dependent elasticity is observed, mainly in the middle force regime. We found that 35 °C is a turning point of the variation: from 31 to 35 °C, the middle parts of the force curves drop gradually, whereas from 35 to 40 °C, the middle parts rise gradually. A possible mechanism for the unexpected temperature dependent mechanics is proposed. The single chain contraction against external force upon heating from 35 to 40 °C may cast new light on the design of molecular devices that convert thermal energy to mechanical work.     

侧柏林下主要植物对资源的利用特征研究

本文应用数学分析方法,研究了侧柏林下三层十二种主要植物的资源利用特征,定量研究了各种环境因子对林下植物的作用。发现土壤因子的作用超过光因子的作用而成为影响植物生长和分布的主要因子,土壤因子中作用最大的是土壤质地和土壤水分。最后,建立了灌木层、草本层和十二种主要植物生长量与环境因子的数学模型。为侧柏林的保护和利用提供了科学依据。