Preparation,characterization, and binding profile of imprinted semi-IPN cryogel composite for aluminum

Human body is greatly exposed to aluminum due to its high abundance in the environment. This nonessential metal is a threat to the patients of chronic renal disorders, as it is easily retained in their plasma and quickly accumulates in different tissues. Thus, there is great need to remove it from the aqueous environment. In this study, Al³⁺ imprinted semiinterpenetrating polymer network (semi-IPN)-based cryogel composite was prepared and applied for the purification of environmental and drinking water samples from aluminum. Poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA) discs were produced via cryogenic treatment and imprinted semi-IPN was introduced to the 3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyl acrylatemodified macroporous cryogel discs. The adsorption properties and selectivity of the aluminum (III) imprinted semi-IPN cryogel composite were studied in detail. The imprinted semi-IPN cryogel composite showed good selectivity towards aluminum (III) ions with the imprinting factor (IF) of 76.4 in the presence of competing copper (II), nickle (II), and iron (III) ions. The maximum adsorption capacity of 271 μmol g^-1 was obtained for aluminum (III) at pH 7.0 within 10 min using imprinted semi-IPN cryogel composite. The good selectivity and reusability of aluminum (III)-imprinted semi-IPN cryogel composite makes this material an eligible candidate for the purification of drinking water from aluminum (III) leaving important minerals remained in the water.     

温度与应变率对钽流动应力的影响

 研究了温度在-100～400 ℃、应变率在10^-5～10³ s^-1范围内温度和应变率的变化对钽的流动应力的影响。结果表明,钽的流动应力对温度和应变率的变化相当敏感。同时还就两种本构模型对钽的温度效应与应变率效应的不同处理方法作了比较,指出Zerilli-Armstrong模型能更好地描述温度与应变率对钽流动应力的影响。     

Li_3N在生成BN反应中的作用

研究了常压高温下Li3N在B4 C与含氮化合物生成BN反应中的作用。实验结果表明 ,在 950℃高温下 ,B4 C与Si3N4 反应不生成hBN ,B4 C与NH4 Cl反应只生成少量hBN。在该两种原料中加入Li3N后 ,反应产物中hBN的生成量都明显增多。但Li3N本身没有与B4 C生成hBN的反应。由此推断 ,Li3N在上述B4 C与含氮化合物生成hBN的反应中表现出了催化作用。此外 ,在以hBN为原料 ,以Li3N为催化剂合成出cBN的温度压力区域内 ,对B4 C Si3N4 Li3N体系所做的高温高压实验没有合成出hBN或cBN。还讨论了在低压条件下原位合成cBN的探索实验中 ,应如何选择硼源和氮源的问题     

冲击波作用下CHBr3/NaCl界面热弛豫特性研究

非透明材料冲击温度测量是通过对界面光辐射历史的观察实现的 ,因此对界面光辐射历史的研究是非透明材料冲击温度测量的基础。但由于冲击阻抗的失配导致界面上出现波的反射而引起温度的变化与界面热流动产生的温度变化交杂在一起 ,以及过程的瞬时性 ,使得对这一过程的实验研究显得非常困难。设计了一种界面波阻抗近似相同的特殊实验装置 ,用光辐射测量技术研究了在冲击压缩下CHBr3/NaCl界面的热弛豫过程。实验结果和理论分析表明CHBr3/NaCl界面的热弛豫时间在纳秒量级 ,与Grover等人的理论预估一致。     

Aspochalasin H1: A New Cyclic Aspochalasin from Hawaiian Plant-Associated Endophytic Fungus Aspergillus sp. FT1307

Aspergillus is one of the most diverse genera, and it is chemically profound and known to produce many biologically active secondary metabolites. In the present study, a new aspochalasin H1 (1), together with nine known compounds (2–10), were isolated from a Hawaiian plant-associated endophytic fungus Aspergillus sp. FT1307. The structures were elucidated using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) (¹H, ¹H-¹H COSY, HSQC, HMBC, ROESY and 1D NOE), high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy (HRESIMS), and comparisons with the reported literature. The absolute configuration of the new compound was established by electronic circular dichroism (ECD) in combination with NMR calculations. The new compound contains an epoxide moiety and an adjacent trans-diol, which has not been reported before in the aspochalasin family. The antibacterial screening of the isolated compounds was carried out against pathogenic bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-resistant S. aureus and Bacillus subtilis). The antiproliferative activity of compounds 1–10 was evaluated against human breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and T46D) and ovarian cancer cell lines (A2780).     

Multilayer resonances sharpened by grating waveguide resonance

A multilayer planar structure comprising a highly reflective multilayer dielectric mirror and a corrugated waveguide is proposed for use as a narrow passband optical filter. The proposed filter has a much narrower linewidth than a usual Fabry–Perot cavity with two multilayer dielectric mirrors. It is shown that the narrowing of the linewidth is due to the strong spectral dependence of the phase of the wave reflected from the waveguide grating mirror. The shape of the pass band can be made symmetrical by a proper choice of the grating groove profile.     

Molecular mobility of nitroxide spin probes in glassy polymers. Quasi‐libration model

ESR spectra of three spin probes with different molecular volumes: 2,2,6,6‐tetramethyl‐4‐oxopiperidine‐1‐oxyl, di‐p‐anisylnitroxide, and nitroxide derivative of fullerene in glassy polystyrene, polyvinyl trimethylsilane, and Teflon AF‐2400 were calculated numerically within the model of quasi‐libration motions. Temperature ranges, where the model is capable to reproduce spectra within experimental errors, were defined. It was found that simulation of X‐band ESR spectra allows to determine quasi‐libration amplitudes around molecular axes X and Y with accuracy ～ 3° and around Z axis with accuracy ～ 15–20°. A shape of distribution of quasi‐libration amplitudes was also determined qualitatively by ESR spectra simulations. It was established that the average amplitude of quasi‐libration motion depends on the free volume of each polymer and geometrical molecular volume of a spin probe. Quasi‐libration amplitudes increase as the temperature increases, and reach the value of 40 degrees. We found that upon further temperature increase, quasi‐libration model becomes inapplicable for quantitative numerical spectra simulation. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 47: 107–120, 2009