Experimental Solution of the Local Field Problem in Uniaxial Liquid Crystals†

A method of experimental determination of the Lorentz-factor tensor in uniaxial liquid crystals is suggested. The specific features of the local field tensor of the light wave in a nematic liquid crystal with low optical anisotropy have been investigated experimentally. Anisotropy of the local field and Lorentz-factor tensors has been found to decrease with the decreasing optical and molecular-optical anisotropies. These results appear to contradict the existing polarization theories of liquid crystals. The local field problem in cholesteric liquid crystals has been considered. A new approach to the local field problem in uniaxial liquid crystals with arbitrary optical anisotropy is developed and the experimental results are explained.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Isosteviol Derivatives

Isosteviol (ent-16-ketobeyeran-19-oic acid, I) is a tetracyclic diterpenoid with a beyerane skeleton obtained by acid hydrolysis of stevioside.1 Several tetracyclic diterpenoids, specially the kaurenes, have important biological activities. Recent studies on the microbial transformation of isosteviol have revealed that it is metabolized by Cunninghamella bainieri, Actinoplanes sp., Mucor recurvatus, and Cunninghamella blackesleeana to yield five new metabolites.2 The hydroxylation pattern of these bioactive compounds may influence their binding on to the receptors, as was proposed for the Rabdosia diterpenoids. Therefore, the introduction of hydroxyl groups or unsaturated bonds in saturated and non-hydroxylated diterpenoids, like isosteviol, may enhance existing properties or lead to new biological activities. Although some beyeranes have been subjected to biotransformations by fungi,4 there are few report in the literature related the chemical transformation of Isosteviol. In the present study, we try to develop the chemical transformation of isosteviol and other beyeranes in order to obtaining some bioactive compounds with beyerane skeleton. Seven isosteviol derivatives, Ⅱ-Ⅷ, were therefore synthesized and characterized. The X-ray crystal strcture of H(R = H) was also determined.     

The heterogeneous catalytic heck reaction in an ionic liquid

The C-C cross coupling reaction between bromobenzene and styrene in the presence of Pd deposited on mesoporous acetylene soot (Pd/C) occurred in a tetraalkylammonium ionic liquid (IL) as a truly heterogeneous catalytic process. The active palladium form was not transferred into the reaction solution. Deposited palladium activation was observed when the Pd/C catalyst was preliminarily heated in the IL in the presence of dibutylamine as a base.     

电沉积种子层化学控制生长氧化锌纳米棒和纳米管

采用水溶液法在电沉积的ZnO种子层上制备了高度取向的ZnO纳米棒阵列,并通过碱溶液化学腐蚀法获得了ZnO纳米管。对ZnO纳米棒和纳米管的溶液生长和腐蚀过程进行了分析。结果表明,种子层的结构和性能对ZnO纳米棒有着重要的影响,在-700 mV电位下沉积的种子层薄膜均匀性好,生长的纳米棒密度大、与基底垂直性好;碱溶液对纳米棒的腐蚀具有选择性,通过控制腐蚀液的浓度和时间,可获得中空的ZnO纳米管。     

Functionalization of magnetic nanoparticles with amphiphilic block copolymers: self-assembled thermoresponsive submicrometer particles

For the first time the four block copolymers derived from 1-alkyl[2-(acryloyloxy)ethyl]dimethylammonium bromides with hexyl (ADA) or cetyl (ADHA) groups and 2-hydroxyethylacrylate (HEA) or N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) were synthesized and employed for functionalization of monodisperse iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs). The polyADA (pADA) or polyADHA (pADHA) block consists of long hydrophobic tails (C(6) or C(16)) connected to a positively charged quaternary ammonium group, making this block amphiphilic. The second block was either fully hydrophilic (pHEA) or thermoresponsive (pNIPAM). The dependence of the NP coating on the length of the hydrophobic tail in the amphiphilic block, the composition of the hydrophilic block, and the NP sizes have been studied. Unusual self-assembling of iron oxide NPs into well-defined composite submicrometer particles was observed for pADHA-b-pNIPAM in the wide range of concentrations (at the pADHA repeating unit concentrations of 0.065 × 10(-2)-2.91 × 10(-2) mmol/mL per 1 mg/mL NPs) but only two concentrations, 1.62 × 10(-2) and 1.94 × 10(-2) mmol/mL, led to regular spherical particles. The thermoresponsive behavior of these composite particles was tested using ζ-potential and dynamic light scattering measurements, while the morphology of particles was characterized by transmission electron microscopy. Coating of NPs with pADHA-b-pHEA results in the formation of individually coated NPs. The different composite particle morphologies are explained by different properties of pHEA and pNIPAM. It is demonstrated that the composite particles based on pADHA-b-pNIPAM are responsive to a magnetic field and can be recommended as magnetic stoppers in biorelated membrane separations. The incorporation of Pd species in submicrometer particles makes them promising candidates for catalytic applications as magnetically recoverable catalysts with a high magnetic response.     

二氢苯骈[c]菲啶类生物碱的制备及其抗乙肝病毒的活性

二氢苯骈[c]菲啶类生物碱是自然界中一类重要的生物活性成分,但含量很低.利用硼氢化还原方法,对博落回粗提物中的血根碱和白屈菜红碱混合物进行还原、分离,得到了二氢血根碱和二氢白屈菜红碱;并初步评价了其抗乙肝病毒活性.结果表明,利用硼氢化还原方法制备二氢苯骈[c]菲啶类生物碱的产率较高,还原产物具有一定的抗乙肝病毒活性.     

SOME GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF A NEW DIFFERENCE SEQUENCE SPACE INVOLVING LACUNARY SEQUENCES

In this paper, we define a new generalized difference sequence space involving lacunary sequence. Then, we examine k-NUC property and property （β） for this space and also show that it is not rotund where p = （pr） is a bounded sequence of positive real numbers with pr ≥ 1 for all r ∈ N.     

一种分析自由电子激光场的新量子方法

将固体理论中的LLP变换用于研究自由电子激光场的量了态,并求得了小信号增益,这种新方法简捷且有助于深入地探讨自由电子激光场的量子特性. 关键词：     

蛙峡核的视野区域对应投射和双眼反应

本文用玻璃微电极从黑斑蛙(Rana nigromaculata)左峡核细胞外记录了125个单位的视觉反应,并用钴染色法标记出101个电极尖端位置,以便重建峡核内的视野图。在所记录的单位中,80％对静止光点显示给光(ON)-撤光(OFF)反应,许多单位对通过其感受域的黑、白目标的运动有方向选择性。所有钴标记点都在核内,表明峡核本身是蛙视觉系统的一个局限部分。在峡核内有一个视野投射圈。整个对侧半视野和同侧半视野的鼻侧40°呈区域对应地投射到峡核上。核内的无细胞带是对侧半视野与同侧半视野的分界线,它的背侧是对侧视野代表区。上视野投射到核的嘴半部、尾半部的中央和内腹部分。下视野的代表在尾半部的背部和外侧部。在峡核里观察到15个双眼单位,其中13个主要被对侧眼兴奋,2个几乎同等地被两只单眼兴奋。标记成功的14个双眼单位主要位于峡核嘴半部的髓质内。     

Metalated diblock and triblock poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine) copolymers: understanding of micelle and bulk structure

The paper provides new insights into the structure of Pt-containing diblock and triblock copolymers based on poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP), using a combination of atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and anomalous small-angle X-ray scattering (ASAXS). Parallel studies using methods contributing supplemental structural information allowed us to comprehensively characterize sophisticated polymer systems during metalation and to exclude possible ambiguity of the data interpretation of each of the methods. AFM and TEM make available the determination of sizes of the micelles and of the Pt-containing micelle cores, respectively, while a combination of XRD, TEM, and ASAXS reveals Pt-nanoparticle size distributions and locations along with the structural information about the polymer matrix. In addition, for the first time, ASAXS revealed the organization of Pt-nanoparticle-filled diblock and triblock copolymers in the bulk. The nanoparticle characteristics are mainly determined by the type of block copolymer system in which they are found: larger particles (2.0-3.0 nm) are formed in triblock copolymer micelles, while smaller ones (1.5-2.5 nm) are found in diblock copolymer micelles. This can be explained by facilitated intermicellar exchange in triblock copolymer systems. For both systems, Pt nanoparticles have narrow particle size distributions as a result of a strong interaction between the nanoparticle surface and the P4VP units inside the micelle cores. The pH of the medium mainly influences the particle location rather than the particle size. A structural model of Pt-nanoparticle clustering in the diblock PEO-b-P4VP and triblock P4VP-b-PEO-b-P4VP copolymers in the bulk was constructed ab initio from the ASAXS data. This model reveals that nearly spherical micellar cores of about 10 nm in diameter (filled with Pt nanoparticles) aggregate forming slightly oblate hollow bodies with an outer diameter of about 40 nm.