A high selective ion‐imprinted polymer grafted on a novel nanoporous material for efficient gold extraction

In this work, for the first time, an ion‐imprinted polymer was developed for selective extraction and determination of gold ions. To increase the sorbent efficiency, this polymer was coated on a novel nanoporous carbon‐based material, carbohydrate‐derived Max‐Planck Gesellschaft 1, which is also the first example of grafting imprinted polymer on nanoporous‐carbon material. These particles were applied successfully for preconcentration of ultratrace amount of gold ions, following determination by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Some effective factors on the efficiency of gold ions extraction, such as concentration and volume of eluent, sample and eluent flow rates, and also effect of interfering ions especially palladium and platinum ions, were investigated. The LOD was determined to be 0.27 ng/mL. Furthermore, the precision of the method was calculated to be 2.14% under optimal conditions with recovery more than 97.3%. The technique was also used to determine the concentration of gold ions in mine stone samples with satisfactory results. The accuracy of this method was investigated by determination of gold ions concentrations in several reference materials with certified gold content.     

Synthesis of Flexible Elastomeric Polyurethane Films with High Elasticity and Evaluation of Their Structural Permanency

Flexible elastomeric polyurethane (EPU) films were synthesized by ultraviolet (UV) curing of thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) through the reaction among poly (oxytetramethylene) diol (PTMO), isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), cis-2-butene-1,4-diol (cis-BDO), and 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate (HDDA). In order to improve elasticity and structural permanency in the synthesized TPUs, cross-linking reaction involving unsaturated groups of chain extender (cis-BDO) and reactive diluent (HDDA) using 27 and 41 seconds of UV radiation is introduced. Investigation of structure and mechanical properties was performed using FTIR, GPC, and tensile tests. Stress-strain behavior showed that Young's moduli of EPUs were in the range of 0.2 to 0.4 MPa, which is evidence for high flexibility. Three times of repeated loading on one sample up to 100% strain with 10 min intervals for its recovery showed that considerable structural change didn't occur under these conditions and all observed permanent sets vanished within a time not exceeding 10 min.     

Parasupersymmetry of Non-Linear and Isotropic Oscillator on Constant Curvature

In this paper we discuss the one-dimensional non-linear harmonic oscillator and isotropic oscillator in positive curvature. We will see that in the special case two different oscillator have a same behavior. Finally, by using the parasupersymmetry algebra we obtain the partner potential and superpotential. These superpotential lead us to obtain the corresponding superchares.     

Study the Role of R2 Term in Cosmological AdS-like Space by AdS/CFT Correspondence

International Journal of Theoretical Physics - It has been shown that AdS/CFT correspondence may be realized between some AdS-like cosmological space and CFT living on the boundary. By extending...     

Near-pole polar diagram of objects and duality

The polar diagram of a set of points in a plane and its extracted dual EDPD were recently introduced for static and dynamic cases. In this paper, the near-pole polar diagram NPPD for a set of points is presented. This new diagram can be considered as a generalization of the polar diagram and has applications in several communication systems and robotics problems. After reviewing the NPPD of points, we solve the problem for a set of line segments and simple polygons in optimal time Θ(n log n), where n is the number of line segments or polygon vertices. We introduce duality for the NPPD of points and identify some applications.     

DC electrorheological response of polyethylene/organically modified layered silicate nanocomposites

The present work reports the electrorheological (ER) response of high‐density polyethylene (HDPE)/organically modified silicate layers nanocomposites based on four commercially available HDPE matrices. Two single‐site catalyzed bimodal resins, one single‐site catalyzed unimodal resin and one Ziegler–Natta catalyzed unimodal resin are studied. It is revealed that the distinct separation of the two modes of the bimodal HDPE resins significantly enhances the ER response. It is proposed that the slower structural relaxation modes introduced by higher molecular weight species in the bimodal HDPE matrices enhance the ER response of the nanocomposites. This is ascribed to the longer induction time for leaking current density, which is an indicator of mobility and release of immobilized cationic surfactants at the silicate layers surface induced by field exposure. It is found that the screening effect of prematurely released cationic surfactants leads to a weaker ER response in nanocomposites whose matrices have faster relaxation modes. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2017 , 55, 1298–1309     

Application of trans-[ZrO(curcumin)2(H2O)]·H2O in coloration of cotton fibers

Research on Chemical Intermediates - A novel six-coordinate complex of Zr(IV) with curcumin ligand was synthesized and characterized by thermogravimetric analysis, elemental analysis and...     

Preparation and validation of [67Ga]Ga-phytate kit and Monte Carlo dosimetry: an effort toward developing an impressive lymphoscintigraphy tracer

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - Radiocolloides are essential for the detection of metastatic lymph nodes in breast cancer. In this study [67Ga]Ga-phytate, as an long-lived...