Preparation and properties of thermo-sensitive organic/inorganic hybrid microgels

By utilizing the hydrolysis and condensation of the methoxysilyl groups, thermo-sensitive organic/inorganic hybrid poly[ N-isopropylacrylamide- co-3-(trimethoxysilyl)propylmethacrylate] [P(NIPAm- co-TMSPMA)] microgels were successfully prepared via two different methods without addition of any surfactant. First, the microgels were obtained by a two-step method; that is, the linear copolymer P(NIPAm- co-TMSPMA) was first synthesized by free radical copolymerization, and the aqueous solution of the copolymer was then heated above its low critical solution temperature (LCST) to give colloid particles, which were subsequently cross-linked via the hydrolysis and condensation of the methoxysilyl groups to form the microgels. Second, the microgels were also prepared via conventional surfactant-free emulsion polymerization (SFEP) of the monomers NIPAm and TMSPMA. TMSPMA can act as the cross-linkable monomer. No surfactant was involved in the preparation of the hybrid microgels. The obtained microgels were rather spherical and exhibited reversible thermo-sensitive behavior. The size, morphology, swellability, and phase transition behavior of the microgels were dependent on the initial copolymer or monomer concentration, preparation temperature, and the content of TMSPMA. The size of microgels obtained by SFEP was found to be more uniform than that by the two-step method. The hybrid microgels obtained by these two methods had more homogeneous microstructures than those prepared via conventional emulsion polymerization with chemical cross-linker N, N'-methylene-bisacrylamide.     

氟化电热蒸发／ICP—AES直接测定SiO2中痕量Fe

对氟化电热蒸发（ＦＥＴＶ）／ＩＣＰ－ＡＥＳ技术中元素的氟化蒸发行为，基体效应和粒度效应进行了考察，确定了杂质（Ｆｅ）与基体（Ｓｉ）分离的最佳实验条件，本法用于ＳｉＯ２中痕量Ｆｅ的直接测定，有灵敏，简便，试样消耗少和不需化学处理等优点。     

Separation of flavonoids from the seeds of Vernonia anthelmintica Willd by high-speed counter-current chromatography

Several flavonoids including 2',3,4,4'-tetrahydroxychalcone, 5,6,7,4'-tetrahydroxyflavone and butin, were separated from the seeds of Vernonia anthelmintica Willd by high-speed counter-current chromatography using a two-step operation. Two different types of solvent systems were used: chloroform-dichloromethane-methanol-water (2:2:3:2, v/v) and 1,2 dichloroethane-methanol-acetonitrile-water (4:1.1:0.25:2, v/v). From 1 kg of seeds of Vernonia anthelmintica Willd the method yielded about 45 mg of 2',3,4,4'-tetrahydroxychalcone, 40mg of 5,6,7,4'-tetrahydroxyflavone, and 55 mg of butin. Each isolated component showed 95-97% purity as determined by high-performance liquid chromatography analysis. These purified compounds were characterized by MS and NMR.     

Al2O3纳米粉的湿化学法制备及其形貌控制工艺

以Al2(SO4)3·18H2O和NH3·H2O为原料,采用湿化学沉淀法制备了γ-Al2O3纳米粉,探讨了制备条件和后处理工艺对粉体形貌、粒径分布和团聚状况的影响.结果表明:Al3+浓度为0.8 mol·L-1,氨水pH值为12.0时,可获得粒径为10 nm左右的γ-Al2O3纳米粉;聚乙二醇2000可以促使粉体的粒径分布均匀化和抑制颗粒间团聚体的形成;以正丁醇和正己醇的混合溶剂进行异相共沸蒸馏能有效脱除水份和减小干燥过程中的毛细管力,从而获得疏松的前驱体,经900 ℃煅烧后即得到粒径分布较窄、基本无硬团聚的γ-Al2O3纳米粉.     

Analytic study on angular fields of HRR solution

By using the constructing function method, a systematic and strict analysis is carried out on the angular distribution field near a crack tip in a power-law hardening material and the analytic solution is provided for HRR problem. In addition, the equivalence of H equation and RR equation is proved. The present analytic solutions for HRR problem can reduce to (he well-known Williams solution in the limit case ofN→1 (orn→1) and Prandtl solution in the limit case ofN→0 (orn→∞). It is particularly interesting that from the deformation theory of plasticity one obtains the Prandtl solution based on the increatment theory of plasticity. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 19132022).     

On the extended KdV equation with self-consistent sources

The positive extended KdV equation with self-consistent sources (eKdV⁺ ESCSs) is firstly presented and its related linear auxiliary equation is derived. The generalized binary Darboux transformation (DT) is applied to construct some new solutions of the eKdV⁺ ESCSs such as N-soliton solution, N-double pole solution and nonsingular N-positon solution. The properties of these solutions are analyzed. Moreover, the interaction of two solitons is discussed in detail.     

Three-dimensional elliptic crack under impact loading

The dynamic stress intensity factor of a three-dimensional elliptic crack under impact loading is determined with the finite element method. The computation results can take into account the influence of time and the ratio of the wave speeds on the stress intensity factor. The present method is suitable not only for three-dimensional dynamic crack, but also for three-dimensional dynamic contact. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. K19672007).     

沸石分子筛的生成机理与晶体生长(Ⅺ)——T型沸石的晶体生长

本文提出描述圆柱形T型沸石的晶体生长动力学模型,与实验结果吻合良好。     

Direct determination of trace copper and chromium in silicon nitride by fluorinating electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry with the slurry sampling technique

A method has been developed for the determination of trace impurities in silicon nitride (Si₃N₄) powders by fluorination assisted electrothermal vaporization (ETV) /ICP-AES using the slurry sampling technique. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) emulsion as a fluorinating reagent not only effectively destroys the skeleton of Si₃N₄, but also carries out selective volatilization between the impurity elements (Cu, Cr) and the matrix (Si). The experimental parameters influencing fluorination reactions were optimized. The detection limits for Cu and Cr are 1.05 ng/mL ( Cu) and 1.58 ng/mL (Cr), the RSDs are in the range of 1.9–4.2%. The proposed method has been applied to the determination of Cu and Cr in Si₃N₄ ceramic powders. The analytical results were compared with those obtained by independent methods. Received: 8 December 1998 / Revised: 1 February 1999 / Accepted: 3 February 1999     

SEMI-ELLIPTIC SURFACE CRACK IN AN ELASTIC SOLID WITH FINITE SIZE UNDER IMPACT LOADING

In this paper a semi-elliptic surface crack problem in an elastic solid of finite size under impact loading is investigated. An analysis is performed by means of fracture dynamics and the finite element method, and a three-dimensional finite element program is developed to compute the dynamic stress intensity factor. The results reveal that the effects of the solid's boundary surface, crack surface, material inertia and stress wave interactions play significant roles in dynamic fracture.