Morphology,structure, and properties of in situ compatibilized linear low‐density polyethylene/polystyrene and linear low‐density polyethylene/high‐impact polystyrene blends

Blends of linear low‐density polyethylene (LLDPE) with polystyrene (PS) and blends of LLDPE with high‐impact polystyrene (HIPS) were prepared through a reactive extrusion method. For increased compatibility of the two blending components, a Lewis acid catalyst, aluminum chloride (AlCl₃), was adopted to initiate the Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction between the blending components. Spectra data from Raman spectra of the LLDPE/PS/AlCl₃ blends extracted with tetrahydrofuran verified that LLDPE segments were grafted to the para position of the benzene rings of PS, and this confirmed the graft structure of the Friedel–Crafts reaction between the polyolefin and PS. Because the in situ generated LLDPE‐g‐PS and LLDPE‐g‐HIPS copolymers acted as compatibilizers in the relative blending systems, the mechanical properties of the LLDPE/PS and LLDPE/HIPS blending systems were greatly improved. For example, after compatibilization, the Izod impact strength of an LLDPE/PS blend (80/20 w/w) was increased from 88.5 to 401.6 J/m, and its elongation at break increased from 370 to 790%. For an LLDPE/HIPS (60/40 w/w) blend, its Charpy impact strength was increased from 284.2 to 495.8 kJ/m². Scanning electron microscopy micrographs showed that the size of the domains decreased from 4–5 to less than 1 μm, depending on the content of added AlCl₃. The crystallization behavior of the LLDPE/PS blend was investigated with differential scanning calorimetry. Fractionated crystallization phenomena were noticed because of the reduction in the size of the LLDPE droplets. The melt‐flow rate of the blending system depended on the competition of the grafting reaction of LLDPE with PS and the degradation of the blending components. The degradation of PS only happened during the alkylation reaction between LLDPE and PS. Gel permeation chromatography showed that the alkylation reaction increased the molecular weight of the blend polymer. The low molecular weight part disappeared with reactive blending. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 41: 1837–1849, 2003     

担载液相催化剂的研究——Ⅴ. 担载液相催化剂的EXAFS表征

本文利用EXAFS(Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure)对铑基担载液相催化剂(Supported Liquid Phase Catalyst SLPC)进行了结构表征。采用球面波理论对SLPC的EXAFS结果进行了多参数拟合。结果表明,在新鲜催化剂上,铑络合物以二聚物形式存在,推测其结构为(PPh_3)_2(CO)Rh-Rah(CO)(PPh_3)_2,Rh-C-O偏离共线分布。在经过羰化反应活化的活性SLPC上,铑络合物为单核的HRh(CO)_2(PPh_3)或Rh(CO)_2(PPh_32)_3。文中还讨论了SLPC的XRD谱。     

Structural properties of Markov chains with weak and strong interactions

Markov chains have been frequently used to characterize uncertainty in many real-world problems. Quite often, these Markov chains can be decomposed into a vector consisting of fast and slow components; these components are coupled through weak and strong interactions. The main goal of this work is to study the structural properties of such Markov chains. Under mild conditions, it is proved that the underlying Markov chain can be approximated in the weak topology of L² by an aggregated process. Moreover, the aggregated process is shown to converge in distribution to a Markov chain as the rate of fast transitions tends to infinity. Under an additional Lipschitz condition, error bounds of the approximation sequences are obtained.     

Six New Triterpene Saponins with a 21,23‐Lactone Skeleton from Gynostemma pentaphyllum

The six new triterpene saponins 1 – 6 with a 21,23‐lactone skeleton were isolated from the MeOH extract of the aerial parts of Gynostemma pentaphyllum. Their structures were elucidated by 1D‐ and 2D‐NMR‐spectra interpretation as well as by chemical degradation.     

Stochastic Optimization Algorithms for Pricing American Put Options Under Regime-Switching Models

This work provides a Markov-modulated stochastic approximation based approach for pricing American put options under a regime-switching geometric Brownian motion market model. The solutions of pricing American options may be characterized by certain threshold values. Here, a class of Markov-modulated stochastic approximation (SA) algorithms is developed to determine the optimal threshold levels. For option pricing in a finite horizon, a SA procedure is carried out for a fixed time T. As T varies, the optimal threshold values obtained via SA trace out a curve, called the threshold frontier. Numerical experiments are reported to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach. Our approach provides us with a viable computational tool and has advantage in terms of the reduced computational complexity compared with the variational or quasivariational inequality methods for optimal stopping.Communicated by C. T. LeondesThis research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant DMS-0304928, and in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 60574069.     

拟线性滞后型微分方程正解的存在性

本文研究了下面这种拟线性滞后型微分方程(g(u′)′+a(t) f (ut) =0 ,　　 0 1 ,满足非线性边界条件 .并且通过应用锥不动定理与阿尔采拉 -阿斯卡里定理 ,证明了上述方程至少存在一个正解 .     

Free energy and some sample path properties of a random walk with random potential

We study the asymptotic behavior of the free energy for a model (defined by Sinai) of one-dimensional random walk with random potential. In particular, we obtain a central limit theorem and a strong law of large numbers for this free energy. We use some results on the free energy to study some sample path properties of this random walk which are related respectively to its recurrence and localization. Some exponents describing the recurrence and localization are found.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Novel 3D Magnesium(II) Coordination Polymer Constructed by Flexible Benzene-1,4-dioxyacetate

1 INTRODUCTION The coordination chemistry of the alkaline-earth metals has remained a largely underdeveloped area[1, 2]to date. Also calcium(II) and magnesium(II) ions are the essentially biological elements and play an im- portant role in DNA and protein syntheses. Although the transition metal carboxylates have been widely in- vestigated[3, 4], the reports on magnesium complexes with carboxylate ligands are very rare[5]. The flexible phenylenedioxydiacetic acids (BDOAH2), especial…     

一种新颖的表面空心微光阱阵列

提出了采用四台阶相位光栅与微透镜阵列组合产生一种新颖的表面空心微光阱阵列的方案，研究了表面空心微光阱阵列的光强分布，计算了相应的光学囚禁势，并讨论了该微光阱阵列在原子分子光学中的潜在应用.研究表明当用1W的YAG激光照射时，在1cm²面积上可产生近10⁴个空心光阱，每个光阱具有较小的囚禁体积和较大的有效光强及其强度梯度，对⁸⁵Rb原子的光学囚禁势可达190μK.如此深的光阱足以囚禁冷原子或冷分子，并可用于实现全光型原子或分子玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚，甚至制备新颖的光学晶格等. 关键词： 空心光阱 冷原子或冷分子 光学晶格