H Nmr Spectra of Oligosaccharide Substituted Cyclodextrins

ABSTRACT

¹H NMR spectra of some oligosaccharide substituted cyclodextrins composed of only α-D-glucose units are analysed. Chemical shifts of protons of each glucosyl group of the chain were determined by experiments with the HOHAHA pulse technique. In spite of the similar kinds of protons, dispersion of chemical shifts is observed. The most dispersed proton is the anomeric proton, and the largest change in the chemical shifts is 0.5 ppm.     

Structural development of ultra‐high strength polyethylene fibers: Transformation from kebabs to shishs through hot‐drawing process of gel‐spun fibers

Structural development of ultra‐high strength polyethylene fibers via hot‐drawing processes of as‐spun gel fibers was investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy. It is found that the shish‐kebabs developed in both the as‐spun and drawn fibers can be transformed continuously into the micro‐fibril structure composed mostly of the shish structure through the hot‐drawing process. The structure transformation involves a drastic decrease in diameter of the kebab plus the shish but almost no change in the shish diameter. This result suggests that the chains in the kebabs are incorporated into the shishs and consumed to extend the longitudinal dimension of the shishs during the drawing process. The proposed new deformation model well explains the relationship between the fiber morphology and their mechanical properties: the tensile strength and modulus of the fibers can be determined by the number of the shish in the fiber and the macroscopic diameter of the fiber, which are apriori determined at the spinning process. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 48: 1861–1872, 2010     

EPMA line analysis of chemical states of chromium

A novel technique for determining the chemical states of elements with a heterogeneous distribution in samples involving EPMA line analysis is proposed. LLS (linear least squares) calculation was applied to a set of reduced spectra measured in the line analysis. The reduced spectra which have several energy points (including two points for backgrounds) were measured in order to save measuring time. The LLS calculation gives the mole fraction of each chemical state. We applied this method to the analysis of corrosion products formed on Cr-containing steel after corrosion tests. EPMA mapping revealed that Cr is enriched only in the inner layer of the corrosion products. From the results of the LLS calculation, it was determined that Cr in the corrosion products exists in the trivalent Cr state whereas in the steel Cr is in the metallic state. This result corresponds to the spectra of characteristic x-rays from the corroded steel. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Vertically Coupled Microring Resonator Filter : Versatile Building Block for VLSI Filter Circuits

In this review, the recent progress in the development of vertically coupled micro-ring resonator filters is summarized and the potential applications of the filters leading to the development of VLSI photonics are described.     

Excitonic properties of nanostructure semimagnetic semiconductors

Magneto-optical properties of semimagnetic semiconductors with nanometer-scale structures (nanostructures) are described. Superlattices of the CdTe/Cd_{1 − x}Mn_xTe and Cd_{1 − x}Mn_xTe/ZnTe systems and microcrystals of Cd_{1 − x}Mn_xSe were grown by epitaxy and sputtering methods. These semimagnetic semiconductor nanostructures show remarkably enhanced magneto-optical responses in the optical absorption, the luminescence and the dynamics of the confined excitons. The results are interpreted by the quantum-confined excitonic states interacting with the magnetic ion spins involved in the nanostructures.     

Assessment of fluoroalkyltin compounds as fluorous Lewis acid catalysts

The synthesis of a variety of organotin compounds with 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H‐perfluorooctyl groups is reported, together with an improved method for the corresponding distannoxane. Unique properties of this compound are disclosed in terms of fluorophilicity and activity as a Lewis acid catalyst in comparison with other mono‐nuclear derivatives. A new criterion for obtaining high solubility in fluorocarbon solvents is presented. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

High‐resolution solid‐state NMR study of the domain structure and molecular motion in drawn films of a vinylidene fluoride and trifluoroethylene copolymer with 73 mol % vinylidene fluoride

The heterogeneous higher order structure and molecular motion in a single crystalline film of a vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and trifluoroethylene (TrFE) copolymer with 73 mol % VDF was investigated with the ¹H–¹³C cross‐polarization/magic‐angle spinning NMR technique. A transient oscillation was observed in plots of the ¹³C peak intensity versus the contact time for the CH₂, CHF, and CF₂ groups. On the basis of the extended cross‐relaxation theory of spin diffusion, we determined that the oscillation behavior was caused by the TrFE‐rich segments in the chain and that the crystal consisted of VDF‐rich and TrFE‐rich domains. The former had TrFE‐rich segments in VDF and TrFE fractions of 0.24 and 0.27, respectively, and the latter had VDF‐rich segments in a VDF fraction of 0.49. The spin–lattice relaxation time T_1ρH in the rotating frame for each group was minimal in the three temperature regions of β, α_b, and α_c (↑) on heating and in the two temperature regions of α_1D and α_c (↓) on cooling. The α_c (↑) and α_c (↓) processes depended on the first‐order ferroelectric phase‐transition regions on heating and cooling, respectively. The motional modes for the other processes were confirmed by the T_1ρH minimum behavior of the VDF and TrFE groups in the TrFE‐rich domain and the VDF‐rich segments in the VDF‐rich domain. The β and α_b processes were attributed to the flip–flop motion of the TrFE‐rich segments and the competitive motion of the TrFE‐ and VDF‐rich segments in the ferroelectric phase, respectively. The α_1D process was due to the one‐dimensional diffusion motion of the conformational defects along the chain in the paraelectric phase, accompanied by the trans and gauche transformation of the VDF conformers of ttg⁺tg^? and g⁺tg^?tt. The effect of the competitive motion of the TrFE‐rich segment on the thermal stability of the VDF‐rich segment in the chain near the Curie temperature was examined. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 1026–1037, 2002     

Results of 0.5% cold-leg small-break LOCA experiments at ROSA-IV/LSTF: Effect of break orientation

Three 0.5% cold-leg small-break loss-of-coolant accident (SBLOCA) experiment were conducted at the ROSA-IV Large Scale Test Facility (LSTF) to investigate the effects of break orientation on system thermal-hydraulic responses. In these three experiments, the break hole was located at the side, bottom, and top of the horizontal cold leg, respectively. Although the key phenomena observed in the three experiments were basically the same, the break flow rate was affected by the break orientation when phase stratification occured in the cold leg; the break flow rate was largest for the side break and smallest for the top break. The RELAP5/MOD2 code failed to predict the difference in the break flow rate observed in the experiments. Modification to the break flow calculation models, for both subcooled and two-phase flow discharge conditions, resulted in good agreement between data and predictions.