Synthesis and characterization of the n-butyl palmitate as an organic phase change material

In this research, the n-butyl palmitate was synthesized using the esterification reaction of the PA with n-butanol. The ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance and Fourier transform infrared illustrated that the hydroxyl group and carboxyl group disappeared, and the ester bond appeared after the reaction, explaining that n-butyl palmitate was successfully fabricated. The differential scanning calorimetry indicated that the phase-transition temperature and latent heat are 12.6 °C and 127.1 J g^?1, which was suited to use in low-temperature fields such as food, pharmaceutical, and biomedical. The thermogravimetric analysis suggested that it had great thermal stability during the phase change process. In addition, the thermal conductivity of the n-butyl palmitate was slightly higher than other fatty acid ester, and the 500 thermal cycles test results indicated that it had excellent thermal reliability. Therefore, the n-butyl palmitate is deduced to share great thermal energy storage ability in terms of latent heat thermal energy system applications.

     

2D NMR Studies on the Structure of Urushiol of Chinese Lacquer

The urushiol diacetate was successfully separated by centrifugal rotation TLC on the silica gel coated with silver nitrate.The structure and configuration of key component of.urushiol (64.6%) were determined successfully by using 1H and 13C conventional method,DEPT technique,homo- and heteronuclear chemical shift correlation 2D-NMR,2D-J NMR,hftteronuclear relayed coherencetransfer 2D-NMR,and relaxation time T1 investigation.The as-signment of resonances for 1H and C were confirmed.There is plentyof evidence which shows that the key component of urushiol is3-(8'Z,11'E,13'Z-pentadecatrienyl)catechol.The results show that RELAY 2D-NMR new technique can be successfully applied to determining the structure of complicated unknown compounds.     

S-烷基-O-(邻烷氧基羰基苯基)-硫(赶)代磷酰胺的NMR研究

本工作记录了六种通式为H₂N RS P=O-O-COOR'(R=Me,Et,i-Pr,n-Pr;R'=Me,Et,i-Pr)的有机磷农药的¹H、¹³C、³¹P NMR谱及¹³C,¹H异核化学位移相关谱。确定了各¹H、¹³C、³¹P的化学位移值和¹H-¹H、³¹P-¹H、³¹P-¹³C的偶合常数。讨论了核磁参数与分子结构和运动以及³¹P化学位移与生物活性之间的关系。     

六方稀土氧化物水化和碳酸化产物的振动光谱研究

六方稀土氧化物在空气中极易水化和碳酸化。测定并讨论了光谱纯粉晶ＲＥ２Ｏ３（ＲＥ＝ Ｌａ ,Ｐｒ,Ｎｄ） 样品的Ｒａｍａｎ 光谱、红外光谱及粉晶Ｘ 射线衍射谱。结果表明, 其水化产物为ＲＥ（ＯＨ）３ , 碳酸化产物主要为六方双氧单碳酸盐ＲＥ２Ｏ３ＣＯ３ 以及少量的单氧双碳酸盐ＲＥ２Ｏ（ＣＯ３）２ 和四方ＲＥ２Ｏ２ＣＯ３ 。     

Cluster oscillatory synchronization of networked Lagrangian systems with the distributed adaptive observers

This paper investigates cluster synchronization problem for uncertain networked Lagrangian systems with nonidentical oscillatory leaders. Firstly, in the case of positive couplings and in the case of positive and negative couplings, we propose two different distributed adaptive observers. Based on these adaptive observers, two adaptive controllers are developed. Then, some cluster synchronization criteria are given to ensure that the desired cluster synchronization scheme can be arrived. Due to introduction of these two adaptive observers, it is no longer necessary for each follower to obtain the frequency information of the corresponding leader system. Finally, the performance and effective of the provided controllers are verified by some numerical examples.     

Dipyrrin-based Complexes for Solution-processed Organic Solar Cells

Three dipyrrin-containing metal complexes and a boron dipyrromethene(BODIPY)-containing complex were designed and synthesized. The photophysical properties, electrochemical behaviours and photovoltaic performance were extensively investigated. Density functional theory calculations were also performed on those complexes. These complexes, together with electron-acceptor [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester, were utilized for the fabrication of solution-processed bulk heterojunction solar cells as the electron-donor materials. The more efficient electron acceptor BODIPY segment renders a lower energy gap and a relatively better photovoltaic conversion efficiency of 0.58%. These results prove that BODIPY segment has a great potential for constructing efficient organic solar cell materials.     

Electroactive films of heme protein-coated multiwalled carbon nanotubes

A novel method for fabricating protein-MWNT films on pyrolytic graphite (PG) electrodes was described. Positively charged hemoglobin (Hb) or myoglobin (Mb) in buffers at pH 5.5 or 5.0 was first adsorbed on the surface of acid-pretreated, negatively charged multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) mainly by electrostatic interaction, forming a core-shell structure. The aqueous dispersion of protein-coated MWNTs was then cast on PG electrodes, forming protein-MWNT films after evaporation of solvent. The protein-MWNT films exhibited a pair of well-defined, quasi-reversible cyclic voltammetric peaks, characteristic of heme Fe(III)/Fe(II) redox couples. The protein films were characterized by voltammetry, UV-vis spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). This approach for assembly of protein-MWNT films showed higher surface concentration of electroactive proteins than the simple cast method, and the amount of proteins in the films could be controlled more precisely compared with the dipping method. Furthermore, the film assembly using this method was more stable than that using simple cast method. The proteins in MWNT films retained their near-native structure, and electrochemically catalyzed reduction of oxygen and hydrogen peroxide, suggesting the potential applicability of the films as the new type of biosensors or bioreactors based on direct electrochemistry of enzymes.     

Automatic dispersion,long-term stability of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in high concentration electrolytes

Nanoparticles have been known as the useful materials in working fluids for petroleum industry. But the stabilization of nano-scaled materials in water-based working fluids at high salinities is still a big challenge. In this study, we successfully prepared the anionic polymer/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) composites by covalently wrapping of MWNTs with poly (sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) to improve the stability of MWNTs in high concentration electrolytes. The PSS/MWNTs composites can automatically disperse in salinity up to 15 wt% NaCl and API brines (8 wt% NaCl?+?2 wt% CaCl₂). Hydrodynamic diameters of composites were measured as a function of ionic strength and API brines by dynamic light scattering (DLS). By varying the concentration of brines, hydrodynamic diameter of PSS/MWNTs composites in brines fluctuated between 545?±?110 nm for 14 days and 673?±?171 nm for 30 days. Above results showed that PSS/MWNTs could be well stable in high salts solutions for a long period of time. After wrapped with PSS, the diameters of nanotubes changed from 30?~?40 to ~?430 nm, the thickness of wrapped polymer is about ~?400 nm by analysis of morphologies. The zeta potentials of PSS/MWNTs composites in various salinity of brines kept at approximately ??41?~???52 mV. Therefore, the well dispersion of PSS/MWNTs in high salinity is due to large negative charges of poly (sodium 4-styrenesulfonate), which provide enough electrostatic repulsion and steric repulsion to hinder compression of electric double layer caused by high concentration electrolytes.