Mesogen‐controlled ion channel of star‐shaped hard–soft block copolymers for solid‐state lithium‐ion battery

Novel star‐shaped hard–soft triblock copolymers, 4‐arm poly(styrene)‐block‐poly [poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ethyl methacrylate]‐block‐poly{x‐[(4‐cyano‐4′‐biphenyl) oxy] alkyl methacrylate} (4PS‐PPEGMA‐PMAxLC) (x = 3, 10), with different mesogen spacer length are prepared by atom‐transfer radical polymerization. The star copolymers comprised three different parts: a hard polystyrene (PS) core to ensure the good mechanical property of the solid‐state polymer, and a soft, mobile poly[poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ethyl methacrylate] (PPEGMA) middle sphere responsible for the high ionic conductivity of the solid polyelectrolytes, and a poly{x‐[(4‐cyano‐4′‐biphenyl)oxy]alkyl methacrylate} with a birefringent mesogens at the end of each arm to tuning the electrolytes morphology. The star‐shaped hard–soft block copolymers fusing hard PS core with soft PPEGMA segment can form a flexible and transparent film with dimensional stability. Thermal annealing from the liquid crystalline states allows the cyanobiphenyl mesogens to induce a good assembly of hard and soft blocks, consequently obtaining uniform nanoscale microphase separation morphology, and the longer spacer is more helpful than the shorter one. There the ionic conductivity has been improved greatly by the orderly continuous channel for efficient ion transportation, especially at the elevated temperature. The copolymer 4PS‐PPEGMA‐PMA10LC shows ionic conductivity value of 1.3 × 10^?4 S cm^?1 (25 °C) after annealed from liquid crystal state, which is higher than that of 4PS‐PPEGMA electrolyte without mesogen groups. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2013, 51, 4341–4350     

A duality theory for some non-convex functions of matrices

Abstract We study a special class of non-convex functions which appear in nonlinear elasticity, and we prove that they have a well-defined Legendre transform. Several examples are given, and an application to a nonlinear eigenvalue problem. Keywords: Duality, Legendre transform, Nonlinear elasticity Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 05C38, 15A15, 05A15, 15A18     

TiO2修饰的镍基光电极的制备及光电化学性能

通过溶胶 凝胶法，直接在导电的金属镍基上制备多孔TiO2纳米薄膜，利用STM观察电极的表面形貌，所制TiO2粒径约为20～80 nm，随着烧结温度的升高，TiO2纳米薄膜表面孔的数量增多、孔径增大.用循环伏安法分析了电极的光电化学性能，结果表明，电极的光电响应随烧结温度的升高和薄膜厚度的增加而增大.     

Characterization of a diferrous terminal hydride mechanistically relevant to the Fe-only hydrogenases

Reduction of diferrous dithiolato complexes with hydride donor reagents affords the first example of the previously elusive terminal diferrous hydride, [Fe2(edt)(mu-CO)(H)(CO)(PMe3)4]PF6 (edt = S2C2H4). Crystallographic characterization shows that this model contains an asymmetrical semi-bridging CO trans to a terminal hydrido, as indicated in the Hred state in the D. desulfuricans enzyme. The model reacts with protons to yield H2 and rearranges via an intramolecular process to the isomeric mu-hydrido isomer, which is unreactive toward protons.     

热致液晶高分子微纤的形貌特征和一个模量分析的方法

热致液晶高分子微纤的形貌特征和一个模量分析的方法益小苏，沈烈（浙江大学高分子科学与工程学系，杭州，３１００２７）关键词热致液晶高分子，原位复合，弹性模量，注塑由于主链型热致液晶高分子（ＬＣＰ）的高模量、高强度、易取向、低粘度等特性，当将这种高分子以较...