Coexistence of two kinds of fluorinated hydrogenated micelles as building blocks for the design of bimodal mesoporous silica with two ordered mesopore networks

A simple and effective route has been developed for the synthesis of bimodal (3.6 and 9.4 nm) mesoporous silica materials that have two ordered interconnected pore networks. Mesostructures have been prepared through the self-assembly mechanism by using a mixture of polyoxyethylene fluoroalkyl ether and triblock copolymer as building blocks. The investigation of the R(F)(8)(EO)(9)/P123/water phase diagram shows that in the considered surfactant range of concentrations the system is micellar (L(1)). DLS measurements indicate that this micellar phase is composed of two types of micelles; the size of the first one at around 7.6 nm corresponds unambiguously to the pure fluorinated micelles. The second type of micelles at higher diameter consists of fluorinated micelles that have accommodated a weak fraction of P123 molecules. Thus, in this study the bimodal mesoporous silica is really templated by two kinds of micelles.     

Native red electrophoresis--a new method suitable for separation of native proteins

A new type of native electrophoresis was developed to separate and characterize proteins. In this modification of the native blue electrophoresis, the dye Ponceau Red S is used instead of Coomassie Brilliant Blue to impose uniform negative charge on proteins to enable their electrophoretic separation according to their relative molecular masses. As Ponceau Red S binds less tightly to proteins, in comparison with Coomassie Blue, it can be easily removed after the electrophoretic separation and a further investigation of protein properties is made possible (e.g. an enzyme detection or electroblotting). The tested proteins also kept their native properties (enzyme activity or aggregation state).     

Preparation and Unimolecular-Micellization Behavior of Homopolymer of Surface-Active Monomer AMC14AB

采用水溶液均聚合方法,制备了阳离子型表面活性单体(2-丙烯酰胺基)乙基十四烷基二甲基溴化铵(AMC14AB)的均聚物,使用荧光探针法、表面张力测定及电导测定法,重点考察了均聚物P(AMC14AB)在水溶液中的胶束化行为与表面吸附现象. 在水溶液中,均聚物P(AMC14AB)呈现单分子链胶束的聚集形态,具有零临界胶束浓度,从开始加入P(AMC14AB)起,水溶液中随即产生单分子链胶束,不存在Krafft温度. P(AMC14AB)在溶液表面也发生表面吸附,使水的表面张力下降,即P(AMC14AB)也具有表面活性;随着浓度增大,表面吸附量增大,水的表面张力持续下降;当表面吸附达饱和时,表面张力～浓度曲线上出现突变点,该点定义为饱和的表面吸附浓度,而不应该再称为临界胶束浓度. P(AMC14AB)单分子链胶束溶液对疏水有机物(甲苯)的增溶情况,明显不同于普通小分子表面活性剂十六烷基溴化铵(CTAB)的多分子胶束溶液,甲苯增溶量～P(AMC14AB)浓度的关系曲线上无突变点,而且对甲苯的增溶能力高于CTAB的多分子胶束溶液.     

Structural phase transition,strength,and texture in vanadium at high pressure under nonhydrostatic compression

The structural phase transition, strength, and texture of vanadium have been studied under nonhydrostatic compression up to 70 GPa using an angle-dispersive radial x-ray diffraction technique in a 2-fold paranomic diamond anvil cell and up to 38 GPa using an angle-dispersive x-ray diffraction technique in a modified Mao–Bell diamond anvil cell at room temperature. We have confirmed a phase transition from body-centered cubic structure to rhombohedral structure at 27–32 GPa under nonhydrostatic compression. The radial x-ray diffraction data yields a bulk modulus K_0= 141(5) GPa and its pressure derivative K_0′= 5.4(7) for the bcc phase and K_0= 154(13) GPa with K_0′= 3.8(3) for the rhombohedral phase at ψ = 54.7°. The nonhydrostatic x-ray diffraction data of both bcc and rhombohedral phases yields a bulk modulus K_0= 188(5) GPa with K_0′= 2.1(3). Combined with the independent constraints on the high-pressure shear modulus, it is found that the vanadium sample can support a differential stress of ～1.6 GPa when it starts to yield with plastic deformation at ～36 GPa. A maximum differential stress as high as ～ 1.7 GPa can be supported by vanadium at the pressure of ～ 47 GPa.In addition, we have investigated the texture up to 70 GPa using the software package MAUD. It is convinced that the bodycentered cubic to rhombohedral phase transition and plastic deformation due to stress under high pressures are responsible for the development of texture.