Fabrication of thermo-responsive polymer nanocomposites for smart window applications

Abstract

Thermo-responsive polymers have attracted much attention in recent years because they can provide a variety of applications for smart devices, but the lack of sufficient mechanical properties and late response rate of the polymers limit their applications. In the current work, we fabricated polymer nanocomposites made from poly(vinyl methyl ether) and nanofillers with photothermal conversion property such as graphene oxide, antimony tin oxide nanoparticles, and silver nanoplates. The prepared nanocomposites showed rapidly reversible and reliable transparent-opaque transitions during the repeated heating and cooling processes, suggesting that they can be applied to smart window applications.     

Anti-Hair Loss Effect of Adenosine Is Exerted by cAMP Mediated Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway Stimulation via Modulation of Gsk3β Activity in Cultured Human Dermal Papilla Cells

In the present study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms of adenosine for its hair growth promoting effect. Adenosine stimulated the Wnt/β-catenin pathway by modulating the activity of Gsk3β in cultured human dermal papilla cells. It also activated adenosine receptor signaling, increasing intracellular cAMP level, and subsequently stimulating the cAMP mediated cellular energy metabolism. The phosphorylation of CREB, mTOR, and GSK3β was increased. Furthermore, the expression of β-catenin target genes such as Axin2, Lef1, and growth factors (bFGF, FGF7, IGF-1) was also enhanced. The inhibitor study data conducted in Wnt reporter cells and in cultured human dermal papilla cells demonstrated that adenosine stimulates Wnt/β-catenin signaling through the activation of the adenosine receptor and Gsk3β plays a critical role in transmitting the signals from the adenosine receptor to β-catenin, possibly via the Gαs/cAMP/PKA/mTOR signaling cascade.     

松香基功能高分子吸附分离盐酸小檗碱研究

探索了聚马来松香己二醇酯(PMHE 树脂)和马来松香乙二醇丙烯酯-丙烯酸共聚物poly(MGAE-AA)对盐酸小檗碱的分离提纯.实验结果表明,马来松香乙二醇丙烯酯-丙烯酸共聚物吸附分离盐酸小檗碱的效果较好,最佳条件是T=80℃,pH=6.00,振荡频率为150r/min;静态吸附量为62.47mg/g,动态吸附量为3.54mg/g.使用马来松香乙二醇丙烯酯-丙烯酸共聚物吸附盐酸小檗碱,初产品中盐酸小檗碱固含量由37.53%上升到68.91%;聚马来松香己二醇酯对盐酸小檗碱的静态吸附量为8.59mg/g,动态吸附量为0.68mg/g.     

三硝基苯-对位取代苯酚负离子荷移复合物从头算研究

运用G94W量子化学程序,在HF/3-21G基组水平上对三硝基苯-对位取代苯酚(取代基:CH~3O-,CH~3-,Cl-)负离子的电荷转移复合物进行从头计算。把电荷转移复合物看成一个超分子,研究该系列复合物的稳定性、电荷转移及几何构型等规律。计算结果表明,苯酚负离子供电中心O沿一倾角指向三硝基苯中的任意相邻两个硝基之间的C位置上,复合物的稳定性按对位取代苯酚取代基CH~3O-,CH~3-,Cl-的次序减小,与实验规律相一致。计算结果还表明,形成该系列复合物具有明显的电荷转移,其稳定性与电荷转移量有关等。     

含氮杂环类润滑油添加剂CoMFA-QSTR及CoMSIA-QSTR抗磨损性能模型的构建

依据摩擦学定量构效关系理论(QSTR),采用比较分子力场分析(CoMFA)和比较分子相似性指数分析(CoMSIA)这两种方法研究了含氮杂环类润滑油添加剂的抗磨损性能的摩擦学三维定量构效关系(3D-QSTR),并建立了相应的3D-QSTR模型.结果表明:仅利用静电场构建CoMFA或CoMSIA模型时,模型预测能力最好,r~2,q~2均大于0.5.根据CoMFA或CoMSIA模型等高线图分析得出:分子静电场对含氮杂环类润滑油添加剂的抗磨损性能影响最大,在特定区域的引入带负电荷或带正电荷的基团将有助于抗磨性能的提高.     

基于拓扑描述函数的连续体结构拓扑优化方法

提出了一种利用拓扑描述函数(TDF)作为拓扑设计变量求解连续体结构拓扑优化问题 的新方法. 优化问题的目标函数是结构的整体柔顺性，约束条件为对于可利用材料的体积限 制. 这种方法不仅可以消除拓扑优化中经常出现的棋盘格式等数值不稳定现象，而且能够有 效地抑制传统算法处理此类优化问题时所引发的边界扩散效应. 与其它的基于水平集描述函 数的拓扑优化方法相比，所提出的算法不仅无需求解控制水平集函数演化的双曲守恒方 程，而且合理地考虑了目标函数的拓扑导数信息，因而使得算法的计算效率有了显著的提高.     

The Rapid Non-Destructive Detection of Adulteration and Its Degree of Tieguanyin by Fluorescence Hyperspectral Technology

Tieguanyin is one of the top ten most popular teas and the representative of oolong tea in China. In this study, a rapid and non-destructive method is developed to detect adulterated tea and its degree. Benshan is used as the adulterated tea, which is about 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% of the total weight of tea samples, mixed with Tieguanyin. Taking the fluorescence spectra from 475 to 1000 nm, we then established the 2-and 6-class discriminant models. The 2-class discriminant models had the best evaluation index when using SG-CARS-SVM, which can reach a 100.00% overall accuracy, 100.00% specificity, 100% sensitivity, and the least time was 1.2088 s, which can accurately identify pure and adulterated tea; among the 6-class discriminant models (0% (pure Tieguanyin), 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50%), with the increasing difficulty of adulteration, SNV-RF-SVM had the best evaluation index, the highest overall accuracy reached 94.27%, and the least time was 0.00698 s. In general, the results indicated that the two classification methods explored in this study can obtain the best effects. The fluorescence hyperspectral technology has a broad scope and feasibility in the non-destructive detection of adulterated tea and other fields.     

Dynamic role of the correlation effect revealed in the exceptionally slow autodetachment rates of the vibrational Feshbach resonances in the dipole-bound state

Real-time autodetachment dynamics of the loosely bound excess electron from the vibrational Feshbach resonances of the dipole-bound states (DBS) of 4-bromophonoxide (4-BrPhO⁻) and 4-chlorophenoxide (4-ClPhO⁻) anions have been thoroughly investigated. The state-specific autodetachment rate measurements obtained by the picosecond time-resolved pump-probe method on the cryogenically cooled anions exhibit an exceptionally long lifetime (τ) of ∼823 ± 156 ps for the 11′¹ vibrational mode of the 4-BrPhO⁻ DBS. Strong mode-dependency in the wide dynamic range has also been found, giving τ ∼ 5.3 ps for the 10′¹ mode, for instance. Though it is nontrivial to get the state-specific rates for the 4-ClPhO⁻ DBS, the average autodetachment lifetime of the 19′¹20′¹/11′¹ mode has been estimated to be ∼548 ± 108 ps. Observation of these exceptionally slow autodetachment rates of vibrational Feshbach resonances strongly indicates that the correlation effect may play a significant role in the DBS photodetachment dynamics. Fermi''s golden rule has been invoked so that the correlation effect is taken into account in the form of the interaction between the charge and the induced dipole where the latter is given by the polarizable counterparts of the electron-rich halogenated compound and the diffuse non-valence electron. This report suggests that one may measure, from the real-time autodetachment dynamics, the extent of the correlation effect contribution to the stabilization and/or dynamics of the excess non-valence electron among many different types of long-range interactions of the DBS.

Exceptionally slow autodetachment dynamics of the vibrational Feshbach resonances found in the dipole-bound state of 4-bromophonoxide (4-BrPhO⁻) or 4-chlorophenoxide (4-ClPhO⁻) anions reveals the associated dynamic role of the correlation effect.     

Synthesis and property of diazocine derivatives substituted with imidazole in various positions

ABSTRACT

TIACA-I, TIACA-II were synthesized by changing the substitution position of the imidazole group in the diazocine core. TIACA-I, TIACA-II in the film state showed absorption in the range of 354 to 392 nm and exhibited blue photoluminescence (PL) emissions at 448 and 462 nm, respectively. The PL wavelength of TIACA-II is red-shifted by 14 nm than that of TIACA-I due to the electron-donating intensity depending on the position of the imidazole group. The use of TIACA-II in a non-doped OLED device resulted in blue emission with current efficiency of 2.84 cd/A and CIE of (0.15, 0.18).