Ionic strength/temperature-induced gelation of aqueous poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-vinylimidazole) solution

A high molecular weight copolymer of N-isopropylacrylamide (NiPAAm) and vinyl imidazole (VI) was synthesized and its phase transition behavior in aqueous solutions (5 wt%) by simultaneous changes of ionic strength and temperature was investigated. At low ionic strengths, the copolymer solution showed two phases (clear and opaque solutions), which were freely mobile, as increasing temperatures up to 65°C due to repulsion interaction of positive charges developed by basic imidazole group on the polymer aggregates. However, at the physiological condition (I=0.15, T=37°C), four distinctive phases (clear solution, opaque solution, gel and shrunken gel) were observed because of charge shielding effect by added salts. The gel state was stable and maintained from 32°C to 55°C. In particular, the phase transition from opaque solution to gel rapidly occurred by the change in ionic strength (from ∼ 0 to 0.15) at 37°C. This characteristic can be utilized as a liquid embolic agent.     

Controlled growth of calcium carbonate by poly(ethylenimine) at the air/water interface

Two metastable calcium carbonate polymorphs, hemispherical vaterite and needle-like aragonite, are selectively formed at the air/water interface by the mediation of poly(ethyleneimine)(with molecular weights of 25000 and 2000, respectively) dissolved in supersaturated calcium bicarbonate solution.     

Adsorption kinetics and equilibrium modeling of cesium on copper ferrocyanide

The copper ferrocyanide (CuFC) prepared in this study was characterized using X-ray diffraction and scanning election microscopy. The distribution of particle sizes of the CuFC suspension was determined. The adsorption kinetics data were evaluated for an intraparticle diffusion model, a pseudo-first order model and a pseudo-second order model at temperatures of 288, 298 and 308 K, respectively. It was found that the adsorption process of Cs⁺ on CuFC was best described by a pseudo-second order kinetic model, with a correlation coefficient (R ²) equal to 1.000, and the adsorption rate constant increased with increasing temperature. This result indicated that chemisorptions took place during the adsorption process. The adsorption equilibrium data fit well to the Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich (D-R) isotherm models. The mean adsorption energy (E) between 11 and 13 kJ/mol at different temperatures indicated that ion exchange was the main mechanism during the adsorption process. Thermodynamic parameters were also evaluated during the adsorption. The values of the standard Gibbs free energy change (ΔG ^o) and standard enthalpy change (ΔH ^o) suggested that the adsorption was a spontaneous and endothermic process. The distribution coefficient (K _d) was more than 2.94 × 10⁶ mL/g when the pH of solution was between 2.6 and 10.9, and the initial Cs⁺ concentration was 100 μg/L. The existence of K⁺ and Na⁺ did not affect the adsorption of Cs⁺ on CuFC when the concentration of K⁺ and Na⁺ in the solution was below 20 and 1,000 mg/L, respectively.     

Solution Crystallization Behavior of Linear and Star-shaped Poly(ethylene glycol)-b-Poly(ε-caprolactone) Block Copolymers简

Lamellar crystals of diblock, triblock and four-arm poly（ethylene glycol）-b-poly（ε-caprolactone） （PEG-b-PCL） crystalline-crystalline copolymers were successfully obtained from their solution. Morphology and structure of lamellar crystals of crystalline-crystalline copotymers were investigated using tapping-mode atomic force microscopy （AFM） and selected area electron diffraction （SAED）. All of these samples showed the truncated-lozenge multilayer basal shapes with central screw dislocation or central stack, which were all obtained simultaneously from the oil bath. The diffraction pattern of PEG block lamellar crystal is attributed to the （120） diffracting planes and the pattern of PCL block lamellar crystal is attributed to the （1 I0） diffracting planes and （200） diffracting planes according to the SAED results. Four （110） crystal growth planes and two （200） crystal growth planes are discovered for the PCL blocks, but the （120） crystal growth planes of PEG blocks are hided in the figure of AFM. The crystalline structure of the four-arm copolymers （FA） is more disorder and confused than that of the diblock （DI） copolymer and the striated fold surface structures of lamellar crystals of four-arm copolymers （FA） are smoother than these of linear analogues, owing to the confused crystallization of blocks caused by the mutual restriction of blocks and the hindrance of the dendritic cores. In addition, the aspect ratio of FA is greater than that of the others. It is hypothesized that there are two reasons for the change of aspect ratios. First, the （200） diffracting planes of PCL crystals grew slowly compared to their （110） diffracting planes because of difference in the energy barrier. Secondly, edge dislocations on the （200） diffracting planes are also responsible for the variation of the aspect ratio. Consequently, the crystalline defects are augmented by the competing blocks crystallized simultaneously and the hindrance of the dendritic cores.     

5-苄基-4-叔丁基-2-芳氨基噻唑氢溴酸盐的合成、表征及抗肿瘤活性

以芳香胺和4,4-二甲基-1-芳基-2-溴戊-3-酮为原料, 设计合成了29种新的5-苄基-4-叔丁基-2-芳氨基噻唑氢溴酸盐化合物; 其结构经¹H NMR和元素分析等确证. 体外抗肿瘤活性测试结果表明, 化合物A4, A5, A12和A29对人非小细胞肺癌细胞A549的IC₅₀值分别为0.016, 0.019, 0.019和0.026 μmol/mL, 与阳性对照物紫杉醇(IC₅₀值为0.022 μmol/mL)相当; 化合物A5, A7, A13, A14和A19对肝癌细胞Bel7402的IC₅₀值分别为0.021, 0.021, 0.026, 0.014和0.029 μmol/mL, 与阳性对照物紫杉醇的IC₅₀值(0.030 μmol/mL)相近. 利用倒置显微镜和Hoechst33342-PI双染色法观察了细胞经化合物处理后的形态变化.     

神经节系列鞘糖脂氨基半乳糖模块的快速合成

以D-氨基半乳糖盐酸盐为原料,经四步反应合成了2-N-三氯乙氧羰酰氨基-半乳糖对甲苯硫苷(3);3经两步区域选择性乙酰化反应合成了4,6-O-二-乙酰基-2-N三氯乙氧羰酰氨基-2-脱氧-β-D-吡喃半乳糖对甲苯硫苷(总收率70%),其结构经1H NMR和ESI-MS确证。     

Synthesis of peptide dendrimers with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane cores via click chemistry

Inorganic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) was used as the core for the synthesis of poly(Llysine) peptide dendrimer via copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne click chemistry. The inorganic/organic composite dendrimer was characterized by MS, 1H NMR, FTIR, GPC and DLS.     

Theoretical Studies on the Abstraction Reaction of Atomic O（^3p） with Si2H6

The hydrogen abstraction reaction of O(^3P) with Si2H6 has been studied theoretially. Two transition states of ^3A″ and ^3A′ symmetries have been located for this abstraction reaction. Geometries have been optimized at the UMP2 leve with 6-311G (d) basis set. G3MP2 has been used for the final single-point energy calculation. The rate constants have been calculated over a wide temperature range of 200-3000K using canonical variational transition-state sheory (CVT) with small curvature tunneling effect(SCT). The calculated CVT/SCT rate constants match well with the experimental value.     

Studies on the Binding Mode of Pinacyanol Chloride to Nucleic Acids

The interaction of pinacyanol chloride(PC) with nucleic acids has been investigated by a series of experiments.Extensive hypochromism,appreciable peak shifts,isosbestic points and new peaks of the product of binding to nucleic acids in the spectra were observed.They showed that the interaction between PC and nucleic acids occurred.The results from absorption spectra of DNA,DNA melting,electrophoresis and fluorescence polarization studies have indicated that PC binds to DNA in nonintercalative way.Consistent with the nonintercalation,the studies of fluorescence titration and absorption titration specified that the binding of PC to nucleic acids occurred by an outside stacking binding,in which nucleic acids served for acting templates,The fact that the new absorption peaks of bound PC at ca,485nm are just close to the absorption bands of Haggregate of PC at high concentrations without DNA further supports the outside stacking binding mode,In addition,other evidence indicated that the interaction between PC and nucleic acids is not purely electrostatic.     

氯离子对铜在玻碳电极上电结晶的影响

采用线性扫描伏安法和计时安培法研究了硫酸铜溶液中铜在玻碳电极上电结晶 的初期行为。在含与不含氯离子的0.05mol·L~(-1) cUso_4-0.5 mol·L~(-1) H_2SO_4电解液中,循环伏安实验结果表明铜在玻碳基体上的沉积没有经过UPD过 程;氯离子明显使Cu的沉积和氧化峰变得尖锐,促进Cu的沉积速度。计时安培实验 结果表明,Cu的电结晶按瞬时成核和三维生长方式进行。氯离子不改变Cu的结晶机 理,但在I～t曲线中,导致电流达最大(I_m)所需的时间t_m减小、晶核数密度和生 长速度增大,从而明显改变Cu沉积层的质量。当Cl~-浓度在10～20mg·L~(-1)范围 内,成核的晶核数密度达较大,即氯离子的最适宜添加量。