Peptide dendrimer-crosslinked inorganic-organic hybrid supramolecular hydrogel for efficient anti-biofouling

A novel kind of inorganic-organic hybrid supramolecular hydrogel with excellent anti-biofouling capability was developed. The hydrogel was formed via ionic interaction between the negative-charged sodium polyacrylate (SPA) entwined clay nanosheets (CNS) and positive-charged polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) core-based generation one (L-Arginine) dendrimer (POSS-R).     

Reflection-Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy Study of Polyacrylonitrile on Copper at Elevated Temperature

Reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIR) has been used to investigate the chemical structural changes in Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) film adsorbed on copper at 200°C for different time. The formation of an almost fully conjugated C-C=C backbone occurs after heating for only 2 h due to the catalytic effect of copper. The freely dangling cyano groups in PAN molecules initially coordinate to copper surface through the triple bond in π-bonded orientation, then convert to [sgrave]-bonding through the donation of the lone pair of electrons of nitrogen. It is suggested that this transition of the types of coordination would relate to the different geometries of PAN on copper during heating. Since the nitrile complexing and cyclization occur at the same time, the reaction process for the pyrolysis of PAN on copper surface is different from that in the bulk.     

A new titanium (IV) complex bearing phenoxyimine‐fluorene ligand and its use as catalyst for ethylene homo‐ and copolymerization

A new titanium (IV) complex bearing phenoxyimine‐fluorene ligand was prepared and its behaviors in ethylene homo‐ and copolymerization with 1‐hexene, 1‐octene, and norbornene in the presence of modified methylaluminoxane (MMAO) were studied respectively. The effects of various polymerization conditions including polymerization temperature, ethylene pressure and the concentration of comonomer on the catalytic activities and properties of the resultant polymer were investigated. The broad molecular weight distribution of resulting polymer indicated that the multiple active species were formed during polymerization. Such complex showed good catalytic activities in ethylene homo‐ and copolymerizations and good capabilities of incorporating various comonomers into polyethylene backbone. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 1617–1621, 2010     

A note on some algorithms for the Gibbs posterior

Jiang and Tanner (2008) consider a method of classification using the Gibbs posterior which is directly constructed from the empirical classification errors. They propose an algorithm to sample from the Gibbs posterior which utilizes a smoothed approximation of the empirical classification error, via a Gibbs sampler with augmented latent variables. In this paper, we note some drawbacks of this algorithm and propose an alternative method for sampling from the Gibbs posterior, based on the Metropolis algorithm. The numerical performance of the algorithms is examined and compared via simulated data. We find that the Metropolis algorithm produces good classification results at an improved speed of computation.     

The radio structure of BL Lac object S5 2007+777

BL Lac object S5 2007+777 has been classified as a HYMOR (Hybrid Morphology radio source) for its hybrid FR I and FR II radio morphology. It is one of four BL Lac objects with a kpc scale extended X-ray jet. In this paper, we searched the unpublished European VLBI Network (EVN) archived high resolution data for this source, and present the high resolution radio structure. The EVN images all show a core-jet structure in 1.6, 5 and 8 GHz. In combination with the VLA data in the literature, we found position angle differences (ΔPA) of about 10°–20° between pc and kpc scale jet structures. The brightness temperature estimated from multi-band EVN images are around 10^11.2–10^11.8 K, from which the Doppler factor ranges from 3.2 to 12.0. We found significant flux variations of the radio core in 1.6 and 5 GHz, from which we derived the variability in brightness temperature T _var to be 10^13.6 K and 10^14.0 K, corresponding to the Doppler factors of 9.3 and 12.4, respectively.

     

Preparation and characterization of superfine ammonium perchlorate (AP) crystals through ceramic membrane anti-solvent crystallization

In this paper, a novel ceramic membrane anti-solvent crystallization (CMASC) method was proposed for the safe and rapid preparation ammonium perchlorate (AP) crystals, in which the acetone and ethyl acetate were chosen as solvent and anti-solvent, respectively. Comparing with the conventional liquid anti-solvent crystallization (LASC), CMASC which successfully introduces ceramic membrane with regular pore structure to the LASC as feeding medium, is favorable to control the rate of feeding rate and, therefore, to obtain size and morphology controllable AP. Several kinds of micro-sized AP particles with different morphology were obtained including polyhedral-like, quadrate-like to rod-like. The effect of processing parameters on the crystal size and shape of AP crystals such as volume ratio of anti-solvent to solvent, feeding pressure and crystallization temperature were investigated. It is found that higher volume ratio of anti-solvent to solvent, higher feeding pressure and higher temperature result in smaller particle size. Scaning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used to characterize the resulting AP crystals. The nucleation and growth kinetic of the resulting AP crystals were also discussed.     

p‐Methoxy­benz­aldehyde benzoyl­hydrazone monohydrate

The crystal structure of the title compound, C₁₅H₁₄N₂O₂·H₂O, is in the keto tautomeric form and the configuration at the azomethine C=N double bond is E. The mol­ecule is non‐planar, with a dihedral angle of 27.3 (1)° between the aromatic rings. The crystal structure is stabilized by extensive hydrogen bonding involving the water mol­ecule and hydrazone moiety.     

Characterization of chemical heterogeneity in polymer systems using hydrolysis and tapping‐mode atomic force microscopy

Characterization of polymer coatings microstructure is critical to the fundamental understanding of the corrosion of coated metals. An approach for mapping the chemical heterogeneity of a polymer system using chemical modification and tapping‐mode atomic force microscopy (TMAFM) is demonstrated. This approach is based on the selective degradation of one of the phases in a multiphase polymer blend system and the ability of TMAFM to provide nanoscale lateral information about the different phases in the polymer system. Films made of a 70:30 polyethyl acrylate/polystyrene (PEA/PS) blend were exposed to a hydrolytic acidic environment and analyzed using TMAFM. Pits were observed to form in the PEA/PS blend films, and this degradation behavior was similar to that of the PEA material. Using these results, the domains in the 70:30 blend were identified as the PS‐rich regions and the matrix as the PEA‐rich region. This conclusion was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared‐attenuated total reflection analyses that revealed the hydrolysis of the PEA material. TMAFM phase imaging was also used to follow pit growth of the blend as a function of exposure time. The usefulness of the chemical modification/AFM imaging approach in understanding the degradation process of a coating film is discussed. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B Part B: Polym Phys 39: 1460–1470, 2001     

一个超导理论中的反应扩散系统的解析解

A reaction diffusion system arising in the theory of superconductivity is considered and its many kinds of analytic solutions are constructed by the Painlev analysis and similarity reduction methods.