New P‐type of poly(4‐methoxy‐triphenylamine)s derived by coupling reactions: Synthesis,electrochromic behaviors,and hole mobility

Methoxy‐substituted poly(triphenylamine)s, poly‐4‐methoxytriphenylamine ( PMOTPA ), and poly‐N,N‐bis(4‐methoxyphenyl)‐N′,N′‐diphenyl‐p‐phenylenediamine ( PMOPD ), were synthesized from the nickel‐catalyzed Yamamoto and oxidative coupling reaction with FeCl₃. All synthesized polymers could be well characterized by ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. These polymers possess good solubility in common organic solvent, thermal stability with relatively high glass‐transition temperatures (T_gs) in the range of 152–273 °C, 10% weight‐loss temperature in excess of 480 °C, and char yield at 800 °C higher than 79% under a nitrogen atmosphere. They were amorphous and showed bluish green light (430–487 nm) fluorescence with quantum efficiency up to 45–62% in NMP solution. The hole‐transporting and electrochromic properties are examined by electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical methods. All polymers exhibited reversible oxidation redox peaks and E_onset around 0.44–0.69 V versus Ag/AgCl and electrochromic characteristics with a color change under various applied potentials. The series of PMOTPA and PMOPD also showed p‐type characteristics, and the estimated hole mobility of O ‐ PMOTPA and Y ‐ PMOPD were up to 1.5 × 10^?4 and 5.6 × 10^?5 cm² V^?1 s^?1, respectively. The FET results indicate that the molecular weight, annealing temperature, and polymer structure could crucially affect the charge transporting ability. This study suggests that triphenylamine‐containing conjugated polymer is a multifunctional material for various optoelectronic device applications. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 4037–4050, 2009     

模拟时滞化学反应系统的自适应τ-Leap算法

本文发展了一种模拟时滞化学反应系统的自适应τ-Leap算法（DAr—Leap）．该算法将后验τ-Leap算法应用到时滞化学反应系统，能够自动调节τ使得在时间区间[t，t＋τ）内发生多次反应事件并且精确地满足Leap条件，从而避免了负分子数目的产生，较大地提高了模拟速度．     

Structural characterization and identification of C19‐ and C20‐diterpenoid alkaloids in roots of Aconitum carmichaeli by rapid‐resolution liquid chromatography coupled with time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry

Aconite alkaloids from the roots of Aconitum carmichaeli (Fuzi, in Chinese) have been investigated by rapid‐resolution liquid chromatography coupled with time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) in positive mode. With dynamic adjustment of the key role as fragmentor voltage in TOFMS, an efficient transmission of the ions was achieved to obtain the best sensitivity for providing the molecular formula for each analyte, and abundant fragment ions for structural information. Fifteen authentic standards isolated from Fuzi with various structures were first characterized by TOFMS, including diester‐diterpenoid alkaloids (DDAs), monoester‐diterpenoid alkaloids (MDAs), alkylol amine‐diterpenoid alkaloids (ADAs), veatchine‐type alkaloids and atisine‐type alkaloids. Fragmentation rules and key diagnostic fragment ions have been summarized, and possible pathways of fragmentation have been proposed. By accurate mass measurements within 5 ppm error for each ion, 30 C₁₉‐diterpenoid alkaloids including 10 DDAs, 3 MDAs, 9 ADAs and 8 other type alkaloids, and 8 C₂₀‐diterpenoid alkaloids including 4 veatchine‐type alkaloids and 4 atisine‐type alkaloids could be identified in a methanolic extract of Fuzi. Some isomers of aconite alkaloids were also differentiated. Based on the differences between their fragmentation pathways and special fragment ions, each type of aconite alkaloids was differentiated. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Enhanced spin–orbit torque efficiency in Pt100−xNix alloy based magnetic bilayer

The binary alloy/ferromagnetic metal heterostructure has drawn extensive attention in the research field of spin–orbittorque(SOT)due to the potential enhancement of SOT efficiency via composition engineering.In this work,the magneticproperties and SOT efficiency in the Pt100?xNix/Ni78Fe22 bilayers were investigated via the spin-torque ferromagneticresonance(ST-FMR)technique.The effective magnetic anisotropy field and effective damping constant extracted by analyzing the ST-FMR spectra show a weak dependence on the Ni concentration.The effective spin-mixing conductanceof 8.40×10¹⁴??1·m?2and the interfacial spin transparency Tin of 0.59 were obtained for the sample of Pt70Ni30/NiFebilayer.More interestingly,the SOT efficiency that is carefully extracted from the angular dependence of ST-FMR spectrashows a nonmonotonic dependence on the Ni concentration,which reaches the maximum at x=18.The enhancement ofthe SOT efficiency by alloying the Ni with Pt shows potential in lowering the critical switching current.Moreover,alloyingrelatively cheaper Ni with Pt may promote to reduce the cost of SOT devices.     

The unique carrier mobility of Janus MoSSe/GaN heterostructures

Heterostructure is an effective approach in modulating the physical and chemical behavior of materials. Here, the first-principles calculations were carried out to explore the structural, electronic, and carrier mobility properties of Janus MoSSe/GaN heterostructures. This heterostructure exhibits a superior high carrier mobility of 281.28 cm²·V⁻¹·s⁻¹ for electron carrier and 3951.2 cm²·V⁻¹·s⁻¹ for hole carrier. Particularly, the magnitude of the carrier mobility can be further tuned by Janus structure and stacking modes of the heterostructure. It is revealed that the equivalent mass and elastic moduli strongly affect the carrier mobility of the heterostructure, while the deformation potential contributes to the different carrier mobility for electron and hole of the heterostructure. These results suggest that the Janus MoSSe/GaN heterostructures have many potential applications for the unique carrier mobility.     

Emissions of PM10 from the co-combustion of high-Ca pyrolyzed biochar and high-Si coal under air and oxyfuel atmosphere

The single or co-combustion experiments of high-Ca pyrolyzed biochar and high-Si coal were carried out on a drop tube furnace (DTF) at 1300 °C under air and oxyfuel (CO₂:O₂=50:50, oxy50) conditions. The produced PM₁₀ (of an aerodynamic diameter of 10 µm or less) was analyzed to investigate the interactions during co-combustion. Due to the characteristics of the selected samples (low S and Cl), the PM₁ emissions including PM_0.1 and PM_0.1–1 are very low during single combustion, except for the PM_0.1–1 emission during the combustion of biochar under oxy50 condition because of the massive partitioning of Mg, Ca and Fe. The interaction during co-combustion was observed to mainly occur in the generation of PM_1–10, and also slightly occur in the formation of PM_0.1–1 under oxy50 condition. The capture of Mg, Ca, and Fe from biochar by the Si-containing minerals in coal under the oxy50 condition results in a slight decrease in PM_0.1–1 during co-combustion. The higher the proportion of coal blended, the more obvious the reduction of elements. As for the formation of PM_1–10 during co-combustion, high-melting minerals of biochar would weaken the coalescence of minerals in coal to cause more PM₁₀, while the large mineral grains of coal would capture the minerals in biochar to generate more PM₁₀₊. Under the competition of the above two types of interactions, the experimental value of PM_1–10 yields was almost consistent with the theoretically calculated value, except for blended ratio of 80:20 (coal: biochar, air) or 50:50 (oxy50) with prior interaction predominating.