From metal/semiconductor separation to single‐chirality separation of single‐wall carbon nanotubes using gel

In the present work, a review of the metallic (M) and semiconducting (S) separation of single‐wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) using polysaccharide gels is presented. First, the progress of the M/S separation is described, including the following: the discovery of high‐yield separation using agarose gel electrophoresis, the separation of SWCNTs without an electric field, such as through the use of the freeze and squeeze method, the development of continuous separation using column chromatography, and the single‐chirality separation of SWCNTs using a multicolumn with dextran‐based gel. Next, the separation mechanism using gel is discussed, in which separation is achieved by selective adsorption of S‐SWCNTs by gel with a specific combination of surfactant and gel. Lastly, future directions for the separation of SWCNTs and for the use of the separated SWCNTs are discussed.

     

Aragonite twinning in gastropod nacre

Aragonite twinning in gastropod nacre has been investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with the focused ion beam (FIB) sample preparation technique. At the growth front of nacre, Haliotis discus hannai and Omphalius rusticus form a “stack-of-coins” structures, which consist of pseudo-hexagonal and elliptical aragonite tablets, respectively. SEM, EBSD, and TEM analyses revealed that these tablets are monolithic single crystal and almost free of the {1 1 0} twins that are common in aragonite of biotic or abiotic origin. The longest diagonal of the hexagon and the longer axis of the ellipse are parallel to the a-axis of aragonite. The crystal orientation of each tablet in a stack, measured by TEM-Kikuchi pattern analysis, is almost the same but there is occasionally {1 1 0} twin-like relationship between adjacent tablets along the stacking. On the other hand, the fibrous aragonite layer formed prior to the nacreous structure is composed of polycrystalline aragonite with high density of {1 1 0} twins. TEM observation suggests that the interlamellar organic sheet prevents the inheritance of the twins, by selecting only single domain of the twins, through the mineral bridge.     

Gas Storage in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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X-ray diffraction (XRD) and electrical resistance measurement on single-walled carbon nan-otube (SWNT) samples prepared by the arc-discharge method are reported. The XRD profile of heat-treated sample indicated that air (oxygen, and/or nitrogen and/or water) can be condensed inside the SWNTs. We also found that the electrical resistance of SWNT soot is significantly affected by exposing to the oxygen gas and humid air.     

Dimensional stability of regenerated cellulose film in relation to orientations of crystalline and noncrystalline phases

The dimensional stability of regenerated cellulose film on swelling with water is discussed in relation to the biaxial orientation of the two kinds of structural units, cellulose II crystallites and noncrystalline chain segments, and their anisotropic swelling (anisotropic absorption of water). Considerable dimensional stability in the plane of the film but enormous instability of thickness on swelling in water of some commercial cellophanes is qualitatively interpreted in terms of the planar orientation of crystal (101) planes along the film surface and the orientation of the noncrystalline chain segments parallel to the film surface. The dimensional changes on swelling from the completely dry state to 10% moisture regain were further interpreted quantitatively in terms of the degrees of biaxial orientation of the two kinds of structural units and their degrees of anisotropic swelling by modifying the Hermans monophase model for crystalline and noncrystalline biphase structures. The following degrees of anisotropic swelling of the structural units were thus obtained: q_{c, [101]} = 0.40%, q_{c, [101 ]} = ?0.33%, and q_a = 2.42%.     

Crystal orientation in a semicrystalline polymer in relation to deformation of polymer spherulites. IV. Crystal orientation mechanism of nylon-6 under uniaxial stretching

A model relating crystal orientation to the deformation of nylon-6 spherulites under uniaxial stretching is discussed in terms of the orientation distribution functions of reciprocal lattice vectors of crystal planes, such as the (002) and (200) planes. The distribution functions calculated from the model are compared with those obtained from x-ray diffraction experiments. It is found that the crystal a axis and, consequently, the direction of hydrogen bonds within the crystal (α modification) orient parallel to the lamellar axis in the undeformed state, and that the crystal orientation behavior of nylon-6 is much different from that of low-density polyethylene, being characterized by much smaller values of the reorientation parameters of crystallites within orienting lamellae. Moreover, small-angle light scattering for H_v and V_v polarization is also calculated on the basis of the spherulite deformation model by taking the nylon-6 crystal as having orthogonal–biaxial symmetry in optical anisotropy. It is concluded that the H_v scattering can be realized in terms of the proposed model for spherulite deformation by taking into account a considerable contribution of hydrogen bonds to the molecular polarizability, so as to make the polarizability along the crystal a axis larger than that along the b axis. In other words, this conclusion suggests positively birefringent spherulites in the nylon-6 samples studied.     

Grain boundary relaxation phenomena in block and graft copolymers

Summary The grain boundary relaxation phenomena, which have been found in the mechanical relaxation of the cast films of a series ofgraft copolymers ofpoly(methyl acrylate) with styrene, are examined again, in order to understand its relaxation mechanism, by using some particular series of heterogeneous systems of two components having different interaction between the two phases and, subsequently, different grain boundary structure; i. e., two series of poly(vinyl acetate) filled with two types of carbon blacks having relatively high and low surface activities, respectively, a series ofmechanical mixtures ofpoly(vinyl acetate) with polystyrene, and a series of styrene-isoprene-styrene tri-block copolymers.The grain boundary relaxation phenomena are again detected for the series of the tri-block copolymers but definitely not for the series of the mechanical mixtures, suggesting that the grain boundary relaxation phenomena must arise not from the heterogeneous structures themselves but from characteristic arrangements of molecular chains at the boundary of the two phases. That is, there must be a considerably strong interaction between the two phases, and there exists an intermediate phase in which the polymer segments of soft component are rigidified while the other polymer segments of hard component are softened. In other words, there must be a cooperative motions of chain segments of the two components to produce a mechanical relaxation under a certain environmental condition, such as temperature and time scale of observation.

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Zusammenfassung Die Korngrenzenrelaxationsphänomene, die in der mechanischen Relaxation einer Serie von aus Graft-Copolymeren von Polymethylacrylat mit Styrol gefunden wurden, wurden erneut geprüft, um den Relaxations-mechanismus zu verstehen, unter Verwendung einer besonderen Serie von heterogenen Systemen zweier Komponenten, die verschiedene Wechselwirkungen zwischen den zwie Phasen besitzen und deshalb verschiedene Korgrenzenstrukturen. Das heißt, wir verwendeten zwei Serien von Polyvinylacetaten, gefüllt mit zwei Rußtypen von vergleichsweise hoher und niedriger Oberflächenaktivität, eine Serie von mechanischen Mischungen aus Polyvinylacetat mit Polystyrol und eine Serie von Styrol-Isopren-Dreiblockcopolymeren. Die Korngrenzenrelaxationsphänomene, wurden für die Serie der Dreiblockcopolymeren wiederum festgestellt, aber definitiv nicht für die Serie der mechanischen Mischungen. Das läßt vermuten, daß Korngrenzenrelaxation nicht von heterogenen Strukturen selbst, sondern von charakteristischen Anordnungen der molekularen Kette an der Grenze von zwei Phasen herrührt. Das heißt, es muß eine beträchtlich strenge Wechselwirkung zwischen den zwei Phasen bestehen, und es muß eine Zwischenphase existieren, in welcher die Polymersegmente der weichen Komponente versteift werden, während die anderen Polymersegmente der harten Komponente erweicht werden. Mit anderen Worten, es müssen cooperative Bewegungen von Kettensegmenten der zwei Komponenten vorhanden sein, um eine mechannische Relaxation unter gewissen Umgebungsbedingungenzuerzeugen, Umgebungsbedingungen wie Temperatur und Zeitskala der Beobachtungen.

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Presented at the 20th Annual Symposium on Rheology, Japan, Fukui, Oct. 18, 1972.     

Laser magnetic resonance spectra of ClO2 tuned by the avoidance of zeeman level crossing

LMR of the ν₁ band of the stable ClO₂ radical has exhibited clearly-resolved spectra under strong magnetic fields. Some of these were well described by a new type Zeeman-tuning due to the avoidance of the Zeeman level crossing.     

121Sb Mössbauer spectroscopic study on electronic states of pentavalent organoantimony compounds

A systematic study of pentavalent organoantimony compounds, (RC₆H₄)₃SbX₂ (R=H,p-CH₃,p-F,p-Cl,p-CF₃,o-CH₃; X=Cl, Br), was carried out to examine the effect on Mössbauer parameters of the substituent on the aromatic ring. The Mössbauer parameters obtained in polycrystalline form reflected the steric effect caused by the position of the substituent on the aromatic ring. On the other hand, measurements in frozen organic solutions revealed that the electron density and electric field gradient at and around the antimony nucleus became smaller when the more electron-attractive group was introduced into thepara position.