Cyclotetrabenzoin: Facile Synthesis of a Shape‐Persistent Molecular Square and Its Assembly into Hydrogen‐Bonded Nanotubes

Cyanide‐catalyzed benzoin condensation of terephthaldehyde produces a cyclic tetramer, which we propose to name cyclotetrabenzoin. Cyclotetrabenzoin is a square‐shaped macrocycle ornamented with four α‐hydroxyketone functionalities pointing away from the central cavity, the dimensions of which are 6.9×6.9 Å. In the solid state, these functional groups extensively hydrogen bond, resulting in a microporous three‐dimensional organic framework with one‐dimensional nanotube channels. This material exhibits permanent—albeit low‐porosity, with a Langmuir surface area of 52 m² g^?1. Cyclotetrabenzoin’s easy and inexpensive synthesis and purification may inspire the creation of other shape‐persistent macrocycles and porous molecular crystals by benzoin condensation.     

铝基火花源发射光谱仪测定MB1镁合金中锰含量

建立了用铝基体火花源原子发射光谱仪现有通道硬件测定镁合金(MB1)中锰元素含量的方法.方法线性相关系数为0.967 6,RSD为1.66%.对8个未知样品进行了测试,结果与化学分析方法所得结果一致.     

Gradient polymer networks formed by photopolymerization with self‐floating polysiloxane‐containing nanogel

Polysiloxane‐containing nanogels can be used as a fast, convenient and environmentally friendly method to control gradient photopolymerization and to obtain gradient polymer network because of its self‐floating feature. The chain length of polysiloxane is a key factor that influences the self‐floating capability of the polysiloxane‐containing nanogel. This paper reports a series of nanogels compositions synthesized with methacrylate‐modified polysiloxanes with different chain lengths, urethane dimethacrylate (UDMA) and isobornyl methacrylate (IBMA) at a molar ratio of 10:20:70 in the presence of a thiol chain transfer agent. The effect of polysiloxane chain length on self‐floating capability of the nanogel and gradient polymer network was researched. The results show that polysiloxane chain length is the main driving force for the self‐floating capability of the nanogels. The nanogel with long polysiloxane chain length exhibits good self‐floating capability in the monomer–polymer matrix because of the lower surface tension of polysiloxane. Furthermore, the gradient polymer network containing the nanogel with long polysiloxane chain length presents lower dispersion surface energy and greater hardness and thermostability. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Hierarchical porous cellulose/activated carbon composite monolith for efficient adsorption of dyes

Cheap and efficient adsorbents to remove contaminants of toxic dye molecules from wastewater are strongly in demand for environmental reasons. This study provides a novel design of a monolithic adsorbent from abundant materials via a facile synthetic procedure, which can greatly reduce the problems of the tedious separation of adsorbents from treated wastes. A hierarchically porous cellulose/activated carbon (cellulose/AC) composite monolith was prepared by thermally-induced phase separation of cellulose acetate in the presence of AC, using a mixture of DMF and 1-hexanol, followed by alkaline hydrolysis. The composite monolith had alarge specific surface area with mesopore distribution. It not only showed high uptake capacity towards methylene blue (MB) or rhodamine B (RhB) but could also simultaneously adsorb MB and RhB from their mixture, in which the adsorption of one dye was not influenced by the other one. Remarkable effects of solution pH, initial concentration of dye (C ₀), contact time, adsorbent dosage and temperature on the adsorption of MB and RhB onto the composite monolith were demonstrated. The binding data for MB and RhB adsorption on the composite monolith fitted the Freundlich model well, suggesting a heterogeneous surface of the composite monolith. The monolith could retain around 90% of its adsorption capacity after 8 times reuse. These data demonstrate that the cellulose/AC composite monolith has a large potential as a promising adsorbent of low cost and convenient separation for dye in wastewater.     

一种生态友好粉煤灰基地质聚合物的合成及光催化性能

以乌洛托品为孔形成剂,制备出孔结构可调控的粉煤灰基地质聚合物;通过半导体耦合设计,合成出In_2O_3和NiO双负载粉煤灰基地质聚合物催化剂;采用XRF、TGA/DSC、FESEM、XRD、FT-IR、UV-Vis等对催化剂的组成、结构及性能进行表征,考查了该催化剂体系对模拟印染废水的光催化降解活性、降解机理及反应动力学。结果表明:孔形成剂的掺入能够显著地改善地质聚合物的孔结构,调变BET比表面积及介孔体积;双负载5%In_2O_3及1%NiO的粉煤灰基地质聚合物催化剂对碱性品绿染料的最高降解率(95.65%),归因于In_2O_3与NiO形成的p-n结半导体耦合体系以及In_2O_3与PAFAG载体之间产生强相互作用,改善了光生电子-空穴对的分离效率,从而提高了光催化染料降解活性。     

北京市PM2.5的相关因素研究

选取2016年北京市空气质量指数数据,简述了北京市空气的现状,并根据频率得出PM2.5已经成为北京市空气中的首要污染物的结论.通过计算PM2.5与AQI所监测的其余指标之间的相关程度,进行PM2.5与PM10,CO和NO2的多元回归分析,得到线性回归方程.同时对模型给予改进,建立基于2个主成分的、更为精准的多元回归模型.得出PM10是空气中PM2.5的最主要成因的结论,CO和NO2对PM2.5的影响也不容忽视的结论,对北京市雾霾天气预防提供参考意见.     

Structure and thermal properties of the fritted glazes in SiO<Subscript>2</Subscript>–Al<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript>–CaO–MgO–Na<Subscript>2</Subscript>O–K<Subscript>2</Subscript>O–ZnO system

In this work, the structure and thermal properties of aluminosilicate fritted glazes in SiO₂–Al₂O₃–CaO–MgO–Na₂O–K₂O–ZnO system with (4.0 mol%) and without addition of ZnO were examined by GIXRD, FTIR, MAS-NMR and thermal methods (DTA, DIL). It has been found that the all experimental glazes are amorphous material (transparent glazes). On the base of spectroscopic investigations, it was found that zinc ions exist in the network glazes in the octahedral coordination—Zn²⁺ ions play a network modifier role in structure of glazes. An analysis of the data obtained from thermal tests showed that addition of ZnO into chemical composition results in decrease in glass transition temperature value (T _g) for all glazes (DTA, DIL). The coefficient of thermal expansion (α) is decreased as the whole measurement range for one series of fritted glazes.     

A Bistable Microelectromechanical System Actuated by Spin-Crossover Molecules

We report on a bistable MEMS device actuated by spin-crossover molecules. The device consists of a freestanding silicon microcantilever with an integrated piezoresistive detection system, which was coated with a 140 nm thick film of the [Fe(HB(tz)₃)₂] (tz=1,2,4-triazol-1-yl) molecular spin-crossover complex. Switching from the low-spin to the high-spin state of the ferrous ions at 338 K led to a reversible upward bending of the cantilever in agreement with the change in the lattice parameters of the complex. The strong mechanical coupling was also evidenced by the decrease of approximately 66 Hz in the resonance frequency in the high-spin state as well as by the drop in the quality factor around the spin transition.     

Efficient visible-light photocatalysts by constructing dispersive energy band with anisotropic p and s-p hybridization states

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Simple-direct-modules

A right R-module M is called simple-direct-injective if, whenever, A and B are simple submodules of M with A?B, and B?^⊕M, then A?^⊕M. Dually, M is called simple-direct-projective if, whenever, A and B are submodules of M with M∕A?B?^⊕M and B simple, then A?^⊕M. In this paper, we continue our investigation of these classes of modules strengthening many of the established results on the subject. For example, we show that a ring R is uniserial (artinian serial) with J²(R) = 0 iff every simple-direct-projective right R-module is an SSP-module (SIP-module) iff every simple-direct-injective right R-module is an SIP-module (SSP-module).