Relativistic calculations on the ground and excited states of AgH and AuH in cylindrical harmonic confinement

The relativistic ground and low-lying excited state potential energy curves of AgH and AuH in the presence of a cylindrical harmonic confining potential were calculated using the multi-state multi-reference perturbation theory with the spin-free no-pair Hamiltonian obtained via the third-order Douglas–Kroll transformation, incorporated with the full two-electron Breit–Pauli spin–orbit operator. The spectroscopic parameters were obtained for both the scalar- and quasi-relativistic potentials. The spin–orbit coupling constants were calculated for several strengths of the confining potential, and the effects of the applied potential on the coupling constants were analyzed using configuration interaction. This paper is dedicated to Serafín Fraga—colleague, mentor, and friend.     

Drag on two nonuniformly structured flocs moving along the axis of a cylindrical tube

The boundary effect on the drag on two identical, nonuniformly structured flocs moving along the axis of a cylindrical tube filled with a Newtonian fluid is investigated at a small to medium larger Reynolds number. A two-layer model is adopted to simulate various possible structures of a floc, and the flow field inside is described by Darcy–Brinkman model. The results of numerical simulation reveal that a convective flow is present in the rear region of a floc when Reynolds number is on the order of 40. The presence of the tube wall and/or the porous structure of a floc has the effect of reducing that convective flow. For a fixed level of the volume-average permeability of a floc, the influence of the tube wall on the drag depends upon floc structure; the influence on a nonuniformly structured floc is more significant than that on a uniformly structured floc. The more nonuniform the floc structure, the more appreciable the deviation of the drag coefficient–Reynolds number curve from a Stokes’-law-like relation becomes. The smaller the volume-average permeability of a floc and/or the smaller the separation distance between the two flocs, the greater is the deviation, but the presence of the tube wall has the effect of reducing that deviation.     

Electrochemical monitoring of indigo preparation using Maya’s ancient procedures

The preparation of indigo from Indigofera suffruticosa following the procedures attributed to ancient Mayas was electrochemically monitored using the voltammetry-of-microparticles approach. The mechanism formation of indigotin and indirubin from its precursors, indican and isatan, is discussed. Comparison of voltammetric profiles for differently prepared and commercial indigos and genuine Maya Blue samples suggests that the preparation procedure of indigo changed during the Late Classical Maya period. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

双酚-S-双(3-甲基丙烯酰氧基-2-羟丙基)醚的聚合及其应用

以MMA为起始原料经转变为GMA,再与双酚-S反应合成了一种新的含有砜基的交联剂BisS-GMA。这种双酚-S型交联剂与MMA可以顺利地用紫外光或BPO-胺体系引发聚合。新的双酚-S型交联剂BisS-GMA与双酚-A型交联剂Bis-GMA相比,具有活性高与粘结强度高两个显著优点。它还可以和二氧化硅填料混合组成复合树脂,经光引发或BPO-DHET体系引发聚合,得到的复合树脂其物性已达到国外同类产品的水平。DHET作为促进剂要比DMT性能好,前者配制的交联剂液体组份贮存稳定性好,经半年后而不“失活”,后者配制的液体组份则在较短的时间内“失活”。     

Elemental analysis of Korean women’s blood serums using instrumental neutron activation analysis

Instrumental neutron activation analysis was used to assess the concentration of the inorganic trace elements in Korean women’s blood serums. It was found that a high concentration of Na and Cl incurs an analytical interference, but the 12 elements such as Br, Ca, Cl, Co, Cr, Cs, Fe, K, Na, Rb, Se and Zn could be determined under the condition of an interference minimization. Serum samples collected from 63 women were analyzed and the concentration level and range of the elements were evaluated. NIST SRMs were analyzed simultaneously for quality control. The average values of the Na and Cl determined in the serum samples were 3,365 and 3,533 mg/l, Ca was 96.4 mg/l and K was 191 mg/l. Besides, Br, Se and Zn have a concentration level of 6.46, 0.13 and 0.98 mg/l, respectively. It was found that there is no significant difference between the present values and the reported values.     

Characterisation of poly(neutral red) modified carbon film electrodes; application as a redox mediator for biosensors

The polymer redox mediator, poly(neutral red) (PNR), has been synthesised and characterised electrochemically to investigate the best electropolymerisation and mediation conditions for application in enzyme biosensors and to clarify the mechanism of action. Neutral red was electropolymerised by potential cycling on carbon film electrode substrates by allowing the monomer to be oxidised during the full 20 cycles of polymerisation or reducing the positive limit of the potential window after the first 2 cycles to impede monomer oxidation with a view to obtaining longer polymer chains and a lesser degree of branching. Comparison was made with glassy carbon substrates. The PNR films on carbon film electrodes were characterised using cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, as well as in glucose biosensors prepared with PNR. Glucose oxidase enzyme was immobilised by encapsulation in silica sol-gel and compared with that obtained by cross-linking with glutaraldehyde. The biosensors were evaluated by chronoamperometry in 0.1 M phosphate buffer saline solution, pH 7.0, and showed evidence of electron transfer between the enzyme cofactor flavin adenine dinucleotide and PNR dissolved in the enzyme layer competing with PNR-mediated electrochemical degradation of H₂O₂ formed during the enzymatic process. This paper is dedicated to Professor Dr. Algirdas Vaskelis on the occasion of his 70th birthday.     

自由基活性聚合及其最新进展

本文介绍了实现自由基活性聚合的动力学、热力学条件及可能的途径。在这些条件下自由基保持稳定的低浓度，增长链自由基与休眠种处于动力学平衡动态，可有效地控制聚合反应，使聚合反应具有聚合物分子量随反应时间、单体转化率成线性增长关系及所得聚合物分子量分布较窄的特征，并且在加入第二单体时可继续生成嵌段共聚物。     

高硅沸石骨架结构及其稳定性的模拟计算(I)*

The lattice energy of a series of high-silica zeolites was determined using the lattice energy minimization method. The results were compared to the lattice energy of dense polymorphs of SiO2. All high-silica zeolites frameworks are only 30～67kJ•mol-1 less stable than α-quartz This may imply that there is little energy barrier to the formation of high-silica zeolites frame-works and explain the structural diversity observed for high-silica zeolites. The relationships of calculated lattice energies and framework Structures was disscussed. The results revealed a good linear relationship between framework density of these molecular sieves and all-silica framework lattice energies.     

2，2＇－偶氮二异丁酸二甲酯的合成及其热分解反应的研究

本文研究了２，２＇－偶氮二异丁酸二甲酯的合成及其在甲苯、二甲苯中的热分解反应动力学，得到了其热分解反应速度常数与反应温度的关系式：Ｋ＿ｄ＝１．６３×１００￣（－１４）ｅｘｐ（－１２３．３ＫＪ／ＲＴ）２，２＇－偶氮二异丁酸二甲酯作为苯乙烯自由基聚合的引发剂，其单体转化率随引发剂用量的增加而增高，产物分子量则随之下降；引发剂用量在５％以上时，可得到分子量低于１０￣３的含有酯基端基的聚合物。