On the viscosity of magnetic fluid with low and moderate solid fraction

The design of a pressurized capillary rheometer operating at prescribed temperature is described to measure the viscosity of magnetic fluids (MFs) containing Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). The equipment constant of the rheometer was obtained using liquids with predetermined viscosities. Experimentally measured viscosities were used to evaluate different equations for suspension viscosities. Deviation of measured suspension viscosities from the Einstein equation was found to be basically due to the influence of spatial distribution and aggregation of Fe3O4 MNPs. By taking account of the coating layer on MNPs and the aggregation of MNPs in MFs, a modified Einstein equation was proposed to fit the experimental data. Moreover, the influence of external magnetic field on viscosity was also taken into account. Viscosities thus predicted are in good agreement with experimental data. Temperature effect on suspension viscosity was shown experimentally to be due to the shear-thinning behavior of the MFs.     

New Sesquiterpenoids from Hedychium yunnanense gagnep

Hedychium yunnannense Gagnep is the unique species of Zingiberaceae occurring only in Yunnan province of China and its wild resource is very abundant. Several sesquiterpenoids and diterpenoids from the petroleum ether fraction of the ethanol extract of the plant have been reported1, 2 by Zhao Qing et al. Some of them show antioxidant and cytotoxic activities. In order to use the wild plant resources efficiently, we made further systematic investigations on the chemical constituents of the rh…     

Synthesis and characterization of amphiphilic block–graft MPEG‐b‐(PαN3CL‐g‐alkyne) degradable copolymers by ring‐opening polymerization and click chemistry

A straightforward strategy is proposed for the synthesis of novel, amphiphilic block–graft MPEG‐b‐(PαN₃CL‐g‐alkyne) degradable copolymers. First, the ring‐opening polymerization of α‐chloro‐ε‐caprolactone (αClCL) was initiated by hydroxy‐terminated macroinitiator monomethoxy poly(ethylene glycol) (MPEG) with SnOct₂ as the catalyst. In a second step, pendent chlorides were converted into azides by the reaction with sodium azide. Finally, various kinds of terminal alkynes were reacted with pendent azides by copper‐catalyzed Huisgen's 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition, and thus a “click” reaction. These copolymers were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), ¹H NMR, IR, and gel permeation chromatography. By fixing the length of the MPEG block and increasing the length of PαClCL (or PαN₃CL) block, an increase tendency in T_gs was observed. However, the copolymers of MPEG‐b‐PαClCL and MPEG‐b‐PαN₃CL were semicrystalline when the M_n of MPEG was above 2000 g mol^?1. The block–graft copolymers formed micelles in the aqueous phase with critical micelle concentrations (CMCs) in the range of 1.4–12.0 mg L^?1 depending on the composition of polymers. The lengths of hydrophilic segment influence the shape of the micelle. The mean hydrodynamic diameters of the micelles from dynamic light scattering were in the range of 90–160 nm. In vitro hydrolytic degradation of block–graft copolymers is faster than the corresponding block copolymers. The drug entrapment efficiency and the drug loading content of micelles depending on the composition of block–graft polymers were described. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 4320–4331, 2008     

MATLAB在空间图形中的动态应用

学生空间思维的不足影响了学生对空间曲面的理解和重积分的学习。本文通过二个实例,重点讨论了用MATLAB动态生成空间图形的技巧。     

Studies on the Combined Derivative Spectrophotometry

The combined derivative spectrophotometry developed in this paper is a new method, which can be used to determine multicomporent mixture simultaneously and may improve the sensitivity and accuracy of the measurement remarkably. Two practical tests were carried out to verify the correctness of the theory, and the results are satisfactory.     

Study of the Electrical Double Layer of a Spherical Micelle: Functional Theoretical Approach

The electrical double layer theory is the base of the colloid stability theory (DLVO theory), and the PB eq. is a key to the study of the layer1,2. For a spherical particle, the PB eq. is (1) where and are the dielectric constant of the medium, the valence of ions, the elementary charge, the concentration of ions far away from the particle, the Boltzmann's constant and the temperature of the system, respectively. Since this eq. is a second order nonlinear differential one, only the anal…     

?-measure for continuous state branching processes and its application

In this paper, we first give a direct construction of the ℕ-measure of a continuous state branching process. Then we prove, with the help of this ℕ-measure, that any continuous state branching process with immigration can be constructed as the independent sum of a continuous state branching process (without immigration), and two immigration parts (jump immigration and continuum immigration). As an application of this construction of a continuous state branching process with immigration, we give a proof of a necessary and sufficient condition, first stated without proof by M. A. Pinsky [Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., 1972, 78: 242–244], for a continuous state branching process with immigration to a proper almost sure limit. As another application of the ℕ-measure, we give a “conceptual” proof of an L log L criterion for a continuous state branching process without immigration to have an L ¹-limit first proved by D. R. Grey [J. Appl. Prob., 1974, 11: 669–677].     

EFFECTIVE DYNAMICS OF A COUPLED MICROSCOPIC-MACROSCOPIC STOCHASTIC SYSTEM

A conceptual model for microscopic-macroscopic slow-fast stochastic systems is considered. A dynamical reduction procedure is presented in order to extract effective dynamics for this kind of systems. Under appropriate assumptions, the effective system is shown to approximate the original system, in the sense of a probabilistic convergence.     

Structures and Absolute Configurations of Three 7,8‐Secolabdane Diterpenes from the Chinese Liverwort Pallavicinia ambigua

The known 7,8‐secolabdane type diterpenoids neopallavicinin ( 1 ), pallavicinin ( 2 ), and 18‐hydroxypallavicinin ( 3 ) were isolated from Pallavicinia ambigua, and their structures were determined. The X‐ray crystal structure of 1 was solved, and, in combination with CD and NMR studies, the absolute configurations of 1 – 3 were established. A possible biogenetic pathway for 1 and 2 from a single labdane precursor is proposed.