Temperature-dependent intermolecular force measurement of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) grafted surface with protein

We have investigated the temperature dependence of the intermolecular force between poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNiPAM) grafted surface and bovine serum albumin (BSA) in phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) using atomic force microscopy at the nanonewton scale. These observations show that the interaction force is nearly zero below the phase transition temperature of PNiPAM and that it increases steeply during the phase transition. Since the PNiPAM chains are grafted onto the aminosilane (gamma-aminopropyltriethoxysilane)-treated silicon wafer, we measured the force-distance curve of BSA-immobilized tips for the bare and the aminosilane-treated silicon wafer. These surfaces show no temperature dependence and their values are different from those of the PNiPAM-grafted surfaces at 30 degrees C. The results indicate that the measured adhesion force is between the PNiPAM-grafted surface and the BSA-immobilized tip. Our studies on the intermolecular force between other surfaces (CH(3)- and COOH-terminated self-assembled monolayers) and the BSA-immobilized tip indicate that the variation in the intermolecular force between the PNiPAM surface and BSA with temperature can be attributed to the changes in the properties of the PNiPAM chains. From consideration of the PNiPAM phase transition mechanism, it is speculated that the intermolecular force between the PNiPAM-grafted surface and BSA would be affected by changes in the arrangement of the bound water molecules around the PNiPAM chain and by changes in the conformation (i.e., in the chain mobility) of the PNiPAM chain during the phase transition.     

Classical Dynamics of H<Stack><Subscript>2</Subscript><Superscript>+</Superscript></Stack> in an Intense Laser Field by Using the Symplectic Method

The classical dynamics of 1D H₂⁺ in an intense field are discussed. The initial conditions are chosen at random in the field-free case, and then the Hamiltonian canonical equations of H₂⁺ system in the intense laser field are solved numerically by mean of the symplectic method under these initial conditions. The probabilities of survival, dissociation, ionization, and Coulomb explosion of H₂⁺ system in the intense laser field are obtained for different laser intensity based on the classical theory.     

Voltammetric Determination of Trace Amounts of Fenitrothion on a Novel Nano-TiO2 Polymer Film Electrode

A novel nano-TiO₂ polymer modified glassy carbon (GC) electrode was developed for the determination of an organophosphorous pesticide, fenitrothion (-NO₂), in citrate buffer solution. The electrochemical behavior of fenitrothion was characterized by using cyclic voltammetry. An irreversible form, -NO₂, was transformed into a reversible redox couple (-NHOH/-NO), and it can be used to determine trace fenitrothion by square wave voltammetry. The experimental parameters, such as film thickness, pH value, accumulation potential and time were optimized. Interestingly, a cyclic voltammetric scan was observed to be more effective than a constant potential for the accumulation of fenitrothion. A linear response over a fenitrothion concentration of 2.5×10^–8 to 1.0×10^–5M was exhibited, with a detection limit of 1.0×10^–8M (S/N=3). The high sensitivity and selectivity of this film electrode was demonstrated by its practical application to the determination of trace amounts of fenitrothion in lake water and apple samples.     

Kinetically controlled Ag+-coordinated chiral supramolecular polymerization accompanying a helical inversion

We report kinetically controlled chiral supramolecular polymerization based on ligand–metal complex with a 3 : 2 (L : Ag⁺) stoichiometry accompanying a helical inversion in water. A new family of bipyridine-based ligands (d-L1, l-L1, d-L2, and d-L3) possessing hydrazine and d- or l-alanine moieties at the alkyl chain groups has been designed and synthesized. Interestingly, upon addition of AgNO₃ (0.5–1.3 equiv.) to the d-L1 solution, it generated the aggregate I composed of the d-L1AgNO₃ complex (d-L1 : Ag⁺ = 1 : 1) as the kinetic product with a spherical structure. Then, aggregate I (nanoparticle) was transformed into the aggregate II (supramolecular polymer) based on the (d-L1)₃Ag₂(NO₃)₂ complex as the thermodynamic product with a fiber structure, which led to the helical inversion from the left-handed (M-type) to the right-handed (P-type) helicity accompanying CD amplification. In contrast, the spherical aggregate I (nanoparticle) composed of the d-L1AgNO₃ complex with the left-handed (M-type) helicity formed in the presence of 2.0 equiv. of AgNO₃ and was not additionally changed, which indicated that it was the thermodynamic product. The chiral supramolecular polymer based on (d-L1)₃Ag₂(NO₃)₂ was produced via a nucleation–elongation mechanism with a cooperative pathway. In thermodynamic study, the standard ΔG° and ΔH_e values for the aggregates I and II were calculated using the van''t Hoff plot. The enhanced ΔG° value of the aggregate II compared to that of the formation of aggregate I confirms that aggregate II was thermodynamically more stable. In the kinetic study, the influence of concentration of AgNO₃ confirmed the initial formation of the aggregate I (nanoparticle), which then evolved to the aggregate II (supramolecular polymer). Thus, the concentration of the (d-L1)₃Ag₂(NO₃)₂ complex in the initial state plays a critical role in generating aggregate II (supramolecular polymer). In particular, NO₃⁻ acts as a critical linker and accelerator in the transformation from the aggregate I to the aggregate II. This is the first example of a system for a kinetically controlled chiral supramolecular polymer that is formed via multiple steps with coordination structural change.

The nanoparticles were transformed into the supramolecular polymer as the thermodynamic product, involving a helical inversion from left-handed to right-handed helicity.     

MEASUREMENTS OF CHAIN INTERPENETRATION OF POLYMER GLASSES

The concept of entanglement provides the basis of our current understanding of the flow behavior of polymer melts, Current techniques developed to investigate the degree of interpenetration of polymer chains only provide indirectly the information of the degree of entanglement in a relatively large scale （several to tens of nanometer）. In this article, we report ^1H-NMR spectroscopy with dipolar filters under fast magic angle spinning for probing chain interpenetration of polymer glasses at the molecular level.     

Titania membrane preparation with chemical stability for very hash environments applications

The high-quality tubular titania MF membranes are successfully prepared by dip-coating techniques and systematically investigated with regard to their corrosive resistances. The experiments show that dispersants PAA and anatase powder were preferably employed to prepare desired suspensions with solid loading 10–15 wt.% and that suspensions properties significantly affect the final membranes quality. The titania MF membranes with pure water permeability 742.42 l m⁻² h⁻¹ bar⁻¹ and 0.1 μm pore diameter have been obtained using the prepared suspensions. The corrosion resistance of titania membranes exhibits that the anatase layers are more stable than the alumina supports in boiling corrosive medium and that the poor quality titania MF membranes become more deteriorated due to its top layer pore blockages and fouling layer formation, which provides a wide range of practical application fields in very hash environments with reliable data supports.     

Direct determination of rare earth impurities in high purity erbium oxide dissolved in nitric acid by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

A novel method was developed for the direct determination of trace quantities of rare earth elements (REEs) in high purity erbium oxide dissolved in nitric acid by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in this work. The mass spectra overlap interferences arose from Er matrix on the neighbouring and monoisotopic analytes of ¹⁶⁵Ho(100) and ¹⁶⁹Tm(100) were eliminated by adjusting instrumental peak resolution value from 0.7 to 0.3 amu. The matrix suppression effect of Er on the ion peak signals of REEs impurities was effectively compensated with spiking In as internal standard element. The limit of quantitation (LOQ) of REEs impurities was from 0.0090 to 0.025 μg g⁻¹, the recoveries of spiked sample for REEs were found to be in the range of 90.3-107% through using the proposed method and relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) varied between 2.5% and 6.7%. The novel methodology had been found to be suitable for the direct determination of trace REEs impurities in 99.999-99.9999% high purity Er₂O₃ and the results obtained from this method keep in good agreement with that acquired from high resolution ICP-MS.     

[Co(3,3-tri)(amp)Cl][ZnCl4]一对邻位差向异构体的晶体结构

The crystal structures of a pair isomers of [Co(3,3-tri)(amp)Cl][ZnCl₄] (here 3,3-tri = N-(3-Aminoprop- yl)-1,3-propanediamine; amp=2-(Aminomethyl)pyridine) have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffrac-tion. They are the epimers with the only difference of the orientation of the Sec-NH proton in 3,3-tri ligand. The crystals with the anti-epimer (m1[ZnCl₄]·CH₃OH·H₂O) are monoclinic, space group C2/c with eight molecules in a unit cell of dimensions a=30.401(5)?,b=8.0469(13)?,c=18.817(3)?,β=93.346(3)°,V=4595.3(12)?³,D_c=1.708g·cm^-3,Z=8,F₀₀₀=2416,R=0.0462,R_w=0.1304. The crystals of the syn-epimer (m2[ZnCl₄]·H₂O) are triclinic, space group P1 with two molecules in a unit cell of dimensions a=8.9752(12)?,b=9.8855(12)?,c=12.6886(16)?,α=89.228(3)°,β=76.447(2)°,γ=80.428(3)°,V=1078.8(2)nm³,D_c=1.721g·cm^-3,Z=2,F₀₀₀=568,R=0.0313,R_w=0.0929. The crystal parameters, such as bond lengths and angles, are well consistent with the data of an ab initio computational result (RHF/LANL2DZ opti-mised structure). The average error for bond length is about 1.6%, only two of them in the isomer m3 (Co-N2 and Co-N4) are over 3%, (3.09% and 4.28% respectively). The errormax for bond angle is 2.52%, the bond angles with an over 2% error are only 3.6% out of all bond angles.     

Photochemical naphthylation at(α-carbon atom of carbonyl and its equivalences

The photostimulated reaction of halonaphthalene with a series of carbanions derived from,propionic acid derivatives in liquid ammonia led to the naphthylation at a-carbon of the carbanions inan isolated yield ranging from 25％ to 86％.In all cases,the dehalonaphthalenes were found to,be by-products and the reaction was inhibited by p-dinitrobenzere.An electron transfer from thecarbanion to the halonaphthalene followed by ejection of halogen led to naphtbyl radical,as predictedby comparing the LUMOs of the carbanions and the halonaphthalenes,was involved in the process.Absence of the alkylnaphthalene and 1,2-dinaphthylalkane in the products indicates the smoothelectron transfer between(Naph-Nu)~+ and Naph-X.C-vs.O-naphthylation is fully addressed interms of MNDO calculations and acid-base principle.     

凝结热对低阶煤低温氧化过程的影响

选用Pulse Calorimeter仪器，研究了低阶煤在干燥氧气下低温氧化过程的反应热和相对湿度为80％的氮气下凝结热与温度的变化，以研究凝结热对低阶煤低温氧化过程的影响。结果表明,随着温度的上升体系的反应热增加，而凝结热减少。在26℃~60℃的低温下，体系的凝结热明显高于反应热。因此，低温下凝结热是影响低阶煤的低温氧化过程的重要因素。研究还得到了低阶煤在干燥氧气下低温氧化过程的动力学方程及活化能。