生物金属与胆固醇相互作用的经验势函数计算

流行病学调查和医学实验均证实，以胆固醇在动脉血管壁沉着、形成病灶及纤维增生使管壁变硬为特征的动脉粥样硬化（AS），与血中某些金属元素的水平密切相关＊．一些临床医学观测报道了冠心病患者血中金属元素铜、锌、铬、钢等的水平与胆固醇含量变化的关系［2－6］，以期通过改善人体内微量元素的失调来抑制AS的发生和发展．AS患者血中生物金属铜、锌、铬、锅水平与胆固醇含量有关，可能意味着两者存在某种相互作用制约关系．本文通过金属一胆固醇间、胆固醇分子间、受金属离子影响的胆固醇分子间的各种模型构造，选用恰当的经验势函数…     

Development of a ReaxFF reactive force field for ettringite and study of its mechanical failure modes from reactive dynamics simulations

Ettringite is a hexacalcium aluminate trisulfate hydrate mineral that forms during Portland cement hydration. Its presence plays an important role in controlling the setting rate of the highly reactive aluminate phases in cement paste and has also been associated with severe cracking in cured hardened cement. To understand how it forms and how its properties influence those of hardened cement and concrete, we have developed a first-principles-based ReaxFF reactive force field for Ca/Al/H/O/S. Here, we report on the development of this ReaxFF force field and on its validation and application using reactive molecular dynamics (RMD) simulations to characterize and understand the elastic, plastic, and failure response of ettringite at the atomic scale. The ReaxFF force field was validated by comparing the lattice parameters, pairwise distribution functions, and elastic constants of an ettringite crystal model obtained from RMD simulations with those from experiments. The predicted results are in close agreement with published experimental data. To characterize the atomistic failure modes of ettringite, we performed stress-strain simulations to find that Ca-O bonds are responsible for failure of the calcium sulfate and tricalcium aluminate (C3A) column in ettringite during uniaxial compression and tension and that hydrogen bond re-formation during compression induces an increase in plastic strain beyond the material's stress-strain proportionality limit. These results provide essential insight into understanding the mechanistic role of this mineral in cement and concrete degradation, and the ReaxFF potential developed in this work serves as a fundamental tool to further study the kinetics of hydration in cement and concrete.     

Controllable alignment of liquid crystals based on the surface relief gratings from a photocross-linkable organic monomer

The orientational control of liquid crystal (LC) molecules is essential for high-quality liquid crystal displays, and the photo-induced surface relief grating (SRG) is a facile and effective non-contact process. Here, SRGs with different period and depth were prepared with a photocross-linkable organic monomer 4-propyldiphenylacetylenecarboxylic acid cinnamyl ester (PDACE), and the LC alignment induced by SRG was studied. It is found that both the surface topography and the chemical nature of the surface are responsible for the LC alignment, which is strongly dependent on the groove geometry of the gratings. Furthermore, the patterned LC cell was fabricated with the patterned SRG surface. These results demonstrate that the planar, perpendicular and patterned orientations of LC can be easily photo-controllably obtained with PDACE, which have important applications in optical devices.     

Disk-shaped Symmetric Hexa-substituted Triphenylene Derivatives: Synthesis,Physical Properties and Self-assembly

A series of triphenylene derivatives with six symmetric substituents was synthesized from hexabromotriphenylene. The synthesis was conducted by six-fold palladium-catalyzed Hagihara-Sonogashira cross- coupling reactions to yield the hexa-alkynyl substituted triphenylene derivatives of HTP1, HTP2, HTP3 and HTP4. The six symmetric substituents can not only endow the triphenylene the longer π-conjugated range, but also increase the solubility of the compounds. Their photophysical, electrochemical, thermal properties were investigated respectively. With the comparison of their properties, the structure-property relationships were established which demonstrated the influences of different substituents on the electronic nature and the mesomorphic phase of these disk-shaped molecules. In addition, with the scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and polarized optical microscopy(POM) characterization, the self-assembly behaviors of the compounds were also investigated.     

Ab initio study of the π–π interactions between CO2 and benzene,pyridine, and pyrrole

The π–π interactions between CO₂ and three aromatic molecules, namely benzene (C₆H₆), pyridine (C₅H₅N), and pyrrole (C₄H₅N), which represent common functional groups in metal‐organic/zeoliticimidazolate framework materials, were characterized using high‐level ab initio methods. The coupled‐cluster with single and double excitations and perturbative treatment of triple excitations (CCSD(T)) method with a complete basis set (CBS) was used to calibrate Hartree–Fock, density functional theory, and second‐order M?ller–Plesset (MP2) with resolution of the identity approximation calculations. Results at the MP2/def2‐QZVPP level showed the smallest deviations (only about 1 kJ/mol) compared with those at the CCSD(T)/CBS level of theory. The strength of π–π binding energies (BEs) followed the order C₄H₅N > C₆H₆ ～ C₅H₅N and was roughly correlated with the aromaticity and the charge transfer between CO₂ and aromatic molecule in clusters. Compared with hydrogen‐bond or electron donor–acceptor interactions observed during BE calculations at the MP2/def2‐QZVPP level of theory, π–π interactions significantly contribute to the total interactions between CO₂ and aromatic molecules. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Temperature dependent light transmission-light scattering switching of (homeotropic liquid crystalline polymer network/liquid crystals/chiral dopant) composite film

A (photo-polymerizable liquid crystal (LC) monomer/LCs/chiral dopant/photoinitiator) mixture with a smectic A (SmA)-chiral nematic (N*) phase transition was sandwiched between two ITO glass substrates which were not subjected to any surface orientation treatment. When an electric field-induced homeotropically oriented SmA phase of the mixture was irradiated with UV light, an oriented liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) network was formed upon photo-polymerization of the LC monomer. Then, a (homeotropically oriented LCP network/LCs/chiral dopant) composite with a SmA-N* phase transition was prepared. A focal-conic texture appeared in the heat-induced N* phase of the composite upon heating from the transparent state of the homeotropically oriented SmA phase; the focal-conic texture exhibited strong light scattering. Upon cooling the composite to the SmA phase, this phase was again homeotropically oriented due to the strong intermolecular interaction between the LC molecules and the homeotropically oriented LCP network. Thus, the transparent state of the SmA phase and the light scattering state of the N* phase occurred reversibly upon cooling and heating, accompanied by the thermal SmA-N* phase transition.     

Multiple discrete energy levels and the bistable state of weak anchoring NLC cells

The weak anchoring nematic liquid crystal (NLC) cell is investigated with regard to energy. Because the Gibbs free energy of liquid crystal system used in theory does not include temperature and entropy, and because the equations and boundary conditions for δG=0 are also the mechanical equilibrium conditions of the continuum, the Gibbs free energy G is equivalent to the energy E of the liquid crystal continuum. There are multiple solutions which satisfy these equations and boundary conditions, each solution corresponding to a certain energy value. We call these discrete energy values and energy levels. Adopting a simple liquid crystal cell model, the energy levels are calculated in detail by means of analytical and numerical methods. The results show that there are three energy levels (or more in certain cases). The values and sequence of the energy levels are related to the external field and anchoring parameters. The relationships between the energy level structure and the bistable. Fréedericksz transition are disussed, together with their influence on the response time. The physical condition for the existence of more than three energy levels is also given.     

压电增强的等离激元光催化材料Ag/BaTiO3的制备及性能研究

针对光催化过程中的低光利用率和低催化效率，采用光化学还原法将Ag纳米颗粒均匀修饰在BaTiO₃纳米压电材料表面，制备了x mol/L-Ag/BaTiO₃（x=0.01、0.02、0.04，x为Ag的浓度）等离激元压电光催化剂.研究了压电光催化过程中的反应机理及等离激元颗粒负载的浓度对光催化剂性能的影响.研究结果显示，0.02 mol/L-Ag/BaTiO₃在全光谱光辐照和超声激发的压电场的辅助下，在75 min内可降解91%的罗丹明B，将降解效率提升了21%，证实了纳米复合结构中压电势对表面等离激元光催化活性的重要影响.催化性能的提升源于压电效应和表面等离子体共振效应的协同作用.Ag纳米颗粒的等离子体共振效应（LSPR），使光吸收范围从紫外光区扩大至可见光波段.超声驱动可使BaTiO₃纳米压电体发生形变而于表面产生压电电荷，压电势的存在进一步增强了LSPR诱导的光生载流子分离，促进羟基自由基的生成，加速有机染料的降解.本工作将BaTiO₃的压电效应引入等离子体光催化中，可推广到其他材料和催化系统中，为环境净化提供一种有效的技术.     

Crystal Structure of 〔PrAl(CF_3COO)_2(CF_3CHOO)(C_2H_5)_2(C_4H_8O)_2〕_2

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