A new method for preparing TiO2 catalyst honeycombs without sintering

Composite catalyst honeycombs without sintering were prepared via kneading, mulling, extrusion molding, and solidifying at room temperature with the magnesite oxychloride gels modified by nano-rice husk ash (RHA) as a solidifying agent. The effects of nano-RHA and composite water-resistant agents on the water resistance of magnesite materials were studied. The solidification of the modified magnesite gels on TiO₂ catalyst honeycombs was analyzed. The experiments show that the proportional addition of nano-RHA markedly increases the water resistance of magnesite materials without reducing the bending strength, and the softening coefficient increases from 0.29 to 0.78. With further addiition of the complex water-resistant agents, the softening coefficient increases from 0.78 to 0.97. The optimal mass ratio of MgO in the solidifying agent to TiO₂ is 4:1, and the bending strength of unsintered catalyst honeycombs is 11.46 MPa. The desulfurization rate and denitration rate of this composite catalyst honeycomb on simulation smoke was 97 and 65 %, respectively, in 3 h.     

Synthesis Of N-Arylhydroxylamines by Antimony-Catalyzed Reduction of Nitroarenes

Metallic antimony catalyzes the reduction of aromatic nitro compounds to the corresponding N-arylhydroxylamines in good yields with NaBH₄ under mild conditions. The azoxybenzenes from autoxidation of N-arylhydroxylamines were also obtained in basic conditions.     

Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of NiS flower-like architectures

Under the influence of thiocyanate anions (SCN^?) and cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB), NiS flower-like architectures were successfully synthesized by a one-step hydrothermal method. The synthesized flower-like architectures, with a multilayered and highly ordered texture, have diameters of several micrometers. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) shows that the NiS flower-like architectures are rhombohedral crystalline. On the basis of condition-dependent experiments, the diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) model and cage effect were used to explain the growth process of rhombohedral crystalline NiS flower-like architectures. Magnetic measurements showed that the coercivity (H_c) of the as-obtained NiS flower-like architectures was 102.14 Oe.     

Secure pairing with wearable devices by using ambient sound and light

Wearable devices usually work together with smart phones. To ensure only legitimate smart phones can read the data, they must conduct pairing to establish a shared key. Traditional pairing methods require that the pairing devices have a keyboard or screen for user interaction. However, due to the size limitation, keyboards or screens are hard to be installed in the wearable devices. To solve this problem, we propose a novel pairing method by using ambient sound and light. In this new scheme, any pairing request from smart phone will trigger wearable device vibration. Only after users press the confirm key on the device can the pairing process continues. Then pairing devices collect ambient sound and light at the predetermined time and establish a shared key by using the Diffie-Hellman protocol. To protect against potential man-in-the-middle attacks in the key establishment process, an improved interlock protocol with sound and light comparison is conducted to authenticate the key. If both the sound and light collected by the pairing devices are similar enough, the key is accepted. Otherwise, it is rejected. Compared with current context based pairing methods, our scheme does not impose strict synchronization on devices to collect ambient context data. Moreover, our scheme need not collect and exchange contextual information for multiple times to resist offline brute force attacks. The experimental results and security analysis prove the effectiveness of our scheme.     

甘露糖醛酸寡糖增敏环丙沙星抑制大肠埃希菌机制的研究

通过考察大肠埃希菌(Escherichia.coli)体内环丙沙星(ciprofloxacin, CPFX)的含量以及联用不同浓度甘露糖醛酸寡糖(MOS)对CPFX抑制E.coli效果的影响，探讨了MOS增敏CPFX抑制E.coli活性的作用机制.在菌液中加入CPFX和不同质量浓度的MOS,37℃培养150 min,观察抑菌效果，并用HPLC法测定E.coli体内CPFX的含量，同时通过激光扫描共聚焦显微镜(CLSM)观察E.coli体内CPFX的荧光强度进行验证.还考察了Ca²⁺对MOS增敏CPFX抑菌效果的影响.结果显示：CPFX与高浓度的MOS联用时，E.coli体内CPFX的含量较低；与较低浓度的MOS联用时，E.coli体内CPFX的含量较高，与其抑菌实验联用MOS高浓度时拮抗，低浓度时增敏的结果一致.Ca²⁺的加入，在一定程度上逆转了高浓度MOS与CPFX的拮抗作用.该研究可为新型抗菌增效剂的开发和抗耐药菌感染的临床应用提供参考.     

The potential use of electrospun polylactic acid nanofibers as alternative reinforcements in an epoxy composite system

This pilot study elaborates the development of novel epoxy/electrospun polylactic acid (PLA) nanofiber composites at the fiber contents of 3, 5, and 10 wt % to evaluate their mechanical and thermal properties using flexural tests and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The flexural moduli of composites increase remarkably by 50.8 and 24.0% for 5 and 10 wt % fiber contents, respectively, relative to that of neat epoxy. Furthermore, a similar trend is also shown for corresponding flexural strengths being enhanced by 31.6 and 4.8%. Fractured surface morphology with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) confirms a full permeation of cured epoxy matrix into nanofiber structures and existence of nondestructive fibrous networks inside large void cavities. The glass transition temperature (T_g) of composites increases up to 54–60 °C due to embedded electrospun nanofibers compared to 50 °C for that of epoxy, indicating that fibrous networks may further restrict the intermolecular mobility of matrix in thermal effects. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2014 , 52, 618–623     

Rhodium(I)‐Catalyzed Decarbonylative Spirocyclization through C?C Bond Cleavage of Benzocyclobutenones: An Efficient Approach to Functionalized Spirocycles

The rhodium‐catalyzed formation of all‐carbon spirocenters involves a decarbonylative coupling of trisubstituted cyclic olefins and benzocyclobutenones through C C activation. The metal–ligand combination [{Rh(CO)₂Cl}₂]/P(C₆F₅)₃ catalyzed this transformation most efficiently. A range of diverse spirocycles were synthesized in good to excellent yields and many sensitive functional groups were tolerated. A mechanistic study supports a hydrogen‐transfer process that occurs through a β‐H elimination/decarbonylation pathway.     

3-甲基-4-对甲基苯基-5-(2-吡啶)-1,2,4-三唑桥联的双核铜配合物的磁性理论研究

采用对称性破损态方法结合密度泛函理论,选用反铁磁双核配合物[Cu2(MMBPT)2Cl4(H2O)2.5](MMBPT=3-甲基-4-对甲基苯基-5-(2-吡啶)-1,2,4-三唑)作为研究对象,通过与实验数据相比较,探讨了不同密度泛函方法与基组对计算铜配合物交换耦合常数的准确度.结果表明,4种混合密度泛函DFT(B3LYP,B3P86,B3PW91和PBE0)的计算结果都能和实验所观察到的值-31cm-1符号一致,但只有B3PW91方法得到的结果和实验结果吻合程度最好,同时采用方法B3PW91方法计算所得的交换耦合常数Jab对基组的依赖性较大.研究表明,2个Cu(Ⅱ)离子之间弱的反铁磁相互作用主要源于单占据分子轨道SOMOs小的能量劈裂.