New diphenylhexatriene derivatives as fluorescent membrane probes: Partitioning properties

Three new diphenylhexatriene derivatives, two phospholipids and one single-chain amphiphilic molecule, have been synthesized and considered as probes for measuring membrane fluidity by fluorescence anisotropy. The possibility of using these probes to determine specifically fluidity of inner leaflets of cellular plasma membranes was inferred from their partitioning properties between gel and liquid crystalline phases of phospholipid vesicles of binary composition.     

聚乙烯醇／壳聚糖共混膜优先透醇性能的研究

聚乙烯醇／壳聚糖共混膜优先透醇性能的研究王新平，沈之荃，张富尧，林荣轩（浙江大学高分子系，化学系，杭州，３１００２７）关键词渗透蒸发，聚乙烯醇／壳聚糖共混物膜，乙醇水溶液本文首次报道利用亲水性的聚乙烯醇和壳聚糖制得具有很高的乙醇优先透过选择性的透醇型...     

受控核聚变两大途径的对比与结合

目前人们探索受控核聚变主要是从两个方向着手：磁约束受控核聚变和惯性约束受控核聚变，但目前还无法判定到底哪一种途径更为可取，文章首先对这两种途径进行对比，指出各自的特点和困难，在此基础上提出了一种结构相对简单，成本相对较低的三轴六极磁镜系统设想，希望能将磁约束和惯性约束和惯性约束结合起来，以实现受控核聚变反应。     

Modification of poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) membrane by grafting of salicylic acid via a ketone bridge

Chelating solid phase extraction is a method particularly adapted to the recovery of metallic ions in polluted waters. The principle consists in the partitioning of the analyte between the solution and a solid sorbent grafted by a ligand. Aromatic organic crosslinked copolymers, which are commercially available, permit to consider numerous ways of linking the ligand to the sorbent. In this way, the grafting of salicylic acid (SA) via a ketone bridge on Amberlite^® XAD-4 resin has been previously achieved with success. Then the same grafting on Empore^™ SDB-XC membrane was also considered. The yield obtained is 33%. The determination of complexing capacities highlights the fact that about 20% of the grafted complexing sites could efficiently retain metallic ions. For the first time, a ligand has been covalently linked to Empore^™ SDB-XC membrane.     

Aggregation of ordinal information

Our interest is with the fusion of information which has an ordinal structure. Information fusion in this environment requires the availability of ordinal aggregation operations. Basic ordinal operations are first introduced. Next we investigate conjunctive and disjunction aggregations of ordinal information. The idea of a pseudo-log in the ordinal environment is presented. We discuss the introduction of a zero like point on an ordinal scale along with the related ideas of bipolarity (positive and negative values) and uni-norm aggregation operators. We introduce mean like aggregation operators as well weighted averages on a ordinal scale. The problem of selecting between ordinal models is considered.     

Phase separation and polymer crystallization in a poly(4‐methyl‐1‐pentene)–dioctylsebacate–dimethylphthalate system via thermally induced phase separation

The effects of the polymer concentration and quenching temperature on the phase separation, the membrane morphology and polymer crystallization behavior in a poly(4‐methyl‐1‐pentene) (TPX)‐dioctylsebacate (DOS)‐dimethylphthalate (DMP) system via thermally induced phase separation were studied with a pseudobinary phase diagram, with the weight ratio of DOS:DMP = 1:1. SEM was used to observe the membrane morphology and structure, whereas the TPX crystallization behavior was studied with DSC and WAXD. Liquid‐liquid phase separation occurred, although quenching under the crystallization temperature. As the quenching temperature decreased, the pore size decreased, with better connected pore structure formed. The membranes quenched at 333 and 363 K showed good cellular structures, with an average pore size of about 2.3μm, whereas the pores of the membranes quenched at 393 and 423 K were not well formed, with some lamellar crystals on the inner side. The diluent assisted the mobility of the polymer chain, which improved the polymer crystallization. Dual‐melting‐peak behavior occurred for all the samples studied here. As the quenching temperature increased, the first peak of the melting trace moved to a higher temperature, whereas the second one stayed almost the same. The flexibility of the TPX main chain was restricted by the side groups, which allowed liquid‐liquid phase separation to occur first when quenched below the equilibrium crystallization temperature. This allowed primary and secondary crystallization, which was responsible for the dual‐melting‐peak behavior. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 45: 153–161, 2007     

用混合量热法测冰熔解热系统误差剖析

本文根据实验实际，对用混合量热法测定冰的熔解热的系统误差进行了估其与分析，并据此提出了减小系统误差的建议。     

A study of a polysulfone membrane for use in an in-situ tunable microdialysis probe during monitoring of starch enzymatic hydrolysates

We report a study made on a 5 kDa molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) polysulfone membrane (SPS 4005) for use in microdialysis sampling of starch enzymatic hydrolysates on-line coupled to column liquid chromatography with integrated pulsed electrochemical detection. Membrane characteristics were evaluated by examining both the membrane and membrane support layer using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). This study was made so as to elucidate the mechanism or mode by which a membrane exposed to different bioprocess conditions is either fouled or destroyed. The correlation of extraction fraction data with SEM was a confirmatory test for the observed change in the membrane characteristics. Examinations were made after keeping the membrane in pure water for 5, 10 and 30 min at room temperature or after perfusing the membrane with pure water continuously at room temperature, 60 and 90°C for 24 h. Extraction fractions were evaluated at these temperatures to see applicability of the SPS 4005 membrane to high temperature bioprocesses. Scanning electron microscopy studies were also made on membranes used for sampling and sample clean-up during on-line monitoring of the hydrolysis of soluble starch (according to Zulkowsky) for 32 h, and the hydrolysis of wheat starch at room temperature, 60 and 90°C for 6 h. Non-specific/directed protein-membrane interactions were evaluated by sampling maltoheptaose with a microdialysis probe fitted with a 10 mm SPS 4005 membrane, before and after treatment with an enzyme solution of Termamyl (endo-1,4-- -glucan glucanohydrolase EC 3.2.1.78).     

A fuzzy blue sky catastrophe

In this paper, a blue sky catastrophe of limit cycles of a Van der Pol system with fuzzy disturbances is studied by means of the fuzzy generalized cell mapping (FGCM) method. The blue sky catastrophe happens when a fuzzy limit cycle collides with a fuzzy saddle on the basin boundary as the intensity of fuzzy noise reaches a critical value. The fuzzy limit cycle, characterized by its global topology and membership function, suddenly loses stability and disappears into the blue sky after the collision. We illustrate this bifurcation event by considering the Van der Pol system under the multiplicative fuzzy noise. Such a bifurcation is a fuzzy noise-induced effect which cannot be seen in deterministic systems.