CE detection of N‐(3‐dimethylaminopropyl)‐N‐carbodiimide/N‐hydroxysuccinimide‐coupled proteins after homo‐ and hetero‐crosslinking reactions

Protein–protein conjugates formed by carbodiimide crosslinking reactions have been analyzed for the first time using CE. Lysozyme and BSA were chosen as model proteins to study the efficacy of N‐(3‐dimethylaminopropyl)‐N‐ethylcarbodiimide and N‐hydroxysuccinimide as crosslinkers. Detection of the molecular mass increase was checked by SDS‐PAGE. Commercially available, PVA‐coated capillaries showed appropriate selection, while phospho‐deactivated and dynamic PVA‐coated capillaries did not give suitable resolution. CE was found to be an efficient tool to characterize homo‐ (lysozyme–lysozyme) and hetero‐ (lysozyme–BSA) protein coupling by suitable variations of electrophoretic mobilities.     

Electrospinning of zein/chitosan composite fibrous membranes

<正>Zein/chitosan composite fibrous membranes were fabricated from aqueous ethanol solutions by electrospinning. Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone)(PVP) was introduced to facilitate the electrospinning process of zein/chitosan composites.The asspun zein/chitosan/PVP composite fibrous membranes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and tensile tests.SEM images indicated that increasing zein and PVP concentrations led to an increase in average diameters of the composite fibers.In order to improve stability in wet stage and mechanical properties,the composite fibrous membranes were crosslinked by hexamethylene diisocyanate(HDI).The crosslinked composite fibrous membranes showed slight morphological change after immersion in water for 24 h.Mechanical tests revealed that tensile strength and elongation at break of the composite fibrous membranes were increased after crosslinking,whereas Young's modulus was decreased.     

热稳定剂对PVC紫外光老化过程中微观结构及宏观性能演变的影响

通过UV-Vis、FTIR、DSC、以及色差、力学性能的测试表征,实时追踪分析了在紫外光老化过程中,含Pb、Sn以及Ca-Zn热稳定剂的PVC体系微观结构和宏观性能的演变过程.结果表明,在相同光老化条件下,PVC/Pb、PVC/Sn和PVC/Ca-Zn体系的微观结构变化规律基本一致,过程中主要的化学反应是,大分子吸收光能后,发生脱HCl生成共轭双键的反应、生成羰基的氧化反应、交联反应和降解反应;不同热稳定剂的作用,主要表现在对于微观结构变化的幅度和动力学过程的影响不同.相应地,3种体系的外观色差和力学性能的变化规律也相似,但色差的变化程度和速度以及老化后力学性能的保持率因所含热稳定剂的不同而不同,其中含Sn体系的颜色稳定性最好,含Pb体系的力学性能保持率最高。     

Deuterium NMR Studies on the Orientational Order Generated in Strained Rubbers

The present paper deals with the induced orientational order of the probe molecules dissolved in the uniaxially strained rubbers measured by using deuterium NMR. The distinctive dependence of the quadrupolar splitting on the swelling, elongation and crosslinking density was observed. The orientational order arising from the correlation between chain segments decreases with the increase of the numbers of both links between junctions and solvent molecules around segments.     

聚合物结构对包膜缓释肥缓释性能的影响

研发和使用缓控释肥能有效解决普通肥料利用率低以及由于化肥使用过量而引起的环境问题。聚合物包膜型缓控释肥是缓控释肥中的一种,影响其缓释性能的因素如环境因素、包膜厚度、加工工艺等,前人已研究较多。聚合物结构对于缓释性能的影响也很重要,而这方面研究较少。本文主要讨论了聚合物结晶性、分子亲疏水性、分子链柔顺性、交联等结构因素对缓释性能的影响。深入研究聚合物结构对缓释性能的影响有助于缓控释材料的创新;能为聚合物包膜材料的设计、聚合物缓控释肥的研发及生产提供一定的理论依据。     

Time-intensity transformation and internal stress in UV-curable hyperbranched acrylates

The photocuring of three different highly functional acrylates—Di-pentaerythritol penta/hexaacrylate (DPHA) and two hyperbranched molecules (HBP), one with a stiff polyester and one with a more flexible polyether structure—was investigated by means of photorheology, photo differential scanning calorimetry, and beam bending. Special attention was paid to the influence of the composition of DPHA/HBP reactive blends and UV intensity on gelation and vitrification and the resulting dynamics of the internal stress. It was found that adding HBPs to DPHA did not influence gelation significantly, but shifted the onset of vitrification to higher conversions and thus caused lower internal stresses in the material. Increasing UV intensity increased both the conversion at vitrification, thus retarding the build-up of internal stresses, and the ultimate conversion, thus increasing the final stress level. The obtained conversion, gelation, and vitrification data were assembled into time-intensity transformation diagrams, thus providing a useful tool for optimizing photocuring. This paper was presented at Annual European Rheology Conference (AERC) held in Hersonisos, Crete, Greece, April 27–29, 2006.     

Preparation of sulphonate-containing polymer particles <Emphasis Type="Italic">via</Emphasis> semi-continuous emulsion copolymerizaion of styrene and sodium styrene sulphonate

Submicron-sized P(St-NaSS) latexes were prepared via a semi-continuous emulsion copolymerization of styrene (St) and sodium styrene sulphonate(NaSS) in the presence of anionic surfactant,in which NaSS aqueous solution and St were separately dropwise charged into the polymerization system at the same time.The hydrodynamic diameter of the latex particles was measured by dynamic light scattering(DSL) method,and the NaSS unit content of the purified copolymer by water extraction was calculated based on the elementary analysis.Results showed that the copolymerization could be performed smoothly with the monomer conversion more than 96%in the absence of crosslinker,and PNaSS homopolymer could be removed from the latex product by water extraction for 28 h.The weight loss in the water extraction tended to decrease and the NaSS unit content of the purified copolymer tended to increase with the increase of monomer feeding time, and both of them increased with the increase of NaSS/St mole ratio in the charge.The introduction of divinyl benzene (DVB) could decrease the weight loss in the water extraction and increase the NaSS unit content of the purified copolymer. When 25/75 mole ratio of NaSS/St and 11 mol%DVB of total NaSS and St were used in the recipe,and the monomer feeding time was 3 h in copolymerization,the NaSS unit content of the purified copolymer reached 7.31 mol%.     

Free volume related fluorescent behavior in electron beam irradiated chalcone doped PVA

Effect of electron irradiation on the free volume related microstructural and optical properties of chalcone doped Poly(vinyl alcohol) composite films have been studied using FTIR, UV-Visible, XRD and Positron Annihilation techniques. The FTIR spectral study shows that the irradiation induces the crosslinking within the composite. Using UV-Visible absorption spectra the optical energy band gap and activation energies were estimated and the variation of these parameters suggests the existence of defects and molecular ordering within the irradiated composite. XRD diffractograms reveal that the crosslinking enhances the crystallinity of the sample. In this cross-linked polymer composite the fluorescence enhancement has been observed in the fluorescence spectral study. The Positron annihilation result suggests that the irradiation affects the free volume properties and crosslinking hinders the chalcone chromophore molecular rotation. Under this restricted condition the chromophore molecules likely to emit enhanced fluorescence and its mobility is directly related to the free volume around it.     

Effect of chemical structure on the crosslinking behavior of bismaleimides: Rheological study

The effect of molecular structure on the cure characteristics of bismaleimides (BMIs) was investigated by rheological measurements. BMI resins of different chemical structures were used, prepared from diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A and N-(3-carboxy phenyl) maleimide or N-(4-carboxy phenyl) maleimide. Temperature dependence of the rheological data was correlated to the Arrhenius equation, from which the activation energy of crosslinking was calculated.Upon heating in dynamic curing, viscosity passed through a minimum then sharply increased due to increasing amount of the crosslinking reaction. The temperature at minimum viscosity increased as the chain length became longer. After passing the minimum point, viscosity increased much faster for meta BMIs (3BE1, 3BE2) than para BMIs, however, the difference in the chain length did not show any appreciable difference in the viscosity increase rate (dη^∗/dT). Nonetheless, the final viscosity was lower for longer chains, because their crosslinking density would be lower.In isothermal curing, the final crosslinking density was expected to increase with temperature, which was shown via the increase in the final viscosity. The gelation time decreased with temperature, and the activation energy of the crosslinking reaction was obtained. Using the reaction kinetics parameters obtained from dynamic scanning calorimeter and Arrhenius type equation, the viscosity change during the isothermal curing was simulated and compared with the measurements.     

Radiation preparation of nano-powdered styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and its toughening effect for polystyrene and high-impact polystyrene

Nano-powdered styrene-butadiene rubber (NPSBR) was synthesized based on the styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) latex via gamma radiation crosslinking followed by spray drying. Two functional monomers, 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate (2-EHA) and trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA) were used as crosslinking agents. It was found that both 2-EHA and TMPTA can improve the radiation crosslinking of SBR latex. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) revealed that the NPSBR has a particle size similar to that of SBR latex with a diameter of 100 nm due to the high degree of crosslinking of SBR. Mechanical testing results showed that NPSBR could toughen polystyrene (PS) and high-impact polystyrene (HIPS) effectively. In addition, NPSBR is more suitable to toughen HIPS than PS at low rubber content.