Effect of fluorination on the phase sequence,dielectric and electro-optical properties of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric mixtures

Four multicomponent room temperature mixtures were formulated using a pyrimidine-based achiral matrix as host and four terphenyl-based ester chiral compounds as dopants. Among the four mixtures, two exhibit antiferroelectric and two other exhibit ferroelectric phases at room temperature. Dopant molecules differ from each other by position and number of fluorine atom substitution at the benzoate group of the molecular rigid core. Number and location of fluorine atoms in the dopant structure show significant effect on the phase sequences as well as on different physical properties. All the mixtures found to have moderate spontaneous polarisation, high tilt angle, very fast switching time and low viscosity which are important for liquid crystal-based display applications.     

Excess Gibbs energies and volumes of the ternary system chloroform + tetrahydrofuran + cyclohexane at 298.15 K

Vapour–liquid equilibria and densities for the ternary system chloroform + tetrahydrofuran + cyclohexane and for the binary mixtures containing chloroform have been determined at 298.15 K. Vapour–liquid equilibrium data have been collected by head-space gas-chromatographic analysis of the vapour phase directly withdrawn from an equilibration apparatus. Density measurements have been carried out by means of a vibrating tube densimeter. Molar excess Gibbs energies G^E and volumes V^E, as well as activity coefficients and apparent molar volumes of the components, have been obtained from the measured quantities and discussed. The binary chloroform + tetrahydrofuran displays negative deviations from ideality, while chloroform + cyclohexane positive deviations, for both volume and Gibbs energy. The G^E's and V^E's for the ternary system are positive in the region rich in cyclohexane while negative in the region rich in chloroform + tetrahydrofuran. This indicates that hydrogen bonding between chloroform and tetrahydrofuran molecules produces negative values of G^E and V^E and strongly influences the behaviour of the ternary system.     

New observation on a class of old reactions:Chemoselectivity for the solvent-free reaction of aromatic aldehydes with alkylketones catalyzed by a double-component inorganic base system

Solvent-free reactions of aromatic aldehydes with three representative ketones,including acetophenone,acetone and cyclohexanone,have been examined under the catalysis of a low-cost inorganic base system consisting of NaOH and K2CO3.It was found that the chemoselectivity of the reactions is in close relationship with the composition of the reactants and the doublecomponent catalyst.Under the optimized experimental conditions,1,2,3,4,5-pentasubstituted cyclohexanols,α,β-unsaturated ketones and Claisen-Schmidt...     

Determination of phenylephrine hydrochloride and chlorpheniramine maleate in binary mixture using chemometric-assisted spectrophotometric and high-performance liquid chromatographic-UV methods

Four methods have been developed for the simultaneous determination of phenylephrine hydrochloride and chlorpheniramine maleate without previous separation. In the first method both drugs are determined using first derivative UV spectrophotometry, with zero-crossing measurement. The second method depends on first derivative of the ratios spectra. The third method describes the use of multivariate spectrophotometric calibration for the simultaneous determination of the analyzed binary mixture where the resolution is accomplished by using partial least squares (PLS) regression analysis. In the fourth method (HPLC), a reversed-phase column and a mobile phase of methanol:water:acetonitrile (80:12:8 v/v/v/) at 0.9 ml/min flow rate have been used to separate both drugs with a UV detection at 270 nm. All the proposed methods are extensively validated. They have the advantage to be economic and time saving. All the described methods can be readily utilized for analysis of pharmaceutical formulations. The results obtained using the proposed methods are statistically analyzed and compared with some reported methods.     

Molecular dynamics simulation study of association in trifluoroethanol/water mixtures

Mixtures of Trifluoroethanol (TFE) and water with different proportions are studied using molecular dynamics simulations. The radial and spatial distribution functions, as well as the size distribution of TFE clusters are obtained from the trajectories. The variation of radial and spatial distribution functions with composition show that the addition of TFE enhances the water structure, but the hydrogen bonds between TFE molecules are broken as TFE is diluted with water. The TFE‐rich solutions have stronger TFE–water hydrogen bonds. The clustering of TFE molecules in low concentration region is attributed to the hydrophobic interactions between CF₃ groups. The distribution of cluster sizes in solution supports these conclusions. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem, 2010     

Composition determination of binary polymer mixtures by size exclusion chromatography with light scattering detection

<正>Base on the principle of absolute quantification of size exclusion chromatography(SEC),a light scattering(LS) detector coupled with a concentration detector(refractive index detector) is utilized to determine the compositions of complicated binary mixtures.A theoretical analysis predicts that the response factors for both LS and RI detectors are linear functions with the composition of any specified polymer mixtures in the binary polymer mixtures.Two pairs of complicated binary mixtures were used to test the theory mentioned in the present paper,and the experimental results show an excellent accordance with the theory.     

放电脉冲重频准分子激光器在不同应用领域的发展现状(英文)

研究了脉冲宽度为25～40 ns的放电脉冲XeCl准分子激光器的工作参数。结果显示,激光器产生的脉冲能量为0.2～0.7 J,重复频率为100 Hz,表明在泵浦功率为2.8～3.3 MW/cm3时,激光器实现了2.6%的激光效率和3.8%的本征效率。     

Analysis of distances between inclusions in finite binary stochastic materials

A generalized probability density function (PDF) describing the distribution of inter-inclusion distances in finite, isotropic, binary stochastic materials with fixed diameter inclusions has been developed and tested. The new probability density function explicitly accounts for edge effects present in finite two- and three-dimensional stochastic materials. The generalized PDF is shown to include factors that are dependent on both the geometry of the material region as well as the statistical properties of the material. A discussion of the properties and application of this newly developed PDF is provided along with supporting numerical results for case studies in one- and two-dimensions. These numerical results demonstrate the ability of the newly derived PDF to correctly account for edge effects in finite stochastic materials, while still reproducing the expected distribution within the bulk material region.     

非链式脉冲DF激光器的关键技术（英文）

基于化学反应的非链式脉冲DF激光器是产生3.5～4.1μm波段的有效相干辐射光源,具有存储能量水平高等优点。这些优点使得该激光器倍受中红外领域激光研究者的重视。为了更好地提高非链式脉冲DF激光器的输出性能,研制高能量水平的DF激光器,本文详细介绍了自引发大体积放电技术、混合气体配比技术、循环冷却技术等DF激光器关键技术,重点介绍了自引发大体积放电技术。这几种技术将为研制高性能DF激光器提供理论指导。     

Densities and mixing volumes of mixtures of fluorobenzene, α,α,α-trifluorotoluene, tert-butylmethyl ether, and ethanol at temperature 298.15 K and pressure 0.1 MPa

The volumetric properties were evaluated from density data for the binary mixtures of (fluorobenzene + tert-butylmethyl ether), (α,α,α-trifluorotoluene + tert-butylmethyl ether), (tert-butylmethyl ether + ethanol), and the ternary mixtures of (fluorobenzene + tert-butylmethyl ether + ethanol) and (α,α,α-trifluorotoluene + tert-butylmethyl ether + ethanol). The observed densities were obtained by means of a vibrating-tube densimeter at the temperature 298.15 K and the pressure 101 kPa.The excess molar volumes of the ternary mixtures were estimated from binary solution data using several empirical equations with mean standard deviation less than 0.03 cm³·mol^-1. Stable chemical cross-associations among the molecules forming the mixtures were revealed.