高分子气体分离膜材料的化学结构与气体透过性能之间的关系

本文以硅橡胶和聚酰亚胺为基础,从高分子的化学组成、分子链段的运动能力、侧基的大小及其作用等几个方面,讨论了聚合物的化学结构对其均质膜的气体选择透过性能的影响,以溶解扩散过程对气体分离膜材料的透气行为进行了剖析,井简述高分子化学结构对其成膜时结晶情况的影响及对气体透过的作用;还概述了气体分离膜科学发展的历史以及基本原理.     

高效液相色谱-荧光检测法测定敬钊毒素-I的磷脂膜结合活性

敬钊毒素-I(JZTX-I)是一种能够抑制心肌钠通道失活的新型蜘蛛神经毒素,该文结合高效液相色谱与色氨酸荧光测定技术研究了JZTX-I的磷脂膜结合活性。脂质体共沉淀实验表明,JZTX-I具有不依赖于带负电荷磷脂组成的生物膜结合活性。当加入由酸性或中性磷脂构成的脂质体后,JZTX-I能够分别产生6.4和4.7nm的蓝移以及7.4和8.0nm的红移激发漂移,显示JZTX-I能够插入磷脂膜,同时该分子疏水表面的色氨酸残基处于一个运动受限的界面区域。荧光淬灭实验进一步证实,与脂质体结合能够减少该毒素分子表面色氨酸残基的溶剂暴露。该研究结果为阐明JZTX-I的离子通道门控调节机制提供了新的信息。     

Polymeric Catalysts

The present-day position in the field of polymeric catalysts is outlined. The following selected groups of polymeric catalysts are discussed: synthetic hydrolases, immobilized enzymes, phase-transfer catalysts, nucleophilically active bases, polymers with conjugated π-systems, photosensitizers, polymers as carriers for catalytically active metals or ions, and immobilized homogeneous catalysts. Polymeric catalysts have the following valuable properties: insoluble polymeric catalysts are readily separable from reaction solutions and can often be re-used without loss of activity; a hydrophobic matrix protects the organometallic active center from deactivation by oxygen and water; by fixation of finely divided metals on an ion exchanger, multistage reactions may be effected successively in one reactor. Polymeric carriers may influence the catalytic properties; for example, in the case of immobilized enzymes on polyionic carriers the pH of the activity maximum may be shifted.     

Comparison of the photophysics of an aggregating and non-aggregating aluminium phthalocyanine system incorporated into unilamellar vesicles

The hydrophobic sensitizer, aluminium phthalocyanine chloride (AIPcCI), and the amphiphilic sensitizer, cis-disulphonated aluminium phthalocyanine (cis-AIPcS₂), were incorporated into small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs) and large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs). AIPcCI exhibits aggregation, which increases with increasing sensitizer concentration, whereas cis-AlPcS₂ is monomeric at all concentrations studied. Complex fluorescence decays are observed, showing decay time distributions which broaden with increasing phthalocyanine concentration. The phthalocyanine aggregate, although non-fluorescent, influences the overall photophysical behaviour of the phthalocyanine-vesicle system. The effect of aggregation on the resulting photophysics of phthalocyanines was investigated by comparing aggregated and non-aggregated phthalocyanine systems. The implications for photodynamic therapy (PDT) are briefly discussed.     

Investigation of parameters affecting the on-line combination of supercritical fluid extraction with capillary gas chromatography

Two different injectors, a split/splitless injector and a programmed temperature vaporizer (PTV) injector were investigated as the interface in on-line supercritical fluid extraction (SFE)-capillary gas chromatography (cGC). The parameters affecting the chromatographic peak shapes as well as the quantitative performance of the interfaces in on-line SFE-cGC were identified and studied. Particular attention was paid to the case where modified extraction fluids were used. Experiments were performed on two different samples. The first sample consisted of PAHs spiked on sand at different concentration levels. The other sample was a polymeric material.     

Recent advances in the formation of ultrathin polymeric membranes for gas separations

During the past 20 years membrane systems have been applied to a limited number of commercial gas separations. To further advance membrane-based gas separations, current research efforts focus on optimization of (i) membrane materials, (ii) membrane structures and (iii) membrane system design. In this overview, recent developments in the formation of high-performance gas separation membranes are discussed. The gas separation properties of state-of-the-art integrally skinned asymmetric membranes and thin-film composite membranes are summarized. Future directions for the preparation of advanced gas separation membranes are highlighted.     

Poly(butylene terephthalate)/poly(ε-caprolactone) blends: Influence of PCL molecular mass on PBT melting and crystallization behavior

The isothermal crystallization kinetics and melting behavior of poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) in binary blends with poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) was investigated as a function of PCL molecular mass by differential scanning calorimetry and optical microscopy. The components are miscible in the melt when oligomeric PCL (M_w = 1250) is blended with PBT, whereas only partial miscibility was found in mixtures with higher molecular mass (M_w = 10,000 and 50,000). The equilibrium melting point of PBT in the homopolymer and in blends with PCL was determined through a non-linear extrapolation of the T_m = f(T_c) curve. The PBT spherulitic growth rate and bulk crystallization rate were found to increase with respect to plain PBT in blends with PCL1250 and PCL10000, whereas addition of PCL50000 causes a reduction of PBT solidification rate. The crystallization induction times were determined by differential scanning calorimetry for all the mixtures through a blank subtraction procedure that allows precise estimation of the crystallization kinetics of fast crystallizing polymers. The results have been discussed on the basis of the Hoffman-Lauritzen crystallization theory and considerations on both the transport of chains towards the crystalline growth front and the energy barrier for the formation of critical nuclei in miscible and partially miscible PBT/PCL mixtures are widely debated.     

Improving the lower detection limit of potentiometric sensors by covalently binding the ionophore to a polymer backbone

The lower detection limit of polymeric membrane ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) is impaired by zero-current ion fluxes through the organic phase. This adverse effect is largely eliminated by covalently attaching the ionophore to a polymer backbone. To this purpose, the Pb²⁺-selective ligand, 4-tert-butylcalix[4] arene-tetrakis(N,N′-dimethylthioacetamide) is substituted on its upper rim by a diol derivative which is subsequently copolymerized with poly(tetrahydrofuran)diol and 2,2,4-trimethylhexamethylene diisocyanate to the corresponding polyurethane. By measurements on sandwich membranes, it is shown that through binding the ionophore to the polymer, the mobility of Pb²⁺ in the ISE membrane is strongly reduced. As a consequence, the response range of such an ISE is extended by several orders of magnitude. This is the case even when using an internal electrolyte that with an ISE based on a mobile ionophore leads to strong deviations from the linear response because of ion uptake from the sample into the membrane or ion release from the membrane into the sample. With a conventional inner filling solution of 10⁻¹ M Pb(NO₃)₂, a lower detection limit of 1.7×10⁻⁹ M Pb²⁺ has been achieved in the presence of 10⁻⁴ M Na⁺.     

Reduced fluidity of dipalmitoyl phosphatidic acid membranes by salicylic acid

This paper presents DSC and NMR study of how the kerotolytic drug, salicylic acid (SA), affects the thermotropic and morphological behavior of a model membrane, dipalmitoyl phosphatidic acid (DPPA). The membrane-drug system has been studied in the multilamellar vesicular (MLV) and in the unilamellar vesicular (ULV) forms, for SA/DPPA molar ratios from 0 to 0.5. The mode of interaction of SA molecules with DPPA is similar in MLV and ULV. Chain-melting transition becomes sharper and shifts to higher temperatures in the presence of the drug, implying an enhanced co-operativity of the acyl chains. NMR and DSC data indicate that the drug molecules are located in the aqueous interfacial region neighboring the lipid headgroups. The membrane becomes more rigid in the presence of the drug molecules, due to a stronger interaction between the lipid headgroups leading to reduced permeability. ULVs are destroyed by even a short equilibration at room temperature, whereas prolonged equilibration of the MLV only leads to a slightly reduced interaction between the lipid headgroups due to sequestering of the drug molecules in the interfacial aqueous region.     

含氨基酸侧链的有机硅高分子催化剂 ⅩⅤ.γ-(L-酪氨酰胺基)丙基硅氧烷钯催化剂的合成加氢活性及其结构表征

本文报导了四种不同N/Pd摩尔比的聚γ-(L-酪氨酰胺基)丙基硅氧烷钯催化剂的合成及其催化加氢活性,这类催化剂与聚γ-((L-酷氨酸)丙基硅氧烷钯催化剂相比较,虽然均具有类似的N→Pd配位的活性中心组成,但它们对底物的加氢活性则明显不同,前者对丙烯腈、丙烯酸、环己烯和1-癸烯的催化活性比后者高,对苯乙烯则相反。N/Pd摩尔比、反应温度、溶剂以及体系的pH值对催化活性的影响,两者的情况大致相同,标题催化剂对衣康酸的催化加氢,产物的光学纯度为30％。