Scattering experiments on polymer solutions

Laser light-scattering characterization of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) in a perfluoroalkane (perfluorotetracosane) or oligomers of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) at temperatures near the crystalline melting point of PTFE and studies of the coil-to-globule transition for polystyrene in cyclohexane are reviewed. Discussions on approach to solving some experimental problems are emphasized. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

非圆截面环流器FY-1实验(Ⅰ)——被动运行部分

本文简略地描述了FY-1装置结构、等离子体基本参数的测量和等离子体位形的调试,初步考察了硬X射线产额与工作气压的关系。实验分析表明,FY-1装置已形成的等离子体环流放电属于逃逸放电。在场成形线圈作被动运行时,通过改变其回路连接方式和外串电感值,可适当调节等离子体平衡位置和位形。MHD平衡计算与实验测量拟合结果表明,等离子体截面可调节为不同截面积和拉长比(k=1.1—1.4)的椭圆。     

Copolymers of 2,5‐bis[(4‐methoxyphenyl) oxycarbonyl]styrene with n‐butyl acrylate: Design,synthesis, and characterization

A series of rod–coil diblock copolymers, consisting of poly{2,5‐bis[(4‐methoxyphenyl)oxycarbonyl]styrene} as a rigid segment and poly(n‐butyl acrylate) as a flexible part, were successfully prepared through two inverse procedures by atom transfer radical polymerization. The copolymers were characterized by ¹H NMR and gel permeation chromatography and had high molecular weights and relatively narrow polydispersities (polydispersity index < 1.20). All the block copolymers synthesized had two distinct glass‐transition temperatures according to differential scanning calorimetry. A polarizing optical microscopy investigation demonstrated the liquid crystallinity of the diblock copolymers. The self‐assembly behaviors in dilute solutions was studied by transmission electron microscopy. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 5935–5943, 2005     

Highly sensitive and interference-free determination of bismuth in environmental samples by electrothermal vaporization atomic fluorescence spectrometry after hydride trapping on iridium-coated tungsten coil

Bismuthine was on-line trapped on tungsten coil and subsequently electrothermally vaporized for the determination by atomic fluorescence spectrometry (AFS). Several noble metals, including Pd, Rh, Pt, and Ir, were explored as permanent chemical modifier for tungsten coil on-line trapping. Investigation showed that Ir gave the best performance, in which bismuthine was on-line trapped on Ir-coated tungsten coil at 560 °C, and then released at 1550 °C for subsequent transfer to AFS by a mixture of Ar and H₂. Under optimum instrumental conditions, the trapping efficiency was found to be 73 ± 3%. With 120 s (12 mL sample volume) trapping time, a limit of detection (LOD) of 4 ng L^− 1 was obtained, compared to conventional hydride generation AFS (0.09 μg L^− 1); the LOD can be lowered down to 1 ng L^− 1 by increasing the trapping time to 480 s. The LOD was found to be better or at least comparable to literature levels involving on-line trapping and some other sophisticated instrumental methods such as ICP-MS and GF-AAS. A comprehensive interference study involving conventional hydride-forming elements and some transition metals was carried out, and the result showed that the gas phase interference from other hydride-forming elements was largely reduced, thanks to the use of on-line tungsten coil trapping. Finally, the proposed method was applied to the determination of bismuth in several biological and environmental standard reference materials, and a t-test shows that the analytical results by the proposed method have no significant difference from the certified values at the confidence level of 95%.     

Soluble oligoaramide precursors--a novel class of building blocks for rod-coil architectures

A new synthetic route is described that allows the reversible conversion of the inherently insoluble oligo-p-benzamides into soluble materials through the formation of imidoyl chlorides. Syntheses of the corresponding dimer, trimer, and tetramer are reported; these compounds can easily be purified by crystallization and are accessible on the multigram scale. Structural proof was obtained by single-crystal X-ray structures of the trimer and tetramer precursors. They can be selectively functionalized into amides or esters at the terminal carboxylic acid group followed by hydrolysis of the imidoyl chlorides to the parent amides. This new class of compounds gives access to strongly aggregating rigid rodlike materials in few synthetic steps, as is demonstrated by the preparation of poly(ethylene glycol)-co-oligo(p-benzamide) rod-coil block copolymers.     

Self‐Assembly of Rod–Coil Polyethylenimine–Poly(ethylene glycol)–α‐Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes into Hollow Spheres and Rod‐Like Particles

This paper describes the self‐assembly of rod–coil inclusion complexes, polyethylenimine–poly(ethylene glycol)–α‐cyclodextrin (PEI–PEG–α‐CD). It is demonstrated that α‐CDs should exclusively thread on the PEG block in PEI–PEG copolymers and the resulting complexes have both rigid block (PEG–α‐CD) and coil block (protonated PEI). By varying the rigid block fraction, aggregates with hollow spheres or rod‐like particles could be formed simply by self‐assembly in aqueous solution.     

Amphiphilic Peptide–Polymer Conjugates with Side‐Conjugation

Polymers conjugated to the exterior of a protein mediate its interactions with surroundings, enhance its processability and can be used to direct its macroscopic assemblies. Most studies to date have focused on peptide–polymer conjugates based on hydrophilic polymers. Engineering amphiphilicity into protein motifs by covalently linking hydrophobic polymers has the potential to interface peptides and proteins with synthetic polymers, organic solvents, and lipids to fabricate functional hybrid materials. Here, we synthesized amphiphilic peptide–polymer conjugates in which a hydrophobic polymer is conjugated to the exterior of a heme‐binding four‐helix bundle and systematically investigated the effects of the hydrophobicity of the conjugated polymer on the peptide structure and the integrity of the heme‐binding pocket. In aqueous solution with surfactants present, the side‐conjugated hydrophobic polymers unfold peptides and may induce an α‐helix to β‐sheet conformational transition. These effects decrease as the polymer becomes less hydrophobic and directly correlate with the polymer hydrophobicity. Upon adding organic solvent to solubilize the hydrophobic polymers, however, the deleterious effects of hydrophobic polymers on the peptide structures can be eliminated. Present studies demonstrate that protein structure is sensitive to the local environment. It is feasible to dissolve amphiphilic peptide–polymer conjugates in organic solvents to enhance their solution processability while maintaining the protein structures.

     

转臂式离心机工作室内的瞬态温度求解与分析

考虑大型转臂式离心机圆柱形工作室各墙壁(顶板、底板和侧壁)的瞬态导热,建立各墙壁的瞬态温度控制方程,对控制方程进行Laplace变换并求解,得到了透过墙壁内表面的总热流量与工作室内空气温度的关系.同时,综合考虑离心机驱动系统输出功率与工作室内空气和固体部件吸热、墙壁系统的吸热和导热、出风口带出的热量,以及动能与进风口带入的热量和动能之差等供能与耗能之间的平衡关系,建立工作室内瞬态温度控制方程,导出了工作室内空气瞬态温度的Laplace变换像函数的解析表达式.然后,采用求解Laplace逆变换的展开定理,导出了工作室内空气瞬态温度随时间变化的级数型显式表达式.最后,以一台多用途离心机为例,进行了工作室内空气温度的理论计算,与以前只考虑墙壁稳态导热的理论计算相比,瞬态计算结果与实测结果更加接近.所建瞬态温度公式提高了工作室温度的预测精度,有助于提升大型转臂式离心机工作室温控设计的水平.     

In vivo magnetic resonance microscopy of Drosophilae at 9.4 T

In preclinical research, genetic studies have made considerable progress as a result of the development of transgenic animal models of human diseases. Consequently, there is now a need for higher resolution MRI to provide finer details for studies of small animals (rats, mice) or very small animals (insects). One way to address this issue is to work with high-magnetic-field spectrometers (dedicated to small animal imaging) with strong magnetic field gradients. It is also necessary to develop a complete methodology (transmit/receive coil, pulse sequence, fixing system, air supply, anesthesia capabilities, etc.). In this study, we developed noninvasive protocols, both in vitro and in vivo (from coil construction to image generation), for drosophila MRI at 9.4 T. The 10*10*80-μm resolution makes it possible to visualize whole drosophila (head, thorax, abdomen) and internal organs (ovaries, longitudinal and transverse muscles, bowel, proboscis, antennae and optical lobes). We also provide some results obtained with a Drosophila model of muscle degeneration. This opens the way for new applications of structural genetic modification studies using MRI of drosophila.     

Pitman closeness results for Type-I censored data from exponential distribution

Recent work on Pitman closeness has compared estimators under Type-II censored samples from exponential distribution based on observed number of failures. In this paper, we carry out similar Pitman closeness comparisons for Type-I censored samples from exponential distribution based on time under test.