Obtaining of a PET-CaF2 hybrid multifilament: Non-isothermal crystallization studies

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) has been mixed with fluorite (CaF₂) particles to obtain micro- and nano-composites aiming to obtain a hybrid multifilament. In first term, the use of two montanic waxes and an amide wax as dispersing agents towards the compatibilization of the inorganic and organic components of the CaF₂/PET composite were considered. To do this, non-isothermal crystallization studies by differential scanning calorimetry have been carried out. Moreover, the influence of the CaF₂ particle size and concentration on the thermal properties of the system have been also studied by this technique. Finally, the extrapolation of the results has materialised as a novel PET/CaF₂ hybrid multifilament. Thermal and mechanical properties and molecular weight of the multifilament have been as well evaluated.     

Design and build an elastic crosslinked network to strengthen and toughen soybean-meal based bioadhesive using organo-sepiolite and greener crosslinker triglycidylamine

Poor water resistance and curing layer brittleness are significant challenges of greener soybean meal (SM) adhesive promotion and application. In this study an elastic network was built to crosslink the SM adhesive and improve the cured layer toughness of the resultant adhesive. Long-chain organo-sepiolite (OSEP) was first prepared by compound modification using KH-560 and KH-602 silane coupling agents. Triglycidylamine (TGA), a greener crosslinking agent with a large number of effective epoxy functional groups, was then synthesized. SM-based adhesives were fabricated using SM, OSEP and TGA. Results indicated that an elastic network was fabricated by the cross-linked reaction of SM, OSEP, and TGA. The elastic network effectively improved the toughness of the resultant adhesive. The wet shear strength of the plywood (PlyW) bonded by SM with 1% OSEP (SM/TGA/OSEP-1 adhesive) increased by 60% to 1.25 MPa relative to that of the SM/TGA adhesive. This study provided a greener, simple and cheap method improving the toughness and wet shear strength of SM-based adhesive, which contributes to the industrialized application of the product.     

Synthesis and Cellular Labeling of Caged Phosphatidylinositol Derivatives

Phosphatidylinositol (PI) is the biosynthetic precursor for seven phosphoinositides, important signaling lipids in cells. A membrane-permeant caged PI derivative featuring a photo-removable coumarinyl group masking the negative charge of the phosphate, as well as two enzymatically removable butyrate esters for increased lipophilicity and for preventing phosphate migration, were synthesized. Rapid cell entry and cellular labeling in fixed cells was demonstrated by a photo-cross-linkable diazirine followed by attachment of a fluorophore through click chemistry. Using this technique, we found that the multifunctional caged PI derivative resided predominantly at internal membranes but rapidly changed to the plasma membrane after uncaging. Accordingly, a preliminary proteomic analysis of the lipid–protein conjugates revealed that the two major PI transport proteins PITPα and β were prime targets of the photo-cross-linked PI derivative.     

Effect of sizing agent on interfacial properties of aramid knitted structural composites

Tensile tests have been carried out on aramid knitted fabrics/epoxy resin composites in which the aramid knitted fabrics are treated with different sizing agents. Two kinds of surface treatment are performed; one uses an epoxy sizing agent and the other uses a polyethylene sizing agent. Tensile modulus and strength of epoxy-sized composites are higher than those of polyethylene-sized composites. The fracture process is different between epoxy- and polyethylene-sized materials. This difference in fracture process is caused by the different interphase made from either epoxy or polyethylene sizing treatments, resulting in the different tensile performance. Moreover, the tensile properties of the wale specimen are more affected than those of the course specimen by the interphase.     

Growth mechanism and optical property of CdS nanoparticles synthesized using amino-acid histidine as chelating agent under sonochemical process

Using amino-acid histidine as chelating agent, CdS nanoparticles have been synthesized by sonochemical method. It is found that by varying the ultrasonic irradiation time, we can tune the band gap and particle size of CdS nanoparticles. The imidazole ring of histidine captures the Cd ions from the solution, and prevents the growth of the CdS nanoparticles. The deviation in the linear relation in between cube of radius of nanoparticles and ultrasonic irradiation time confirms the growth of CdS nanoparticles occur via two process; one is the diffusion process of the reactants as well as reaction at the surface of the crystallite. CdS nanoparticles synthesized using histidine as organic chelating agent have band edge emission at 481 nm and have greater photoluminescence intensity with blue-shift to higher energy due to typical quantum confinement effect.     

Synthesis and characterization of water-soluble palladium(II)-functionalized diphosphine complexes

Water-soluble functionalized bis(phosphine) ligands L (a–h) of the general formula CH₂(CH₂PR₂)₂, where for a: R = (CH₂)₆OH; b–g: R = (CH₂)_nP(O)(OEt)₂, n = 2–6 and n = 8; h: R = (CH₂)₃NH₂ ( Scheme 1), have been prepared photochemically by hydrophosphination of the corresponding 1-alkenes with H₂P(CH₂)₃PH₂. Water-soluble palladium complexes cis-[Pd(L)(OAc)₂] (1–8) were obtained by the reaction of Pd(OAc)₂ with the ligands a–h in a 1:1 mixture of dichloromethane:acetonitrile. The water-soluble phosphine ligands and their palladium complexes were characterized by IR, ¹H and ³¹P NMR. A crystallographic study of complex 1 shows that the Pd(II) ion has a square planar coordination sphere in which the acetate ligands and the diphosphine ligand deviate by less than 0.12 Å from ideal planar.     

A facile synthesis of highly water-soluble, core–shell organo-silica nanoparticles with controllable size via sol–gel process

A series of highly water-soluble organo-silica nanoparticles, ranging from 2 to 10 nm in diameter, were synthesized by the cohydrolysis and copolycondensation reactions. ω-methoxy(polyethyleneoxy)propyltrimethoxysilane (PEG6-9) and hydroxymethyltriethoxysilane (HMTEOS) mixtures were catalyzed by sodium hydroxide in the presence of surfactant benzethonium chloride (BTC) with various ratios of PEG6-9/HMTEOS at room temperature. The synthesized organo-silica nanoparticles possess a core–shell structure with a core of organo-silica resulting from HMTEOS and a monolayer shell of PEG6-9. The chemo-physical characteristics of the particles were studied by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, ²⁹Si nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The molecular weight and particle size of the particles increased with increasing HMTEOS molar ratios. The richest HMTEOS composition for the water-soluble particles was found to be HMTEOS:PEG6-9 = 80:20, where the particles had a 6 nm diameter core and a 0.8 nm thick shell. We propose that these water-soluble organo-silica nanoparticles will be suitable for biomedical applications.     

Folate-targeted optical and magnetic resonance dualmodality PCL-<Emphasis Type="Italic">b</Emphasis>-PEG micelles for tumor imaging

A biodegradable tumor targeting nano-probe based on poly（ε-caprolactone）-b-poly（ethylene glycol）block copolymer（PCL-b-PEG）micelle functionalized with a magnetic resonance imaging（MRI）contrast agent diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid-gadolinium(DTPA-Gd³⁺)on the shell and a near-infrared（NIR）dye in the core for magnetic resonance and optical dual-modality imaging was prepared.The longitudinal relaxivity（r₁）of the PCL-b-PEG-DTPA -Gd³⁺micelle was 13.4（mmol/L）^-1s^-1,three folds of that of DTPA-Gd³⁺,and higher than that of many polymeric contrast agents with similar structures.The in vivo optical imaging of a nude mouse bearing xenografted breast tumor showed that the dual-modality micelle preferentially accumulated in the tumor via the folic acid-mediated active targeting and the passive accumulation by the enhanced permeability and retention（EPR）effect.The results indicated that the dualmodality micelle is a promising nano-probe for cancer detection and diagnosis.     

Chiral resolution of diphenylalanine by high-performance liquid chromatography on a crown-ether-based chiral stationary phase and by NMR spectroscopy

Summary The enantiomers of diphenylalanine (DPA) were well separated by chiral HPLC and NMR spectroscopy on the chiral stationary phase (CSP) derived from (18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid (18-C-6-TA). The chromatographic parameters such as separation factors and retention times were greatly influenced by the mobile phase conditions. The (+)-18-C-6-TA used in the CSP was also employed as a chiral solvating agent for the enantiodiscrimination of the DPA enantiomers by NMR spectroscopy. The proton of the DPA analyte showing the chemical shift nonequivalences was used in determining the enantiomeric composition of the analyte.     

2，2＇－偶氮二异丁酸二甲酯的合成及其热分解反应的研究

本文研究了２，２＇－偶氮二异丁酸二甲酯的合成及其在甲苯、二甲苯中的热分解反应动力学，得到了其热分解反应速度常数与反应温度的关系式：Ｋ＿ｄ＝１．６３×１００￣（－１４）ｅｘｐ（－１２３．３ＫＪ／ＲＴ）２，２＇－偶氮二异丁酸二甲酯作为苯乙烯自由基聚合的引发剂，其单体转化率随引发剂用量的增加而增高，产物分子量则随之下降；引发剂用量在５％以上时，可得到分子量低于１０￣３的含有酯基端基的聚合物。