Synthesis of polyoxyethylene grafting nylon 6 and the selective separation of cyclohexane/cyclohexanone/cyclohexanol mixture through its membranes

A polymer membrane having polyoxyethylene grafting nylon 6 was prepared by reacting of nylon 6 and ethylene oxide. The chemical compositions of the polyoxyethylene grafting nylon 6 were determined by ¹H NMR. Degree of substitution for amide group, x, and degree of polymerization for polyoxyethylene, n, in bulk polymerization at 80°C for 4–9.5 h were evaluated: x = 0.32 ± 0.01–0.56 ± 0.02 and n = 2.8 ± 0.1–6.0 ± 0.3. The polyoxyethylene grafting nylon 6 membrane showed a selective separation of cyclohexanol from a cyclohexane/cyclohexanone/cyclohexanol mixture by a pervaporation technique. The FTIR and flux analyses verified that the selectivity for cyclohexanol was attributed to the hydrogen-bonding interaction between hydroxyl group in cyclohexanol and the hydroxyl group in polyoxyethylene grafting chain. The pervaporation and an adsorption experiment of cyclohexanol through the present membrane showed that hydroxyl group in graft chain acted as a carrier for cyclohexanol.     

Preparative-scale fractionation by isoelectric trapping under nondenaturing conditions: separation of egg white protein isoforms on a modified Gradiflow unit

pH-biased isoelectric trapping was used to separate proteins from egg white at the preparative level (80 mg), into discrete protein fractions based on isoelectric point. The problems of isoelectric precipitation that are common for the separation of complex protein mixtures under isoelectric conditions were mitigated by using single-component isoelectric buffers within the sample separation compartments. This combined with the mild process conditions of the Gradiflow unit that was modified for binary isoelectric trapping separations, ensured that biological activity was maintained. This was verified by measurement of the trypsin protease inhibitory activity of the extract and separated fractions. Furthermore, the high resolving power of this system under preparative conditions was demonstrated by separation of three protein isoforms using isoelectric membranes with differences of 0.025 pH units from each other.     

Isoelectric buffers, part 3: determination of pKa and pI values of diamino sulfate carrier ampholytes by indirect UV-detection capillary electrophoresis

Ampholytes with close pK(a) values (i.e., good carrier ampholytes (CAs)) are needed as buffers in pH-biased isoelectric trapping (IET) separations. The syntheses of two families of such good CAs were reported recently. Members of the family of diamino sulfate ampholytes (first series) had pI values in the 5.7 < pI < 9.0 range. Members of the family of quaternary ammonium dicarboxylic acid ampholytes (second series) had pI values in the pI < 4.3 range. To further characterize the diamino sulfate ampholytes, their effective mobilities were measured by indirect UV-absorbance detection capillary electrophoresis in a series of background electrolytes (BGEs) with different pH values. The pK(a) and limiting ionic mobility values of the CAs were obtained by fitting these mobility values, as a function of the pH and the ionic strength of the BGEs, to the theoretical mobility expression. These diamino sulfates complete the list of CAs suitable for IET separations.     

Study on the Melting Process of Nitrocellulose by Thermal Analysis Method

The melting process of NC is studied by using modulated differential scanning calorimetry (MDSC) technique, the microscope carrier method for measuring the melting point and the simultaneous device of the solid reaction cell in situ/RSFT-IR. The results show that the endothermic process in the MDSC curve is reversible. It is caused by the phase change from solid to liquid of the mixture of initial NC, decomposition partly into condensed phase products. The values of the melting point, melting enthalpy (H_m), melting entropy (S_m), the enthalpy of decomposition (H_dec) and the heat-temperature quotient (S_dec) obtained by the MDSC curve of NC at a heating rate of 10 K min^–1 are 476.84 K, 205.6 J g^–1, 0.4312 J g^–1 K^–1, –2475.0 J g^–1 and –5.242 Jg^–1K^–1, respectively. The MDSC results of NC with different nitrogen contents show that with increasing the nitrogen content in NC, the absolute values of H_m, S_m, H_dec and S_dec increase.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

合成气转化为乙醇的反应机理

本文在助剂型Rh催化剂上采用了以CH_2OD、D_2~(18)O为捕获剂的原位化学捕获反应, 以及以D_2~(18)O为重氧源试剂的原位氧同位素交换反应, 对合成气转化为乙醇的反应机理进行了研究。在原位捕获反应中检测到CH_2DCOOCH_3、CH_3COOCH_3和CH_2DCOOD、CH_3COOD的生成, 表明合成乙醇反应过程中存在中间体乙烯酮和乙酰基, 当CH_3OD/H_2比值足够大时主要捕获到CH_2DCOOCH_3, 说明乙酰基主要由乙烯酮的部分氢化反应生成。原位氧同位素交换反应检测到含~(18)O的乙醇、乙醛、乙酸的生成, 表明乙烯酮等C_2-含氧化合物前驱怵与重氧水发生了氧同位素交换反应。籍此, 无须如Katzer等人那样假设乙烯酮互变异构为位能较商的环氧乙烯而后进行氧同位素交换, 就可以得到Katzer等人在~(13)C~(16)O/~(13)C~(18)O+H_2反应中观察到的产物乙醇的同位素组成结果。本文的实验结果进一步说明我们提出的“CO缔合—卡宾—乙烯酮—乙酰基—乙醇(醛)”机理是合理的。     

Decay times in one-dimensional chains

We calculate the average residence time for a particle performing a random walk over a chain ofN neighboring sitesi=1,..., N, with decay rates _i, depending on the location of the particle in the chain. Exact results are given for some particular cases, while bounds on are given for specific initial conditions. In the continuum limit, various results from the literature are recovered or improved upon.On leave of absence from the Limburgs Universitair Centrum, B-3610 Diepenbeek, Belgium. Research associate, N.F.W.O., Belgium.     

不同催化体系制备的乙烯丙烯共聚物的~（13）C—NMR研究

本工作利用样品１３－ＮＭＲ波谱的全部数据，把它们分成六组，考虑丙烯反插的情况，建立三元共聚合模型计算了各类催化体系得到的乙烯丙烯共聚物的序列分布，动力学参数．结果和实测值吻合得很好．该计算模型既适用于反插丙烯存在的情况也适用于反插丙烯不存在的情况，对于分辨率较差的谱图也可直接从组峰面积进行计算，既避开了分峰的困难，也避免了勉强分峰带来的误差，可得到良好的结果     

氢退火对LPCVD生长的ZnO薄膜光学和电学性能的影响

采用低压化学气相沉积(LPCVD)在玻璃衬底上制备了B掺杂ZnO(BZO)薄膜,研究了氢气气氛退火对BZO薄膜光学性能和电学性能的影响。结果表明:在氢气气氛下退火后,BZO薄膜的物相结构和透光率基本无变化,但BZO薄膜的导电能力却明显提高。Hall测试结果表明:在氢气下退火时载流子浓度基本保持不变,但迁移率却明显提高。实验结果可为进一步提高BZO薄膜的光学电学综合性能提供借鉴。