Preparation of micron-size polystyrene particles in supercritical carbon dioxide

The dispersion polymerization of styrene in supercritical CO₂ utilizing poly(1,1-dihydroperfluorooctyl acrylate) (p-FOA) as a polymeric stabilizer was investigated as well as poly(1,1-dihydroperfluorooctyl methacrylate) (p-FOMA). The resulting high yield (>85%) of spherical and relatively uniform polystyrene (PS) particles with micron-size range (2.9–9.6 µm) was formed for 40 h at 370 bar using various amounts of p-FOA and p-FOMA as a stabilizer with good stability until the end of the reaction. The particle diameter was shown to be dependent on the weight percent of added stabilizer. Previously, we reported that p-FOA was not effective for the dispersion polymerization of styrene as a stabilizer. Here, we find that p-FOA can indeed be an effective stabilizer for the dispersion polymerization of styrene in supercritical CO₂, but the pressure necessary to achieve good stability is higher than pressure used by us previously. This study suggests the possibility that fluorinated acrylic homopolymers are effective for the dispersion polymerization of various kinds of monomers as a stabilizer. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 37: 2429–2437, 1999     

Functional polythiiranes 7: Surface activity of polythiiranes with PEO side chains

 Some comb-like polythiiranes with PEO side chains were prepared from the corresponding macromonomers. These new materials are amphiphiles and act as surfactants. Their surface tension and interfacial tension are measured and studied in this paper on account of their structures. The lowering of surface tension measured in polymers bearing methyl terminal group in PEO side chains, are in the same range as these observed with polymers of identical structures but different main chains. An increase of the hydrophobic units in the main chain, obtained in copolymers with methylthiirane does not significantly modified the surface tensions. Better lowering is afforded with structures bearing large alkyl groups as terminal group of PEO side chains. On the contrary, some of these macro-molecules with an optimized EO content largely lower the water/xylene surface tension. The main interest of these new materials is their very low cmc and the stabilization of L₁-type microemulsions. Received: 20 May 1997 Accepted: 25 November 1997     

水溶性聚合物和两亲聚合物:12.环氧乙烷-环氧丙烷无规共聚醚结构与性能的关系

来用连续加料法,以二元醇-KOH为引发剂合成一组不同组成的环氧乙烷-环氧丙烷无规共聚醚,并用核磁共振、红外光谱、示差扫描量热计和热失重等方法对其本体聚合物,用浊点和表面张力测定的方法对其水溶液,进行系统的表征。     

Benchmark studies of the BCRLM reactive scattering code: Implications for accurate quantum calculations

Summary The Bending Corrected Rotating Linear Model (BCRLM), developed by Hayes and Walker, is a simple approximation to the true multidimensional scattering problem for reactions of the type: A + BC AB + C. While the BCRLM method is simpler than methods designed to obtain accurate three-dimensional quantum scattering results, this turns out to be a major advantage in terms of our benchmarking studies. The computer code used to obtain BCRLM scattering results is written for the most part in standard FORTRAN and has been ported to several scalar, vector, and parallel architecture computers including the IBM 3090-600J, the Cray XMP and YMP, the Ardent Titan, IBM RISC System/6000, Convex C-1 and the MIPS 2000. Benchmark results will be reported for each of these machines with an emphasis on comparing the scalar, vector, and parallel performance for the standard code with minimum modifications. Detailed analysis of the mapping of the BCRLM approach onto both shared and distributed memory parallel architecture machines indicates the importance of introducing several key changes in the basic strategy and algorithms used to calculate scattering results. This analysis of the BCRLM approach provides some insights into optimal strategies for mapping three-dimensional quantum scattering methods, such as the Parker-Pack method, onto shared or distributed memory parallel computers.     

Water-soluble ABC triblock copolymers based on vinyl ethers: Synthesis by living cationic polymerization and solution characterization

Water-soluble ABC triblock copolymers of methyl vinyl ether (MVE), ethyl vinyl ether (EVE), and methyl tri(ethylene glycol) vinyl ether (MTEGVE) of various block sequences and carrying 20 monomer units in each block were synthesized by living cationic polymerization. In addition to the triblocks, one AB diblock, one BA diblock, and one statistical copolymer of MVE and MTEGVE carrying 20 units of each type of monomer were synthesized as controls. Moreover, three homopolymers each carrying 20 units of MVE and end groups of varying hydrophobicity were synthesized using three different initiators. The molecular weights and molecular weight distributions of all the polymers were determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) in tetrahydrofuran (THF). The number average degrees of polymerization (DP_ns) and composition of all the polymers were calculated by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H-NMR) spectroscopy. The molecular weights and degrees of polymerization corresponded to the values expected from the monomer/initiator ratios. The calculated polydispersities were reasonably narrow at 1.3. Aqueous GPC studies at room temperature on the triblock copolymers showed that the polymers exist as isolated chains (unimers) in solution but they tend to assemble and form micelles in the presence of a sufficiently high salt concentration apparently due to the insolubility of the EVE units under the latter conditions. Triblocks with a different block sequence exhibited a different susceptibility to salt-induced micellization, as indicated by the retention volume of the micelles and the relative micelle/unimer peak areas. Similarly, the cloud points of the triblock copolymers covered a relatively wide temperature range from 56 to 72°C. These differences in micellization and cloud points suggest a profound effect of the location of the hydrophilic MTEGVE block on copolymer association. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 35: 1181–1195, 1997     

浊点萃取技术的应用

浊点萃取是近年发展起来的一种新兴的萃取技术。重点阐述了浊点萃取在环境样品、生物样品和食品工业分析中的应用,总结了浊点萃取技术的优点,指出了存在的问题,探讨了该技术的发展前景。     

Quantum chemistry in parallel with PQS

This article describes the capabilities and performance of the latest release (version 4.0) of the Parallel Quantum Solutions (PQS) ab initio program package. The program was first released in 1998 and evolved from the TEXAS program package developed by Pulay and coworkers in the late 1970s. PQS was designed from the start to run on Linux‐based clusters (which at the time were just becoming popular) with all major functionality being (a) fully parallel; and (b) capable of carrying out calculations on large—by ab initio standards—molecules, our initial aim being at least 100 atoms and 1000 basis functions with only modest memory requirements. With modern hardware and recent algorithmic developments, full accuracy, high‐level calculations (DFT, MP2, CI, and Coupled‐Cluster) can be performed on systems with up to several thousand basis functions on small (4‐32 node) Linux clusters. We have also developed a graphical user interface with a model builder, job input preparation, parallel job submission, and post‐job visualization and display. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem, 2009     

Nano/Biomimetic Tissue Adhesives Development: From Research to Clinical Application

Wound closure and healing have been a problem that humans have faced since the ancient eras. An appropriate tissue connector must hold the edges of injured tissues close together to support healing and also prevent the leakage of biological fluids when resisting against the tensile forces. Even though clinical usage of mechanical methods is convenient for wound closure, their application has some limitations and drawbacks such as being painful for patients and hard to apply for surgeons when the injured site is not in touch. Furthermore, they do not have desirable cosmetic results. To solve these problems, closing the wounds with sticky materials has been introduced to prevent bleeding and induce the wound healing process. To this regard, many types of surgical adhesives including tissue adhesives have been developed to be a suitable alternative for sutures and staples. There is also a new approach which aims at producing bioadhesives by mimicking the nature along with applying nanotechnology methods. Today, many studies have been done to develop new adhesives inspired by nature. We have attempted to introduce the fundamentals of wound healing along with the different types of bioadhesives, their properties, and clinical applications in a simple and illustrated comprehensive way.     

浊点萃取-高效液相色谱法测定巢湖表层沉积物中铬的形态

以1-(2-噻唑偶氮)-2-萘酚(TAN)为络合试剂,非离子表面活性剂TritonX-114为萃取剂,浊点萃取同时富集Cr(Ⅲ)和Cr(Ⅵ),并于RP-C18柱上,用含4.5mmol/L十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTMAB)和0.03mol/LHAc-NaAc缓冲溶液(pH5.5)的甲醇-水(体积比69∶31)溶液为流动相,对富集的Cr(Ⅲ)和Cr(Ⅵ)进行高效液相色谱快速分离、测定。对浊点萃取时溶液的pH值、TAN和TritonX-114的用量等影响因素进行了考察。在优化实验条件下,对100μg/L的Cr(Ⅲ)和Cr(Ⅵ)进行7次平行测定,保留时间的相对标准偏差分别为1.2%和0.9%,峰面积的相对标准偏差分别为4.7%和2.7%。Cr(Ⅲ)和Cr(Ⅵ)的线性范围均为50⁵000μg/L,检出限分别为7.5、3.5μg/L。大部分离子不干扰测定,该方法具有较高的灵敏度,可用于湖泊表层沉积物中铬形态的分析。     

浊点萃取光度法测定水样中亚硝酸根

A new method for the determination of trace nitrite by spectrophotometric after cloud point extraction was proposed.The effects of experimental conditions such as acidity,concentration of chromogenic reagent and surfactant,equilibration temperature and time on cloud point extraction were discussed.Under the optimum conditions,a good linear relationship was obtained in the range of 4.0～200 μg/L of the nitrite(r=0.9998),the detection limits of 0.43 μg/L.The recoveries fell in the range from 97.7% to 102.4% an...