The effect of iron and copper impurities on the wettability of sphalerite (110) surface

The effect of impurities in the zinc sulfide mineral sphalerite on surface wettability has been investigated theoretically to shed light on previously reported conflicting results on sphalerite flotation. The effect of iron and copper impurities on the sphalerite (110) surface energy and on the water adsorption energy was calculated with the semi-empirical method modified symmetrically orthogonalized intermediate neglect of differential overlap (MSINDO) using the cyclic cluster model. The effect of impurities or dopants on surface energies is small but significant. The surface energy increases with increasing surface iron concentration while the opposite effect is reported for increasing copper concentration. The effect on adsorption energies is much more pronounced with water clearly preferring to adsorb on an iron site followed by a zinc site, and copper site least favorable. The theoretical results indicate that a sphalerite (110) surface containing iron is more hydrophilic than the undoped zinc sulfide surface. In agreement with the literature, the surface containing copper (either naturally or by activation) is more hydrophobic than the undoped surface.     

超支化聚酰胺酯改性聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯微流控芯片的制备及其在生物分子分离检测中的应用

利用亲水性超支化聚酰胺酯通过化学键合的方法对聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)微流控芯片的表面进行改性。对改性后PMMA微流控芯片的表面进行了接触角的测定,利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和体视显微镜观察了改性后芯片的表面形貌。结果表明,改性后的PMMA微流控芯片表面形成了一层均匀、致密、连续的亲水性涂层,芯片表面的亲水性得到了明显提高,接触角由未改性时的89.9°降低到29.5°。改性后芯片的电渗流较之改性前明显降低。利用芯片对腺苷和L-赖氨酸两种生物分子进行了分离检测。两种生物分子实现了完全分离,所得到的检测峰峰形尖锐,分离清晰。对腺苷和L-赖氨酸的分离柱效(理论塔板数)分别高达8.44×104 塔板/m和9.82×104 塔板/m,分离度(Rs)达到5.31,均远远高于未改性的芯片。改性后的芯片具有良好的分离时间重现性。本研究为提高PMMA微流控芯片的亲水性和应用范围提供了一种新的有效方法。     

Synthesis and Application for Porous Scaffold Materials of Mono-Methoxy Polyethylene Glycol/Polylactide Diblock Copolymer

An amphiphilic diblock copolymer, consisting of mono-methoxy polyethylene glycol (mPEG) and polylactide (PLA), was synthesized by ring-opening polymerization. The chemical structure of the diblock copolymer was verified by means of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and ¹H-NMR, and the weight average molecular weight (M_w ) and polydispersity index (PDI) were measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC). An mPEG/PLA (20/80) copolymer with a M_w of 4.6 × 10⁴ Da and PDI of 1.39 were obtained when polymerization was conducted at 130°C for 36 h using Sn(Oct)₂ as a catalyst. The compressive strength of an mPEG/PLA scaffold was lower than that of a PLA scaffold; however, the introduction of mPEG into the PLA matrix enhanced its hydrophilicity, and it still meets the requirement of cartilage tissue engineering.     

不同导电基底对TiO2薄膜光致亲水性的影响

分别在导电铝合金片(Al)和具有阳极氧化铝层的非导电铝片(AAO/Al), 以及铟锡氧化物导电玻璃(ITO/glass)和普通非导电玻璃(glass)表面通过提拉法制备出TiO2/Al和TiO2/AAO/Al, 以及TiO2/ITO/glass和TiO2/glass两组TiO2薄膜样品, 通过测试紫外光照下水滴接触角的变化考察TiO2薄膜的光致亲水性. 结果表明, 相对于TiO2/Al2O3/Al, 基底导电的TiO2/Al表现出较好的光致亲水性能; 而相对于TiO2/glass, 基底导电的TiO2/ITO/glass表现出较差的光致亲水性能. 分析认为, Al和ITO两导电基底和TiO2薄膜间的不同电子转移方向影响TiO2薄膜的光致亲水性能, Al片提供电子给TiO2有助于提高以光生电子为主要初级活性物种的光致亲水性, 而ITO接受TiO2的光生电子, 导致光致亲水性的下降.     

The effect of attached tetracycline and hydrophilic groups on the enhancement of antibacterial effectiveness and low temperature flexibility of polyurethane

Tetracycline was chemically attached to polyurethane (PU) to enhance its antimicrobial activity, and a carboxyl group or polyol was also attached to PU to enhance the hydrophilicity. The attached groups affected cross‐linking, viscosity of PU solution, glass transition of soft segment, breaking tensile stress, reliable shape recovery capability, flexibility at very low temperature, surface hydrophilicity, and antibacterial effectiveness. The glass transition temperature could go up from ?67.5°C for unmodified PU to ?48.8°C due to the attached tetracycline. The attachment of tetracycline boosted breaking tensile stress and shape recovery by 345% and 186%, respectively, relative to unmodified PU. The attached carboxyl group and polyol improved the hydrophilicity as confirmed by water swelling and water contact angle data. Finally, PU samples with the attached tetracycline demonstrated excellent flexibility at freezing temperature compared with ordinary PU and absolutely inhibited the bacterial growth of S. aureus and K. pneumoniae on PU.     

Effects of thermal treatment on hydrophilicity and corrosion resistance of Ti surface

Surface treatment of titanium (Ti) surface has been extensively studied to improve its properties for biomedical applications, including hydrophilicity, corrosion resistance, and tissue integration. In this present work, we present the effects of thermal oxidation as surface modification method on metallic titanium (Ti). The Ti foils were oxidized at 300°C, 400°C, 500°C, and 600°C under air atmosphere for 3 hours, which formed oxide layer on Ti surface. The physicochemical properties including surface chemistry, roughness, and thickness of the oxide layer were evaluated in order to investigate how these factors affected surface hydrophilicity, microhardness, and corrosion resistance properties of the Ti surface. The results revealed that surfaces of all oxidized samples were modified by formation of titanium dioxide layer, of which morphology, phase, and thickness were changed according to the oxidized temperatures. Increasing oxidation temperature led to the formation of thicker oxide layer and phase transformation of anatase to rutile. The presence of the oxide layer helped the improvement of corrosion resistance and microhardness. The most improvement in surface roughness was found in the specimens treated at 400°C, which significantly improved surface hydrophilicity. But both surface roughness and hydrophilicity reduced when oxidized at 500°C and 600°C, suggesting that hydrophilicity was dominated by the surface roughness. In addition, this surface treatment did not reduce the biocompatibility of the metallic Ti substrates against murine osteoblasts (MC3T3).     

卤素离子对TiO2薄膜光致亲水性的影响

将卤化钾盐KX(X＝I、Br、Cl、F)分别引入至TiO₂溶胶中, 利用提拉法在载玻片上制得含有卤素离子的TiO₂-X薄膜样片, 通过测试样片紫外光照下水滴接触角的变化, 考察了不同浓度的KI以及不同卤素离子对TiO₂薄膜光致亲水性能的影响, 并通过测试光照后的亲水薄膜样片暗处放置不同时间后接触角的变化, 比较了含TiO₂-I和TiO₂-F薄膜样片亲水性能的持久性. 结果表明, 适量的KI有助于提高TiO2薄膜的光致亲水性, 当TiO₂溶胶中KI浓度为1.0×10^-5 mol•L^-1时, 其所制得TiO₂薄膜的光致亲水性最好, 继续增大KI浓度时, 薄膜的光致亲水性逐步下降, 当KI浓度达1.0×10^-2 mol•L^-1时, 其光致亲水性较纯TiO₂薄膜差；同时, 适量的KBr、KCl加入也有助于提高TiO₂薄膜的光致亲水性, 且随KI＞KBr＞KCl的顺序逐渐减弱, 但KF的加入降低了薄膜的光致亲水性；另外, 卤素离子的加入还有助于提高TiO₂薄膜亲水性能的持久性, 且KF＞KI. 分析认为, 卤素离子对TiO₂薄膜光致亲水性的影响与其给电子或捕获光致电子作用有关, 并提出了其作用模型, 而卤素离子与亲水基团(羟基)的氢键作用是使KX-TiO₂薄膜能够延长亲水性时间的原因.     

Effect of Oxygen on Surface Properties and Drug Release Behavior of Plasma Polymer of n-Butyl Methacrylate

The effects of oxygen on the chemical structure, morphology, hydrophilicity and drug release behavior of radio-frequency plasma poly n- butyl methacrylate （PPBMA） thin film were carded out for the first time. ATR-FTIR and XPS showed that oxygen had little influence on the chemical structure and composition of PPBMAs, which did not agree with the thought that the presence of oxygen gas would increase the oxidized carbon functionalities in the plasma polymer. SEM and static contact angle measurement indicated that in case of deposition with oxygen, the smoothness and hydrophilicity of PPBMA were dramatically improved. The drug release behavior showed that drug release from the PPBMA coating without oxygen was biphasic patterns, while from PPBMA coating with oxygen was Higuchi release. These results were helpful for the design and tailoring of the PPBMA polymer film and other of plasma polymers film, but could provide a new idea for the drug release controlled form.     

Adsorption of <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-Butanol from Aqueous Solutions on an Sn-Ga Electrode in the Absence of a Metal-Water Chemisorption Interaction

Data on the dependence of the differential capacitance on potential at the Sn-Ga/H₂O interface in 0.05 M solutions of Na₂SO₄ with various additives of n-butanol are obtained by a bridge method at a frequency of 420 Hz and a temperature of 32°C. In the region of potentials studied, the chemisorption interaction (Sn-Ga)-H₂O is completely absent. The adsorption parameters of n-butanol are obtained by a method of a regression analysis of these data. The data obtained are compared with similar data on various hydrophobic electrodes. Shown is that, on the Sn-Ga and Pb-Ga electrodes, whose “electronic” capacitance is similar, the free energies of adsorption of n-butanol are also similar but differ from the adsorption energy on electrodes of Hg, Bi-Ga, and Tl-Ga. The results that are obtained on an Sn-Ga electrode nicely fit a general correlation dependence between the reciprocal value of the electronic capacitance of various electrodes in the absence of a metal-water chemisorption interaction, (C _m ⁻¹ ), and the free energies of adsorption of molecules of n-butanol on these, ΔG _A ⁰ . The dependence of the free energies of adsorption of molecules of n-butanol in the absence of a metal-water chemisorption interaction on the magnitude of the electronic capacitance of the metal confirms the assumption that we had put forth previously that it is necessary to introduce corrections to criteria of hydrophilicity of metals based on a comparison of quantities ΔG _A ⁰ and potentials of cathodic peak of adsorption-desorption E _des, which are expressed in a rational scale. With the obtained correlation relationships taken into account, criteria of hydrophilicity are suggested, which take into account these correlation relationships.__________Translated from Elektrokhimiya, Vol. 41, No. 7, 2005, pp. 884–892.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Emets, Damaskin.     

影响聚酯聚醚嵌段共聚型整理剂亲水性的因素

以对苯二甲酸二甲酯(DMT)、乙二醇(EG)和聚乙二醇(PEG)为原料,采用熔融缩聚方法合成适用于涤纶织物洗涤过程添加的聚酯聚醚嵌段共聚型亲水整理剂(PPBC),研究了PEG分子量、nDMT/nPEG、缩聚反应的温度和时间、真空度等对PPBC亲水性的影响,优化了PPBC合成工艺条件。结果表明:PEG分子量与PPBC的表面活性有关,从而影响处理涤纶织物的亲水性;合成的PPBC处理的涤纶织物具有良好的亲水性和耐洗性。