Calorimetric approach to tetronic/water interactions

Tetronic^®comprises X-shaped copolymers formed by four poly(propylene oxide) (PPO) andpoly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) block chains bonded to an ethylene diamine centralgroup. Micellization behaviour of three representative Tetronics (T304, T904and T1307) was characterized to gain an insight into the interactions betweenthe copolymer unimers and the state of water in their solutions. The enthalpyof demicellization, recorded at 37°C in an isoperibol microcalorimeter,indicated that the process was in all cases exothermic and the enthalpy rankedin the order T1307≥T904>>T304. Micellization is entropy-driven owing tohydrophobic interactions between the PPO chains.DSC analysisshowed that the crystallization and melting peaks of the free water remainingin T304 and T904 solutions were progressively shifted toward lower temperaturesas the surfactant proportion increased, owing to a colligative effect. Boundwater corresponded to 3 water molecules per EO repeating unit. In the caseof T1307, which has longer PEO chains, a splitting of the melting peak wasobserved, one peak appearing around 0°C due to free water and anotherat –15°C due to interfacial water. As T1307 proportion raised, theenthalpy of the former decreased, whilst the enthalpy of the latter increased.In 40% T1307 solutions, interfacial water overcame the proportion of freewater; there being 1 interfacial and 3 bound water molecules per EO repeatingunit. Gaussian deconvolution of FTIR spectra also enabled to characterizethe evolution of free water as a function of Tetronic proportion. The dependenceof micellization and water interaction behaviour on Tetronics structure shouldbe taken into account to use these copolymers as drug solubilizers and micellarcarriers.     

二氧化碳与丙烯直接合成甲基丙烯酸用CuPMo／TiO2催化剂的研究

 用溶胶－凝胶法以磷钼酸（MPA）的铜盐溶液水解钛酸四丁酯制备了CuPMo／TiO2催化剂，并用ICP，XRD，TG－DTA，IR，TPD－MS和微反技术研究了催化剂的化学组成、热稳定性、化学吸附性质和催化性能．结果表明：杂多钼酸盐与TiO2表面通过O2－桥发生键联．在623K下，杂多阴离子仍保持其原有的Keggin结构；CO2在Lewis酸位Cu（Ⅱ）和Lewis碱位Cu－O－Mo桥氧的协同作用下形成卧式吸附态Cu（Ⅱ）←O－（CO）←（O－－Cu）；丙烯以分子吸附态在催化剂上吸附；在空速1500h－1，压力1MPa和温度563K的反应条件下，丙烯的转化率为4．2％，甲基丙烯酸的选择性为96％．     

Gas-stirred solvent extraction with propylene carbonate for separation and direct polarographic determination of thallium (III)

Gas-stirred propylene carbonate (PC) extraction can be performed by bubbling nitrogen without loss of volume. This extraction technique has proved to be highly useful for the separation and subsequent direct polarographic estimation of Tl(III) in the recovered PC phase. Tl(III) can be determined by differential-pulse polarography over the concentration range of 0.4 10 g ml^–1 without any interferences due to most metal ions such as Pb(II), Bi(III), Cu(II), Sb(III) and As(III). This proposed technique would be possible to use as a simple extraction step prior to the final estimation by instrumental method of analysis such as atomic absorption spectrometry or spectrophtometry.     

Multilayered Cu–Ti deposition on silicon substrates for chemiresistor applications

Abstract

On the perspective to develop CuO–TiO₂ MOS, multilayered Cu and Ti thin layers were alternatively deposited on silicon wafers using 25?keV Ar?+?ion beam sputtering and, subsequently, oxidized by thermal annealing in air at 400?°C for 24?h. The deposited films have variable ratios of the Cu and Ti % at. One of the main goal is to obtain such multilayers avoiding the presence of Cu–Ti–O compounds. The samples were characterized in terms of composition (by RBS and SIMS analyses) and morphology (by AFM and SEM investigations). In particular, SIMS maps allows to observe the spatial distribution and thickness of each phase of the Cu/Ti multilayers, and further to observe Cu diffusion and mixing with Ti, as well as phase separation of CuO and TiO₂ in the samples. The reasons of this effect represent an open issue that has to investigated, in order to improve the MOS fabrication.     

环氧乙烷和环氧丙烷共聚体系的等温结晶和熔融

环氧乙烷（ＥＯ）和环氧丙烷（ＰＯ）共聚体系的等温结晶前期符合Ａｖｒａｍｉ方程。ＰＯ组分含量增加，Ａｖｒａｍｉ指数ｎ值由１．８到２．４，体系的结晶生长速率与共聚体系的组成和结晶度有关，ＥＯ／ＰＯ共聚体系的平衡熔点随ＰＯ含量的增加而降低。随Ｔｃ增大，△Ｈｍ与△Ｓｍ呈线性降低。     

离子液体［bmim］HSO4中合成的苯胺与环氧丙烷共聚物的电催化性能

 采用恒电流电解法,在1-丁基-3-甲基咪唑硫酸氢盐(［bmim］HSO4)离子液体中合成了苯胺与环氧丙烷共聚物(PAN-PPO). 扫描电镜观察表明, PAN-PPO由直径小于80 nm的纳米纤维组成. PAN-PPO对草酸氧化具有较好的电催化活性. 采用电化学原位红外光谱技术对草酸的电催化氧化进行了简单的分析.     

Activation of Carbon Dioxide and Synthesis of Propylene Carbonate

Cycloaddition of carbon dioxdie and propylene oxide to propylene carbonate catalyzed by tetra-tert-butyl metal phthalocyanine in the presence of tributylamine(TBA) shows higher yield than catalyzed by unsubstituted metal phthalocyanine.Comparing different catalysts of diverse metals,(t-Bu)4PcMg is more active than (t-Bu)PcFe ,But(t-Bu)4PcCo and (t-Bu)4PcNi only have low catalytic activities towards the reaction.Moreover,the yield will increase as the temperature increases.     

ZnGA-MMT catalyzed the copolymerization of carbon dioxide with propylene oxide

Zinc glutarate (ZnGA) synthesized from zinc oxide and glutarate acid was dispersed on the surface of acid-treated montmorillonite (MMT) in quinoline to prepare ZnGA-MMT catalyst. The results of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) measurements indicated that the ZnGA on the surface of acid-treated MMT had the same crystalline structure as pure ZnGA. Copolymerization between CO₂ and propylene oxide (PO) was carried out under optimized reaction conditions using ZnGA-MMT catalyst, consequently giving poly(propylene carbonate) (PPC) with high molecular weight in a very high yield (115.2 g polymer per gram of ZnGA). The obtained PPCs were investigated using ¹³C NMR and FTIR spectra, showing a completely alternating structure. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) examinations showed the PPCs with a high transition temperature of 38 °C and a very high decomposition temperature (>250 °C) due to the presence of MMT residual in polymer.