Effects of type and number of impellers and liquid viscosity on the power characteristics of mechanically agitated gas—liquid systems

Effect of the type and number of high-speed impellers installed on a common shaft on the power characteristics was investigated in water and glucose solutions of different concentration. Different configurations of the Rushton or Smith turbines, pitched blade turbines, propeller, and A 315 impeller were tested. Measurements of power consumption were carried out within the transitional and turbulent regime of the fluid flow using the strain gauge method. Baffled agitated vessels with inner diameter of 0.288 m and 0.634 m were used for the experiments. Liquid height in the vessels was equal to the vessel diameter or it was twice higher. The relative power consumption was compared for different configurations of the impellers. Presented at the 33rd International Conference of the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering, Tatranské Matliare, 22–26 May 2006.     

Laponite clay in homopolymer and tri-block copolymer matrices

Macromolecule/laponite nanomaterials were studied by DSC and X-ray diffraction techniques. The matrices are poly(ethylene) glycols at various molecular masses and poly(ethylene oxides)-poly(propylene oxides)-poly(ethylene oxides) tri-block copolymers. The latter were tuned by modulating the molecular masses, at constant hydrophilic/hydrophobic ratio, and the hydrophilicity. For all the investigated systems, the enthalpy of melting (ΔH _m) is nearly constant up to a given composition thereafter it increases monotonically reaching the value of the pure macromolecule. We proposed a model to interpret the DSC data. Briefly, it was invoked a mechanism of interaction following which some segments of the adsorbed macromolecule are anchored to the laponite (RD) particles and the remaining segments are radiating away from the surface. The portion of the macromolecule in contact with RD does not contribute to ΔH _m whereas that radiating away from the clay does. Once that the RD surface is saturated, the excess of the macromolecule behaves like the pure one. The proposed model allowed to compute successfully the ΔH _m values. The X-ray diffraction experiments ruled out the polymer intercalation between the silicate sheets.     

光谱法鉴定手性化合物的绝对构型——从仪器表征到理论计算

手性化合物的结构确定,尤其是新型手性化合物的绝对构型测定一直是不对称研究的重要工作.除单晶测试外,光谱学方法近年来被广泛应用于手性分子结构鉴定,主要包括电子和振动圆二色谱、旋光光谱、旋光拉曼谱等.本文对上述测试方法的原理、应用范围和相关理论计算方法做了介绍.把谱学测试与理论计算相结合,将成为手性分子结构鉴定的重要发展方向.     

Increasing the Chemical‐Shift Dispersion of Unstructured Proteins with a Covalent Lanthanide Shift Reagent

The study of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) by NMR often suffers from highly overlapped resonances that prevent unambiguous chemical‐shift assignments, and data analysis that relies on well‐separated resonances. We present a covalent paramagnetic lanthanide‐binding tag (LBT) for increasing the chemical‐shift dispersion and facilitating the chemical‐shift assignment of challenging, repeat‐containing IDPs. Linkage of the DOTA‐based LBT to a cysteine residue induces pseudo‐contact shifts (PCS) for resonances more than 20 residues from the spin‐labeling site. This leads to increased chemical‐shift dispersion and decreased signal overlap, thereby greatly facilitating chemical‐shift assignment. This approach is applicable to IDPs of varying sizes and complexity, and is particularly helpful for repeat‐containing IDPs and low‐complexity regions. This results in improved efficiency for IDP analysis and binding studies.     

Influence of SMA content on the electro-optical properties of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal prepared by monodisperse poly(MMA-co-SMA)/LC microcapsules

Monodisperse poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) particles containing various concentrations of stearyl methacrylate (SMA) were prepared, and a liquid crystal (LC) was swollen into the particles using a solute co-diffusion method (SCM). Phase separation behaviors between the polymer and LC were monitored by utilizing an optical and a polarized microscope (OM/POM). The monodisperse LC microcapsules were then applied to a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC), and the electro-optical properties were investigated. As a result, the threshold and driving voltages were improved when the SMA content increased. The long alkyl chains of SMA in the capsules should exist at the interface of the LC and polymer resulting in an enhancement of phase separation between the polymer and LC, which largely influences the electro-optical properties of PDLC.     

Determination of aflatoxins in olive oil by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric with electrospray ionization (LC/ESI-MS/MS) method for determining the four naturally occurring aflatoxins (AFs) B1, B2, G1, and G2 in olive oil is proposed. AFs were extracted from oil sample by means of matrix solid phase dispersion (MSPDE), utilizing C18 as dispersing material. No further purification step, such as lipid removal, was performed. Aflatoxin M1, the hepatic metabolite of AFB1, was employed as internal standard. Olive oil extract was analyzed by LC/ESI-MS/MS in positive ionization mode, with multireaction monitoring acquisition. Due to a signal suppression ranging between 4 and 23%, quantitation was performed by matrix-matched calibration curves. The regression line coefficients of determination were above 0.9991. Sample recoveries ranged from 92 to 107%, with relative standard deviations below 13% for spiking levels between 0.5 and 5 ng g⁻¹; method quantification limits ranged between 0.04 and 0.12 ng g⁻¹. The developed LC/ESI-MS/MS method, although not as sensitive as LC coupled to fluorescence detection, is rapid, selective, accurate and precise, thus it can be used as confirmatory assay. The MSPDE appears suitable for application to other oleaginous matrices and for multiresidue investigation.     

肿瘤细胞的原子力显微术成像及表征研究

本文简单介绍了原子力显微镜的发展史,以及原子力显微镜的工作原理、工作模式、活细胞在生理状态下的成像方式等,特别介绍了生物型原子力显微镜、高速原子力显微镜在生物学领域的研究及应用。原子力显微镜在扫描速度、扫描范围、扫描精度方面的不断改进将为肿瘤细胞学研究提供源源不断的动力。本文着重阐述了原子力显微术在肿瘤领域的研究进展,包括原子力显微镜在肿瘤细胞形貌学特性、硬度、粘弹性方面的研究现状,并对原子力显微镜在肿瘤诊断及抗肿瘤药物研发方面的应用前景进行了展望。     

基于区域特色和专业特点的药学分析化学课程改革

为培养更加符合区域特色的应用型药学人才,通过加强基础知识和基本技能的培训、更换实验教学内容、改变理论教学方式、针对不同专业采用不同模块化教学的方式,对分析化学开展全方位的课程改革。经调查,本次课程改革教学效果、学生学习兴趣、创新能力明显提高。     

准东煤流化床气化飞灰的理化特性研究

采用灰熔点测定仪、X射线荧光光谱仪、扫描电镜和热重分析仪等方法,研究了准东煤流化床气化飞灰的灰熔融特性、物理结构和化学组成及气化反应活性。结果表明,准东煤与其流化床气化飞灰中Si O2、Fe2O3、Na2O和Ca O等矿物质含量存在显著的差异,但飞灰的灰熔点与原煤无明显差异。准东煤气化飞灰具有较宽的粒径范围,呈现双峰分布特征,且不同粒径区间飞灰的元素含量存在显著差异。提高气化温度,有利于提高飞灰的气化反应活性。准东煤流化床气化飞灰石墨化程度比煤焦要高,但其孔隙结构更为发达,含有丰富的中孔和中大孔,使得飞灰的气化反应活性高于煤焦。可通过提高气化温度、循环再气化的方法提高气化效率。