RhI‐Catalyzed Benzo/[7+1] Cycloaddition of Cyclopropyl‐Benzocyclobutenes and CO by Merging Thermal and Metal‐Catalyzed CC Bond Cleavages

A Rh‐catalyzed benzo/[7+1] cycloaddition of cyclopropyl‐benzocyclobutenes (CP‐BCBs) and CO to benzocyclooctenones has been developed. In this reaction, CP‐BCB acts as a benzo/7‐C synthon and the reaction involves two C?C bond cleavages: a thermal electrocyclic ring‐opening of the four‐membered ring in CP‐BCB and a Rh‐catalyzed C?C cleavage of the cyclopropane ring.     

对地观测卫星过顶预报与定轨模型的建立

针对某些对地观测卫星,其轨道参数不公开,只能通过对卫星的运行规律建立数学模型,推导出卫星的过顶时间,从而使对地目标有效规避卫星的对地观测.首先从卫星运行的基本规律出发,根据稀疏数据进行定轨建立了卫星定轨的数学模型,利用牛顿迭代法递推出轨道根数,同时利用摄动补偿优化了模型,再通过八阶龙格库塔法,进行轨道递推,得到了卫星过顶时间与轨道信息的对应关系.     

压电复合材料梁和板的变形控制问题

由于具有良好的结构、力学性能,复合材料层合板在现代飞行器上大量应用;而压电复合材料,作为一种新兴的智能材料,由于其独特的力电耦合性能得到了人们更多的关注。本文研究含有压电片的复合材料梁和板在电场作用下的变形控制问题。基于经典的梁理论和层合板理论,分别研究了下列问题:(1)双压电片布置的悬臂梁的变形;(2)含有压电层的层合板变形控制问题;(3)含有一对压电片的层合板的变形控制问题。针对上述问题,分别给出了理论解和数值解,并进行了相关讨论分析。结果表明压电材料可对结构进行精确控制,因此本文的结果可对复合材料梁和板在电场作用下的变形控制问题提供工程参考。     

Finite element formulation for active functionally graded thin-walled structures

For the analysis and design process of smart structures with integrated piezoelectric patches, the finite element method provides an effective simulation approach. In this paper, an attempt on modeling and simulation of the behavior of hybrid active structures is carried out using developed Kirchhoff-type-four-node shell element.The finite element results are compared with reference solutions taking into account the electromechanical responses of smart structures with various geometries, and the results show very high agreement. The main aspect of the application of the proposed element is to predict the behavior of FGM shells containing piezoelectric layers. A set of numerical analyses is performed in order to highlight the applicability and effectiveness of the present finite element model, notably for smart FGM structures. A comprehensive parametric study is conducted to show the influence of material composition, the placement and the thickness of the piezoelectric layers on the deformation of the laminated structure.     

Development of an Electrochemical Immunoassay Based on the Use of an Eight‐Electrodes Screen‐Printed Array Coupled with Magnetic Beads for the Detection of Antimicrobial Sulfonamides in Honey

In this work an electrochemical immunoassay, based on a direct competitive assay, was developed using magnetic beads as solid phase and carbon screen‐printed arrays as transducers for the detection of sulfonamides in food matrices such as honey. Magnetic beads coated with protein A were modified by immobilisation of specific antibodies and then the competition between the target analyte and the corresponding analyte‐labelled with an enzyme was carried out; after the immunosensing step, beads were captured by a magnet onto the working surfaces of a screen‐printed eight‐electrodes array for a multiple electrochemical detection. Screen‐printed eight‐electrodes arrays were chosen as transducers due to the possibility to repeat multiple analysis and to test different samples simultaneously. Alkaline Phosphatase (AP) was used as enzyme label and Differential Pulse Voltammetry (DPV) as fast electrochemical technique. Calibration curves demonstrate that the developed electrochemical immunoassay was able to detect this class of drugs in standard solutions at low concentrations (ng/mL levels). The short incubation times (25 min) and the fast electrochemical measurement (10 sec) make of these systems a possible alternative to classic ELISA tests.     

Rhodium(II)‐Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions of Non‐classical 1,5‐Dipoles for the Formation of Eight‐Membered Heterocycles

A new type of intermolecular rhodium(II)‐catalyzed [5+3] cycloaddition has been developed. This higher‐order cycloaddition between pyridinium zwitterion 1,5‐dipole equivalents and enol diazoacetates enables the formation of eight‐membered heterocyclic skeletons, which are otherwise difficult to construct. The optimized cycloaddition occurs efficiently under mild conditions with a wide range of pyridinium zwitterions and with high functional‐group tolerance.     

Effects of d.c. potential patterns on the performance of ion‐exchange polymer based molecular actuators

The dynamic performance (i.e. displacement, current, velocity, and force) of ion‐exchange polymer based actuators (the Nafion?/platinum electrodes) have been examined by developing instrumentation. The CCD imaging technique was examined to evaluate the displacement under the various d.c. potential patterns. Two different d.c. potential patterns with or without a rest were applied to the electrodes at 0.1 Hz. It was better to take a rest at 0 V for the polarization back and forth between +2 and ?2 V to give lower current consumption and longer displacement. The actuator produced the force of ca. 0.95 g at 3.25 V in air. The result also demonstrated that higher overpotential has to be avoided to maintain the maximum force. The generative force is in inverse proportion to the length of the actuators. The dimension of the film strongly governs the force production and its performance. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Liquid‐Crystalline Soft Actuators with Switchable Thermal Reprogrammability

Thermal reprogrammability is essential for new‐generation large dry soft actuators, but the realization sacrifices the favored actuation performance. The contradiction between thermal reprogrammability and stability hampers efforts to design high‐performance soft actuators to be robust and thermally adaptable. Now, a strategy has been developed that relies on repeatedly switching on/off thermal reprogrammability in liquid‐crystalline elastomer (LCE) actuators to resolve this problem. By post‐synthesis swelling, a latent siloxane exchange reaction can be induced in the common siloxane LCEs (switching on), enabling reprogramming into on‐demand 3D‐shaped actuators; by switching off the dynamic network by heating, actuation stability is guaranteed even at high temperature (180 °C). Using partially black‐ink‐patterned LCEs, selectively switching off reprogrammability allows integration of completely different actuation modes in one monolithic actuator for more delicate and elaborate tasks.