Comparison of the growth and degradation of poly(glycolic acid) and poly(ε‐caprolactone) brushes

The growth and degradation of poly(glycolic acid) (PGA) and poly(ε‐caprolactone) (PCL) brushes were compared. Using tin (octanoate) as the catalyst, optimal conditions were found for growth of each polyester brush from the hydroxy‐terminated silicon surface via ring‐opening polymerization. PCL brushes grew thicker at elevated temperatures but the thickest PGA brushes grew at room temperature. Unlike bulk polyesters that can degrade under both acidic and basic conditions, the confined surface polyester brushes only degraded under neutral or basic conditions. The degradation mechanism of grafted polyester brushes was probed through a blocking test. It was shown that the terminal hydroxy groups of these polyester brushes were essential to the degradation process indicating a preferential backbiting mechanism. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2013 , 51, 4643–4649     

Transformation of macromonomers into ring‐opening polymerization macroinitiators: A detailed initiation efficiency study

In the present study, n‐butyl acrylate macromonomer (BAMM) (M_n = 1900 g mol^?1; PDI = 1.96) has been synthesized via a high‐temperature polymerization process. Subsequently, the olefinic termini of the BAMM have been transformed into a diol via a dihydroxylation process using KMnO₄ as an oxidizing agent. The OH‐terminated macroinitiator pBA(OH)₂ has subsequently been employed for the ring‐opening polymerization (ROP) of ε‐caprolactone via various catalytic systems, that is, organo‐(1,5,7‐triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec‐5‐ene), metal (tin(II) 2‐ethylhexanoate), and enzymatic catalysis (Novozym® 435). The obtained pBA‐b‐pCL block copolymers and the initiation efficiency of the BAMM macroinitiator have been investigated via size exclusion chromatography (SEC), electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry (ESI‐MS) hyphenated with SEC and liquid chromatography at the critical conditions of both poly(ε‐caprolactone) (pCL) and pBA. The in vitro enzyme catalysis (eROP) approach proved to be the most efficient catalysis system due to minor transesterification side reactions during the polymerization process. However, side reactions such as transesterifications occur in each catalytic system and—while they cannot be suppressed—they can be minimized. The species generated during the eROP process include the desired block copolymer pBA‐b‐pCL as main species as well as pCL homopolymer and residual macroinitiator pBA(OH)₂. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012     

磁镜装置中ECR等离子体硬X射线强度观测

本文描述用硬X射线针孔成象法测量简单磁镜装置中ECR等离子体辐射特性的方法及其结果。这种非破坏性的成象法,直接显示了热电子等离子体的空间分布,一次放电可成一帧清晰的象,且由此可得出二维的等发射强度线。大量结果表明电子环是非轴对称的,并非为一个整环,而是在微波注入口的对面有一个缺口。当微波功率改变时,环也在改变。     

A．G．滤环上Holonomic模特征簇的刻划

给出了Ａ．Ｇ．滤环上ｈｏｌｏｎｏｍｉｃ模的特征簇刻划，推广了微分算子环和Ａ．Ｒ．滤环中的相应结果．     

六角系统的边面点面全色数

本文得到了六角系统的边面和点面金色数．     

关于有限群模范畴的商范畴及其等价函子

将所有能被p-可除kG-模分解的同态映射做成一个理想,利用该理想构造了有限群G的模范畴的商范畴,分析了该商范畴中的零对象,并得到该商范畴的3个等价函子。     

Binding Energy of Excitons in a Quantum Ring

The binding energy of excitons confined to a quantum ring under the influence of perpendicular homogeneous magnetic field is calculated as a function of the ring radius. Calculations are made by using the method of exact diagonalization within the effective-mass approximation. The feature of binding energy of the ground state as a function of the ring radius for several values of the magnetic field has been revealed. The interesting feature of our study is that, in a quantum ring, the geometric structure of exeitons may reveal transition.     

Can contributions to B_s→l＋l-γ from the magnetic-penguin operator with real photons in the standard model be neglected？

Using the Bs meson wave function extracted from non-leptonic Bs decays, we reevaluate the rare decays Bs→l＋l- γ,（l=e,μ） in the Standard Model, including two kinds of contributions from the magnetic-penguin operator with virtual and real photons. We find that contributions to the exclusive decays from the magnetic-penguin operator b→sγ with real photons, which were regarded as negligible in the previous literature, are large and the branching ratios Bs→l＋l-γ are enhanced by a factor of almost 2. With the predicted branching ratios of the order of 10-8, it is expected that these radiative dileptonic decays will be detected in LHC-b and B factories in the near future.     

A One-Pot Entry to a Novel 3-H-benzo[d]pyrazolo[1,5-b]isothiazole Ring System

Summary The phosphorus ylide obtained from the reaction between 2-aminobenzo[d]isothiazol-3-one and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate in the presence of triphenylphosphine undergoes a smooth intramolecular Wittig-type reaction to produce, in a one-pot reaction, 3-H-benzo[d]pyrazolo[1,5-b]isothiazole-2,3a-dicarboxylic acid dimethyl ester, a novel functionalized heterocyclic compound.