Characterizing polymer macrostructures by identifying and locating microstructures along their chains with the kerr effect

In this brief report, we demonstrate that Kerr effect measurements, which determine the excess birefringence contributed by polymer solutes in dilute solutions observed under a strong electric field, are highly sensitive to and capable of determining their microstructures, as well as their locations along the macromolecular backbone. Specifically, using atactic triblock copolymers with the same overall composition of styrene (S) and p-bromostyrene (pBrS) units, but with two different block arrangements, that is, pBrS₉₀-b-S₁₂₀-b-pBrS₉₀ (I) and S₆₀-b-pBrS₁₈₀-b-S₆₀ (II), which are indistinguishable by NMR, we detected a dramatic difference in their molar Kerr constants (_mK), in agreement with those previously estimated. Although similar in magnitude, their Kerr constants differ in sign, with _mK(II) positive and _mK(I) negative. In addition, S/pBrS random and gradient copolymers synthesized by reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization exhibit a heretofore unexpected enhanced enchainment of racemic (r) pBrS-pBrS diads. Comparison of their observed and calculated _mKs suggests that the gradient S/pBrS copolymers possess an unanticipated additional gradient in stereosequence that parallels their comonomer gradient, that is, as the concentration of pBrs units decreases from one end of the copolymer chain to the other, so does the content of r diads. This conclusion could only be reached by comparison of observed and calculated Kerr effects, which access the global properties of macromolecules, and not NMR, which is only sensitive to local polymer structural environments, but not to their locations on the copolymer chains. Molar Kerr constants are characteristic of entire polymer chains and are highly sensitive to their constituent microstructures and their distribution along the chain. They may be used to both identify constituent microstructures and locate them along the polymer chain, thereby enabling, for the first time, characterization of their complete macrostructures. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys, 2013     

Design of a new thin-film electro-optic switch

A new thin-film electro-optic switch employing two stable states of polarization is proposed and investigated. The design can be further employed to realize a TE-TM polarization converter by constructing a Mach-Zehnder type interferometer integrated optical switch. The limitations and design procedures for electro-optic devices are also discussed.     

完全Rees矩阵半群的分解及性质

用等价关系Q^~出了完全Rees矩阵半群的一种分解．而且得到了它的每个Q^~一类的表示．     

Unknotting Tunnels and Seifert Surfaces

Let K be a knot with an unknotting tunnel and suppose thatK is not a 2-bridge knot. There is an invariant = p/q Q/2Z,with p odd, defined for the pair (K, ). The invariant has interesting geometric properties. It is oftenstraightforward to calculate; for example, for K a torus knotand an annulus-spanning arc, (K, ) = 1. Although is definedabstractly, it is naturally revealed when K is put in thinposition. If 1 then there is a minimal-genus Seifert surfaceF for K such that the tunnel can be slid and isotoped to lieon F. One consequence is that if (K, ) 1 then K > 1. Thisconfirms a conjecture of Goda and Teragaito for pairs (K, )with (K, ) 1. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification 57M25,57M27.     

点简支正交各向异性矩形薄板弯曲的精确解

本文利用迭加原理,给出了点简支正交各向异性短形薄板弯曲问题的封闭的级数式解答.简支点的位置和横向载荷的分布均可任意.用本文的级数解给出的算例与以往的数值解是十分一致的.     

包含极值点和分枝点的解曲线跟踪算法的摄动解法

本文提出了采用摄动格式求解非线性方程组的解曲线跟踪算法的计算格式.文中着重讨论了解曲线上非正则点的搜索,以及从这些非正则点——转向点或分枝点——继续跟踪超临界平衡路径的计算方法.文中把这一算法应用于弹性薄壳的屈曲分析。通过柱壳和环壳的算例得到它们的整个屈曲过程的平衡路径和变形形态.     

椭圆板的大挠度问题

本文在圆薄板大挠度问题摄动解法(1948).(1954)的基础上,求得了椭圆板大挠度问题的摄动解.本文的公式推导是1957年以前完成的,由于某些原因,长期未得发表.1959年见到Nash-Cooley以摘要形式发表的类似工作,但只有λ=a/b=2的数值结果.这里将原先推导的正确至二级近似的分析公式以及计算结果发表.其中包括泊桑比v=0.25,0.30,0.35,椭圆半径比λ=1,2,3.4.5的全部计算结果,以备工程设计计算之用.     

圆薄板非对称大变形弯曲问题

本文首先导出圆薄板非轴对称大变形问题的位移基本方程及边界条件.利用变换和摄动法将非线性位移方程线性化,得到了近似边值问题.作为算例,文中研究了圆薄板在较复杂载荷作用下的非线性弯曲问题.     

横观各向同性多孔超弹性矩形板的单向拉伸

利用横观各向同性超弹性材料的广义neo-Hookean应变能函数研究了含有多个微孔的超弹性矩形板在单向拉伸作用下的有限变形和受力分析.给出了含有某种对称性分布的多个微孔的矩形板的变形模式,通过求解该变形模式满足的微分方程,将它用两个参数表示出来.可应用最小势能原理导出变分近似解,从而得到矩形板的变形和应力分布的解析解.分析了板中微孔的增长及微孔边缘应力的分布情况,讨论了板的各向异性程度及微孔的大小和孔间距离的影响,得到了单个、三个及五个微孔板中微孔的增长变形和孔边应力分布的一些基本规律规律,并进行了相互比较.