Ftir Studies on LB Film of Amphiphile with Schiff Base as Headgroup and Its Copper Complex

Two different ways to form monolayers and LB films (surface film and subphase film) of the complex have been used, where a novel amphiphile containing Schiff base as a headgroup was used as a ligand. the monolayer behavior at the air/water interface was characterized by π-A isotherms and two-dimensional molecular orientation of alkyl chains in LB films and thermal stability were measured by polarized and variable temperature FTIR transmission spectra, indicating that the LB film of the novel amphiphile and its copper(II) complex are very stable as well as stearic acid. Because incorporating the metal ion into the monolayer makes it more condensed, thermal stability of the LB film was enhanced. as can be compared from their structure and properties, subphase films are superior to surface films.     

Effect of pressure on the electrical resistivity and magnetism in updsn

The electrical resistivity of a UPdSn single crystal exerted to various hydrostatic pressures was measured as a function of temperature and magnetic field. Clear anomalies in the temperature dependence of resistivity along the c-axis mark the magnetic phase transitions between paramagnetic and antiferromagnetic (AF) state at T _N and the AF1?AF2 transition at T ₁. Large negative magnetoresistance effects have been observed not only in the AF state as a result of the metamagnetic transition to canted structure at B _c , but also at temperatures far above T _N . The latter result is attributed to the existence of AF correlations or short range AF orderings in the paramagnetic range. The value of T _N increases with increasing applied pressure, whereas T ₁ simultaneously decreases. It is also found that B _c decreases with increasing pressure. As a consequence, the stability range of the AF-1 phase expands with applied pressure partially on account of the ground-state AF-2 phase.     

Growth of piezoelectric quartz crystals of large dimension on seeds parallel to the (10–11) face and lengthened along the Y-axis

Abstract

We have grown crystals on seeds parallel to the side of the negative rhombohedron by the hydrothermal method. Their dimension was equal to the projection one along the Y-axis to the plane (01–11) and approximately exceeded the size of the crystal along the X-axis by one order. In Russia these crystals are referred to as - ry′. The maximal sizes of ry′ -cryszals are 410mm and 120mm along the Y- and X-axes, respectively. It is established that each crystal increases its dimension along the X-axis due to the formation of the sides of the sharpest rhombohedron (20–21). These faces form the pyramids of growth by which it is possible to get the plates from an average part of each crystal. Their dimension exceeds the initial one by 15-20mm along the X-axis. We have studied the structural and morphological properties of ry′ -crystals grown at different rates at the temperature of crystallization of 330-410°C and a pressure up to 150 MPa.     

Large‐Scale Fluctuation Behavior Prior to the Crystallization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Glass: A Small‐Angle Light Scattering Study

The crystallization processes of amorphous, glassy‐state poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) at two temperatures, a low temperature near T _g where PET has a slow crystallization speed and a middle temperature (about 55°C above T _g ) where PET crystallization is rapid, were monitored in situ by a time‐resolved small‐angle light scattering (SALS) device. It was found that large‐scale fluctuations happened prior to the crystallization at both temperatures, but the kind of fluctuation had a temperature dependence: at the middle temperature, pure density fluctuation took place during the induction period, whereas at low temperature, both density fluctuation and orientation fluctuation occurred, but the latter was the dominant factor. Analyses of the kinetics of these two kinds of fluctuation processes demonstrated that the spinodal decomposition (SD) type of phase‐separation character was undistinguishable in the SALS scale, while the nucleation‐growth (NG) type of phase behavior could describe the scattering results as well.     

粉末晶体(ZrO2)x(Bi2O3)1-x(x=1.0, 0.97) 晶体结构分析

为了确定ZrO2和(ZrO2)0.97(Bi2O3)0.03的晶体结构和原子热振动各向同性温度因子B,对该粉末晶体进行X射线衍射实验,建立了晶体结构模型,进行晶体结构分析。首先,采用共沉淀法和高温固相烧结法制备了纳米氧化锆ZrO2和(ZrO2)0.97(Bi2O3)0.03粉末晶体,接着,使用X射线测试仪对两种样品进行了衍射实验（XRD）,利用Rietveld 精修方法的 RIETAN-2000程序对所得实验结果进行了晶体结构分析,获得了晶体结构参量和原子热振动各向同性温度因子B。通过Maximum Entropy Method（MEM）解析得到了粉末晶体(ZrO2)x(Bi2O3)1-x(x=1.0,0.97)的等高电子密度分布可视化图谱。结果表明,(ZrO2)0.97(Bi2O3)0.03的晶胞体积比ZrO2的晶胞体积大分别为140.6850 Å3和140.5637Å3;ZrO2晶体的原子热振动各向同性温度因子B(Zr)、BO(1)、BO(2)和 B（Bi）分别为0.690、0.269、 0.178 和 0 Å2,(ZrO2)0.97(Bi2O3)0.03晶体的分别为0.460 、0.583 、0.121 和0.581 Å2。 确定了(ZrO2)0.97(Bi2O3)0.03的晶体结构属于单斜晶系,实现了等高电子密度分布三维（3D）和二维（2D）的可视化,进一步确定了晶体结构和原子位置。     

The symmetry of ground states under perturbation

We consider a two-body potential which has only periodic ground states and prove that it can be perturbed, by an arbitrarily small perturbation, so as to have only aperiodic ground states.Research supported in part by NSF grant MCS 78-01520-A01.     

布洛芬晶体转晶与表征

利用两种不同的有机溶剂乙醇和异丙醇以及三种添加剂葡萄糖、聚乙烯吡咯烷酮、十二烷基苯磺酸钠,通过非溶剂法转晶制得不同形态的布洛芬晶体,使用电子扫描显微镜(SEM),差热扫描量热仪(DSC),X射线粉晶衍射(XRPD)等方法对其进行了表征.利用表征结果研究了结晶体系极性和氢键对晶体生长的影响,发现溶剂和添加剂通过不同的作用方式影响晶体的生长规律.     

The use of the isotropic orientation factor in fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) studies of the actin filament

A Dale-Eisinger style analysis (R. E. Daleet al., Biophys. J. 26, 161, 1979) is used to produce three-dimensional plots that display the limits on the average orientation factor k ² that is required to calculate molecular distances in F-actin from fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements. Maxima and minima plots are generated for the transfer of energy from a donor to a single acceptor and for transfer to multiple acceptors that are related by F-actin helical symmetry. The analysis is performed in terms of dipole cone half-angles rather than depolarization factors, in order to facilitate the modeling of the multiple acceptor problem. Calculations are carried out under the restrictive condition of a single electric dipole moment per fluorophore. In addition, both surface and volume averaging of the donor and acceptor dipoles are considered. Comparisons between the plots show that for the multiple acceptor cases with F-actin symmetry, there is a great reduction in the range for maxima and minima limits on k ². The calculations also suggest guidelines for the choice of fluorescence label that will result in an average orientation factor occurring within acceptable limits, i.e., inside the limits for which k ²=2/3 may be employed. Thus, without having detailed knowledge of the mean donor or acceptor dipole relative orientations, the use of k ²=2/3 in radial coordinate studies of F-actin is more than reasonable and is fairly assured of being correct.     

Photocatalytic degradation efficacy of Bi4Ti3O12 micro-scale platelets over methylene blue under visible light

〈001〉 textured Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂ platelets with micro scale size were synthesized by a facile molten salt method. The photocatalytic activities of the as-prepared samples were measured with the photodegradation of methylene blue at room temperature under visible light irradiation. The Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂ with the aspect ratio of 35 exhibited good absorption in the visible light region and the photodegradation against methylene blue was higher than that of anatase TiO₂ reference, showing that the high degree of preferred {001} facets on the plate surface benefits the electronic transmission. In addition, the layer-pervoskite structure facilitates the mobility of the photogenerated carriers and hampers their recombination. The above results indicated that the large specific surface area of the as-prepared samples could attribute to the presence of a number of oxygen vacancies and then lead to the good photo-electric property. This work proposed an alternative way to tailor the structure of micro-sized platelets to get excellent properties comparable to the nano materials.