周期光照下液晶弹性体简支梁的振动响应研究

液晶弹性体(LCE)因其具有快速的光热响应和可逆变形等特性,在能量转换、软机器人和非接触控制等领域具有广泛的应用前景。本文利用液晶弹性体在外部光刺激下可与机械变形耦合的特性,建立了LCE简支梁的动态模型,研究了其在周期光照下的弯曲振动现象。首先建立了LCE简支梁的光驱动控制方程,然后通过振型叠加法获得方程的半解析解,再用Matlab软件编程计算其变化规律。计算结果表明,周期光照可以使LCE简支梁发生周期性振动,梁跨中的振动幅值可以通过阻尼因子、热弛豫时间、光照强度、光照周期和光照时间率来调节,振动平衡位置可以通过光强与热弛豫时间来调节,振动反应时间可以通过热弛豫时间与阻尼来调节。本文结果对光驱动运动的控制和光机能量转换系统的设计具有一定的指导意义。     

Der Einfluß der Koordinationssphäre von Samarocenen auf die Synthese von flüssigkristallinen Polymethacrylaten

The Influence of the Coordination Sphere of Samarocenes on the Synthesis of Liquid Crystalline Polymethacrylates (C₅Me₅)₂Sm(THF)₂ ( 1 ) reacts with 1,3‐Diisopropyl‐4,5‐dimethylimidazoline‐2‐ylidene C₃N₂Me₂iPr₂ (iPr‐carben) with formation of (C₅Me₅)₂Sm(iPr‐carben) ( 3 ). The reaction of (C₅Me₄Et)₂Sm(THF)₂ ( 2 ) with Al₂Me₆ in toluene yields [(C₅Me₄Et)₂Sm(CH₃)Al(CH₃)₃]₂ ( 6 ). 3 and 6 were characterized by single crystal X‐ray structure analysis. Via living polymerization of mesogenic methacrylates with the organosamarium complexes 1 , 2 , 3 , (C₅Me₅)₂Sm(C₃H₅) ( 4 ), (C₅Me₅)₂Sm(CH₃)(THF) ( 5 ), 6 , and (C₅Me₄Et)₂SmCH(SiMe₃)₂ ( 7 ), liquid crystalline homo‐ and blockcopolymers were obtained with narrow molecular mass distribution indexes in high yield. Partial competitive mechanisms are observed dependend of the structure of the catalyst and the polarity of the solvents.     

Intelligent Surfaces Thermally Switchable between the Highly Rough and Entirely Smooth States

Reversible switching from a highly rough surface to another entirely smooth surface under external stimuli is crucial for intelligent materials applied in the fields of anti-fogging,self-cleaning,oil-water separation and biotechnology.In this work,a thermal-responsive liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) surface covered with oriented micropillars is prepared via a facile two-step crosslinking method coupled with an extrusion molding program.The reversible change of topological structures of the LCE surface along with temperature is investigated by metallographic microscope,atomic force microscopy and optical contact angle measuring system.At room temperature,the LCE sample is filled with plenty of micropillars with an average length of 8.76 μm,resulting in a super-hydrophobic surface with a water contact angle (WCA) of 135°.When the temperature is increased to above the clearing point,all the micropillars disappear,the LCE surface becomes entirely fiat and presents a hydrophilic state with a WCA of 64°.The roughness-related wetting property of this microstructured LCE surface possesses good recyclability in several heating/cooling cycles.This work realizes a truly reversible transformation from a highly rough surface to an entirely smooth surface,and might promote the potential applications of this dynamic-responsive LCE surface in smart sensors and biomimetic control devices.     

Hierarchy of Order in Liquid Crystalline Polycaps

When outfitted with long alkyl chains , polycaps, capsules along a polymer chain, spontaneously organize themselves into a two-dimensional liquid crystalline phase. Further organization results from shearing or pulling the liquid crystalline samples, producing three-dimensional assemblies of micrometer-wide, infinitely long fibers (see schematic representation).     

Heterogeneous Catalysis with Cross-Linked Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Assemblies: Organic Analogues to Zeolites and Mesoporous Sieves

Organic, nanoporous heterogeneous catalysts based on a carboxylate-containing, amphiphilic mesogen catalyze the Knoevenagel condensation (see schematic representation). These networks maintain their order in solution and can be recycled. Enhanced basicity, excellent site accessibility, and substrate size exclusion are features of these nanostructured systems.     

Evaluation of Dead Time Calculation in Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography Using a Multiparametric Mathematical Method

In reversed phase liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), the validity of a multiparametric non-linear least-squares regression iterative method for the determination of the column dead time t_M and the regression parameter (slope b), based on the use of alkan-2-ones, alkyl aryl ketones, and 1-nitroalkanes has been evaluated. The determination of t_M and b has been extensively studied for two mobile phase systems acetonitrile-water and methanol-water on seven octadecyl-C₁₈ and one octyl C₈ analytical columns. The calculated t_M and b values were compared with those obtained by Guardino's and Grobler's methods. The influence exerted thereon by the nature of the homologous series, the mobile phase composition, and the packing materials were investigated.     

Pressurized liquid extraction and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry applied to determine iodinated X-ray contrast media in sewage sludge

Pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) has been successfully applied for the first time to the extraction of five iodinated X-ray contrast media from sludge. Once optimized all PLE parameters, the extract has been analyzed by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry, being the method developed sensible enough to reach limit of quantifications (LOQs) of 25 μg kg⁻¹ (d.w.). The developed method has been applied to the analysis of sludge from urban sewage treatment plants and although some compounds such as iopromide, diatrizoic acid and iopamidol have been identified, their concentrations have been lower than their LOQs.     

Computational analysis of liquid crystalline elastomer membranes: Changing Gaussian curvature without stretch energy

Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) can undergo extremely large reversible shape changes when exposed to external stimuli, such as mechanical deformations, heating or illumination. The deformation of LCEs result from a combination of directional reorientation of the nematic director and entropic elasticity. In this paper, we study the energetics of initially flat, thin LCE membranes by stress driven reorientation of the nematic director. The energy functional used in the variational formulation includes contributions depending on the deformation gradient and the second gradient of the deformation. The deformation gradient models the in-plane stretching of the membrane. The second gradient regularises the non-convex membrane energy functional so that infinitely fine in-plane microstructures and infinitely fine out-of-plane membrane wrinkling are penalised. For a specific example, our computational results show that a non-developable surface can be generated from an initially flat sheet at cost of only energy terms resulting from the second gradients. That is, Gaussian curvature can be generated in LCE membranes without the cost of stretch energy in contrast to conventional materials.     

HPLC法测定醋酸纤维素膜材料界面参数

以醋酸纤维素(CA-398)膜材料为填料,用HPLC法测定无机溶质(如氯化钠,硫酸镁)和多官能团的有机溶质(如糖等)的保留体积V_R’,平衡分配系数K_A’。由HPLC实验数据来确定聚合物膜材料界面参数。