Aligned and molecularly oriented semihollow ultrafine polymer fiber yarns by a facile method

In this work, aligned and molecularly oriented bone‐like PLLA semihollow fiber yarns were manufactured continuously from an optimized homogeneous polymer‐solvent‐nonsolvent system [PLLA, CH₂Cl₂, and dimethyl formamide (DMF)] by a single capillary electrospinning via self‐bundling technique. Here, it should be emphasized that the self‐bundling electrospinning technique, a very facile electrospinning technique with a grounded needle (which is to induce the self‐bundling of polymer nanofibers at the beginning of electrospinning process), is used for the alignment and molecular orientation of the polymer fiber, and the take‐up speed of the rotating drum for the electrospun fiber yarn collection is very low (0.5 m/s). PLLA can be dissolved in DMF and CH₂Cl₂ mixed solvent with different ratios. By varying the ratios of mixed solvent system, PLLA electrospun semihollow fiber with the porous inner structure and compact shell wall could be formed, the thickness of the shell and the size of inner pores could be adjusted. The results of polarized FTIR and wide angle X‐ray diffraction investigations verified that as‐prepared PLLA semihollow fiber yarns were well‐aligned and molecularly oriented. Both the formation mechanism of semihollow fibers with core‐shell structure and the orientation mechanism of polymer chains within the polymer fibers were all discussed. The as‐prepared self‐bundling electrospun PLLA fiber yarns possessed enhanced mechanical performance compared with the corresponding conventional electrospun PLLA fibrous nonwoven membranes. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 48: 1118–1125, 2010     

Simultaneous observation of the triangular and honeycomb structures on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite at room temperature: An STM study

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) was used to study the surface structures of dry-prepared and di-chloroethane-treated HOPG samples. Both triangular and honeycomb structures were simultaneously observed with the same tip at room temperature around a strand (grain boundary) on the HOPG surface. This observation did not support the tip effect in STM imaging explanation for HOPG in literature. A general layer-sliding model was utilized to explain the experimental results: sliding of the HOPG topmost layer was used to explain the origins of the triangular and honeycomb structures, and molecule intercalation into inter-layer spacing between the first and second layers of HOPG induced inhomogeneous deformation of the HOPG topmost layer that accordingly generated the Moiré patterns of the HOPG sample in di-chloroethane.     

Ductile–brittle‐transition phenomenon in polypropylene/ethylene‐propylene‐diene rubber blends obtained by dynamic packing injection molding: A new understanding of the rubber‐toughening mechanism

For a more complete understanding of the toughening mechanism of polypropylene (PP)/ethylene‐propylene‐diene rubber (EPDM) blends, dynamic packing injection molding was used to control the phase morphology and rubber particle orientation in the matrix. The relative impact strength of the blends increased at low EPDM contents, and then a definite ductile–brittle (D–B) transition was observed when the EPDM content reached 25 wt %, at which point blends should fail in the ductile mode with conventional molding. Wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to investigate the shear‐induced crystal structure, morphology, orientation, and phase separation of the blends. WAXD results showed that the observed D–B transition took place mainly for a constant crystal structure (α form). Also, no remarkable changes in the crystallinity and melting point of PP were observed by DSC. The highly oriented and elongated rubber particles were seen via SEM at high EPDM contents. Our results suggest that Wu's criterion is no longer valid when dispersed rubber particles are elongated and oriented. The possible fracture mechanism is discussed on the basis of the stress concentration in a filler‐dispersed matrix. It can be concluded that not only the interparticle distance but also the stress fields around individual particles play an important role in polymer toughening. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 2086–2097, 2002     

树和单圈图的斜谱矩

给定图$G$,对图$G$的每条边确定一个方向,称为$G$的定向图$G^\sigma$, $G$称为$G^\sigma$的基础图. $G^\sigma$的斜邻接矩阵$S(G^\sigma)$是反对称矩阵,其特征值是0或纯虚数. $S(G^\sigma)$所有特征值的$k$次幂之和称为$G^\sigma$的$k$阶斜谱矩,其中$k$是非负整数.斜谱矩序列可用于对图进行排序.本文主要研究定向树和定向单圈图的斜谱矩,并对这两类图的斜谱矩序列依照字典序进行排序.首先确定了直径为$d$的树作为基础图的所有定向树中,斜谱矩序最大的$2\lfloor\frac{d}{4}\rfloor$个图; 然后确定以围长为$g$的单圈图作为基础图的所有定向单圈图中, 斜谱矩序最大的$2\lfloor\frac{g}{4}\rfloor+1$个图.     

面向对象有限元程序的类设计

传统有限元程序设计中的许多问题可以通过面向对象程序设计方法加以解决。本文介绍了我们尝试采用ＢｏｒｌａｎｄＣ＋＋２．０进行的一种面向对象有限元程序设计，着重进行有限元程序的类划分与定义，并将几个典型的类设计成类等级。面向对象语言的继承性、封装性、多态性等特性在我们的程序设计中均得到了运用。与传统的有限元程序（通常采用Ｆｏｒｔｒａｎ）相比，面向对象有限元程序更加结构化、更易于编写、更易于维护和扩充，程序代码的可重用成分更大，它为开发大型有限元分析软件提供了一条新途径     

Biology‐Oriented Synthesis of a Withanolide‐Inspired Compound Collection Reveals Novel Modulators of Hedgehog Signaling

Biology‐oriented synthesis employs the structural information encoded in complex natural products to guide the synthesis of compound collections enriched in bioactivity. The trans‐hydrindane dehydro‐δ‐lactone motif defines the characteristic scaffold of the steroid‐like withanolides, a plant‐derived natural product class with a diverse pattern of bioactivity. A withanolide‐inspired compound collection was synthesized by making use of three key intermediates that contain this characteristic framework derivatized with different reactive functional groups. Biological evaluation of the compound collection in cell‐based assays that monitored biological signal‐transduction processes revealed a novel class of Hedgehog signaling inhibitors that target the protein Smoothened.     

Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of Natural‐Product‐Like Hybrids by an Organocatalytic/Multicomponent Reaction Sequence

In an endeavor to provide an efficient route to natural product hybrids, described herein is an efficient, highly stereoselective, one‐pot process comprising an organocatalytic conjugate addition of 1,3‐dicarbonyls to α,β‐unsaturated aldehydes followed by an intramolecular isocyanide‐based multicomponent reaction. This approach enables the rapid assembly of complex natural product hybrids including up to four different molecular fragments, such as hydroquinolinone, chromene, piperidine, peptide, lipid, and glycoside moieties. The strategy combines the stereocontrol of organocatalysis with the diversity‐generating character of multicomponent reactions, thus leading to structurally unique peptidomimetics integrating heterocyclic, lipidic, and sugar moieties.     

类似花状结构介晶钴的大规模控制合成及磁性能

以二乙烯三胺(DETA)作为配位剂,快速合成了纳米粒子定向组装构成的类似花状的介晶钴。通过控制反应的速率和配位剂的种类,依次获得了精美的钴花、差形貌的枝晶、由纳米粒子或纳米片构成的微球。配位剂在介晶钴的形成过程中起了很重要的作用。探讨了介晶钴花的形成机理。介晶钴不但具有钴纳米晶的性能(在300 K时矫顽力260 Oe),而且拥有块体钴的性能(饱和磁化强度168 emu·g-1)。合成方法简便、有效且具有较高的产率。     

Diversity oriented synthesis: substitution at C5 in unreactive pyrimidines by Claisen rearrangement and reactivity in nucleophilic substitution at C2 and C4 in pteridines and pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines

Diversity oriented synthesis of fused pyrimidines leads to scaffolds with many biological activities. In the case of the preparation of pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines from 2-alkylthiopyrimidines, the formation of a new carbon-carbon bond at C5 is required, a reaction, that is, very limited in scope. However Claisen type rearrangement of simple 4-allylic ethers affords C5 substituted pyrimidines readily; in cases with an ester substituent, rearrangement occurs at room temperature. Subsequent cyclisation to afford 6-methylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-ones was achieved in high yield. Using allylic ethers derived from 3-chloromethyl-4-arylbut-3-en-2-ones as substrates, a new titanium[IV]chloride catalysed reaction affording 6-arylmethyl-7-methylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines was discovered. In contrast, 2-alkylthiopteridines are readily available. In both cases, substitution at C2 and C4 to generate diversity has been carried out and the reactivity compared; yields of substitution products were generally higher with pteridine substrates. In biological assays unexpected hits were found for activity against the Gram positive bacterium, Nocardia farcinia, and against the parasite Trypanosoma brucei brucei, illustrating the value of diversity oriented synthesis in the discovery of biologically active compounds.     

Diversity through a branched reaction pathway: generation of multicyclic scaffolds and identification of antimigratory agents

A library of 91 heterocyclic compounds composed of 16 distinct scaffolds has been synthesized through a sequence of phosphine-catalyzed ring-forming reactions, Tebbe reactions, Diels-Alder reactions, and, in some cases, hydrolysis. This effort in diversity-oriented synthesis produced a collection of compounds that exhibited high levels of structural variation both in terms of stereochemistry and the range of scaffolds represented. A simple but powerful sequence of reactions thus led to a high-diversity library of relatively modest size with which to explore biologically relevant regions of chemical space. From this library, several molecules were identified that inhibit the migration and invasion of breast cancer cells and may serve as leads for the development of antimetastatic agents.