Synthesis and properties of through‐space conjugated polymers based on cyano‐substituted poly(p‐arylenevinylene)s

New through‐space cyano‐substituted poly(p‐arylenevinylene)s containing a [2.2]paracyclophane unit were synthesized by the Knoevenagel reaction. Polymers 5 and 7 have cyano groups at α‐positions and β‐positions from the dialkoxyphenylene unit, respectively. Their optical and electrochemical behaviors were investigated in detail in comparison with their model compounds. Polymers 5 and 7 exhibited through‐space conjugation via the cyclophane units. Polymer 5 showed greenish blue emission (λ_max = 477 nm) in diluted solution with fluorescence quantum efficiency (?_F) of only 0.007, whereas polymer 7 emitted in the bluish green region (λ_max = 510 nm) with ?_F of 0.32. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 5979–5988, 2009     

Control of molecular aggregation in symmetrically substituted π‐conjugated bulky poly(p‐phenylenevinylene)s and their copolymers

A new series of symmetrically substituted bulky PPV‐copolymers based on poly(bis‐2,5‐(2‐ethylhexyloxy)‐1,4‐phenylenevinylene) ( BEH‐PPV ) bearing tricyclodecane (TCD) pendants were synthesized to study the effect of chain aggregation in the π‐conjugated polymer backbone. The composition of the copolymers was varied up to 100 mol % and the structures of the copolymer were confirmed by NMR and FTIR. The molecular weights of the copolymers were obtained as M_w = 11,500–1,78,800 depending on the TCD‐incorporation in BEH‐PPV. The origin of the π‐aggregation was investigated using mixture of solvents (polar or nonpolar) or temperature as external stimuli. Absorption, photoluminescence, and time‐resolved fluorescence decay techniques were employed as tools to trace molecular aggregation in solution and solid state. The TCD‐substituted bulky copolymers showed almost twice the enhancement in photoluminescence compared with that of BEH‐PPV . Solvent‐induced aggregation studies of copolymers revealed the existence of strong molecular aggregation in BEH‐PPV compared with that of bulky copolymers. Variable temperature studies further evidence for the reversibility of molecular aggregation on heating/cooling cycles and showed isosbetic points with respect to free and aggregated polymer chains. Time‐resolved fluorescent studies confirmed the existence of free and aggregated π‐conjugated species with a life time of 0.1 to 1.0 ns. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 2631–2646, 2009     

Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of poly(p‐phenylenevinylene) derivatives containing oxadiazole

A novel poly(p‐phenylenevinylene) PPV‐based copolymer (3C‐OXD‐PPV) with electron‐deficient oxadiazole segments as the side chain has been successfully synthesized through the Gilch polymerization. The obtained copolymer is soluble in common organic solvents such as chloroform, tetrahydronfuran, and 1,1,2,2‐tetrachloroethane. The copolymer was characterized by ¹H NMR, elemental analysis and GPC. TGA measurement of the copolymer shows it has good thermal stability with decomposition temperature higher than 350 °C. The absorption, electrochemical properties of the 3C‐OXD‐PPV were investigated and also compared with the properties of MEH‐PPV. The HOMO and LUMO levels of 3C‐OXD‐PPV were estimated from the electrochemical cyclic voltammograms. Bulk‐heterojunction PVCs were fabricated by using 3C‐OXD‐PPV blended PCBM as an active layer. The PCE of the PVC is 1.60% under 100 mW cm^?2 AM 1.5 illumination, which indicates that 3C‐OXD‐PPV is a potential candidate for the application of polymer PVC. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 1003–1012, 2009     

Existence and multiplicity results for quasilinear hemivariational inequalities at resonance

In this paper we consider quasilinear hemivariational inequality at resonance. We prove existence results for strongly resonant quasilinear problem, resonant problem under a Tang‐type condition as well as two multiplicity results. The method of the proofs is based on the nonsmooth critical point theory for locally Lipschitz functions. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

TESTING OF CORRELATION AND HETEROSCEDASTICITY IN NONLINEAR REGRESSION MODELS WITH DBL（p,q, 1） RANDOM ERRORS

Chaos theory has taught us that a system which has both nonlinearity and random input will most likely produce irregular data. If random errors are irregular data, then random error process will raise nonlinearity （Kantz and Schreiber （1997））. Tsai （1986） introduced a composite test for autocorrelation and heteroscedasticity in linear models with AR（1） errors. Liu （2003） introduced a composite test for correlation and heteroscedasticity in nonlinear models with DBL（p, 0, 1） errors. Therefore, the important problems in regression model axe detections of bilinearity, correlation and heteroscedasticity. In this article, the authors discuss more general case of nonlinear models with DBL（p, q, 1） random errors by score test. Several statistics for the test of bilinearity, correlation, and heteroscedasticity are obtained, and expressed in simple matrix formulas. The results of regression models with linear errors are extended to those with bilinear errors. The simulation study is carried out to investigate the powers of the test statistics. All results of this article extend and develop results of Tsai （1986）, Wei, et al （1995）, and Liu, et al （2003）.     

A Novel Super-junction LDMOST Concept with Split p Columns

The development of the semiconductor power device has promoted the accomplishment of Smart Power Integrate Circuits (SPICs). Especially power Lateral Double-diffusion MOSFETs (LDMOSTs) are expected to be applied to multi-output devices such as H-bridge motor control circuits or to SPICs because it is easy to electrically isolate each device. LDMOSTs are the most popular power lateral MOSFETs. The increasing application requires power devices to have higher performance. Therefor…     

Multiple reflection effect inside a hemispherical solid immersion lens

The reflection inside a hemispherical solid immersion lens (h-SIL) is analyzed by using the film-interference optics and the new unique characteristic of the h-SIL is presented. The image theory of SIL microscopy is developed. Numerical results show that the reflection inside the h-SIL, especially for large mismatch in refractive indices between the SIL and the medium, has an important influence on the resolution of SIL surface microscope and the collection efficiency from the emitter. Theoretical and experimental results are compared through three examples, the reflection-mode microscope, the transmission-mode microscope, and the collection of light from the emitters. The present theoretical values are quite consistent with the experimental values in SIL microscopy. It is of interest to note that owing to the interference in the SIL, the resolution and collection efficiency periodically oscillate with the radius of an h-SIL, which mean that the radius of an h-SIL has to be well-controlled to achieve enough high resolution and collection efficiency.     

A correspondence between a class of monoids and self-similar group actions I

We describe a correspondence between a class of left cancellative monoids and self-similar group actions in the sense of Nekrashevych et al. This correspondence originated in Perrot’s 1972 thesis, and developed the ideas to be found in Rees’ 1948 paper.     

Surfactant Effect on Kinetic of Reaction of Some Sulphonamides with p‐Dimethylaminobenzaldehyde: Surfactant‐Modified Determination of Sulphonamides in Aqueous Solution

Kinetics of condensation reactions of six sulpha drugs (I‐VI) with p‐dimethylaminobenzaldehyde (DAB) in a weakly acidic EthOH/H₂O solution have been studied spectrophotometrically. The reaction was found to be first order with respect to DAB and zero order with respect to sulphonamide. The rate constants, activation energies, and other related thermodynamic functions have been determined. The effect of the presence of anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) on the kinetics of this reaction in aqueous solution has been investigated. The observed rate constants increase with increasing the amount of SDS except for those of sodium sulphacetamide (VI). The surfactant molecules enhance the reaction rates (14–113 times) in concentrations less than critical micellar concentration (cmc). A developed spectrophotometric method for determining sulphonamides in aqueous solution by their reactions with an excess of DAB in the presence of SDS and HCl (pH = 2) at a wavelength of 447 nm has been introduced. Microgram amounts of sulphonamides can be estimated with accuracy better than ± 1.5% and reproducibility less than ± 0.064%. The results of application to sulphonamides in pure form indicate that the presented method is simple, sensitive, precise, accurate, and comparable to the colorimetric Bratton‐Marshall standard procedure. The effect of interferences and application of the presented method to two pharmaceutical preparations have been investigated.     

Manganese cryptomelane-type oxides: A thermo-kinetic and morphological study

In the present work, a detailed study on structural and textural properties, as well as a thermo-kinetic characterization of two manganese cryptomelane-type oxides, was carried out. A suitable methodology was stated for determining the several stages taking place during the surface molecules’ removal. Thus, further insights were provided about the chemical nature of the sites present at the solid's surface. Relative strengths and the number of basic sites at the surface were estimated. The results show that the removal of the adsorbed (H₂O, CO₂) molecules from the surface is essential to disclose the oxide surface features. The morphological properties and thermo-kinetic characterization indicate the existence of at least three types of basic sites, owing activation energy values ranging from 140 to 190 kJ/mol. The dispersion observed in the activation energy data, during the CO₂ loss, suggests that the interaction occurs on different sites. Therefore, both samples showed a heterogeneous surface; this is related to the energetic nature of the sites, as well as the basic strengths of the surface manganese cryptomelane oxides.