Conducting hydrogels based on semi‐interpenetrating networks of polyaniline in poly(acrylamide‐co‐itaconic acid) matrix: synthesis and characterization

In this work, acrylamide/itaconic acid copolymeric hydrogels are prepared by free radical polymerization initiated by redox initiators of potassium persulfate and N ,N ,N ′,N ′‐tetramethyl ethylene diamine; N ,N ′methylene bisacrylamide was employed as a crosslinking agent. Aniline monomer was absorbed in the network of poly(acrylamide‐co‐itaconic acid) P(AAm‐co‐IA) hydrogel and followed by gamma radiation induced polymerization at room temperature. The novel semi‐interpenetrating network was comprised of linear polyaniline immersed in P(AAm‐co‐IA) matrix. Electrical conductivity of the hydrogels was measured using four‐probe technique. The conductivities for the prepared hydrogels are found to increase from 5.5 × 10^?7 S cm^?1 for P(AAm‐co‐IA) alone to 4.4 × 10^?3 S cm^?1 for semi‐interpenetrating polymer network P(AAm‐co‐IA)/polyaniline. Thus, a new composite hydrogel with good conductive properties also displaying enhanced mechanical strength and pH sensitivity was prepared. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

仪器分析实验教学方法探索——探询-科研型教学模式

探索了探询-科研型实验教学模式在仪器分析实验教学中的应用。通过新实验教学模式的摸索,激发学生参与实验的热情,提高学生的科研、协作意识,达到提高实验教学质量的目的。     

物理化学教学研究会第三次会议纪要

物理化学教学研究会第三次会议以物理化学实验教学改革与建设为主题,介绍了教指委制订的实验教学建议内容,并就今后的物理化学实验教学改革进行了交流和研讨。本文介绍了物理化学实验的特点、当前的改革进展及其局限性,总结了部分高校在实验的目标导向设计、教学模式改革、教学理念和方法改革、教学达成度考核设计、实验新原理新方法引入等方面的做法和经验。论述了近期需要开展的重点工作。对今后的物理化学实验教学改革和建设具有一定的指导意义。     

新型多取代Tr(o)ger's base衍生物的合成及其晶体结构

以邻氨基二苯甲酮为原料,经两分子环化缩合反应制得6,12-二芳基二苯并[b,f][1,5]二氮杂环辛四烯(2a~2d);2a~2d经LiAlH4还原制得6,12-二芳基-5,6,11,12-四氢二苯并[b,f][1,5]二氮杂环辛(3a~3d);3a~3d与醛(或酮)反应,合成了一系列新型的多取代Tr(o)ger's base衍生物(4a~4d和5a~7a),其结构经1H NMR, 13C NMR, HR-MS(ESI)和X-射线单晶衍射表征.通过分析架桥前后3a(CCDC: 1498564)和6a(CCDC: 1498555)的晶体结构,解释了该类化合物1H NMR中NCH质子及桥上取代基质子裂分的原因,并进一步证实了4~7为非C2轴对称结构.     

医学院校化学实验课程的教学改革

根据医学院校学生的特点,探索化学实验教学改革的途径和方式。构建了整合式化学实验课程体系,强调以学生为中心、能力培养为核心的教学模式。优化实验教学内容,突出化学与医学、生命科学的关系,采用多种实验教学手段,研发数字化虚拟实验,建立多元化的综合考核体系。化学实验教学的改革,激发了学生的学习兴趣,提高了实验课程的教学质量,为培养卓越医学人才奠定基础。     

安全简单消解钠的方法

针对实验室废钠处置的难题,提出了一种安全又简单的消解钠的方法。在反应器中加入煤油和水,构成油、水两相,再将钠块投入到反应器中。钠受到重力、煤油浮力和反应产物（氢气）推力的作用,在油相和油水界面往复运动,并逐渐地和水反应。这种废钠消解方法安全又实用。     

Parabola-Hyperbola P-H kinetic model for NR sulphur vulcanization

A Parabola-Hyperbola (P-H) kinetic model for NR sulphur vulcanization is presented. The idea originates from the fitting composite Parabola-Parabola-Hyperbola (P-P-H) function used by the authors in [1,2] to approximate experimental rheometer curves with the knowledge of a few key parameters of vulcanization, such as the scorch point, initial vulcanization rate, 90% of vulcanization, maximum point and reversion percentage. After proper normalization of experimental data (i.e. excluding induction and normalizing against maximum torque), the P-P-H model reduces to the discussed P-H composite function, which is linked to the kinetic scheme originally proposed by Han and co-workers [3]. Typically, it is characterized by three kinetic constants, where classically the first two describe incipient curing and stable/instable crosslinks and the last reproduces reversion.The powerfulness of the proposed approach stands into the very reduced number of input parameters required to accurately fit normalized experimental data (i.e. rate of vulcanization at scorch, vulcanization at 90%, maximum point and reversion percentage), and the translation of a mere geometric data-fitting into a kinetic model. Kinetic constants knowledge from simple geometric fitting allows characterizing rubber curing also at temperature different from those experimentally tested.The P-H model can be applied also in the so-called backward direction, i.e. assuming Han's kinetic constants known from other models and deriving the geometric fitting parameters as result.Some existing experimental data available, relying into rheometer curves conducted at 5 different temperatures on the same rubber blend are used to benchmark the P-H kinetic approach proposed, in both backward and forward direction. Very good agreement with previously presented kinetic approaches and experimental data is observed.     

A novel method for the determination of diffusion coefficients in amorphous poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)

A novel approach is proposed for the determination of the diffusion coefficient of certain drugs in amorphous poly(hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), which can be a reliable alternative to the conventional permeation based measurements. The method requires the preparation of PHB films with various concentrations of the drug and if the latter absorbs in the visible wavelength range, its concentration gradient in the polymer film as well as the time dependence of the latter can be analyzed quantitatively by following changes in color. Color can be converted into concentration with the help of adequate calibration and thus the dependence of additive concentration on space (x) and time (t), i.e. the c(x,t) function, can be determined relatively easily. The fitting of the numerical solution of Fick's second law onto the measured values provides directly the targeted diffusion coefficient. The comparison of diffusion coefficients obtained by the proposed approach to values published in the literature proved that the new method provides reliable results and requires reasonable time and effort at the same time.     

Parsing disease‐relevant protein modifications from epiphenomena: perspective on the structural basis of SOD1‐mediated ALS

Conformational change and modification of proteins are involved in many cellular functions. However, they can also have adverse effects that are implicated in numerous diseases. How structural change promotes disease is generally not well‐understood. This perspective illustrates how mass spectrometry (MS), followed by toxicological and epidemiological validation, can discover disease‐relevant structural changes and therapeutic strategies. We (with our collaborators) set out to characterize the structural and toxic consequences of disease‐associated mutations and post‐translational modifications (PTMs) of the cytosolic antioxidant protein Cu/Zn‐superoxide dismutase (SOD1). Previous genetic studies discovered >180 different mutations in the SOD1 gene that caused familial (inherited) amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (fALS). Using hydrogen–deuterium exchange with mass spectrometry, we determined that diverse disease‐associated SOD1 mutations cause a common structural defect – perturbation of the SOD1 electrostatic loop. X‐ray crystallographic studies had demonstrated that this leads to protein aggregation through a specific interaction between the electrostatic loop and an exposed beta‐barrel edge strand. Using epidemiology methods, we then determined that decreased SOD1 stability and increased protein aggregation are powerful risk factors for fALS progression, with a combined hazard ratio > 300 (for comparison, a lifetime of smoking is associated with a hazard ratio of ~15 for lung cancer). The resulting structural model of fALS etiology supported the hypothesis that some sporadic ALS (sALS, ~80% of ALS is not associated with a gene defect) could be caused by post‐translational protein modification of wild‐type SOD1. We developed immunocapture antibodies and high sensitivity top‐down MS methods and characterized PTMs of wild‐type SOD1 using human tissue samples. Using global hydrogen–deuterium exchange, X‐ray crystallography and neurotoxicology, we then characterized toxic and protective subsets of SOD1 PTMs. To cap this perspective, we present proof‐of‐concept that post‐translational modification can cause disease. We show that numerous mutations (N➔D; Q➔E), which result in the same chemical structure as the PTM deamidation, cause multiple diseases. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.