Composition and thermal stability of SiO2-based hybrid materials TEOS-MTEOS system

Hybrid materials with different amounts of organics permanently bound on the inorganic network obtained in the TEOS-MTEOS (tetraethoxysilan-methyltriethoxysilan) system are used for obtaining coatings with different optical and mechanical properties. To study the thermal stability of the mentioned materials, compositions with different molar ratios of the precursors were prepared. The influence of the solvent and water amounts on the gelation process was also investigated. The gels obtained were characterised by IR spectrometry and their decomposition temperatures were determined by DTA/TG. Thermal stability of the gels is rather influenced by their composition than the conditions of the gelation process. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Immobilization of copper in organic-inorganic hybrid materials: a highly efficient and reusable catalyst for the Ullmann diaryl etherification

The immobilization of copper in organic-inorganic hybrid materials catalyzing the Ullmann reaction has been described. Phenols reacted with aryl iodides, aryl bromides and aryl chlorides smoothly in the presence of a 3-(2-aminoethylamino)propyl functionalized silica gel immobilized copper catalyst. The protocol involved the use of DMSO as the solvent, and potassium fluoride as the base. The reactions generated the corresponding cross-coupling products in good to excellent yields. Furthermore, the silica-supported copper could be recovered and recycled by a simple filtration of the reaction solution and used for 10 consecutive trials without loss of its reactivity.     

Dispersion of silica nano-particles in sol-gel hybrid resins for fabrication of multi-scale hybrid nanocomposite

Multi-scale hybrid nanocomposites containing both ∼15 nm silica colloids and ∼2 nm oligosiloxanes in a methacryl polymer matrix were newly designed and fabricated. Colloidal silica sols were dispersed in methacryl oligosiloxanes nano-hybrid resins synthesized by sol-gel reaction of methacryloxypropylmethoxysilane and diphenylsilanediol. On the basis of TEM and SANS analyses, it was confirmed that the silica colloids were compatibly dispersed and different sizes of colloidal silica and oligosiloxanes co-exist in the solutions. Multi-scale hybrid nanocomposites fabricated by UV and thermal curing with incorporation of silica colloids in the nano-hybrid materials show enhanced mechanical and thermal characteristics.     

Imide-siloxane block copolymer/silica hybrid membranes: preparation, characterization and gas separation properties

Imide-siloxane block copolymer/silica hybrid membranes with covalent bonds were prepared via sol–gel reaction. The structural informations of these hybrid membranes were obtained by using Fourier transform-infrared spectrometry (FT-IR), ²⁹Si nuclear magnetic resonance (²⁹Si NMR), XPS and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The gas separation properties of the hybrid membranes were also investigated in terms of organosiloxane (PDMS) or silica content at various temperatures. In the hybrids, the addition of PDMS phase increased the permeabilities of gases such as He, CO₂, O₂, and N₂, indicating that the gas transport occurred mainly through rubbery organic matrix. Meanwhile, the PDMS phase contributed the decreased gas selectivities to nitrogen but the reduction in selectivities was very small in comparison with other siloxane containing polymeric membranes. This might be due to the restriction of chain mobility by the existence of inorganic component such as silica network in the hybrids. Additionally, the increase of silica content in these hybrid membranes considerably retarded the falling-off of gas selectivity at elevated temperature. The increase of silica content in hybrid membranes resulted in well-formed silica networks and hence these inorganic components restricted the plasticization of organic matrix by the thermal segmental motion of organic components, leading to preventing the large decrease of the gas selectivity.     

Efficient simulation of general stochastic hybrid systems

General Stochastic Hybrid System (SHS) are characterised by Stochastic Differential Equations (SDEs) with discontinuities and Poisson jump processes. SHS are useful in model based design of Cyber-Physical System (CPS) controllers under uncertainty. Industry standard model based design tools such as Simulink/Stateflow® are inefficient when simulating, testing, and validating SHS, because of dependence on fixed-step Euler–Maruyama (EM) integration and discontinuity detection. We present a novel efficient adaptive step-size simulation/integration technique for general SHSs modelled as a network of Stochastic Hybrid Automatons (SHAs). We propose a simulation algorithm where each SHA in the network executes synchronously with the other, at an integration step-size computed using adaptive step-size integration. Ito’ multi-dimensional lemma and the inverse sampling theorem are leveraged to compute the integration step-size by making the SDEs and Poisson jump rate integration dependent upon discontinuities. Existence and convergence analysis along with experimental results show that the proposed technique is substantially faster than Simulink/Stateflow®when simulating general SHSs.     

机器人多指手的位置一力混合控制

分析了一类机器人多指手的动力学模型的特点,针对这类机器人多指手在运动和抓握２个过程中动力学特性有根大差异的特点,提出了１种切实可行的位置─力混合控制方案,并成功的应用于北京科技大学双拇指手控制系统。     

基于改进混合模型的一类固定床反应器推断控制

对一类非绝热式固定床反应器提出了一种基于改进混合模型的非线性自适应推断控制策略：给出一种基于结合先验知识和人工神经网络的改进混合模型的推断估计器设计方法;提出一种改进程序变增益ＰＩＤ算法设计控制器;设计了该固定床反应器基于改进混合模型的推断控制系统。仿真结果表明：该推断估计器具有良好的静态和动态特性,较高的估计精度和较好的实时性,所需训练样本少,易于理解和研究及外推性能良好等特点,该推断控制系统还具有良好的跟踪和抗干扰性能。     

拟协调轴对称三结点退化壳单元

结合拟协调有限元方法和退化壳有限元概念,构造了一个轴对称三结点退化壳单元,采用了整体,局部和等参三个坐标系,使用与拟协调单元列式方法等效的基于胡－鹫津广义为分原理的杂交／混合单元列式方法构造轴对称三结点退化壳单元;使用相同的等参坐标插值来假设应力和应变,插值既考虑到低阶项的完备,又借鉴了拟协调九结点四边形爱化壳单元的结构经验。为了确定应力应变的插值形式,进行了多次数值试验和单元刚度矩阵的特征值分析     

家蚕酯酶同工酶与品种亲缘关系及杂种优势的研究

采用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶垂直板电泳法,测定“东肥”、“华合”、“华合×东肥”、“东肥×华合”、中国种“８１１”、日本种“８１２”、“８１１×８１２”、“８１２×８１１”、“肥激”（东肥经激光处理所得新种）蚕卵和蚕幼虫血液中酯酶同工酶的酶谱,并观察它们的经济性状,结果表明两亲本亲缘关系愈远,则谱带相差愈大,同源性愈弱,杂种一代的酯酶同工酶谱表现出亲本的互补关系,且出现新的“杂种酶带”,其光密度也较高,经济性状较亲本有所提高。经激光处理的品种其基因型已发生变化,其酶谱及经济性状均发生改变。     

Organopolysiloxanes as Chemically Sensitive Coatings for Optical Fibers

Various types of UV-curable organically modified siloxanes have been synthesized by the sol-gel method with the aim of fabricating chemically sensitive coatings for silica optical fibers. The refractive index of the coating material can be tailored in the range from 1.46 to 1.56 and sensitivity towards CO2 is achieved by incorporation of amino groups. The interaction of the cured layers with CO2 or with hydrocarbons has been studied in immersion experiments. Both the reaction of CO2 with incorporated amino groups and the penetration of hydrocarbons into the layer induce changes of the light absorption coefficient and the refractive index of the coating which are detected by measuring the output light intensity from the fiber.