Single LED based dual wavelength referenced optical fibre sensor system using intensity modulation

An intensity-modulated optical fibre sensor system is described which employs a single LED source to provide the measurand and the reference signals with two separate wavelength bands. The allocated wavelength bands are selected to minimize any differential intensity effects that may arise from LED thermal variations. The sensor system, comprising a transceiver unit connected to an optical displacement sensor using a single optical fibre, provides an output fully referenced for all major common-mode variations that are likely to occur. Performance characteristics for the prototype system are reported which show a linear displacement range of over 20 mm.     

A simulation of thermal characteristic parameters with an inverse “S” type curve

A synthetical equation is proposed to characterize the essential features of the inverse “S” type curve on the basis of summing-up simulation approach of “S” type curve. The two physical variables in the model obtained are discussed and the detailed method used to determine the parameters is given. The model is then presented to describe the crystallization of poly(caryleher ether ketone) (PEEK) and thermal decomposition of poly(amide-imide) (PAI) respectively. It is found that some thermal characteristic parameters can be well estimated from the model simu-lated in computer.     

Mechanical properties of BPDA-ODA polyimide fibers

An aromatic polyimide was synthesized via a one-step polycondensation reaction between biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (BPDA) and 4,4′-oxydianiline (ODA) in p-chlorophenol. The polyimide (BPDA-ODA) solution dopes were spun into fibers by means of dry-jet wet spinning. The as-spun fibers were drawn and treated in heating tubes for improving the mechanical properties. The thermal treatment on the fibers resulted in a relatively high tensile strength and modulus. Thermal mechanical analysis (TMA) was employed to study the linear coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). Thermal gravimetry analysis (TGA) spectra showed that the BPDA-ODA fibers possessed an excellent property of thermo-oxidative degradation resistance. The sonic modulus E_s of the polyimide fibers was measured.     

Polarized emission from a rhenium metal-ligand complex

We report the first observation of polarized emission from a rhenium-phenanthroline complex, Re(CO)₃(phen)Cl. Highly luminescent rhenium complexes are known, with quantum yields near 0.5 and lifetimes in excess of 10 s. The detection of polarized emission suggests the use of rhenium complexes as probes of the hydrodynamics of large macromolecular complexes and for use in fluorescence polarization immunoassays with gated detection.     

Two New Pyrrolizidines from Ligularia lankongensis

Two new pyrrolizidines named lankongensisine A (1), B (2) were isolated from the roots of Ligularia lankongensis collected in Lijiang, Yunnan, and their structures were established by spectroscopic analysis.     

Three New Anthraquinones from Polygonum cillinerve

Three new anthraquinones, emodin-8-β-D-（2＂-O-coumarate）glucoside 1, emodin-8-β-D-（6＇-O-acetyl）glucoside 2 and physicon-8-β-D-（6＇-O-acetyl）glucoside 3, were isolated from the roots of Polygonum cillinerve and their structures were established by spectroscopic methods. The biological activity indicated that compound 1 had the scavenging activity on 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl （DPPH） radicals （the IC50 = 8.5 μmol/L）, and compound 1-3 showed no activities against HL-60 and BCJC-823 cells by MTT method in vitro.     

活性炭纤维电极电解法处理墨绿B染料废水

将铁丝缠绕在活性炭纤维(简称ACF)上制成电极,并在阴极鼓入空气,用电解生成的Fenton试剂处理墨绿B染料模拟废水.研究了电压、pH值、温度、空气流量、支持电解质的浓度等因素对染料脱色率的影响.结果表明,pH值越低,温度越高,处理效果越好,气流量的改变对于处理效果影响不大.室温时处理浓度为50mg·L-1的活性染料墨绿B,在实验电压为11V,中性条件下,无水硫酸钠的浓度为20g·L-1,通入空气流量为60L·min-1时,处理60min,色度去除率达到95%左右.55℃时,电解30min色度去除率就达到96%,60min时达到100%.     

5′-substituted-5′-deoxy nucleosides

The methyl esters of the uronic acids derived from uridine, 5-fluorodeoxyuridine, 6-aza-2′-deoxyuridine and 2′,3′-o-isopropylideneadenosine were converted to the amides with aqueous d0·88 ammonia. After protection of the sugar hydroxyls each 5′-carboxamide was dehydrated with phosphoryl chloride at ?5° to yield, after deprotection, the respective novel 5′-nitrile nucleosides. Treatment of the protected 5′-nitrile nucleosides with ammonium azide in DMF gave, after deprotection, the novel 5′-C-tetrazole nucleosides.     

Sorption of divalent metal ions on CrPO4

The divalent metal ion sorption (Cu(2+), Cd(2+), Ni(2+), and Pb(2+)) on chromium phosphate (CrPO(4)) was studied as a function of pH, temperature, and concentration of metal ions. The sorption of metal ions is observed to increase with the increase in pH, temperature, and concentration of metal ions in solution. The mechanism of sorption is found to be the exchange of the hydrolyzed metal cations with the protons from solid at high temperature. The sorption at low temperature is found to be accompanied by the precipitation of the corresponding metal phosphates such as Pb(3)(PO(4))(2).