Photodecomposition of several compounds commonly used as sunscreen agents

The photolysis reactions of three compounds commonly used as a sunscreen agents, Parsol 1789 (1-[4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenyl]-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3- propanedione), Oxybenzone ((2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)phenyl-methanone) and Padimate O (2-ethylhexyl-4-(dimethylamino)benzoate), were investigated to provide a chemical background to aid in the understanding of the photosensitization of the sunscreen agents. Photolysis was carried out in cyclohexane for 70–140 h using a mercury vapor lamp (450W) without excluding oxygen.

Irradation of Parsol 1789 in cyclohexane yielded tert-butylbenzene, p-tert-butylbenzoic acid and p-methoxybenzoic acid; products obtained from the combination of the sunscreen with the solvent included the cyclohexyl esters of p-methoxybenzoic acid, p-tert-butylbenzoic acid and methanoic acid; products obtained from the solvent included cyclohexanol, cyclohexanone and dicyclohexyl ether.

Irradiation of Oxybenzone in the cyclohexane for 100 h produced no detectable products by either gas or liquid chromatographic analysis. Oxybenzone was recovered unchanged and no products were observed from the photoinitiated reaction of oxygen with the solvent.

Irradiation of Padimate O in cyclohexane yielded the ethylhexyl esters of p-aminobenzoic acid, p-monomethylaminobenzoic acid and p-dimethylamino (o/m)-methylbenzoic acid, as well as products from the photoinitiated reaction of oxygen with the solvent.     

Magnetotransport and magnetic properties of InAs/Mn digital alloys

We have investigated the magnetic and magneto-transport properties of a systematic sequence of five InAs/Mn digital alloys grown by a combination of molecular beam epitaxy and atomic layer epitaxy. The samples consist of 30 periods of Mn fractional monolayers (ML) (0.17–0.5 ML) separated by 14 ML thick InAs spacer layers in a superlattice configuration. Four samples show n-type electrical conduction while the fifth (0.25 ML Mn) is p-type. Squid magnetization measurements performed on these samples show remnant magnetization above room temperature, which is apparently related to a second phase.     

CTAB胶束微环境中BY增溶位置的探讨

本文用ＵＶ吸收光谱对（ＢＹ＝ＣＴＡＢ）体系胶束化过程中预胶束的形成，以及预胶束向胶束的转变过程进行了分析。采用Ｇｏｕｙ－Ｃｈａｐｍａｎ模型，建立了ＣＴＡＢ胶束微环境中ＢＹ表现解离常数与胶束结构参数之间的定量关系，根据水溶液和各种盐浓度条件下ＣＴＡＢ胶束溶液中酸碱解离常数的测量，分析了ＢＹ在ＣＴＡＢ胶束扩散层中的增溶位置，讨论了ＣＴＡＢ胶束对ＢＹ选择性吸附的特性。     

无机锡催化δ-酮腈异构化成吡啶酮反应的研究

本文分别对三种无机锡(SnCl~2,SnO和SnO~2)催化δ-酮腈异构化成吡啶酮的条件进行了考察。实验结果表明:SnCl~2和SnO具有很高的催化活性。     

Kinetics of the degradation of polystyrene in supercritical acetone

The kinetic analysis of the degradation of polystyrene (PS) in supercritical acetone has been studied using the nonisothermal weight loss technique with heating rates of 3, 5 and 7 °C/min. The weight loss data according to degradation temperature have been analyzed using the integral method based on Arrhenius form to obtain the kinetic parameters such as apparent activation energy and overall reaction order. The kinetic parameters obtained from this work were also compared with those of the thermal degradation of PS in nitrogen atmosphere. From this work, it was found that the activation energies of PS degradation in supercritical acetone were 73.3-200.7 kJ/mol and lower than those of the thermal degradation in nitrogen atmosphere.     

Chiral conflict. The effect of temperature on the helical sense of a polymer controlled by the competition between structurally different enantiomers: from dilute solution to the lyotropic liquid crystal state

Helical polymers appended with paired structurally different enantiomers, which have opposing helical sense preferences, yield a new kind of relationship between optical activity and temperature, and also reveal unusual details of the nature of chiral interactions. Consistent with a statistical physical theory developed for these experiments, the proportion of the competing chiral groups, determined by synthesis, fixes the compensation temperature at which the helical senses are equally populated. The lyotropic liquid crystal state formed by these polymers yields therefore a nematic state at any chosen temperature over a very wide range, with a cholesteric state arising with tightening pitch as temperature deviates from this point. Far from the nematic temperature, the pitch reaches the nanometer scale and therefore the reflection of visible light. Before crossing zero at the nematic temperature, the optical activity becomes so large that it may be observed with the unaided eye through crossed polarizers.     

单链四苯酚基卟啉在CTAB胶束微环境中的去质子化现象

叶绿素分子的光能转化功能的实现与其聚集状态、所处微环境性质及条件密切相关[1,2]．如何设计控制叶琳类分子在膜介质中的增溶位置，对于研究叶琳在膜体系中的跨膜电子传递、光能转化过程具有重要意义．本文研究了长链双亲卟啉──单链四苯酚基叶琳THPPH2在CTAB胶束中的去质子化，该过程能控制叶琳环在胶束中的增溶位置，使其由内核转移到胶束表面．1实验部分1·1仪器和测试条件岛津UV－240型紫外可见光谱仪（带有恒温夹套），狭缝宽2nm，石英池厚1cm，所用试剂皆为分析纯．UV光谱测试均在恒温条件下进行．1．2溶液的配制含一个十六…     

Langmuir monolayers of Co nanoparticles and their patterning by microcontact printing

In this paper, we describe an easy and reliable method for the production of patterned monolayers of Co nanoparticles. A two-dimensional monolayer of Co nanoparticles is fabricated by spreading a nanoparticle solution over an air-water interface and then transferring it to a hydrophobic substrate by using the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) method. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to show that, with increasing surface pressure, the Co nanoparticles become well-organized into a Langmuir monolayer with a hexagonal close-packed structure. By controlling the pH of the subphase, it was found that a monolayer of Co nanoparticles with long-range order could be obtained. Further, by transferring the Langmuir monolayer onto a poly(dimethoxysilane) (PDMS) mold, the selective micropatterning of the Co nanoparticles could be achieved on a patterned electronic circuit. The electronic transport properties of the Co nanoparticles showed the ohmic I-V curve.