End‐grafting copolymers of styrene and 4‐vinylpyridine on an interacting solid surface

Copolymers of styrene and 4‐vinylpyridine with a styrene fraction f varying from 1 to 0 were grafted onto a silicon substrate in the melt. The grafting reaction and the stability of the grafted chains were investigated by Fourier transform infrared and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The thickness and surface morphology of the grafted copolymer layers were characterized with ellipsometry and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The copolymer chains were successfully grafted to the surface of the silicon substrate by a reaction between the hydroxyl groups of the nitroxide moiety at the end of the copolymers and the silanol groups on the surface of the silicon wafer. A measurement of the thickness of the grafted copolymer layers showed that the ratio of grafted‐layer thickness to the unperturbed chain radius of gyration decreased with the increasing fraction of 4‐vinylpyridine in the copolymer; this indicated that the grafted layer was strongly attracted to the substrate. In addition, an accelerated grafting process was observed at grafting times ranging from 48 to 72 h for pure poly(4‐vinylpyridine) and copolymers with f values of 0.3 and 0.5. AFM observation revealed that the grafted layers densely and homogeneously covered the silicon substrate. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 43: 1332‐1343, 2005     

Synthesis and antitumoral activity of gelatin/polyoxometalate hybrid nanoparticles

Surfactant-free gelatin/heptamolybdate (HM) hybrid nanoparticles are prepared by a simple and environmentally friendly approach utilizing the electrostatic interaction between anionic HM and the zwitterionic gelatin. The obtained nanoparticles have a tunable size and very high HM loading content up to about 70%. In vitro and in vivo experiments prove that the gelatin/HM hybrid nanoparticles exhibit significantly better antitumor activity than plain ammonium heptamolybdate solution. Therefore, the gelatin/HM hybrid nanoparticles reported here may serve as a prototype platform for polymer/polyoxometalate (POM) hybrid nanoparticles as cancer treatment agents and hence open up more opportunities to maximize the potential of POM-based pharmaceutical agents.     

非局域密度泛函理论表征活性炭孔径分布的改进算法

为提高由NLDFT计算值确定活性炭孔径分布(PSD)的精度,根据测得的77K氮在非石墨化碳黑BP460和椰壳活性炭K05上的吸附数据,比较了吸附空间及壁面结构采取不同假设对计算结果的影响。结果表明,常规将活性炭吸附空间近似为无限尺寸的石墨化碳黑表面构成的狭缝孔,并由Lorenz-Berthelot混合法则确定相互作用参数,计算值在较低压力区域和试验值之间的偏差明显;而将吸附壁面结构近似为非石墨化碳黑,并由表面粗糙度和石墨晶格分布的误差函数修正相互作用参数后,计算结果和试验值吻合良好。分析结果时发现,归一化方法和考虑周边吸附质分子作用的加权函数是影响NLDFT计算结果准确性的关键因素。     

Direct facile approach to the fabrication of chitosan-gold hybrid nanospheres

Chitosan-gold hybrid nanospheres were prepared through a direct facile approach that utilized cross-linked composite nanospheres consisting of low-molecular-weight chitosan (LWCS) and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) as a precursor reaction system. EDTA was employed not only to construct the counterion interaction-based composite nanospheres with the cationic chitosan but also as the reductant for subsequent in situ gold salt reduction within the LWCS-EDTA composite nanospheres. This approach elegantly ensured that each and every nanosphere was loaded with gold nanoparticles and no nonembedded free gold nanoparticles would exist in the dispersing medium. Moreover, becauseof the noncovalent interaction between LWCS and EDTA, the EDTA reductant can be easily removed from the cross-linked nanospheres, and "pure" chitosan-gold hybrid nanospheres can be obtained. The obtained chitosan-gold hybrid nanospheres were found to have a tunable size and good dispersing stability within a wide pH range. The embedded gold nanoparticles were in the range from several to several tens of nanometers, which may be useful for sensing and imaging. Morphology studies indicated that most of the loaded gold nanoparticles were located in the interior of the hybrid nanospheres. Taking into account the good biocompatibilities of LWCS, abundant functional (amino) groups in chitosan, and the mild preparation conditions, we find that the chitosan-gold hybrid nanospheres prepared here may have tremendous potential in advanced biomedical applications.     

等离子体辅助球磨制备表面修饰纳米TiO2的摩擦学性能分析

以季铵盐和月桂酸钠为过程处理剂,利用等离子体辅助球磨制备表面修饰纳米TiO_2粉体,并测试其摩擦学性能.结果表明:在等离子体的热爆效应及脉冲电子轰击效应的协同作用下,辅助球磨11 h制备的表面修饰纳米TiO_2粉体粒径在20 nm左右,晶型发生由锐钛矿型向金红石型的转变.等离子体辅助球磨使得纳米TiO_2获得了良好的亲油疏水表面特性,在40CA船用润滑油中表现出稳定的分散性.由于纳米TiO_2粉体的"微轴承"作用,复合润滑油的摩擦系数降低,摩擦副的磨损失重量减少.纳米TiO_2粉体在摩擦过程中容易吸附沉积在摩擦副表面并修补磨痕,使得复合润滑油具备良好的减摩及自修复性能.     

Nonexistence of the NNSC-cobordism of Bartnik data

In this paper,we consider the problem of the nonnegative scalar curvature(NNSC)-cobordism of Bartnik data(∑_1~(n-1),γ_1,H_1) and(∑_2~(n-1),γ_2,H_2).We prove that given two metrics γ_1 and γ_2 on S~(n-1)(3≤n ≤ 7)with H_1 fixed,then(S~(n-1),γ_1,H_1) and(S~(n-1),γ_2,H_2) admit no NNSC-cobordism provided the prescribed mean curvature H2 is large enough(see Theorem 1.3).Moreover,we show that for n=3,a much weaker condition that the total mean curvature ∫_(s~2) H_2 dpγ_2 is large enough rules out NNSC-cobordisms(see Theorem 1.2);if we require the Gaussian curvature of γ_2 to be positive,we get a criterion for nonexistence of the trivial NNSCcobordism by using the Hawking mass and the Brown-York mass(see Theorem 1.1).For the general topology case,we prove that(∑_1~(n-1),γ_1,0) and(∑_2~(n-1),γ_2,H_2) admit no NNSC-cobordism provided the prescribed mean curvature H_2 is large enough(see Theorem 1.5).     

Optical study of diffuse bi-directional nanosecond pulsed dielectric barrier discharge in nitrogen

In this study, a bi-directional high voltage pulse with 20 ns rising time is employed to generate diffuse glow-like dielectric barrier discharge plasma with very low gas temperature in N2 using needle-plate electrode configuration at atmospheric pressure. Both the diffuse nanosecond pulsed dielectric barrier discharge images and the optical emission spectra of the discharge are recorded successfully under severe electromagnetic interference. The effects of pulse peak voltage, pulse repetition rate, and the concentrations of Ar and O2 on the emission intensities of NO (A2Σ→X2Π), OH (A2Σ→X2Π, 0-0), N2 (C3Πu→B3Πg, 0-0, 337.1 nm), and N2+ (B2Σu+→X2Σg+, 0-0, 391.4 nm) are investigated. The effects of the concentrations of Ar and O2 on the discharge diffuse performance are also studied. It is found that the emission intensities of NO (A2Σ→X2Π), OH (A2Σ→X2Π, 0-0), N2 (C3Πu→B3Πg, 0-0, 337.1 nm), and N2+ (B2Σu+→X2Σg+, 0-0, 391.4 nm) rise with increasing pulse peak voltage, pulse repetition rate, and the concentration of Ar, but decrease with increasing the concentration of O2. The main physicochemical processes involved are also discussed.