Influence of anodizing voltage mode on the nanostructure of TiO2 nanotubes

The nanostructure of self-ordered porous anodic TiO₂ nanotubes (PATNTs) has extraordinary influence on their physical and chemical properties. For this reason, extensive attention has been paid on pulse anodization to regulate the nanostructure of PATNT. However, the relationships between the nanostructures and current curves still remain unclear. Based on the traditional potentiostatic and pulse anodizations, five different modes (i.e., potentiostatic, pulse, triangle wave, decrease, and increase step by step) of applied voltage and their influences on the nanostructures of PATNT have been investigated in detail. The growing rates of the nanotubes anodized under five different modes were compared for the first time. The results show that the growing rate of pulse voltage anodization is the fastest, reaching 116.4 nm min^?1. The slowest is triangle wave voltage anodization, only 59.3 nm min^?1. When the applied voltage decreases step-by-step, branched nanotubes can be formed in the bottom of PATNT. Yet, when the applied voltage increases step-by-step, triple-layer nanotubes with different diameters are formed, and the forming mechanism of this special nanostructure is discussed. The present results may be helpful to understand the mechanism of PATNT and facilitate the assembling diverse nanostructures for extensive applications in photocatalysis, dye-sensitized solar cells, and biomedical devices.     

手性咪唑啉酮类有机催化剂催化的不对称反应

近年来,不对称有机催化过程日趋成熟,用于越来越多的实际应用。相对于金属催化过程有机胺催化剂具有许多潜在的优势：相对比较稳定,价格较低,容易得到,没有金属泄露到环境或产品中的风险以及对操作环境要求不高等,有机胺催化已被证明是实现不对称转化的有效手段。手性咪唑啉酮催化剂是有机胺催化剂中重要的一种类型。本文总结了手性咪唑啉酮催化剂在Diels-Alder反应、1,3-偶极环加成、Michael反应、Friedel-Crafts烷基化等不对称催化反应中的应用研究进展,并对未来手性咪唑啉酮在工业中的应用作了展望。     

An artificial intelligence system for computer-aided mass spectra interpretation of saturated aliphatic monohydric alcohols

The mass spectra of saturated monohydric alcohols are used in structure elucidation by means of computer programs of the artificial intelligence type. The structure generator is constrained by a structure predictor to show the sub-group structure in a fairly definite area, and spectral characteristics are also predicted. According to the commands of the structure predictor, sub-groups conforming to the mass spectra studied are then combined into molecular structures which are ranked for output. The system was tested for 218 mass spectra of 115 alcohols from different laboratories: all the correct answers were included in the 6 highest scores, with 78% for the highest score and 91% for the highest 2 scores.     

An Efficient Approach for the Construction of Benzazepine and Benzoxepine Derivatives

A novel and facile synthetic protocol for the construction of benzazepine and benzoxepine derivatives through a copper(I)‐catalyzed reaction of 2‐(2‐ethynylphenyl)‐1‐tosylaziridine or 2‐(2‐ethynylphenyl)oxirane with sulfonyl azides is disclosed. A ketenimine is the key intermediate during the reaction process.     

基于表观传递函数的象质评价及计算(Ⅱ)

首先讨论了表观传递函数的近似计算,然后用e指数近似公式进行了象差平衡并求得容限,为利用表观传递函数评价部分相干光学系统的成象质量提供了方法和依据。     

关于Heisenberg群上次Laplace算子的唯一延拓性

在Heisenberg群Hn中对微分不等式|△Hnu|≤C/d(z,t)2ψ|u|的非负解证明了某个唯一延拓性结果.     

A novel pH‐ and thermo‐sensitive PVP/CMC semi‐IPN hydrogel: Swelling,phase behavior,and drug release study

Poly(N‐vinyl‐pyrrolidone) (PVP) hydrogel has been considered as a very interesting and promising thermosensitive material. The most vital shortcoming of PVP hydrogel as thermosensitive material is that it does not exhibit thermosensitivity under usual conditions. In this work, semi‐interpenetrating polymer network (semi‐IPN) hydrogels based on PVP and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) were prepared. The volume phase transition temperature (VPTT) of the hydrogels was determined by swelling behavior and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results showed that the VPTT was significantly dependent on CMC content and the pH of the swelling medium. The amount of CMC in the semi‐IPN hydrogels was 0.050, 0.075, and 0.100 g, the VPTT in buffer solution of pH 1.2 was 29.9 °C, 27.5 °C and 24.5 °C, respectively. In addition, the VPTT occurred in buffer solution of pH 1.2, but did not appear in alkaline medium. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a model drug was loaded and the in vitro release studies were carried out in different buffer solutions and at different temperatures. The results of this study suggest that PVP/CMC semi‐IPN hydrogels could serve as potential candidates for protein drug delivery in the intestine. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 48: 1749–1756, 2010     

Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Axially Chiral Biaryls with Diaryliodonium Salts as Arylation Reagents

NOBIN and BINAM derivatives harboring biaryl frameworks are recognized as a class of important atropisomers with versatile applications. Here, we present an efficient synthetic route to access such compounds through copper-catalyzed domino arylation of N-arylhydroxylamines or N-arylhydrazines with diaryliodonium salts and [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement. This reaction features mild conditions, good substrate compatibility, and excellent efficiency. The practicality of this protocol was further extended by the synthesis of biaryl amino alcohols.     

A Schwarz Lemma for Harmonic Mappings Between the Unit Balls in Real Euclidean Spaces

The authors prove a Schwarz lemma for harmonic mappings between the unit balls in real Euclidean spaces. Roughly speaking, this result says that under a harmonic mapping between the unit balls in real Euclidean spaces, the image of a smaller ball centered at origin can be controlled. This extends the related result proved by Chen in complex plane.