有机插层剂对聚酰胺6／MMT纳米复合材料制备的影响研究

以烷基胺、季铵盐和氨基酸作为有机插层剂与蒙脱土片层进行阳离子交换，制备出层间距不同的有机蒙脱土。采用熔融插层法和原位聚合法分别制备聚酰胺（R％）／蒙脱土（MMT）纳米复合材料，并利用XRD、FT-IR、TEM对有机蒙脱土及纳米复合材料进行结构表征。研究结果表明：用烷基胺、季铵盐和氨基酸有机插层剂改性的蒙脱土层间距由原来的1．25nm分别增大到3．21nm、3．99nm和1．82m；季铵盐有机插层剂更适用于熔融插层法制备PA6／MMT纳米复合材料，而氨基酸有机插层剂更适用于原位聚合法制备PA6／MMT纳米复合材料。     

SEBS／蒙脱土复合材料结构与阻燃性能的研究

根据蒙脱土（MMT）特殊的片层结构,采用熔融插层法制备热塑性弹性体SEBS／蒙脱土插层复合材料。通过X射线衍射仪、透射电镜等表征手段研究复合材料的微观结构。使用锥形量热仪评价复合材料的燃烧性能。结果表明,有机蒙脱土（OMMT）片层的间距为1．948nm,SEBS／5％OMMT体系的片层间距为4．307nm,说明聚合物SEBS插入有机蒙脱土片层之间。SEBS／OMMT复合材料具有较低的热释放速率和质量损失速率,且随着OMMT添加量的增加,其热释放速率峰值降低愈明显。通过对复合材料的阻燃性能和微观结构的分析,探讨了其阻燃机理。     

HDPE/PA6/OMMT复合材料的结构及性能研究

采用熔融插层法制备了HDPE／PA6／OMMT纳米复合材料，用XRD、TEM和SEM对复合材料进行了表征。测试表明，聚合物大分子链已经插层进入蒙脱土片层之间，形成了插层型纳米复合材料。当蒙脱土添加量为3phr时，蒙脱土以完全剥离的形态分散在分散相PA6中；当用量增加至7phr时，使得两相的结构发生了逆转，即多组分的HDPE成为分散相，而PA6成为连续相。当蒙脱土用量为3phr时复合材料表现出最佳的机械性能。     

纳米有机蒙脱土改性SEBS/PP共混物的研究

通过熔融插层的方法将纳米有机蒙脱土（OMMT）与氢化苯乙烯-丁二烯-苯乙烯嵌段共聚物（SEBS）／聚丙烯（PP）共混制备得到SEBS／PP／OMMT复合材料。X射线衍射实验证明,复合材料SEBS／PP／OMMT5％、SEBS／PP／OMMT10％片层间距分别为4．17nm,3．91nm,说明聚合物插层进入OMMT片层之间,制备得到SEBS／PP／OMMT插层复合材料。采用锥形量热仪测试材料的阻燃性能,燃烧测试结果表明,SEBS／PP／OMMT复合材料具有比较低的热释放速率和质量损失速率,并且随着OMMT添加量增加,复合材料的热释放速率、峰值热释放速率和总热释放先显著降低最后趋于一个稳定值。综合力学测试结果表明,当有机蒙脱土质量分数为5％～10％时,该复合材料的综合性能最好。     

阴离子开环聚合制备尼龙6/蒙脱土复合材料及其性能研究

以十六烷基三甲基溴化铵为有机插层剂对无机蒙脱土进行处理制得有机蒙脱土（OMMT），然后采用阴离子开环聚合，制备了尼龙6／蒙脱土复合材料。用FT-IR、TG和XRD对有机蒙脱土的插层情况进行了表征。结果表明，插层剂已插入蒙脱土片层中；当OMMT用量为2％时，复合材料的熔点最高，结晶度最大，力学性能最好。     

PA6/蒙脱土熔融插层复合材料结构与性能分析

通过熔融共混法插层复合制备了聚酰胺(PN)6／蒙脱土纳米复合材料，测试了力学性能并对不同蒙脱土含量的PA 6／蒙脱土纳米复合材料进行了对比。实验表明，通过熔融插层可使PN 6基体插层于蒙脱土中，所得到的复合材料的性能较PN 6有很大提高。蒙脱土特殊的层状结构使得利用熔融共混在机械力的作用下插层到纳米级复合材料成为可能。     

EVOH／有机蒙脱土插层复合材料的制备与表征

将经有机化处理过的蒙脱土与EVOH熔融共混制备插层复合材料，并对该复合材料进行了XRD分析，分析结果表明：聚合物基体已经插入了有机蒙脱土片层间；复合体系中蒙脱土含量越小，蒙脱土被插开的片层间距越大；当复合体系中有机蒙脱土含量≤8％时，形成剥离型复合材料；当有机蒙脱土含量在8％～15％时，形成插层型复合材料；当有机蒙脱土含量大于15％时，复合材料中蒙脱土片层间距无明显变化。对EVOH与蒙脱土熔融共混过程的扭矩分析表明：该复合材料熔融混合9min之后，达到均匀混合和完全塑化的状态。     

季磷盐对蒙脱土/PA6纳米复合材料冲击性能的影响

采用两种不同类型的季磷盐对Na基黏土进行有机化插层改性制备出有机黏土;然后用熔融共混法制备了蒙脱土(MMT)/尼龙6(PA6)纳米复合材料样条,其中蒙脱土的加入量均为5％.XRD分析表明,PA6分子链很好地插入蒙脱土片层间,使层间距明显扩大.在室温下测量了复合材料样条的V型缺口冲击强度,实验数据表明,季磷盐改性蒙脱土的填充能有效提高PA6的冲击性能.应用分形理论进行定量分析,结果表明十八烷基三丁基季磷盐处理的黏土对PA6的改性效果优于另外一种季磷盐处理的黏土的改性效果.     

聚丙烯／有机蒙脱土复合材料的制备、结构及性能

以改性聚丙烯作增容剂，用熔融插层法制备了聚丙烯／有机蒙脱土复合材料，研究了有机蒙脱土对复合材料力学性能的影响，并用X射线衍射研究了复合材料的结构。结果表明：增容剂增加了聚丙烯与蒙脱土片层之间的作用力，使蒙脱土片层间距增大，在聚丙烯基体中分散更好，因而使聚丙烯／有机蒙脱土复合材料的缺口冲击强度大幅度提高，当蒙脱土含量达5％时，缺口冲击强度提高120％，并且拉伸性能下降不大，约下降5％，其中有机蒙脱土TJ4的增韧效果最好。     

PVC-U/蒙脱土纳米复合管材的研制

以蒙脱土为主要原料，通过适宜的有机物插层剂对其改性研制了有机蒙脱土。利用聚氯乙烯(PVC)的亲油性，运用插层技术将PVC熔体插入有机蒙脱土层间，使蒙脱土片层剥离并以纳米尺寸分散在PVC相中。用上述技术研制了PVC—U／蒙脱土纳米复合管材，管材的性能达到国标规定的指标。采用红外光谱对蒙脱土结构进行了表征，用热重分析仪考察了复合材料的热性能。     

Many Drugs of Abuse May Be Acutely Transformed to Dopamine,Norepinephrine and Epinephrine In Vivo

It is well established that a wide range of drugs of abuse acutely boost the signaling of the sympathetic nervous system and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, where norepinephrine and epinephrine are major output molecules. This stimulatory effect is accompanied by such symptoms as elevated heart rate and blood pressure, more rapid breathing, increased body temperature and sweating, and pupillary dilation, as well as the intoxicating or euphoric subjective properties of the drug. While many drugs of abuse are thought to achieve their intoxicating effects by modulating the monoaminergic neurotransmitter systems (i.e., serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine) by binding to these receptors or otherwise affecting their synaptic signaling, this paper puts forth the hypothesis that many of these drugs are actually acutely converted to catecholamines (dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine) in vivo, in addition to transformation to their known metabolites. In this manner, a range of stimulants, opioids, and psychedelics (as well as alcohol) may partially achieve their intoxicating properties, as well as side effects, due to this putative transformation to catecholamines. If this hypothesis is correct, it would alter our understanding of the basic biosynthetic pathways for generating these important signaling molecules, while also modifying our view of the neural substrates underlying substance abuse and dependence, including psychological stress-induced relapse. Importantly, there is a direct way to test the overarching hypothesis: administer (either centrally or peripherally) stable isotope versions of these drugs to model organisms such as rodents (or even to humans) and then use liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry to determine if the labeled drug is converted to labeled catecholamines in brain, blood plasma, or urine samples.     

Insect antifeedant properties of anthranoids from the genusVismia

Vismiones and ferruginins, representatives of a new class of lypophilic anthranoids from the genusVismia were found to inhibit feeding in larvae of species ofSpodoptera, Heliothis, and inLocusta migratoria.     

Direct observation of freeze-thaw instability of latex coatings via high pressure freezing and cryogenic SEM

Despite its industrial importance, the subject of freeze-thaw (F/T) stability of latex coatings has not been studied extensively. There is also a lack of fundamental understanding about the process and the mechanisms through which a coating becomes destabilized. High pressure (2100 bar) freezing fixes the state of water-suspended particles of polymer binder and inorganic pigments without the growth of ice crystals during freezing that produce artifacts in direct imaging scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of fracture surfaces of frozen coatings. We show that by incorporating copolymerizable functional monomers, it is possible to achieve F/T stability in polymer latexes and in low-VOC paints, as judged by the microstructures revealed by the cryogenic SEM technique. Particle coalescence as well as pigment segregation in F/T unstable systems are visualized. In order to achieve F/T stability in paints, latex particles must not flocculate and should provide protection to inorganic pigment and extender particles. Because of the unique capabilities of the cryogenic SEM, we are able to separate the effects of freezing and thawing, and study the influence of the rate of freezing and thawing on F/T stability. Destabilization can be caused by either freezing or thawing. A slow freezing process is more detrimental to F/T stability than a fast freezing process; the latter actually preserves suspension stability during freezing. Presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology, October 27–29, 2004 in Chicago, IL. Tied for first place in The John A. Gordon Best Paper Competition.     

Ethanol and (−)-α-Pinene: Attractant Kairomones for Bark and Ambrosia Beetles in the Southeastern US

In 2002–2004, we examined the flight responses of 49 species of native and exotic bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae and Platypodidae) to traps baited with ethanol and/or (−)-α-pinene in the southeastern US. Eight field trials were conducted in mature pine stands in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Funnel traps baited with ethanol lures (release rate, about 0.6 g/day at 25–28°C) were attractive to ten species of ambrosia beetles (Ambrosiodmus tachygraphus, Anisandrus sayi, Dryoxylon onoharaensum, Monarthrum mali, Xyleborinus saxesenii, Xyleborus affinis, Xyleborus ferrugineus, Xylosandrus compactus, Xylosandrus crassiusculus, and Xylosandrus germanus) and two species of bark beetles (Cryptocarenus heveae and Hypothenemus sp.). Traps baited with (−)-α-pinene lures (release rate, 2–6 g/day at 25–28°C) were attractive to five bark beetle species (Dendroctonus terebrans, Hylastes porculus, Hylastes salebrosus, Hylastes tenuis, and Ips grandicollis) and one platypodid ambrosia beetle species (Myoplatypus flavicornis). Ethanol enhanced responses of some species (Xyleborus pubescens, H. porculus, H. salebrosus, H. tenuis, and Pityophthorus cariniceps) to traps baited with (−)-α-pinene in some locations. (−)-α-Pinene interrupted the response of some ambrosia beetle species to traps baited with ethanol, but only the response of D. onoharaensum was interrupted consistently at most locations. Of 23 species of ambrosia beetles captured in our field trials, nine were exotic and accounted for 70–97% of total catches of ambrosia beetles. Our results provide support for the continued use of separate traps baited with ethanol alone and ethanol with (−)-α-pinene to detect and monitor common bark and ambrosia beetles from the southeastern region of the US.     

ICP-MS法测定地球化学样品中As、Cr、Ge、V等18种微量痕量元素的研究

建立了测定地球化学样品中包括As、Cr、Ge、V等18种微量、痕量元素的ICP-MS方法。地化试样用HF-HNO3混酸分解后,以1 1 HNO3溶解干渣。由于制样不使用盐酸,避免了Cl对As、Cr、Ge、V的质谱干扰。用国家一级地球化学标准物质GBW 07309制备溶液优化仪器工作参数,并用于校准。方法测定限(6s)为:0.007~6.4μg/g,精密度(RSD%,n=12)为:29%~9.4%,经过国家一级地球化学标准物质的分析验证,结果与标准值吻合。方法已应用于国土资源调查的试样分析。