新型聚芳醚腈酮中空纤维超滤膜的研究

以含二氮杂萘酮结构聚芳醚腈酮(PPENK)为膜材料,N-甲基-2-吡咯烷酮(NMP)为溶剂,采用干-湿相转化法制备了中空纤维超滤膜.考察了聚合物浓度、添加剂含量以及纺丝过程中空气间隙、凝胶浴温度和纤维壁厚对膜结构及性能的影响.结果表明,当聚合物浓度为13%,添加剂EgOH含量α=0.9时,膜通量可达770 L·m-2·h-1,对BSA的截留率在90%以上;增大空气间隙可使膜的截留性能提高,但膜通量有所下降,最佳空气间隙为5～8cm;凝胶浴温度的升高增大了膜的通量,截留率下降幅度不大,凝胶浴温度宜控制在21～25℃范围内;纤维壁厚在0.15～0.18 mm时膜性能最佳.     

杂萘联苯聚醚砜超滤膜的研制

以杂萘联苯聚醚砜(PPES)为膜材料,N-甲基-2-吡咯烷酮(NMP)为溶剂,采用相转化法制备了非对称超滤膜.结果表明,聚合物浓度的变化、添加剂含量的变化、凝胶浴温度或停留蒸发时间的改变都会影响超滤膜的性能,所制得的PPES超滤膜在0.1 Mpa的操作压力下对PEG10000的截留率高于95%,纯水通量可达632 L·m-2·h-1.     

聚丙烯腈超滤膜的制备

为了得到高性能的超滤膜,采用相转化法,以聚丙烯腈(PAN)为原料,N-甲基-吡咯烷酮(NMP)为溶剂,制备了聚丙烯腈超滤膜.采用纯水通量以及膜对牛血清蛋白(BSA)的截留率作为评价标准,并使用扫描电镜对膜结构进行表征.研究了聚合物质量分数、添加剂种类、凝胶浴温度、凝胶浴种类对膜性能的影响.研究发现:在一定范围内提高聚合...     

杂萘联苯共聚醚砜中空纤维超滤膜的制备

以杂萘联苯共聚醚砜为膜材料、N,N-二甲基乙酰胺为溶剂、乙二醇甲醚(EGME)为添加剂,采用干-湿纺丝工艺制备新型中空纤维非对称超滤膜,考察了EGME含量、干纺程长度以及凝胶浴温度对杂萘联苯共聚醚砜中空纤维膜结构和性能的影响。结果表明,随着EGME含量的增加超滤膜的水通量增大,而对聚乙二醇10000的截留率基本不变,干纺程长度和凝胶浴温度对超滤膜的性能有较大影响,所制备的中空纤维超滤膜对聚乙二醇10000的截留率高于95%,水通量达到258 L/(m2.h)。     

PVPK30和Tween80对中空纤维超滤膜结构和性能的影响

通过考察添加剂-聚乙烯吡咯烷酮（PVPK30）和Tween80对杂萘联苯聚醚砜酮（PPESK）中空纤维超滤膜结构和分离性能的影响，发现：随高分子添加剂聚乙烯吡咯烷酮K30浓度的升高，膜水通量减小，截留率基本无变化，膜结构逐渐由指状结构转变成海绵状结构。有机大分子添加剂Tween80可以提高膜的水通量，但膜结构不随添加剂浓度而改变，均为指状结构。当Tween80浓度小于5wt％时，随Tween80浓度的增加，膜水通量升高，截留率下降。比较不同凝胶浴温度下的膜分离性能可以看到，凝胶浴温度提高可以显著提升膜的纯水通量。     

PVDF-PAN-纳米粘土杂化中空纤维超滤膜纺丝工艺研究

以聚偏氟乙烯和聚丙烯腈为主要膜材料、N,N-二甲基乙酰胺为溶剂、无水LiCl和有机纳米粘土为添加剂,采用干-湿相转化法纺丝工艺制备杂化中空纤维超滤膜,研究了干程、外凝胶浴温度、芯液温度和组成等纺丝工艺参数对杂化膜微观结构和分离性能的影响.SEM观察发现,中空纤维膜有较致密的外表面和多孔的内表面,干程对膜的横截面结构和表面形态都有影响:增加芯液含量有利于抑制大孔结构的产生,使孔径变小,结构致密,芯液为质量分数40%无水乙醇时,制得的膜对BSA截留率达到99%.试验结果表明,在较高的凝胶浴温度和较大的干程下制得的膜有较高的水通量和较低的截留率;凝胶浴温度升高,膜的力学性能加强,铸膜液中聚合物的质量分数为16%时,最大拉伸强度为3.16 MPa.     

聚醚酰亚胺超滤膜的研制

用聚醚酰亚胺和N-甲基-2-吡咯烷酮制得了截留分子量20000的超滤膜,考察了聚合物浓度、添加剂含量、凝胶浴温度对成膜过程的影响,选用了十种溶剂进行了膜的化学稳定性试验,对膜的干燥作了初步探索。     

微纳纤维素与聚砜共混体系相容性的研究

通过微纳纤维素一聚砜制膜液的水通量、截留率、黏度的测定、相分离结构分析及凝胶特性分析等,研究其共混体系的相容性.研究结果表明,一定共混比例下,微纳纤维素在聚砜制膜液中分散均匀,黏度曲线呈非线性,该共混体系为部分相容体系.当聚砜质量分数18%,添加剂为PVP K30,添加质量分数为0.3%,蒸发时间为10 s,凝胶浴为水的制膜条件下,微纳纤维素质量分数为5.%时,复合超滤膜水通量最高可达235.27 L/(m²·h),截留率达95.35%.随着凝胶浴温度升高,复合超滤膜膜孔的梯度变好.     

高性能中空纤维超滤膜结构和性能研究

以含二氮杂萘酮结构的聚醚砜酮(PPESK)为膜材料,N-甲基-2-吡咯烷酮为溶剂,一缩二乙二醇、乙二醇甲醚和丁酮为添加剂,采用干-湿相转化技术制备了中空纤维非对称超滤膜。结果表明,聚合物浓度、添加剂类型和添加剂浓度的变化导致了超滤膜的形态逐渐由长而宽的指状孔结构变为海绵状结构,同时也对超滤膜的性能产生了较大的影响,所制得的PPESK超滤膜在0 1MPa的操作压力下对PEG10000的截留率高于95%,纯水通量可高达约159L/(m2·h)。     

聚乙二醇600和草酸对中空纤维超滤膜结构和性能的影响

通过考察添加剂PEG600和草酸对杂萘联苯聚醚砜酮（PPESK）中空纤维超滤膜结构和分离性能的影响，发现：PEG600的加入不会改变膜的内部结构，均为指状结构，随着PEG600浓度的增加，膜致密层厚度逐渐增加。膜的水通量和截留率随有机添加剩PEG600的浓度变化规律性不强。随小分子添加剂草酸浓度的提高，膜结构逐渐由指状结构转变成海绵状结构，PPESK中空纤维超滤膜的纯水通量逐渐上升，截留率呈波浪形变化。比较不同凝胶浴温度下的膜分离性能可以看到，凝胶浴温度提高可以显著提升膜的纯水通量。     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Novel polyurethane coating technology through glycidyl carbamate chemistry

Glycidyl carbamate chemistry combines the excellent properties of polyurethanes with the crosslinking chemistry of epoxy resins. Glycidyl carbamate functional oligomers were synthesized by the reaction of polyfunctional isocyanate oligomers and glycidol. The oligomers were formulated into coatings with several amine functional crosslinkers at varying stoichiometric ratios and cured at different temperatures. Properties such as solvent resistance, hardness, and impact resistance were dependent on the composition and cure conditions. Most coatings had an excellent combination of properties. Studies were carried out to determine the kinetics of the curing reaction of the glycidyl carbamate functional oligomers with multifunctional and model amines. Detailed kinetic analysis of the curing reactions was also undertaken. The results indicated that the glycidyl carbamate functional group is more reactive than a glycidyl ether group. Presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology, on October 27–29, 2004, in Chicago, IL.     

Highly moisture-proof polysilsesquioxane coating prepared via facile sol-gel process

A highly moisture-proof polysilsesquioxane coating was obtained from a new bis-silylated precursor, which was synthesized from 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) and m-xylylene diisocyanate (m-XDI) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) and verified by ¹H MAS NMR. For direct comparison purposes, an SiO₂ coating was also prepared by the Stöber method using tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) as the reactant. Interestingly, the coating obtained from the polysilsesquioxane sol exhibited a much higher moisture resistance capability than its counterpart, which was attributed to its more compact feature between nanoparticles as characterized by N₂ absorption experiment and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Furthermore, its high transparency of about 92% showed potential for application in the protection of optical crystals.