Restraining the associations of anthracene fluorophore by chemically linking to poly(methyl methacrylate)

Associations (dimer or aggregate) of anthracene (An) fluorophores tend to interrupt the monomer emission and reduce the quantum yield (Φ_PL); therefore, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) chain was used in this study to chemically link to anthracene and to block the mutual associations among the anthracene fluorophores. With this aim, the target polymers were prepared by anionic polymerizations with 9,10‐dibromoanthracene/s‐butyllithium as initiating system to proceed polymerizations of methyl methacrylate (MMA) directly or in the presence of 1,1‐diphenylethylene (DPE). Use of DPE before addition of MMA produces stable initiating anionic species and avoids potential side reactions during polymerization; however, it also introduces four β‐phenylene rings around the central anthracene ring, which interfere with the corresponding emission pattern and reduce the Φ_PL (32%) value due to potential interactions between phenylene rings and anthracene. On the contrast, polymerization without participation of DPE results in polymer with central anthracene ring directly connected to two PMMA chains, which gives clean vibronic emission pattern with limited association emissions and enhanced Φ_PL (52%) value. Physical blending of anthracene by PMMA is less efficient to restrain the associations and results in a film of lower Φ_PL (20%). © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008     

Synthesis of polyurethane resins and its improvement on dimensional stability and finishing performances of medium‐ and small‐diameter softwoods

This study analyzed the effects of polyurethane (PU) resin treatments on surface homogeneity, dimensional stability, and finishing performances of medium‐ and small‐diameter softwoods produced in Taiwan. Two‐pack PU resins were prepared by combing short castor oil‐modified alkyd resin serving as a polyol with polymeric 4,4′‐diphenymethane diisocyanate (PMDI) serving as a hardener, by the molar ratio of NCO/OH+COOH of 1.2. Four types of short oil‐modified alkyd resins with different polyhydric alcohols (glycerin and pentaerythritol) and polybasic acids (phthalic anhydride and isophthalic acid) were synthesized. Three kinds of medium‐ and small‐diameter softwoods, including China fir, Taiwanina, and Japanese fir with a diameter of 10–15 cm were obtained from Hui‐Sun Forest Station, Taiwan. The wood coating of nitrocellulose (NC) lacquer including sanding sealer and top clear was used. Results show that the surface hardness, homogeneity, moisture excluding efficiency, and antiswelling efficiency of woods were enhanced by PU resin treatments. Among all the PU resins, the isophthalic acid and pentaerythritol‐containing PU resin (IPA‐P‐MDI) achieved the best improved efficiency on dimensional stability of woods. Results of two types of finishing procedure, i.e. NC lacquer sanding sealer plus top clear and top clear only, applied onto the PU‐treated woods revealed that the hardness, adhesion, and durability of NC lacquer films on the PU‐treated wood were superior to those of untreated one, especially for top clear finishing alone. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008     

Self-assembly of highly oriented palladium-based nanowires on mica surface

The self-assembly of various nanostructures is recently attracting a great deal of research attention. In this paper, we demonstrate that a palladium chloride aqueous solution, mixed with a proper ammonia solution, can produce Tetra-amminepalladous chloride (Pd(NH₃)₄Cl₂·H₂O) nanowires. These nanowires can spontaneously form the two-dimensional hexagon-oriented Pd(NH₃)₄Cl₂·H₂O arrays on mica surfaces. We can control the length and height of these nanowires by adjusting their deposit time on the mica substrate. This method can be potentially used in making sensors or in making templates to wire and position nanodevices.     

Studies of substrate specificities of lipases from different sources

Although lipases are widely applied in a wide variety of reactions, available information on the factors that are responsible for the substrate specificities of lipases from different sources is scarce. In this paper, nine lipase‐producing microorganism strains were isolated from oil‐containing samples. The properties of these enzymes, including pH optima, temperature optima, thermal stability, and pH stability, vary significantly with the different sources from which these lipases were isolated. The substrate specificities of the nine lipases, including fatty acid and positional specificities, were also studied. The fatty acid specificities of the nine lipases were observably different toward 15 substrates with different carbon chain lengths, different saturation degrees and different side chains. The lipases from S₃ Penicillium citrinum (PCL), MJ₁ Aspergillus niger (ANL), MJ₂ Aspergillus oryzae (AOL), YM Bacillus coughing (BCL), S₉ Geotrichum candidum (GCL), and S₁₁ Candida lypolytica (CLL) showed the strongest specificities to short‐chain esters, and the other lipases showed strong selectivity for medium‐ or long‐chain and branched esters. The positional specificities were examined by analyzing the hydrolytic products of triolein catalyzed by the nine lipases, using TLC. The lipases can be mainly classified into two groups by their specificities for the ester bond at position 2 of triglycerides; one group can selectively hydrolyze the ester bond at position 2 of the triglycerides, the other group cannot. All these nine lipases were divided into four groups by hierarchical clustering analysis on the basis of the results of fatty acid and positional specificities.     

高能球磨FeCo+MnO的结构与磁性研究

用高能球磨采用两种方案制备了FeCo MnO体系,并用X射线衍射和振动样品磁强计对其结构和磁性质做了分析.发现采用直接氧化Mn而得到MnO的方法,所得体系的MnO较纯;而通过分解MnCO3得到MnO的体系,MnO纯度较低,有较多Mn3O4杂质,两种方法制备的FeCo MnO体系的矫顽力和剩磁比都比单纯FeCo体系的增加很多,且前一种方法比后一种方法制备的FeCo MnO体系的矫顽力和剩磁比较大.然后研究了球磨时间及退火处理对FeCo MnO体系矫顽力及剩磁比的影响,发现球磨时间为120h体系的矫顽力和剩磁比最大;经过退火处理后,体系的矫顽力和剩磁比都有较大幅度的增加.     

不同品种甜菜类型甜菜光合特性的研究

水文研究了甜菜生育期中不同品种类型甜菜的光合特性，结果表明在生育前期，高糖型品种的叶绿素含量高，而生育中前期以丰产型高，标准型介于二者之间，ＲｕＢＰ竣化酶活性的动态变化亦显这种趋势；在叶丛形成期和块根增长期，丰产型品种光合速度最高，在糖分积累期则以高糖型品种光合速度高；不同品种不同叶位的叶绿素含量与光合速率中呈正相关。     

2—叠氮—1萘醌—5—磺酸生产工艺优化

研究以L-酸为原料,对合成用于制作PS版的2-叠氮1-萘醌-5-磺酸的亚硝化、还原及重氮化三步生产工艺进行最佳配比选优试验。结果表明对L-酸的总收率可达73-75％.获得了较高的收率。     

Robust control of nonlinear uncertain systems without generalizedmatching conditions

A novel procedure, called recursive-interlacing procedure, is proposed for designing globally stabilizing robust control. The procedure introduces new interlacing steps and combines them with the existing recursive or backstepping design. It is shown by examining all possible third-order vector systems that the procedure is applicable to systems not satisfying any of the existing structural conditions, that is, to systems in which uncertainties are potentially anywhere and of any bounding function. By its nature, the procedure is not limited to systems of any specific order; it either produces stabilizing control or reveals certain measure of unstabilizability, and it includes recursive design as a special case