Ionic Channels as Natural Nanodevices

Ion channels are proteins with a hole down their middle important in a wide range of biological functions yet simple enough to be analyzed as devices in the engineering tradition.     

Phase separation studies in RIM polyurethanes catalyst and hard segment crystallinity effects

Polyurethanes were prepared from pure 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), 1,4-butane diol (BDO) or 1,2-ethane diol (EDO) and α,ω-hydroxyl poly(propylene oxide) (PPO) by reaction injection moulding (RIM). Hard segment (MDI + BDO or EDO) level was 45–50 wt%. The PPO had about 20% ethylene oxide copolymerized in at the chain ends to provide 80% primary OH end groups. M_n was varied from 2000 to 4000. Dibutyl tin dilaurate catalyst and mould temperature were varied. Dynamic mechanical, wide-angle X-ray, differential scanning calorimeter, molecular weight and tensile elongation measurements were made on the RIM polyurethanes. At low reaction rates (low catalyst or temperature) highly crystalline, well phase separated but low molecular weight polymers were produced. At high catalyst or temperature levels more poorly phase separated but high molecular weight, tough polymers resulted. Higher M_n PPO gave better phase separation and EDO gave higher melting temperatures. Preventing hard segment crystallinity by substituting asymmetric MDI or glycols resulted in phase compatibility.     

超高分子量聚乙烯衬板在煤仓中的应用

介绍了井底煤仓溜煤斜面采用超高分子量聚乙烯衬板安装及应用情况 ,对井底煤仓棚煤原因及解决办法进行了探讨     

透湿膜的透湿机理与膜的研究概况

基于透湿膜的空气除湿是一种比较新颖的空气除湿方法。本文介绍了各种膜在空气除湿领域的应用情况，结合对膜制备工艺的简要介绍，侧重对原除湿原理，亲水性的高分子纤维素膜，凝胶膜和分子筛无机膜在空气除湿领域的研究和进展进行了分析。     

手套箱气氛中氚化水处理的工艺研究

分子筛吸附柱和热金属镁床是手套箱气氛中氚化水 (HTO)搜集和分解处理的一种有效手段。测试了分子筛柱对气氛中水的吸附性能和热金属镁床对HTO的分解性能。结果表明 :分子筛柱对气氛中水的吸附效率 >99 99% ,在空气中水含量为 3 4× 1 0 - 3～ 4 2× 1 0 - 3条件下 ,未发现吸附柱水的贯穿现象 ;热金属镁床对HTO的分解率 >99 9% ,当金属镁的消耗量大于 80 %时 ,未见分解率明显降低。     

Modeling of the bulk free radical polymerization up to high conversion—three stage polymerization model. II. Number-average molecular weight and apparent initiator efficiency

The equations for predicting the number-average molecular weight are derived on the basis of the three stage polymerization model (TSPM) in this paper. By applying the equations, a plotting approach is proposed to determine the apparent initiator efficiency defined as f[(α_td+1)/2] and the constant of chain transfer to monomer, where f is the initiator efficiency and α_td denotes the fraction of the termination rate constants by disproportionation. Using the approach to plot the experimental data in the literature, it is found that the chain transfer to monomer can be neglected for both methylmethacrylate (MMA) and styrene (St) polymerizations, but it can exert a significant effect on ethylmethacrylate (EMA) polymerization. In addition, the apparent initiator efficiency is found to be independent of reaction temperature and initiator concentration at each stage. The values of f[(α_td+1)/2] at gel effect stage are slightly reduced as compared with that at low conversion stage for MMA and EMA polymerizations. However, it decreases significantly at gel effect stage for St polymerization. Using the equations derived and the apparent initiator efficiencies obtained from TSPM plots, the number-average molecular weights at different conversions can be predicted. Comparisons show that the agreement between predictions and experimental data is satisfactory.     

Structure and properties of injection‐molded polypropylenes with different molecular weight distribution and tacticity characteristics

Two series of polypropylenes with different molecular weight distribution and tacticity characteristics were injection molded into flexural test specimens by varying cylinder temperature and the effects of the molecular weight distribution and tacticity on the structure and properties of the moldings were studied. Measured propertied were flexural modulus, flexural strength, heat distortion temperature, Izod impact strength, and mold shrinkage and structures studied were crystallinity, the thickness of skin layer, a*‐axis‐oriented component fraction and crystalline orientation functions. The relations between the structures and properties were also studied. It was found that the molecular weight distribution and tacticity characteristics affect the properties mainly through the molecular orientation and crystallinity, respectively. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 84: 2142–2156, 2002     

Thermally induced microstructural changes in cotton fibers: A free‐volume study

I measured positron lifetime in natural polymer–cotton fibers as a function of isochronal annealing temperature in the range 27–290°C. The variations in the positron results indicated structural changes occurring in the cotton fibers and determined the glass‐transition temperature as 80°C. Activation energies were measured separately for the crystalline and amorphous regions, indicating the versatility of the technique. These values were close to the O? H bond dissociation energy, suggesting O? H bond dissociation, the most probable process occurring under thermal treatment. As an extension of the positron results, the molecular weight of the cotton fibers was determined to be 1,200,000 based on free volume, which was within the range suggested for cotton. There seemed to be an indication that crosslinking changed the spiral structure of cotton fibers to the network type. However, this needs to be validated by other measurements. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 86: 3336–3345, 2002     

Defects in molecular beam epitaxial GaAs grown at low temperatures

We have utilized a variable energy positron beam and infrared transmission spectroscopy to study defects in GaAs epilayers grown at low temperatures (LT-GaAs) by molecular beam epitaxy. We have measured the Doppler broadening of the positron-electron annihilation gamma ray spectra as a function of positron implantation energy. From these measurements, we have obtained results for the depth profiles of Ga monovacancies in unannealed LT-GaAs and Ga monovacancies and arsenic cluster related defects in annealed LT-GaAs. We have also studied the effects of the Si impurities in annealed LT-GaAs. The infrared transmission measurements on unannealed LT-GaAs furnish a broad defect band, related to As antisites, centered at 0.370 eV below the conduction band.     

Investigation of iodine as a donor in MBE grown Hg1−xCdxTe

N-type Hg_1−xCd_xTe layers with x values of 0.3 and 0.7 have been grown by molecular beam epitaxy using iodine in the form of CdI₂ as a dopant. Carrier concentrations up to 1.1 × 10¹⁸ cm⁻³ have been achieved for x = 0.7 and up to 7.6 × 10¹⁷ cm⁻³ for x=0.3. The best low temperature mobilities are 460 cm²/(Vs) and 1.2 × 10⁵ cm²/(Vs) for x=0.7 and x=0.3, respectively. Using CdI₂ as the dopant modulation doped HgTe quantum well structures have been grown. These structures display very pronounced Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations and quantum Hall plateaus. Electron densities in the 2D electron gas in the HgTe quantum well could be varied from 1.9 × 10¹¹ cm⁻² up to 1.4 × 10¹² cm⁻² by adjusting the thicknesses of the spacer and doped layer. Typical mobilities of the 2D electron gas are of the order of 5.0 × 10⁴ cm²/(Vs) with the highest value being 7.8 × 10⁴ cm²/(Vs).