Synthesis of linear and V-shaped oligo(phenylene ethynylene) derivatives:Geometric effects on photophysical properties

A series of linear and V-shaped oligo(phenylene ethynylene) derivatives 1-3 were synthesized through sequent Sonogashira coupling and propargyl alcohol deprotection reaction in high yields.The alkoxy chains(i.e.,n-hexyloxy groups) were introduced to assure good solubility of compounds 1-3 in common solvents.The photophysical properties of 1-3 in solution depend strongly on the geometries of these compounds.

Oligo(dT)亲和层析介质的载量比较和机制分析

针对Oligo(d T)亲和层析介质的吸附性能,以poly(A)为模型分子,考察了4种Oligo(d T)亲和层析介质的静态吸附平衡、吸附动力学和动态结合载量(DBC),探讨了载量影响相关机制。结果表明,4种介质的合适吸附条件均为0.6 mol·L-1Na Cl、p H=6~7;Monomix d T20静态吸附容量最大,且poly(A)能扩散至介质微球深层孔内,而Poros Oligo(d T)25、Praesto Jetted (d T)25和Nano Gel d T20等3种介质中poly(A)均主要为表层吸附、静态吸附容量稍低;对于DBC,Nano Gel d T20和Monomix d T20的10%穿透的DBC较高,而Poros Oligo (d T)25和Praesto Jetted (d T)25相对略低。经分析,影响载量的主要因素包含基质种类、微球孔径、配基密度、间隔臂和配基长度等。对于基质种类,聚苯乙烯基质可能孔道结构较为特别。对于微球孔径,应针对不同大小的m RNA分子定制不同孔径的微球,以平衡传质阻力与可及吸附表面积之间的矛盾,从而增大DBC。

Theoretical study of structural and electronic properties of oligo(thiophene-phenylene)s in comparison with oligothiophenes and oligophenylenes

In this work, a quantum-chemical investigation on the structural and opto-electronic properties of oligo（thiophene-phenylene） （4TP） is carried out. The results are discussed in comparison with the properties of corresponding oligothiophene （8T） and oligophenylene （8P）. As the opto-electronic properties of this type of conducting polymers are governed by their electronic band gap, we shall also present a comparison among HOMO, LUMO and band gap energies of these three materials.

Synthesis and characterization of X-shaped oligo(para-phenylene) derivatives functionalized with fluorene ethynylene

A series of linear and X-shaped oligo（para-phenylene） derivatives functionalized with fluorene ethynylenes 1,3 and 4 were synthesized through sequent Sonogashira coupling and Suzuki-Miyaura reaction in high yield.The electron-donating group-OCH3 and electron-withdrawing counterparts-CF3 were introduced to tune the spectra properties of compounds 3 and 4.The detail investigation of their photophysical properties in solution and film indicated that the introduction of both -OCH3 and -CF3 makes maximum emission distinct red-shift in comparison with parent compound 1,but the latter more prominently.

Cost-Effective Method of Gene Synthesis by Sequencing from Microchip-Derived Oligos for Droplet Cloning

Gene synthesis has provided important contributions in various fields including genomics and medicine. Current genes are 7 - 30 cents depending on the assembly and sequencing methods performed. Demand for gene synthesis has been increasing for the past few decades, yet available methods remain expensive. A solution to this problem involves microchip-derived oligonucleotides (oligos), an oligo pool with a substantial number of oligo fragments. Microchips have been proposed as a tool for gene synthesis, but this approach has been criticized for its high error rate during sequencing. This study tests a possible cost-effective method for gene synthesis utilizing fragment assembly and golden gate assembly, which can be employed for quicker manufacturing and efficient execution of genes in the near future. The droplet method was tested in two trials to determine the viability of the method through the accuracy of the oligos sequenced. A preliminary research experiment was performed to determine the efficacy of oligo lengths ranging from two to four overlapping oligos through Gibson assembly. Of the three oligo lengths tested, only two fragment oligos were correctly sequenced. Two fragment oligos were used for the second experiment, which determined the efficacy of the droplet method in reducing gene synthesis cost and speed. The first trial utilized a high-fidelity polymerase and resulted in 3% correctly sequenced oligos, so the second trial utilized a non-high-fidelity polymerase, resulting in 8% correctly sequenced oligos. After calculating, the cost of gene synthesis lowers down to 0.8 cents/base. The final calculated cost of 0.8 cents/base is significantly cheaper than other manufacturing costs of 7 - 30 cents/base. Reducing the cost of gene synthesis provides new insight into the cost-effectiveness of present technologies and protocols and has the potential to benefit the fields of bioengineering and gene therapy.

Hydration effect on the electronic transport properties of oligomeric phenylene ethynylene molecular junctions

A first-principles computational method based on the hybrid density functional theory is developed to simulate the electronic transport properties of oligomeric phenylene ethynylene molecular junctions with H2O molecules accumulated in the vicinity as recently reported by Na et al. [Nanotechnology 18 424001 （2007）]. The numerical results show that the hydrogen bonds between the oxygen atoms of the oligomeric phenylene ethynylene molecule and H2O molecules result in the localisation of the molecular orbitals and lead to the lower transition peaks. The H2O molecular chains accumulated in the vicinity of the molecular junction can not only change the electronic structure of the molecular junctions, but also open additional electronic transport pathways. The obvious influence of H2O molecules on the electronic structure of the molecular junction and its electronic transport properties is thus demonstrated.

Facile and Rapid Solid Phase Synthesis of Monodisperse Oligo(1,4-phenyleneethynylene)s

An extremely facile and rapid solid phase route free of column chromatographic purification for the synthesis of the soluble monodisperse oligo(1, 4-phenyleneethynylene)s up to～60 was presented.

Blue/red-shift of the p-Phenylene-ethynylene Oligomers Absorption Spectra

The absorption spectra of the p-phenylene-ethynylene（p-PPE） oligomers（up to n = 12） were estimated by DFT and TD-DFT methods. The effective conjugation length（ECL） of the corresponding polymer was obtained by extrapolating the first excitation energies of the oligmers to infinite chain length with an alternative exponential function. The absorption spectral red-shift mainly depends on the ？-conjugation segment of oligomers resulting from the planarization of the backbone. The excitation mechanism of the rotamer has been investigated sufficiently by analyzing the orbital density variation upon the conformational rotations around the cylindrical triple-bonded carbon which is believed to impact significantly on the optical spectrum. The calculated results further indicate that rotation about the cylindrical triple bond interrupts the conjugation of rod-like oligomers to lead an angle-dependence of the corresponding excitation energy. The results are helpful to interpret the conformational-dependent spectroscopic phenomena of p-phenyleneethynylene and derivatives oligomers and polymers observed in ensemble and single molecule spectroscopy.

CHIRAL CONJUGATED OLIGOMER BASED ON 1,1’-BINOL WITH 3,3’-ACETYLENE-PHENYLENE-ACETYLENE SPACER

The 1,2'-binaphthol based oligomers 3 and 7 with 3,3'-acetylene-phenylene-acetylene spacer were prepared from BINOL 1. The high optical rotation value and CD spectra demonstrated the main chain chirality of the oligomer molecule. The UV-VIS and fluorescent spectra evidence the characteristics of conjugated structure. In comparison with oligomer 2 bearing 3,3'-acetylene spacer, the oligomers 3 and 7 have longer efficient conjugation segment, and their fluorescent quantum yields (phi) increased (0.60-0.65 versus 0.14). Extending the effective conjugation segment would improve the photophysical properties of chiral conjugated polymers.

Oligo-FISH涂染揭示柚粗线期1号染色体的结构及配对

【目的】深化柑橘减数分裂粗线期染色体结构组成和配对分析。【方法】首次利用柑橘染色体全长特异寡核苷酸荧光原位杂交(oligo-fluorescence in situ hybridization,oligo-FISH)涂染探针,精准示踪鉴定沙田柚粗线期1号染色体的结构特征,比较其与有丝分裂间期细胞核、有丝分裂前中期和中期染色体的结构差异,并揭示粗线期全长染色体的同源配对。【结果】观测到同源配对的全长粗线期与有丝分裂中期较大染色质结构差异。经测定,柚粗线期1号染色体平均全长、长臂长、短臂长和臂比分别为中期的13.93倍、16.54倍、10.44倍和1.54倍,表现出更高FISH信号分辨率。检测到柚粗线期1号染色体着丝粒附近约3.01 Mb的探针信号缺失区。【结论】首次实现柑橘特定全长粗线期染色体的跟踪研究,为深入开展其结构和配对遗传利用的精准研究提供了新方法。

INFLUENCE OF TRACES OF WATER ON THE SYNTHESIS AND ELECTROLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES OF POLY(2-METHOXY, 5- (2' -ETHYLHEXYL OXY)- 1, 4-PHENYLENE VINYLENE)

It was found that traces of water in the reaction medium would result in a great increase of gel and a decrease of Molecular weight of the poly(2-methoxy,5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene) during the polymerization, which ultimately led to inferior film qualities and device properties. The device (ITO/PEDOT/MEH-PPV/Ba/Al) with MEH-PPV prepared under dry conditions has an external quantum efficiency of above 2.0%.

NOVEL HYPERBRANCHED POLY(PHENYLENE OXIDE)S WITH PHENOLIC TERMINAL GROUPS: EFFECTS OF REACTION TIME AND CORE MOLECULES ON THE MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND POLYDISPERSITY

A novel hyperbranched poly（phenylene oxide） （HPPO） with phenolic terminal groups was prepared from 4-bromo-4＇,4＂-dihydroxytriphenylmethane as AB2 monomer in dimethylsulfoxide （DMSO） via a modified Ullmann reaction. The molecular weight and polydispersity （PD） of the resulting polymers increased with increasing reaction time. In the presence of core molecules （bisphenol A and 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene）, which have the similar molecular backbones to the reactive monomer, the molecular weight could be controlled by varying the core-to-monomer ratio. Incorporation of a very small amount of core molecules could lead to a higher molecular weight as compared with that without the addition of core molecules. However, when the core content reached certain extent, the molecular weight would decrease with the further increase in the core content. A new similar behavior of control over the PD was also obtained. The resulting polymers were characterized by ^1H-NMR, ^13C-NMR, FT-IR, and GPC.

The Synthesis and Characterization of High Molecular Weight Poly(phenylene sulfide/ether)

Poly（phenylene sulfide/ether） （PPSE） was synthesized from 4,4＇-dihydroxydiphenyl sulfide and 4,4＇-dichlorodiphenyl sulfide in solution by nucleophilic substitution reaction. The resulting polymer was characterized by viscosity measurement, elemental analysis, FT-IR, ^1H NMR, X-ray diffraction and thermal analysis. The results showed that the viscosities of the resulting polymer were above 0.68 dL/g, and the linear chain structure of product was confirmed. PPSE had the same reflex indices as poly（p-phenylene sulfide）, an orthorhombic crystalline with unit cell a=0.853, b=0.562, c=1.026nm. The melting temperature, glass transition temperature and initial decomposition temperature were found to be 228℃, 85℃ and 325℃, respectively. The product was soluble in common organic solvents such as NMP, N, N＇-dimethylformamide, N, N＇-dimethylacetamide and 1,2-dichloroethane.

TRANSFER HYDROGENATION OF KETONES BY PROPAN－2－OL OVER POLY（PHENYLENE OXIDE） ANCHORED RUTBENIUM CATALYST

Both aliphatic and aromatic ketones are efficiently transfer-hydrogenated by propan-2-ol under mild conditions in the presence of a catalytic amount of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-Phenylene oxide) (PPO) anchored ruthenium complex and sodium hydroxide. An important feature of this polymer anchored catalyst is its stability in air.

The Insulator-to-Conductor Transition in Sulphonated Poly(Phenylene Oxide)Polymer membranes:Percolation Theory Approach

In this paper the percolation theory is employed to study the insulator-to-conductortransition in sulphonated poly（phenylene oxide）（SPPO） polymer membranes.The membranes withdifferent sulphonation degree were prepared and infrared characterized.The transition thresholdwas calculated by the experimental data of membrane conductivities and the coordination numberwas thus estimated.The functional group-SO3H distribution in the membrane was evaluated inaccordance with the calculations and showed a non-random dispersion on the microscopic scale.

EFFECT OF SOLVENT COMPOSITION ON THE SULFONATION DEGREE OF POLY(PHENYLENE OXIDE) (PPO)

This paper investigates the possibility of attaining sulphonated poly(phenylene oxide) (SPPO) with a relativelyhigher sulfonation degree. To achieve this aim, the approach we adopt is to improve the solubility of the final product in themixed solvent so that the sulfonation may take place between the bulk solutions and PPO powders even at higher sulfonationdegree. It is shown that the addition of a proper amount of dimethyl formide (DMF) to the conventional PPO-chloroformsystem can actually enhance the sulfonation effect. The solvent composition is then correlated with the sulfonation degreebased on the solubility parameters. It is interesting to find that solubility parameters between the mixed solvent and theprecipitated products keep an approximately unchanged value at about 4.9, which is just equal to that when pure chloroformis used, though the solubility parameters of both solvents increase with the content of DMF in solution. This may be the mainreason why the addition of DMF can reduce the precipitation and improve the ion exchange capacity (IEC) of SPPOpolymer.

GAS SORPTION AND TRANSPORT IN POLY (PHENYLENE OXIDE)(PPO)AND ARYL-BROMINATED PPO MEMBRANES

The apparent solubility (S), concentration-average diffusivity (D), and permeability (P), for C0_2, CH_4 and N_2 through PPO and aryl-brominated PPO at 35℃ for pressure ranging from 1 to 26 atm are reported. It is found that P, D, and S of the membranes to all the three gases vary with the extent of bromination. S increases with the increase of the percent of bromine in each case, but D to CO_2 increases remarkably only at higher degree of brominafion, and therefore, P to CO_2 is increased by more than 100% over a wide range ofpressure in the case. The solubility data are well described by the dual mode sorption model. It is found that the gas molecules sorbed by the Langmuir mode are relatively more immobilized and the contribution of the nonequilibrinm character of the polymer to gas permeation increases obviously for CO_2 and is hardly changed for CH_4 with increasing bromine content. These observations are interpreted in terms of changes in specific free volume (SFV)and the cohesive energy density (CED) of the polymers.

SYNTHESIS AND MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF POLY (PHENYLENE SULFIDE AMIDE)

Poly(phenylene sulfide amide) (PPSA) has been synthesized by using sulfur as S source which reacts with dichlorobenzamide (DCBA) and alkali in polar organic solvent at the atmospheric pressure. The polymer structures were determined by elemental analysis, FT-IR and H-1-NMR. It is shown that the yielded polymer has linear structure and its structure unit is -p-C6H4-CONH -p-C6H4-S-. The polymer morphology was studied by X-ray diffraction and polarized microscopy. The results show that PPSA is a crystalline polymer and its spherulites are the aggregation of nontwisting lamella or micro-thread structure. Under shearing force, these crystals are dispersed to form micro-fibrillar structure. The decomposition kinetics of PPSA was also studied at different heating rates. The decomposition energy of PPSA is higher than that of PPS.

Poly(meta-phenylene) Derivative with Rigid Twisted Biphenyl Units in Backbone:Synthesis,Structural Characterization,Photophysical Properties and Electroluminescence

A soluble poly（meta-phenylene） derivative with rigid twisted biphenyl unit was synthesized by the Yamamoto coupling reaction. The polymer is soluble in common organic solvents, and the number-average molecular weight is about 6500. The UV-Vis and quantum chemical calculation indicate that the different conformation segments named ＂conformers＂ exist in the polymer backbones; it was also further confirmed by the single crystal X-ray diffraction study of the dimeric model compound. The π-π^＊ transition of biphenyl segments of twisted and planar conformations made the polymer exhibit a strong absorption around 256 nm and a weak absorption at about 300 nm. Furthermore, the polymer exhibits a strong UV photoluminescence at 372 nm when the excitation wavelengths are longer than 300 run. The ultraviolet-emitting electroluminescence（EL） device with the single layer structure shows EL λmax of the derivative at 370 nm.