STUDY ON THE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF ADSORPTION OF ETHYL BENZOATE AND DIETHYL PHTHALATE BY PHENOLIC RESIN ADSORBENTS

This paper presents experimental observations on the adsorption of individual solutes by a simple thermodynamic framework, and the equilibrium adsorption of ethyl benzoate and diethyl phthalate on phenolic resin adsorbent in hexane solutions within the temperature range of 293-313 K. The experimental results show that the Freundlich adsorption law is applicable to the adsorption of ethyl benzoate and diethyl phthalate on the adsorbent, since all the correlative factors R' are larger than 0.99. The negative values of all the isosteric adsorption enthalpies for ethyl benzoate and diethyl phthalate indicate that they undergo exothermic processes, while their magnitudes (19-28 kJ/mol) manifest a hydrogen bonding sorption process. Other thermodynamic properties: the free energy changes and the entropy change associated with the adsorption have been calculated from the Gibbs adsorption equation and the Gibbs-Helmholtz equation

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATI0N OF POLYMETHACRYLATES BEARING HETEROCYCLIC AZO GROUP AND MESOGENIC GROUP FOR NONLINEAR OPTICS

The methacrylate monomers bearing mesogenic group and heterocyclicazo dye have been synthesized. The monomeric dye was copolymerized with the mesogenicmonomer using a free radical initiator to produce polymers useful for nonlinear optics. Themonomers and polymers were characterized by IR,;H-NMR, and UV-Vis spectra. Theaverage molecular weight （M;and M;） of the polymers were determined by gel permeationchromatography. The thermal properties of the polymers such as thermal stability andphase transition behavior were studied by thermogravimetric analysis, differential thermalanalysis, polarizing optical microscope and X-ray diffractometer. The results demonstratethat the synthesized polymers are crystalline polymers at room temperature and no liquidcrystalline phases were observed for all of them.

SWELLING AND WETTABILITY OF LIGHT-CURED METHACRYLATE-BASED DENTAL RESINS PREPARED FROM CHOLIC ACID

2′-methacryloxy-3α, 7α, 12α - trimethacryloyl cholic acid ethyl ester (CAGE4MA) has been prepared from cholic acid. Photo-polymeric resins were prepared from CAGE4MA. 2,2-bis4-(2-hydroxy-3-methacrylyloxypropoxy)phenylpropane (bis-GMA) was used for comparison, triethyleneglycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA) was used as diluent. The polymerization was initiated by camphoroquinone (CQ)N, N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) system. The conversion of CAGE4MA was 39% when the reaction time is 60s, which is lower than bis-GMA and TEGDMA. The swelling value of CAGE4MA resin was 0.41% in distilled water, which is much lower than those of bis-GMA resin (2.04%) and TEGDMA resin (4.77%) under the same conditions. Copolymers from CAGE4MA and TEGDMA have been prepared. With the increase of TEGDMA in mixture, the degree of conversion of CAGE4MA and swelling value increased. The swelling values of photocured resins in 0.1molL HCl were also measured.

EFFECTS OF ω-ACRYLOYL POLY (ETHYLENE OXIDE) MACROMONOMER ON EMULSIFIER-FREE EMULSI0N COPOLYMERIZATION OF METHYL METHACRYLATE AND n-BUTYL ACRYLATE

Well-defined nonionic hydrophilic ω-acryloyl poly(ethylene oxide) macro-monomer (PEO-A) has been prepared by living anionic polymerization of ethylene oxidewith diphenyl methyl potassium as the initiator and acryloyl chloride as the reaction termi-nating agent. The polymer was characterized by FTIR and SEC. The emulsifier-free emul-sion polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and n-butyl acrylate (BA) containingvarious concentrations of PEO-A was studied. In all cases stable emulsion coplymerizationsof MMA and BA were obtained. The stabilizing effect was found to be dependent on themolecular weight and the feed amount of the macromonomer.

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF COMB-LIKE POLYMERS BEARING HETEROCYCLIC AZO GROUP AND MESOGENIC GROUP

The synthesis and characterization of a series of novel comb-like polymethacrylates bearing heterocyclic azo group and mesogenic group are described. The thermal properties of the polymers such as thermal stability and phase transition behavior were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis, differential thermal analysis and polarizing optical microscopy techniques. The experimental results show that all the synthesized polymers do not exhibit liquid crystallinity except the homopolymer of the mesogenic monomer MAPB2 and the glass transition temperatures of the polymers increase with increasing content of azo moiety in polymers linearly.

POLYMER SUPPORT EFFECTS OF METAL COMPLEXES FOR CATALYSIS

In the course of investigating the catalytic behavior of metal complexes for ring opening metathesis polymerization of cycloolefins, metathesis, hydroformylation and selective hydrogenation of olefins experimental results time and again indicate the presence of effects of macromolecular supports - the utilization of macromolecular supports increases obviously the activity, selectivity, and stability of the catalysts and so as to increase the conversion of substrates, yields of reactions, properties of formed polymers and so on. Discussed these effects on the basis of the authors' experiments. (Author abstract) 18 Refs.

POLYSTYRYLSULFINATE RESIN AS REACTIVE INTERMEDIATE IN SOLID-PHASE ORGANIC SYNTHESIS AND SEPARATION

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Rare Earth Elements-Doped LiCoO_2 Cathode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Some compounds of LiCo 1- x RE x O 2 (RE=rare earth elements and x =0.01～0.03) were prepared by doping rare earth elements to LiCoO 2 via solid state synthesis. The microstructure characteristics of the LiCo 1- x RE x O 2 were investigated by XRD. It was found that the lattice parameters c are increased and the lattice volumes are enlarged compared to that of LiCoO 2. Moreover, the performance of LiCo 1- x RE x O 2 as the cathode material in lithium ion battery is improved, especially LiCo 1- x Y x O 2 and LiCo 1- x La x O 2. The initial charge/discharge capacities of LiCo 0.99 Y 0.01 O 2 and LiCo 0.99 La 0.01 O 2 are 174/154 (mAh·g -1 ) and 159/149 (mAh·g -1 ) respectively, while those for LiCoO 2 working in the same way are only 139/131 (mAh·g -1 ).

STUDY ON THE DIFFUSION OF Cu^(2+)-H^+ COUPLE IN A CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE——A RAPID METHOD TO DETERMINE SELF-DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS OF COUNTER-IONS WITH UNEQUAL VALENCE

1 INTRODUCTIONKnowledge of the basic transport phenomena of ions in an ion exchange membrane isimportant for the application of such a membrane.Various studies on the developmentof mathematical models for predicting and correlating membrane transport rate havebeen published in recent years.More exact estimation of the diffusion coefficientshas been the subject of chief concern in many of these papers.For a bi-ionic systemwith the same valence,Sato et al.gave a method for estimating diffusion coefficients

ADSORBENTS USED IN THE CLEARANCE OF ENDOTOXIN

A series of modified poly (methyl methacrylate, PMMA) resins were prepared and compared their adsorption abilities to endotoxin. The results showed that adsorbents, which were grafted with tertiary amine and long spacing arms, had the best adsorption capacities and good blood compatibility. It is hopeful to be used as adsorbent in hemoperfusion for clinical clearance of endotoxin. The influence of original concentration of endotoxin on adsorption and the adsorption mechanism were also investigated.

EFFECT OF AMPHIPHILIC POLY (STYRENE-B-ETHYLENE OXIDE) DIBLOCK COPOLYMER INTERCALATED LAYERED SILICATE AS FILLER ON ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE RESIN

The diblock copolymers intercalated layered silicate was prepared via a melt dispersion technique. Then the effect of intercalated hybrid as filler on acrylonitrile- butadiene-styrene resin was characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, stress-strain measurements in elongation.

PROPERTIES OF POLYMER SUPPORTED Ni-Cu BIMETALLIC CATALYSTS PREPARED BY SOLVATED METAL ATOM IMPREGNATION

D-72 resin supported nickel-copper catalysts prepared by solvated metal atom impregnation (SMAI) were studied by magnetic measurements and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The Ni particles on the catalysts are very highly dispersed and display superparamagnetic behaviour. Ni-Cu alloy clusters were found to be formed. The surface compositions are different from the bulk concentrations. In contrast with the surface enrichment in copper generally observed on conventional Ni-Cu catalysts, the surfaces of these catalysts are enriched in nickel. The nickel is in both zero and valent states, while copper is mainly in metallic state. Catalytic data show that the formation of Ni-Cu alloy clusters has a profound effect on the catalytic activities of the catalysts in the hydrogenation of furfural. The activity of the Ni:Cu ratio of one bimetallic catalysts is much higher than that of the Ni or Cu monometallic catalyst.

THE ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS OF AMINO ACIDS UNDER POLYMER-SUPPORTED PHASE TRANSFER CATALYTIC CONDITION

The optical alpha-amino acids were synthesized under room temperature by alkylation of N-(diphenyl methylene) glycine t-butyl ester under polymer-supported phase transfer conditions using polymer-supported cinchonine (or quinine) alkaloids as chiral phase transfer catalysts and dichloromethane as solvent, followed by hydrolysis of the above intermediates introduced to the final products-optical alpha-amino acids. This is a new method for the asymmetric synthesis of alpha-amino acids. The influences of catalyst, temperature, substrates, and organic solvents on the chemical yield and optical purities of products were studied.

FLUORESCENCE STUDIES ON MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE OF ST/DVB CROSSLINKED GELS DURING CHLOROMETHYLATION

The morphological change of St/DVB crosslinked gels during chloromethylation wasstudied by fluorescence spectroscopy using St/DVB crosslinked and hypercrosslinked gels as controlsamples. It has been found that with increase of chlorine content, the excimer emission band (~325nm)approaches to vanish, while the intensity of multi-ring aggregate emission band (~420nm) quicklyreaches a maximum, and then decreases sharply accompanied by appearance ofa new broad bandcentred at ca 488nm which roughly coincides with the typical emission band of hypercrossllinkedSt/DVB gels. Mearwhile, the result of IR measurement suggests that methylene bridge between phenylrings forms and increases with chloromethylation process. These results are explained in terms ofaside reaction of post-crosslinking, which densifies the loosely crosslinked networks and undoes thedensely entangled microgel nuclei. As a result, the morphology of the crosslinked gels becom es morehomogeneous with chloromethylation.

Polymeric adsorbents with peptide pendants as artificial receptors for β-Mactam antibiotics by mimicking the binding sites of β-lactamases

A scries of polymeric adsorbents with peptide pendants were designed as the artificial receptors of β-laetarn antibiotics by mimicking the structures of binding site in β-lactamases.Crosslinked poly(N,N-dimethyl acry-lamide) gel as a carrier was prepared by suspension copolyrnerization of N,N-dimethyl acrylamide and N,N-bisacryl-diaminoethane and then functionalized with ethylenediamine after partial hydrolysis.Using solid-phase peptide synthesis with symmetrical anhydride of protected amino acid step by step,various peptide pendants were respectively anchored onto the functionalized carrier.The adsorption properties of these peptide-containing adsorbents for β-lactam antibiotics such as ampicillin and cefotaxime were then studied.The results showed that only those adsorbents in which peptide chains contained more than one lysine residues could obviously adsorb both β-lactams and that static interaction as well as hydrogen bond played an important role during the

THE DRUG RELEASE FROM A COATED PLANAR MATRIX WITH A SUB-SATURATION LOADING IN THE CORE

A model was proposed for the drug release from a coated matrix system.To validate thismodel,5-Fu/EVAL matrices coated with various polymeric materials with different diffusivities wereprepared and characterized.These coated systems were experimentally investigated and graphically andquantitatively compared with theoretical values.The results show a good correlation between theoryand experiment.

Preparation of dextran immunological magnetic nanoparticles and their application to combined targeting carrier

Superparamagnetic dextran nanoparticles were prepared by coprecipitation. Effects of concentration of dextran, amount of ironic salts, stirring speed, concentration of ammonium hydroxide and mole ratio of Fe3+/Fe2+ on the effective diameter of dextran magnetic nanopartides (DMNP) were studied. Dextran immunological magnetic nanoparticles (DIMNP) were formed by the reaction of the monoclonal anti-human mammary cancer antibody with DMNP oxidized by sodium periodate, and the properties of magnetic susceptibility, shape and retention of antibody activity were investigated. The in vitro cancer antigen binding ability of DIMNP was demonstrated by radioimmunoassay, and the in vivo magnetic localization and antibody targeting ability of radiolabeled DIMNP were studied.

Fluorometric Investigation of the Acid-Base and Complexation Behaviour of Tetracycline and Oxytetracycline

The widely used antibiotics tetracyclines have been effectively used for ailing heart attack, ulcer cure and gene therapy. The actual mechanism of their activity has been proposed to link with the complexes with many metal ions. However, the sites at which complex formation takes place are not well established. In the present work, the depro-tonation sequence of tetracycline (TC) and oxytetracycline (OTC), and their specific group used to bind europium ion were investigated by examining the character of fluorescence of TC and OTC as well as that of their complexes. It was concluded that the site of complexation is coordinated with the deprotonation sequence changing with the acidity/basicity of the solution. And it was inferred that five hydrogens in TC and OTC could be dissociated. The deprotonation sequence is as follows: C(3) hydroxy, C(10) phenol, C(4) dimethylamine, C(12) hydroxy and C(12a) hydroxy. The corresponding complexation site changed with pH increase in solution as follows: C(2) acylamino and C(3) hydroxy moiety, C(10)C(11) ketophenol moiety, C(4) dimethylamine and C(3) hydroxy moiety, C(11)C(12) ?diketone moiety, C(12) hydroxy and C(12a) hydroxy moiety, and C(12) hydroxy and C(1) ketone moiety respectively.

Molecularly Imprinted Polymer with Calix[4]arene Derivative for the Recognition of Acetanilide

Two molecularly imprinted polymers binding to analgesic acetanilide were prepared using either dual functional monomers of calix[4]arene derivative and acrylamide or single monomer acrylamide, respectively. The polymers were ground, sieved and investigated by equilibrium binding experiment to evaluate their recognition properties for the template and other substrates. Scatchard analysis showed that homogeneous recognition sites were formed in the imprinted polymer matrix. Our results demonstrated that the polymer using two functional monomers exhibited better selectivity for the template. This study may open new frontiers for the development and application of imprinted polymers, such as drug separation and purification.