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Polar Groups (polar + groups)
Selected AbstractsFilm Growth and Surface Roughness with Effective Fluctuating Covalent Bonds in Evaporating Aqueous Solution of Reactive Hydrophobic and Polar Groups: A Computer Simulation ModelMACROMOLECULAR THEORY AND SIMULATIONS, Issue 3 2006Shihai Yang Abstract Summary: A computer simulation model is proposed to study film growth and surface roughness in aqueous (A) solution of hydrophobic (H) and hydrophilic (P) groups on a simple three dimensional lattice of size with an adsorbing substrate. Each group is represented by a particle with appropriate characteristics occupying a unit cube (i.e., eight sites). The Metropolis algorithm is used to move each particle stochastically. The aqueous constituents are allowed to evaporate while the concentration of H and P is constant. Reactions proceed from the substrate and bonded particles can hop within a fluctuating bond length. The film thickness () and its interface width () are examined for hardcore and interacting particles for a range of temperature (). Simulation data show a rapid increase in and followed by its non-monotonic growth and decay before reaching steady-state and near equilibrium () in asymptotic time step limit. The growth can be described by power laws, e.g., with a typical value of in initial time regime followed by at . For hardcore system, the equilibrium film thickness () and surface roughness () seem to scale linearly with the temperature, i.e., at low and at higher . For interacting functional groups in contrast, the long time (unsaturated) film thickness and surface roughness, and decay rapidly followed by a slow increase on raising the temperature. Growth of the average film thickness at a temperature . [source] Chitosan Films Doped with Gold Nanorods as Laser-Activatable Hybrid BioadhesivesADVANCED MATERIALS, Issue 38 2010Paolo Matteini Biocompatible chitosan/gold nanorods films are fabricated and tested as laser-activatable adhesives. When exposed to near-infrared laser light the nanoparticles carry out efficient photothermal conversion, which activates the polar groups of chitosan strands and mediates functional adhesion with a biological tissue. This technology may enable a number of key applications in medicine including tissue repair, wound dressing and drug delivery. [source] Polar-Molecule-Dominated Electrorheological Fluids Featuring High Yield StressesADVANCED MATERIALS, Issue 45 2009Rong Shen Abstract Recent works on the development of various electrorheological (ER) fluids composed of TiO2, SrTiO, and CaTiO particles coated with CO/HO polar groups are summarized, in which an extremely large yield stress up to 200,kPa is measured and the dynamical yield stress reaches 117,kPa at a shear rate of 775,s,1. Moreover, unlike that of traditional dielectric ER fluids, the yield stress displays a linear dependence on electric field strength. Experimental results reveal that it is the polar molecules adsorbed onto the dielectric particles that play the decisive role: the polar-molecule-dominated ER effect arises from the alignment of polar molecules by the enhanced local electric field in the gap between neighboring particles. The pretreatment of electrodes and the contrivance of new measuring procedures, which are desirable for the characterization and practical implementation of this material, are also discussed. The successful synthesis of these fluids has made many of the long since conceived applications of the ER effect available. [source] Rough and Fine Tuning of Metal Work Function via Chemisorbed Self-Assembled MonolayersADVANCED MATERIALS, Issue 10-11 2009Maria L. Sushko The sign of the monolayer-induced metal work function change is mainly determined by the relative polarizabilities of the head- and tail-groups of the molecules, while its magnitude can be finely tuned by adjusting the strength of depolarization in the SAM, which depends on the choice of length of the nonpolarizable spacer between the polar groups. [source] Laser scanning confocal microscope characterization of dye diffusion in nylon 6 fibers treated with atmospheric pressure plasmasJOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 3 2008Chunxia Wang Abstract The effect of atmospheric pressure plasma treatment on wettability and dyeability of nylon 6 fibers is investigated. The plasma treatments resulted in an average of 10°,20° decrease in the advancing contact angle and 20°,30° decrease in the receding contact angle. An increased dye diffusion rate of nylon 6 fibers was observed using laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM). Scanning electron microscope confirmed that the fiber surfaces were roughened, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy showed that the polar groups on the fiber surfaces increased after the plasma treatments. As the plasma treatment time increased, a greater degree of etching was achieved and more polar groups such as hydroxyl and carboxyl groups produced on the surfaces of the nylon 6 fibers, leading to a better wettability and thus a better dyeability of the fiber. This study proved that LSCM may be effectively used in detecting the change of dye diffusion rate in nylon fibers treated with plasmas and the mounting medium should have a close refractive index as the fiber to avoid distortion of the fiber cross section image. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008 [source] Characterization of end-functionalized styrene,butadiene,styrene copolymers and their application in modified asphaltJOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 1 2007Qiang Wang Abstract End amino, carboxylic acid, and hydroxyl functionalized styrene,butadiene,styrene (SBS) triblock copolymers were prepared with 1,5-diazabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane, carbon dioxide, and epoxy ethane as capping agents, respectively. The effects of the end polar groups on the morphology and dynamic mechanical properties were investigated. Transmission electron microscopy images suggested that the group at the end of the polystyrene (PS) segment made the morphology of the PS domains disordered and incompact. Dynamic mechanical results showed that the storage and loss modulus increased after SBS was end-functionalized. End amino and carboxylic acid groups improved the compatibility and storage stability of SBS-modified asphalt. However, the effect of the end-hydroxyl group on the improvement of the storage stability of SBS-modified asphalt was not obvious. The differential scanning calorimetry analysis of SBS-modified asphalt further showed that the compatibility and storage stability of SBS-modified asphalt were improved by the attachment of amino or carboxylic acid groups through the anionic polymerization method. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 103: 8,16, 2007 [source] Interactions of cyclosporines with lipid membranes as studied by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and high-sensitivity titration calorimetryJOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, Issue 3 2002Uwe Schote Abstract Cyclosporin A (CyA) interacts with lipid membranes. Binding reaction and membrane location of CyA and analogs were examined with 2H-NMR, high-sensitivity isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), and CD spectroscopy. Effects of CyA and charged analogs on the phosphocholine head group and on the membrane interior were investigated using selectively deuterated phospholipids. Incorporation of cyclosporin generated small disordering of the lipid acyl chains. Binding of CyA and neutral and positively charged analogs to lipid membranes showed endothermic heats of reaction between +,5.9 and +,11.3 kcal/mol, whereas enthalpy of binding was close to zero for the negatively charged derivative. Binding constants of cyclosporines to liposomal membranes were in the range of KP,=,1650,5560 M,,1 depending on the cholesterol content. 2H-NMR provides evidence that CyA is essentially located in the interior of the bilayer membrane. For the charged analogs an additional interaction occurs at the head group level, placing the polar groups of these CyA analogs in the vicinity of the phosphocholine dipoles. The association of CyA and its analogs is accompanied by a positive enthalpy change, which is overcompensated by positive entropy changes. Binding of CyA to lipid membranes thus follows the classical hydrophobic effect, which is in contrast to many other peptide-lipid binding reactions. © 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc. and the American Pharmaceutical Association J Pharm Sci 91: 856,867, 2002 [source] Bis(salicylaldiminate)copper(II)/methylaluminoxane catalysts for homo- and copolymerizations of ethylene and methyl methacrylateJOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE (IN TWO SECTIONS), Issue 6 2007Anna Maria Raspolli Galletti Abstract Bis(salicylaldiminate)copper(II) complexes, when activated with methylaluminoxane, catalyzed the homo- and copolymerizations of ethylene and methyl methacrylate (MMA). The activity in the MMA homopolymerization was influenced by the electronic and steric characteristics of the Cu(II) precursors as well as the cocatalyst concentration. The same systems revealed modest activity also in the homopolymerization of ethylene, giving a highly linear polyethylene, and in its copolymerization with MMA. These copolymers exhibited a very high content of polar groups (MMA units > 70 mol %) and were characterized by a high molecular weight and polydispersity. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 45: 1134,1142, 2007 [source] Interaction Between Polymer Chains Covalently Fixed to Single-Walled Carbon NanotubesMACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, Issue 9 2006Hiromi Kitano Abstract Summary: A single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT), which had been oxidized with a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid to afford polar groups at its ends, was incubated with an azo-type macroinitiator carrying dextran (DEX), poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) or poly(N -vinylpyrrolidone) (PVPy) chains at 70,°C. Similarly, the oxidized SWNT was incubated with 2,2,-azoisobutyronitrile and acrylic acid (HAA) or N -vinylpyrrolidone at 70,°C. Due to the large radical trapping ability of SWNT, the polymer chains corresponding to the cloven macroinitiator (PEG, DEX or PVPy) and the propagating polymer chains (poly(acrylic acid) (HPAA) or PVPy) were covalently fixed to the surface of the SWNTs. The hydrophilic polymer-modified SWNTs could be stably dispersed in water. Furthermore, the SWNTs modified with PEG and DEX sedimented in the presence of free DEX and PEG, respectively, whereas there was no precipitation of the PEG- and DEX-modified SWNTs in the presence of the same kind of free polymer. This seemed to be related to the phase separation phenomena in water soluble DEX and PEG systems induced by the repulsive interaction between PEG and DEX molecules. However, the mixture of two kinds of polymer-modified SWNTs (PEG-SWNT and DEX-SWNT) did not show noticeable phase separation, probably due to steric hindrance for the efficient repulsive polymer-polymer interaction by fixation to the gigantic SWNTs. Furthermore, upon mixing the dispersions of HPAA-SWNT and PEG-SWNT or PVPy-SWNT, the turbidity of the dispersions gradually increased, while no increase in turbidity of the dispersion mixture was observed in the presence of dimethyl sulfoxide, indicating hydrogen bonding between the HPAA and PEG or PVPy chains on the surface of the SWNTs. The modification methods examined in this work would be promising to give various functions to SWNT. Susceptible processes of radical trap on SWNT surface. [source] Spectroscopic Properties of Quercetin Derivatives, Quercetin-3- O -rhamnoside and Quercetin-3- O -rutinoside, in Hydro-organic Mixed SolventsPHOTOCHEMISTRY & PHOTOBIOLOGY, Issue 4 2009Hai-Bo Liu The characteristic fluorescence properties of quercetin-3- O -rhamnoside (QCRM) and quercetin-3- O -rutinoside (QCRT) were studied in CH3OH,H2O and CH3CN,H2O mixed solvents. Although QCRM and QCRT are known as nonfluorescent molecules, significant fluorescence emissions were discovered at 360 nm in CH3OH and CH3CN when they were promoted to the second excited state. The emission band is broad and structureless and the intensity decreases quickly as the H2O composition in the solvent increases. When the amount of H2O exceeds 60% in both mixed solvents, this emission disappears due to the formation of the distorted excited state. This state will be formed due to the strong intermolecular hydrogen bonding between the polar groups of solute and H2O. As the composition of CH3OH or CH3CN in solvent becomes large, the number of molecules having several intramolecular hydrogen bonding increases. Some of these molecules will be changed to a fluorescent species during the decay process, after excitation. The theoretical calculation further supports these results. The change of the lifetimes, quantum yields, and radiative and nonradiative rate constants of molecules was also examined as a function of solvatochromic parameters for CH3OH,H2O and CH3CN,H2O. [source] Surface Modification of Poly(propylene) Microporous Membrane to Improve Its Antifouling Characteristics in an SMBR: O2 Plasma TreatmentPLASMA PROCESSES AND POLYMERS, Issue 1 2008Hai-Yin Yu Abstract Fouling is the major obstacle in membrane processes applied in water and wastewater treatment. To improve the antifouling characteristics of PPHFMMs in an SMBR for wastewater treatment, the PPHFMMs were surface-modified by O2 low temperature plasma treatment. Structural and morphological changes on the membrane surface were characterized by XPS and FE-SEM. The change of surface wettability was monitored by contact angle measurements. Results of XPS clearly indicated that the plasma treatment introduced oxygen containing polar groups on the membrane surface. The static water contact angle of the modified membrane reduced obviously with the increase of plasma treatment time. The relative pure water flux for the modified membranes increased with plasma treatment time up to 1 min, then it decreased with further increase of plasma treatment time. Decreases in the tensile strength and the tensile elongation at break of the modified membranes were also observed. To assess the relation between the plasma treatment and the membrane fouling in an SMBR, filtration for activated sludge was carried out by using synthetic wastewater. After continuous operation in the SMBR for about 75 h, flux recovery were 8.7 and 12.3%, reduction of flux were 91.6 and 87.4% for the nascent and O2 plasma treated PPHFMM for 1 min, relative flux ratio for O2 plasma treated PPHFMM for 1 min was 49.9% higher than that of the nascent PPHFMM. [source] Preparation, morphology, and adhesive and mechanical properties of ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene/SiO2 nanocomposite fibersPOLYMER COMPOSITES, Issue 4 2010Yi Zhang A simple treatment approach has been performed to achieve enhanced surface properties of ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibers by incorporation of nano-silicon dioxide (SiO2) in the presence of silane coupling agent during gel-spinning process. The SiO2 -treated UHMWPE (UHMWPE/SiO2) nanocomposite fibers with different nano-SiO2 compositions were characterized with Fourier transform infrared spectra, scanning electron microscopy, and wide-angle X-ray diffraction, and their interfacial adhesion and mechanical properties were also investigated. The nano-SiO2 can be trapped on the surface of the fibers to form rough surface for UHMWPE/SiO2 fibers, and diffused into the inner of fibers to induce the lower crystal sizes and higher crystallinity of polyethylene in UHMWPE/SiO2 fibers. The resulting UHMWPE/SiO2 fibers therefore exhibit a dramatic enhancement in the adhesive properties because of the combination of rougher surface compared with those of UHMWPE fiber and polar groups absorbed on the surface of fibers. The mechanical properties of UHMWPE/SiO2 nanocomposite fibers are enhanced simultaneously because of the influence of nano-SiO2 on the structure of UHMWPE crystalline regions and fibrils. POLYM. COMPOS., 2010. © 2009 Society of Plastics Engineers [source] Synthesis of polar vinyl monomer,olefin copolymers by ,-diimine nickel catalystPOLYMER INTERNATIONAL, Issue 5 2001Maria M Marques Abstract Vinyl acetate, methyl methacrylate, acrylonitrile and methyl vinyl ketone were investigated for co- and terpolymerization with ethylene and ethylene,propylene. Precursor [bis(N,N,,-dimesitylimino)acenaphthene]dibromonickel, activated by methylaluminoxane was used as a catalyst system and trialkylaluminium was employed to block the polar groups for these polymerizations. Polymerization activities of the order of magnitude of 106 in the case of vinyl acetate and methyl methacrylate, and 105 in the case of acrylonitrile were achieved. Microanalysis and GPC of acrylonitrile copolymers found about 17 units of acrylonitrile per polymer chain. Copolymers with very different properties from the parent homopolymers were obtained in all cases except that of methyl vinyl ketone. © 2001 Society of Chemical Industry [source] Synthesis, characterization and hydroformylation activity of 7-azaindolate-bridged dinuclear rhodium(I)phosphines with pendant polar-groupsAPPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, Issue 11 2009Chandra Sekhar Vasam Abstract New dinuclear Rh(I),Phosphines of the types [Rh(µ-azi)(CO)(L)]2 (1,3,7) and [Rh(µ-azi)(L)]2 (8) with pendant polar groups, and a chealated mononuclear compound [Rh(azi-H)(CO)(L)] (2) (where azi = 7-azaindolate, L = polar phosphine) were isolated from the reaction of [Rh(µ-Cl)(CO)2]2 with 7-azaindolate followed by some polar mono - and bis -phosphines (L1,L8). A relationship between ,,31P-NMR and ,(CO) values was considered to define the impact of polar-groups on ,-donor properties of the phosphines. These compounds were evaluated as catalyst precursors in the hydroformylation of 1-hexene and 1-dodecene both in mono- and biphasic aqueous organic systems. While the biphasic hydroformylations (water + toluene) gave exclusively the aldehydes, the monophasic one (aqueous ethanol) showed propensity to form both aldehydes and alcohols. The influence of bimetallic cooperative effects, and ,-donor and hydrophilic properties of the phosphines with pendant polar-groups in enhancing the yields and selectivity of hydroformylation products was emphasized. In addition, when strong ,-donor phosphine was used, the ,-acceptor nature of pyridine ring of 7-azaindolate spacer was found to be a considerable factor in facilitating the facile cleavage of CO group during hydroformylation and in supplementing the cooperative effects. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] | |||||||||||||