ARYLIDENE COPOLYETHER SULFONES .2. SYNTHESIS END CHARACTERIZATION OF SOME NEW COPOLYETHER SULFONES CONTAINING DIBENZYLIDENE CYCLOHEXANONE MOIETIES

New copolyether sulfones containing 2,6-bis(p-oxo-benzylidene)cyclohexanone and 2,6-bis(o,p-dioxo-benzylidene)cyclohexanone moieties were prepared in the conventional literature manner by condensing the dipotassium salts of 2,6-bis(p-hydroxybenzylidene)cyclohexanone (III), 2,6-bis(o,p-dihydroxybenzylidene)-cyclohexanone (V), and 2,2-bis(p-hydroxyphenyl)propane (Bisphenol A, VII) with 4,4'-dichlorodiphenyl sulfone (VI), or by condensing the dipotassium salts of III and VII with a new benzylidene cyclohexanone sulfone macromer (X). Finally, the polycondensation reaction of sulfonyl bis(p-benzaldehydeoxo-p-phenylene) (IX) with cyclohexanone leads to an unsaturated copolymer (XVI). The resulting copolyether sulfones were confirmed by IR, H-1-NMR, viscometry, elemental analysis, thermooptical (TOA), x-ray, and thermogravimetric (TGA) measurements.

MODIFIED POLYSULFONES .1. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYSULFONES WITH UNSATURATED END-GROUPS

Chloro-terminated polysulfones with various molecular weights were modified with poly(ethylene oxide) and poly[(ethylene oxide)(propylene oxide)] macromers carrying alpha-hydroxyl and omega-allyl end groups via classical polycondensation reactions. The pr

ON THE ANALYSIS OF THE END-NOTCHED FLEXURE SPECIMEN FOR MEASURING MODE-II FRACTURE-TOUGHNESS OF COMPOSITE-MATERIALS

This paper deals with the correction of mode II strain energy release rate, G(II), of composite laminates measured with the end-notched flexure (ENF) specimen. A derivation is given of the expressions for compliance and strain energy release rate, in whic

A collinear light-emitting diode-induced fluorescence detector for capillary electrophoresis

A novel fluorescence detector based on collinear scheme using a brightness light-emitting diode emitting at 470 nm as excitation source is described. The detector is assembled by all-solid-state optical-electronic components and Coupled with capillary electrophoresis using on-column detection mode. Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) and FITC-labeled amino acids and small molecule peptide as test analyte were used to evaluate the detector. The concentration limit of detection for FITC-labeled phenylalanine was 10 nM at a signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of 3. The system exhibited good linear responses in the range of 1 x 10(-7) to 2 x 10(-5) M (R-2 = 0.999). (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Simultaneous light emitting diode-induced fluorescence and contactless conductivity detection for capillary electrophoresis

A combined detection system of simultaneous contactless conductometric and fluorescent detection for capillary electrophoresis (CE) has been designed and evaluated. The two processes share a common detection cell. A blue light-emitting diode (LED) was used as the excitation source and an optical fiber was used to collect the emitting fluorescence for fluorescent detection (FD). Inorganic ions, fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled amino acids and small molecule peptides were separated and detected by the combined detector, and the detection limits (LODs) of sub-μ M level were achieved.