Self-assembling Characteristics of Amphiphilic Star Block Copolymers with a Polyelectrolyte Shell

1 Results Amphiphilic block copolymers are capable of forming supramolecular assemblies resembling those observed in nature,such as spherical micelles,worm micelles,and vesicles.Changing the solvent composition,ionic strength or pH of the polymer solution may induce the self-assembly of block copolymers or trigger the transition between the geometries of noncovalent assemblies.In the current work,we have synthesised starlike amphiphilic block copolymers having hydrophobic poly(methyl methacrylate),PMMA,core,and hydrophilic poly(acrylic acid),PAA,shell.The self-assembling characteristics of these polymers have been investigated in aqueous solutions by light scattering and direct visualisation by cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryoTEM)[1]. Computer simulations along with the theoretical predictions made for the star-like system based on mean-field theory have been used to support the experimental observations[2]. The association of the starlike macromolecules resembles that of charged biopolymers,such as actin,since a balance between attractive and repulsive forces is required for the formation of cylindrical assemblies and can be manipulated by changing the pH or the ionic strength of the solvent[3].     

光谱仪设计基础

近年来光谱学领域发生了很大变化。经典的光谱仪已变得陈旧，而装配了CCD检测器的摄谱仪具有更好的性能。虽然基本光学原理没有改变，但是在很多情况下对光谱仪的设计提出了更多要求，与经典光谱仪很不同。计算机光线跟踪技术以及计算机辅助设计技术的发展能很好地应对这些变化，并已制造出新一代的光谱仪。     

未来十年的全球水源状况

1940年至1980年间,全球的用水量翻了一番,预计到2000年还要再翻一番。由于生活水平的差异,每人每天的生活用水量也相差甚大,为20～500升。全世界有4％的人均日用水量达300～400升(美国为580升),而全世界67％的人口(主要集中在非洲和亚洲)人均日用水量小于50升。时至今日,全球范围内,仍有65％的农村人口,35％的城市人口没有供水系统。尽管如此,在过去的10年里,又有13亿人喝上了卫生的水。但是,在现在52亿的世界人口中,仍有约12亿人喝不上卫生的水。     

语言人类学阐释

语言人类学的研究内容包括：作为文化资源(cultural resource)的语言、作为社会实践(social practice)的语言、作为历史记忆的语言、作为话语权力的语言。语言人类学的研究是围绕形式、内容与意义来进行的；要掌握语言人类学的本质，首先要弄清它们之间的关系及有关讨论的脉络；语言人类学把语言作为社会实践来研究，具有独特、深远的意义。     

气候变迁、适应能力及其发展

政府间小组委员会(IPCC)提供的第三次有关气候变化评估报告，强有力的说明了由人类诱发的气候变迁正在发生，而且世界上所有的国家都将会受到影响。     

宽能带隙电子器件

硅集成电路和数据存贮是两种最成功的技术，目前，这两种技术继续以高速度发展。在集成电路技术中，按照摩尔定律，一块芯片上的晶体管数目每隔18个月就会翻一翻。而对于磁盘驱动技术，自1991年起磁头的总体位密度以每年60％至100％的速率增加。集成电路是通过对半导体应用电场控制载流子流动来工作的，因此关键的参数是电子或空穴上的电荷。而在磁性数据存贮中关键的参数是电子的自旋。     

The dead-end elimination theorem and its use in protein side-chain positioning

The prediction of a protein's tertiary structure is still a considerable problem because the huge amount of possible conformational space1 makes it computationally difficult. With regard to side-chain modelling, a solution has been attempted by the grouping of side-chain conformations into representative sets of rotamers2??. Nonetheless, an exhaustive combinatorial search is still limited to carefully indentified packing units?? containing a limited number of residues. For larger systems other strategies had to be developed, such as the Monte Carlo Procedure?? and the genetic algorithm and clustering approach?. Here we present a theorem, referred to as the 'dead-end elimination' theorem, which imposes a suitable condition to identify rotamers that cannot be members of the global minimum energy conformation. Application of this theorem effectively controls the computational explosion of the rotamer combinatorial problem, thereby allowing the determination of the global minimum energy conformation of a large collection of side chains.