Papers by Author: Jian Bo Qu

Abstract: Living radical polymerization of 3-O-methacryloyl-diaceton-D-glucose was carried out by the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) method with an alkyl halide/copper-complex system. The effect of initiators, catalysts, ligand, and temperature on polymerization was studied in detail. Under the optimum condition, the time-conversion first-order plot was linear and the polydispersity of giycopolymer is relatively low, indicating that the polymerization is well controlled.

Abstract: A facile chemical approach of preparing magnetic Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles with controlled sizes was developed by microwave-assisted co-precipitation method. By changing the synthetic conditions, particle diameter can be tuned from 9.6 to 19 nm. The results indicate that the hydrothermal temperature (HT) and consequent aging time play important roles in controlling of the particle size and crystallization.

Abstract: Gigaporous poly (styrene-divinylbenzene) (PS) microspheres have been effectively hydrophilized by coating with hydrophobically modified agarose (phenoxyl agarose, Agap). The effect of the phenoxy content on the amount of Agap adsorbed onto the PS surface was examined and various samples of microspheres, differing in surface Agap density, were prepared. After coating, the hydrophilicity of gigaporous PS microspheres was found to be greatly enhanced and the gigaporous character of PS microspheres was well maintained. The modified particles were further coupled with DEAE groups to prepare a DEAE anion exchange medium (DEAE-AP). A column packed with DEAE-AP showed low back pressure and high protein resolution at high flow velocity. Notably, the DEAE-AP column could completely separate a model protein mixture at a flow velocity of 3612 cm/h within 2 min. The results indicate that the gigaporous matrix has considerable advantages for high-speed protein chromatography.