Papers by Author: Xiao Ling Hu

Abstract: The low-temperature reversible thermochromic microcapsules was prepared by interfacial polymerization, which an aqueous phase containing CoCl₂ was used as the internal water phase (W₁), cyclohexane was used as the oil phase (O), polyvinyl alcohol was used as the external water phase (W₂) to form the uniform W₁/O/W₂ multiple emulsion. The structures of microcapsules were investigated using infrared spectrum (IR), electron microscopy (SEM) and polarization microscope. The properties of microcapsules, such as thermochromism and solvent resistance were also investigated. The results presented that the particle size of capsules was uniform, their walls were transparency, and the microcapsules were provided with excellent sensitivity to heat, reversibility and solvent resistance.

Abstract: Erythromycin molecularly imprinted polymeric microspheres（EM-MIPMs) which have good shape and well-distributed size were prepared by suspension polymerization in aqueous phase, using EM as a template and methacrylic acid (MAA) as a functional monomer. The size of MIPMs is about 50.17 μm characterized by laser particle size analyzer and polarizing microscope. The interaction between the template and monomer, and selective binding performance were investigated by ultraviolet spectrum analysis, equilibrium binding experiments and Scatchard analysis. The results show tha t hydrogen bonding may contribute to the interaction between EM and MAA, EM-MIPMs demonstrated much higher adsorption capacity compared with the NMIPMs. It has also been found that there are two kinds of binding sites in EM-MIPMs and only one kind in NMIPMs.

Abstract: Three different chiral ionic liquids, chloride (R)-(+)-β-(1-methyl-imidazole)–propio-nate, (R)-(+)-β-(1-methyl-imidazole)-propionate terafluoroborate and hexafluorophosphate, weresuccessfully synthesized via the nucleophilic substitution reaction and the anion metathesis reaction, with (S)-(-)-2-chloro-propionic acid as the chiral source. Structures of the chiral io-nic liquids have been characterized by the infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonancespectroscopy and quantum chemical structure optimization method. These new ionic materia-ls can be used as building blocks for the synthesis of ionic liquids.