Synthesis of Poly(1-oxo-2-phenyltrimethylene) Catalyzed by Palladium-Rare Earth Catalyst

Tian, Jing,Guo, Jin-Tang,Zhu, Cheng-Cai,Zhang, Xin,Xu, Yong-Shen The Korean Fiber Society 2007 Fibers and polymers Vol.8 No.6

Poly(1-oxo-2-phenyltrimethylene) was successfully synthesized in the presence of palladium acetate and rare earth acetate $RE(OAc)_3$ (RE=Pr, Nd, Eu, Dy, Ho) multiplex catalyst system. The final products were characterized by elemental analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The effects of various reaction parameters including molar ratio of rare earth/$Pd^{2+}$, methanol usage, 2,2-bipyridyl, p-toluensulfonic acid, and p-benzoquinone were studied in detail, and the influence of different rare earths on the copolymerization was also discussed. It is found that the rare earths have favorable co-catalytic properties and palladium-rare earth multiplex catalyst showed higher catalytic activity than palladium catalyst in the copolymerization of carbon monoxide (CO) and styrene (ST).

Effects of Triterpenoid Glycosides from Fresh Ginseng Berry on SW480 Human Colorectal Cancer Cell Line

Jing-Tian Xie,Guang-Jian Du,Eryn McEntee,Han H. Aung,Hui He,Sangeeta R. Mehendale,Chong-Zhi Wang,Chun-Su Yuan 대한암학회 2011 Cancer Research and Treatment Vol.43 No.1

Purpose The pharmacological activities, notably the anticancer properties, of bioactive constituents from fresh American ginseng berry have not yet been well studied. In this study, we investigated the antiproliferative effects of fresh American ginseng berry extract (AGBE) and its representative triterpenoid glycosides using the human colorectal cancer cell line SW480. Materials and Methods Using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), the contents of 8 ginsenosides in AGBE were determined. The cell growth inhibitory effects of AGBE and three triterpenoid glycosides (ginsenosides Rb3, Re, and Rg3) were evaluated by proliferation assay and 3H-thymidine incorporation assay. Cell cycle and apoptotic effects were analyzed by using flow cytometry after staining with propidium iodide and annexin V. Results HPLC analysis data showed that AGBE has a distinct ginsenoside profile. AGBE inhibited SW480 cell growth significantly in a time-dependent (24-96 hours) and concentration-dependent (0.1-1.0 mg/mL) manner. Ginsenosides Rb3, Re, and Rg3 also possess significant antiproliferative activities on SW480 cells. 3H-thymidine incorporation assay indicated that AGBE and ginsenosides Rb3, Re, and Rg3 might inhibit the transferring and duplication of DNA in SW480 cells. Flow cytometric assay data suggested that AGBE arrested SW480 cells in S and G2/M phases, and significantly induced cell apoptosis. Conclusion AGBE and ginsenosides Rb3, Re, and Rg3 possessed significant antiproliferative effects and induced changes of morphological appearance on SW480 cells. The mechanisms of the antiproliferation of AGBE and tested ginsenosides involved could be cell cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis.

Information Fusion Filter for Multi-rate Multi-sensor Systems

Jing Ma,Hao Jin,Tian Tian,Wei Zhang 보안공학연구지원센터 2015 International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Vol.10 No.1

This paper is concerned with the information fusion filtering problem for a class of multi-rate multi-sensor systems, where the system is described at the highest sampling rate and different sensors may have different lower sampling rates. Firstly, the local filters (LFs) at state updating points are proposed by using the LFs at measurement sampling points. Then, the distributed suboptimal fusion filter is obtained by the well-known covariance intersection fusion (CIF) algorithm. The filtering error variance matrices are derived to obtain the fusion weights. The computational cost is reduced since the cross-covariance matrices between any two local filters are avoided. Simulation example verifies the correctness and feasibility of the proposed algorithm.

Measure Synchronization in a Huygens’s Non-Dissipative Two-Pendulum Clocks System

Jing Tian,ZiChen Chen,HaiBo Qiu,XiaoQiang Xi 한국물리학회 2018 THE JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY Vol.72 No.2

In this paper, we characterize measure synchronization (MS) in a four-degrees-of-freedom Huygens’s two-pendulum clocks system. The two-pendulum clocks are connected by a massless spring with stiffness constant k. We find that with the stiffness constant k increasing, the coupled pendulums system achieves MS above a threshold value of kc. The energy characteristics of measure synchronization have been discussed, it is found that averaged energy of each pendulum system provide us an easy way to characterize MS transition. Furthermore, we discuss the dependence of the critical value for MS transition on initial conditions and the characteristic parameters of the system.

Genotoxicity and effect on early stage proliferation of osteoprogenitor cells on amino-group functionalized titanium implant surface: an in vitro test

Tian-qi Guo,Yi-di Zhang,Wen-jing Luo,Xue Li,Yan-min Zhou,Jing-hui Zhao,Jing-hui Zhao 대한독성 유전단백체 학회 2016 Molecular & cellular toxicology Vol.12 No.2

Genotoxicity and effect on early stage proliferation of osteoprogenitor cells of titanium surfaces modified by heptylamine functionalization through Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) were evaluated in current study. Mouse embryo osteoprogenitor MC3T3-E1 cells were grown on titanium surfaces of all the groups. The CCK-8 assay showed the growths of MC3T3-E1 cells on treated titanium disks were not inhibited compared with those on pure titanium groups. Result of Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis (SCGE) test indicated the treated groups showed no significant differences in tail length, tail DNA%, and tail moment compared with pure titanium group. Rate of micronucleus, nucleoplamic buds and nuclear blebs showed no significant differences between treated groups and pure titanium group. Our research exhibited that: The amino-group functionalized titanium surface has neither genotoxicity nor detrimental effects on early-stage proliferation towards osteoprogenitor cells in vitro, thus offer a theoretic support for the clinical use of such functionalized titanium as implant surface.

Functional Characterization of aroA from Rhizobium Leguminosarum with Significant Glyphosate Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis

( Jing Han ),( Yong Sheng Tian ),( Jing Xu ),( Li Juan Wang ),( Bo Wang ),( Ri He Peng ),( Quan Hong Yao ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2014 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.24 No.9

Glyphosate is the active component of the top-selling herbicide, the phytotoxicity of which is due to its inhibition of the shikimic acid pathway. 5-Enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) is a key enzyme in the shikimic acid pathway. Glyphosate tolerance in plants can be achieved by the expression of a glyphosate-insensitive aroA gene (EPSPS). In this study, we used a PCR-based two-step DNA synthesis method to synthesize a new aroA gene (aroAR. leguminosarum) from Rhizobium leguminosarum. In vitro glyphosate sensitivity assays showed that aroAR. leguminosarum is glyphosate tolerant. The new gene was then expressed in E. coli and key kinetic values of the purified enzyme were determined. Furthermore, we transformed the aroA gene into Arabidopsis thaliana by the floral dip method. Transgenic Arabidopsis with the aroAR. leguminosarum gene was obtained to prove its potential use in developing glyphosate-resistant crops.

EFFECT OF POLYOXYMETHYLENE DIMETHYL ETHERS/DIESEL BLENDS ON FUEL PROPERTIES AND PARTICULATE MATTER OXIDATION ACTIVITY OF A LIGHT-DUTY DIESEL ENGINE

Jing Tian,Yixi Cai,Yunxi Shi,Yingxin Cui,Runlin Fan 한국자동차공학회 2019 International journal of automotive technology Vol.20 No.2

Polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers (PODE) was blended in diesel at volume ratios of 0 %, 10 %, 20 %, and 30 % (denoted as P0, P10, P20, and P30). The experimental study was carried on an unmodified YD480Q diesel engine. An engine exhaust particle sizer was introduced to analyze the particulate matter (PM) concentration and particle size distribution of diesel engine emission. The evaporation-oxidation characteristics of the PODE/diesel blends and the effect of the fuel blends on the oxidative activity of PM were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis and Arrhenius theorem. The results showed that blending PODE in diesel improved the evaporation-oxidation characteristics of the fuel and decreased the apparent activation energy of the fuel blends. PODE played a positive role in reducing PM emissions. The particle total number concentration of P30 decreased 28.29 ~ 66.60 % and the particle total volume density decreased 54.16 ~ 80.06 % compared to diesel. The particle size distribution shifted to a smaller particle size as the PODE blending ratio was increased. The mass fraction of the volatile substances (VS) increased and the mass fraction of the dry soot (DS) decreased by employing PODE as a diesel additive. Also, the oxidation activity of VS increased as the PODE blending ratio was increased. The oxidation activity of DS climbed to the peak when the PODE blending ratio was 20 % and then decreased.

Ring Oxpening Polymerization of D,L-Lactide on Magnetite Nanoparticles

Tian Jing,Feng Ya-Kai,Xu Yong-Shen The Polymer Society of Korea 2006 Macromolecular Research Vol.14 No.2

The ring-opening polymerization of D,L-lactide initiated by tin(II) 2-ethylhexanoate $(Sn(Oct)_2)$ on the surface-initiated magnetite $(Fe_{3}O_4)$ nanoparticles was performed at $130^{\circ}C$. The effects of the polymer molar mass and concentration on the amount of surface polymer were investigated. The number average molecular weights, $M_n$, obtained by both NMR and GPC methods fit well within the accuracy of the applied methods and ranged from 1,100 to $4,040g\;mol^{-1}$. A surface functionalization density of up to 625 initiation sites per particle was obtained. The composition of various core-shell particles was determined by TGA, with results indicating magnetite $(Fe_{3}O_4)$ contents, ${\mu}m$, between 17 and 59 wt%. Under the influence of a magnetic field, the heating generated by superparamagnetic core-shell particles suspended in toluene presented guidelines for an optimization of magnetic particle systems with respect to an application for hyperthermia.

Different Dimensional and Structural Variations in Coordination Compounds of Cadmium, Manganese and Nickel Constructed from the Ligand 2,2'-Bipyidine- 3,3',6,6'-tetracarboxylic Acid (H4bptc)

Jing Xiang,Tian-Tian Yang,Lu-Lu Fu,Ya Luo,Jia-Shou Wu 대한화학회 2013 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.34 No.9

The reactions of hydrated CdCl2, MnCl2, and NiCl2 with 2,2'-bipyidine-3,3',6,6'-tetracarboxylic acid (H4bptc) afforded the mononuclear [CdII(H2bptc)(H2O)3]·H2O (1), linear {[Cd(H2bptc)(H2O)]·3H2O}n (2), 3-D heterobimetallic [NaCd(Hbptc)(H2O)] (3), layer [Mn(H2bptc)(H2O)]n (4) and a dinuclear compound [Ni2(H2bptc)- (H2O)2]·6H2O (5). These compounds have been characterized by elemental analysis, IR, and their structures have been determined by X-ray crystallography. The thermal stabilities of 1-3 were measured by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and their solid state luminescence properties together with the free ligand H4bptc were investigated at room temperature.

Measure Synchronization and Phase Coherence in a High Dimensional Hamiltonian System

Jing Tian,Bo Li,Haibo Qiu 한국물리학회 2019 THE JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY Vol.74 No.8

Partial and complete measure synchronizations (MSs) are investigated in a high-dimensional Hamiltonian system. Here, a four-coupled ring-shaped rotor model is employed. We calculate the averaged energy of each rotor numerically to address the clustering process of measure synchronization. Poincar\'e sections are used to analyze the dynamic mechanism of partial MS and complete MS transitions, and the separatrix crossing is revealed to be the dynamical mechanism behind all different MS transition behaviors. By calculating the averaged frequency of each rotor, we explore the relationship between frequency locking and MS, and reveal a one-to-one correspondence. Furthermore, we find that abrupt changes in global or even partial phase coherence between the phase oscillators can be an indicator for MS transitions, albeit full phase coherence is not equivalent to measure synchronization.