The relationship between the mechanical properties and morphology of polyhexamethylene carbonate diol (PHMCD) toughened epoxy resin was investigated. The parameters describing the morphology (e.g., average diameter of particles and volume fraction of dispersed phase, etc.) were determined through SEM observation. It was observed that the particle size distribution changes from a unimodal distribution to a bimodal one and then tounimodal again with an increase in curing temperature. When it was cured at 120°C, an epoxy resin with a bimodal distribution of rubber particle size was obtained. The mechanical properties, especially the impacting strength, of the resin are the best because of the synergistic effect of the PHMCD particles. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 67: 569–575, 1998

In this article, the structure and properties of the epoxy resin (EP) modified by polyurethane (PU) prepolymers were studied. The three types of polyurethane prepolymers, namely, polycarbonate-type PU (TPC), polyether-type PU, and polycarbonate-polyether-type PU were employed. The samples were analyzed by means of an infrared spectrometer, a differential scanning calorimeter, a scanning electron microscope, a transmission electron microscope, a scanning tunnel microscope, and a thermal gravimeter. The results show that the EP modified by TPC is of excellent thermal resistance and mechanical properties. Specifically, when the ratio of PU to EP is 10/100 (wt/wt), optimal properties are achieved. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc J Appl Polym Sci 69: 887-893, 1998.

The kinetics of the cure reaction for the system consisting of bisphenol-A diglycidyl ether, No.70 anhydride, Polyhexamethylene Carbonate Diol(PHMCD)) and DMP-30 has been studied, By use of differential scanning calorimetry(DSC) under isothermal condition, the reaction is found to proceed first via autocatalytic mechanism up to a conversion of 0.3 and then become a first order reaction over a temperature range of 130 similar to 160 degrees C. The kinetic parameters of the curing reaction have also been determined with both E-1 = 63.74 kJ.mol(-1), InA(1) = 13, InA(2) = -3 for the autocatalytic mechanism and E = 64.68 kJ.mol(-1), InA = 13.8 for the first order mechanism

The recent determination of the site-specific DNA binding properties of several proteins related to the ets oncoprotein has allowed the definition of a novel DNA binding domain, designated the ETS domain. In Drosophila, an ETS domain is present in the early ecdysone-induced E74A protein, which binds DNA in a site-specific manner and interacts with many ecdysone-induced polytene chromosome puffs at the onset of metamorphosis. As a first step toward determining the function of ETS-domain proteins during Drosophila development, we have used PCR amplification with degenerate oligonucleotides to isolate five other ets-related genes. Two of these genes, D-ets-2 and D-elg, have been previously identified. The proteins encoded by these genes are highly related to one another and to the seven identified vertebrate ETS-domain proteins, within the approximately 85-amino-acid DNA binding domain. In situ hybridization to polytene chromosomes revealed that these ets-related genes are not clustered in the genome and that only E74 corresponds to an ecdysone-inducible puff locus. These five ets-related genes are distinguished further from E74 in that they are transcribed through most of development, suggesting that they do not perform a stage-specific function. They are, however, expressed in a variety of patterns in early embryos, suggesting roles in the development of specific cell types. D-ets-2 is expressed in a complex pattern that changes dynamically during early embryogenesis. D-ets-3 and D-ets-6 are expressed in the ventral nervous system. The expression of D-ets-3 is higher in the three thoracic segments and lower in the abdominal segments. The high levels of expression in the thoracic segments are dependent on the presence of the bithorax complex. D-ets-4 and D-elg are expressed at their highest levels in the pole cells, suggesting a role in the development of the germline. This study represents the first effort in any organism to systematically isolate members of the ets gene family. The identification of six independent ets-related genes demonstrates that the ETS-domain proteins constitute a new family of potential transcriptional regulators encoded by the Drosophila genome.