An important theme in the development of self-psychology is the attempt by scholars to construct a self-model with universal cultural adaptability. Among them, representatives are the tripartite model of self-built by Triandis, the theory of the independent self and interdependent self-proposed by Markus and Kitayama, Yang Kuo-Shu's four-part theory of the Chinese self, Hwang Kwang-Kwo's Mandala model of self, and Shiah Yung-Jong's Non-self-Theory. However, these models have a difficult time explaining the structure and development of the Chinese self in Chinese cultural background. After pondering over Chinese traditional culture and the Chinese self, inspired by the archetype of Taiji diagram, in this paper, we construct the Taiji Model of Self. The Taiji Model of Self can not only properly represent the Chinese self-structure, but also explain the growth course of the Chinese self and four kinds of life realms of Chinese people with satisfactory cultural and ecological validity.

The photodissociation of isocyanic acid (HNCO) on the first excited singlet state following the excitation at 210 nm was investigated with an ion velocity slice imaging technique by probing the CO fragment. It was found from the (2+1) resonance-enhanced multi-photon ionization (REMPI) spectrum that the CO fragments are rotationally hot with population up to Jmax=50. The velocity imagings of the CO fragments at J CO =30 and 35 indicate that formation of NH(a 1 ∆)+CO(X 1 Σ + , v=0) is the predominant dissociation channel at 210 nm. From analysis of the CO fragment translational energy distributions, the NH(a 1 ∆) fragment was observed to be rotationally cold, about half of the available energy was partitioned into the translational motion of fragments after dissociation, and the NH(a 1 ∆)+CO(X 1 Σ +) dissociation threshold was determined at 42738±30 cm −1. From analysis of the CO fragment angular distributions, the dissociation anisotropy parameter β was found to be negative, and increasing with the rotational quantum number of the NH fragment, i.e., from −0.75 at J NH =2-4 to −0.17 at J NH =11. Impulsive direct and vertical dissociation process of HNCO on the singlet state at 210 nm was confirmed experimentally. A classical impact dissociation model was employed to explain the dependence of the β value on the rotational excitation of the NH fragment.

Gold nanoparticles were synthesized via a bolaform amphiphile with hydrophilic ethyleneamine spacer at a liquid-liquid interface. By stirring the aqueous solution containing AuCl4- ions with the chloroform solution of bolaform amphiphile, AuCl4- ions were transferred into the oil phase and reduced to gold nanoparticles. UV-vis and FT-IR spectral measurements indicated that the bolaform amphiphile could serve as both capping and reducing agents. Crystalline gold nanoparticles were predominantly obtained if the bolaform amphiphile solutions with appropriate concentrations were applied. The generated gold nanoparticles were characterized by UV-vis spectroscopy and atomic force spectroscopy (AFM). It is predicted that gold and other novel metal nanostructures may be produced by bolaform amphiphiles whose properties can be well-controlled by designing different headgroups, spacers or substituted groups.

In this work, two functional azobenzene-containing metal complexes with different substituted groups have been synthesized and their photoisomerization have also been investigated. It has been found that depending on different substituted groups, the formed azobenzene derivatives showed different properties, indicating distinct regulation of molecular skeletons. Spectral data confirmed commonly the characteristic absorption of substituted groups and aromatic segments in molecular structures. Thermal analysis demonstrated that the structural influence of both compounds in different temperature ranges. The difference of thermal stability is mainly attributed to the formation of Schiff base group and different substituent groups in molecular structure. The photoisomerization of these compounds both in solution and in cast film can undergo trans-to-cis isomerization by UV light irradiation, depending on different substituted groups. The present results have demonstrated that the special properties of azobenzene derivatives can be effectively turned by modifying molecular structures of objective compounds with proper substituted groups, which show potential application in sensor and functional material field.

In order to investigate the supramolecular assembly and interfacial coordination of special amphiphile, two Schiff Base compounds with alkyl chains and different azobenzene substituted groups were designed and synthesized, and their supramolecular assembly and interfacial properties were investigated by spectral and morphological measurements. It was found that the Schiff base compounds can be spread on water surface to form stable monolayer. When on the Cu(II) ions subphase, an in situ coordination can occur for all ligands. In addition, for the coordination process of C16SB-Me-Azo with Cu(II), there are obvious spectral changes for the alkyl chains. For all process, the headgroups in all amphiphiles have predominant effect in regulating the aggregation mode and spectral changes in organized molecular films.