High resolution capillary electrophoresis of carbon nanotubes

Purification of single-walled carbon nanotubes by capillary electrophoresis (CE) is demonstrated. Real-time Raman spectroscopy of the separation process and single-wavelength UV/vis detection show the ability of CE to provide high-resolution separations of nanotube fractions with baseline separation. AFM images of collected fractions demonstrate that separations are based on tube length. The separation method is suggested to be based on alignment of the nanotubes along the separation field.     

Ethane/ethylene adsorption on carbon nanotubes: temperature and size effects on separation capacity

We present the results of Monte Carlo simulations of the adsorption of single-component ethane and ethylene and of equimolar mixtures of these two gases on bundles of closed, single-walled carbon nanotubes. Two types of nanotube bundles were used in the simulations: homogeneous (i.e., those in which all the nanotubes have identical diameters) and heterogeneous (those in which nanotubes of different diameters are allowed). We found that at the same pressure and temperature more ethane than ethylene adsorbs on the bundles over the entire range of pressures and temperatures explored. The simulation results for the equimolar mixtures show that the pressure at which maximum separation is attained is a very sensitive function of the diameter of the nanotubes present in the bundles. Simulations using heterogeneous bundles yield better agreement with single-component experimental data for isotherms and isosteric heats than those obtained from simulations using homogeneous bundles. Possible applications of nanotubes in gas separation are discussed. We explored the effect of the diameter of the nanotubes on the separation ability of these sorbents, both for the internal and for the external sites. We found that substrate selectivity is a decreasing function of temperature.     

Theory of structure-based carbon nanotube separations by ion-exchange chromatography of DNA/CNT hybrids

Single-stranded DNA wrap helically around individual single-walled carbon nanotubes to form DNA/CNT hybrids, which are both stable and dispersible in aqueous solution. Subjected to ion-exchange chromatography, a hybrid elutes at an ionic strength that depends on the electronic character and diameter of the core nanotube, thus providing a mechanism for separating nanotubes by chirality. We present a theoretical model for this separation process that explains all the salient features observed experimentally to date, and provides accurate predictions for critical elution salt concentration. The competition between adsorption on the stationary phase and counterion condensation in the mobile phase is characterized by estimating the difference in free energy between the two states of the hybrid. Parametric study of the DNA wrapping geometry, SWNT dielectric properties, hybrid length, and diameter indicate that the elution is most sensitive to the hybrid's effective charge density, primarily governed by the DNA helical pitch. The model correctly predicts hybrids with metallic nanotubes are weaker binding than hybrids with semiconducting nanotubes and larger diameter nanotubes are eluted at later times.     

高速毛细管电泳安培法检测甲巯咪唑及其制剂

采用高速毛细管电泳安培法对甲巯咪唑(TMZ)及其制剂的测定进行了研究; 通过优化检测电位、毛细管长度和内径、分离电压、缓冲溶液等实验参数, TMZ在60 s内可以得到较好的分离, 线性范围在2.00×10-3～2.80×10-5 mol/L, 检出限为3.50×10-6 mol/L; 峰面积和迁移时间的相对标准偏差分别为2.7%、 1.2% (n＝8); 该法可用于制剂中TMZ的检测.     

Gram-scale synthesis of silica nanotubes with controlled aspect ratios by templating of nickel-hydrazine complex nanorods

We have developed a robust method for the synthesis of silica nanotubes with controlled aspect ratios on a large scale by templating against rod-like nanocrystals. Crystalline nanorods of a nickel-hydrazine complex are first formed in reverse micelles by surfactant capping on side facets, and subsequent silica coating and selective etching give rise to silica nanotubes of high uniformity and yield. The length of the silica nanotubes is tunable in the range 37-340 nm and can reach as long as micrometers. Control of the length is conveniently achieved by tuning the hydrazine/nickel ratio, which affects the growth kinetics of the nanocrystal templates. The inner diameter of the silica nanotubes can be adjusted in the range 10-20 nm by choosing different surfactants. This method is unique in utilizing reverse micelles as discrete nanoscale reactors for the growth of nanocrystals, allowing for precise control of the features of the nanotubes and opening up new opportunities in the synthesis of novel anisotropic nanomaterials, construction of nanodevices, and potential drug delivery applications.     

碳纳米管的色谱纯化法

目前碳纳米管的纯化方法很多,有物理法,化学法和物理化学综合法等,然而这些方法仍不能得到高纯度的碳纳米管。色谱法分离纯化碳纳米管已成为近年来研究的热点,该法不仅能高效分离得到高纯度的碳纳米管,而且还能达到长短分离,具有重要的学术和实际意义。已报道的色谱法纯化碳纳米管主要有空间排阻色谱法以及毛细管电泳法,本文对上述色谱法纯化碳纳米管做了详细介绍。     

On-chip chiral separation based on bovine serum albumin-conjugated carbon nanotubes as stationary phase in a microchannel

A novel method of chiral separation based on protein-stationary phase immobilized in a poly(methyl methacrylate) microfluidic chip was developed. BSA conjugated with the shortened carboxylic single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) was employed as the chiral selector. Successful separation of tryptophan enantiomers was achieved in less than 70 s with a resolution factor of 1.35 utilizing a separation length of 32 mm. This is the first example of chiral separation based on SWNTs-BSA conjugates as stationary phase immobilized in microchip channel. The stability of the stationary phase in the channel was examined by microchip electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection. Factors that influenced the chiral separation resolution were examined. Under the optimized conditions, the proposed modified chip revealed adequate repeatability concerning run-to-run. These results show that the use of SWNTs-BSA conjugates within microfluidic channels hold great promise for a variety of analytical schemes.     

Aqueous Dispersions of Thin Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

Aqueous dispersions of thin multiwalled carbon nanotubes stabilized by surface-active substance Triton X-100 were studied. The concentration of tubes depended on the surfactant: tubes weight ratio and reached 1.67 g/l at ratios of (2.0–2.3): 1.0. The diameter and length distributions of nanotubes were different in the dispersions and precipitates. A functional relation between the diameter and the ratio between the length and diameter was found for nanotubes in colloidal solution: the thickest tubes had the smallest length, and the length of the thinnest tubes was maximum.     

扶手椅型单壁碳纳米管的结构和稳定性

用AM1和PM3两种方法对相同长度不同直径以及相同直径不同长度的扶手椅型单壁碳纳米管进行了优化, 并对AM1方法优化所得到的碳纳米管的几何结构进行了振动频率分析和p轨道轴矢量(POAV)分析, 发现了其热力学稳定性随碳纳米管直径和长度的变化规律, 讨论了各碳纳米管的张力、碳原子的杂化状态和共轭程度随碳纳米管直径的变化关系, 并与苯和C60做了比较。     

毛细管电泳电导法快速检测饲料添加剂氯化胆碱

采用毛细管电泳电导法对饲料添加剂氯化胆碱进行了测定.实验优化了缓冲介质、分离电压、毛细管长度和内径等参数.结果表明:在优化条件下,氯化胆碱在4 min左右可以实现分离检测,线性范围在41.8～1.20 μg/mL,检出限为0.8 μg/mL;迁移时间和峰面积的相对标准偏差分别为0.6%、2.1%;样品加标回收率为97%～105%.将该法用于粉剂和饲料中氯化胆碱的检测,取得了满意的结果.     

催化裂解CH4制备碳纳米管的影响因素

以柠檬酸法制备的Fe-MgO、Co-MgO和Ni-MgO为催化剂,CH4为碳源气,H2为还原气,在873、973和1073 K制备出碳纳米管,通过TEM和拉曼光谱表征,讨论了催化剂、制备温度、反应时间等因素对碳纳米管形貌、产率和内部结构的影响.结果表明:不同的催化剂在相同的温度下制备的碳纳米管的形态和内部结构有很大的差异.其中Fe-MgO催化剂制备的碳纳米管管径粗,且大小不均匀,而Ni-MgO催化剂制备的碳纳米管管径较细、较均匀.碳纳米管的产率随着裂解温度的变化而改变.Fe-MgO催化剂制备碳纳米管的产率随制备温度的升高而提高,而Ni-MgO催化剂制备碳纳米管的产率随制备温度的升高而降低.Fe-MgO催化剂制备碳纳米管,在1073K甚至更高的制备温度才能达到其最高产率.Co-MgO催化剂制备碳纳米管的产率在973 K左右产率较高,而用Ni-MgO催化剂制备碳纳米管,则在873 K甚至更低的制备温度就能达到最高产率.反应时间与碳纳米管的产率不成正比,有一最佳反应时间,如Ni-MgO催化剂的最佳反应时间为2 h.     

NaCl对琼脂糖凝胶电泳法分离单壁碳纳米管的影响

如何获得单一导电属性的单壁碳纳米管(SWCNT),使其在各领域得到更广泛的应用,引起了科研人员越来越多的关注.琼脂糖凝胶电泳(AGE)法以其简便,低成本,可规模化等优点在分离金属型(m-)和半导体型(s-)单壁碳纳米管的诸多分离方法中体现出独特的优势.本文利用紫外-可见-近红外(UV-Vis-NIR)吸收光谱分析手段,系统研究了NaCl的添加对AGE法分离SWCNT的影响.研究发现NaCl的添加对SWCNT的分离有一定的影响:当NaCl添加量低于70 mmol.L-1时,可以提高分离后体系中s-SWCNT的相对含量;当NaCl添加量高于70mmol.L-1时,随着添加量的增加,NaCl的加入开始抑制m-SWCNT和s-SWCNT的有效分离;当NaCl添加量达到160 mmol.L-1时体系分离效率明显降低.我们推测这种影响主要是由盐的添加改变了分散剂在m-SWCNT和s-SWCNT表面的吸附结构引起的.     

Assessment of chemically separated carbon nanotubes for nanoelectronics

It remains an elusive goal to obtain high performance single-walled carbon-nanotube (SWNT) electronics such as field effect transistors (FETs) composed of single- or few-chirality SWNTs, due to broad distributions in as-grown materials. Much progress has been made by various separation approaches to obtain materials enriched in metal or semiconducting nanotubes or even in single chiralties. However, research in validating SWNT separations by electrical transport measurements and building functional electronic devices has been scarce. Here, we performed length, diameter, and chirality separation of DNA functionalized HiPco SWNTs by chromatography methods, and we characterized the chiralities by photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy, optical absorption spectroscopy, and electrical transport measurements. The use of these combined methods provided deeper insight to the degree of separation than either technique alone. Separation of SWNTs by chirality and diameter occurred at varying degrees that decreased with increasing tube diameter. This calls for new separation methods capable of metallicity or chirality separation of large diameter SWNTs (in the approximately 1.5 nm range) needed for high performance nanoelectronics. With most of the separated fractions enriched in semiconducting SWNTs, nanotubes placed in parallel in short-channel (approximately 200 nm) electrical devices fail to produce FETs with high on/off switching, indicating incomplete elimination of metallic species. In rare cases with a certain separated SWNT fraction, we were able to fabricate FET devices composed of small-diameter, chemically separated SWNTs in parallel, with high on-/off-current (I(on)/I(off)) ratios up to 105 owing to semiconducting SWNTs with only a few (n,m) chiralities in the fraction. This was the first time that chemically separated SWNTs were used for short channel, all-semiconducting SWNT electronics dominant by just a few (n,m)'s. Nevertheless, the results suggest that much improved chemical separation methods are needed to produce nanotube electronics at a large scale.     

不同催化剂对热解法制备CNx纳米管的影响

CNx nanotubes was synthesized by thermal decomposition ethylenediamine catalyzed by pure iron, cobalt, nickel, and ferrocene. The effect of the catalyst on the CNx nanotubes’ morphology and yield was studied. The catalysis growth mechanism was also discussed. The CNx nanotubes with the “bamboo-like” structure and lower yield are produced when iron or ferrocene is used as the catalyst, whereas the curved CNx nanotubes with many pleats through the nanotube walls and higher yield are generated when cobalt is used. The CNx nanotubes catalyzed by nickel are only helix tubes with the diameter of about 500 nm. Raman spectroscopy studies show that the CNx nanotubes catalyzed by ferrocene have a worse crystallinity due to a higher nitrogen incorporation.     

Fast DNA sequencing up to 1,000 bases by capillary electrophoresis using poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) as a separation medium

Poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) (PDMA) with a molecular mass of 5.2 x 10(6) g/mol has been synthesized and used in DNA sequencing analysis by capillary electrophoresis (CE). A systematic investigation is presented on the effects of different separation conditions, such as injection amount, capillary inner diameter, polymer concentration, effective separation length, electric field and temperature, on the resolution. DNA sequencing up to 800 bases with a resolution (R) limit of 0.5 (and 1,000 bases with a resolution limit of 0.3) and a migration time of 96 min was achieved by using 2.5% w/v polymer, 150 V/cm separation electric field, and 60 cm effective separation length at room temperature on a DNA sample prepared with FAM-labeled--21M13 forward primer on pGEM3Zf(+) and terminated with ddCTP. Ultrafast and fast DNA sequencing up to 420 and 590 bases (R > or = 0.5) were also achieved by using 3% w/v polymer and 40 cm effective separation length with a separation electric field of 525 and 300 V/cm, and a migration time of 12.5 and 31.5 min, respectively. PDMA has low viscosity, long shelf life and dynamic coating ability to the glass surface. The unique properties of PDMA make it a very good candidate as a separation medium for large-scale DNA sequencing by capillary array electrophoresis (CAE).     

水热法合成掺杂铁离子的小管径TiO_2纳米管

碳纳米管这种一维结构的新材料的发现为物理、化学、材料科学和纳米科学开辟了全新的研究领域。近年来,非碳无机类富勒烯(InorganicFullerene-like,简称IF)纳米管也受到人们的广泛关注。迄今为止报道的无机类富勒烯纳米管主要有:过渡金属硫化物(MS2,M=W,Mo,Nb)犤1～3犦、V2O5犤4犦、Al2O3犤5犦纳米管等。其中金属氧化物纳米管在催化、吸附、单电子晶体管等方面有着潜在的应用前景。TiO2纳米粉体和纳米膜材料在太阳能的存储与利用、光电转换、光致变色及光催化降解大气和水中的污染物等方面具有广泛的应用。为了提高其光催化活性和对…     

碳纳米管尺寸对电化学反应活性的影响

制备不同尺寸的多壁碳纳米管(MWNT)修饰电极,应用循环伏安法研究了相同管径、不同管长和相同管长、不同管径的多壁碳纳米管修饰电极在K3Fe(CN)6溶液中的电化学行为及其对尿酸、多巴胺等生物分子的电催化作用,以及尺寸效应对碳纳米管修饰电极电化学活性的影响规律.结果显示,在同一条件下,短管的MWNT比长管的更能有效促进K3Fe(CN)6的电子传递,更有利于对生物分子的电催化;管径对它的电化学行为及生物电催化活性影响较小,无明显规律.主要原因在于碳纳米管管端、管壁的不同电化学活性.     

毛细管电泳法分析藏红花植物细胞多糖中单糖组成

以对甲氧基苯胺为衍生试剂,采用毛细管电泳法分析了藏红花植物细胞多糖中的单糖组成。对衍生条件进行了优化,并对毛细管分离条件进行了系统的研究。衍生反应在醋酸含量9.5%(v/v)、80 ℃下反应2 h的衍生产率最大,衍生产物紫外检测波长234 nm。在优化的毛细管电泳分离条件(未涂层熔融石英毛细管柱(60 cm(有效长度50 cm)×50 μm),柱温25 ℃,电压20 kV,使用350 mmol/L硼酸电解液(pH 10.21),压力(3.4475 kPa)进样5 s)下,基线分离了11种结构相近的醛糖(来苏糖、木糖、核糖、葡萄糖、甘露糖、半乳糖、鼠李糖、纤维二糖、麦芽糖、乳糖)、酮糖(果糖)的衍生产物。应用该方法定量检测了藏红花植物细胞多糖水解物中糖的成分,各糖的回收率为94.3%～105.4%,相对标准偏差为3.3%～4.6%。     

Determination of 5-methyl-cytosine and cytosine in tumor DNA of cancer patients

The determination of the relative methylation in DNA tumor samples, in order to evaluate the activity of some anti-cancer drugs, has become a very important issue in the clinical field. Capillary electrophoresis (CE) applications in this area have been done previously but no good separation for model samples or tumor samples has been reported. In this work, the CE conditions have been optimized in order to obtain baseline separation and efficient peaks for cytosine and 5-methylcytosine in both, standard mixtures and actual tumor samples; other bases (adenine, uracil, guanine, and thymine) have also been integrated in the optimization studies. More efficient peaks and shorter analysis time compared with the already reported conditions have been obtained employing a fused-silica capillary (75 microm inner diameter) of 44.5 cm effective length, 20 mM carbonate buffer (pH 9.6) plus 80 mM sodium dodecyl sulfate, a separation voltage of 20 kV, and detection at 223 nm.     

水热法合成掺杂铁离子的小管径TiO2纳米管

碳纳米管这种一维结构的新材料的发现为物理、化学、材料科学和纳米科学开辟了全新的研究领域.近年来,非碳无机类富勒烯(Inorganic Fullerenelike,简称IF)纳米管也受到人们的广泛关注.