Atomic Force Microscopy of Azobenzene-Derived Alkanethiolate Monolayers on Gold

Self-assembled monolayer of two azobenzene-derived alkanethiols with different terminal alkyl chain lengths (shortly as C₈C₃SH and C₁C₄SH) on gold were studied using atomic force microscopy. The C₈C₃SH SAMs showed a very regular packing structure with a lattice constant of a=0.57±0.04 nm, b=0.73±0.06 nm and θ=120±10°, mainly domianted by the terminated alkyl chains. On the other hand, the C₁C₄SH SAMs exhibited a number of different packing domains on the gold surface. The closest packing lattice was a=0.37±0.04 nm, b=0.47±0.02 nm, and θ=,107±6°, most probably representing the aggregation of azobenzene chromophoren. Another two typical lattices observed were a=0.65±0.03 nm, b=0.72±0.03 nm, θ=120±2°, and a=0.47±0.03 nm.b=0.47±0.03 nm.θ=100±10°, respectively. The packing structure of C₁C₄SH monolayers on gold is believed to be dominated by the azobenzene chromophore.     

An empirical approach to the bond additivity model in quantitative interpretation of sum frequency generation vibrational spectra

Knowledge of the ratios between different polarizability betai'j'k' tensor elements of a chemical group in a molecule is crucial for quantitative interpretation and polarization analysis of its sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) spectrum at interface. The bond additivity model (BAM) or the hyperpolarizability derivative model along with experimentally obtained Raman depolarization ratios has been widely used to obtain such tensor ratios for the CH3, CH2, and CH groups. Successfully, such treatment can quantitatively reproduce the intensity polarization dependence in SFG-VS spectra for the symmetric (SS) and asymmetric (AS) stretching modes of CH3 and CH2 groups, respectively. However, the relative intensities between the SS and AS modes usually do not agree with each other within this model even for some of the simplest molecular systems, such as the air/methanol interface. This fact certainly has cast uncertainties on the effectiveness and conclusions based on the BAM. One of such examples is that the AS mode of CH3 group has never been observed in SFG-VS spectra from the air/methanol interface, while this AS mode is usually very strong for SFG-VS spectra from the air/ethanol interface, other short chain alcohol, as well as long chain surfactants. In order to answer these questions, an empirical approach from known Raman and IR spectra is used to make corrections to the BAM. With the corrected ratios between the betai'j'k' tensor elements of the SS and AS modes, all features in the SFG-VS spectra of the air/methanol and air/ethanol interfaces can be quantitatively interpreted. This empirical approach not only provides new understandings of the effectiveness and limitations of the bond additivity model but also provides a practical way for its application in SFG-VS studies of molecular interfaces.     

Polarization and experimental configuration analyses of sum frequency generation vibrational spectra, structure, and orientational motion of the air/water interface

Here we report a detailed study on spectroscopy, structure, and orientational distribution, as well as orientational motion, of water molecules at the air/water interface, investigated with sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS). Quantitative polarization and experimental configuration analyses of the SFG data in different polarizations with four sets of experimental configurations can shed new light on our present understanding of the air/water interface. Firstly, we concluded that the orientational motion of the interfacial water molecules can only be in a limited angular range, instead of rapidly varying over a broad angular range in the vibrational relaxation time as suggested previously. Secondly, because different vibrational modes of different molecular species at the interface has different symmetry properties, polarization and symmetry analyses of the SFG-VS spectral features can help the assignment of the SFG-VS spectra peaks to different interfacial species. These analyses concluded that the narrow 3693 cm(-1) and broad 3550 cm(-1) peaks belong to C(infinityv) symmetry, while the broad 3250 and 3450 cm(-1) peaks belong to the symmetric stretching modes with C2v symmetry. Thus, the 3693 cm(-1) peak is assigned to the free OH, the 3550 cm(-1) peak is assigned to the singly hydrogen-bonded OH stretching mode, and the 3250 and 3450 cm(-1) peaks are assigned to interfacial water molecules as two hydrogen donors for hydrogen bonding (with C2v symmetry), respectively. Thirdly, analysis of the SFG-VS spectra concluded that the singly hydrogen-bonded water molecules at the air/water interface have their dipole vector directed almost parallel to the interface and is with a very narrow orientational distribution. The doubly hydrogen-bonded donor water molecules have their dipole vector pointing away from the liquid phase.     

二元有机液体混合物热容与过剩热容的测定

溶液的热容及过剩热容是热力学的重要函数，对其测定与研究具有理论与实际意义．首先，热容是化工传热计算中的基础数据，过剩热容则可检验溶液中分子间的相互作用，并可利用其计算混合物的热容．本文报告了用法国Setaram公司生产的MS-80型Calvet微量热仪对环己酮-芳烃（苯、甲     

三(2-甲基-2-苯基丙基)锡氧衍生物的合成与生物活性

合成了17个新的三(2-甲基-2-苯基丙基)锡氧衍生物.利用IR,¹H NMR及元素分析确定了化合物的组成,描述了化合物7的结构.部分化合物的生物活性测试结果表明,它们具有很好的杀螨效果,且阴离子配体对生物活性有一定影响.     

Computational study of ion distributions at the air/liquid methanol interface

Molecular dynamic simulations with polarizable potentials were performed to systematically investigate the distribution of NaCl, NaBr, NaI, and SrCl(2) at the air/liquid methanol interface. The density profiles indicated that there is no substantial enhancement of anions at the interface for the NaX systems, in contrast to what was observed at the air/aqueous interface. The surfactant-like shape of the larger more polarizable halide anions, which is part of the reason they are driven to air/aqueous interfaces, was compensated by the surfactant nature of methanol itself. These halide anions had on average an induced dipole of moderate magnitude in bulk methanol. As a consequence, methanol hydroxy groups donated hydrogen bonds to anions where the negatively charged side of the anion induced dipole pointed, and methyl groups interacted with anions where the positively charged side of the anion-induced dipole pointed. Furthermore, salts were found to disrupt the surface structure of methanol. For the neat air/liquid methanol interface, there is relative enhancement of methyl groups at the outer edge of the air/liquid methanol interface in comparison with hydroxy groups, but with the addition of NaX this enhancement was reduced somewhat. Finally, with the additional of salts to methanol, the computed surface potentials decreased, which is in contrast to what is observed in corresponding aqueous systems, where the surface potential increases with the addition of salts. Both of these trends have been indirectly observed with experiments. The surface potential trends were found to be due to the greater propensity of anions for the air/water interface that is not present at the air/liquid methanol interface.     

合成聚芳酯树状分子的新方法

以３，５－二羟基 苯甲酸为起始原料，经甲醇酯化保护羧基，与苯甲酰氯反应，得到３，５－二苯甲酰氧基苯甲酸甲酯用ＡｌＣｌ３．ＮａＩ去掉保护基甲基，以高收率得到３，５－二苯甲酰氧基苯甲酸。其结构均是由ＩＲ，＾１ＨＮＭＲ，ＥＡ等方法证实。     

过渡金属Ni(Ⅲ)面和Cu(Ⅲ)面吸附乙烯的理论研究

用EHMO方法计算Ni(111)面和Cu(111)面吸附乙烯分子的几何构型、键连能和活化能。结果表明,Ni吸附的稳定构型为C-C,键长l=1.60、C-C键与金属面距离h=1.80Å,HCH面向上弯曲角θ=30°;Cu吸附的h=1.70Å,l=1.94Å,θ=60°。两个体系的键连能分别为260.8和89.5kJ/mol。讨论了键连能差异并用MO自然相关法解释了不同吸附能力。     

Determination of structure and energetics for gibbs surface adsorption layers of binary liquid mixture 2. Methanol + water

Vapor/methanol and vapor/methanol-water mixture interfaces have been among the benchmark liquid interfaces under extensive experimental and theoretical investigation. In this report, we studied the orientation, structure and energetics of the vapor/methanol-water interface with newly developed techniques in sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS). Different from the interpretations in previous SFG-VS studies for a more disordered interface at higher bulk methanol concentrations, we found that the methanol-water mixture interface is well ordered in the whole concentration region. We are able to do so because direct polarization null angle (PNA) measurement allowed us to accurately determine the CH3 orientation at the interface and to separate the orientational and interface density contributions to the SFG-VS signal. We found that the CH3 groups at the interface pointed out almost perpendicularly from the interface. We further found that this well-ordered vapor/methanol-water mixture interface has an antiparallel structure. With the double layer adsorption model (DAM) and Langmuir isotherm, the adsorption free energies for the first and second layer are obtained as -1.7 +/- 0.1 kcal/mol and 0.5 +/- 0.4 kcal/mol, respectively. Therefore, the second layer adsorption is slightly negative, and this means that replacement of the second layer water molecule with methanol molecule is energetically unfavorable. Comparing this interface with the vapor/acetone-water mixture interface reported previously, we are able to correlate the second layer adsorption free energy with the work of self-association using the pairwise self- and mutual interaction energies between the water and solute molecules. These results provided detailed microscopic structural evidences for understanding of liquid interfaces.     

微米/纳米结构对氟硅烷修饰氧化铝表面疏水性能的影响

以多孔氧化铝膜为基板,用NaOH溶液进行化学腐蚀,控制适当的条件,得到氧化铝微米/纳米表面结构.用氟硅烷分别修饰光滑氧化铝膜、多孔氧化铝膜及其微米/纳米结构表面,进行接触角测试、XPS成分分析和SEM结构表征.结果表明,氟硅烷修饰的微米/纳米结构表面对水的接触角(149°±2°)比光滑表面(101°±1°)和纳米孔洞结构表面(141°±2°)都高.     

巯基乙胺自组装膜表面润湿性的变化

报道了巯基乙胺自组装膜在不同的时间尺度内表面润湿性的特征变化.利用接触角滴定方法对其表面状态进行实时监控表明,自组装膜由固/液界面转移至固/气界面后,接触角在短时间内经历了一个快速升高过程和一个相对较慢的变化过程.从表面自由能的角度,讨论了该现象的机理.采用不同pH值的缓冲溶液进行接触角滴定,得到了巯基乙胺自组装膜的滴定曲线,从而确定表面pKb值为1.7±0.2.从接触角滴定曲线在长时间内的变化趋势中发现,pK_b值无显著变化,但曲线整体向上平移,并且滴定曲线中上下平台的差值随时间增长而减小.     

Orientation of the Azobenzene Spacer of Carboxylic Methyl Ester Gemini Surfactants in Langmuir Monolayer

The Langmuir monolayer of carboxylic methyl ester Gemini surfactants with the azobenzene spacer, referred to as MC_m(azo)MC_m, was prepared and the π‐A isotherms were measured. The result revealed an orientational picture of the azobenzene spacer at the air/water interface. Before irradiation, the planar trans‐azobenzene group adopted an approximate configuration parallel to the interface and lay on the air/water interface. After UV‐light irradiation, the spacer became the twisted cis‐one. Because of the location of the polar headgroups at the air/water interface, the two phenyl rings were also forced to take a near‐parallel orientation with the interface to reduce the free energy. As a result, the spacer thin‐layer was "thickened", which caused an elevation in collapse pressure.     

Consistency in the sum frequency generation intensity and phase vibrational spectra of the air/neat water interface

Substantial progress has been made in the quantitative understanding and interpretation of the hydrogen bonding and ordering structure of the air/water interface since the first sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) measurement by Q. Du et al. in 1993 (Phys. Rev. Lett. 1993, 70, 2312-2316). However, there are still disagreements and controversies on the consistency between the different experimental measurements, as well as in the theoretical and computational results. One critical problem lies in the lack of consistency between the SFG-VS intensity measurements and the recently developed SFG-VS phase spectra measurements of the neat air/water interface, which has inspired various theoretical efforts. In this report, the reliability of the SFG-VS intensity spectra of the air/neat water interface is to be quantitatively examined, and possible sources of inaccuracies in the SFG-VS phase spectral measurement are to be discussed based on the nonresonant SHG phase measurements. Solid evidence is shown indicating that the SFG-VS intensity spectra from different laboratories are now quantitatively converging and in agreement with each other. However, the possible inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the SFG-VS phase spectra measurements need to be carefully examined against a properly corrected phase standard to take full advantage of this powerful experimental tool.     

Methanol Adsorption on TiO2 Film Studied by Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy (cited:2)

A broadband infrared surface sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) and an in situ UV excitation setup devoted to studying surface photocatalysis have been constructed. With a home-made compact high vacuum cell, organic contaminants on TiO₂ thin lm surface prepared by RF magnetron sputtering were in situ removed under 266 nm irradiation in 10 kPa O₂ atmosphere. We obtained the methanol spectrum in the CH₃ stretching vibration region on TiO₂ surface with changing the methanol pressure at room temperature. Features of both molecular and dissociative methanol, methoxy, adsorbed on this surface were resolved. The CH₃ symmetric stretching vibration frequency and Fermi resonance of molecular methanol is red-shifted by about 6?8 cm^-1 from low to high coverage. Moreover, the recombination of dissociative methanol and H on surfaces in vacuum was also observed. Our results suggest two equilibria exist: between molecular methanol in the gas phase and that on surfaces, and between molecular methanol and dissociative methanol on surfaces.     

手性糖基锌卟啉对手性氨基酸甲酯的分子识别

合成了手性四糖基取代锌卟啉(Zn-A)的三种阻转异构体αβαβ-Zn-A、ααββ-Zn-A和αααβ-Zn-A以及一种单糖基取代锌卟啉(Zn-B), 并通过可见光谱滴定法和圆二色(CD)光谱滴定法研究了它们对手性氨基酸甲酯(L/D-LeuOMe, L/D-ThrOMe, L/D-ValOMe和L/D-PheOMe)客体的分子识别行为. 研究发现, 三种锌卟啉对L型氨基酸甲酯的缔合常数均要高于D型, 其中ααββ-Zn-A的对映体选择性(K_L/K_D)最高可达4.75, 可用于L型氨基酸甲酯的选择性识别. 不同的Zn-A 阻转异构体对手性氨基酸甲酯的缔合常数给出相同的顺序:K^θ(LeuOMe) > K^θ(ValOMe) > K^θ(ThrOMe) > K^θ(PheOMe);主体Zn-B对手性氨基酸分子的缔合常数顺序为K^θ(PheOMe) > K^θ(LeuOMe) > K^θ(ValOMe) > K^θ(ThrOMe). 同时, 以咪唑为探针分子研究了非手性分子对Zn-A构象的影响, 发现非手性分子咪唑与手性主体结合后, 也可对主体的构象产生影响. Zn-A的三种阻转异构体与氨基酸甲酯和咪唑类客体的缔合常数关系均为K^θ(ααββ-Zn-A) > K^θ(αβαβ-Zn-A) > K^θ(αααβ-Zn-A).     

对氨基苯胂酸及其氧化物的色谱研究

用紫外分光光度计分析了对氨基苯胂酸（PABAA）及其氧化物的光谱特征后,在十八烷基键合相硅胶柱上,以甲醇-缓冲液作流动相,研究了二者的容量因子随流动相离子强度、柱温、甲醇含量变化的规律。用季铵盐作离子对试剂,反相离子对色谱法分离PABAA时,分离机理符合高子对机理,在适当条件下,所试验的化合物都可有所保留。对保留值作出贡献的有固定相排阻作用、分配作用以及居次要地位的PABAA与固定相表面剩余硅醇基的相互作用。排阻作用及分配作用的相对重要性与流动相中甲醇和离子对试剂的浓度有关。     

HPLC separation of positional isomers on a dodecylamine-N, N-dimethylenephosphonic acid modified zirconia stationary phase

The chromatographic performance of a new zirconia stationary phase (DPZ) modified with dodecylamine-N,N-dimethylenephosphonic acid (DDPA) is studied by using positional isomers as probes. The DDPA modified zirconia via one phosphonic group has a polar inner-layer and a non-polar outer-layer on its surface. The alkyl chain of outer-layer provides the hydrophobic interaction, while the polar inner-layer that consists of an amine group and a free phosphonic group provided dipolar and ion-exchange/columbic repellent interaction sites. The effects of methanol content, ionic strength and pH of mobile phase on capacity factors of the solutes are studied in detail, and baseline separations of toluidine, nitroaniline, aminophenol, dihydroxybenzene, and nitrophenol isomers were achieved on the new zirconia stationary phase. In addition, retention mechanism of the isomers on the DDPA-modified zirconia stationary phase is also proposed.     

对氨基苯胂酸及其氧化物的色谱研究

 用紫外分光光度计分析了对氨基苯胂酸（PABAA）及其氧化物的光谱特征后,在十八烷基键合相硅胶柱上,以甲醇-缓冲液作流动相,研究了二者的容量因子随流动相离子强度、柱温、甲醇含量变化的规律。用季铵盐作离子对试剂,反相离子对色谱法分离PABAA时,分离机理符合高子对机理,在适当条件下,所试验的化合物都可有所保留。对保留值作出贡献的有固定相排阻作用、分配作用以及居次要地位的PABAA与固定相表面剩余硅醇基的相互作用。排阻作用及分配作用的相对重要性与流动相中甲醇和离子对试剂的浓度有关。     

Communication: Spectroscopic phase and lineshapes in high-resolution broadband sum frequency vibrational spectroscopy: resolving interfacial inhomogeneities of "identical" molecular groups

The ability to achieve sub-wavenumber resolution (0.6 cm(-1)) and a large signal-to-noise ratio in high-resolution broadband sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (HR-BB-SFG-VS) allows for the detailed SFG spectral lineshapes to be used in the unambiguous determination of fine spectral features. Changes in the structural spectroscopic phase in SFG-VS as a function of beam polarization and experimental geometry proved to be instrumental in the identification of an unexpected 2.78 ± 0.07 cm(-1) spectral splitting for the two methyl groups at the vapor/dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO, (CH(3))(2)SO) liquid interface as well as in the determination of their orientational angles.     

Vibrational Spectra and Adsorption of Trisiloxane Superspreading Surfactant at Air/Water Interface Studied with Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy

The C-H stretch vibrational spectra of the trisiloxane superspreading surfactant Silwet L-77((CH3)3Si-O-Si(CH3)(C3H6)(OCH2CH2)7-8OCH3)-O-Si(CH3)3) at the air/water interface are measured with the surface Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy (SFG-VS). The spectra are dominated with the features from the –Si-CH3 groups around 2905 cm-1 (symmetric stretch or SS mode) and 2957 cm-1 (mostly the asymmetric stretch or AS mode), and with the weak but apparent contribution from the -O-CH2- groups around 2880 cm-1 (symmetric stretch or SS mode). Comparison of the polarization dependent SFG spectra below and above the critical aggregate or micelle concentration (CAC) indicates that the molecular orientation of the C¡H related molecular groups remained unchanged at different surface densities of the Silwet L-77 surfactant. The SFG-VS adsorption isotherm suggested that there was no sign of Silwet L-77 bilayer structure formation at the air/water interface. The Gibbs adsorption free energy of the Silwet surfactant to the air/water interface is -42.2±0.8kJ/mol, indicating the unusually strong adsorption ability of the Silwet L-77 superspreading surfactant