以碳微球为核的金纳米壳球体的制备

通过水热合成法制备了单分散碳微球, 并以此单分散碳微球为核, 利用其表面修饰的银纳米粒子作为种子, 进一步还原制备了以碳微球为核、以金为壳的金纳米壳(Nanoshell)球体. 通过透射电子显微镜和紫外可见吸收光谱对其形态以及光谱性质进行了表征. 研究结果表明, 采用该种方法制备出来的碳微球具有良好的单分散性, 表面修饰简便快捷, 利用碳微球为核制备的金纳米壳球体尺寸可控, 在近红外范围内有强吸收. 实验结果证明该方法是制备金纳米壳球体的一种有效新方法.     

受限空间内聚苯乙烯微粒的制备

以(N,N-二甲氨基-4-吡啶)五氰合铁(II)封端的聚氧丙烯聚氧乙烯共聚物(EPE-Fe)与苯乙烯在水中自组装形成纳米体系(EPE-Fe-St), 在纳米尺度受限空间内进行了苯乙烯自由基聚合, 制备了聚苯乙烯微球(EPE-Fe-PS). 用Fe³⁺对自组装体系的纳米球壳进行固化后形成Fe-EPE-Fe-St 体系, 聚合后也制备了聚苯乙烯微球(Fe-EPE-Fe-PS). 研究结果表明,制备了粒径为60～200 nm 的不同粒径单分散聚苯乙烯微球, 聚合温度对纳米Fe-EPE-Fe-St 体系粒径影响较小, 而对EPE-Fe-St 体系较大. 在受限空间内苯乙烯的自由基聚合可得到数均分子量超过70 万的聚苯乙烯; 自组装体系中引发剂量增多使聚苯乙烯分子量下降, 聚合温度上升也使分子量下降, 而增加自组装的EPE-Fe 用量可增加聚苯乙烯的分子量. 两种受限条件下的聚苯乙烯微球的玻璃化转变温度(T_g)在90～135 ℃之间, 纳米反应器壳层的硬化提高了聚苯乙烯微球的T_g.     

纳米玉米醇溶蛋白微球稳定的O/W型Pickering乳液

利用相分离工艺制备玉米醇溶蛋白(zein)纳米微球,微球粒径可控制在40 nm左右;经旋转蒸发制得zein溶胶体系,zein溶胶具有明显的丁达尔现象,静置数月不聚沉,Zeta电位法测得zein微球在pH值为4.0时分散性能最佳。 以纳米zein微球为固相稳定剂制备O/W型Pickering乳液,考察了zein胶体加入量、油水体积比等因素对乳液稳定性的影响。 实验结果表明,zein胶体加入量的质量分数控制为0.4%,高油水体积比将有利于Pickering乳液的长时间稳定。 基于zein分子的两亲结构和界面组装特点,提出了zein微球稳定Pickering乳液的作用机制。     

回流沉淀聚合:单分散聚合物纳米水凝胶微球制备新技术

针对高效制备单分散聚合物纳米水凝胶微球手段欠缺问题,我们发展了一种新型的纳米水凝胶微球制备新技术——回流沉淀聚合技术,与以往的沉淀聚合及蒸馏沉淀聚合相比,该方法效率更高、普适性更强、操作更简单,适合高效制备单分散的纳米水凝胶微球及其复合微球.通过考察制备聚甲基丙烯酸微球过程中的反应时间、固含量、交联剂含量、混合溶剂比例等影响因素,成功制备了形态可控、尺寸均一、水中分散性良好的聚甲基丙烯酸纳米水凝胶微球,并给出了微球形态控制的基本规律.通过该技术制备的纳米水凝胶微球及其复合微球将被广泛用于生物医用材料中.     

纳米棒和纳米片构建的CuO空心微球可控合成及其形貌依赖的声催化活性

在180℃下,CuCl_2和NH_3·H_2O水热反应制备了纳米片构建的CuO空心微球。在上述体系中,加入乙二醇,制备了纳米棒构建的CuO空心微球。其形成机理是以NH_3气泡为模板的原位吸附生长过程。以酸性大红为例,比较了两者的声催化性能,结果表明,纳米棒构建的CuO空心微球声催化性能强于纳米片构建的CuO空心微球。     

反应诱导相分离法制备双马来酰亚胺树脂微球

从聚醚酰亚胺(PEI)/[双马来酰亚胺(BMI)单体+烯丙基双酚A(DBA)]共混体系出发,通过反应诱导相分离,制备了约3μm尺寸的、单分散的BMI树脂微球.用扫描电镜(SEM)观察BMI树脂微球的形态,用激光粒度仪(LPS)表征BMI树脂微球的粒度及其分布,差示扫描量热法(DSC)测试BMI树脂微球的Tg.研究结果表明:PEI和聚酯酰亚胺(PEsI)的主链结构对BMI树脂微球形态有很大影响;PEI-A的用量增加,BMI树脂微球粒径减小,且粒度分布呈不均匀-均匀-不均匀变化;BMI树脂微球的Tg为215~218℃,略低于纯BMI树脂的Tg(225℃).     

花状结构纳米铟的制备及其摩擦学性能

在多元醇体系中, 用超声波辅助液相分散法成功制备了粒径约为450 nm的花状结构纳米铟, 并用TEM、XRD、TG/DTA等分析手段对制备的样品进行了形貌和结构表征. 结果表明, 花状铟纳米结构由纳米棒和纳米片组成, 与本体铟具有相同的晶体结构. 在四球摩擦实验机上考察了花状结构纳米铟作为润滑油添加剂的摩擦学性能, 实验结果表明, 花状结构纳米铟具有良好的抗磨性能.     

环形高分子单链塌缩的熔球中间态及其热力学解释

采用动态蒙特卡洛分子模拟研究了环形高分子单链在不良溶剂中发生塌缩转变时可逆地出现具有核-壳结构特征的熔球中间态,发现该结构特征与相同链长的线形单链基本相同,表明其只与链的长短有关,而与链端基的特殊效应无关.本工作将这一现象与单链单晶在其平衡熔点附近出现的类似现象相互关联,采用表面预溶模型来解释单链塌缩出现熔球中间态的热力学机理.分子量越低,熔球越小,表面预溶现象就越显著,塌缩转变随热力学条件变化就越缓慢.实际的高分子体系由于链内拓扑缠结,在表面未必能充分释放片段链,达不到理论预期的平衡态.表面预溶使得相分离临界点或晶体熔点附近在界面厚度方向上存在链单元能量状态不连续分布,这在微观分子水平上与临界界面连续浓度梯度的传统理论处理不一致,为我们深入理解高分子流体界面的微观结构带来帮助.     

PMMA纳米球的制备及其银膜包覆技术

采用无皂乳液聚合法制备了单分散、直径为170 nm左右的聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)纳米球, 然后利用3-甲基丙烯酰氧基丙基三甲氧基硅烷(MATS)和3-巯丙基三甲氧基硅烷(MPTMS)对PMMA纳米球进行表面改性, 在其表面包覆一层均匀的巯基, 通过巯基与银离子之间的相互作用, 使银在PMMA纳米球表面成核长大, 从而合成PMMA/Ag纳米球壳粒子. 通过扫描电子显微镜、投射电子显微镜和紫外-可见吸收光谱测试技术对产物性能进行了表征, 研究结果表明, 制备的PMMA/Ag纳米球壳粒子的分散性好、包覆均匀.     

α-Fe_2O_3纳米立方体和纳米棒组装空心微球的可控合成及其磁学性能

在0.15mol/LCl-和0.05mol/LSO42-的存在下,通过Fe3 溶液140℃水热反应12h分别得到α-Fe2O3纳米立方体和α-FeOOH纳米棒自组装的微球,将得到的α-FeOOH纳米棒自组装微球经600℃热处理2h后转化为α-Fe2O3纳米棒组装空心微球.利用X射线衍射仪、扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜和红外光谱对所得产物进行表征和分析.结果表明,所制备的单分散的α-Fe2O3纳米立方体为六方单晶结构,其边长为500nm.直径为2~4.5μm的空心微球是由直径约150nm的α-Fe2O3纳米棒组装而成.研究了Cl-和SO42-在纳米立方体和空心微球形成过程中的作用,提出了可能的生长机理.在室温下测试了α-Fe2O3纳米立方体和α-Fe2O3纳米棒自组装微球的磁学特性,其矫顽力和剩余磁化强度分别为2858.3Oe(1Oe=79.58A/m)和0.195emu·g-1(1emu·g-1=15.7914×10-9A·m2·kg-1),218.87Oe和0.071emu·g-1.     

Facile synthesis of Fe3O4@C hollow nanospheres and their application in polluted water treatment

Nanostructured carbon-based materials, such as carbon nanotube arrays have shown respectable removal ability for heavy metal ions and organic dyes in aqueous solution. Although the carbon-based materials exhibited excellent removal ability, the separation of them from the aqueous solution is difficult and time-consuming. Here we demonstrated a novel and facile route for the large-scale fabrication of Fe₃O₄@C hollow nanospheres, with using ferrocene as a single reagent and SiO₂ as a template. The as-prepared Fe₃O₄@C hollow nanospheres exhibited adsorption ability for heavy metal ions and organic dyes from aqueous solution, and can be easily separated by an external magnet. When the as-prepared Fe₃O₄@C hollow nanospheres were mixed with the aqueous solution of Hg²⁺ within 15 min, the removal efficiency was 90.3%. The as-prepared Fe₃O₄@C hollow nanospheres were also exhibited a high adsorption capacity (100%) as the adsorbent for methylene blue (MB). In addition, the as-prepared Fe₃O₄@C hollow nanospheres can be used as the recyclable sorbent for water treatment via a simple magnetic separation.     

Biomimetic silica formation: analysis of the phosphate-induced self-assembly of polyamines

The highly siliceous cell walls of diatoms are probably the most outstanding examples of nanostructured materials in nature. Previous in vitro experiments have shown that the biomolecules found in the cell walls of diatoms, namely polyamines and silaffins, are capable of catalysing the formation of silica nanospheres from silicic/oligosilicic acid solutions. In a previous publication, silica precipitation was found to be strictly correlated with a phosphate-induced microscopic phase separation of the polyamines. The present contribution further characterises the phase separation behaviour of polyamines in aqueous solutions. In particular, a pronounced pH-dependence of the average particle diameter is found. It is, furthermore, shown that the ability of phosphate ions to form polyamine aggregates in aqueous solutions cannot be a purely electrostatic effect. Instead, a defined hydrogen-bonded network stabilised by properly balanced electrostatic interactions should be considered. Finally, solid-state 31P NMR studies on phase-separated polyamines, synthetic silica precipitates, and diatom cell walls from the species Coscinodicus granii support the assumption of a phosphate-induced phase separation process taking place during cell wall formation.     

Novel composite membranes embedded with molecularly imprinted porous polymeric nanospheres for targeted phenol

In the present research, novel hybrid molecularly imprinted polymer (HMIP) membranes were synthesized for selective adsorption and separation of phenol toxic molecules from aqueous solutions. Molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) nanospheres for targeted phenol were successfully prepared using precipitation polymerization of methacrylic acid, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, followed by integrating into polysulfone matrix to create the HMIP membranes via a phase inversion method. The fabricated materials were characterized from the viewpoints of spectroscopic analysis, structural and surface morphological properties, porosimetry, and batch rebinding assays. The imprinted polymeric nanospheres with mean diameter value ranging from 210 to 250 nm and average pore diameter of 8 nm were obtained according to the morphological and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller analysis, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy pictures demonstrated that the MIP spheres were uniformly distributed on the surface and in the bulk polymer phase of the hybrid membrane. The surface roughness, porosity, and permeate flux of membrane were significantly augmented by addition of the imprinted polymer particles in the dope solution. HMIP‐2 membrane containing 10 wt% of MIP showed the highest binding capacity and an excellent molecular recognition for phenol with respect to the correlative blank membrane. The selective recognition of phenol on the HMIP‐2 membrane was 3.5 times larger than the analogous compound (i.e. catechol). Moreover, the maximum separation factor of phenol was obtained as 2.19 relative to catechol through selective permeation studies, which was also observed for HMIP‐2 membrane. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Water/ionic liquid interfaces as fluid scaffolds for the two-dimensional self-assembly of charged nanospheres

Liquid-liquid interfaces formed between water and ionic liquids serve as fluid scaffolds to self-assemble anionic nanospheres two-dimensionally. When aqueous dispersions of anionic fluorescent polystyrene nanospheres (diameter ～500 nm) are layered on ionic liquids, ordered monolayers are spontaneously formed at the interface. Fluorescent nanospheres are hexagonally packed in the interfacial monolayers, as observed by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). The adsorption and alignment of nanospheres at the interface are affected by the ionic strength and pH of the aqueous phase, indicating electrostatic interaction as the primary driving force for the self-assembly. CLSM observation of the water/ionic liquid interface reveals that the lower hemisphere of nanospheres is exposed to the ionic liquid phase, which effectively alleviates lateral electrostatic repulsion between charged nanospheres and promotes their close packing. The densely packed monolayer structure of nanospheres is stably immobilized on the surface of CLSM glass dishes simply by rinsing the ionic liquid layer with pure water, probably as a consequence of the gluing effect exerted by imidazolium cations. The fluidic nature of the water/ionic liquid interface facilitates the diffusion and ordering of nanospheres into a hexagonal lattice, and these features render the interface promising soft scaffolds to self-assemble anionic nanomaterials two-dimensionally.     

Aggregation behavior of polypropylene oxide with electric charges at both ends in aqueous solution

The aggregation behavior of polypropylene oxide (PPO) with positive charges at both ends was investigated in aqueous solution by means of the measurements of solution turbidity, dynamic light-scattering, differential scanning calorimetry, and dye solubilization. The positive charges were produced by protonation of terminal NH(2) groups attached to the polymer composed of 33 PO units. It was found that the aggregation behavior is quite sensitive to temperature. At low temperature, the polymer dissolves in water as a unimer. When temperature is increased, the unimer solution undergoes a phase separation to give a turbid solution. Further increase in temperature produces a transparent micellar solution. The aggregation of the polymer molecules must be induced by the dehydration of PPO chain caused by temperature increase. According to the analysis of heat absorptions associated with the melting of the solid mixture and the phase separation of the unimer solution, it is suggested that approximately 10% dehydration of PPO chain causes the phase separation. The temperature-composition phase diagram of aqueous mixture of this polymer was constructed on the basis of turbidity and DSC experiments, which reveals the aggregation behavior of this polymer in aqueous medium as a function of concentration and temperature.     

Adsorption of Bismarck Brown by Iron Oxide Nanosphere and Its Modified Form

In the present study, adsorption of Bismarck Brown (BB) dye onto iron oxide nanospheres (IONs) and modified IONs by HCl from aqueous solution was investigated. The IONs was synthesized by solvothermal method and then modified by HCl. The high magnetic properties of both adsorbents lead to facial separation from aqueous solution by an external magnet. The results show that the modification of adsorbent cause higher adsorption capacity for removal of BB from aqueous solution. The prepared adsorbents were characterized by SEM, XRD, FTIR, and ATR-IR techniques. The adsorption kinetic and equilibrium data were fitted with different models. The results show that the equilibrium and kinetic data were best fitted with Langmuir–Freundlich isotherm and fractal-like pseudo-second-order kinetic model, respectively. The effects of pH and temperature have also been investigated.     

N-异丙基丙烯酰胺/丙烯酸十八酯共聚物水溶液胶束及相分离行为研究

合成了N异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIPAM)和丙烯酸十八酯(ODA)的共聚物.利用荧光探针和滴重法研究了NIPAMODA共聚物在水溶液中的胶束形成过程.同时还利用荧光探针法研究了共聚物水溶液在温度升高时出现的LCST(LowerCriticalSolutionTemperature)现象,表明该高分子在温度升高时存在着相分离现象.利用LB技术测量共聚物不溶单分子膜的PA曲线,发现随着温度升高共聚物的单分子膜越来越凝聚的反常现象,这从另一个侧面证实了共聚物NIPAMODA的相分离行为,并对此现象作了讨论.     

双水相浮选过程中青霉素的分离行为

基于双水相浮选技术(ATPF)分离富集水相中青霉素的方法,研究了双水相浮选过程中青霉素的分离行为.在常温下,2.5 g/L青霉素水溶液300 mL、初始pH 7、(NH4)2SO4浓度350 g/L、浮选溶剂为50%(w/w)PEG1000水溶液10 mL条件下,分别研究了青霉素在双水相浮选过程中的动力学行为和分离后的...     

含氮杂冠醚和核酸碱基双亲聚合物的合成及性能

设计合成了含氮杂冠醚和胸腺嘧啶的双亲聚合物聚[N,N-二乙氧基-1,10-二氮杂-18冠-6-5-甲基-胸腺嘧啶-异酞酸酯](PCTSE). 用SEM观测到其在水溶液中自发聚集成直径为150~220 nm的纳米球; 用动态光散射测得PCTSE纳米球水溶液的粒径分布主要集中在130~240 nm, 用FTIR研究了PCTSE/腺嘌呤中胸腺嘧啶与底物腺嘌呤的分子识别作用, 结果表明, 聚合物中胸腺嘧啶环上C₄=O伸缩振动峰从1670 cm^-1位移至1664 cm^-1, 表明胸腺嘧啶与腺嘌呤间形成了氢键. 变温红外光谱表明, 该峰又随温度的升高逐渐向高波数位移, 最后位移到识别前的1670 cm^-1处, 表明所形成的氢键断裂.     

单分散ZnS纳米球与纳米梭之间的形貌转换及光学性能研究

利用平平加作为表面活性剂, 正戊醇作为助表面活性剂, 环己烷作为油相, 以硫化钠(Na₂S)和醋酸锌(Zn(Ac)₂)作为反应物, 通过控制反应条件在反相胶束体系中合成出单分散的ZnS纳米球与纳米梭. 采用XRD和TEM对产物的结构和形貌进行表征, 结果表明产物均为六方相ZnS, 晶胞参数为a＝0.3823 nm, c＝56.2 nm, 纳米球直径约为50 nm, 纳米梭直径约为60 nm, 长度约为110 nm. 采用UV-Vis(紫外可见吸收光谱)和PL(荧光光谱)研究了产物的光学性能. 纳米球的紫外可见光谱的吸收峰出现在288 nm处, 而纳米梭在305 nm处有强吸收峰, 与块体材料相比, 分别有约60和50 nm的蓝移. 当激发波长为270 nm时, 纳米球和纳米梭产物分别能够发出波长为408和303 nm的紫外光.