Determination of copper(II) based on its inhibitory effect on the cathodic electrochemiluminescence of lucigenin

A simple method is described for the determination of copper(II) ions based on the cathodic electrochemiluminescence (ECL) of lucigenin which is quenched by Cu(II). The blue ECL is best induced at ?0.45 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) at a scan rate of 50 mV·s^?1. Under optimum conditions, the calibration plot is linear in the 3.0 to 1000 nM Cu(II) concentration range. The limit of detection is 2.1 nM at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. Compared to other analytical methods, the one presented here is simple, fast, selective and cost-effective. It has been successfully applied in the analysis of copper ions in spiked tap water samples with recoveries ranging from 93.0% (at 50 nM concentration) to 105.7% (at 150 nM).

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Graphical abstract The inhibitory effect of Cu(II) on the cathodic electrochemiluminescence of lucigenin enables determination of Cu(II) with a 2.1 nM detection limit.

     

紫外光固化阳离子复合胶粘剂的制备与表征

 以三芳基六氟磷酸硫鎓盐为引发剂,钛酸四异丙酯(TIP)为无机前驱体,3,4-环氧环己基甲基3,4-环氧环己基甲酸酯为单体,制备了含TiO2纳米结构的紫外光固化阳离子复合胶粘剂。通过原子力显微镜对复合胶粘剂形貌进行表征,研究了TIP含量对胶粘剂折射率和光透过率的影响。结果表明：TiO2无机相均匀地分散在胶粘剂的聚合物基体中,平均粒径约为20 nm;随着体系中TIP质量分数的变化,复合胶粘剂折射率为1.510 3~1.540 9可调;胶粘剂的光透过率随TIP质量分数增加略有减低,但当TIP含量高达40%时,光透过率维持在90%左右。     

Ultrathin Alternating Copolymer Nanotubes with Readily Tunable Surface Functionalities

Well‐defined ultrathin nanotubes (30 nm in diameter and of micrometer‐scale length) were generated through the self‐assembly of a novel alternative copolymer synthesized using an epoxy–thiol click‐chemistry reaction. The self‐assembly mechanism was investigated both by experiments and using dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations. The obtained nanotubes can be readily functionalized with carboxy groups, amino groups, peptides, or other groups by simple modular click copolymerization.     

Experimental Investigation on Binary Phase Diagram of the Thermotropic Phase Transitions Compounds (n‐CnH2n+1R3)2ZnCl4

The thermotropic phase transitions compounds (n‐C_nH_2n+1R₃)₂ZnCl₄ as well as a series of their binary mixtures were prepared by a solution reflux method from their ethanol solutions. The experimental subsolidus binary phase diagram of [n‐C₁₈H₃₇N(CH₃)₃]₂ZnCl₄‐[n‐(C₁₈H₃₇)₂N(CH₃)₂]₂ZnCl₄ is constructed over the entire composition range by differential scanning calorimetry(DSC) and X‐ray. Experi‐ mental results indicate one stable intermediate phase [n‐C₁₈H₃₇N(CH₃)₃] [n‐(C₁₈H₃₇)₂N(CH₃)₂]ZnCl₄ at W_C18C3Zn %=59.75 %, and two invariant three phase equilibria, which shows two eutectoid temperatures: Te₁ at 310±1 K for eutectoid point W_C18C3Zn %=36.24 %, Te₂ at 313±1 K for eutectoid point W_C18C3Zn %=80.17 %. These three noticeable solid‐solution ranges are α‐phase at the left, ?‐phase at the right, and ψ‐phase in the middle of the phase diagram. It is (n‐C_nH_2n+1R₃)₂ZnCl₄ systems as phase change materials that are characterized the phase transition temperatures T in the range of 310 to 340 K, the transition enthalpies ΔH in the range of 38.40 and 168.72 J/g between two polymorphic forms.     

Mechanism for the metal-conducting behavior of a CaB4 single crystal

The temperature-dependent resistivity of a pure CaB₄ single crystal has been observed to demonstrate metal-conducting behavior. The normal Hall-coefficient measurement is indicative of the electrons as the conducting carriers with a room-temperature density of 4.7×10²¹ cm^?3. The observed metal-conducting behavior can be understood using a simple model, in which the Ca ions are treated as independent Einstein harmonic oscillators embedded in a Debye rigid boron network. The ab initio calculations of band structure and density of states corroborate the experimentally observed metal-conducting behavior of CaB₄, showing that it originates mainly from the p orbital of B atom and the hybridized d orbital of Ca atom.     

Existence of perfect matchings in a plane bipartite graph

We give a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of perfect matchings in a plane bipartite graph in terms of elementary edge-cut, which extends the result for the existence of perfect matchings in a hexagonal system given in the paper of F. Zhang, R. Chen and X. Guo (1985).     

二重极限与累次极限的联系及应用

在二重极限存在的情况下给出累次极限的一个刻画,探讨两者之间的内在联系,并将这种方法应用于处理二重积分与累次积分以及其它一些问题.     

Morphological and structural evolution of Si-Cu nanocomposites by an instantaneous vapor-liquid-solid growth and the electrochemical lithiation/delithiation performances

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Polymorphic Si-Cu nanocomposites of Si@Cu3Si nanowires, Si@Cu3Si nanorods, and Si@Cu3Si(Cu) nanocapsules are synthesized via the high-energy arc-discharge...     

Infinitely many peak solutions for a biharmonic equation involving critical exponent

In this paper, we study the following biharmonic equation where , K(1) > 0,K′(1) > 0, B₁(0) is the unit ball in (N≥6). We show that the aforementioned problem has infinitely many peak solutions, whose energy can be made arbitrarily large. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

BRC—PPC法计算芘系稠环烃的共振能

本文提出计算芘系芳烃共振能的苯环计数（BRC）公式,并结合母子加和（PPC）公式共计算了34个芘系烃的共振能。结果表明,芘系的BRC公式对省系的BRC公式有继承性。包括芘系在内的91个芳烃的REPEBRC,和REPEBRC-PPC与第一电离势能IP1之间仍保持较好的线性关系,r=0.9405（91）,S=0.1