纯钛电极上的表面增强拉曼光谱研究

采用机械粗糙、电化学氧化还原、化学刻蚀等方法对纯钛电极表面进行粗糙,在钛基底上获得了表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)信号。初步的实验结果表明,采用机械粗糙和电化学氧化还原方法能够获得具有一定粗糙度的电极表面,但是该表面并不具有SERS活性。而采用氢氟酸化学刻蚀方法能够获得具有SERS活性的表面,并且成功检测到吡啶分子的表面增强拉曼信号。实验尝试了在不同条件下进行刻蚀,对酸的刻蚀浓度、刻蚀时间、外接电位等影响因素作了研究,结果发现基底的SERS活性随氢氟酸浓度增大而出现最佳条件,即氢氟酸浓度0.33 Wt%,刻蚀时间为5 min时的拉曼信号最好。实验以0.01 mol·L-1吡啶为探针分子,0.1 mol·L-1 KCl为电解质,在开路电位下成功地观察了钛电极上的表面增强拉曼光谱。     

纳米结构超硬材料的机遇与挑战

经过几十年的研究和发展,纳米结构金刚石和立方氮化硼已相继被成功制备,其高硬度和强韧性充分表明纳米力学增强机制是制备超强超硬材料的有效途径。目前纳米结构超硬材料的研究仍处于起步阶段,高温高压相转变的路径与机制、复杂中间相的结构与产生的条件、热力学条件对晶粒生长和微结构(孪晶和堆垛层错等)形成的作用,以及超硬材料的纳米结构对力学性能和强化机制的影响等尚未完全揭示出来。为此,文章对近年来在相关领域的研究进行综述,总结了设计与寻找超硬材料的一般策略与原则,概括了典型的纳米微结构对超硬材料力学与热稳定性的影响,归纳了纳米结构超硬材料的高温高压相变与转化机制,并对当前的研究进展和潜在应用进行了归纳与展望。     

混响室中悬挂扩散板和试件面积对吸声测量结果的影响

混响室中的扩散程度通常对材料吸声系数测量值有较大影响,悬挂无规取向的扩散板可改善声场的扩散性能。我们的经验是在100m³左右的小混响室内,扩散板占地面面积的60—70％即可达到足够的扩散。但是这里也发现如软质纤维板（不论其表面处理及穿孔情况如何）之类材料的吸声系数与扩散条件关系不大,可解释为它们随入射角不同只有很小变化,因此不适宜用来判断声场扩散的改善程度。
多种常用吸声材料的测试结果表明,如果试件长宽比在0.7—1.0之间,试件面积从10m²改变至6m²对吸声系数测量值的影响并不太明显,其差异约小于0.02,个别吸声系数很高的材料,其差异也不超过0.06,与一般测试误差相接近。因而可以把最小试件面积规定为6m²,以便利测试,也能满足一般工程要求的测试精度。     

A Monte Carlo error estimator for the expansion of rigid-rotor potential energy surfaces

The computation of rotational energy transfer in nonreactive molecular collisions requires expanding the orientation dependence of the interaction potential over an appropriate complete set of orthonormal functions. We show that the use of random grids for the sampling of the angular geometries combined with the Monte Carlo theorem allows to estimate the mean accuracy on each expansion term determined by a least squares fit. The interest of our approach is illustrated by an application to the H₂O–H₂ system, of great astrophysical interest.     

Ultra performance liquid chromatography – mass spectrometry studies of formalin‐induced alterations of human brain lipidome

The development of ‘omics’ sciences offers new opportunities for the study of neurodegenerative diseases but increases at the same time the sample demand on brain banks that collect and store valuable human post‐mortem tissue. Our study aims to evaluate in lipidomics the potential of formalin‐fixed tissue compared with the cryopreservation method, considered as the gold standard for biochemical research. Two complementary liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry analytical platforms were used on the basis of hybrid quadrupole time‐of‐flight and triple quadrupole mass spectrometers. Untargeted fingerprinting, semitargeted profiling of specific lipid classes and targeted monitoring of lipid species were performed in formalin‐fixed and cryopreserved samples to provide detailed information at the molecular level on the formalin‐induced alterations of the brain tissue. In vitro incubations of lipid standards were also performed to further describe the degradation processes induced by formaldehyde. Phospholipid compounds were found to be extensively hydrolysed, whilst the sphingolipid ones were preserved. N‐methylation and N‐formylation of amine‐containing phospholipids have also been evidenced. These findings show that the potential detrimental effect of formalin on the analytes of interest must be taken into account when analysing formalin‐fixed samples. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Does a Photocatalytic Synergy in an Anatase–Rutile TiO2 Composite Thin‐Film Exist?

It has often been suggested that anatase–rutile mixtures/composites synergistically enhance photocatalysis. However, in the case of dense thin‐films containing an intimate mix of both anatase and rutile phases, such an effect has not been observed. In synthesising combinatorial films with graded film thickness and phase, and applying established photocatalytic mapping methods, we were able to assess how dense thin‐films of intimately mixed anatase–rutile mixtures affect photocatalytic performance. We found that no photocatalytic synergy between anatase–rutile composites (29≤rutile %≤83) within such dense thin‐film systems exists. In fact, an increased presence of rutile caused the photocatalytic activity to fall. This was explained by the unfavourable energetics in the multiple electron transfers required between several neighbouring rutile and anatase sites for the photo‐generated electron to reach the material’s surface; encouraging the trapping of electrons within the bulk and increasing the likelihood of charge recombination. The decrease in photocatalytic activity was found to vary linearly with rutile component.     

碳载体不同预处理方法对Pt/C电催化氧化甲醇性能的影响

本文分别用混酸水热法(HT)和混酸冷凝回流法(RF)对Vulcan XC-72R碳黑进行预处理,并进一步研究其作为Pt/C催化剂载体的性能。循环伏安实验发现,采用HT法、RF法和未预处理的碳黑作为载体的Pt/C催化剂电催化甲醇氧化的比质量活性(正扫峰电流)分别为1055、704和395 mA/mgpt,即采用HT法预处理碳载体的Pt/C催化剂具有最高的电催化活性,而且计时电流实验也表现出最好的稳定性。实验结果表明,碳载体的预处理方法对制得的Pt/C催化剂的性能具有关键性的影响,且水热法是一种效果较好的预处理碳载体的方法。     

结晶紫在导电碳黑糊电极上的伏安行为及其检测

结晶紫(CV)在导电碳黑糊电极(CCBPE)上具有灵敏的伏安响应,实验对其氧化还原机理进行了推导,结果表明:以pH 8.0的B-R缓冲液为支持电解质,CV发生2电子转移的不可逆氧化,过程受吸附控制。在富集时间、富集电位、pH等影响因子得到优化情况下,其半微分-脉冲伏安扫描氧化峰值与其浓度在0.03~1.30μmol/L范围内呈线性,检出限为10 nmol/L。据此建立了CV的电化学快检方法,并应用于淡水渔业水体中痕量CV的测定,平均回收率为97.1%。