Flow-injection methylene blue-based spectrophotometric method for the determination of peroxide values in edible oils

A flow-injection method for measuring the peroxide value (PV, mequiv. O₂ kg⁻¹) in edible oils is described. The technique is based on spectrophotometric monitoring at 660 nm of methylene blue (MB), generated from leucomethylene blue (LMB) oxidation with peroxides present in oil samples. After being optimized, the method was validated in terms of linearity, precision sensitivity and recovery.Linear calibration graph was obtained in the range 0.1-5 mequiv. O₂ kg⁻¹, with a detection limit (S/N  =  3) of 0.014 mequiv. O₂ kg⁻¹. The precision of the method (R.S.D., n = 9) for within and between-days is better than 1.5% and 2.2%, respectively at 0.4 mequiv. O₂ kg⁻¹. The method was applied successfully to the determination of PV in six edible oil samples, and compared to the classical official method. Using the linear regression test, Student's t-test and variance ratio F-test, there was no significant difference between the compared methods. The proposed method is accurate, simple, cheap and could be used to control edible oil rancidity with a high sample throughputs (30 samples h⁻¹).     

Microwave synthesis of nitrogen doped Ti4O7 for photocatalytic applications

The nitrogen (N) doped Ti₄O₇ photocatalyst was prepared from urea as a nitrogen source by a microwave method. The resulting photocatalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Field Emission Scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV–Vis DRS) and UV–vis spectroscopy (UV–Vis). 0.1 M N doped Ti₄O₇ photocatalyst exhibited methylene blue decomposition efficiency of 100% which was prepared by microwave treatment for above 30 min. Rate constant was found to be 0.028910 min⁻¹ in the first order kinetic.     

Edge-functionalization of blue phosphorene nanoribbons: Studied from first-principle methods

Through density functional theory calculations, the impact of edge functionalization with O, OH, and alternate termination of them (OHO) on the structural stabilities, electronic and magnetic properties of blue phosphorene nanoribbons (BPNR) are mainly investigated. The formation energies demonstrate that the O-termination on the BPNRs is the most stable, and OHO-termination is more stable than OH-termination, besides the ab initio dynamic simulation show that they are all thermal dynamically stable at room temperature. Both the ground structures of O- and OH-BPNRs are spin-polarized semiconductors, while OH-functionalized BPNRs are nonmagnetic semiconductors. As the ribbon width increasing, the band gaps of O-aBPNRs tend to 1.04 eV, but that of OH-aBPNRs tend to 1.97 eV, comparable with the band gap of single-layer blue phosphorene, since it is dominated by pz electrons of the inner P atoms. In contrast, the influence of OHO-termination on GNRs, SiNRs, and black PNRs are also studied. Our results demonstrate that OHO-terminated GNRs and SiNRs are not a simple summation of O- and OH-terminated GNRs and SiNRs, and they are nonmagnetic stable both with zigzag and armchair edges, presenting metallic properties. While the OHO-terminated black PNRs present similar electronic and magnetic properties with OHO-terminated blue PNRs, and both the OHO-terminated zigzag and armchair edges are spin-polarized stable. These results provide potential help in the fields of band gap engineering and the designing of phosphorus-based spin devices with control over spin in spintronics.     

氧化石墨烯功能化后含水甲基蓝中隐藏的驰豫通道

The mixture of graphene oxide (GO) and dye molecules may provide some new applications due to unique electronic, optical, and structural properties. Methylene blue (MB), a typical anionic dye, can attach on GO via π-π stacking and electrostatic interaction, and the molecule removal process on GO has been observed. However, it remains unclear about the ultrafast carrier dynamics and the internal energy transfer pathways of the system which is composed of GO and MB. We have employed ultrafast optical pump-probe spectroscopy to investigate the excited dynamics of the GO-MB system dispersed in water by exciting the samples at 400 nm pump pulse. The pristine MB and GO dynamics are also analyzed in t_andem for a direct comparison. Utilizing the global analysis to fit the measured signal via a sequential model, five lifetimes are acquired:(0.61±0.01) ps, (3.52±0.04) ps, (14.1±0.3) ps, (84±2) ps, and (3.66±0.08) ns. The ultrafast dynamics corresponding to these lifetimes was analyzed and the new relaxation processes were found in the GO-MB system, compared with the pristine MB. The results reveal that the functionalization of GO can alter the known decay pathways of MB via the energy transfer from GO to MB in system, the increased intermediate state, and the promoted energy transfer from triplet state MB to ground state oxygen molecules dissolved in aqueous sample.     

氧化石墨烯-亚甲基蓝体系荧光光度法灵敏测定铋(Ⅲ)离子

在水溶液中,氧化石墨烯(Go)对亚甲基蓝(CMB)的荧光可产生猝灭作用,加入适量Bi3+可使体系的荧光增强,且增强程度与Bi3+的加入量有关。氧化石墨烯含有大量的含氧官能团使之表面带负电荷,易于分散在水中。带正电荷的荧光染料亚甲基蓝通过静电引力和π—π堆积作用吸附在GO表面,形成了GO-MB复合物,从而产生荧光猝灭。使用改进的Hummers制备了氧化石墨烯,应用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和透射电子显微镜(TEM)对制备的GO进行了表征。利用紫外可见吸收光谱验证了石墨烯与亚甲基蓝的作用过程,结果表明亚甲基蓝的荧光猝灭后,其两个主要吸收峰强度明显降低,而且GO的吸收光谱与MB的发射光谱完全不同,重叠度太小,不能发生能量转移,因此,GO与MB发生的荧光猝灭属于静态猝灭过程。当向亚甲基蓝氧化石墨烯络合体系加入Bi3+后,由于Bi3+体积小,带正电荷多从而取代了亚甲基蓝致使亚甲基蓝脱离氧化石墨烯,荧光恢复,荧光恢复的程度随Bi3+量的增加而增强,据此建立了氧化石墨烯-亚甲基蓝荧光光度法测定Bi3+的新方法。考察了亚甲基蓝、氧化石墨烯浓度,酸度以及试剂加入顺序对体系荧光恢复的影响,该络合体系的激发波长为667 nm,发射波长为690 nm,在优化条件下,Bi3+的浓度在0.5～100 μmol·L-1范围内与荧光强度呈良好的线性关系,相关系数为0.995 5。方法的检出限为1.0×10-8 mol·L-1(S/N=3)。评价了该方法的选择性,结果表明当共存离子为1 000倍的K+,Ca2+,Na+,Mg2+,Cu2+;100倍的Fe3+,Be2+,SiO2-₃,Al3+,Ni2+,Sb3+,NO-₃,Cl-,F-;20倍的Pb2+,Hg2+,Cd2+不干扰Bi3+的测定,新方法具有灵敏度高、快速、成本低等优点,将提出的方法用于环境水样的分析,回收率为93.4%～105.2%。     

Visible light photodegradation of methylene blue by AgBr-TiO2/SiO2@Fe3O4 magnetic photocatalysts

Visible photoactive AgBr/TiO2 was immobilized on a SiO2@Fe3O4 magnetic support by solvother- rnal and sol-gel methods to form a AgBr-TiO2/SiO2@Fe3O4 magnetic photocatalyst. Samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and magne- tometry. Hereto-structured AgBr/TiO2 was well seeded on the shell-core SiO2@Fe3O4 structure. The AgBr-TiO2/SiO2@Fe3O4 magnetic photocatalyst exhibited high photocatalytic activity in the degrada- tion of methylene blue under visible light. The photocatalyst was superparamagnetic, which is beneficial for facile magnetic separation.     

次甲基蓝-Mn2+-H2O2体系光度法测定中药的抗氧化性

提出了Mn^2 -H2O2一次甲基蓝分析新体系并用于羟自由基的测定：醋酸介质中,用Mn^2 与RQ反应,类似Fenton试剂产生羟自由基,羟自由基与次甲基蓝反应,使次甲基蓝褪色,用分光光度汁测定其吸光度的变化(△A664),可间接测定羟自由基的产生量．实验结果表明．△A664与次甲基蓝、MnSO4及H2O2呈量效关系．中药提取物可以清除溶液中的羟自由基,使次甲基蓝溶液的褪色程度降低,据此建立了一种测定中药对羟自由基清除率的新方法．测定了五倍子、诃子、金银花等11种中药的抗氧化性,结果满意。     

聚灿烂甲酚蓝膜修饰电极测定抗坏血酸的研究

电化学聚合制备了聚灿烂甲酚蓝薄膜修饰玻碳电极,研究了修饰电极对抗坏血酸的电催化氧化作用。结果表明二步法电聚合制备的修饰电极性能优于一步法电聚合,在该电极上抗坏血酸的过电位降低320mV,催化氧化峰电流与抗坏血酸的浓度在2×10-5～5×10-3mol/L范围内呈良好的线性关系,相关系数0.9982。方法可用于药品及食品中抗坏血酸的分析。     

介观光学结构提高蓝色顶发射有机电致发光器件效率

利用宽带有机半导体材料(2, 9-二甲基-4, 7-二苯基-1, 10-菲啰啉, BCP)形成无序介观光学结构来提高蓝色顶发射有机电致发光器件(OLED)的出光效率,从而提升器件的外量子效率.基于BCP折射率匹配的作用,在顶电极上增加一层BCP薄膜,器件内的波导光能够被进一步散射出来,且由于此材料本身具有低的玻璃化转变温度,在一定的环境条件下(温度及湿度)下BCP易发生自聚集结晶而形成无序介观光学结构,藉此结构使原来被限制于表面等离激元(SPP)的能量而耦合成自由光场,从而被有效提取出来.通过BCP结构薄膜的作用,器件最大亮度从4500 cd·m^-2提升至9840 cd·m^-2,外量子效率(EQE)从0.42%提升至1.14% (提高了1.7倍),此外光谱也蓝移12 nm,实现了蓝色发光光谱的优化.     

A sub-second, time-resolved, linear dichroism measurement system for visible attenuated total reflection spectroscopy with a slab optical waveguide

A sub-second, time-resolved, linear dichroism (LD) measurement system was constructed, fitted with a slab optical waveguide (SOWG), and utilized to observe the adsorption process of methylene blue (MB) onto silica surfaces. In the system, a semiconductor laser (670 nm) was used as the light source and the out-coupled beam from the SOWG was split by a polarizing beam splitter into two polarized beams (TE and TM modes) to allow sequential linear dichroic ratio data to be obtained; the acquisition rate was 11 data sets per second. For an MB solution that contained no sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (DBS), in contact with a bare silica surface, a clear decrease occurred in the average orientation angle of adsorbed MB in the initial stages of the adsorption process. This result may correspond to a change in the chemical form of MB from monomer to dimer.