A DFT study of DMC formation on Rh‐doped Cu/AC surfaces

The activity and selectivity of heterogeneous catalysts can be significantly improved by dispersion of another active component in the metal substrate. The impact of Rh promoter on the formation of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) via oxidative carbonylation of methanol on Cu–Rh/AC (activated carbon) catalyst was investigated by density functional theory calculations. The most stable configurations of reacting species (CO, OH, CH₃O, monomethyl carbonate, and DMC) adsorbed on the Cu⁰(zero‐valent copper)/AC and Cu–Rh/AC surfaces were determined on the basis of the calculated results. The reaction energy and activation energy of the rate‐limiting steps on the Cu–Rh/AC and Cu⁰/AC surfaces were compared. The activation energies of the rate‐limiting step of CO insertion into dimethoxide are 206.3 and 304.8 kJ mol^?1 on the Cu–Rh/AC and Cu⁰/AC surfaces, respectively. The activation energies of the rate‐limiting step of CO insertion into methoxide are 78.5 and 92.7 kJ/mol on the Cu–Rh/AC and Cu⁰/AC surfaces, respectively. The calculated results indicate that the addition of Rh atom has a significant effect on decreasing the active energy the main pathway for DMC formation. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Ag_3PO_4/Palygorskite的静电调控合成及可见光催化降解罗丹明B和气相异丙醇

以大比表面的廉价易得的凹凸棒(palygorskite)为载体,借助带电荷界面的静电调控作用,采用吸附-沉积沉淀方法制备磷酸银/凹凸棒(Ag3PO4/palygorskite)复合催化剂.利用X-射线衍射仪(XRD)、场发射扫描电子显微镜(FE-SEM)、原子吸收光谱(AAS)、紫外可见漫反射光谱(UV-Vis DRS)等技术系统地表征催化剂.之所以能够制备高分散性的凹凸棒负载的磷酸银催化剂,主要是因为凹凸棒具有较大的比表面积、带负电荷界面以及适宜的磷酸根前驱体.以可见光催化脱色降解罗丹明B和氧化降解异丙醇为探针反应,考察复合材料的催化性能.研究表明,与纯磷酸银相比,磷酸银/凹凸棒催化脱色降解罗丹明B和氧化降解异丙醇速率分别提高了2和2.5倍.     

新型荧光分子印迹膜特异性识别和检测目标蛋白质

制备了一种新型荧光分子印迹膜(L-半胱氨酸修饰的量子点嵌入的分子印迹膜(QDs@MIM)),并将其作为荧光人工受体用于目标蛋白质(溶菌酶)的特异性识别和检测。QDs@MIM以溶菌酶为模板分子、丙烯酰胺为功能单体、L-半胱氨酸修饰的量子点为辅助单体、N,N′-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺为交联剂,在预硅烷化的玻璃板上制备而成。在最佳条件下,QDs@MIM对溶菌酶检测的线性范围为0.1~1.0μmol/L,吸附平衡时间为4 min,选择性因子为6.2。该方法操作简单、吸附平衡时间短、选择性高,具备作为生物传感器快速分析样品中目标蛋白质的潜力。     

dl‐Aspartic Acid‐Mediated Hydrothermal Synthesis of β‐ZnS Microspheres and Their Optical Properties

ZnS hollow microspheres were synthesized by a dl ‐aspartic acid mediated hydrothermal route. dl ‐aspartic acid plays an important role as crystal growth soft template, which regulates the release of Zn²⁺ ions for the formation of ZnS hollow spheres. The formation of these hollow spheres was mainly attributed to an Ostwald ripening process. The products were characterized by X‐ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED), electron diffraction (ED), UV/Vis spectroscopy (UV), and photoluminescence (PL). The shells of the microspheres were composed of ZnS quantum dots (QDs) with the average size of 2.31 nm. The average microspheres diameter is 0.5–3.5 μm. The shell thickness of the hollow sphere is ≈?300 nm. The optical bandgap energy increased significantly compared to the bulk ZnS material due to the strong quantum confinement effect. Two strong emissions at ≈?425 nm and ≈?472 nm in the photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of ZnS hollow microspheres indicate strong quantum confinement because of the presence of QDs.     

Selective capturing and detection of Salmonella typhi on polycarbonate membrane using bioconjugated quantum dots

Present work demonstrates the utilization of surface modified polycarbonate (PC) membrane as solid phase and antibody conjugated CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) as fluorescent label for the sensitive and selective detection of Salmonella typhi (S. typhi) in water in a period of 2.5 h. PC membrane was surface modified with glycine and activated by EDC/NHS for immobilization of S. typhi specific IgG. Antibody immobilized porous PC membrane was incubated with bacteria contaminated water for immunocapturing of S. typhi. Antibody conjugated QDs were also prepared by using carbodiimide chemistry. Both modified PC membrane and quantum dots were characterized by using various modern analytical tools. It was estimated that 1.95 molecules of QDs were successfully bio-conjugated per unit of IgG. PC membrane with captured bacteria was incubated with prepared IgG conjugated QDs for the formation of sandwich complex. Analysis of the regions of interest (ROI) in fluorescent micrographs showed that newly developed method based on PC and fluorescent QDs has 100 times higher detection sensitivity (100 cells/mL) as compared with detection using conventional dye (FITC) based methods.     

微波辐射法制备水溶性CdTe/ZnS量子点及其与司帕沙星的作用

以巯基乙酸为稳定剂,通过微波加热在水溶液中制备了CdTe/znS量子点.研究了pH值、反应时间、反应温度和cdTe/s<'2->浓度比等合成条件对cdTe量子点荧光光谱的影响.以CdTe/ZnS量子点为探针,探讨了喹诺酮类抗生素司帕沙星与量子点的荧光猝灭作用,结果表明,在最佳实验条件下,其线性范围为0.05～3.00μg/mL,线性相关系数为0.9954,检出限为0.01μg/mL,可将CdTe/ZnS量子点荧光探针用于司帕沙星的测定.     

Study on the Interaction Between Water-Soluble CdTe Quantum Dots and Ovalbumin by Optical Spectroscopy

ABSTRACT

CdTe quantum dots (QDs) modified by 2-mercaptoethylamine hydrochloride (CA) and thioglycolic acid (TGA), respectively, were synthesized in aqueous medium. The interaction of CdTe QDs with ovalbumin has been investigated in depth by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV-Vis absorption, fluorescence-quenching spectrometry, and resonance Rayleigh scattering spectroscopy (RRS). Fluorescence data show that the quenching type of ovalbumin by CA-CdTe QDs is static quenching with the binding constant being 10^?4 M^?1, and the number of binding sites being one. The calculated thermodynamic parameters demonstrate that the main binding forces are hydrophobic interaction and electrostatic attraction. In contrast, the quenching style of ovalbumin by TGA-CdTe QDs is verified to be dynamic quenching. Under suitable acidity conditions, the interaction of CA-CdTe QDs or TGA-CdTe QDs with ovalbumin leads to the remarkable enhancement of RRS, and the increments are found to be proportional to the concentration of ovalbumin in a certain range. A simple and highly sensitive RRS approach for determining ovalbumin is developed. In addition, the causes for the enhancement of RRS and the quenching of fluorescence are investigated to shed light on the quenching mechanism.     

气相沉积法制Rh—Ti／SiO2催化剂的研究

助剂对铑催化一氧化碳加氢有很大影响,由于助剂有时会附在高表面积的担体上,而不是附在金属晶体上,从而削弱了助剂的作用。为提高助剂的分散度,Andersont等将含主、助剂金属元素的混合羰基簇化物浸渍到载体上,取得了较好的效果。但该法受到主、助剂原子     

Quantum solitons: experimental progress and perspectives

Received: 25 September 1997     

Line group theory of commensurate and incommensurate modulations

It is shown that the line group formalism proposed is suitable to describe both commensurate and incommensurate modulations. Symmetry groups of modulated crystal lattices can completely be characterized by symmetry transformations existing in real space, without any application of the formalism based on reciprocal space. As typical examples of the method elaborated, the fundamental invariance and symmetry properties of spin density functions and the soliton lattice are determined. Received: 20 July 1997 / Accepted: 25 August 1997