Direct Electrochemistry of Hemoglobin and Its Electrocatalysis Based on Hyaluronic Acid and Room Temperature Ionic Liquid

A biocomposite material of hyaluronic acid (HA) and room temperature ionic liquid, 1‐butyl‐3‐methyl‐imidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIMBF₄) was fabricated and characterized by voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Hemoglobin (Hb), as a model protein, was immobilized in this biocomposite on glassy carbon electrode to investigate its direct electrochemistry. A pair of well‐defined, quasireversible cyclic voltammetric peaks appeared with the formal potentials (E°′) at ?0.360 V (vs. SCE). The Hb modified electrode exhibited an excellent electrocatalytic activity to the reduction of H₂O₂ with a wide linear range, good selectivity, sensitivity and reproducibility, which had potential application to fabrication the third‐generation biosensor.     

Liquid membranes for gas/vapor separations

A review on developments of liquid membranes (LMs) in the field of gas and vapor separation of the last 16 years is presented. Liquid membrane configurations employing supports, i.e. immobilized, supported and contained liquid membranes are focussed and detailed information on the respective materials, i.e. supports (supplier, type, thickness, pore width, porosity, tortuosity), liquids and carriers, are presented together with their specific separation tasks. Performance of different LMs in terms of permeability and selectivity as well as stability (duration of testing, applied differential pressures) are compared and discussed. Finally, different preparation methods of LMs are illustrated.     

3D topography design of membranes for enhanced mass transport

This work describes the process of fabrication of 3D topography membranes and the fully quantitative characterisation of their topography using atomic force microscopy (AFM), small-angle light scattering (SALS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and polarizing optical microscopy (POM). The use of these membranes and the impact of the 3D membrane topography on the enhancement of mass transport during solute recovery (hexyl acetate) from a viscous room temperature ionic liquid 1-n-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([C₄mim] [BF₄]) by organophilic pervaporation is presented and discussed.     

A study on the liquid–liquid equilibria of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate with ethanol and alkanes

This work demonstrates the ability of the 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate to act as an extraction solvent in petrochemical processes for the removal of alkanes from their azeotropic mixture with ethanol. LLE (liquid–liquid equilibrium) of the ternary systems hexane + ethanol + 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (HMIM PF₆) or 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (OMIM PF₆) and heptane + ethanol + OMIM PF₆ are carried out at 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure. Experimental liquid–liquid data are correlated by using different equations. The solute distribution ratio and the selectivity, determined from tie-line data, suggest the efficiency of the ILs used as solvents. A comparison with other IL, in terms of solvent capacity, is included. The liquid–liquid extraction process is simulated by using conventional software and the obtained results are shown.     

Modeling aqueous electrolyte solutions: Part 1. Fully dissociated electrolytes

Liquid densities (pvT), vapor pressures (VLE), and mean ionic activity coefficients (MIAC) at 25 °C of 115 single-salt electrolyte solutions containing univalent up to trivalent ions are modeled with the ePC-SAFT equation of state proposed by Cameretti et al. [L.F. Cameretti, G. Sadowski, J.M. Mollerup, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 44 (2005) 3355–3362; ibid., 8944]. For each ion, only two model parameters were adjusted to experimental density and MIAC data. Without using any additional binary parameters, ePC-SAFT is able to reproduce experimental data of the respective salt solutions up to high electrolyte molalities. Moreover, it is even able to describe the reversed MIAC series for alkali hydroxides and fluorides.     

氯化烷基咪唑系列离子液体标准摩尔燃烧焓和生成焓

用精密氧弹热量计测定了4种离子液体: 氯化1-甲基-3-乙基咪唑(C2MIC), 氯化1-甲基-3-丁基咪唑(C4MIC), 氯化1-甲基-3-戊基咪唑(C5MIC)和氯化1-甲基-3-己基咪唑(C6MIC)的燃烧热, 计算了它们的标准摩尔燃烧焓 和标准摩尔生成焓 , 结合文献中的标准摩尔溶解焓, 估算了烷基咪唑阳离子在水溶液中的标准摩尔生成焓, 以及亚甲基对标准摩尔燃烧焓和标准摩尔生成焓的贡献.     

P(VAc-MMA)为基体的聚合物电解质研究

以醋酸乙烯酯(VAc)和甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)为单体, 采用半连续种子乳液聚合法制备了无规共聚物聚(醋酸乙烯酯-甲基丙烯酸甲酯)[P(VAc-MMA)], 并以此聚合物为基体制备了聚合物电解质. 用红外光谱(FTIR)、核磁共振氢谱(¹H NMR)、扫描电镜(SEM)、差热/热重分析(DSC/TG)、X射线衍射(XRD)、机械性能测试和电化学交流阻抗等方法对聚合物和聚合物电解质的性质进行了研究. 测试结果表明: VAc和MMA聚合生成P(VAc-MMA); 聚合物膜含有大量微孔结构, 利于离子传输; 聚合物电解质膜具有优良的热稳定性和机械强度; 25 ℃下, 最高的离子电导率达到了1.27× 10^－3 S•cm^－1; 离子电导率随着温度的升高而迅速增加, 电导率-温度曲线符合Arrhenius方程.     

离子液体C3MIBF4和C5MIBF4溶解焓的研究

在298.15 K下利用等温环境溶解反应热量计测定了离子液体C₃MIBF₄(四氟硼酸1-甲基-3-丙基咪唑)和C₅MIBF₄(四氟硼酸1-甲基-3-戊基咪唑)不同浓度水溶液的摩尔溶解焓(Δ_sH_m). 借助Pitzer电解质溶液理论, 得到了它们的标准摩尔溶解焓 和Pitzer焓参数: 和 , 并计算了表观相对摩尔焓. 根据Glasser理论计算了离子液体晶格能, 进而估算了离子液体C₅MIBF₄和C₃MIBF₄中正离子的水化焓分别为－171 kJ•mol^－1 (C₅MI^＋)和－207 kJ•mol^－1 (C₃MI^＋).     

Novel ascorbic acid based ionic liquids for the in situ synthesis of quasi-spherical and anisotropic gold nanostructures in aqueous medium

A series of newly designed ascorbic acid based room temperature ionic liquids were successfully used to prepare quasi-spherical and anisotropic gold nanostructures in an aqueous medium at ambient temperature. The synthesis of these room temperature ionic liquids involves, first, the preparation of a 1-alkyl (such as methyl, ethyl, butyl, hexyl, octyl, and decyl) derivative of 3-methylimidazolium hydroxide followed by the neutralization of the derivatised product with ascorbic acid. These ionic liquids show significantly better thermal stability and their glass transition temperature (Tg) decreases with increasing alkyl chain length. The ascorbate counter anion of these ionic liquids acts as a reducing agent for HAuCl4 to produce metallic gold and the alkylated imidazolium counter cation acts as a capping/shape-directing agent. It has been found that the nature of the ionic liquids and the mole ratio of ionic liquid to HAuCl4 has a significant effect on the morphology of the formed gold nanostructures. If an equimolar mixture of ionic liquid and HAuCl4 is used, predominantly anisotropic gold nanostructures are formed and by varying the alkyl chain length attached to imidazolium cation of the ionic liquids, various particle morphologies can formed, such as quasispherical, raspberry-like, flakes or dendritic. A probable formation mechanism for such anisotropic gold nanostructures has been proposed, which is based on the results of some control experiments.     

A novel electrosynthetic system for anodic substitution reactions by using parallel laminar flow in a microflow reactor

We have developed a novel electrosynthetic system for anodic substitution reactions by using parallel laminar flow in a microflow reactor. This system enables nucleophilic reactions to overcome the restraint, such as the oxidation potential of nucleophiles and the stability of cationic intermediates, by the combined use of ionic liquids as reaction media and the parallel laminar flow in the microflow reactor. By using this novel electrosynthetic system, the anodic substitution reaction of carbamates, especially of cyclic carbamates, with allyltrimethylsilane were carried out to provide the corresponding products in moderate to good conversion yields in a single flow-through operation at ambient temperature (without the need for low-temperature conditions).