Temporal variation of 210Pb concentration in the urban aerosols of Shanghai,China

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - This study monitored 210Pb levels of the atmospheric aerosol in Shanghai from January 2016 to February 2017. 210Pb levels were found to be low in...     

水性乳液/聚氨酯模型缔合增稠剂的触变性机理

以异佛尔酮二异氰酸酯(IPDI)与聚乙二醇(PEG, 分子量为4000, 6000和8000)为原料, 以直链醇(C12, C14, C16和C18)为封端剂, 合成了疏水改性乙氧基化氨基甲酸酯(HEUR), 并将其应用于乳液增稠. 采用核磁共振波谱(¹H NMR)、 傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)及凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)表征了HEUR的结构、 分子量及其分布, 研究了其在水性乳液中的流变行为. 研究结果表明, 当HEUR封端基团为C14, C16和C18, 且质量分数增加到1.0%以上时, 增稠的乳液(Latex/HEUR)的流变曲线出现触变环, 为触变性流体. 当HEUR亲疏水比值(R_h)减小时, 疏水性增强, 触变环向低剪切速率( \dot{\gamma } )方向移动, 黏度下降率(Δη)增大; 当HEUR用量增加时, 触变环面积(S_loop)也增大. 这些触变性特点归因于HEUR在乳液中的缔合作用、 氢键作用及链缠结. 利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和原子力显微镜(AFM)对Latex/HEUR的聚集态和表面形貌进行了表征. 结果表明, 随着HEUR封端基团链长增加, Latex/HEUR颗粒粒径增大, 表面变粗糙.     

云蒸霞蔚——多色双喷泉实验

本实验在氨气和氯化氢气体的单喷泉实验基础上设计了集两种气体的制备、收集、验满、尾气处理、气体反应、喷泉实验与试剂回收利用于一体的连续性实验,喷泉部分涉及到的实验原理有氨气与硫酸铜溶液的配位反应、氨气与氯化钴溶液的沉淀反应、无色酚酞溶液和酸性对硝基苯酚溶液在碱性环境下的变色反应,以及氯化铁和硫氰化钾在弱酸性条件下的反应等。本实验的主要仪器装置由团队自行设计、定制,操作简便,玻璃活塞还可控制喷发顺序,实现多色多样喷泉,伴随氯化铵生成时的袅袅白烟,云蒸霞蔚,煞是壮观。另外,我们设计了多角度的互动方案,针对不同程度知识背景的受众传授知识,让参观者真切感受到化学的魅力。     

铂合金氧还原催化剂:合成、结构和性能

质子交换膜燃料电池是一种将燃料中的化学能直接转化为电能的装置,它具有转化效率高、能量密度高、低温启动、易于操作等优点,因而被认为是最具发展前景的新能源利用方式,在电动汽车、便携电源及分散式电站有着广泛应用.但是,目前质子交换膜燃料电池技术的发展面临着巨大挑战,主要问题包括高成本、低功率密度和低寿命.众所周知,质子交换膜燃料电池中的阴极氧还原反应在酸性条件下是一个复杂的四电子过程,动力学速度缓慢,限制了电池的最终性能.目前大量使用的阴极氧还原催化剂是细小的铂或铂合金纳米颗粒负载在碳载体上,其成本占燃料电池总成本的比例最大.制约燃料电池商业化发展的另一个重要问题是电池寿命低,其中氧还原催化剂的稳定性是决定电池寿命的主要因素.在这样的研究背景下,如何降低催化剂中铂的用量、提高催化剂活性和稳定性显得尤为重要,这也是近年来国内外学者研究的热点.在铂基合金催化剂中,通常采用过渡金属元素作为掺杂元素,由于原子半径不匹配(几何效应)以及电子结构不同(电子效应),合金催化剂表现出优于纯铂催化剂的催化性能.近几年,对于铂基合金催化剂的研究已取得重大进展,以合金组成和结构研究为基础,通过精确控制原子结构、调控表面电子状态以及制备工艺,获得了各种特殊形貌的催化剂,大大提高了催化活性.本文深入综述了近年来铂基合金氧还原催化剂制备、形貌和性能,特别关注了催化剂形貌和催化活性之间的关系.值得注意的是,具有有序原子排列的铂合金催化剂不仅在半电池中表现出优异活性,在实际质子交换膜燃料电池中也显示了很好的活性和稳定性.另一方面,碳载体的形貌及微观结构也对提高催化活性和稳定性起到决定性作用,通过化学手段加强金属纳米颗粒与碳载体之间的相互作用也是提高催化剂稳定性的重要途径.尽管铂基氧还原催化剂在近几年取得了重要进展,但在实际商业化过程中还存在诸多挑战,本文在综述进展的基础上,对铂基催化剂的发展提出了展望.首先,对于氧还原反应机理仍需要深入研究,采用更加精确的理论模型模拟氧还原动力学过程,以获得影响催化活性的关键因素.其次,提高催化剂在膜电极中的催化活性和利用率.目前,氧还原催化剂在半电池测试中性能优异,但是实际燃料电池操作条件下其性能远不能达到要求,这与膜电极、催化剂层及扩散层结构相关.因此,基于不同铂基催化剂的特性,合理设计膜电极组件的结构是将催化剂进行实际应用的基础.最后,催化剂的稳定性仍需进一步提高,尽管目前大部分催化剂在实验室半电池研究中表现了很好的稳定性,但在实际燃料电池中的稳定性研究还不足,而且对催化剂在膜电极中性能衰退机理的研究也非常有限.因此,对于铂基氧还原催化剂的研发仍需要国内外科研工作者不懈的努力.     

应用极化水分子模型研究单分子层受限水的介电性质

受限条件下水的介电性质因测量极具挑战,其在诸多电化学过程与反应输运过程中如何扮演关键角色从未被定量地澄清.本工作利用平衡态分子动力学模拟和受限体系介电性质计算方法,系统性地探索了0.65 nm限域尺寸、5×10⁸ Pa限域压强、不同温度条件下单分子受限冰和受限水的介电性质.详细比较了恒定偶极矩SPC/E水分子模型和可极化的SWM4-NDP水分子模型在描述受限冰、水结构与介电性质上的优劣势,包括统计分析SWM4-NDP模型模拟的单分子层受限水和受限冰的瞬时分子偶极矩概率密度分布,计算每个模拟体系的静态结构因子、静态偶极空间关联函数、静态介电常数、体系偶极时间关联函数和德拜弛豫时间.首次发现了极化水分子模型描述的低维度受限水和受限冰的奇异分子极性变化,并观察到两种模型描述静态结构性质的效果相当,SWM4-NDP模型对于静态介电常数描述的优势会因受限条件的增强而被大幅削减.但在受限水介电极化弛豫动力学性质描述上SWM4-NDP模型明显优于SPC/E模型.我们推断SWM4-NDP模型在探索受限水结构相变动力学以及受限体系离子输运和溶剂化动力学等过程的模拟研究中是比SPC/E模型更好的选择.本工作将在进一步开展基于受限水系统储能、传感、输运的设计工作中提供一定的理论指导意义.     

Synthesis and characterization of an unexpected mechanochromicbistricyclic aromatic ene

An unexpected bistricyclic aromatic ene AF was synthesized in a tin(II) chloride-mediated reductive aromatization reaction. The obtained AF showed a highly overcrowded structural conformation as revealed by X-ray crystallography. Interestingly, AF exhibited reversible high-contrast mechanochromism and thermochromism between pale and red color. The obvious chromism is likely ascribed to the conformation transformation and trace amount of diradical species formation upon stimulus.     

Multivalent Aptamer-modified DNA Origami as Drug Delivery System for Targeted Cancer Therapy

In spite of great development in nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems(DDSs)for improved therapeutic efficacy,it remains challenging for effective delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs to targeted tumor cells.In this work,we report a triangle DNA origami as targeted DDS for cancer therapy.DNA origami shows excellent biocompatibility and stability in cell culture medium for 24 h.In addition,the DNA origami structures conjugated with multivalent aptamers enable for efficient delivery of anticancer drug doxorubicin(Dox)into targeted cancer cell due to their targeting function,reducing side effects associated with nonspecific distribution.Moreover,we also demonstrated that the multivalent aptamer-modified DNA origami loading Dox exhibits prominent therapeutic efficacy in vitro.Accordingly,this work provides a good paradigm for the development of DNA origami nanostructure-based targeted DDS for cancer therapy.     

Simulation and experimental analysis of melt pool evolution in laser engineered net shaping

In this work, the evolution of melt pool under single-point and single-line printing in the laser engineered net shaping (LENS) process is analyzed. Firstly, the basic structure of the melt pool model of the LENS process is established and the necessary assumptions are made. Then, the establishment process of the multi-physical field model of the melt pool is introduced in detail. It is concluded that the simulation model results are highly consistent with the online measurement experiment results in terms of melt pool profile, space temperature gradient, and time temperature gradient. Meanwhile, some parameters, such as the 3D morphology and surface fluid field of the melt pool, which are not obtained in the online measurement experiment, are analyzed. Finally, the influence of changing the scanning speed on the profile, peak temperature, and temperature gradient of the single-line melt pool is also analyzed, and the following conclusions are obtained: With the increase in scanning speed, the profile of the melt pool gradually becomes slender; The relationship between peak temperature and scanning speed is approximately linear in a certain speed range; The space temperature gradient at the tail of the melt pool under different scanning speeds hardly changes with the scanning speed, and the time temperature gradient at the tail of the melt pool is in direct proportion to the scanning speed.     

On optimal dividends with exponential and linear penalty payments

We study the optimal dividend problem where the surplus process of an insurance company is modelled by a diffusion process. The insurer is not ruined when the surplus becomes negative, but penalty payments occur, depending on the level of the surplus. The penalty payments shall avoid that losses can rise above any number and can be seen as a preference measure or costs for negative capital. As examples, exponential and linear penalty payments are considered. It turns out that a barrier dividend strategy is optimal.     

Iterative solutions to coupled Sylvester-transpose matrix equations

This note studies the iterative solutions to the coupled Sylvester-transpose matrix equation with a unique solution. By using the hierarchical identification principle, an iterative algorithm is presented for solving this class of coupled matrix equations. It is proved that the iterative solution consistently converges to the exact solution for any initial values. Meanwhile, sufficient conditions are derived to guarantee that the iterative solutions given by the proposed algorithm converge to the exact solution for any initial matrices. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed approach.