Activation-induced layered structure in NiCoAl by atomic modulation for energy storage application

The surface activation of alloys favors their electrochemical interactions, ion diffusivity, and the rapid kinetics of ions and electrons, leading to the formation of self-supported layered double hydroxides (LDHs) in them. However, the formation of LDHs at different depths in the alloy upon activation, their electronic/atomic structures, and their electrochemical charge storage mechanism, have not been thoroughly explored. Herein, Ni ion-substituted CoAl alloys are prepared by arc melting and activated by KOH electrolyte, which is responsible for the modulation of the atomic configuration as confirmed by XRD. Raman depth mapping demonstrates how the LDHs vary with depth upon activation and that the octahedral and tetrahedral symmetry sites of CoO and Co₃O₄ are responsible for the formation of the layered structures of CoOOH and Co(OH)₂, respectively. The activated Ni₁₀Co₈₅Al₅ has a superior volumetric capacitance of 4.15 F/cm³ at 0.5 mA/g, which is 38.6 times that of an unactivated one, and excellent cyclic stability up to 5000 cycles, and a voltage of 0.54 V generated from a fabricated supercapacitor cell. X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) analysis indicates greater charge transfer by Co than by Ni and the modulation of the local atomic structures facilitates electrochemical charge storage in Ni₁₀Co₈₅Al₅. This work presents an easy route for the development of advanced LDHs, and the mechanism of electrochemical charge storage in them.     

Separating Vibrational Coherences in Ground/Excited Electronic States of Solvent/Solute Following Non-Resonant/Resonant Impulsive Excitation

In a quest to track down the origin of coherent vibrational motions observed in femtosecond pump-probe transients, whether they arise from ground/excited electronic state of solute or are contributed by the solvent, we demonstrate a method for extricating vibrations under resonant and non-resonant impulsive excitations using a diatomic solute in condensed phase (iodine in carbon tetrachloride) with aid of spectral dispersion of the chirped broadband probe. Most importantly, we show how a sum over intensities for a select region of detection wavelengths and Fourier transform of data over select temporal window untwine contributions from vibrational modes of different origins. Thus, in a single pump-probe experiment, vibrational features specific to solute as well as solvent are disentangled that are otherwise spectrally overlapping and are non-separable in conventional (spontaneous/stimulated) Raman spectroscopy employing narrowband excitation. We envision wide-ranging applications of this method to unveil vibrational features in complex molecular systems.     

Vibrational Properties of LaNb0.8M0.2O4-δ (M=As,Sb, V,and Ta)

LaNb_0.8M_0.2O_4-δ (where M=As, Sb, V, and Ta) oxides with pentavalent elements of different ionic sizes were synthesized by a solid-state reaction method. The vibrational properties of these oxides have been investigated. These studies revealed that the substituent element influences both Debye temperature value as well as the Raman active vibrational modes. Additionally, the low-temperature vibrational properties of LaNb_0.8Sb_0.2O_4-δ have been determined to show the phase transition occurrence at 260 K which is lower than previously reported.     

Raman spectroscopy monitors adverse bone sequelae of cancer radiotherapy

Raman spectroscopy provides information on bone chemical composition and structure via widely used metrics including mineral to matrix ratio, mineral crystallinity and carbonate content, collagen crosslinking ratio and depolarization ratios. These metrics are correlated with bone material properties, such as hardness, plasticity and Young''s modulus. We review application of Raman spectroscopy to two important irradiated animalmodels: the mouse tibia, amodel for damage to cortical bone sites including the rib (breast cancer) and to healthy tissue adjacent to extremity sarcomas, and the rat mandible, a model for radiation damage in head and neck cancer radiotherapy. Longitudinal studies of irradiated mouse tibia demonstrate that radiation-induced matrix abnormalities can persist even 26 weeks postradiation. Polarized Raman spectroscopy shows formation of more ordered orientation of both mineral and collagen. At 8 weeks post-radiation, irradiated rat hemimandible exhibits transient hypermineralization, increased collagen cross-linking and decreased depolarization ratios of mineral and collagen. A standard radioprotectant, amifostine, mitigates rat mandible radiation damage, with none remaining detectable 18 weeks post-radiation. Already a powerful tool to monitor radiation damage, Raman spectroscopy may be important in development of new radiotherapy protocols and radioprotective agents. Further in vivo studies of radiation effects on the rodent models are underway, as are development of methodologies for eventual use in human subjects.     

茜素红-铽光谱探针共振瑞利散射法测定加替沙星

提出了共振瑞利散射光谱法测定人体血浆,尿样中加替沙星含量的方法。在p H5.5~6.5的HAc-Na Ac缓冲溶液中,加替沙星(Gatifloxacin,GTFX)与Tb(Ⅲ)反应形成的二元螯合物共振瑞利散射(Resonance Rayleigh Scattering,RRS)强度极弱,但当其进一步与酸性染料茜素红反应形成三元离子缔合物时,RRS显著增强,其最大散射波长分别位于373 nm和605nm处。在373 nm处,方法的线性范围和检出限分别为0~5.26μg·m L-1和7.5 ng·m L-1。本法简便、快速,并具有良好的选择性,用于片剂,人尿液和血浆中加替沙星含量的测定,其回收率在96.1~104.5%。     

表面增强拉曼光谱法快速定量分析食品中福美双、二氰蒽醌和灭蝇胺的残留

基于表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)技术,以Au@SiO2和Au纳米增强粒子建立了食品中福美双、二氰蒽醌和灭蝇胺的快速定量分析方法,3种农药的检出限分别为1.4μg/L、0.020mg/L和0.030mg/L。采用加标回收试验对方法进行评价,福美双在生活饮用水和碳酸梨汁饮料中的回收率在104.5%~107.1%之间,相对标准偏差为4.0%~6.2%;二氰蒽醌在生活饮用水中的回收率在81.1%~100.0%之间,相对标准偏差为4.1%~7.8%,灭蝇胺在碳酸饮料和果皮中测定的相对标准偏差均小于11.0%,结果表明该方法准确可靠,精密度高。方法成功用于加标碳酸果汁饮料、果皮表面二氰蒽醌及灭蝇胺的检测,为快速定量检测食品中农残提供了SERS方法。     

Crystalline and spectroscopic characterization of poly(2-aminoethyl methacrylate hydrochloride) chains grafted onto poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid]

The present study is aimed to investigate the degree of crystallinity of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) P(3HB) grafted with poly(2-aminoethyl methacrylate hydrochloride) (PAEMA) chains using WAXS, micro Raman, and FTIR spectroscopy. The samples were obtained by radiation induced graft polymerization of the monomer in the substrate using different solvents for comparison. The results of crystallinity are consistent with those obtained of lower crystallinity in grafting copolymer relative to the substrate P(3HB). The low crystallinity is directly related to the increase of the degree of grafting, meaning that although the P(3HB) amorphous region is grafted, the crystalline zone is also affected in some extent by the grafting process and the environment of the new molecule. Three different methods were surveyed to determine the variation of crystallinity degree with the grafting degree. It is shown that all methods provide linear relationships between these variables, but WAXS method was found more acceptable than the others (FTIR and Raman). A detailed characterization of the vibrational bands characteristic of amorphous and helical crystalline structure of the grafting copolymers are also highlighted.     

Classification of nasopharyngeal cell lines (C666-1, CNE2, NP69) via Raman spectroscopy and decision tree

Researchers have demonstrated that Raman spectroscopy can be used for characterization of tumor cells with excellent spatial resolution. However, performance evaluation of different algorithms in classifying multiclass of Raman spectra has not been reported yet. In this work, we present Raman spectra of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and nasopharyngeal normal cell lines. Combined with student’s t-test and several multivariate approaches, including decision tree, support vector classification, and linear discriminant analysis, our work shows that the relative content of two histological abnormality sensitive bands at 1449 and 1658 cm⁻¹ in tumor cells is significantly different from that of normal cells (p = 0.0132), and can be a biomarker to classify these cells. This difference is confirmed by importance analyses in the decision tree model. Furthermore, performances of statistical methods are compared with one another to explore the ability in classification. Results show that the decision tree can be more capable for classification between tumorous and normal cell lines with sensitivity and specificity of 99.0% and 96.9%, respectively. Findings of this work further support our previous work and indicate that the decision tree performs more robustly in cell classification. Our work will prove helpful to the early diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and will indicate the decision tree to be the primary algorithm in tumor-cell classification.     

Bioorthogonal SERS Nanoprobes for Mulitplex Spectroscopic Detection,Tumor Cell Targeting,and Tissue Imaging

A surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technique shows extraordinary features for a range of biological and biomedical applications. Herein, a series of novel bioorthogonal SERS nanoprobes were constructed with Gold nanoflower (AuNF) and Raman reporters, the signals of which were located in a Raman‐silent region of biological samples. AS1411 aptamer was also co‐conjugated with AuNF through a self‐assembled monolayer coverage strategy. Multiplex SERS imaging using these nanoprobes with three different bioorthogonal small‐molecule Raman reporters is successfully achieved with high multiplexing capacity in a biologically Raman‐silent region. These Raman nanoprobes co‐conjugated with AS1411 showed high affinity for tumor cells with overexpressed nucleolin and can be used for selective tumor cell screening and tissue imaging.     

4-硝基咪唑A-带激发态结构动力学

通过共振拉曼光谱实验和量子化学计算的方法研究了4-硝基咪唑(4NI)A-带激发态衰变动力学. 对4NI的振动光谱、紫外电子吸收光谱、荧光光谱和共振拉曼光谱进行了指认. 在全活化空间自洽场法(CASSCF)/6-31G(d)计算水平下获得了单重激发态S₁(n_Oπ^*)和S₂(ππ^*)和势能面交叉点S₁(n_Oπ^*)/S₂(ππ^*)的优化几何结构和能量, 分析了A-带共振拉曼光谱的强度模式特征, 获得了短时结构动力学, 并结合全活化空间自洽场法(CASSCF)理论计算结果确定了4NI 在S₂(ππ^*)态衰变通道主要是S_{2, FC}→S_{2, min}(ππ^*)→S₀辐射弛豫.