以苯丙氨酸为例刍议芳香族氨基酸的生物合成机理

从磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸和4-磷酸赤藓糖为始探讨了3种芳香族氨基酸合成代谢共享的分支酸合成途径, 并以苯丙氨酸为例从多学科角度讨论分析其合成代谢的独特性。通过多学科角度展示了生物体内不同代谢路径之间的关联及相似性, 旨在展示一种教学新模式,帮助学生建立起跨学科内容的学习及归纳方法。     

The regulation of biothiol-responsive performance and bioimaging application of benzo[c][1,2,5]oxadiazole dyes

The different oxidation states of sulphur atom play a significant role on functional materials. In this work, a aryl-thioether and its sulphone substituted benzo[c][1,2,5]oxadiazole dyes were synthesized and utilized to determine thiol-containing amino acids. The result of selectivity experiments showed they detected the cysteine and homocysteine under physiological condition with negligible interference from other amino acids. In comparison to the thioether dye, the sulphone-based dye exhibited much faster response time for Cys and Hcy. However, the sulphone restricted its thiol-reactivity and bioimaging performance in living cells. By reducing the oxidation state of sulphur atom, we amazedly found that the sulfoxide-based dye still maintained high selectivity ultrafast response time for Cys/Hcy under physiological condition. It was worth mentioning that it also had high reactivity and good bioimaging performance that sulfone compounds did not have.     

负载型廉价金属催化剂在低温催化氧化甲醛中的应用

甲醛是室内常见的挥发性有机污染物之一,长期接触会严重危害人体健康。负载型廉价金属催化剂在甲醛去除和实际应用方面表现出优异性能,引起研究人员的广泛关注。本文阐述了低温条件下负载型廉价金属催化剂在甲醛热催化氧化、光催化氧化和等离子协同催化氧化方面的研究进展,介绍了甲醛低温催化的影响因素,并讨论了反应机理。反应条件、载体类型和制备方式是影响甲醛低温催化活性的重要因素。虽然负载型廉价金属催化剂在甲醛光催化氧化和热催化氧化方面均表现出良好性能,但仍须进一步探究提升其在可见光和室温下的催化活性。对于甲醛等离子协同催化氧化,降低反应过程所产生的副产物和能耗仍是研究重点。此外,本文还对负载型廉价金属催化剂在甲醛催化应用中的发展方向进行了展望。     

富含吡啶氮-钴活性位点的三维多级大/介孔石墨烯作为高效可逆氧电催化剂用于可充电锌-空气电池

随着能源危机的日益严峻,能源的储存和转换越来越受到人们的重视.目前人们加以开发和利用的清洁能源主要包括太阳能、风能、氢能、地热能以及电化学能等.其中,燃料电池和金属-空气电池等作为电化学器件为电化学能的开发及可持续利用提供了条件.特别是金属-空气电池以电极电位较负的金属如镁、铝、锌、铁等作负极,以空气中的氧或纯氧作正极,具有比能量高、性能稳定、价格便宜的特点.氧还原反应(ORR)和析氧反应(OER)是可再生电化学能量转换和储存过程中的两个关键电化学过程.贵金属(Pt/C,Ir/C,IrO₂等)虽然具有高催化活性,但价格昂贵、资源匮乏限制了其大规模的使用和发展.此外,它们的催化性能单一,难以同时实现多反应的高效催化.目前,大量研究工作集中在开发低成本、高效的ORR和OER催化剂,用来代替昂贵的铂类贵金属催化剂.在能源器件设计中,由于OER和ORR反应发生在同一个电极上,若能制备出具有ORR和OER双功能催化性能的电催化剂,将在很大程度上降低能源器件的设计难度.最近,我们的研究工作揭示了吡啶-氮-钴(pyri-N-Co)配位结构在协同作用中的重要性,协同作用大幅度提升了NiCo2O4/N掺杂石墨烯的本征催化活性.虽然金属粒子与掺氮石墨烯的结合有利于催化活性和稳定性的提高,但二维石墨烯片之间由于π-π键相互作用,容易聚集和堆叠.在实际应用中,石墨烯片之间的堆叠会导致可达表面的损失,从而使复合催化剂利用率降低,结构稳定性变差.因此,制备富含充分暴露且高效的ORR/OER活性中心的电催化剂仍然是一个巨大挑战.本文采用激光辐照法和水热法制备了具有层间大孔和片内介孔相互交联结构且负载铁酸钴纳米颗粒的三维多级孔石墨烯复合电催化剂(CoFe/3D-NLG),研究了其微观结构与ORR/OER电催化性能的关系.比表面积和X射线光电子能谱测试结果表明,CoFe/3D-NLG具有大的比表面积(322.6 m² g^-1)和孔体积(0.715 cm³ g^-1),并且富含吡啶氮-钴活性中心.电化学测试表明,对于OER电催化,CoFe/3D-NLG复合催化剂在10 mA cm_-2处的过电势为304 mV,优于商用RuO₂催化剂的322 mV;对于ORR电催化,CoFe/3D-NLG的半波电位达到872 mV,非常接近商用Pt/C催化剂(876 mV).此外,作为可充电锌空气电池的空气电极催化剂,CoFe/3D-NLG展现出了超高的开路电压(1.56 V)、高功率密度(213 mW cm_-2)以及超低充放电电压(0.63 V),并且具有良好的充放电循环稳定性.CoFe/3D-NLG优异的ORR/OER电催化性能主要归因于以下两点:1)大量的吡啶氮-钴活性位点极大地加快了缓慢的氧电催化动力学,提高了每个活性位点的ORR/OER本征催化活性;2)丰富的层间大孔和面内介孔多级孔结构促进了整个石墨烯结构中的高效传质,因而在电催化过程中吡啶氮-钴活性位点得以充分暴露于电解液中.     

A bio‐safe cyclophosphazene derivative flame retardant for polylactic acid composites: Flammability and cytotoxicity

An efficient bio‐safe cyclophosphazene flame retardant, 1,5,9,13,16,20‐Hexaoxa‐7,14,21‐triaza‐6λ⁴,8λ⁴,5λ⁴‐triphosphatrispiro[5.1.5.1.5.1]heneicosa‐6,8(14),15(21)‐triene (HCPO), was synthesized, and then was incorporated into polylactic acid (PLA) to improve the fire safety. The chemical structure of HCPO was confirmed by Fourier‐transformed infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The thermal stability of the compound was characterized by thermogravimetric (TG) analyzer. The cytotoxic effects of HCPO to cells were evaluated. Fire behavior and thermal stability of PLA composites were investigated by vertical burning, limiting oxygen index (LOI), TG analysis, and cone calorimeter. The morphology of residual charring was observed by scanning electron microscope. The results showed HCPO was bio‐safe, and highly effective to enhance the flame retardancy of PLA composites. The LOI value was increased from 18.4 to 27.5 and UL‐94 grade achieved V‐0 for the PLA composite containing only 2% HCPO and 2% pentaerythrotol. It was demonstrated that intermolecular cross‐linking reaction between pentaerythrotol and HCPO in high temperature range could accelerate the formation of compact char layers.     

泡沫镍负载Fe2O3@Ni3S2纳米线网状结构电极的制备及其电催化析氧性能

通过两步水热法制备泡沫镍(NF)负载Fe_2O_3纳米粒子@Ni_3S_2纳米线网状结构电极(Fe_2O_3@Ni_3S_2/NF)。运用X射线衍射(XRD)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、N_2吸附-脱附测试等方法对电极材料的物相和微观结构特征等进行了表征。水热条件下原位表面化学刻蚀生成的Ni_3S_2纳米线与三维多孔NF基体间拥有强结合力和低界面电阻,Fe_2O_3粒子均匀分布在纳米线的表面。在1 mol·L~(-1)的KOH溶液中,运用线性扫描伏安测试(LSV)、计时电位法、电化学交流阻抗测试(EIS)等对电极的电催化析氧(OER)性能进行了测试。结果表明:在100 mA·cm~(-2)的超高电流密度下,Fe_2O_3@Ni_3S_2/NF电极的OER过电势仅为223 mV,比Ni_3S_2/NF材料的过电势降低了285 mV;经过10 h计时电位测试,性能保持率高达80%。     

“Solid-Liquid” Vitrimers Based on Dynamic Boronic Ester Networks

The "solid-liquid" behavior of vitrimers have not been systematically investigated. Herein, a series of "solid-liquid" vitrimers bearing varying contents of dynamic boronic ester bonds were synthesized via thiol-ene click reactions. These vitrimers allow for flexibile modulation of their network structures and thus show a range of intriguing properties including high stretchability, flexible transition from elasticity to plasticity, strong strain rate dependence, and solid-liquid performance. The dynamic association rate of boronic ester bonds within these vitrimers could be apparently accelerated via increasing the content of boronic ester, which could be used to shape-program the flat vitrimer films into various complex 3 D structures just with external force. Materials with such versatile dynamic behavior may open up a range of new applications.     

透明质酸纳米材料在荧光/光声成像和光疗中的应用

荧光/光声成像和光疗技术的生物医学应用引起了人们越来越多的关注, 然而很多荧光/光声造影剂存在生物相容性较差, 缺乏肿瘤靶向性, 信噪比较低, 功能单一等共性问题, 严重限制其诊疗应用. 透明质酸具有优异的生物相容性和主动肿瘤靶向性, 可被透明质酸酶降解, 并且易于化学修饰和实现多种超分子弱相互作用力协同工作. 因此, 人们将透明质酸与荧光/光声造影剂结合制备纳米材料, 使其在细胞乃至活体的标记性能和治疗效果获得了很大的改善. 本文综述了将两类物质结合制备纳米材料的方法, 着重阐述了纳米材料的结构与性能关系, 为其未来设计和开发提供了指导, 最后对存在的主要问题以及未来的重要研究方向进行了分析和展望.     

Preparation and electroluminescent application of iridium(III) complexes containing sulfur-containing phenylpyridazine ligands

Transition Metal Chemistry - Four iridium(III) complexes (1–4) with sulfur-containing phenylpyridazine ligands were successfully synthesized and characterized. The structure of complex 3 was...     

Ruthenium nanoclusters anchored on cobalt phosphide hollow microspheres by green phosphating process for full water splitting in acidic electrolyte

Transition metal phosphide(TMP) based electrocatalysts possessing special crystal and electronic structures attract broad attention in the field of electrocatalysis.Immense effort is made to optimize TMP catalysts aiming to satisfy the electrochemical catalysis performance.In this work,an environmentally friendly in situ green phosphating strategy and spatial limiting effect of the RuCo precursor is employed to fabricate the ruthenium nanoclusters anchored on cobalt phosphide hollow microspheres(Ru NCs/Co₂P HMs).The obtained Ru NCs/Co₂P HMs electrocatalysts exhibit high hydrogen evolution reaction(HER) activity at wide pH ranges,which require an overpotential of 77 mV to achieve the current density of 10 mA/cm² in 0.5 mol/L H₂SO₄ and 118 mV in 1.0 mol/L KOH.Besides,the multifunctional Ru NCs/Co₂P HMs exhibit good oxygen evolution reaction(OER) activity with an overpotential of 197 mV to reach the current density of 10 mA/cm² in 0.5 mol/L H₂SO₄,which is below that of the commercial RuO₂ electrocatalyst(248 mV).A two-electrode electrolyzer is assembled as well,in acid electrolyte,it achieves a current density of 10 mA/cm² at a voltage of 1.53 V,which is superior to that of the benchmark of precious metal-based electrolyzer(1.58 V).