Single molecular insight into steric effect on C-terminal amino acids with various hydrogen bonding sites

Amino acids are basic units to construct a protein with the assistance of various interactions. During this building process, steric hindrance derived from amino acid side groups or side chains is a factor that could not be ignored. In this contribution, adsorption behaviors of C-terminal amino acid derivatives with amino acid residues fused in 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride were investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations at various liquid/solid interfaces. STM results at 1-phenyloctane/HOPG interface show that N,N'-3,4,9,10-perylenedicarboximide (GP) and N,N'-methyl-3,4,9,10-perylenedicarboximide (AP) formed linear and herringbone structures, respectively. The driving force could be attributed to different H-bonding sites induced by steric hindrance at side groups. N,N'-Benzyl-3,4,9,10-perylenedicarboximide (PP) generates both linear and herringbone structures because steric hindrance changes the H-bonding sites between PP molecules, whereas N,N'-isopropyl-3,4,9,10-perylenedicarboximide (LP) failed to be imaged because of strong steric hindrance coming from larger side group. To further investigate the impact of steric hindrance, we utilized octanoic acid (OA) as solvent to capture the adsorption details of LP and PP. We found that OA molecules drag PP and LP molecules in a different direction to generate linear structure, impeding the molecular rotation. The structure–solvent relationship shows that the steric hindrance is brought by the large side group, which makes it easier to recognize OA molecules at the interface. These results demonstrate that steric effect plays a significant role in altering interaction sites of the compounds during the adsorption process at the liquid/solid interface.     

Electrochemical deposition of uranium oxide with an electrocatalytically active electrode using double potential step technique

The development of effective uranium-removal techniques is of great significance to the environment and human health. In this work, a double potential step technique (DPST) was applied to remove U(VI) from uranium-containing wastewater using a carbon felt electrode modified by graphene oxide/phytic acid composite (GO-PA@CF). The application of DPST can inhibit water splitting and prevent GO-PA from adsorbing other interfering ions in wastewater. The GO-PA composite can effectively accelerate the electrochemical reduction rate of U(VI), which significantly improved the electrochemical deposition rate of uranium oxide. As a result, the maximum removal efficiency and maximum removal capacity of GO-PA@CF electrode reached 98.7% and 1149.3 mg/g, respectively. The removal efficiency remained 97.2% after five cycles of reuse. Moreover, the removal efficiency of GO-PA@CF electrode can reach more than 70% in simulated wastewater.     

基于奥苏贝尔学习理论对人教版和鲁科版高中化学教材“化学键”的比较及建议

以奥苏贝尔学习理论为基础,比较人教版与鲁科版化学教材“化学键”内容,对教材的引言、正文编排顺序、正文内容组织、正文栏目、插图、习题等进行分析,并从奥苏贝尔学习理论角度阐述教材编写及教学建议。     

高中“化学反应与电能”跨学科项目式教学*——探究原电池电动势的影响因素

以“探究原电池电动势的影响因素”为项目学习主题,以探讨化学电源的应用、探究原电池的工作原理、测量原电池的电动势、搭建高电动势原电池等4个任务为关键项目任务,呈现高中“化学反应与电能”跨学科项目式教学设计思路和教学实践过程。     

新型烟酰胺-铕配合物的合成及性能研究

以烟酰胺和硝酸铕为原料,采用热溶剂法合成了烟酰胺-铕配合物的微纳米球。其结构和性能经红外光谱（IR）、热重（TG）、扫描电镜（SEM）、X-射线衍射（XRD）、元素分析（EDS）和荧光检测等表征。研究结果表明：配合物含有碳、氧、氮和铕等元素,其红外光谱图与烟酰胺配体有明显的差异;配合物的质量在250 ℃和550 ℃条件下出现了明显的下降,下降率分别为15%和19%; SEM照片显示配合物为大小不均一的微纳米球,且具有较好的荧光发光性能,发射峰位于579 nm, 591 nm, 612 nm, 618 nm, 693 nm和699 nm。烟酰胺配体和烟酰胺-铕配合物对腺癌人肺泡基底上皮细胞（A549细胞）的活性影响趋势一致,随着药物浓度升高,该细胞活性没有发生明显变化。     

Designing a deep-UV nonlinear optical monofluorophosphate

Science China Chemistry - As structural variants of famous hexagonal tungsten bronzes, hexagonal tungsten oxides (HTO) represent an important family with fascinating functional properties, such as...     

Efficient separation of Cinnamomum camphora leaf essential oil and in vitro evaluation of its antifungal activity

Cinnamomum camphora leaf essential oil (CEO) was extracted using enzymatic-ultrasound pretreatment followed by microwave assisted extraction (EUP-MAE) method and simultaneously studied as a mycelial growth inhibitor against five important pathogens which cause potato dry rot. The optimum EUP-MAE conditions with a real CEO yield of 19.23 ± 0.12 mg/g were obtained through Plackett–Burman design and Box–Behnken design as follows: 3 % of enzyme dosage, 2 h of pretreatment time, 5 of pH, 210 W of ultrasound power, 50 °C pretreatment temperature, 16 mL/g of water to solid ratio, 30 min of microwave time and 500 W of microwave power. Compared to the reference methods, EUP-MAE possessed a highest CEO yield than these of ultrasound-microwave assisted extraction (U-MAE) and traditional hydrodistillation (HD). Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC–MS) analysis demonstrated that eucalyptol, camphor, and α-terpineol were the three main constituents of CEO. Results from in vitro antifungal activity assay revealed that the mycelial growths of all the five tested Fusarium solani, Fusarium culmorum, Fusarium trichothecioides, Fusarium sporotrioides, and Fusarium avenaceum were apparently affected by CEO. These findings not only provide a potential paradigm for the separation of plant essential oil, but also guarantee a promising utilization of the CEO for potato protection to control the Fusarium spp.     

双功能改性的T型分子筛膜用于有机溶剂脱水

将3-氨丙基三乙氧基硅烷（APTES）引入到T型分子筛膜表面,用以修饰多晶膜合成过程中产生的缺陷。X射线衍射、场发射扫描电子显微镜、X射线光电子能谱和FT-IR等方法的表征结果显示,APTES通过“键合”的形式被成功地修饰到膜表面上。APTES层起到2个作用：一是提高膜的亲水性;二是减少膜层的缺陷。将修饰后的膜应用在348 K、90%的异丙醇水溶液的脱水时,该膜表现出比较高的分离因子和通量。该方法重复性良好,5个修饰后的膜样品的选择性平均增加了大约8倍（从359±23增加到2 934±183）,而渗透通量仅仅从（3.52±0.10） kg·m^-2·h^-1降低到（3.06±0.14） kg·m^-2·h^-1（减少13.07%）。在363 K下,修饰的膜经过100 h的连续测试,膜渗透测得的水含量均可达到99.50%以上,表明修饰后的膜性能较稳定。     

Visible light induced tandem reactions: An efficient one pot strategy for constructing quinazolinones using in-situ formed aldehydes under photocatalyst-free and room-temperature conditions

A facile tandem route has been developed for constructing quinazolinones from various aminobenzamides and in-situ generated aldehydes. Visible light was found to play a dual role: first oxidizes the alcohol to the aldehyde and then facilitates its cyclization with o-substituted aniline. Furthermore, alcohols are perfect alternatives to aldehydes because they are greener, more available, more economical, more stable, and less toxic than aldehydes. The first reaction step continuously provides material for the second step, which effectively reduces loss through volatilization, oxidation, and polymerization of the aldehyde, while avoiding its toxicity. A variety of quinazolinones can be prepared in the presence of visible light without any additional photocatalyst. The developed synthesis protocol proceeds with the merits of mild conditions, broad substrate scope, operational simplicity, and high atom efficiency, with an eco-energy source under metal-free, photocatalyst-free, and ambient conditions.     

作为表面增强拉曼光谱基底的高度均匀Au纳米棒的构筑及对福美双的检测

采用种子生长法制备Au纳米棒(GNRs),随后进行组装和煅烧得到单层致密堆积的GNRs薄膜。在煅烧过程中,组装所需有机物在煅烧过程中分解,从而使得GNRs表面具有较高的清洁度。研究中发现,煅烧前后金纳米棒表面的间隙进一步提高,增强了其SERS(表面增强拉曼光谱)活性。为了研究其SERS活性,选择了2种探针分子以研究其灵敏度和均匀性,发现其具有较高的灵敏度和高的信号稳定性。随后将所制备的SERS基底成功用于检测超低浓度的农药分子。