Morphologies of a spherical bimodal polyelectrolyte brush induced by polydispersity and solvent selectivity

It is commonly realized that polydispersity may significantly affect the surface modification properties of polymer brush systems. In light of this, we systematically study morphologies of bidisperse polyelectrolyte brush grafted onto a spherical nanocolloid in the presence of trivalent counterions using molecular dynamics simulations. Via varying polydispersity, grafting density, and solvent selectivity, the effects of electrostatic correlation and excluded volume are focused, and rich phase behaviors of binary mixed polyelectrolyte brush are predicted, including a variety of pinned-patch morphologies at low grafting density and micelle-like structures at high grafting density. To pinpoint the mechanism of surface structure formation, the shape factor of two species of polyelectrolyte chains and the pair correlation function between monomers from different polyelectrolyte ligands are analyzed carefully. Also, electrostatic correlations, manifested as the bridging through trivalent counterions, are examined by identifying four states of trivalent counterions. Our simulation results may be useful for designing smart stimuli-responsive materials based on mixed polyelectrolyte coated surfaces.     

锌掺杂对SrTiO_3光催化性能的影响

制备了锌掺杂的SrTiO3光催化剂,测试了掺杂样品在400 W高压汞灯照射下,分解纯水制氢的活性。考察了锌的掺杂量及样品的焙烧温度对其光催化活性的影响,并对掺锌与未掺杂样品进行了XRD、UV-vis、XPS及SEM表征分析。结果表明,Zn掺入可显著提高SrTiO3的光催化活性,适宜的锌掺杂摩尔分数为1%左右,相应的掺杂量下,适宜的焙烧温度为950℃左右,上述条件制得掺锌SrTiO3的产氢速率较未掺杂样品提高了120%左右。表征结果显示,掺摩尔分数1%的锌未改变SrTiO3的晶体结构及结晶完整性,但样品表面发生了锌的富集,而且在一定的掺杂范围内,锌掺杂使SrTiO3催化剂的粒度有所增大。推测掺入的Zn与存在于SrTiO3表面的富钛相反应生成Zn2TiO4,使SrTiO3表面的缺陷浓度降低,光催化活性提高。     

基于飞秒激光加工的马赫-曾德尔干涉氢气传感器

介绍了一种基于光纤微加工的氢气传感技术方案。利用波长为800nm的飞秒激光脉冲在普通单模光纤上加工马赫-曾德尔(M-Z)干涉腔,并采用磁控溅射方法在加工后的M-Z干涉微腔上溅射钯(Pd)膜,制备了一种新型的光纤氢气传感器。分析了加工工艺对微腔干涉效果的影响,选择合适的加工参数以及加工后对微腔进行后续处理,可使微腔的透射光谱的分辨率得到提高。实验研究了腔长为40μm的M-Z干涉传感器分别镀36nm、110nmPd膜后,对氢气的响应。结果表明,在不同的氢气浓度下,镀Pd膜的M-Z干涉传感器都表现出对氢气的敏感特性,随着氢气浓度的增大,透射光谱会向长波长方向偏移,其中Pd膜厚度为110nm比厚度为36nm的传感器对氢气有更好的灵敏度。