Non-Newtonian fluids are ubiquitous in daily life and industrial applications. Herein, we report an intelligent fluidic system integrating two distinct non-Newtonian rheological properties mediated by an autocatalytic enzyme reaction. Associative polyelectrolytes bearing a small amount of ionic and alkyl groups are engineered: by carefully balancing the charge density and the hydrophobic effect, the polymer solutions demonstrate a unique shear thickening property at low pH while shear thinning at high pH. The urea-urease clock reaction is utilized to program a feedback-induced pH change, leading to a strong upturn of the nonlinear viscoelastic properties. As long as the chemical fuel is supplied, two distinct non-Newtonian states can be achieved with a tunable lifetime span. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate how the physical energy-driven nonequilibrium properties can be manipulated by a chemical-fueled process. 相似文献
Electrocatalysis is the most promising strategy to generate clean energy H2, and the development of catalysts with excellent hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance at high current density that can resist strong alkaline and acidic electrolyte environment is of great significance for practical industrial application. Therefore, a P doped MoS2@Ni3S2 nanorods array (named P-NiMoS) was successfully synthesized through successive sulfuration and phosphorization. P-NiMoS presents a core/shell structure with a heterojunction between MoS2 (shell) and Ni3S2 (core). Furthermore, the doping of P modulates the electronic structure of the P-NiMoS; the electrons transfer from the t2g orbital of Ni element to the eg empty orbital of Mo element through the Ni−S−Mo bond at the Ni3S2 and MoS2 heterojunction, facilitating the hydrogen evolution reaction. As a result, P-NiMoS exhibits excellent HER activity; the overpotential is 290 mV at high current density of 250 mA cm−2 in alkaline electrolyte, which is close to Pt/C (282 mV@250 mA cm−2), and P-NiMoS can stably evolve hydrogen for 48 h. 相似文献
Non‐Newtonian fluids are ubiquitous in daily life and industrial applications. Herein, we report an intelligent fluidic system integrating two distinct non‐Newtonian rheological properties mediated by an autocatalytic enzyme reaction. Associative polyelectrolytes bearing a small amount of ionic and alkyl groups are engineered: by carefully balancing the charge density and the hydrophobic effect, the polymer solutions demonstrate a unique shear thickening property at low pH while shear thinning at high pH. The urea‐urease clock reaction is utilized to program a feedback‐induced pH change, leading to a strong upturn of the nonlinear viscoelastic properties. As long as the chemical fuel is supplied, two distinct non‐Newtonian states can be achieved with a tunable lifetime span. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate how the physical energy‐driven nonequilibrium properties can be manipulated by a chemical‐fueled process. 相似文献
C-11 (2-((7-Ethyl-3-methyl-8-(4-(2-(methyl(pyridin-2-yl)-amino)-ethoxy)phenyl)-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-purin-1-yl)methyl)benzonitrile-one hydrochloride), which is based on the structure of rosiglitazone, was first synthesized in our laboratory and shown to be a promising anti-obesity drug candidate in our previous pharmacological study. Considering the importance of metabolic fate in vivo in the further development of drug candidates during early drug discovery, it is essential to characterize the metabolism of C-11 in vivo. In this work, a method based on ultra-high performance liquid chromatography combined with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC/Q-TOF-MS) was successfully developed to investigate the in vivo metabolic profile of C-11 in rats. Rat urine, feces, and plasma samples were collected from male Sprague–Dawley rats after intravenous administration of C-11 in a single dose of 30 mg kg−1 body weight. Besides the parent drug, a total of 25 metabolites (including 18 phase I and 7 phase II metabolites) were detected and tentatively identified by comparing their mass spectrometry profiles with those of C-11. This enabled the metabolic pathways of C-11 to be proposed for the first time. Our results revealed that N-depyridinylation, N-demethylation, hydroxylation, glucuronidation, and sulfate conjugation are the predominant metabolic pathways of C-11 in rats. The present study provides systematic information on the metabolism of C-11 in vivo, which should lead to a better understanding of its safety and mechanism of action.
Tin oxide nanoparticles (SnO2 NPs) have been encapsulated in situ in a three‐dimensional ordered space structure. Within this composite, ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) acts as a carbon framework showing a desirable ordered mesoporous structure with an average pore size (≈6 nm) and a high surface area (470.3 m2 g?1), and the SnO2 NPs (≈10 nm) are highly loaded (up to 80 wt %) and homogeneously distributed within the OMC matrix. As an anode material for lithium‐ion batteries, a SnO2@OMC composite material can deliver an initial charge capacity of 943 mAh g?1 and retain 68.9 % of the initial capacity after 50 cycles at a current density of 50 mA g?1, even exhibit a capacity of 503 mA h g?1 after 100 cycles at 160 mA g?1. In situ encapsulation of the SnO2 NPs within an OMC framework contributes to a higher capacity and a better cycling stability and rate capability in comparison with bare OMC and OMC ex situ loaded with SnO2 particles (SnO2/OMC). The significantly improved electrochemical performance of the SnO2@OMC composite can be attributed to the multifunctional OMC matrix, which can facilitate electrolyte infiltration, accelerate charge transfer, and lithium‐ion diffusion, and act as a favorable buffer to release reaction strains for lithiation/delithiation of the SnO2 NPs. 相似文献
A series of novel oligo(p-phenylenes) (OPPs) derivatives with bisdiene side-chains are synthesized and fully characterized. These cruciforms are soluble in common organic solvents and show good thermal stability. Absorption and emission spectra are recorded to study the effect of different electron-withdrawing and electron-donating groups on photophysical properties. Powder XRD shows crystalline structures for all the cruciforms. Single crystal XRD studies show tight-packing along the planar bisdiene axis but significant twisting along phenylene units, which correlate the role of functionalization along the bisdiene axis in tuning the band gaps of the cruciforms. 相似文献
The synthesis and photophysical properties of a new series of zinc(II) phthalocyanines (ZnPcs) bearing multiple hydroxy and tert-butyl groups are reported. The X-ray structures of two phthalonitriles and one ZnPc are presented. All hydroxy-substituted ZnPcs show low fluorescence quantum yields in DMSO and complete fluorescence quenching in aqueous solutions, but high singlet oxygen quantum yields in DMSO (0.2-0.7). Our results suggest that the tetra- and octa-hydroxy ZnPcs might find application as photosensitizers in the PDT treatment of cancer. 相似文献
We study the uniqueness of solutions with a transonic shock in a duct in a class of transonic shock solutions, which are not necessarily small perturbations of the background solution, for steady potential flow. We prove that, for given uniform supersonic upstream flow in a straight duct, there exists a unique uniform pressure at the exit of the duct such that a transonic shock solution exists in the duct, which is unique modulo translation. For any other given uniform pressure at the exit, there exists no transonic shock solution in the duct. This is equivalent to establishing a uniqueness theorem for a free boundary problem of a partial differential equation of second order in a bounded or unbounded duct. The proof is based on the maximum/comparison principle and a judicious choice of special transonic shock solutions as a comparison solution. 相似文献