Enhanced Activity of Enzyme Immobilized on Hydrophobic ZIF-8 Modified by Ni2+ Ions

The development of efficient enzyme immobilization to promote their recyclability and activity is highly desirable. Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) has been proved to be an effective platform for enzyme immobilization due to its easy preparation and biocompatibility. However, the intrinsic hydrophobic characteristic hinders its further development in this filed. Herein, a facile synthesis approach was developed to immobilize pepsin (PEP) on the ZIF-8 carrier by using Ni²⁺ ions as anchor (ZIF-8@PEP-Ni). By contrast, the direct coating of PEP on the surface of ZIF-8 (ZIF-8@PEP) generated significant conformational changes. Electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER) was employed to study the catalytic activity of immobilized PEP. The ZIF-8@PEP-Ni composite attains remarkable OER performance with an ultralow overpotential of only 127 mV at 10 mA cm⁻², which is much lower than the 690 and 919 mV overpotential values of ZIF-8@PEP and PEP, respectively.     

锂硫电池正极用硫/介孔碳复合材料的制备及电化学性能

制备了以十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)为模板的介孔碳,并将介孔碳和单质硫采用熔融渗透法复合制得硫/介孔碳复合材料。SEM、TEM和BET结果显示介孔碳成直径约为500 nm的大小均一的球体,存在孔径为2 nm的微孔;单质硫充分填充在介孔碳的微孔中。以硫/介孔碳复合物作为锂硫电池正极材料时显示出高的电化学性能。初始放电容量高达1519 mAh·g^-1,在200 mA·g^-1的电流密度下充放电200个循环后依然能保持在835 mAh·g^-1。硫/介孔碳复合材料的高倍率性能和优异的循环稳定性,源于介孔碳良好的导电性及其孔结构的固硫作用。     

类似花状结构介晶钴的大规模控制合成及磁性能

以二乙烯三胺(DETA)作为配位剂,快速合成了纳米粒子定向组装构成的类似花状的介晶钴。通过控制反应的速率和配位剂的种类,依次获得了精美的钴花、差形貌的枝晶、由纳米粒子或纳米片构成的微球。配位剂在介晶钴的形成过程中起了很重要的作用。探讨了介晶钴花的形成机理。介晶钴不但具有钴纳米晶的性能(在300 K时矫顽力260 Oe),而且拥有块体钴的性能(饱和磁化强度168 emu·g-1)。合成方法简便、有效且具有较高的产率。     

Supported carbon dots decorated with metallothionein for selective cadmium adsorption and removal

Carbon dots are prepared and immobilized onto spherical SiO_2 through a one-step thermal oxidation and then decorated with metallothionein(MT), a protein with high affinity towards thiophilic metals. The MT-carbon dots composites are characterized by means of FT-IR, SEM and TGA, giving rise to a MT loading amount of 823 μg g~(-1). The adsorption of cadmium by the composites is a fast process and follows Langmuir model. In comparison with native SiO_2, a 2- and 2.4-folds improvement on the static and dynamic adsorption capacity of the composites for cadmium are obtained, respectively. Moreover,the adsorption efficiency is not affected by the presence of other metals. Finally, the composites are successfully applied for the removal of cadmium in a series of environmental water samples.     

基于纳米金Core-satellites等离子体耦合增强效应的汞离子光纤传感器的研究

以DNA杂交双链为联接, 构建纳米金颗粒Core-satellites结构并激发等离子体耦合增强效应,利用Hg2+可与DNA中胸腺嘧啶T形成T-Hg2+-T特异性结构,研制了用于检测水中Hg2+的局域等离子体共振(LSPR)光纤传感器.待测溶液中的Hg2+能够引起富含T的DNA单链折叠,抑制DNA杂交反应,降低等离子体耦合强度,改变LSPR谐振波长.通过检测谐振波长红移变化,实现对Hg2+浓度的定量检测.本方法检测Hg2+的线性范围为5~150 nmol/L, 检出限为3.4 nmol/L (3σ). Zn2+、Mg2+、Pb2+等重金属离子对Hg2+检测无明显干扰作用.实际水样中Hg2+加样回收率为94.2%~105.4%,相对标准偏差<4.8%.     

基于新型量子点荧光微球的氯霉素免疫层析试纸条的制备和应用

以羧基化CdTe/ZnSe量子点荧光微球为标记物,通过1-乙基-(3-二甲基氨基丙基)碳二亚胺/N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺(EDC/NHS)活化法将氯霉素(CAP)单克隆抗体与量子点荧光微球偶联制备荧光探针.氯霉素全抗原(CAP-HS-BSA)及羊抗鼠二抗分别喷涂硝酸纤维素膜,形成检测线(T线)和质控线(C线),组装成新型氯霉素量子点荧光微球免疫层析试纸条,建立了快速、定量检测牛奶中CAP的方法.本研究开发的量子点荧光微球试纸条可在15 min内完成牛奶样品中CAP的定量检测,线性范围为0.1~100.0μg/L,检出限为0.1μg/L.牛奶样品CAP的加标回收率为93.3%~97.9%,相对标准偏差在4.9%~6.9%之间.     

Highly fluorescent carbon polymer dots prepared at room temperature,and their application as a fluorescent probe for determination and intracellular imaging of ferric ion

Carbon polymer dots (CPDs) were prepared by a one-pot aqueous synthetic route from ascorbic acid and diethylenetriamine at room-temperature. The CPDs under 350-nm excitation exhibit blue fluorescence peaking at 430 nm with a quantum yield of 47%. Other features include an average diameter of 5 nm, a fluorescence that is independent of the excitation wavelength, good water dispersibility and photostability, and excellent biocompatibility. The CPDs are shown to be viable fluorescent probes for ferric ion which acts as a strong quencher. The response to Fe(III) is linear in the 0.2 to 10 μM concentration range, and the detection limit is 0.1 μM. The probe was applied to the determination of Fe(III) in environmental waters and to intracellular imaging of ferric ions in HeLa cells.

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Graphical abstract Carbon polymer dots (CPDs) are prepared from ascorbic acid and diethylenetriamine (DETA) at room-temperature (RT). The RT-CPDs exhibit excellent optical performance, biocompatibility and selectivity of quenching by ferric ions. This can be applied for determination and intracellular imaging of ferric ion.

     

A new block preconditioner for complex symmetric indefinite linear systems

Using the equivalent block two-by-two real linear systems and relaxing technique, we establish a new block preconditioner for a class of complex symmetric indefinite linear systems. The new preconditioner is much closer to the original block two-by-two coefficient matrix than the Hermitian and skew-Hermitian splitting (HSS) preconditioner. We analyze the spectral properties of the new preconditioned matrix, discuss the eigenvalue distribution and derive an upper bound for the degree of its minimal polynomial. Finally, some numerical examples are provided to show the effectiveness and robustness of our proposed preconditioner.     

从高质量半导体/超导体纳米线到马约拉纳零能模

作为马约拉纳费米子的“凝聚态版本”,马约拉纳零能模是当前凝聚态物理领域的研究热点.马约拉纳零能模满足非阿贝尔统计,可以构建受拓扑保护的量子比特.这种由空间上分离的马约拉纳零能模构建的拓扑量子比特不易受局域噪声的干扰,具有长的退相干时间,在容错量子计算中具有重要的应用前景.半导体/超导体纳米线是研究马约拉纳零能模和拓扑量子计算的理想实验平台.本文综述了高质量半导体纳米线外延生长、半导体/超导体异质结制备以及相应的马约拉纳零能模研究方面的进展,并对半导体/超导体纳米线在量子计算中的应用前景进行了展望.     

纵磁作用下真空电弧单阴极斑点等离子体射流三维混合模拟

真空电弧的特性直接受到从阴极斑点喷射出的等离子体射流的影响,对等离子体射流进行数值仿真有助于我们深入了解真空电弧的内部物理机制.然而,磁流体动力学和粒子云网格仿真方法受限于计算精度和计算效率的原因,无法有效地应用于真空电弧等离子体射流仿真模拟.本文开发了一套三维等离子体混合模拟算法,并在此基础上建立了真空电弧单阴极斑点射流仿真模型,模型中将离子作宏粒子考虑,而电子作无质量流体处理,仿真计算了自生电磁场与外施纵向磁场作用下等离子体的分布运动状态.仿真结果表明,单个阴极斑点情况下真空等离子体射流在离开阴极斑点后扩散至极板间,其整体几何形状为圆锥形,离子密度从阴极到阳极快速下降.外施纵向磁场会压缩等离子体,使得等离子体射流径向的扩散减少并且轴线上的离子密度升高.随着外施纵向磁场的增大,其对等离子体射流的压缩效应增强,表现为等离子体射流的扩散角度逐渐减小.此外,外施纵向磁场对等离子体射流的影响也受到电弧电流大小的影响,压缩效应随电弧电流的增加而逐渐减弱.