Circularly polarized luminescence based on small organic fluorophores

Circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) has attracted attention as a next-generation light signal because of its carrying more information compared with normal and linearly polarized lights as well as its potential wide application in information fields. Recently, much attention has been paid to small organic molecules-based CPL emitters because of easy synthesis, fine structural modification at molecular level, and tunable wide range emission wavelength. This review highlights the development of small organic molecules-based CPL emitters in the past 5 years (2017–2021). The progress suggests that small organic molecules-based CPL emitters provide a simple and efficient way to generate CPL.     

从化学视角剖析烫发、染发原理及顺序*

从头发的结构和组成出发分析头发形状和颜色改变的可能性,剖析烫发、染发的化学原理,阐释先烫发后染发的本质原因,从化学视角辨证地看待烫发、染发的利弊。     

核壳Fenton催化剂CuFe_2O_4@PDA-Cu的制备、表征及其活化H_2O_2降解染料的性能

为得到新型高效多相催化剂,有效去除废水中的染料,以Cu(Ac)_2与CuFe_2O_4@PDA为原料制备了催化剂CuFe_2O_4@PDA-Cu.通过IR、XRD、XPS、UV-Vis、DRS技术对催化剂的性能进行了表征,考察了温度、H_2O_2用量、催化剂用量、pH值、盐等对催化活性的影响.利用HPLC测定降解产物,采用自由基捕获和抑制实验进行机理验证,发现催化剂是核壳结构.温度升高、pH值升高、H_2O_2和催化剂用量的增加均有利于提高催化活性;氯化物、硫酸盐、硝酸盐和磷酸盐不影响催化效果,溴化物和亚硝酸盐降低了催化效果.得到的最优降解条件为:T=30℃,催化剂用量10mg·L~(-1),pH=9,过氧化氢用量10mmol·L~(-1),染料浓度30mg·L~(-1).最优条件下催化剂可循环使用4次以上;甲基橙、茜素红和罗丹明B的去除率为100%;染料R0213、O0118和B0115的去除率大于60%.降解产物有草酸、马来酸和CO_2.甲基橙、茜素红和罗丹明B降解后COD_(Mn)=2~4mg·L~(-1).水杨酸捕获·OH生成2.5-二羟基苯甲酸,叔丁醇抑制染料降解.结果表明,催化剂可活化H_2O_2产生·OH,·OH攻击染料分子开环降解直至矿化.该研究为开发高效多相催化剂,有效去除废水中的染料提供了科学依据.     

Treatment of anionic dye aqueous solution using Ti,HDTMA and Al/Fe pillared bentonite. Essay to regenerate the adsorbent

In this study, the adsorption removal of an anionic dye (Congo red) by a local bentonite before and after modification was studied. The modification of the bentonite was made by organophilisation using surfactant (HDTMA) and by pillaring process to obtain a bentonite with Ti pillars and with mixed pillars of Fe/Al. The various synthesized materials are characterized by different techniques such as DRX, MET, N₂ adsorption-desorption, Zeta potential measurement. Results show the development of the texture and the structure of the bentonite after modification. The various adsorbents synthesized show an increase in the adsorption capacity of Congo Red compared to the initial bentonite. Adsorption isotherms are described by the Langmuir model in all cases except that for Ti pillared bentonite, the Freundlich model is more suitable. Pseudo-second order is better for describing the adsorption process. Also, regeneration of the adsorbent is approached in this study by photochemical way and the results show a total regeneration of the adsorbent.     

Ultrasonic assisted synthesis of nanocrystalline cellulose as support and reducing agent for Ag nanoparticles: green synthesis and novel effective nanocatalyst for degradation of organic dyes

In this study, nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) prepared from microcrystalline cellulose using high‐intensity ultrasonication as mechanical method without any chemical treatment. The obtained NCC with around 30–50 nm diameters, utilized as support, reducing and stabilizing agent for in‐situ green and eco‐friendly synthesis of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs). The catalytic activity of composite was examined for degradation of environmental pollutants. The structure of as‐synthesized composite (Ag@NCC) was characterized by ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (UV–vis), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE‐SEM); Transmission electron microscopy (TEM); Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT‐IR), X‐ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The results of the catalytic reaction experiments showed that spherically shaped silver nanoparticles of around 20 nm distributed on the surface of nanocellulose demonstrated high catalytic efficiency towards the removal of methyl orange (MO) and 4‐nitrophenol (4‐NP).     

New multifunctional heterobinuclear palladium (II) complexes based on organometallic dithiocarbazate ligands

In the research of new compounds with multifunctional applications, heterobinuclear palladium (II) complexes based on organometallic dithiocarbazates (DTCZs) have been isolated. The organometallic DTCZ ligands of the general formula [{(η⁵-C₅H₄)-CH=NNHC(S)SCH₃}]MLn [MLn = Re (CO)₃ ( 2a ); Mn (CO)₃ ( 2b ); FeCp ( 2c )] were prepared by the reaction between formyl organometallic precursors ( 1a−c ) with S-methyldithiocarbazate. Subsequently, a two-step reaction of 2a−c with: (i) K₂[PdCl₄] and (ii) PPh₃ yielded heterobinuclear complexes [Pd{MLn(η⁵-C₅H₄)-CH=NNHC(S)SCH₃}–(Cl)(PPh₃)] [MLn = Re (CO)₃ ( 3a ); Mn (CO)₃ ( 3b ); FeCp ( 3c )]. All compounds were characterized by conventional spectroscopic techniques (infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis). In addition, the molecular structures of 2a , 2c and 3c were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The new palladium (II) complexes ( 3a−c ) were evaluated as antiproliferative agents against non-small cell lung cancer cells (H1299 cells). Complexes 3a and 3b containing cyrhetrenyl- and cymantrenyl-DTCZ ligands, respectively, were more active than their ferrocenyl analogue 3c . The activity was associated with the electron-withdrawing properties of the (η⁵-C₅H₄)M (CO)₃ moieties and their better lipophilicity than that of the ferrocenyl analogue. In addition, we studied the capacity of metalloligands ( 2a−c ) and palladium (II) complexes ( 3a−c ) to remove methylene blue in water under UV–visible light irradiation. The results established that the complexes showed moderate efficiency and were less active than their corresponding free ligands.     

A BODIPY-based highly emissive dye with thiophene-based branch harvesting the light

ABSTRACT

A novel BODIPY-based dye with highly emissive character was configured by Sonogashira coupling and routinely characterized by NMR and MS technology. The emission of dye was investigated in solution/film/solid and shows intensive emission. In solution, the emission peak appeared around 510 nm with little influence by the polar environment. The terthiophene plays an effective antenna effect, harvesting the light and transferring the energy to BODIPY. The pseudo Stoke's shift enlarged to ～170 nm in solution. In film, the emission peak shifted to 563 nm in polycarbonate matrix. And it shifted further to 585 nm in solid due to the highly twisted structure, which avoided closely regular-tight packing. The dye rendered an intense fluorescence, good optothermal stability, and high fluorescence quantum yield (0.55). The solid emission showed highly red emission with Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of (X = 0.69, Y = 0.31). Thus, the synthesized dye is idea candidate for emitting materials.     

附加压力与分散系统的稳定性

较详细地讨论了附加压力与分散系统稳定性间的关系,指出分散相附加压力的降低是分散系统趋向稳定的根本原因。以乳状液为例,附加压力降低不仅减少了液滴间相互碰撞的概率,而且更重要的是,它与液滴表面形成牢固的保护膜密切相关。只有当液滴的附加压力趋近0时,分散系统才达到热力学上稳定的状态,此时乳状液已变成了微乳状液。上述讨论也基本适用于固/液分散系统。     

基于苯甲酸受体的咔唑染料敏化剂的合成和光电性能

4-(6-(N-butylcarbazole-3-yl)-9-oxo-9H-fluoren-3-yl)benzoic acid (HXL-3W) and 4-(7-(Nbutylcarbazole-3-yl)-9-oxo-9H-fluoren-2-yl)benzoic acid (HXL-4Z), were designed and synthesized through the linking position variation of the fluorenone π-bridge with the N-butylcarbazole donor and a benzoic acid acceptor. The spectra, electrochemistry and photoelectric conversion properties of these carbazole dyes were investigated and their geometric structure and UV-Vis spectra were optimized and calculated using the density functional theory (DFT) method. The results show two distinct absorption peaks, ascribed to the π→π^* transition, along with a small peak corresponding to intramolecular charge transfer in the absorption spectrum of HXL-4Z. However, only one π→π^* transition absorption peak is found in the spectrum of HXL-3W and its molar extinction coefficient is far smaller than that of HXL-4Z. The reason for this may be a closer distance between the donor and acceptor of HXL-3W leading to a large tension, causing inferior molecular planarity and intramolecular charge transfer. Therefore, HXL-4Z which possesses superior light absorptivity and electron injection efficiency, shows an enhanced photoelectric conversion efficiency of 2.03% (short-circuit photocurrent density (J_sc) = 3.88 mA·cm^-2, open-circuit photovoltage (V_oc) = 700 mV, fill factor (FF) = 0.75).     

Pseudopeptide‐Based Hydrogels Trapping Methylene Blue and Eosin Y

We present herein the preparation of four different hydrogels based on the pseudopeptide gelator Fmoc‐l ‐Phe‐d ‐Oxd‐OH (Fmoc=fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl), either by changing the gelator concentration or adding graphene oxide (GO) to the water solution. The hydrogels have been analysed by rheological studies that demonstrated that pure hydrogels are slightly stronger compared to GO‐loaded hydrogels. Then the hydrogels efficiency to trap the cationic methylene blue (MB) and anionic eosin Y (EY) dyes has been analyzed. MB is efficiently trapped by both the pure hydrogel and the GO‐loaded hydrogel through π–π interactions and electrostatic interactions. In contrast, the removal of the anionic EY is achieved in less satisfactory yields, due to the unfavourable electrostatic interactions between the dye, the gelator and GO.