Bioelectrocatalysis of Dopamine Using Adsorbed Tyrosinase on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Abstract

A wealth of information on the reactions of redox-active sites in proteins can be obtained by voltammetric studies in which the protein sample is arranged as a layer on a suitable electrode surface. Here, we describe a method for the performance of a tyrosinase/single-walled carbon nanotubes/glassy carbon (Tyr/SWCNTs/GC) electrode, prepared by the modification of GC electrode surface by SWCNTs and adsorption of tyrosinase on the SWCNT surfaces. SWCNTs were studied with the help of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The dimensions of SWCNTs make them ideal candidates for the adsorption of proteins. The copper-containing enzyme, tyrosinase, exhibited an electrical contact with the electrode, because of the structural alignment of the enzyme on the SWCNT surfaces. The apparent Michaelis–Menten constant (K _m) for dopamine (DA) and the stability of the enzyme electrode were estimated. This method could be suitable for applications to nanofabricated devices.     

单壁纳米碳管的纯化研究

A purification method to remove the metal catalysts and impurity carbon materials from arc-discharge-grown single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) has been developed. Microporous membrane and the oxidation in the air for the crude SWCNTs were used to eliminate the coexisting metal catalysts nanoparticles，carbon nanoparticles and amorphous carbon. Then we used the high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) to characterize the crude SWCNTs prepared by arc-discharge method and the purified SWCNTs. The Raman spectra and the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) were also utilized to analyze the approach of our purification for SWCNTs. With this method the SWCNTs with the purity more than 95% could be obtained.     

共振增强拉曼光谱技术在单壁碳纳米管表征中的应用

共振增强拉曼光谱技术是表征和研究单壁碳纳米管(SWNTs)的有力工具, 它既能用于SWNTs的几何结构表征, 又能反映SWNTs的电子态密度信息. 特别指出的是, 由于共振拉曼效应, 它能够灵敏地检测单根SWNT的局域信息. 本文首先概述了SWNTs拉曼光谱的RBM峰、G峰、D峰和G'峰的特征和应用, 然后综述了共振增强拉曼光谱在SWNTs的结构表征、形变测量、缺陷测量和温度测量中的应用和进展, 最后讨论了共振拉曼光谱在SWNTs表征方面所面临的机会和挑战.     

NEXAFS光谱分析聚合物修饰的单壁碳纳米管

利用C1s、O1s、N1s近边X射线吸收精细结构(Near Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure,NEXAFS)光谱对聚合物修饰的碳纳米管进行了分析,研究了氧化及偶联聚合物对碳纳米管结构的影响。氧化碳纳米管及十八胺修饰的、聚合物/十八胺双修饰的碳纳米管的NEXAFS光谱均出现了碳/氧K边π*(C=O)和σ*(C-O)共振峰;而十八胺修饰的、聚合物/十八胺双修饰的碳纳米管则出现了氮K边π*(N-C=O)和σ*(N1s)共振峰。分析表明,NEXAFS光谱可有效表征聚合物修饰的碳纳米管。     

非共价法分离光学活性单壁碳纳米管

单壁碳纳米管（SWNTs）由于具有独特的物理、化学性质,激起人们极大的研究兴趣。目前生产的SWNTs通常包含等量左旋和右旋对映异构体,无光学活性,极大地限制碳纳米管在光学和光电子领域的研究和应用。已报道的非共价法分离光学活性碳纳米管的方法主要有离子交换色谱法、nanotweezers选择法、密度梯度超高速离心法、共轭聚合物缠绕法和小分子吸附法。本文较为详尽地综述了非共价法分离光学活性碳纳米管的研究进展,对各种分离方法的机理进行阐述,并在此基础上分析这些方法和分离效果的关系,指导设计和合成新型的分离试剂。最后,本文还针对上述研究中存在的问题,提出了旋光性SWNTs分离技术的研究方向。     

基于单壁碳纳米管的功能分子电子器件研究

单壁碳纳米管具有完美的一维纳米结构、良好的导电性和电子弹道输运特性, 被认为是新一代电子学器件的重要基础材料. 作者介绍了两种构筑基于单壁碳纳米管的功能化场效应晶体管的策略, 使用纳米刻蚀法可以制备稳定的功能化单分子器件, 使用表面化学修饰法则提供了发展新型纳米传感器件的简易途径. 针对分子与电极间的非欧姆接触问题, 作者着重介绍了制备羧基功能化单壁碳纳米管点电极的普适性方法, 并将导电分子通过酰胺键共价嵌入碳纳米管电极之间, 从而制备稳定的单分子电子器件. 这一体系为发展无需标记、高选择性的快速单分子检测方法提供了机会, 在实际的工业应用及基础科学研究中都具有广阔的应用前景.     

Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes as Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors

Large-scale synthesized single-walled carbon nanotubes （SWNT） prepared by electric arc discharge method and a mixture of NiO and Y2O3 as catalyst have been used as electrode materials for supercapacitors. N2 adsorption/desorption measurement shows that the SWNT is a microporous and mesoporous material with specific surface area 435 m^2·g^-1. The specific capacitance of the nitric acid treated SWNT in aqueous electrolyte reaches as high as 105 F/g, which is a combination of electric double layer capacitance and pseudocapacitance. The SWNT-based capacitors also have good charge/discharge reversibility and cycling perdurability.     

高纯度可溶性单壁碳纳米管的吸收光谱

经过K₂S₂O₈的稀硫酸溶液氧化处理的粗制单壁碳纳米管样品, 在水、DMF 和乙醇等极性溶剂中具有非常好的溶解性. 通过在DMF介质中多次进行超声波分散和高速离心分离, 成功地获得了高纯度可溶性的单壁碳纳米管. UV-vis-NIR吸收光谱研究表明, 这种高纯度可溶性的单壁碳纳米管呈现出更多的吸收特征和更高的吸收强度. 进一步的研究表明, 单壁碳纳米管的纯度达到了“参比样品”的160%, 其单根分散度达到5%以上.     

高温煅烧Mo改性的Fe／MgO催化剂用于制备管径分布均一的单壁碳纳米管

研究了在以甲烷化学气相沉积法制备单壁碳纳米管的过程中高温煅烧预处理(900℃煅烧10h)对Mo改性Fe/MgO催化剂的作用.发现这种预处理有利于Fe在催化剂中的稳定和分散,从而制备出管径均一的单壁碳纳米管.采用能谱元素分析、高分辨透射电镜、X射线衍射、比表面积测量、拉曼光谱和热重分析对样品进行了表征.结果表明,在碳纳米管生长的过程中,铁元素在催化剂表面富集,单壁碳纳米管生长于富集铁的纳米颗粒上,并存在碳管直径与铁颗粒尺寸的依赖关系.Mo存在时可煅烧形成FeMoO4复合氧化物,后者比MgFe2O4相更加稳定.Mo/Fe比例对提高单壁碳纳米管的生长密度、纯度与管径均一性等均有明显影响.上述研究对进一步精确控制制备单壁碳纳米管有重要意义.     

单壁碳纳米管拉伸变形的原子尺度模拟

The molecular dynamics method was adopted to investigate the tension deformation for SWCNTs with different chiralities and radius. The results show that nanotubes have an extremely large breaking strain. Carbon nanotubes are completely ductile before their structural defects appear. Through tracing the evolution of the spacial configuration of a micro structural cell of SWCNTs, it is found that the torsion deformation results in the change of structural symmetry. Thus the load is no longer well distributed. The structural defects will occur with further loading. The systematic energy change of SWCNTs is observed. It can be seen that there is a structural transformation around the initial vacancy defects when the axial tension strain reaches a certain value. The two adjacent hexagons change to one pentagon and one heptagon (also called the Stone Wales transformation). The 5 7 configuration makes strain energy release, and the systematic energy falls. This configuration is more preferable from the viewpoint of the energy. The results also show that fewer defects have weak influence on the mechanical properties of SWCNTs under the present initial vacancy defect condition.     

单一导电属性及手性单壁碳纳米管的分离技术

综述了基于生长后处理策略下单一导电属性及手性单壁碳纳米管(SWCNTs)分离技术的研究进展, 阐述了SWCNTs 的选择性分离原理, 并比较了不同分离技术在分离纯度、效率、成本以及可规模化等方面的优缺点, 为SWCNTs 分离技术的发展及应用提供了方向性指导.     

催化剂组成和反应条件对W-Fe-MgO催化分解甲烷制备单壁碳纳米管的影响

 采用“柠檬酸法”制备的W-Fe-MgO催化剂,在小型流化床反应器中分别以Ar和H2为载气在1073～1373 K下催化甲烷分解制单壁碳纳米管(SWCNTs). 实验结果表明,用H2作载气制备SWCNTs的最佳温度为1373 K,在Fe∶Mg摩尔比≤10∶100时,催化剂上的碳产率随其W载量的增加而显著增大,产物中的SWCNTs含量也保持在较高水平,最高碳产率可达55%(相对于催化剂的质量分数). 而使用Ar载气时最佳反应温度为1073 K, 用W∶Mg摩尔比为1∶100的催化剂可制得SWCNTs含量较高的产物,而W∶Mg摩尔比超过1∶100的催化剂上产物中的SWCNTs含量显著下降. 根据XRD和XPS实验结果推测了W-Fe-MgO催化剂上生长SWCNTs的活性相.     

Electrochemical Behavior and Determination of Uric Acid at Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Modified Gold Electrodes

The voltammetric behavior of uric acid was studied at a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) modified gold electrode. Uric acid can effectively accumulate at this electrode and produce an anodic peak at about 0.45 V (vs. SCE) in pH 5.0 sodium acetate buffer solutions (HAc-NaAc). The experimental parameters, such as solution pH, accumulation time, and amount of SWNT, were optimized for determination. Under the optimum conditions, the anodic peak current is linear to the uric acid concentration over the range of 1.0×10⁻⁷ M to 2.5×10⁻⁵ M with a correlation coefficient of 0.998. The detection limit was 5.0×10⁻⁸ M for 60 s accumulation. The electrode could be easily regenerated and exhibited good stability. A 5.0×10⁻⁶ M uric acid solution was measured ten times using the same electrode, and the relative standard deviation of the peak current was 1.3%. This method was successfully applied to the determination of uric acid in human urine samples, and the recovery was 97–99%. The feasibility for simultaneous determination of xanthine, ascorbic acid and uric acid was discussed. These species did not interfere with each other in a certain concentration range. The influence of some surfactants on the anodic peak was also examined.     

Electrochemical Behavior of Electrodes Containing Single-Walled Nanotubes

The differential capacitance and voltammograms of electrodes that contain single-walled carbon nanotubes are measured in aqueous electrolytes. The discovered dependence of the capacitance on the measurement frequency is attributed to structural features of nanomaterials used. Electrochemical characteristics of nanotube electrodes are close to those of glassy carbon electrodes, with the difference that the discharge current in the former is substantially higher at cathodic potentials in the presence of N₂O. This effect is presumably caused by an autoelectron emission of electrons from nanotubes into electrolyte.     

单壁纳米碳管的纯化及表征

利用微孔膜及空气氧化法逐步除去电弧放电法制备的单壁纳米碳管(SWCNTs)中的金属催化剂粒子、碳纳米粒子、无定形碳等杂质,并利用热重分析（TGA）、高分辨透射电子显微镜（HRTEM）及拉曼（Raman）光谱,对每一步得到的产物进行分析表征.实验证明,该方法对单壁纳米碳管的纯化是比较有效的,可以得到纯度在90％以上的单壁纳米碳管.     

碳离子碰撞单壁碳纳米管的动力学

采用分子动力学方法研究了碳离子碰撞碳纳米管中顶位、键中心和六元环中心的动力学过程。通过分析低、中、高3种入射能分别对碰撞过程的影响,探索了典型缺陷形成的微观演化过程。研究结果表明,碰撞碳纳米管中不同空间位置,其碰撞结果差异较大,其中顶位碰撞阈能最低,约为20 e V;碰撞六元环中心时碳管会发生严重变形,损伤最为严重。通过分析入射离子动能,碳纳米管热动能、质心动能以及势能随时间的演化规律,阐述了碰撞过程中的能量转移机制。     

碳离子碰撞单壁碳纳米管的动力学

采用分子动力学方法研究了碳离子碰撞碳纳米管中顶位、键中心和六元环中心的动力学过程。通过分析低、中、高3种入射能分别对碰撞过程的影响,探索了典型缺陷形成的微观演化过程。研究结果表明,碰撞碳纳米管中不同空间位置,其碰撞结果差异较大,其中顶位碰撞阈能最低,约为20 eV;碰撞六元环中心时碳管会发生严重变形,损伤最为严重。通过分析入射离子动能,碳纳米管热动能、质心动能以及势能随时间的演化规律,阐述了碰撞过程中的能量转移机制。     

Analysis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using a Chemical Bond Element Model

A three dimensional nano-scale finite element model (FEM), called the chemical bond element model, is proposed for the simulation of mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) based upon molecular mechanics method. Chemical bonds between carbon atoms are modeled by chemical bond elements. The constants of a sub-stiffness matrix are determined by using a linkage between molecular mechanics and continuum mechanics. In order to evaluate the correctness and performance of the proposed model, simulation was done to determine the influence of nanotube wall thickness, radius and length on the elastic modulus (Young's modulus and shear modulus) of SWCNTs. The simulation results show that the choice of wall thickness significantly affects the Young's modulus and shear modulus. The force field constants is also very important, because the elastic modulus is sensitive to force field constants and the elastic properties of SWCNT are related to the radii of the tubes. The contribution of length to elastic modulus is insignificant and can be ignored. In comparison with the Young's modulus and shear modulus reported in the literature, the presented results agree very well with the corresponding theoretical results and many experimental measurements. Furthermore, if the force constants are properly chosen, the present method could be conveniently used to predict the mechanical behavior of other single-walled nanotubes such as boron nitride nanotubes. The results demonstrate the value of the proposed model as a valuable tool in the study of mechanical behaviors of carbon nanotubes and in the analysis of nanotube-based equipments.     

Growth of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes on Substrates Using Carbon Monoxide as Carbon Source

The growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWCNTs) on substrates has attracted great interests because of the potential applications in various fields. Carbon monoxide(CO) was used as the carbon source for the growth of SWCNTs on silicon substrates. Random or oriented SWCNTs can be produced by varying the CO flow rate. When the flow rate of CO was as low as 20 sccm(sccm:standard cubic centimeter per minute), dense SWCNT networks with clean surface were produced. When the flow rate was above 50 sccm, vertically aligned SWCNT(VA-SWCNT) arrays were grown. Well-aligned VA-SWCNT arrays were obtained in the temperature range of 650-800℃ and the content of large-diameter(above 1.7 nm) tubes in the array increased with the temperature. The height of the array was affected by the growth temperature, the CO flow rate, and the growth time. These findings indicate CO can be used as an efficient carbon source for the growth of SWCNTs on substrates under low flow rates.     

Assignment of the Absolute-Handedness Chirality of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Using Organic Molecule Supramolecular Structures

Supramolecular structures of organic molecules on planar nanocarbon surfaces, such as highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), have been extensively studied and the factors that control them are generally well-established. In contrast, the properties of supramolecular structures on curved nanocarbon surfaces like carbon nanotubes remain challenging to predict and/or to understand. This paper reports an investigation into the first study of the supramolecular structures of 5,15-bisdodecylporphyrin (C12P) on chiral, concentrated single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs; with right-handed helix P- and left-handed helix M-) surfaces using STM. Furthermore, the study is the first of its kind to experimentally assign the absolute-handedness chirality of SWNTs, as well as to understand their effect on the supramolecular structures of organic molecules on their surfaces. Interestingly, these SWNT enantiomers resulted in supramolecular structures of opposite chirality based on the handedness chirality. With molecular modelling, we predicted the absolute-handedness chirality of SWNTs, before demonstrating this experimentally.