三种化学方法合成K0.5Bi0.5TiO3粉体的机理比较

采用溶胶-凝胶法、水热法和溶胶-凝胶-水热法三种化学方法合成K_0.5Bi_0.5TiO₃ (KBT)无铅压电陶瓷粉体. 用X射线衍射(XRD)分析产物的结构, 用扫描电镜(SEM)和透射电镜(TEM)观察产物的形貌. 实验结果表明, 三种化学方法均可获得纯钙钛矿相KBT粉体, 但不同工艺获得的粉体在形貌和生成机制上有很大的不同. 溶胶-凝胶法属高温固相扩散机制, 需要700 ℃以上温度煅烧才可获得KBT纯相, 且粉体颗粒度大、团聚严重. 水热法符合溶解-结晶机制, 生长出四方形的KBT纳米片. 溶胶-凝胶-水热法利用了凝胶团聚体空间链状结构的模板作用, 通过原位结晶机制生长出KBT纳米线.     

溶胶-凝胶伴随相分离制备SiO2多孔块体

以正硅酸甲酯(TMOS)为前驱体, 0.01 mol·L^-1盐酸(HCl)为催化剂, 环氧丙烷(PO)为凝胶促进剂, 粘均分子量(M_v)为10000的聚氧化乙烯(PEO)为相分离诱导剂, 采用溶胶-凝胶伴随相分离制备SiO₂多孔块体材料,利用差热分析(DTA)、傅里叶变换红外(FT-IR)光谱、扫描电镜(SEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)、汞压、N₂吸附/脱附等测试技术对所制得的SiO₂多孔块体进行了表征, 探讨了环氧化物调控溶胶-凝胶以及PEO诱导相分离机理. 结果表明, 加入PEO能诱导SiO₂凝胶发生相分离, 当PEO/TMOS摩尔比为0.0018时, 可以获得共连续多孔结构的SiO₂块体材料, 其大孔孔径分布在1-3 μm之间, 比表面积达719 m²·g^-1, 孔体积为0.48 m³·g^-1. 环氧丙烷因其环氧原子的强亲核性和不可逆的开环反应, 促进溶胶-凝胶转换, 同时借助吸附在SiO₂低聚物上的PEO诱导SiO₂凝胶相分离, 从而制备共连续大孔及骨架结构的多孔块体.     

Wettability of tri-block copolymer coated hydrophobic surfaces Predictions and measurements

Hydrophobic surfaces with adsorbed tri-block copolymers are wetted by oil in spite of the hydrophilic buoy groups of the block copolymer that are present near the surface. The effect of the buoy group length of the adsorbed molecules on the wettability of hydrophobic surfaces is studied by contact angle measurements and by computer modelling.

The computer model predicts an increase in interfacial free energy with increasing buoy group length for equilibrium adsorption of block copolymer from water. Molecules with large buoy groups occupy more lateral space; therefore the “bare” surface gets more exposed and the anchor groups contribute less to the interfacial free energy which thus increases with the buoy group length.

The calculations showed that the variation of the interaction parameter between solvent and buoy group hardly influences the interfacial free energy. In contrast the interaction parameter between solvent and surface influences the interfacial free energy to a large extent because the oil/surface interactions have a lower energetic value as compared to water/surface interactions and therefore the interfacial free energy is lower than in water. The interfacial free energy varies slightly with increasing buoy group length, depending on the value chosen for the solvent/surface interaction parameter.

Advancing and receding contact angles of hexadecane, sunflower oil and hydrolysate (partly hydrolysed sunflower oil) were measured on hydrophobic surfaces. All oil/water contact angles were small, indicating a hydrophobic apolar surface character. It was found that, for oils with a “good” interaction with the surface (hexadecane and sunflower oil), the contact angle has a minimum value at a certain buoy group length. For hydrolysate (less-strong interaction with the surface) the contact angle decreases monotonically with increasing buoy group length. The results for hexadecane, sunflower oil and hydrolysate are in reasonable agreement with the model predictions. The effect of increasing buoy group length is weak; both decreasing and increasing angles are found, depending on the type of oil used.     

N-Polyfluoro(trimethylsilyl)ethyl azole derivatives

A facile synthetic route to N-polyfluoro(trimethylsilyl)ethyl azole derivatives was developed starting from N-bromo(chloro)polyfluoroethyl-substituted azoles. The silanes thus obtained were reacted with various electrophiles in the presence of the fluoride ion to yield the corresponding fluorinated carbinols, ketones, carboxylic acids, and methyl dithiocarboxylates as well as N-pentafluoroethylbenzimidazole.     

Protein-coated β-ferric hydrous oxide particles: An electrokinetic and electrooptic study

Using microelectrophoresis and electric light scattering techniques, we investigated the adsorption characteristics, surface coverage and surface electric parameters of superstructures from two isoforms of plastocyanin, PCa and PCb, in an oxidized state adsorbed on β-ferric hydrous oxide particles. The surface electric charge and electric dipole moments of the composite particles and the thickness of the protein adsorption layer are determined in a wide pH range, at different ionic strengths and concentration ratios of PC to β-FeOOH. The adsorption of the two proteins was found to shift the particles’ isoelectric point and to alter the total electric charge and the electric dipole moments of the oxide particles to different extent. A “reversal” in the direction of the permanent dipole moment is observed at lower pH for PCb- than for PCa-coated oxide particles. Strict correlation is found between the changes in the electrokinetic charge of the composite particles and the variation in their “permanent” dipole moments. Data suggest that the adsorption of the proteins is driven by electrostatic and/or hydrophobic interactions with the oxide surfaces dependent on pH. The adsorption behaviour is consistent with the involvement of the “eastern” and “northern” patches of the plastocyanin molecules in their adsorption on the oxide surfaces that are differently charged depending on pH.     

Synthesis and characterization of porous WO3–SnO2 nanomaterials: An infrared study of adsorbed pyridine and dimethyl methylphosphonate

High surface area porous W/Sn oxide nanomaterials were prepared via water/oil based (W/O) emulsion. Tungstic acid solution was generated by cation exchange of sodium tungstate in acidic Dowex resin. The acid was then mixed with a clear homogeneous aqueous N-cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) solution followed by a slow addition of 0.2 M SnCl₄ solution. The mixture was stirred for 24 h and then subjected to slow calcination at 500 °C. The prepared materials were characterized using SEM-EDX, BET surface area, and sorption of nitrogen and water. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to characterize the surface acidic properties using pyridine vapor as a probe. The materials were then tested toward the Dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP) adsorption at various temperatures using infrared spectroscopy. At elevated temperatures, the desorption of DMMP from WO₃ and SnO₂ surfaces results in forming methyl phosphonate that strongly bounds on the metal oxide surfaces. In contrast, the FTIR spectra showed that the adsorbed dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP) on the mixed W/Sn oxide powders can be molecularly desorbed without any decomposition.     

Electrochemical properties of LiMn2O4 films produced by combustion reaction

Lithium manganese oxide powders were prepared via combustion reaction. Structural characterization of the powder using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy confirmed the formation of a LiMn₂O₄ nanosized powder. LiMn₂O₄ films were prepared by spin coating using 80 wt% of oxide, 15 wt% of polyaniline (PAni) as an electronic conductor and 5 wt% of polyvinylidene (PVDF) as a binder in N.N.-dimethyl acetamide. A Coulombic efficiency of 96% confirmed the electrochemical stability of the composite. The variation in impedance as a function of the lithium intercalation/deintercalation process reflected the interaction between the oxide and/or polyaniline particles at a high frequency range, and a diffusion tendency was observed at medium and low frequency ranges. The capacity values of the composite electrodes relative to the LiMn₂O₄ mass were 178.6/177.5 and 145/140 mAh g⁻¹ for the first and 25th charge/discharge cycles, respectively.     

An efficient route to unsymmetrical bis(azolium) salts: CCC-NHC pincer ligand complex precursors

The coupling of N-heterocyclic azoles (imidazoles, benzimidazoles, triazoles) to bromobenzenes (1,2-; 1,3-; or 1,4) in a step-wise, sequential manner was accomplished by manipulation of reaction time and stoichiometry, which provided straight-forward access to unsymmetrical bis(azolium) salts in only three isolation steps from commercially-available starting materials. Eight mono(azole) substituted bromobenzenes, four mono(azolium)bromobenzene salts, twelve unsymmetrical bis(azole)benzenes, and fourteen unsymmetrical bis(azolium) salts, which are precursors for pincer ligand complexes, are reported.     

Research of protein adsorption on the different surface topography of the zinc oxide

The effect of the surface topography on the protein adsorption process is of great significance for designing biomaterial surfaces and the biocompatibility for specific biomedical applications. In this work, we have systematically investigated the mono‐protein adsorption kinetics of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and fibrinogen (Fg) adsorbed on the four different surface topographies (nanoparticles (NPs), nanorods (NRs), nanosheets (NSs) and nanobeams (NBs) of Zinc oxide (ZnO), respectively. The competition of multi‐protein adsorbed on them has been studied as well. Results showed that each protein had a singular process of adsorption that fitted well by Spreading Particle Model (SPM). It confirmed that ZnO NRs compared with other samples had more adsorption sites, which could provide more opportunities for the interaction between material and protein molecules. In addition, the Fg compared to the BSA could be more tightly adsorbed to the surface, both of which existed slight conformational changes by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and circular dichroism spectra (CD). Taken together, all these consequences well demonstrated that NRs may have wider applications in designing biomaterial surfaces and the biocompatibility for implanted biomaterials. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Chemical stability of La1−xSrxCrO3 in oxidizing atmospheres

The single-phase region of La_1−xSr_xCrO₃ (x=0.1, 0.2, 0.3) was precisely determined as a function of temperature, P_O2 and Sr content. The powders with the nominal composition of La_1−xSr_xCrO₃ were equilibrated under various conditions, and then identified by XRD analyses. To confirm the equilibration, two independent experiments were performed for each composition observing (i) the precipitation of the second phase from a single-phase solid solution, and (ii) the formation of the single phase from the constituent oxides. Two kinds of second phases, SrCrO₄ and an unknown phase, were observed depending on the conditions. The second phases tended to appear at low temperature, in high P_O2 and with a large Sr content. The single-phase regions obtained via the two equilibration routes were in good agreement with each other. The thermodynamic calculations on the supposition of ideality of the solid solution essentially reproduced the experimental results. When this material is used as the interconnects of solid oxide fuel cells, much attention should be paid to its relatively narrow solubility range of Sr; for example, the solubility limit is approximately 0.1 under a typical cathode-side condition (1273 K, air).     

Redox reaction of PEO modified cytochrome c adsorbed on the electrode in ion conductive PEO matrix analyzed with non-contact optical waveguide spectroscopy

Optical waveguide spectroscopy was used under non-contact conditions to analyze the visible absorption spectrum of poly(ethylene oxide) (M _w = 150) modified cytochrome c (PEO₁₅₀-cyt.c) adsorbed on an indium tin oxide (ITO) glass electrode. The redox reactions of the adsorbed PEO₁₅₀-cyt.c were dynamically measured in situ in PEO oligomers (M _w = 200). It was confirmed that PEO modification of cyt.c is effective in maintaining the redox activity of the cyt.c after adsorption on the ITO glass electrode. The PEO₁₅₀-cyt.c adsorbed on the electrode re-dissolved gradually in PEO oligomer. Against this, PEO₁₀₀₀-cyt.c having longer PEO chains (M _w = 1000) was found to be adsorbed stably on the electrode. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Adsorption and Curing Behaviors of the Epoxy/Amidoamine System in the Presence of Metal Oxides

The curing and adsorption behaviors of an epoxy/amidoamine system under the influence of iron, aluminum, and zinc oxides are studied by using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy (DRIFT). From DRIFT, it is obtained that the amidoamine curing agent is preferentially adsorbed on the three metal oxide surfaces. The amount of amidoamine adsorbed is in the order of iron oxide>zinc oxide>aluminum oxide. Moreover, the iron and zinc oxides adsorb resins more firmly than the aluminum oxide. The results of DSC analyses indicate that more amine related exotherms are found in the specimen filled with the iron oxide but more amide related exotherms are found in the zinc oxide added specimens and they are related to the difference in the preferential adsorption found on three metal oxides. The curing characteristics are also changed in the presence of metallic fillers and the greatest change is obtained from the specimen containing the iron oxide.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

熔盐法制备Ca0.9La0.2/3Cu3Ti4O12陶瓷粉体及其介电性能研究

以CaCO3,CuO,TiO2,La2O3为反应物,NaCl,KCl为熔盐,通过熔盐法分别在700、750、800、850℃条件下合成Ca0.9La0.2/3Cu3Ti4O12陶瓷粉体。利用XRD和SEM分别对陶瓷粉体的物相结构和微观形貌进行了分析,并对其介电性能进行了测试。实验结果表明,随着合成温度的升高,陶瓷粉体的钙钛矿相含量逐渐增大,与传统固相法相比,熔盐法制备的粉体无团聚现象,耗时少。Ca0.9La0.2/3Cu3Ti4O12粉体制备的陶瓷在1 000℃烧结、测试频率在100 Hz~10 kHz时,获得优良的介电性能:介电常数大大超过104,介电损耗在0.1~0.47之间。     

用原位红外技术研究Ag-MoO3/ZrO2催化丙烯气相环氧化反应

制备了对丙烯直接气相环氧化具有优良催化性能的Ag-MoO₃/ZrO₂催化剂, 采用原位FT-IR技术研究了丙烯、环氧丙烷及丙烯和氧气混合气在载体和催化剂上的吸附及反应行为. 研究表明, 丙烯在ZrO₂载体和20%Ag-4%MoO₃/ZrO₂催化剂上吸附后, 均不发生化学反应, 而环氧丙烷在ZrO₂载体上吸附后于400 ℃发生开环反应, 在20%Ag-4%MoO₃/ZrO₂催化剂上吸附后于300 ℃发生开环反应. 当丙烯和氧气混合气在ZrO₂载体上共吸附后, 随着反应温度从室温升高至400 ℃, 二者开始反应生成CO₂和H₂O; 混合气在20%Ag-4%MoO₃/ZrO₂催化剂上共吸附后于350 ℃开始反应. 对比非负载型Ag-MoO₃催化剂的研究结果可见, ZrO₂载体的存在使催化剂的活性下降的同时, 提高了对产物环氧丙烷的选择性.     

How do azoles inhibit cytochrome P450 enzymes? A density functional study

To examine how azole inhibitors interact with the heme active site of the cytochrome P450 enzymes, we have performed a series of density functional theory studies on azole binding. These are the first density functional studies on azole interactions with a heme center and give fundamental insight into how azoles inhibit the catalytic function of P450 enzymes. Since azoles come in many varieties, we tested three typical azole motifs representing a broad range of azole and azole-type inhibitors: methylimidazolate, methyltriazolate, and pyridine. These structural motifs represent typical azoles, such as econazole, fluconazole, and metyrapone. The calculations show that azole binding is a stepwise mechanism whereby first the water molecule from the resting state of P450 is released from the sixth binding site of the heme to create a pentacoordinated active site followed by coordination of the azole nitrogen to the heme iron. This process leads to the breaking of a hydrogen bond between the resting state water molecule and the approaching inhibitor molecule. Although, formally, the water molecule is released in the first step of the reaction mechanism and a pentacoordinated heme is created, this does not lead to an observed spin state crossing. Thus, we show that release of a water molecule from the resting state of P450 enzymes to create a pentacoordinated heme will lead to a doublet to quartet spin state crossing at an Fe-OH(2) distance of approximately 3.0 A, while the azole substitution process takes place at shorter distances. Azoles bind heme with significantly stronger binding energies than a water molecule, so that these inhibitors block the catalytic cycle of the enzyme and prevent oxygen binding and the catalysis of substrate oxidation. Perturbations within the active site (e.g., a polarized environment) have little effect on the relative energies of azole binding. Studies with an extra hydrogen-bonded ethanol molecule in the model, mimicking the active site of the CYP121 P450, show that the resting state and azole binding structures are close in energy, which may lead to chemical equilibrium between the two structures, as indeed observed with recent protein structural studies that have demonstrated two distinct azole binding mechanisms to P450 heme.     

Solid Solutions of WO3into Zirconia in WO3-ZrO2 Catalysts

Catalysts in the WO₃-ZrO₂ system were produced by coprecipitation of aqueous solutions of zirconium oxynitrate and ammonium metatungstate. Samples were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, thermogravimetry, and refinement of their crystalline structures with the Rietveld method. This coprecipitation gave rise to solid solutions of tungsten oxide into zirconia; the initial phase was amorphous and crystallized into two tetragonal crystalline phases, T1 and T2, when samples were annealed at 560°C. The main difference between both phases was the oxygen position along the c axis. In the phase with higher symmetry, T2, an oxygen atom was at one-half of the unit cell, 0.50(2), producing flat crystallite surfaces perpendicular to the c axis, while in the phase with the lower symmetry, T1, it was at 0.447(2), and gave rise to rough crystallite surfaces parallel to (100) planes. The interpenetrating tetrahedra forming the representative polyhedron of the crystalline structure were almost nondeformed in the phase with higher symmetry, because all Zr-O atom bond lengths were very similar. As the annealing temperature of the sample was increased, the dissolved tungsten atoms in the phase with higher symmetry segregated to the crystallite's surface.     

Synthesis of Polynuclear Nonfused Azoles

Polynuclear blocks consisting of nonfused heterocycles of the azole series, connected through methylene bridges, were synthesized by successive addition of azole units via cycloaddition of organic azides to the triple bond of N-(2-propynyl)azoles, as well as via reaction of azide ion at the cyano group of cyanomethylazoles. Initial N-(2-propynyl)azoles were prepared by reaction of 2-propynyl bromide with 1,2,3-triazoles, benzotriazole, and tetrazoles; cyanomethylazoles were obtained by alkylation of azoles with chloroacetonitrile. An analogous scheme was used to add heterocyclic units to 2-phenyl-1,2,3-triazole-4-carbonitrile. In this case, the first two heterocyclic units are linked through the ring carbon atom.     

Influence of pretreatment conditions on low-temperature CO oxidation over Au/MOx/Al2O3 catalysts

Composite oxide MO_x/Al₂O₃ supported gold catalysts for low-temperature CO oxidation were prepared and investigated. The presence of transition metal oxide was proved to be beneficial to the improvement of catalytic performance of Au/Al₂O₃ catalysts for low-temperature CO oxidation. Furthermore, the influence of various pretreatment conditions on Au/MO_x/Al₂O₃ catalysts was studied carefully. The image of TEM showed that gold catalyst with small gold particles only in the form of a fine dispersion exhibited highly catalytic activity. The XPS, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy characterization results of Au/FeO_x/Al₂O₃ catalyst showed that gold catalysts having partially oxidized gold species have the best catalytic performance. One possible pathway for CO oxidation on Au/FeO_x/Al₂O₃ catalyst is that the CO adsorbed on gold particles reacts with adsorbed oxygen, which is possible to occur on oxygen vacancies on the support or at the metal–support interface.     

Thermal and plasma synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles from MOFs with SERS characterization

Aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃) and chromium oxide (Cr₂O₃) nanoparticles were synthesized by thermolysis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Further O₂ plasma treatment is required to obtain high crystalline quality metal oxides. The composition and morphology of metal oxide nanoparticles were confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy characterization, respectively. The quality of synthesized metal oxides was also examined by observing the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra of methyl orange adsorbed on Al₂O₃ and Cr₂O₃. The observed SERS effect can be ascribed to charge-transfer (CT) resonance effect between methyl orange and metal oxide surfaces. UV–vis absorption spectra and DFT calculations of metal oxide- methyl orange complexes have confirmed that the observed SRS effect is due to CT resonance between the metal oxide nanoparticles and the adsorbed methyl orange molecules.     

多元醇法制备Cu2O/CNTs复合材料的研究

以Cu(CH₃COO)₂•H₂O和经硝酸处理的CNTs作为原料, 采用多元醇法成功合成了纳米氧化亚铜均布于碳纳米管表面的复合光催化剂. 用透射电镜(TEM), 高分辨透射电镜(HRTEM), X射线粉末衍射(XRD)对样品进行了表征, 测试结果表明大小为2～5 nm的氧化亚铜纳米颗粒均匀分散于碳纳米管的表面. 讨论了反应条件对Cu₂O在CNTs上负载效果的影响并就多元醇法合成Cu₂O/CNTs复合材料的反应机理作了初步探讨.