The viscosity of aqueous electrolyte solutions and the TTG model

An equation covering the dynamic viscosity from zero to high concentrations has been derived on the basis of the TTG model. The equation is compatible with the Eyring andNMR theories and has a similar form to the Othmer-rule equation. A component of the limiting viscosity slope is shown to be proportional to the Falkenhagen slope. The TTG equation was tested for 20 electrolytes of diverse charge type and found to fit the data within the experimental errors. The equation is simply extended to cover pressure, temperature, and component changes. The viscosities of three multicomponent systems are predicted to within the experimental errors. The derived parameters of the equation were found to be simply related to the TTG volume of the solute.     

New approach to free energy of solvation applying continuum models to molecular dynamics simulation

A new approach to the calculation of the free energy of solvation from trajectories obtained by molecular dynamics simulation is presented. The free energy of solvation is computed as the sum of three contributions originated at the cavitation of the solute by the solvent, the solute-solvent nonpolar (repulsion and dispersion) interactions, and the electrostatic solvation of the solute. The electrostatic term is calculated based on ideas developed for the broadly used continuum models, the cavitational contribution from the excluded volume by the Claverie-Pierotti model, and the Van der Waals term directly from the molecular dynamics simulation. The proposed model is tested for diluted aqueous solutions of simple molecules containing a variety of chemically important functions: methanol, methylamine, water, methanethiol, and dichloromethane. These solutions were treated by molecular dynamics simulations using SPC/E water and the OPLS force field for the organic molecules. Obtained free energies of solvation are in very good agreement with experimental data.     

Near-infrared spectra of water and aqueous electrolyte solutions at high pressures

The near-infrared spectra (9500 to 11000 cm^–1) of pure water and aqueous solutions of alkali halides, MgCl₂, NaClO₄, and R₄NBr were measured at temperatures between 10 and 55°C and pressures up to 500 MPa. From the analysis of the absorption spectra the following conclusions are drawn. (1) The ice I-like open structure is destroyed and the packed structure is formed as the pressure is increased. (2) The open structure of water is destroyed by the addition of alkali halides and MgCl₂ and water molecules are restricted around the ions by ion-dipole interactions. This results in a loosening of the O–H bond. (3) The perchlorate ion destroys the open structure of water and the ion-dipole interaction with water is insignificant. (4) The Bu₄N⁺ ion forms water structure around the ion similar to that of the clathrate open structure.     

甘氨酸电解液添加剂对水系锌离子电池电化学性能的影响

水系锌离子电池因其高安全性、高容量、低价格等优点,有望成为下一代规模储能设备。然而,副反应、锌枝晶和有限的使用寿命阻碍了其实际应用。我们将电解质添加剂甘氨酸(Gly)引入到常规水系ZnSO₄电解质中。Gly中的极性基团(—COOH和—NH₂)可以调节Zn²⁺的溶剂化结构,从而重新分配Zn²⁺的沉积以避免枝晶和副反应发生。结果表明,在ZnSO₄电解质中添加50 mmol·L^-1的Gly后(ZnSO₄-Gly),Zn||Zn对称电池在1 mA·cm^-2和1 mAh·cm^-2下,表现出良好的循环寿命(3 000 h),明显高于使用ZnSO₄电解质的性能(300 h)。以ZnSO₄-Gly为电解液的Zn||MnO₂全电池,在比电容和倍率性能方面比无添加剂器件表现得更好。     

Effect of 15-crown-5 on the charge transfer resistance at the polymer electrolyte/modified Li-electrode interface

The effect of 15-crown-5, which is applied immediately to pure and modified surface of a lithium electrode, on the charge transfer resistance at the electrode/polymer electrolyte interface is studied. The polymer electrolyte consists of a 1: 1 mixture of oligourethan dimethacrylate and polypropylene glycol monomethacrylate (20 wt %), an initiator (azobisisobutyronitrile) (2 wt %), and a 1 M LiClO₄ solution in gamma-butyrolactone (78 wt %). The conductivity of this gel electrolyte is 3 × 10^?3 S cm^?1. The temperature dependence of the impedance of the Li/gel electrolyte/Li electrochemical cells is measured for electrodes of four types. The activation energies for the charge transfer at the Li/electrolyte interface are calculated. It is found that, after treating the test lithium electrodes with 15-crown-5, the charge transfer resistance decreases, and in the case of the modified lithium surface, the activation energy for the process decreases by 1.8 times.     

Viscometric and conductometric study of polyelectrolytes of low charge density in salt free aqueous solutions

Viscometric and conductometric measurements have been performed on dilute, salt free solutions of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and poly(vinyl alcohol, vinyl sulphate ester) copolymer salts in order to get information on transition from a neutral to charged macromolecules. With increasing linear charge density from a very low value to a moderate one a non linear dependence of polyelectrolyte effect on copolymer composition was observed. A comparison has shown that there is a close analogy between the expansion of polyanions and swelling of polyelectrolyte networks at comparable linear charge density range. Due to the intra- and inter-molecular mobile ionic bridges a considerable contraction was pointed out by viscometry for barium, magnesium and copper salts. However, the differences in properties of counterions of higher charge number indicates that in addition to the valency, there is a definite chemical effect, too. It has been revealed by the electric conductance measurements that the transition from a neutral to charged macromolecules could be a very complex one calling for a new and more detailed theoretical consideration of polyelectrolyte solutions.     

The effect of substitution on reorganization energy and charge mobility in metal free phthalocyanine

To gain insight into how the electronic properties of discotic organic materials may be modified through substitution, the reorganization energy and the charge mobility of metal free phthalocyanine, and of several mono-substituted derivatives, are studied by electronic structure methods. It is found that the reorganization energy of phthalocyanine is not significantly changed by substitution on an outer phenyl ring, but is more strongly influenced when the inner crown amine ring is substituted. The relationship between reorganization energy and substituent is studied through the use of; substituent constant, HOMO energy, and geometry relaxation. The computed charge mobility shows stronger relationship to coupling matrix element than reorganization energy. A hybrid computational screening method in which the reorganization energy is calculated at the DFT level and the coupling matrix element is calculated at the AM1 level shows good predicting power for trends in charge mobility at reduced computational expense.     

氮硫共掺杂TiO_2的光电荷分离效应及其光催化性能研究

以硫脲为掺杂剂,采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了氮硫共掺杂TiO2(N,S-TiO2)。用比表面孔隙仪(BET)、X射线衍射仪(XRD)、紫外-可见漫反射(UV-Vis DRS)和X射线光电子能谱(XPS)对制备的光催化剂进行了表征,用表面光电压仪(SPS)和捕获剂研究了光催化剂的光生电荷分离效应。以甲基橙为模拟污染物,在模拟自然光照射下考察了样品的光催化性能。结果表明:硫脲/Ti的摩尔比为30%所制备氮硫共掺杂TiO2具有较高的光催化活性,光催化活性是纯TiO2的5倍。氮硫共掺杂使TiO2具有更高的比表面和光生电荷分离效应,从而有利于提高光催化活性。     

New and efficient arrays for photoinduced charge separation based on perylene bisimide and corroles

The bichromophoric systems C2-PI, C3-PI, and C3-PPI consisting of corrole and perylene bisimide units and representing one of the rare cases of elaborate structures based on corrole, have been synthesized. Corroles C2 and C3 are, respectively, meso-substituted corroles with 2,6-dichlorophenyl and pentafluorophenyl substituents at the 5 and 15 positions. The three dyads were prepared by divergent strategy with the corrole-forming reaction as the last step of the sequence. C2-PI and C3-PI differ in the nature of the corroles, whereas C3-PI differs from C3-PPI in the presence of a further phenyl unit in the linker between photoactive units. The dyads display spectroscopic properties which are the superposition of the component spectra, indicating a very weak electronic coupling. Excitation of the corrole unit leads to charge separation with a rate which decreases from 2.4 x 10(10), to 5.0 x 10(9), and to 4.9 x 10(7) s(-1) for C2-PI, C3-PI, and C3-PPI, respectively, where the reaction is characterized by a delta G degrees >0. Excitation of the perylene bisimide unit is followed by competing reactions of: 1) energy transfer to the corrole unit, which subsequently deactivates to the charge-separated state and; 2) electron transfer to directly form the charge-separated state. The ratio of electron-to-energy-transfer rates is 9:1 and 1:1 for C3-PI and C3-PPI, respectively. The yield of charge separation is essentially 100 % for C2-PI and C3-PI, and approximately 50 % (excitation of peryleneimide) or 15 % (excitation of the corrole) for C3-PPI. The lifetime of the charge-separated state, observed for the first time in corrole-based structures, is 540 ps for C2-PI, 2.5 ns for C3-PI, and 24 ns for C3-PPI, respectively. This is in agreement with an inverted behavior, according to Marcus theory.     

A representation of the polarization term in the interaction energy between a molecule and a point-like charge

The interaction energy of a molecule M with a point-like charge q can be partitioned into simpler contributions, two of which can be expressed in terms of the charge distribution _M of the sole M. The first term, qV(r), represents the interaction of q with the undistorted charge _M ⁰ of M while the second q ² P(r) gives the additional contributions due to the polarization of _M ⁰ under the influence of the charge q placed at the point r. In this paper we investigate the possibility of getting an inexpensive and sufficiently accurate analytical representation of P(r) over the whole space outside the van der Waals volume of M.     

Theoretical studies on the effects of methods and parameterization on the calculated free energy of hydration for small molecules

Free energies of hydration (FEH) have been computed for 13 neutral and nine ionic species as a difference of theoretically calculated Gibbs free energies in solution and in the gas phase. In‐solution calculations have been performed using both SCIPCM and PCM polarizable continuum models at the density functional theory (DFT)/B3LYP and ab initio Hartree–Fock levels with two basis sets (6‐31G* and 6‐311++G**). Good linear correlation has been obtained for calculated and experimental gas‐phase dipole moments, with an increase by ～30% upon solvation due to solute polarization. The geometry distortion in solution turns out to be small, whereas solute polarization energies are up to 3 kcal/mol for neutral molecules. Calculation of free energies of hydration with PCM provides a balanced set of values with 6‐31G* and 6‐311++G** basis sets for neutral molecules and ionic species, respectively. Explicit solvent calculations within Monte Carlo simulations applying free energy perturbation methods have been considered for 12 neutral molecules. Four different partial atomic charge sets have been studied, obtained by a fit to the gas‐phase and in‐solution molecular electrostatic potentials at in‐solution optimized geometries. Calculated FEH values depend on the charge set and the atom model used. Results indicate a preference for the all‐atom model and partial charges obtained by a fit to the molecular electrostatic potential of the solute computed at the SCIPCM/B3LYP/6‐31G* level. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2004     

Correlation between surface free energy of quartz and its wettability by aqueous solutions of nonionic, anionic and cationic surfactants

The measurements of the advancing contact angle for water, glycerol, diiodomethane and aqueous solutions of Triton X-100 (TX-100), Triton X-165 (TX-165), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDDS), sodium hexadecyl sulfonate (SHDS), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and cetylpyridinium bromide (CPyB) on quartz surface were carried out. On the basis of the contact angles values obtained for water, glycerol and diiodomethane the values of the Lifshitz–van der Waals component and electron-acceptor and electron-donor parameters of the acid–base component of the surface free energy of quartz were determined. The determined components and parameters of the quartz surface free energy were used for interpretation of the influence of nonionic, anionic and cationic surfactants on the wettability of the quartz. From obtained results it was appeared that the wettability of quartz by nonionic and anionic surfactants practically does not depend on the surfactants concentration in the range corresponding to their unsaturated monolayer at water–air interface and that there is linear dependence between adhesional and surface tension of aqueous solution of these surfactants. This dependence for TX-100, TX-165, SDDS and SHDS can be expressed by lines which slopes are positive. This slope and components of quartz surface free energy indicate that the interaction between the water molecules and quartz surface might be stronger than those between the quartz and surfactants molecules. So, the surface excess of surfactants concentration at the quartz–water interface is probably negative, and the possibility of surfactants to adsorb at the quartz/water film–water interface is higher than at the quartz–water interface. This conclusion is confirmed by the values of the adhesion work of “pure” surfactants, aqueous solutions of surfactants and water to quartz surface. In the case of the cationic surfactants the relationship between adhesional and surface tension is more complicated than that for nonionic and anionic surfactants and indicates that the relationship between the adsorption of the cationic surfactant at water–air and quartz–water interface depends on the concentration of the surfactants in the bulk phase.     

Influence of the nature of the electrolyte on the chiral separation of basic compounds in nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis using heptakis(2,3-di-O-methyl-6-O-sulfo)-beta-cyclodextrin

The influence on the enantiomeric resolution of the nature of the cationic BGE component (sodium, ammonium or potassium) and that of the anionic component (chloride, formate, methanesulfonate or camphorsulfonate) as well as the concentration of heptakis(2,3-di-O-methyl-6-O-sulfo)-beta-cyclodextrin (HDMS-beta-CD), the selected chiral selector, was studied in nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis (NACE). For this purpose, two D-optimal designs with 33 and 26 experimental points were applied. Three beta-blockers (atenolol, celiprolol and propranolol) and three local anesthetics (bupivacaine, mepivacaine and prilocaine) were selected as basic model compounds. Both cationic and anionic BGE components were found to have a deep impact on the enantiomeric resolution of the investigated analytes but it is the cationic component that has shown the strongest influence. Indeed, in some cases, the change of the latter led to a complete loss of enantioresolution. Based on the observed results, two NACE systems were recommended, namely ammonium formate and potassium camphorsulfonate in a methanolic solution containing HDMS-beta-CD and acidified with formic acid, in order to separate efficiently the enantiomers of basic drugs.     

Effect of aminoacids on the surface free energy of nitrofurantoin

Changes in nitrofurantoin surface free energy components, Lifshitz-van der Waals, _s ^LW , electron donor, _s ^– , and electron acceptor, _s ⁺ , due to adsorption of the aminoacids: lysine, alanine and glutamic acid, were determined by means of the thin-layer wicking technique. It was found that the aminoacids slightly increase the _s ^– component already at 10^–4 M concentration. They reduce the _s ⁺ component practically to zero, and a very sharp increase of _s ^– was observed when the nitrofurantoin surface was precovered from the solutions at concentrations larger tan 10^–4 M. It is concluded that the adsorption of the aminoacids takes place via hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions between nitrofurantoin surface and aminoacid molecules. The increase in the _s ^– parameter is probably caused by the presence of carboxyl groups in the aminoacid molecules.     

Photoinduced energy transfer and charge transfer on squarylium cyanine dyes

A series of squarylium cyanine dyes (Sqs) were synthesized to explore their applications in functional devices.Preliminary investigation on the mechanism involved in these devices was carried out.Spectroscopic behavior of Sqs with porphyrin (P),8-hydroxyquinolium aluminum (Alq) and ruthenium bipyridyl complex (Ru(bipy)) in solution,in film and on nanocrystalline TiO2 was investigated,respectively.A mechanism including photoinduced energy transfer and charge transfer processes was suggested in the corresponding practical devices.By means of doping,a red organic electroluminescent device (ELD) using Sq-doped Alq as the emission layer (EML) has been developed,and the total light to electricity efficiency of nanocrystalline TiO2 electrode based on using Sq-doped Ru(bipy) as photosensitizer has been improved greatly in the whole visible region,particularly in the red area above 600 nm.     

Dependency of ligand free energy landscapes on charge parameters and solvent models

We performed replica-exchange molecular dynamics (REMD) simulations of six ligands to examine the dependency of their free energy landscapes on charge parameters and solvent models. Six different charge parameter sets for each ligand were first generated by RESP and AM1-BCC methods using three different conformations independently. RESP charges showed some conformational dependency. On the other hand, AM1-BCC charges did not show conformational dependency and well reproduced the overall trend of RESP charges. The free energy landscapes obtained from the REMD simulations of ligands in vacuum, Generalized-Born (GB), and TIP3P solutions were then analyzed. We found that even small charge differences can produce qualitatively different landscapes in vacuum condition, but the differences tend to be much smaller under GB and TIP3P conditions. The simulations in the GB model well reproduced the landscapes in the TIP3P model using only a fraction of the computational cost. The protein-bound ligand conformations were rarely the global minimum states, but similar conformations were found to exist in aqueous solution without proteins in regions close to the global minimum, local minimum or intermediate states.