聚吡咯/还原氧化石墨烯复合物的合成及电容性能

通过原位聚合方法制备不同配比的聚吡咯/氧化石墨（PPy/GO）复合物,将其用NaBH4还原得到聚吡咯/还原氧化石墨烯(PPy/RGO)复合物,采用X射线衍射、红外光谱和场发射扫描电子显微镜（FESEM）对其结构和形貌进行物理表征。 采用循环伏安、恒电流充放电和交流阻抗等电化学方法系统研究了所制备样品的电化学性能。 实验结果表明,在电流密度为0.5 A/g、吡咯（Py）与GO质量比为95∶5时,得到的复合物还原前后比电容分别可达401.5和314.5 F/g,远高于单纯的GO（34.8 F/g）和PPy（267.5 F/g）。 经过1200圈循环稳定性测试后,PPy/RGO复合物比电容保持了原来的62.5%,与PPy和PPy/GO（电容保持率分别为16.8%和46.4%）相比,PPy/RGO表现出更好的循环稳定性能,有望成为超级电容器电极材料。     

水溶液体系中氧化石墨烯的γ射线辐射还原

石墨烯是一种碳原子以二维蜂窝状晶格结构构成的单片层材料,由于其具有优异的电传导性、力学性能和热传导性近年来受到广泛关注.本文采用γ射线辐射技术分别处理水溶液和对苯二胺(PPD)水溶液中的氧化石墨烯(GO),得到辐照还原氧化石墨烯(RGO)和胺基化修饰的还原氧化石墨烯(RGON).通过傅里叶变换红外(FTIR)光谱、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、拉曼(Raman)光谱、X射线衍射(XRD)和热失重分析(TGA)等表征分析产物的化学结构和元素组成;通过四探针测试仪和接触角测量仪研究产物的导电性能和亲水性.实验结果表明,在水溶液及PPD水溶液中γ射线辐射均可高效还原GO,还原后得到的RGO和RGON电导率均显著增大.PPD的胺基在辐射还原过程中还可以修饰到石墨烯的表面,因此RGON的亲水性比RGO好,但胺基的存在会干扰石墨烯表面π电子的传导,导致其电导率下降.     

不同表面修饰石墨烯载Pd催化剂对甲酸氧化的电催化性能

采用对氨基苯磺酸对氧化石墨烯（GO）进行表面功能化,进而负载贵金属Pd,解决了Pd团聚和不易在载体表面负载的问题,从而提高了Pd基催化剂对于甲酸的催化能力。 实验研究了相同实验条件下,Pd在氧化石墨烯、还原石墨烯（RGO）和磺化处理的石墨烯（SGO）表面的分散和负载量以及得到的复合催化剂的催化性能。 实验结果表明,SGO更容易负载贵金属,得到的催化剂对O2气的电催化还原能力优于Pd/GO和Pd/RGO,此外Pd/SGO催化剂对CO的耐受力也明显提升,这可能是苯环上的π-π键和-SO3H的范德华力协同作用更有利于Pd的固定与分散。 对Pd/SGO催化氧还原的机理也进行了分析,该氧还原为2电子反应过程。     

氧化石墨烯水热还原前后的发光光谱

分别采用改进Hummers方法和水热还原法制备了氧化石墨烯(GO)和还原氧化石墨烯(RGO)。 GO和RGO经透射电子显微镜(TEM)、紫外-可见吸收光谱(UV-Vis)、红外光谱(IR)、荧光发射和激发光谱(PL、PLE)等技术手段进行了表征。 荧光发射光谱显示,氧化石墨烯(GO)在可见光的激发下可以得到波长在600~800 nm范围内的宽谱近红外荧光。 通过比较氧化石墨烯水热还原前后的光谱变化,发现氧化石墨烯近红外荧光起源于氧化石墨烯的表面含氧基团,如C=O、COOH。 近红外荧光穿透性好、对生物组织损坏小,非常适合于生物成像,预示着氧化石墨烯在生物成像方面的应用潜力。     

氮掺杂还原氧化石墨烯负载铂催化剂的制备及甲醇电氧化性能

采用高温热解聚苯胺修饰的氧化石墨烯（PANI-GO）,得到了氮掺杂的还原氧化石墨烯碳材料（N-RGO）,以其负载Pt 制备了Pt/N-RGO纳米结构电催化剂. 采用透射电镜（TEM）、X射线光电子能谱（XPS）、X 射线衍射（XRD）谱及拉曼光谱等技术对N-RGO和Pt/N-RGO的形貌及结构进行了表征,用循环伏安、计时电流等电化学技术研究了Pt/N-RGO电极催化剂对CO溶出反应和甲醇电氧化反应的催化性能. 结果表明：高温热解PANIGO可同时实现GO的还原及其氮掺杂的过程,氮掺杂引起还原氧化石墨烯碳材料表面缺陷结构和导电性的增加;与相应的未掺杂氮样品Pt/RGO相比较,Pt/N-RGO样品上Pt 颗粒的分散更均匀,显示出更强的抗CO毒化能力和更高的甲醇电氧化催化活性及稳定性.     

电还原氧化石墨烯-铁氰化钴修饰电极对肼的测定

本文提出了一种新的水合肼的测定方法。利用静电作用,在氧化石墨烯(GO)表面吸附一层均匀分散的Co2+形成GO-Co2+复合物,通过恒电位法电还原复合物中的GO,再利用循环伏安法将吸附的Co2+转化为铁氰化钴(CoHCF),制得电还原的氧化石墨烯-铁氰化钴修饰玻碳电极(ERGO-CoHCF/GCE)。采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对修饰电极表面进行了表征。研究了水合肼在该修饰电极上的电化学行为及在不同电极上的电流响应。结果表明:ERGO-CoHCF/GCE对肼具有很好的电催化氧化作用,其浓度与氧化峰电流呈良好的线性关系。     

还原态氧化石墨烯的制备及其对重金属离子的吸附性能

通过乙二胺（EDA）对氧化石墨烯（GO）进行还原制备了还原态氧化石墨烯（RGO）,利用红外光谱、拉曼光谱、热重分析和扫描电子显微镜等技术对制得的RGO进行了表征。 考察了RGO复合材料在静态吸附条件下对Pb(Ⅱ)、Cd(Ⅱ)、Cu(Ⅱ)和Mn(Ⅱ)金属离子的吸附性能。 结果表明,该吸附材料对上述4种重金属离子在25 ℃时的静态饱和吸附量分别为396.6、115.3、54.2和38.6 mg/g。 吸附于RGO上的Pb(Ⅱ)可用0.05 mol/L HCl溶液进行洗脱,再生后的RGO重复使用3次时吸附量能达到首次吸附量的85%。     

Cr掺杂TiO_2纳米线/还原氧化石墨烯复合物的制备及光催化活性

以TiO_2纳米颗粒P25和氧化石墨烯(GO)为原料,Cr(NO_3)_3·9H_2O为Cr源,采用碱性水热法制备了Cr掺杂TiO_2纳米线/还原氧化石墨烯复合物(Cr-Ti O2 NWs/RGO).采用类似方法合成了TiO_2纳米线(Ti O2NWs)、Cr掺杂Ti O2纳米线(Cr-TiO_2NWs)和TiO_2纳米线/还原氧化石墨烯复合物(TiO_2 NWs/RGO)等其它样品.通过X射线衍射(XRD)、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、拉曼(Raman)光谱、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)和紫外-可见漫反射光谱(UV-VisDRS)等方法对样品进行了表征.测试了样品在可见光下对亚甲基蓝(MB)的降解活性,结果表明,Cr-TiO_2NWs/RGO在120 min内对MB的催化降解率为TiO_2NWs的2.2倍,催化降解速度为TiO_2NWs的5.8倍.     

RGO/C_3N_4复合材料的制备及可见光催化性能

通过半封闭一步热裂解法和改进的Hummers法分别制备了类石墨氮化碳(C3N4)和氧化石墨烯(GO),再利用光还原方法制得还原氧化石墨烯/氮化碳(RGO/C3N4)复合材料。采用X射线衍射(XRD),场发射扫描电镜(FESEM),X射线光电子能谱(XPS),紫外-可见漫反射吸收光谱(DRS),光致荧光(PL)和傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)等测试技术对复合材料进行表征。以罗丹明B(RhB)为探针分子在可见光下考察RGO/C3N4复合材料的光催化活性,结果表明:RGO的引入显著提高了C3N4的光催化活性,且6.0%RGO/C3N4复合物的光催化活性最高,可能的原因是RGO具有优良的接受和传导电子性能,抑制了C3N4光生电子-空穴的复合机率,进而提高了光催化活性。     

水热法制备Fe3O4/rGO纳米复合物作为锂离子电池阳极材料

以氢氧化铁为四氧化三铁的前驱体,氧化石墨烯（GO）为还原石墨烯（rGO）的前驱体,以水合肼和二水合柠檬酸三钠为混合还原剂,采用水热法制备了还原石墨烯负载四氧化三铁纳米颗粒（Fe₃O₄/rGO）的复合材料。通过透射电子显微镜（TEM）、X-射线衍射（XRD）和热重分析（TGA）对产物的形貌、结构和组成进行了表征。以锂片为对电极进行了扣式电池的组装,通过恒电流充放电和循环伏安法对其电化学性能进行了测试。材料具有均一的形貌,rGO具有较高的还原程度且可以在充放电过程中缓冲Fe₃O₄纳米颗粒的体积变化,使得Fe₃O₄/rGO纳米复合物具有较好的电化学性能。     

Regioselectivity of olefin oxidation by iodosobenzene catalyzed by metalloporphyrins : control by the catalyst

The regioselectivity of the oxidation of three monosubstituted olefins, 6-phenoxyhex-1-ene, hex-1-ene and styrene, by iodosobenzene in the presence of various Fe-, Mn- or Cr-tetraaryl-porphyrins, was studied. It was found that, besides epoxides, known products from such systems, allylic alcohols and aldehydes were formed, the latter not being derived from the corresponding epoxides. The relative importance of these reactions greatly depends upon both the metal and porphyrin constituents of the catalyst. More particularly, the competition between epoxidation and allylic hydroxylation can be efficiently controlled by non-bonded interactions between the olefin and porphyrin substituents. No hydroxylation of the aromatic rings and no oxidative dealkylation of the ether function was detected.     

Enantiomer separation by CEC——Enantiomer separation by packed-capillary electrochromatography

Three chiral compounds were successfully separated in a short time with two enantiomer separation models on packed-capillary electrochromatography (CEC). (i) 75 μm I.D. capillaries were packed with 5 μm β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) chiral stationary phase (CSP). Effects of voltage, pH and concentration of organic modifier on electroosmotic flow (EOF) and chiral separations were investigated systematically. Enantiomers of a neutral compound (benzoin) and a neutral drug (mephenytoin) were separated within a short time with high efficiency. Efficiency of 32 000 theoretical plates per meter and resolution (R_s) of 1.42 were achieved for enantiomers of benzoin using a βCD packed column with 6.2 cm packed length. Efficiency of 45 000 theoretical plates per meter and R_s of 3.40 were obtained for enantiomers of mephenytoin. Especially, the enantiomer separation of mephenytion was performed in just 3.4 min with R_s of 2.60. (ⅱ) 75 μm I.D. capillary was packed with octadecylsilica particles (ODS). Chiral separat     

Membrane solubilization by detergent: resistance conferred by thickness

The commonly held model for membrane dissolution by detergents/surfactants requires lipid transport from the inner to the outer bilayer leaflet ('flip-flop'). Although applicable to many systems, it fails in cases where cross-bilayer transport of membrane components is suppressed. In this paper we investigate the mechanism for surfactant-induced solubilization of polymeric bilayers. To that end, we examine the dissolution of a series of increasingly thick, polymer-based vesicles (polymersomes) by a nonionic surfactant, Triton X-100, using dynamic light scattering. We find that increasing the bilayer thickness imparts better resistance to dissolution, so that the concentration required for solubilization, after a fixed amount of time, increases nearly linearly with membrane thickness. Combining our experimental data with a theoretical model, we show that the dominant mechanism for the surfactant-induced dissolution of polymeric vesicles, where polymer flip-flop across the membrane is suppressed, is the surfactant transport through the bilayer. This mechanism is different both qualitatively and quantitatively from the mechanisms by which surfactants dissolve pure lipid vesicles.     

Antibiotic recognition by binuclear metallo-beta-lactamases revealed by X-ray crystallography

Metallo-beta-lactamases are zinc-dependent enzymes responsible for resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics in a variety of host bacteria, usually Gram-negative species that act as opportunist pathogens. They hydrolyze all classes of beta-lactam antibiotics, including carbapenems, and escape the action of available beta-lactamase inhibitors. Efforts to develop effective inhibitors have been hampered by the lack of structural information regarding how these enzymes recognize and turn over beta-lactam substrates. We report here the crystal structure of the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia L1 enzyme in complex with the hydrolysis product of the 7alpha-methoxyoxacephem, moxalactam. The on-enzyme complex is a 3'-exo-methylene species generated by elimination of the 1-methyltetrazolyl-5-thiolate anion from the 3'-methyl group. Moxalactam binding to L1 involves direct interaction of the two active site zinc ions with the beta-lactam amide and C4 carboxylate, groups that are common to all beta-lactam substrates. The 7beta-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)malonyl]-amino substituent makes limited hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding contacts with the active site groove. The mode of binding provides strong evidence that a water molecule situated between the two metal ions is the most likely nucleophile in the hydrolytic reaction. These data suggest a reaction mechanism for metallo-beta-lactamases in which both metal ions contribute to catalysis by activating the bridging water/hydroxide nucleophile, polarizing the substrate amide bond for attack and stabilizing anionic nitrogen intermediates. The structure illustrates how a binuclear zinc site confers upon metallo-beta-lactamases the ability both to recognize and efficiently hydrolyze a wide variety of beta-lactam substrates.     

DNA damage by sulfite autoxidation catalyzed by cobalt complexes

DNA damage was investigated in the presence of sulfite, dissolved oxygen and cobalt(II) complexes with glycylglycylhistidine, glycylhistidyllysine, glycylglycyltyrosylarginine and tetraglycine. These studies indicated that only Co(II) complexed with glycylglycylhistidine (GGH) induced DNA strand breaks at low sulfite concentrations (1-80 microM) via strong oxidants formed in the reaction. In the presence of the other complexes, some damage occurred only in the presence of high sulfite concentrations (0.1-2.0 mM) after incubation for 4 h. In the presence of GGH, Co(II) and dissolved O2, DNA damage must involve a reactive high-valent cobalt complex. The damaging effect was increased by adding S(IV), due to the oxysulfur radicals formed as intermediates in S(IV) autoxidation catalyzed by the complex. SO3 -, HO and H radicals were detected by EPR-spin trapping experiments with DMPO (5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide). The results indicate that Co(II) binds O2 in the presence of GGH, and leads to the formation of a DMPO-HO adduct without first forming free superoxide or hydroxyl radical, supporting the participation of a reactive high-valent cobalt complex.     

Substitution of 2-phosphaindolizines by bromine and by chlorophosphines

Bromine does not add to phosphorus in a 2-phosphaindolizine 1 but substitutes its 1-position. The 1-bromo derivatives 2 are best prepared with Br₂/NEt₃ or N-bromosuccinimide. Their hydrolysis is remarkable; it involves a debromination of C-1, an oxidation of P and a selective opening of the P/C-3 bond. PCl₃ also causes a substitution of the 1-position. The resulting 1-dichlorophosphino derivatives 5 easily undergo a substituent exchange at the exocyclic phosphorus. More 1-phosphino derivatives are formed in the reaction of 1 with phenyl and diazaphospholyl dichlorophosphine.     

Multitargeting by curcumin as revealed by molecular interaction studies

Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), the active ingredient in turmeric (Curcuma longa), is a highly pleiotropic molecule with anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, chemopreventive, chemosensitization, and radiosensitization activities. The pleiotropic activities attributed to curcumin come from its complex molecular structure and chemistry, as well as its ability to influence multiple signaling molecules. Curcumin has been shown to bind by multiple forces directly to numerous signaling molecules, such as inflammatory molecules, cell survival proteins, protein kinases, protein reductases, histone acetyltransferase, histone deacetylase, glyoxalase I, xanthine oxidase, proteasome, HIV1 integrase, HIV1 protease, sarco (endo) plasmic reticulum Ca(2+) ATPase, DNA methyltransferases 1, FtsZ protofilaments, carrier proteins, and metal ions. Curcumin can also bind directly to DNA and RNA. Owing to its β-diketone moiety, curcumin undergoes keto-enol tautomerism that has been reported as a favorable state for direct binding. The functional groups on curcumin found suitable for interaction with other macromolecules include the α, β-unsaturated β-diketone moiety, carbonyl and enolic groups of the β-diketone moiety, methoxy and phenolic hydroxyl groups, and the phenyl rings. Various biophysical tools have been used to monitor direct interaction of curcumin with other proteins, including absorption, fluorescence, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, surface plasmon resonance, competitive ligand binding, Forster type fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), radiolabeling, site-directed mutagenesis, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), immunoprecipitation, phage display biopanning, electron microscopy, 1-anilino-8-naphthalene-sulfonate (ANS) displacement, and co-localization. Molecular docking, the most commonly employed computational tool for calculating binding affinities and predicting binding sites, has also been used to further characterize curcumin's binding sites. Furthermore, the ability of curcumin to bind directly to carrier proteins improves its solubility and bioavailability. In this review, we focus on how curcumin directly targets signaling molecules, as well as the different forces that bind the curcumin-protein complex and how this interaction affects the biological properties of proteins. We will also discuss various analogues of curcumin designed to bind selective targets with increased affinity.