Low temperature kinetics of unstable radical reactions

Recent advances in Earth and satellite based observations of molecules in interstellar environments and in planetary atmospheres have highlighted the lack of information regarding many important gas-phase formation mechanisms involving neutral species at low temperatures. Whilst significant progress has been made towards a better understanding of radical-molecule reactions in these regions, the inherent difficulties involved in the investigation of reactions between two unstable radical species have hindered progress in this area. This perspective article provides a brief review of the most common techniques applied to study radical-radical reactions below room temperature, before outlining the developments in our laboratory that have allowed us to extend such measurements to temperatures relevant to astrochemical environments. These developments will be discussed with particular emphasis on our recent investigations of the reactions of atomic nitrogen with diatomic radicals.     

Uniform Supersonic Chemical Reactors: 30 Years of Astrochemical History and Future Challenges

The interstellar medium is of great interest to us as the place where stars and planets are born and from where, probably, the molecular precursors of life came to Earth. Astronomical observations, astrochemical modeling, and laboratory astrochemistry should go hand in hand to understand the chemical pathways to the formation of stars, planets, and biological molecules. We review here laboratory experiments devoted to investigations on the reaction dynamics of species of astrochemical interest at the temperatures of the interstellar medium and which were performed by using one of the most popular techniques in the field, CRESU. We discuss new technical developments and scientific ideas for CRESU, which, if realized, will bring us one step closer to understanding of the astrochemical history and the future of our universe.     

典型锕系超分子组装体的构筑原理及研究进展

锕系超分子化学是锕系元素化学的重要研究领域,可以为乏燃料后处理的配位化学基础研究提供重要信息,并为探索锕系功能材料在发光、传感、催化和分离等方面的功能应用提供关键材料体系。本文介绍了基于锕系金属离子的金属-有机超分子组装体这一新兴领域的最新研究进展。从锕系超分子组装体的构筑原理出发并结合笔者自身研究情况,对基于主客体准轮烷配体的锕系-轮烷配位聚合物、具有闭合结构的锕系配位组装体和基于超分子相互作用的锕系超分子聚合物这三类典型的锕系超分子组装体的研究进展进行了梳理和总结阐述。期望为未来新型锕系超分子组装体的设计合成提供参考,促进相关领域的进步和发展。     

利用“湿化学”法在单晶硅表面接枝有机分子

在单晶硅表面嫁接有机分子是近年来硅表面化学领域的一个研究热点,引起了研究者的广泛重视。本文着重介绍了用“湿化学(wet chemistry)”方法在单晶硅表面嫁接有机分子的发展历程和最新研究进展,并探讨了在硅表面接枝有机分子后的一些研究结果及其未来的发展趋势。     

Applications of biocatalysis in fragrance chemistry: the enantiomers of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-irones

The history of iris extracts, and of the isolation and enzyme-mediated synthesis of their odoriferous principle, the "irones", will be used to describe the improvement brought about by chemistry and biocatalysis in the development of natural fragrances. In particular, this tutorial review will discuss how the progress in the field of enzyme chemistry allowed the optimisation of accelerated procedures for the preparation of natural irone extracts, and the synthesis of all the ten isomers of irone, starting from commercial irone alpha.     

Boronic Acid‐Based Carbohydrate Sensing

The covalent boron–diol interaction enables elaborate design of boronic acid‐based saccharide sensors. Over the last decade, this research topic has been well developed thanks to the integration of boronic acid chemistry with a range of techniques, including supramolecular chemistry, materials chemistry, surface modification, and nanotechnology. New sensing strategies and platforms have been introduced and remarkable progress has been achieved to fully utilize the unique property of boron–diol interaction and to improve the binding affinity towards different targets, especially under physiological conditions. In this review, the latest progress over the past 30 months (from late 2012 to early 2015) is highlighted and discussed to shed light on this versatile and promising platform for saccharide sensing.     

催化表面物理化学的模型体系研究

催化表面物理化学主要是研究多相催化反应体系催化剂的表面结构．催化性．能关系和催化反应机理从而获得原子分子水平上的理解,为催化剂的改进和设计提供指导．真实催化剂的结构复杂性和不均一性使得无法明确关联其结构和催化性能．,因此构筑结构均一的模型催化剂体系是进行催化表面物理化学研究的常用方法．本文介绍了本研究组在催化表面物理化学模型体系研究中的研究理念,综述了近5年来取得的研究进展．我们将模型催化剂的概念从传统的基二二单晶／单晶薄膜的模型催化剂拓展到基于纳米晶的模型催化剂,由简单到复杂,在不同层次构筑模型催化剂,开展催化表面物理化学研究．这种研究理念有可能实现在原子分子水平理解真实催化反应条件下的催化剂结构．．催化性能关系和催化反应机理．     

Miniaturizing sample spots for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry

The trend of miniaturization in bioanalytical chemistry is shifting from technical development to practical application. In matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS), progress in miniaturizing sample spots has been driven by the needs to increase sensitivity and speed, to interface with other analytical microtechnologies, and to develop miniaturized instrumentation.We review recent developments in miniaturizing sample spots for MALDI-MS. We cover both target modification and microdispensing technologies, and we emphasize the benefits with respect to sensitivity, throughput and automation.We hope that this review will encourage further method development and application of miniaturized sample spots for MALDI-MS, so as to expand applications in analytical chemistry, protein science and molecular biology.     

基于石墨烯的材料化学进展

阐述了石墨烯材料化学的最新研究进展,主要包括石墨烯的化学制备、表面修饰及基于石墨烯的复合材料。 在基于石墨烯的纳米复合材料方面,着重介绍了石墨烯与有机高聚物、无机纳米粒子以及其它碳基材料的复合物,同时展望了这些材料在相关领域中的应用前景。     

Interfaces in bulk thermoelectric materials: A review for Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

We review current progress in the understanding of interfaces in bulk thermoelectric materials. Following a brief discussion of the mechanisms by which embedded interfaces can enhance the electronic and thermal transport properties, we focus on emerging routes to engineer the nanoscale grain and interfacial structures in bulk thermoelectric materials. We address in particular (i) control of crystallographic texture, (ii) reduction of grain size to nanocrystalline dimensions, and (iii) formation of nanocomposite structures. While these approaches are beginning to yield promising improvements in performance, continued progress will require an improved fundamental understanding of the mechanisms governing the formation, stability, and properties of thermoelectric interfaces.     

Biological activity of detonation nanodiamond and prospects in its medical and biological applications

The present review summarizes and analyzes recent advances in the field of medical and biological applications of detonation nanodiamond and, on this basis, considers most promising ways of creation of anticancer and antimicrobial drugs, diagnostic agents, and nanocompositions for orthopedic surgery. In addition, progress in the surface chemistry of detonation nanodiamond is discussed and problems related to purposeful surface modification with a view to obtain detonation nanodiamond with desired properties ensuring their successful application in biology and medicine are considered.     

Biological entities as chemical reactors for synthesis of nanomaterials: Progress,challenges and future perspective

Synthesis of nanomaterials is being gained extensive attention in the fields of chemistry, applied physics, catalysis, drug delivery and the most important in diagnosis and therapeutic applications. Recently, many reports have been published on physical and chemical synthesis of magnetic as well as metallic nanoparticles (NPs) with viable surface functionalization, but still there is a dire need of such strategies that can combine synthetic methodology with stable surface modification found in nature. Synthesis of NPs via biological methods is the possible way to solve these barriers. However, systematized summary and outlooks of NPs synthesis via biological entities with various influencing factors e.g. temperature, pH, concentration of reactants and reaction time has rarely been reported. This review will present the distinct advantages of biological synthesis of NPs over physical and chemical methods. It will also highlight the recent progress on synthesis of NPs via various biological systems i.e. plant, fungus, bacteria, and yeast. Furthermore, it will explain various factors that control the size, shape, and morphology of these NPs. Finally, it would present the future perspectives of green chemistry for the development of nano-science and -biotechnology.     

Multinuclear Solid State NMR for the Study of Chemistry in Surface Science

This presentation will cover recent progress in the development and application of solid-state NMR techniques for characterizing surface chemistry. Several technological important systems, such as "ship-in-a-bottle" synthesis in zeolite, chemical immobilization on polymer surface and environmental pollutant-soil interactions, have been investigated by multinuclear solid- state NMR spectroscopy. An in situ sold-state NMR technique, GRASSHopper, has been introduced to study heterogeneous catalysis under flowing conditions.     

二氧化硅表面的APTS修饰

3-氨丙基三乙氧基硅烷(APTS)修饰的二氧化硅在生物化学、分析、催化、电子学等领域具有重要的应用前景。本文对近年来APTS修饰二氧化硅的研究进展进行了简要的概述,介绍了APTS修饰二氧化硅的典型方法和APTS修饰层的表征手段,探讨了不同修饰方法可控性及对所形成的APTS层结构及稳定性的影响。     

Development of functional protein microarrays for drug discovery: progress and challenges

Functional protein microarrays promise new approaches to address longstanding challenges in drug discovery and development, with applications ranging from target identification to clinical trial design. However, their widespread adoption will be contingent upon a robust ability to develop and manufacture arrays in support of these applications. This review will address the major areas of relevance to the development of functional protein microarrays; protein content, surface chemistry, manufacture and assay development. Successful development will empower multiple drug research applications, help fill future HTS pipelines and guide next generation combinatorial chemistry efforts.     

Surface functionalization of quantum dots for biological applications

Quantum dots are a group of inorganic nanomaterials exhibiting exceptional optical and electronic properties which impart distinct advantages over traditional fluorescent organic dyes in terms of tunable broad excitation and narrow emission spectra, signal brightness, high quantum yield and photo-stability. Aqueous solubility and surface functionalization are the most common problems for QDs employed in biological research. This review addresses the recent research progress made to improve aqueous solubility, functionalization of biomolecules to QD surface and the poorly understood chemistry involved in the steps of bio-functionalization of such nanoparticles.     

Microchip PCR

Miniaturization of genetic tests has become an important goal. This review surveys the current progress towards the miniaturization of tests based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). It examines the different types of PCR microchip designs, fabrication methods,and the components of a microchip PCR device. It also discusses the problems attributable to surface chemistry of microchip components (inhibition of PCR), and the static and dynamic surface passivation strategies developed for the solution of these difficulties     

Optical technologies for the read out and quality control of DNA and protein microarrays

Microarray formats have become an important tool for parallel (or multiplexed) monitoring of biomolecular interactions. Surface-immobilized probes like oligonucleotides, cDNA, proteins, or antibodies can be used for the screening of their complementary targets, covering different applications like gene or protein expression profiling, analysis of point mutations, or immunodiagnostics. Numerous reviews have appeared on this topic in recent years, documenting the intriguing progress of these miniaturized assay formats. Most of them highlight all aspects of microarray preparation, surface chemistry, and patterning, and try to give a systematic survey of the different kinds of applications of this new technique. This review places the emphasis on optical technologies for microarray analysis. As the fluorescent read out of microarrays is dominating the field, this topic will be the focus of the review. Basic principles of labeling and signal amplification techniques will be introduced. Recent developments in total internal reflection fluorescence, resonance energy transfer assays, and time-resolved imaging are addressed, as well as non-fluorescent imaging methods. Finally, some label-free detection modes are discussed, such as surface plasmon microscopy or ellipsometry, since these are particularly interesting for microarray development and quality control purposes.     

全氟烷基碘化物化学的新进展

本文讨论了全氟烷基碘化物在金属有机化学、自由基化学以及有机合成上的新进展与应用。近来对全氟烷基腆化物的研究兴趣日增,主要因为由R班(全氟烷基碘化物)可以方便地获得各种全氟烷基的金属有机化合物和各种全氟烷基自由基.R班也是一个重要的中间体,由它出发可以得到有各种官能团的含氟有机化合物,如一50:CI;一C00H;一poaH;一CF=CF:;一NO:;一Mgl;一X(X表示碘以外的其它卤素);一H;一SR等。另外,虽然在碳氟和碳氢碘化物中,碳     

Surface and Interface Chemistry in Colloidal Quantum Dots for Solar Applications Studied by X‐Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Control of the surface and interface chemistry of colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) is critical to achieving a product with good air stability and high performing optoelectronic devices. Through various surface passivation treatments, vast improvements have been made in fields such as CQD photovoltaics; however devices have not currently reached commercial standards. We show how X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) can provide a better understanding of exactly how surface treatments act on CQD surfaces, and the effect of surface composition on air stability and device performance.. We illustrate this with PbS‐based CQDs, using XPS to measure oxidation processes, and to quantify the composition of the topmost surface layer after different surface treatments. We also demonstrate the use of synchrotron radiation‐excited depth‐profiling XPS, a powerful technique for determining the surface composition, chemistry and structure of CQDs. This review describes our recent progress in characterization of CQD surfaces using SR‐excited depth profiling XPS and other photoemission techniques.