特殊型纳米多孔阳极氧化铝模板的制备

多孔阳极氧化铝(PAA)模板具有六角有序排列的柱形孔,且孔径均匀可调,加之其良好的机械和热稳定性,在纳米材料领域得到了广泛研究和应用。近年来,人们通过改变铝阳极氧化条件制备出了多种特殊型纳米PAA模板,并利用这些模板结合物理或化学方法成功地合成了多种新型纳米功能材料。本文在简要介绍常规纳米PAA模板制备的基础上,较全面地综述了诸如孔道呈分叉形、锯齿形、骨形、倒圆锥形,孔洞呈菱形、三角形、正方形,孔道或孔壁结构呈周期性变化等特殊型纳米PAA模板的制备,揭示了电场强度和电解液种类、温度在PAA孔洞形貌尺寸调控方面的重要性,并展望了这类模板的发展方向及应用前景。     

担载多孔Al_2O_3膜的制备

研究了溶胶－凝胶法在多孔陶瓷载体上制备多孔Ａｌ２Ｏ３膜的工艺条件。发现在孔直径为１．１和１．６ｕｍ的多孔陶瓷载体上必须经过多次重复浸渍干燥－焙烧过程，才能制备出担载均匀的多孔Ａｌ２Ｏ３膜。对溶胶和多孔陶瓷载体进行适当的化学改性后，能够减少浸渍－干燥－焙烧过程重复的次数。对Ａｌ２Ｏ３膜的孔径大小和透气性能进行了表征。     

担载多孔Al2O3

研究了溶胶－凝胶法在多孔陶瓷载体上制备多孔Ａｌ２Ｏ３膜的工艺条件，发现在孔直径为１．１和１．６μｍ的多孔陶瓷载体上必须经过多次重复浸渍－干燥－焙烧过程，才能制备出担载均匀的多孔Ａｌ２Ｏ３膜，对溶胶和多孔陶瓷载体进行适当的化学改性后，能够减少浸渍－干燥－焙烧过程重复的次数，对Ａｌ２Ｏ３膜的孔径大小和透气性能进行了表征。     

氧化铝中空纤维膜的制备与表征

 介绍了铝氧化反应结合技术与干湿法纺丝工艺相结合制备氧化铝中空纤维膜的方法．采用热重分析、能量色散谱、X射线衍射、热机械分析和扫描电镜等手段对烧结过程中的反应行为、相转变及膜的微观结构进行了研究．结果表明,所制备的氧化铝中空纤维膜具有非对称结构的特点,其孔隙率高（50．1％）、孔径分布窄（平均孔径0．88μm）、机械强度高（压缩强度和弯曲强度分别为89．6和41．1MPa）．气体的渗透实验结果表明,所制备的膜无针孔、裂纹等缺陷,并且具有良好的渗透性．     

过滤成膜制备氧化铝中空纤维超滤膜

 介绍了在α－Al2O3中空纤维微滤膜上采用过滤成膜技术制备γ－Al2O3超滤膜的方法．应用热重分析、差热分析、X射线衍射和扫描电子显微镜等测试手段对膜的热稳定性、结构及形貌进行了表征．扫描电子显微镜结果表明，采用过滤成膜方式制备的担载中空纤维超滤膜表面无针孔，无裂纹．气体渗透实验进一步表明，所得中空纤维超滤膜完整、无缺陷，具有一定的气体选择性．经700℃焙烧后的膜在0．3和0．4MPa条件下对氮／氩的分离因子分别为1．133和1．139，说明气体通过膜的扩散以Knudsen扩散传质为主．用等温氮气吸附实验测定了非担载膜的孔径大小和分布，其比表面积为228．9m2／g，最可几孔径约为4．5nm．     

硅基超薄多孔氧化铝膜的制备

将二次阳极氧化法应用于硅基铝膜的制备, 在草酸溶液中得到了厚度可控的硅基超薄多孔氧化铝膜(PAM), 厚度小于100 nm. 实验中记录了氧化电流随时间的实时变化曲线, 发现硅衬底的氧化电流在大幅下降前有一小幅波动. 对应于Al/Si界面的氧化过程中, 孔洞底部之间的残留铝岛被优先氧化, 可将此作为终止铝氧化的标志. 扫描电镜(SEM)观察表明, 二次氧化提高了孔洞分布的均匀性, 使得孔在一定的区域内呈现有序六角分布.这种模板可进一步用于硅基纳米器件和纳米结构的制备.     

TiO2微粒功能化多孔Al2O3膜的光电化学研究

用恒电位法制备了多孔Al2O3薄膜,通过在Al2O3薄膜孔内水蒸汽水解钛酸异丙酯生成了锐钛矿型TiO2微粒,制备出了Al2O3与TiO2微粒的复合薄膜．用XRD,SEM,光电化学方法进行了研究．实验表明：该复合薄膜具有光电转换特性,在光催化、光电化学太阳能转换中具有应用价值．     

二次阳极氧化方法制备有序多孔氧化铝膜

通过二次阳极氧化方法制备多孔氧化铝膜与一次阳极氧化方法制备多孔氧化铝膜孔排布规律性的对比,结果发现,二次阳极氧化方法制取的多孔氧化铝膜孔排布规律性明显好于一次阳极氧化法制取的多孔膜.在几个微米范围内,孔呈理想的六角排布.去除一次阳极氧化膜后,二次阳极氧化得以在更良好的表面进行,制取的氧化铝膜孔规律性和有序度更高.有序区域的尺寸与晶粒内的亚晶大小有一定关系.     

嵌入硅基多孔氧化铝中的荧光染料的发光性质研究

3种不同的荧光染料被分别嵌入硅基多孔氧化铝模板中,并且在室温下得到了蓝光、绿光和红光波长的荧光发射.实验中同时观测到上述荧光光谱的蓝移现象.研究结果表明,荧光染料沉积在不同的模板(如硅基多孔氧化铝、多孔硅)中,其相互作用的机理是不同的.模板发光机制的差异将直接影响荧光染料的发光性质.     

细胞色素c在纳米氧化铝模板修饰电极上的直接电化学

细胞色素c(Cytochrome c,Cyt c)是生物体中最常见的氧化一还原蛋白质,研究其在电极上的直接电化学,对于理解和认识生命体内的电子转移机制具有重要意义。Cytc与裸固体电极表面的直接接触通常会使其失去生物活性,因此,Cytc的电化学研究常借助于媒介体以实现其与电极之间的电子转移。纳米金属氧化物模板的表面积大且化学和光化学性质稳定,被广泛应用于太阳能电池和金属沉积等领域,本文研究氧化铝(AAO)模板对4,4’-二硫二吡啶存在下Cytc直接电化学促进作用。     

纳米多孔金的单分子层门控离子输运性质研究

生物离子通道能够对环境刺激作出响应,有效地调节细胞内外的物质平衡,保证体内的正常生命活动.研究具有生物离子通道功能的人工离子通道对发展离子开关具有重要的意义.本工作利用电化学去合金法制备了具有三维通道结构的纳米多孔金膜,并将其应用于离子通道,研究其离子输运性质.在电场作用下,纳米多孔金由于发生极化而使通道表现出离子整流性质.在纳米多孔金表面修饰十二烷基硫醇单分子层,利用其疏水效应,通道能够阻止离子的传输,使其处于“关闭”态.溶液中的化学刺激如表面活性剂能够增强电解质溶液在通道表面的浸润,有利于离子的传输,使通道处于“打开”态.这种单分子层修饰的纳米多孔金表现出表面活性剂响应的离子开关特性.     

担载多孔Al2O3膜的制备和表征

研究了溶胶—凝胶法在多孔陶瓷载体上制备多孔Al_2O_3膜的工艺条件,发现在孔径为1.1～1.6μm的多孔陶瓷载体上必须经过多次重复浸渍—干燥—焙烧过程,才能制备出担载均匀的多孔A1_2O_3膜,不过对溶胶和多孔陶瓷载体进行适当的化学改性后,能够减少重复以上过程的次数。用BET法和透气实验对Al_O_3膜的孔径大小和透气性能进行了表征。     

Gas Phase Catalysis by Metal Nanoparticles in Nanoporous Alumina Membranes

Nanoporous alumina membranes, loaded with palladium and ruthenium nanoparticles of various size, were used for gas phase hydrogenation of 1, 3‐butadiene and for oxidation of carbon monoxide, respectively. Those membranes contain 10⁹ ‐ 10¹¹ pores per cm², all running perpendicular to the surface. Membrane discs of 20 mm in diameter and only 60 μm thick, incorporated in a reactor in which the reactants can be pumped in a closed circuit through the pores, turned out to very actively catalyze hydrogenation of butadiene (Pd) and oxidation of CO (Ru). The activity of the Pd catalysts depends characteristically on the particles size, the gas flow, and of the educts ratio. As could be expected, larger particles are less active than smaller ones, whereas increasing gas flows in case of hydrogenation accelerates the reactions. Excessive hydrogen reduces selectivity with respect to the various butenes, but favours formation of butane.     

高分散镍-硼/纳米多孔铜非晶态合金电极上葡萄糖的电催化氧化

通过酸腐蚀去合金法处理热扩散制备的铜基表面铜锌合金得到纳米多孔铜(NPC)材料. 以NPC为载体,采用超声辅助化学镀制备Ni-B/NPC合金电极. X射线衍射(XRD)和扫描电镜(SEM)表明Ni-B/NPC电极呈现由高分散纳米颗粒组成的非晶态结构. 计时电流法(CA)结果表明化学镀5 min制备的Ni-B/NPC电极具有最大的电化学活性表面积(EASA). 循环伏安法(CV)结果表明,与块状镍电极相比,碱性介质中在Ni-B/NPC电极上葡萄糖起始氧化电位负移39 mV,氧化峰电流提高了18.9倍. 采用线性扫描伏安法(LSV)、CA和电化学阻抗谱(EIS)测定Ni-B/NPC电极对葡萄糖电催化氧化的电子转移系数(β)、电催化氧化反应速率常数(k)和葡萄糖的扩散系数(D)等动力学参数. 结果表明高分散Ni-B/NPC非晶态合金电极对碱性介质中葡萄糖的氧化具有较高的电催化活性和稳定性.     

Micro and Nanoporous Membrane Platforms for Carbon Neutrality: Membrane Gas Separation Prospects

Recently, carbon neutrality has been promoted as a potentially practical solution to global CO₂ emissions and increasing energy-consumption challenges. Many attempts have been made to remove CO₂ from the environment to address climate change and rising sea levels owing to anthropogenic CO₂ emissions. Herein, membrane technology is proposed as a suitable solution for carbon neutrality. This review aims to comprehensively evaluate the currently available scientific research on membranes for carbon capture, focusing on innovative microporous material membranes used for CO₂ separation and considering their material, chemical, and physical characteristics and permeability factors. Membranes from such materials comprise metal-organic frameworks, zeolites, silica, porous organic frameworks, and microporous polymers. The critical obstacles related to membrane design, growth, and CO₂ capture and usage processes are summarized to establish novel membranes and strategies and accelerate their scaleup.     

Transport Phenomena in Nanoporous Materials

Diffusion, that is, the irregular movement of atoms and molecules, is a universal phenomenon of mass transfer occurring in all states of matter. It is of equal importance for fundamental research and technological applications. The present review deals with the challenges of the reliable observation of these phenomena in nanoporous materials. Starting with a survey of the different variants of diffusion measurement, it highlights the potentials of “microscopic” techniques, notably the pulsed field gradient (PFG) technique of NMR and the techniques of microimaging by interference microscopy (IFM) and IR microscopy (IRM). Considering ensembles of guest molecules, these techniques are able to directly record mass transfer phenomena over distances of typically micrometers. Their concerted application has given rise to the clarification of long‐standing discrepancies, notably between microscopic equilibrium and macroscopic non‐equilibrium measurements, and to a wealth of new information about molecular transport under confinement, hitherto often inaccessible and sometimes even unimaginable.     

Crystallization of Anodic Alumina Membranes Studied by Simultaneous TG-DTA/FTIR

The thermal change of anodic alumina (AA), particularly the exothermic peak followed by the endothermic peak at ca 950°C was studied in detail by mainly using simultaneous TG-DTA/FTIR. The gradual loss of mass up to ca 910°C is attributed to dehydration. When heated at a constant rate by using TG-DTA, an exothermic peak with subsequent endothermic peak is observed at ca 950°C, but the exothermic peak becomes less distinct with decreasing heating rate. It has been found that gaseous SO₂ accompanying a small amount of CO₂ is mainly discharged at this stage. The reaction in this stage can be considered roughly in two schemes. The first scheme can be said collectively as crystallization, in which the migration of S or C trapped inside the crystal lattice of the polycrystalline phase (γ-, δ-, and θ-Al₂O₃, which presumably accompanies a large amount of amorphous or disordered phase) occurs. In the second scheme, the initial polycrystalline (+amorphous) phase crystallizes into a quasi-crystallineγ-Al₂O₃-like metastable phase after amorphization. Conclusively,after the distinct exo- and endothermic reactions, the amorphous phase crystallizes intoγ-Al₂O₃, presumably accompanying small amount of δ-Al₂O₃. It is also found that, when maintained isothermally, the metastable phases undergo transformation into the stable α-Al₂O₃ at 912°C. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

TiO2微粒功能化多孔Al2O3膜的光电化学研究

用恒电位法制备了多孔Al₂O₃薄膜, 通过在Al₂O₃薄膜孔内水蒸汽水解钛酸异丙酯生成了锐钛矿型TiO₂微粒, 制备出了Al₂O₃与TiO₂微粒的复合薄膜. 用XRD, SEM, 光电化学方法进行了研究. 实验表明: 该复合薄膜具有光电转换特性, 在光催化、光电化学太阳能转换中具有应用价值.     

用水热法在氧化铝陶瓷膜管上原位合成丝光沸石膜

The mordenite membrane was prepared on a α-Al 2O 3 tube by in situ hydrothermal synthesis. The crystallization was carried out at 443 K for 2～4 days. Silica sol and sodium aluminate were used as the sources of silica and alumina, respectively, and tetraethylammonium bromide (TEABr) as the template. The molar composition of the parent solution was 11 4Na 2O∶1 0Al 2O 3∶40SiO 2∶2500H 2O∶1 5TEABr. SEM and XRD were used to characterize the powder product and the composite membrane. The synthesized mordenite membrane proved to be in a full coverage and an excellent intergrowth. The mordenite crystals were about 20～30 μm and the thickness of the mordenite membrane was 30～40 μm. Based on the SEM pictures of the membrane in the early stage of hydrothermal synthesis, a growth model for the mordenite membrane was assumed. At first a gel layer was formed on the surface of the alumina tube. Nucleation took place in the gel layer but not at the interface of the gel layer and bulk solution. The gel layer provided the nutrients for the growth of zeolite crystals. After the gel layer was consumed completely, the zeolite crystals or membrane were exposed to the bulk solution. The membrane separation test on the mordenite membrane showed that the permeances of pure H 2 and N 2 at 298 K were 6 92×10 -7 and 1 81×10 -7 mol/(m 2·s·Pa), respectively. The ideal selectivity of H 2/N 2 was 3 82, which is higher than that of Knudsen mechanism. It suggested that the mordenite membrane had the ability of molecular sieving.     

Grafting of nanoporous alumina membranes and films with organic acids

In this study, direct surface grafting of nanoporous alumina membranes and glass‐supported alumina films was carried out with three different fluorinated organic acids: trifluoroacetic acid, perfluoropentanoic acid and 2,3,4,5,6‐pentafluorobenzoic acid. Elemental surface composition and chemical environment of alumina were investigated using X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Alumina surfaces grafted with fluoro‐organic acids exhibited increased hydrophobic properties compared to ungrafted surfaces when measured using goniometry and atomic force microscopy (AFM). This work describes the evidence for surface chemical modification of alumina using direct reaction with organic acids. An AFM study of the adsorption of the immunoglobulin G (IgG) molecules on the fluoro‐organic‐acid‐grafted surfaces is reported. The results show that an ordered arrangement of immunoglobulin G structures with in‐filling of pores could be achieved only on the more hydrophobic fluoro‐organic‐acid‐grafted alumina membranes. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.