Effect of the addition of B2O3 and BaO-B2O3-SiO2 glasses on the microstructure and dielectric properties of giant dielectric constant material CaCu3Ti4O12

The effect of the addition of glassy phases on the microstructure and dielectric properties of CaCu₃Ti₄O₁₂ (CCTO) ceramics was investigated. Both single-component (B₂O₃) and multi-component (30 wt% BaO-60 wt% B₂O₃-10 wt% SiO₂ (BBS)) glass systems were chosen to study their effect on the density, microstructure and dielectric properties of CCTO. Addition of an optimum amount of B₂O₃ glass facilitated grain growth and an increase in dielectric constant. However, further increase in the B₂O₃ content resulted in its segregation at the grain boundaries associated with a reduction in the grain size. In contrast, BBS glass addition resulted in well-faceted grains and increase in the dielectric constant and decrease in the dielectric loss. An internal barrier layer capacitance (IBLC) model was invoked to correlate the dielectric constant with the grain size in these samples.     

Surface modification of a silicate substrate by a “grafting from” methodology utilizing a perester initiator

The perester silane t-butyl peroxy-11-trichlorosilylundecanoate was synthesized by hydrosilylation of t-butyl peroxy-10-undecanoate with trichlorosilane. These radical initiators were covalently bound to the surface of silicate substrates by self-assembled monolayer (SAM) techniques. Several hydrophilic and hydrophobic acrylate monomers were successfully grafted onto the silicate substrate by in situ polymerization from the surface bound perester initiators. The polymer brushes were characterized by the ATR-IR, XPS, AFM and water contact angles. The results of the study indicate this “grafting from” technique can be used for the preparation of polymer layers with high graft density. While these surface-bound initiators function similarly to surface-bound azo initiators, the preparation of the surface-active perester is a simple, two-step synthesis.     

Self-assembled structures of a semi-rigid polyanion in aqueous solutions and hydrogels

Poly(2,2’-disulfonyl-4,4’-benzidine terephthalamide) (PBDT), a kind of liquid-crystalline (LC) molecule, has high molecular weight, negative charge and a semi-rigid structure. The aqueous solution of PBDT shows nematic liquid crystalline state above a critical PBDT concentration, CLC*, of 2 wt%-3wt%. Different from the flexible polyelectrolyte, PBDT shows a variety of self-assembling structures in aqueous solution with and without salt due to the semi-rigid nature and highly charged property. In addition, the hydrogels with ordered structure are developed by polymerizing a cationic monomer N-[3-(N,N-dimethylamino) propyl] acrylamide methyl chloride quarternary (DMAPAA-Q) in the presence of a small amount of PBDT below the CLC*. During the polymerization of cationic monomer, the polycations form a complex with semi-rigid PBDT through electrostatic interaction; these complexes self-assemble into ordered structures that are frozen in the hydrogel. Several different structures, including the anisotropic, dual network-like structure, and cylindrically symmetric structure, with various length scales from micrometer to millimeter, are observed. The hydrogels with ordered liquid crystalline assemblies and particular optical properties should promise applications in many fields, such as in bionics, tissue engineering, and mechano-optical sensors.     

Electron Diffraction with the Transmission Electron Microscope as a Phase-Determining Diffractometer—From Spatial Frequency Filtering to the Three-Dimensional Structure Analysis of Ribosomes

Chemists recognize X-ray crystal structure analysis and electron microscopy as powerful methods of analysis. In the last 20 years the basic ideas of X-ray diffraction analysis have been extended to the field of electron microscopy, whereby an image-forming apparatus is converted into an electron diffractometer, and through which an old dream of crystallographers can be realized—the measurement of the phase shift of scattered waves, a prerequisite for the direct calculation of structures. Its most important area of application, like that of the X-ray diffractometer, is in three-dimensional structure analysis—in all fields of science. However, beyond crystallography, aperiodic structures (comparable to crystals with a single unit cell) can also be analyzed three-dimensionally. In this progress report, the development of the first idea (spatial frequency filtering) to the analysis of ribosomal particles is outlined. Attention will be focused primarily on quantitative methods for the measurement of scattered rays, which are also usable beyond the conventional limit of resolution, down to atomic resolution. In the course of this work in 1968, the principle of the three-dimensional analysis of native biological crystal structures using the electron microscope, as worked with today in many laboratories, was developed. In Munich, however, further research focused on the three-dimensional analysis of aperiodic and individual (especially biological) objects. The analysis of 50S-subunits of the procaryotic ribosome of E. coli showed surprisingly good reproducibility of the results (although only within the same orientation), allowing the deduction of almost ideal average model structures from a limited number of particles.     

Polymer composition and substrate influences on the adhesive bonding of a biomimetic, cross-linking polymer

Hierarchical biological materials such as bone, sea shells, and marine bioadhesives are providing inspiration for the assembly of synthetic molecules into complex structures. The adhesive system of marine mussels has been the focus of much attention in recent years. Several catechol-containing polymers are being developed to mimic the cross-linking of proteins containing 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) used by shellfish for sticking to rocks. Many of these biomimetic polymer systems have been shown to form surface coatings or hydrogels; however, bulk adhesion is demonstrated less often. Developing adhesives requires addressing design issues including finding a good balance between cohesive and adhesive bonding interactions. Despite the growing number of mussel-mimicking polymers, there has been little effort to generate structure-property relations and gain insights on what chemical traits give rise to the best glues. In this report, we examine the simplest of these biomimetic polymers, poly[(3,4-dihydroxystyrene)-co-styrene]. Pendant catechol groups (i.e., 3,4-dihydroxystyrene) are distributed throughout a polystyrene backbone. Several polymer derivatives were prepared, each with a different 3,4-dihyroxystyrene content. Bulk adhesion testing showed where the optimal middle ground of cohesive and adhesive bonding resides. Adhesive performance was benchmarked against commercial glues as well as the genuine material produced by live mussels. In the best case, bonding was similar to that obtained with cyanoacrylate "Krazy Glue". Performance was also examined using low- (e.g., plastics) and high-energy (e.g., metals, wood) surfaces. The adhesive bonding of poly[(3,4-dihydroxystyrene)-co-styrene] may be the strongest of reported mussel protein mimics. These insights should help us to design future biomimetic systems, thereby bringing us closer to development of bone cements, dental composites, and surgical glues.     

羟基磷灰石合成工艺研究

羟基磷灰石 [Ｃａ10 (ＰＯ4 ) 6(ＯＨ) 2 ,简称ＨＡＰ]是80年代发展起来的新型牙科、骨科材料 ,其成份接近生物体骨质的无机成份 ,能诱发新骨生长 ,具有良好的生物相容性。ＨＡＰ的制备方法较多 ,有溶胶 凝胶法[1,2 ] 、沉淀法、电化学合成法[3 ,4 ] 等。1　实验1 1　试剂与仪器所用试剂除磷酸三丁酯为化学纯外 ,其它都是分析纯。美国尼高力公司 (ＮＩＣＯＬＥＴ)傅里叶变换红外光谱仪 (ＭＡＧＮＡ 5 5 0 (Ⅱ ) )。1 2　ＨＡＰ的制备1 2 1　溶胶 凝胶法合成ＨＡＰ　我们以不同原料制备了ＨＡＰ。第一种方法是以Ｃａ(ＮＯ3)2 与磷酸三丁…     

偶氮苯自组装单分子膜中长程电子转移机理

利用自组装技术在金电极表面构造了具有不同前端健长度偶氮苯功能化的单分子膜体系：Au／S（CH2）nNHCO-N＝N-OCH2CH3（n＝2，3，4，6）．研究结果表明，仍氮苯到金电极的表现电子转移速率随它们之间的距离长度的增加而呈指数性的下降趋势．基于Marcus电子隧穿理论，得到了此自组装膜体系的长程电子隧穿系数ρ＝（1．35±0．2）／CH2在和可逆电活性分子自组装膜体系及理论计算相比较的基础上，从偶氮苯分子自组装膜结构与电子转移过程的关系角度对这一结果进行了分析和说明．     

Self-assembled structures based on rare earth element salts in the interfacial layer of a liquid/liquid system

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The options of interference microscopy to explore the significance of intracrystalline diffusion and surface permeation for overall mass transfer on nanoporous materials

After a short introduction into interference microscopy and its potentials in monitoring transient concentration profiles in nanoporous materials, we concentrate on the special options of an analysis of these profiles close to the crystal surfaces. We shall in particular introduce a novel route of correlating the overall uptake, at a certain instant of time, with the current boundary concentration. In this way, the significance of surface resistances to overall molecular uptake may be most vividly demonstrated. Considering a large variety of nanoporous host-guest systems, including methanol in zeolites ferrierite, methanol in MOF Manganese(II)-formate and methanol in SAPO STA-7, quite different patterns of surface resistivities may be observed. A generalized analysis is complicated by the fact that both the diffusivities and the surface permeabilities are found to notably depend on the actual concentration. As a consequence, for one and the same system and over identical pressure steps, the relative contributions of diffusion and surface permeation to the overall process may be quite different for desorption and adsorption.     

扫描探针显微术在巯醇自组装单分子膜纳米刻蚀中的应用

介绍了近十年来扫描探针显微术(SPM)在巯醇自组装单分子膜纳米刻蚀中的应用. 依据扫描探针的工作原理, 依次讨论了扫描隧道显微镜、原子力显微镜和导电原子力显微镜的工作特点和适用范围. 同时也讨论了自组装单分子膜纳米刻蚀术在生物分子传感器、超高密度信息存储等领域的应用前景.     

四氯苯醌自组装膜电子传递机制的研究

2,3,5,6-Tetrachloride-quinone was anchored to a gold surface through the self-assembled monolayers of dithiol [DT HS-(CH2)n-SH n=2,4,6,8,10]. The surface coverage of the anchored TQ was esteminated to be 4.9 ×10-11 mol•cm-2. The electron transfer rate constant Ket associated with the redox process of anchored film decreased from 6.75 s-1 at n=2 to 0.169 s-1 at n=10 with increasing the chain length of the DT SAMs througth the redox potential of TQ. The turning barrier coefficient(β) of the electron transfer was estimated to be 0.82Å-1 from the observed linear relationship between the Ket and the monolayer chain length.     

党参花粉多糖的研究

从蜜峰采集的党参花粉中,分离到5种多糖CPA～CPE,经凝胶过滤及电泳法验证了纯度并测定了分子量。对CPA进行了全水解、甲基化分析、NalO_4氧化和Smith降解分析,用旋光法测定了CPA中单糖残基的绝对构型,对CPA的IR、~1H NMR、~(13)C NMR及~1H NMR、~(13)C偶合NMR进行了分析,确定了异头碳的构型。对CPA进行了电子显微镜分析,首次在透射电子显微镜下观察并拍摄到了具有串珠状特殊二级结构的多糖照片,经分析得到了CPA二级结构的一些信息。     

Surface adsorption effects in the inkjet printing of an aqueous polymer solution on a porous oxide ceramic substrate

The inkjet printing of a polymeric solution into a porous substrate was studied, with the focus on phenomena occurring within the pore space during infiltration. Lines of aqueous polyacrylic acid (PAA) solution were printed onto the surface of porous, high-green-density ceramic powder beds. The PAA is a binder for the ceramic particles, allowing removal of the printed line structure ("primitive") and characterization of the extent of polymer penetration. Large differences in cross section of the retrieved printed structure were observed between ceramic systems and for different specific surface area powders. A mechanism for "filtration" of the polymer by adsorption onto the ceramic particle surfaces during infiltration was proposed. The adsorption of PAA onto Al2O3, SiO2, and TiO2 was characterized via adsorption isotherms, and the trend of primitive cross section with PAA adsorption was consistent with the filtration hypothesis, as was the variation with powder-specific surface area. These results can be generalized to other systems where a solution is inkjet printed onto a porous substrate (e.g., inks on plain paper, porous coated papers, etc.) Utilization of the adsorption effects may allow confinement of the solute molecules (e.g., colorant) to a small region near the substrate surface.     

Evaluation of screen-printed gold on low-temperature co-fired ceramic as a substrate for the immobilization of electrochemical immunoassays

Screen-printed gold (SPG, Dupont gold conductor 5734) on low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) materials (Dupont dielectric tape 951, mostly composed of alumina and silica) has been demonstrated to be a substrate for electrochemical enzyme-linked immunosorbant assays. The effect of two different cleaning treatments and the extent of nonspecific adsorption on the SPG/LTCC and plain LTCC surfaces were also evaluated. LTCC materials hold promise for constructing a new generation of devices for microelectrochemical sensing and assays. Facile fabrication in three dimensions with integrated conducting elements makes them attractive. A standard sandwich immunoassay for a model analyte, mouse IgG, was used to evaluate the LTCC materials. After the assembly of components onto chips of SPG/LTCC and plain LTCC, p-aminophenol that was generated enzymatically by the enzyme label was detected electrochemically with a separate glassy carbon electrode. Cleaning SPG/LTCC with a piranha solution (7:1 vol/vol of concentrated H2SO4/30% H2O2), traditionally used for other gold surfaces prior to SAM assembly, resulted in a notable decrease in assay signal and an increase in nonspecific adsorption when compared to cleaning with water alone. Assay components assemble specifically on plain LTCC, with only a small percent attributed to NSA. Environmental scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy reveal the tremendous chemical heterogeneity and complexity of both SPG/LTCC and plain LTCC surfaces and aid in the explanation of assay results. A 10% acetate Tween bovine serum albumin solution and an ethanolic solution of 4 mM 1-butanol eliminate assay signals originating from plain LTCC. The outcomes of these studies can now be used to achieve miniaturized electrochemical immunoassays on LTCC materials where both plain and SPG surfaces are present.     

不同亲水性探针分子在金电极上硫醇自组装跨膜动力学研究

采用扫描电化学显微镜测定了不同亲水性氧化还原电对在硫醇修饰的金电极表面上的异相电子转移速率常数. 分别选择铁氰化钾[K3Fe(CN)6]和N,N,N',N'-四甲基-1,4苯二胺(TMPD)作为氧化还原探针,根据得到的反馈曲线拟合出异相电子转移速率常数. 比较这些速率常数可以看出, 修饰层对疏水性的TMPD分子显示出更好的穿透性. 通过一个简单的模型可以解释TMPD的穿透过程, 在TMPD电子隧穿的前后存在着单层膜和水溶液间的快速平衡, 而隧穿作为决速步骤, 其表观速率常数也比K3Fe(CN)6的大. 通过计算得到TMPD的隧穿因子β为1.2/CH2.     

Fabrication of a thin palladium membrane supported in a porous ceramic substrate by chemical vapor deposition

A thin, gas-tight palladium (Pd) membrane was prepared by the counter-diffusion chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process employing palladium chloride (PdCl₂) vapor and H₂ as Pd precursors. A disk-shaped, two-layer porous ceramic membrane consisting of a fine-pore γ-Al₂O₃ top layer and a coarse-pore -Al₂O₃ substrate was used as Pd membrane support. A 0.5–1 μm thick metallic membrane was deposited in the γ-Al₂O₃ top layer very close to its surface, as verified by XRD and SEM with a backscattered electron detector. The most important parameters that affected the CVD process were reaction temperature, reactants concentrations and top layer quality. Deposition of Pd in the γ-Al₂O₃ top layer resulted in a 100- to 1000-fold reduction in He permeance of the porous substrate. The H₂ permeation flux of these membranes was in the range 0.5–1.0 × 10⁻⁶ mol m⁻² s⁻¹ Pa⁻¹ at 350–450°C. The H₂ permeation data suggest that surface reaction steps are rate-limiting for H₂ transport through such thin membranes in the temperature range studied.     

A study on the effects of ozone treatment on the properties of raw and degummed mulberry silk fabrics

Ozone is a powerful oxidizing agent and is widely used in various applications, which includes bleaching of cotton. Its application on the processing of silk is non-existent. Research studies on degumming and bleaching of silk reveal that almost no work involving ozone has been carried out. Therefore a study was carried out to understand the effects of process parameters namely wet pickup, pH and time in the ozone treatment of raw and degummed mulberry and tassar silk fabrics on their properties. This paper reports on the effects of ozone treatment on the mulberry silk fabrics. The study was extended with a view to compare the ozone treatment with soap degumming and hydrogen peroxide treatment carried out on raw and degummed mulberry silk fabrics, respectively. The treatment results in increase in yellowness index and amino group content and decrease in breaking strength and elongation, weight and flexural rigidity. The results obtained are substantiated with tyrosine content, scanning electron micrographs and infrared spectroscopy of the treated materials. The effect of pH on the treatment is maximum up to pH 4 and then decreases. The treatment is more severe when the wet pickup used is 50% compared to that of 10 and 100%. With respect to treatment time, though the severity increases with time, it is maximum during the first 10 min of the treatment. Soap degumming of raw silk fabric results in lower yellowness index and flexural rigidity and lesser loss in breaking strength and elongation compared to that of ozone treated material. There is not much of difference between ozone and hydrogen peroxide treatments of degummed silk fabric except for the lower yellowness index obtained in the latter case.     

Spectroscopic investigations on the photodegradation of toluidine blue dye using cadmium sulphide nanoparticles prepared by a novel method

A novel method to prepare cadmium sulphide nanoparticles (CdS NPs) possessing nearly uniform size was adopted using eggshell membrane (ESM), under different pH conditions. Significant yield of CdS NPs with smallest possible size was obtained by increasing the pH of the reaction medium from acidic to alkaline. The above prepared CdS NPs have been characterized by UV-vis absorption as well as emission spectra, powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The efficiency of the above prepared CdS NPs as a catalyst for the photodegradation of toluidine blue (TB) dye, as a function of pH as well as the ratio between the catalyst and the substrate was studied after irradiation with UV light. The results showed that an efficient interaction took place between the catalyst and the substrate to cause degradation of the selected dye. A maximum degradation of toluidine blue dye (90%) was observed at pH 8 which is higher than that of the efficiencies at pH 4 and pH 6.     

Characterising and evidencing the effects of porosity in nano-electrochemistry

Porosity in nanoparticles and their ensembles can profoundly alter a system's electrochemical behaviour by both changing the number and identity of the available catalytic sites, and through influencing the mass transport in the vicinity of the electrochemical interface. This review focuses first on recent advancements in characterising porosity and heterogeneity at the nanoscale and second on developments in electrochemical simulation which provide insight into how a porous architecture can lead to apparent ‘catalytic’ effects by virtue of altering the masstransport in the vicinity of the electrode.