无种子法纳米金棒的制备及其对肿瘤细胞光热治疗效应研究

采用简便快捷的无种子法一步完成了纳米金棒的制备. 通过改变实验条件可以调控纳米金棒的吸收峰从可见到近红外转移. 将巯基聚乙二醇（PEG-SH）置换金棒表面的十六烷基三甲基溴化铵（CTAB）分子,大大提高了金棒的生物相容性. 制备的纳米金棒在近红外（NIR）光照射下对肿瘤细胞有很好的杀伤效果.研究结果为纳米金棒用于抗肿瘤治疗提供了实验基础.     

金纳米棒的生长及与FeCl_3的作用

采用三氯化铁选择性刻蚀法获得了预定长径比的金纳米棒.相比于晶种生长法,三氯化铁选择性刻蚀法可以更加简便快捷地调控金纳米棒形貌.以三氯化铁为刻蚀剂的刻蚀反应优先发生在金纳米棒尖端,这是因为金纳米棒尖端反应活性更高且表面活性剂钝化作用更弱.通过控制刻蚀反应时间及刻蚀剂浓度,可以精确调控金纳米棒的长径比.实验结果表明,增加刻蚀剂浓度、卤素离子浓度以及升高反应温度可以加快刻蚀反应速率.进一步讨论了金属离子的刻蚀作用机理.     

金纳米线阵列制备及其光谱特性

利用电化学沉积方法在重离子径迹模板中制备出直径从45 nm到200 nm, 长径比达700的金纳米线阵列, 利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和X射线衍射(XRD)对所制备金纳米线的形貌及晶体结构进行分析, 结果表明, 在1.5 V(无参比电极)沉积电压下所制备出的直径为200 nm金纳米线沿[100]晶向具有较好择优取向. 利用紫外-可见光谱(UV-Vis)对镶嵌在透明模板中平行排列的金纳米线阵列光学特性进行研究, 发现金纳米线直径为45 nm时, 其紫外可见光谱在539 nm处有强烈吸收峰, 随着金纳米线直径增加, 吸收峰红移, 当金纳米线直径达到200 nm时, 其吸收峰峰位移至700 nm. 结合金纳米颗粒相关表面等离子体共振吸收效应对实验结果进行了讨论.     

Inside Back Cover: Surfactant Directed Synthesis of Intrinsically Chiral Plasmonic Nanostructures and Precise Tuning of their Optical Activity through Controlled Self-Assembly (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 21/2023)

Fabrication and transmission of plasmonic chirality is a rapidly developing area of research. While nanoscale chirality is reasonably well explored, research on intrinsically chiral nanostructures, that has ramifications to origin of homochirality, is still in its infancy. Herein, we report the synthesis of dog-bone shaped chiral gold nanostructures using a chiral cationic surfactant with excess ascorbic acid. Chiral growth is attributed to the specific binding and structure breaking ability of chiral surfactant and ascorbic acid. The controlled assembly of particles facilitated tuning and enhancement of chiral signals. Experimental observations were validated with theoretical simulations modelled in frequency domain with a surface integral-equation parameterization. Work highlighting the generation and tuning of plasmonic chirality provides new insights into the understanding of intrinsic chirality and paves way for their application in enantioselective catalysis and biosensing.     

基础实验:金纳米粒子的制备及其光学性质

围绕金纳米粒子前沿内容,设计了一个简易的本科生基础实验,利用柠檬酸钠还原氯金酸法制备分散性好的金纳米粒子溶液,讨论了其尺寸与颜色的关系,探究了不同电解质和非电解质对金纳米粒子团聚及其颜色的影响,初步了解金纳米粒子的光学特性和探针效应基本原理。     

Ultra-fast One-Handed Helix Induction and Its Static Helicity Memory in a Poly(biphenylylacetylene) with a Catalytic Amount of Chiral Ammonium Salts

We report an ultra-fast helix induction and subsequent static helicity memory in poly(biphenylylacetylene) (PBPA- A ) assisted by a catalytic amount of nonracemic ammonium salts comprised of non-coordinating tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate (BArF⁻) as a counter anion. The remarkable acceleration of the helix-induction rate in PBPA- A accompanied by the significant amplification of the asymmetry relies on the two methoxymethoxy groups of the biphenyl pendants, which can gain access to enfold the chiral ammoniums in a crown-ether manner in specific aromatic solvents, leading to ultra-fast helicity induction, which is completed within 30 s. In aromatic solvents, helicity memory is lost rapidly, but is quite stable in long-chain hydrocarbons. The best use of specific solvents for helicity induction and static helicity memory, respectively, provides a highly sensitive chirality sensing system toward a small amount of chiral amines and amino acids when complexed with BArF⁻.     

Frontispiece: Controlled Self-assembly of Gold(I) Complexes by Multiple Kinetic Aggregation States with Nonlinear Optical and Waveguide Properties

Introduction of multiple kinetic aggregation states (Aggs) into the self-assembly pathway could bring complexity and flexibility to the self-assemblies, which is difficult to realize due to the delicate equilibria established among different Aggs bonded by weak noncovalent interactions. Here, we describe a series of chiral and achiral d¹⁰ Au^I bis(N-heterocyclic carbene, NHC) complexes, and the achiral complex could undergo self-assembly with multiple kinetic Aggs. Generation of multiple kinetic Aggs was realized by applying chiral or achiral seeds exhibiting large differences in elongation temperatures for their respective cooperative self-assembly processes. We further showed that the chiral Au^I self-assemblies having non-centrosymmetric packing forms exhibit nonlinear optical response of second harmonic generation (SHG), while the SHG signal is absent in the achiral analogue. The crystalline achiral Au^I self-assemblies could function as optical waveguides with strong emission polarization.     

Peri-Decoration of a Tetraazaperylene with Urea Units: Chiral Octaazaperopyrenedioxides (OAPPDOs) and Their Optical and Chiroptical Properties

Octaazaperopyrenedioxides (OAPPDOs) are a new class of fluorescent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons based on a tetraazaperylene core that is formally condensed with N-substituted urea units in the two opposite peri positions. Here, we report the synthesis of series of substituted OAPPDO derivatives with different N-substitution patterns (H, alkyl, benzyl) in the peri positions, including bay-chlorinated OAPPDOs. Starting from the latter, a series of bay-arylated OAPPDOs was synthesized by Suzuki cross coupling, which resulted in the formation of helically chiral OAPPDO derivatives. The electrochemical and photophysical properties were investigated by UV/Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy as well as cyclic voltammetry. The P and M enantiomers of a phenylated OAPPDO were separated by semipreparative HPLC and further analyzed by CD spectroscopy. The frontier orbital energies, the mechanism of the isomerization, the electronic excitation and the CD spectrum (TD-DFT) were computed and compared to the experimental data. The reversible 1e⁻ oxidation of the OAPPDOs generates the corresponding radical cations, one of which was characterized by EPR spectroscopy. The reversible oxidation process was also systematically investigated by spectro-electrochemistry.     

谷胱甘肽修饰金纳米棒的制备及与Cu~(2+)的作用

制备了谷胱甘肽(GSH)功能化的金纳米棒复合材料,根据金纳米棒的等离子体吸收峰对其组装排列敏感的特性,研究了功能化的金纳米棒在不同p H值下的组装行为及与Cu2+离子作用后引起的聚集程度、排列方式和光学吸收等变化.同时,测试了纯金纳米棒和谷胱甘肽修饰的金纳米棒分别与铜离子作用后所得复合材料的光热转换性能.结果表明,相对于纯金纳米棒材料强的光热转换效应,铜离子能明显降低复合材料的光热转换效应,与其它金属离子比较,GSH修饰的金纳米棒的等离子光学特性对铜离子具有选择性的变化.     

Epinephrine Oxidation in the Presence of Interfering Molecules on Gold and Gold Electrodes modified with Gold Nanoparticles and Thiodipropionic Acid in Aqueous Solution. A Comparative Study

Thiodipropionoc acid (TDPA), cysteamine (CA) and gold nanoparticles (Au‐NPs) modified gold pure electrodes have been applied in voltammetric sensors for simultaneous detection of epinephrine (EP), ascorbic (AA) and uric (UA) acids. Modified electrodes with self assembled layers (SAMs) show high selectivity, sensitivity, reproducibility and stability. A linear relationship between the epinephrine concentration and the current response is obtained in the range of 0.1 μM to 0.65 μM with the detection limit ≤0.065 μM for the electrodes modified at 2D surface and in the range of 0.1 μM to 0.75 μM with the detection limit ≤0.082 μM for the electrodes modified at the 3D surface.     

人工活性膜模板制备铅钡铬酸盐纳米棒及其光学性能

利用胶棉人工活性膜模板与乙二胺的协同作用，成功制备了铬酸铅、铬酸钡纳米棒.前者直径范围为28～55 nm，最大长径比为25，结构为单斜单晶；后者直径范围为24～38 nm，最大长径比为28，结构为正交单晶.产物相对于其体材料而言，红外光谱峰值仅有少量蓝移，而紫外-可见光谱最大吸收峰则分别蓝移了30 nm和35 nm，荧光发射峰也分别蓝移了9 nm和15 nm，这均是纳米材料量子尺寸效应的体现.还对产物的形成机理作了初步探讨.     

含L-氨基酸基团的手性功能单体及与N-异丙基丙烯酰胺共聚物的合成

以L-苯丙氨酸（L-Phe）、L-色氨酸（L-Trp）和L-亮氨酸（L-Leu）3种常见的氨基酸为手性源,经过酯化、缩合等步骤制备3种手性功能单体AAc-L-Phe(AAc:丙烯酸)、AAc-L-Trp和AAc-L-Leu,其结构经过IR、1H NMR确证。 并将手性单体AAc-L-Phe与温敏材料N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIPAam)共聚,制备了手性共聚物P(NIPAam-co-AAc-L-Phe),结构经IR确证,示差扫描量热分析测试证明其具有温敏性。 这些手性功能单体有可能用于制备环境响应性手性高分子聚合物。     

Surface and Structural Properties of Gold Nanoparticles and Their Biofunctionalized Derivatives in Aqueous Electrolytes Solution

Gold nanoparticles reduced by sodium citrate (d ～ 10 nm) and purchased gold colloid particles (d ～ 500 nm) were examined and compared. The properties of both gold particles and their biofunctionalized derivatives with L-cysteine and L-glutathione were studied in the presence of sodium nitrate. The structural investigations indicated an aggregated inner structure.

The isoelectric points of pure gold, citrate reduced gold, and functionalized gold were measured and compared. The low isoelectric point of pure gold/water interface was explained by considering the distribution and accumulation of H⁺ and OH^? ions within the interfacial water layer, being more pronounced for OH^? ions.      

电化学沉积金纳米线结构及其电学特性

用电化学沉积方法，在有机介孔模板上制备出直径为90 nm的金纳米线.透射电子显微镜（TEM）分析结果表明，纳米线表面光滑并呈单晶结构.去除有机模板的金纳米线阵列用扫描电子显微镜（SEM）测试，纳米线顶端呈平台状，直径分布均一.我们利用原子力显微镜（AFM）测量了金纳米线阵列的微观结构，得到与SEM相一致的结果.在大气和室温条件下，用导电AFM针尖在接触模式下测量了单根纳米线的轴向I－V特性曲线，其结果为金属性.     

金纳米微粒与盐酸氯丙嗪相互作用的共振Rayleigh散射光谱研究及其分析应用

在pH 1.8~3.3的酸性介质中,金纳米微粒本身有一定的共振瑞利散射(RRS)强度,但盐酸氯丙嗪本身的RRS强度十分微弱,当二者共存时,溶液的RRS强度显著增强并出现新的RRS光谱,在280~368 nm之间产生强烈的散射带,其最大散射波长位于368 nm,并在284、440、498 nm处有明显的散射峰。在一定条件下,盐酸氯丙嗪在0~0.08 mg/L范围内与ΔIRRS强度成正比,方法具有较高的灵敏度,对盐酸氯丙嗪的检出限(3σ)达到1.75μg/L。本文考察了反应体系的RRS光谱特征,研究了适宜的反应条件、影响因素及分析化学性质,研究了共存物质的影响,表明方法具有较好的选择性,据此发展了一种用金纳米微粒作RRS探针测定盐酸氯丙嗪的新方法。     

一种新的具有双螺旋结构特征的光学活性分子方的设计、合成及其光学性质

分别从手性构型高度稳定的(R)和(S)-2,2'-二乙炔基-1,1'-联萘模板出发, 通过保护基的控制导入、偶联反应、保护基脱去以及分子间偶合成环4个步骤成功地合成了一种具有螺旋结构特征的新的光学活性分子方(Molecular square)(R,R,R,R)-1和(S,S,S,S)-1. 用MS, IR, UV-Vis, 1H和13C NMR以及元素分析等方法对目标化合物进行了结构表征. 测定并分析比较了2个目标化合物的比旋光度[α]D和圆二色性(CD)等光学性质. 在CH2Cl2溶液中, 异构体(R,R,R,R)-1和(S,S,S,S)-1的[α]25D值分别为+887.3°和-889.7°, 并且其CD谱表现出对称的镜像特征.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Rare Earth Orthovanadate (RVO4; R = La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu & Gd) Nanorods/Nanocrystals/Nanospindles by a Facile Sonochemical Method and Their Catalytic Properties

We report herein on an efficient sonochemical method for the synthesis of rare earth orthovanadate nanorods/nanoparticles/nanospindles, (general formula RVO₄; R = La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd). TGA, XRD, FTIR, Raman, UV–Vis, and TEM studies are employed for their characterization and for understanding their morphologies. In order to vary the textural properties of the rare earth vanadates, two surfactants, polyethylene glycol (PEG) and amphiphilic triblock copolymer Pluronic P123, are chosen in the preparation. While the sonochemical synthesis in the presence of PEG results in the formation of nearly spherical nanoparticles of LaVO₄, CeVO₄, SmVO₄ and EuVO₄, the same technique yields nanorods and nanospindles of NdVO₄ and GdVO₄, respectively. When P123 is used as the surfactant, the morphologies of RVO₄ are strikingly different, and in most cases nanorods and nanospindles are formed. The photocatalytic activities of the rare earth orthovanadate have been evaluated by studying the degradation of methylene blue, and CeVO₄ seems to be the best catalyst in the heterogeneous photolysis. The electrocatalytic activity of the vanadates has been examined by studying the hydrogen evolution reaction using a linear sweep voltammogram technique in 1 M of a H₂SO₄ solution. GdVO₄ seems to be the best electrocatalyst. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.