Immobilization of trypsin in polyaniline-coated nano-Fe3O4/carbon nanotube composite for protein digestion

In this report, a four-component nanocomposite, trypsin-immobilized polyaniline-coated Fe₃O₄/carbon nanotube composite, was synthesized for highly efficient protein digestion. Fe₃O₄ was deposited by the chemical coprecipitation of Fe²⁺ and Fe³⁺ in an alkaline solution containing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to prepare nano-Fe₃O₄/CNT composite. Subsequently, polyaniline (PA) was assembled on the Fe₃O₄/CNT composite by the in situ polymerization of aniline in the presence of trypsin to obtain trypsin-immobilized PA/Fe₃O₄/CNT nanocomposite. The novel 1D superparamagnetic biomaterial has been characterized by TEM, SEM, XRD, and magnetometric analysis. The feasibility and performance of the unique magnetic biomaterial have been demonstrated by the tryptic digestion of bovine serum albumin, myoglobin, and lysozyme within 5 min. The digests were identified by MALDI-TOF MS with sequence coverages that were comparable to those obtained from the conventional in-solution tryptic digestion. The present biocomposite offers considerable promise for protein analysis due to its high magnetic responsivity and excellent dispersibility. It can be easily isolated from the digests with the aid of an external magnetic field. Because the enzyme-immobilized nanocomposite can be prepared by a simple two-step deposition approach at low cost, it may find a wide range of biological applications including proteome research.     

一锅法制备S型异质结光催化剂Fe2O3/Fe2TiO5及其高效降解有机污染物性能

首次采用简单的一锅法制备了Fe₂O₃/Fe₂TiO₅异质结纳米材料。构建S型异质结后,与纯的Fe₂O₃和Fe₂TiO₅相比,Fe₂O₃/Fe₂TiO₅复合材料表现出更高的光催化降解速率和效率。经过2.5 h的光照后,Fe₂O₃/Fe₂TiO₅可以降解接近100%的亚甲基蓝（MB）。在Fe₂O₃/Fe₂TiO₅复合材料中,Fe₂O₃和Fe₂TiO₅之间形成了内建电场,可以促进光生电子-空穴对的分离。因此,具有更高能量的Fe₂TiO₅导带中的电子和具有更高能量的Fe₂O₃价带中的空穴可以得到有效的保留,从而使它们更加有效地扩散到催化剂表面,并参加降解反应。此外,Fe₂O₃/Fe₂TiO₅复合材料具有很好的光催化稳定性。     

Latent Fingerprints Enhancement Using a Functional Composite of Fe3O4@SiO2-Au

A functional composite of Fe₃O₄@SiO₂-Au was prepared and used for latent fingerprint detection. Material characterization results confirmed the successful fabrication of the Fe₃O₄@SiO₂-Au composite. In latent fingerprint detection, the Fe₃O₄@SiO₂-Au composite provides a better performance than commercial copper powder and also gold nanoparticles. More importantly, the Fe₃O₄@SiO₂-Au composite can be used in both powder and suspension forms, and also for common surfaces including glass, polyethylene bags, and paper. The favorable pH range (2.0–5.0) for the compositein finger marks detection is much wider than that of the traditional multi-metal deposition method (pH ranging from 2.0 to 3.0). The mechanism for the Fe₃O₄@SiO₂-Au composite in fingerprint detection was explored and discussed. This study provides a favorable choice for a one-step deposition method for latent fingerprint detection.     

免疫磁性纳米微球的制备与表征

成功制备了Fe3O4磁性纳米颗粒及二甲基丙烯酸乙二醇酯-甲基丙烯酸(EGDMA-MAA)共聚物包覆的Fe3O4磁性复合微球。将吲哚美辛抗体固定在复合微球表面,形成了Fe3O4(核)/聚合物-抗体(壳)的复合免疫磁性颗粒。XRD结果表明,制备的Fe3O4的晶型为反立方尖晶石型且纯度较高;TEM表征表明Fe3O4粒径较为均匀,平均粒径为12nm;磁性复合微球的平均直径为460nm。制备的Fe3O4磁性纳米颗粒和磁性复合微球有较强的磁响应强度,其饱和磁化率分别为49.16和8.38emu/g,能够满足磁性分离的要求。FT IR验证了磁性复合微球中羧基特征峰的存在,表明羧基成功连接在磁性微球上面。通过碳二亚胺/N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺(EDC/NHS)活化法将微球表面羧基活化并成功与抗吲哚美辛抗体交联。     

钛铁矿制备二氧化钛-四氧化三铁复合材料及其光催化应用

TiO_2因具有多种优异的特性被广泛应用在半导体光催化领域,但是纳米结构的TiO_2颗粒细微,在进行光催化反应之后,难以回收再利用。本文以廉价钛铁矿为原料制备光催化剂TiO_2,同时利用副产物铁合成Fe_3O_4,并采用简单温和的浸渍法制备Fe_3O_4/TiO_2磁性复合材料。通过XRD、FT-IR、SEM、EDS等手段对材料形态结构进行表征分析,并以光降解有机污染物若丹明B为探针反应,考察其光催化性能。结果表明,质量比为1∶10的Fe_3O_4/TiO_2复合材料结构稳定、分散均匀,具有最优的光催化活性(波长356nm下反应3h,若丹明B降解率达到64.0%),并表现出良好的重复性。同时,动力学结果显示降解符合一级反应动力学。     

GO/Fe3O4/有机胺复合材料的制备及对结晶紫染料的吸附性能

用改进的Hummers法制备了氧化石墨烯,用乙二胺、乙二胺与丁二胺/己二胺混溶来改性氧化石墨烯。用水热法制备了Fe3O4,并用物理混合法制备了GO/Fe3O4/有机胺的三元复合体系。用透射电镜、扫描电镜、红外光谱、热重分析、X射线衍射、VSM和XPS等对所制得的样品进行了结构表征和性能测试,研究了三元复合粒子对结晶紫染料的吸附性能及影响结晶紫染料吸附效果的因素。结果表明:所制备的Fe3O4的平均粒径约为200 nm,粒径分布均匀;复合物中GO为典型的片状结构,GO及有机胺的掺杂没有影响Fe3O4的尖晶石结构;复合物为超顺磁性,Ms为53.0 emu·g~(-1)。吸附结果表明:石墨烯/Fe3O4/有机胺的三元复合材料对结晶紫染料的最大吸附量随浓度增大而增大,而吸附结晶紫染料的移除率却随结晶紫染料浓度增大而减小,并趋向一定值;乙二胺和己二胺混溶比例为5∶1的GO/Fe3O4复合材料吸附性能最佳:结晶紫浓度为400 mg·L~(-1),最大吸附量为164.3 mg·L~(-1)。     

静电自组装方法合成的具有多孔三维网络结构的Fe3O4/石墨烯复合材料作为高性能锂离子电池负极材料

采用静电自组装方法,分两步合成Fe（OH）₃/GO前驱体（GO：氧化石墨烯）,再通过水热反应和600 ℃高纯氮气气氛下煅烧,获得了Fe₃O₄/石墨烯复合材料. 通过X射线衍射（XRD）、扫描电镜（SEM）、高分辨透射电镜（HRTEM）、拉曼（Raman）光谱等多种分析,发现该复合材料具有三维多孔石墨烯网络结构. 把合成的这种Fe₃O₄/石墨烯复合材料作为锂离子电池负极材料,电化学测试结果表明其具有优良的电化学性能：首次放电容量为1390 mAh·g^-1,50次循环后容量为819 mAh·g^-1. 通过对比实验表明,三维石墨烯网络结构的形成对复合材料的电化学循环稳定性起着关键作用.     

Development of Fe3O4-poly(l-lactide) magnetic microparticles in supercritical CO2

The Fe₃O₄-poly(l-lactide) (Fe₃O₄-PLLA) magnetic microparticles were successfully prepared in a process of solution-enhanced dispersion by supercritical CO₂ (SEDS), and their morphology, particle size, magnetic mass content, surface atom distribution and magnetic properties were characterized. Indomethacin (Indo) was used as a drug model to produce drug-polymer magnetic composite microparticles. The resulting Fe₃O₄-PLLA microparticles with mean size of 803 nm had good magnetic property and a saturation magnetization of 24.99 emu/g. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) test indicated that most of the Fe₃O₄ were encapsulated by PLLA, which indicated that the Fe₃O₄-PLLA magnetic microparticles had a core–shell structure. After further loading with drug, the Indo-Fe₃O₄-PLLA microparticles had a bigger mean size of 901 nm, and the Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) analysis demonstrated that the SEDS process was a typical physical coating process to produce drug-polymer magnetic composite microparticles, which is favorable for drugs since there is no change in chemistry. The in vitro cytotoxicity test showed that the Fe₃O₄-PLLA magnetic microparticles had no cytotoxicity and were biocompatible, which means there is potential for biomedical application.     

The impact on the magnetic field growth of half-metallic Fe3O4 thin films

Half-metallic Fe₃O₄ films grown on a Si (100) substrate with a tantalum (Ta) buffer layer were prepared by DC magnetron reactive sputtering. Primary emphasis was placed on magnetic field growth of Fe₃O₄ thin film. The experiment's results showed that applying an external magnetic field to the samples during the growth was efficient to promote the polycrystalline Fe₃O₄ growth along certain directions. The magnetoresistance (MR) was also tested for comparison of the samples prepared with and without an external magnetic field, and showed that applying an external magnetic field can promote the MR values.     

Amperometric Immunosensor Based on Gold Nanoparticles/Fe3O4-FCNTs-CS Composite Film Functionalized Interface for Carbofuran Detection

In this paper, a novel amperometric immunosensor for the determination of carbofuran based on gold nanoparticles (GNPs), magnetic Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes-chitosan (Fe₃O₄-FCNTs-CS), and bovine serum albumin (BSA) composite film was proposed. First, GNPs were immobilized onto the glassy carbon electrode (GCE) surface, and then the magnetic Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles mixed with chitosan-functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes (CS-FCNTs) homogeneous composite (CS-FCNTs-Fe₃O₄) was immobilized onto the GNPs layer by electrostatic interactions between amino groups of CS and GNPs. Because chitosan (CS) contains many amino groups, it can absorb more antibodies. FCNTs have high surface area, high electrical conductivity, and it can enhance the electron transfer rate; Magnetite (Fe₃O₄) nanoparticles can provide a favorable microenvironment for biomolecules immobilization due to their good biocompatibility, strong superparamagnetic property, and low toxicity; and GNPs possess high surface-to-volume reaction, stability, and high conductivity. Gold Nanoparticles/Fe₃O₄-FCNTs-CS composite film was constructed onto the GCE surface, which had significant synergistic effects toward immunoreaction signal amplification. The stepwise assembly process was characterized by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), respectively. Under the optimal conditions, the current response was proportional to the concentration of carbofuran ranging from 1.0 ng/mL to 100.0 ng/mL and from 100.0 ng/mL to 200 µg/mL with the detection limit 0.032 ng/mL. The proposed immunosensor exhibited good accuracy, high sensitivity, and stability, and it can be used for detection of carbofuran pesticide.     

Fe<Subscript>3</Subscript>O<Subscript>4</Subscript>/Au composite nano-particles and their optical properties

Fe₃O₄/Au composite particles with core/shell structure were prepared by reduction of Au³⁺ with hydroxylamine in the presence of an excess of Fe₃ O₄ as seeds. The resultant colloids, with an average diameter of less than 100 nm, were obtained; the remaining non-reacted Fe₃O₄ seeds can be removed by treatment with diluted HCl solution. The Fe₃O₄/Au colloids exhibit a characteristic peak of UV-visible spectra, which largely depend on the size of the particle and the suspension medium. The localized surface plasmon resonance peaks red shift and broaden with increased nanoparticle diameter or increased solvent ionic strength. The optical property is very important in the establishment of means for the detection of biomolecules.     

用于高效去除水中孔雀石绿的三层结构磁性复合材料Fe3O4@聚丙烯酸@ZiF-8的制备

设计并合成了一种以磁性纳米粒子为核,聚合物为中间层,金属有机骨架材料为外层的三层结构磁性复合材料(Fe₃O₄@PAA@ZIF-8)。首先利用溶剂热法制备Fe₃O₄纳米粒子,然后通过蒸馏沉淀聚合法在Fe₃O₄纳米粒子表面包覆聚丙烯酸(PAA)层,最后通过原位沉积法在PAA外部包覆ZIF-8。在对Fe₃O₄@PAA@ZIF-8的组成和结构进行表征的基础上,深入研究其对孔雀石绿(MG)的吸附性能。透射电子显微镜(TEM)显示Fe₃O₄@PAA@ZIF-8具有明显的三层结构,Fe₃O₄的平均粒径为117nm,PAA层厚度约为17 nm,ZIF-8层的厚度约为14 nm。Fe₃O₄@PAA@ZIF-8对MG的吸附量随着p H的升高而增大,吸附过程符合准二阶动力学模型和Langmuir等温吸附模...     

溶剂热法制备BiFeO_3基纳米颗粒光催化剂及其性能

以聚酰胺-胺(PAMAM)树形分子为稳定剂,采用溶剂热法制得了纯相BiFeO_3纳米颗粒(A)和BiFeO_3/Bi_(25)FeO_(40)/Fe_2O_3复合纳米颗粒(B),并采用HRTEM、XRD、UV-Vis、SQUID对其结构和性能进行了表征。2种颗粒结晶良好,粒径小于10 nm,能有效光催化降解亚甲基蓝,磁性回收率分别为74.6%(A)和90.2%(B)。BiFeO_3/Bi_(25)FeO_(40)/Fe_2O_3复合纳米颗粒的光催化与磁性能均优于纯相BiFeO_3纳米颗粒,是因为复合纳米颗粒含有多种相,相界面存在异质结构有利于光生载流子的分离和迁移,并且对可见光的吸收能力更强。     

Pd@GO/Fe3O4/PAA/DCA: a novel magnetic heterogeneous catalyst for promoting the Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction

Abstract

A hybrid system involving graphene oxide (GO), magnetic oxide (Fe₃O₄), acrylamide and dicyandiamide was prepared via amine functionalization of GO/Fe₃O₄ by means of covalent bonding with acrylamide and subsequent reaction with dicyandiamide to provide a multinitrogen containing polymer on the surface of GO. This hybrid system was utilized as a heterogeneous catalyst support for immobilizing Pd nanoparticles to provide the hybrid, Pd@GO/Fe₃O₄/PAA/DCA. This nano-Pd composite was characterized using Fourier transform infrared, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, vibrating sample magnetometer, thermogravimetric analysis, X-ray diffraction, and ICP techniques and used for promoting Sonogashira cross-coupling under mild reaction conditions. This heterogeneous and magnetic catalyst was easily separated by external magnet and was reused in a model reaction, efficiently up to six times with slight loss of catalytic activity and Pd leaching, showing the suitability of GO/Fe₃O₄/PAA/DCA for embedding Pd nanoparticles. To check the effect of the number of surface nitrogens of the polymeric chain on the catalytic performance, the activity of the catalyst was compared with Pd@GO/Fe₃O₄/PAA; increased number of the surface nitrogens on the chain polymer leads to higher loading of Pd and lower the Pd leaching.     

Preparation and characterization of Fe<Subscript>3</Subscript>O<Subscript>4</Subscript>composite particles

Using Fe₃O₄ nano-particles as seeds, a new type of Fe₃O₄/Au composite particles with core/shell structure and diameter of about 170 nm was prepared by reduction of Au³⁺ with hydroxylamine in an aqueous solution. Particle size analyzer and transmission electron microscope were used to analyze the size distribution and microstructure of the particles in different conditions. The result showed that the magnetically responsive property and suspension stability of Fe₃O₄ seeds as well as reduction conditions of Au³⁺to Au⁰are the main factors which are crucial for obtaining a colloid of the Fe₃O₄/Au composite particles with uniform particle dispersion, excellent stability, homogeneity in particle sizes, and effective response to an external magnet in aqueous suspension solutions. UV-Vis analysis revealed that there is a characteristic peak of Fe₃O₄/Au fluid. For particles with d(0.5)=168 nm, the λmax is 625 nm.     

磁性Fe3O4/石墨烯Photo-Fenton催化剂的制备及其催化活性

采用共沉淀法制备磁性Fe3O4/GE(石墨烯)催化剂,实现Fe3O4纳米颗粒生长和氧化石墨烯还原同步进行,采用FTIR、XRD、TEM及低温氮吸附-脱附等对Fe3O4/GE纳米催化剂的物相、颗粒粒径及比表面积进行了表征。在H2O2存在条件下,以亚甲基蓝为目标降解物,考察了在模拟太阳光下Fe3O4/GE的催化活性,当氧化石墨烯与Fe3O4的质量比为1∶10时,经过2 h催化反应,在pH=6条件下,对亚甲基蓝的降解率达到98.7%,经过10次循环使用后对染料溶液的降解率仍保持在95.7%以上,明显优于纯的Fe3O4。     

用于高效去除水中孔雀石绿的三层结构磁性复合材料Fe3O4@聚丙烯酸@ZiF-8的制备

设计并合成了一种以磁性纳米粒子为核，聚合物为中间层，金属有机骨架材料为外层的三层结构磁性复合材料(Fe₃O₄@PAA@ZIF 8)。首先利用溶剂热法制备Fe₃O₄纳米粒子，然后通过蒸馏沉淀聚合法在Fe₃O₄纳米粒子表面包覆聚丙烯酸(PAA)层，最后通过原位沉积法在PAA外部包覆ZIF 8。在对Fe₃O₄@PAA@ZIF 8的组成和结构进行表征的基础上，深入研究其对孔雀石绿(MG)的吸附性能。透射电子显微镜(TEM)显示 Fe₃O₄@PAA@ZIF 8 具有明显的三层结构，Fe₃O₄的平均粒径为 117nm，PAA 层厚度约为 17 nm，ZIF 8层的厚度约为 14 nm。Fe₃O₄@PAA@ZIF 8对 MG 的吸附量随着 pH 的升高而增大，吸附过程符合准二阶动力学模型和 Langmuir等温吸附模型。此外，Fe₃O₄@PAA@ZIF 8还表现出良好的重复利用性能，8次循环利用后对MG(500 mg·L^-1)的最大吸附量仍可达982 mg·g^-1。     

A facile two-step modifying process for preparation of poly(SStNa)-grafted Fe3O4/SiO2 particles

This article reports the synthesis of the poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate)-grafted Fe₃O₄/SiO₂ particles via two steps. The first step involved magnetite nanoparticles (Fe₃O₄) homogeneously incorporated into silica spheres using the modified Stöber method. Second, the modified silica-coated Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles were covered with the outer shell of anionic polyelectrolyte by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. The resulted composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive microscopy (EDS), Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and vibration sample magnetometer (VSM). The XRD results indicated that the surface modified Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles did not lead to phase change compared with the pure Fe₃O₄. TEM studies revealed nanoparticles remained monodisperse. The detection of sulfur and sodium signals was a convincing evidence that sodium 4-styrenesulfonate was grafted onto the surface of the magnetic silica in XPS analysis. Finally, super-paramagnetic properties of the composite particles, and the ease of modifying the surfaces may make the composites of important use in mild separation, enzyme immobilization, etc.     

Self-assembly approach for the synthesis of electro-magnetic functionalized Fe3O4/polyaniline nanocomposites: Effect of dopant on the properties

Electro-magnetic functionalized Fe₃O₄/polyaniline (PANI) nanocomposites were synthesized by chemical oxidative polymerization in the presence of ammonium peroxydisulfate as an oxidizing agent. Polymerization was carried out independently using two different types of dopants, organic acids (camphorsulfonic acid (CSA) and p-toluenesulfonic acid (TSA)) and inorganic acid (hydrochloric acid). A plausible mechanism for the formation of the nanocomposites (NCs) is presented. During the formation of NCs, CSA/TSA also serves as a micellar template, whereas micelle formation is absent in the case of HCl. Fe₃O₄/PANI-CSA-NC, Fe₃O₄/PANI-TSA-NC and Fe₃O₄/PANI-HCl-NC were characterized for morphology, molecular structure, electrical conductivity and magnetic properties by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV–visible spectroscopy (UV–vis) and superconductor quantum interference device (SQUID) measurements. The results indicate that dopant influence the properties of the NCs. TEM photographs of Fe₃O₄/PANI-CSA and Fe₃O₄/PANI-TSA reveal that the composite particles are spherical having a layer of PANI-CSA or PANI-TSA over Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles. Fe₃O₄/PANI-CSA-NC and Fe₃O₄/PANI-TSA-NC have better morphology, conductivity and high magnetic saturation (M_s) than that of Fe₃O₄/PANI-HCl-NC. Under applied magnetic field, the NCs exhibit the hysteresis loops of the ferromagnetic behavior. M_s value varies with content of Fe₃O₄ present in the composites.     

Hydrothermal synthesis of monodisperse Fe3O4 nanoparticles based on modulation of tartaric acid

In this paper, monodisperse Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles with single crystalline structure were synthesized via a facile environment-friendly method. And the size of the nanoparticles ranges from 10 nm to 15 nm. As-synthesized Fe₃O₄ were characterized by X-ray diffraction instrument (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer and field emission transmission electron microscope (FE-TEM). The effect of tartaric acid (TA) amount on products was investigated by XRD and TEM. The results indicated that TA could commendably modulate the crystalline phase, morphology and size of nanometer Fe₃O_4. A possible generated mechanism of Fe₃O₄ crystals was proposed in virtue of UV–vis absorption spectra. Besides, the magnetic properties of as-synthesized Fe₃O₄ were detected.