Metal Organic Framework Glasses: A New Platform for Electrocatalysis?

Metal organic framework (MOF) glasses are a coordination network of metal nodes and organic ligands as an undercooled frozen-in liquid, and have therefore broadened the potential of MOF materials in the fundamental research and application scenarios. On the road to deploying MOF glasses as electrocatalysts, it remains several basic scientific hurdles although MOF glasses not only inherit the structural merits of MOFs but also endow with active catalytic features including concentrated defects, metal centers and disorder structure etc. The research on the ionic conductivity, catalytic stability and reactivity of MOF glasses has yielded scientific insights towards its electrocatalytic applications. Here, we first comb the history, definition and basic properties of MOF glasses. Then, we identify the main synthetic methods and characterization techniques. Finally, we advance the potentials and challenges of MOF glasses as electrocatalysts in furthering the understanding of these themes.     

Polymer Electrolytes – New Opportunities for the Development of Multivalent Ion Batteries

Batteries, as highly concerned energy conversion system, have a great development prospect in various fields, especially in the field of energy powered vehicles. Multivalent ion batteries are getting more attention due to their low cost, high abundance in earth crust, high capacity and safety compared with Lithium batteries. Despite above advantages, several problems still need to be solved before multivalent ion batteries achieve large-scale application, such as interfacial parasitic reaction, anode passivation, and dendrites. The replacement of liquid electrolytes with gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) which pose high safety, high mechanical strength and simplified battery system, is an effective strategy to inhibit dendrite growth and improve electrochemical performance. This review mainly discusses the advantages and challenges of multivalent ion batteries including zinc, magnesium, calcium and aluminum batteries. Meanwhile, the major targets of this review are introducing the recent developments and making a summary of the future trends of GPEs in the multivalent ion batteries.     

A New Capillary Electrophoresis Apparatus with Piezoelectric Ceramics High Voltage Source and Amperometric Detector

IntroductionHighperformancecapiliar}'electrophoresis(HPCE)isanewanalyticaltechnology'rapidly'developedinrecentyears.Withtheadvantagesofsmallsample.highsensitivity,highresolution.rapidanalysisandverycheaprunning,ithasbeenappliedinchemistry'.lifescienc...     

Nonaqueous Emulsions – A Versatile Tool for New Types of Functional Nanoparticles

Summary : The preparation of functional polymer latex particles is usually carried out in aqueous heterogeneous systems, i.e. for example in emulsion or mini-emulsion polymerization. Due to the presence of water, moisture sensitive reactions like step growth polymerizations or metal catalyzed reactions can not be accomplished without side reactions and / or decomposition. In order to avoid these side reactions, different nonaqueous emulsion systems have been developed. According to the desired polymerization procedure, these systems consist of a nonpolar organic phase surrounded by a perfluorinated solvent or of a polar organic phase which is dispersed in a nonpolar organic solvent. Both emulsions are stabilized by amphipolar block copolymers and result in long time stable particle dispersions. The resulting dispersions yield particles with narrow size distributions and – depending on the reaction conditions – diameters down to tens of nanometers. This technique allows the formation of particles consisting of numerous different classes of polymers, e.g. polyurethanes, polyesters, polyolefins etc. and the formation of more complex morphologies such as core shell structures.     

Tuning the Reactivity of a Heterogeneous Catalyst using N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands for C−H Activation Reactions

We report the dramatic impact of the addition of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) on the reactivity and selectivity of heterogeneous Ru catalysts in the context of C−H activation reactions. Using a simple and robust method, we prepared a series of new air-stable catalysts starting from commercially available Ru on carbon (Ru/C) and differently substituted NHCs. Associated with C−H deuteration processes, depending on Ru/C-NHC ratios, the chemical outcome can be controlled to a large extent. Indeed, tuning the reactivity of the Ru catalyst with NHC enabled: 1) increased chemoselectivity and the regioselectivity for the deuteration of alcohols in organic media; 2) the synthesis of fragile pharmaceutically relevant deuterated heterocycles (azine, purine) that are otherwise completely reduced using unmodified commercial catalysts; 3) the discovery of a novel reactivity for such heterogeneous Ru catalysts, namely the selective C-1 deuteration of aldehydes.     

Microfluidic Device： A Miniaturized Platform for Chemical Reactions

Microfluidic devices, as a new miniaturized platform stemming from the field of micro-electromechanical sys-tems, have been used in many disciplines. In the field of chemical reactions, microfluidic device-based microreac-tors have shown great promise in building new chemical technologies and processes with increased speed and reli- ability and reduced sample consumption and cost. This technology has also become a new and effective tool for precise, high-throughput, and automatic analysis of chemical synthesis processes. Compared with conventional chemical laboratory batch methodologies, microfluidic reactors have a number of features, such as high mixing ef- ficiency, short reaction time, high heat-transfer coefficient, small reactant volume, controllable residence time, and high surface-to-volume ratio, among others. Combined with recent advances in microfluidic devices for chemical reactions, this review aims to give an overview of the features and applications of microfluidic devices in the field of chemical synthesis. It also aims to stimulate the development of microfluidic device applications in the field of chemical reactions.     

Development of New Capillary Electrophoresis-Based Techniques for Protein Analysis

With the sequencing of human genome almost complete, human genome project enters the postgenome-sequencing era. Compared to genomics, the analysis of proteome is rather difficult since in human cells there are around 200 000 proteins, which are expressed at any time at different levels     

A New Metallomicelle with Hydrolytic Metalloenzymatic Activity

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A New Method of Measurement for Elastic Wave Velocities in Minerals and Rocks at High Temperature and High Pressure and Its Significance

We developed a new method of measurement for elastic wave velocity of rocks and minerals at high temperature and high pressure in a wedge-type cubic anvil. The shear-wave and other ultrasonic wave can be identified by full wave phase analysis (FWPA), thus the velocities of compression-wave and shear-wave can be obtained in a single experiment. We have done the measurements of elastic wave velocities on pyrophyllite, etc. at high pressure (0.1—5.5 GPa) and high temperature (ambient temperature 1600℃), the ranges of the pressure and the temperature are in the head among the methods of the wave velocites measurement in laboratory in the world.     

A New Hapten for Immunoassay of Aldicarb

Aldicarb, 2-methyl-2-(methylthio)propionaldehyde O-(methylcarbamoyl)oxime, is a systemic N-methylcarbamate insecticide and has been used on a variety of crops. It is moderately water soluble and considered as one of the most acutely toxic pesiticides. Ald…     

A New Conductivity Detector for Capillary Electrophoresis

IntroducnonHighperformancecapillaryelectrophoresis(HPCE)isanewanalyticaltechniqueandhasbeenappliedinvariousfields.InthedetectionmodesforHPCE,conductivitydetectionisaratheruniversalone,includingon-column',end-columnZandsuppressedconductivity'detection.Inthefirsttwo,thereisayieldedpotentialbetweentwoconductiveelectrodes,whichisinterferedbytheseparationvoltage.Theyieldedpotentialmayeasilydestroythegeneralconductivitymeter.ForthedetectorwithsuppressoF,itisdifficultinmanufactureanditsdeadvolum…     

A New Route for Synthesis of Entecavir

2-Amino-1,9-dihydro-9-[(1S,3R,4S)-4-hydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylenecyclopen tyl]-6H-purin-6-one (entecavir, Scheme 1) is a novel carbocyclic 2-deoxyguanosine analog drug which has potent and selective anti hepatitis B virus (HBV) activity1-3. Entecavir is also effective against lamivudine-resistant YMDD mutants4. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved entecavir as a new preferred drug for the treatment of HBV after lamivudine in March, 2005. Scheme 1 The structure o…     

A New Rearrangement Reaction of 2-Phenyl Substituted Benzothiazepine with Ethoxycarbonyl Carbene─Mechanism of the Reaction and Structure of the Product

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New Oxyhalide Solid Electrolytes with High Lithium Ionic Conductivity >10 mS cm−1 for All-Solid-State Batteries

All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) with inorganic solid electrolytes (SEs) have attracted significant interest as next-generation energy storage. Halides such as Li₃YCl₆ are promising candidates for SE because they combine high oxidation stability and deformability. However, the ionic conductivities of halide SEs are not as high as those of other SEs, especially sulfides. Here, we discover new lithium-metal-oxy-halide materials, LiMOCl₄ (M=Nb, Ta). They exhibit extremely high ionic conductivities of 10.4 mS cm⁻¹ for M=Nb and 12.4 mS cm⁻¹ for M=Ta, respectively, even in cold-pressed powder forms at room temperature, which are comparable to or surpass those of organic liquid electrolytes used in lithium-ion batteries. Bulk-type ASSB cells using the oxyhalides as the cathode SE demonstrate an outstanding rate capability with a capacity retention of 80 % at 5 C/0.1 C. We believe that the proposed oxyhalides are promising SE candidates for the practical applications of ASSBs.     

A New Method for Brucine Analysis Based on Its Chemiluminescence Reaction with Potassium Permanganat

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A New Method for High-Resolution NMR Spectra in Inhomogeneous Fields with Efficient Solvent Suppression

High-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance （NMR） is one of the most powerful tools for analyzing molecular structures and dynamics. Magnetic field homogeneity is required for conventional high-resolution spectra. However, there are many chemical and/or biological circumstances where the spatial homogeneities of the magnetic fields are degraded. Intense solvent signal is another obstacle for obtaining high-resolution spectra, especially in in vivo and in situ NMR spectroscopy. In this paper, a new pulse sequence based on intermolecular multiple quantum coherence （iMQC） was reported. This sequence can effectively remove the effect of magnetic field inhomogeneity and suppress the solvent signal. It can recover the spectral information such as chemical shifts, coupling constants, multiplet patterns, and relative peak areas in inhomogeneous fields. Theoretical analyses and experimental verifications are presented to demonstrate the feasibility of this method.