Vapor-liquid and vapor-solid phase equilibria for united-atom benzene models near their triple points: the importance of quadrupolar interactions

Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulations were used to calculate the vapor-liquid and vapor-solid coexistence curves for benzene using two simple united-atom models. An extension of the Gibbs ensemble method that makes use of an elongated box containing a slab of the condensed phase with a vapor phase along one axis was employed for the simulations of the vapor-solid equilibria and the vapor-liquid equilibria at very low reduced temperatures. Configurational-bias and aggregation-volume-bias Monte Carlo techniques were applied to improve the sampling of particle transfers between the two simulation boxes and between the vapor and condensed-phase regions of the elongated box. An isotropic united-atom representation with six Lennard-Jones sites at the positions of the carbon atoms was used for both force fields, but one model contained three additional out-of-plane partial charge sites to explicitly represent benzene's quadrupolar interactions. Both models were fitted to reproduce the critical temperature and density of benzene and yield a fair representation of the vapor-liquid coexistence curve. In contrast, differences between the models are very large for the vapor-solid coexistence curve. In particular, the lack of explicit quadrupolar interactions for the 6-site model greatly reduces the energetic differences between liquid and solid phases, and this model yields a triple point temperature that is about a factor of 2 too low. In contrast, the 9-site model predicts a triple point of benzene at T = 253 +/- 6 K and p = 2.3 +/- 0.8 kPa in satisfactory agreement with the experimental data (T = 278.7 K and p = 4.785 kPa).     

2-噻吩乙醛酸-三苯基氧化膦-铕配合物的合成、结构表征及荧光性能的研究

用硝酸铕、2-噻吩乙醛酸(HL)和三苯基氧化膦(TPPO)合成了一种新型固体发光配合物;用元素分析、电导率、红外光谱和核磁共振确定了该配合物的分子式为EuL3TPPPO((H2O)2;在室温下测定了该配合物的荧光激发光谱和发射光谱;配合物中Eu(Ⅲ)离子的3个主要跃迁5D0→7F1,5D0→7F2和5D0→7F4分别位于593.4,618.8和699.4 nm.该固体配合物于室温下被紫外灯照射可以发出很强的红色荧光.IR光谱中2-噻吩乙醛酸在与稀土铕离子形成配合物后,vas(-COO-)由钠盐的1632 cm-1移至1612 cm-1,vs(-COO-)由1389 cm-1移至1409cm-1;vc=o(α-酮基)由HL的1654 cm-1移至1662 cm-1.配合物的vEu-o吸收峰出现在541 cm-1.在1HNMR谱图中,噻吩环上的3个氢原子的化学位移在形成配合物后移向高场;三苯基氧化膦中苯环上5种不同环境的质子的化学位移在形成配合物后向低场移动.TG分析证明,该固态配合物于空气中在常温至190℃以内是稳定的.     

Mesoscale organization of CuO nanoribbons: formation of "dandelions"

A two-tiered organizing scheme with multiple-length scales for construction of dandelion-like hollow CuO microspheres has been elucidated: (1) mesoscale formation of rhombic building units from smaller nanoribbons via oriented aggregation and (2) macroscopic organization of these units into the CuO microspheres. This self-assembly concept may also be applicable to other metal oxides by creating geometric constraints for constructional units.     

海水中某些稀有金属的分离预富集和ICP光谱法测定研究

本提出了以聚二硫代氨基甲酸盐螯合树脂分离预富集－ＩＣＰ－ＡＥＳ测定海水中稀有金属Ｕ，Ｎｂ，Ｔａ，Ｚｒ和Ｈｆ的新方法，对上述元素与螯合树脂在不同ＰＨ下的静态交换行为进行了研究。考察一溶液酸度，流速及基体元素对分离富集效果的影响，比较了吸附在树脂上的待测元素的解脱方法，在优化的实验条件下，方法的相对检出限为０．０２－０．１７ｎｇ／ｍＬ，应用于海水试样分析时，其回收率在８１％－９４％之间。     

芳基-芳基偶联反应的研究进展

综述了近年来芳基-芳基偶联反应的研究进展, 包括不同类型芳基-芳基偶联反应的特点、机理和应用, 尤其是对立体选择性和区域选择性的偶联方法进行了重点介绍.     

The video-rate imaging of sub-10 nm plasmonic nanoparticles in a cellular medium free of background scattering

Plasmonic nanoparticles (e.g., gold, silver) have attracted much attention for biological sensing and imaging as promising nanoprobes. Practical biomedical applications demand small gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) with a comparable size to quantum dots and fluorescent proteins. Very small nanoparticles with a size below the Rayleigh limit (usually <30–40 nm) are hard to see by light scattering using a dark-field microscope, especially within a cellular medium. A photothermal microscope is able to detect very small nanoparticles, down to a few nanometers, but the imaging speed is usually too slow (minutes to hours) to image living cell processes. Here an absorption modulated scattering microscopy (AMSM) method is presented, which allows for the imaging of sub-10 nm Au NPs within a cellular medium. The unique physical mechanism of AMSM offers the remarkable ability to remove the light scattering background of the cellular component. In addition to having a sensitivity comparable to that of photothermal microscopy, AMSM has a much higher imaging speed, close to the video rate (20 fps), which allows for the dynamic tracking of small nanoparticles in living cells. This AMSM method might be a valuable tool for living cell imaging, using sub-10 nm Au NPs as biological probes, and thereby unlocking many new applications, such as single molecule labeling and the dynamic tracking of molecular interactions.

An absorption modulated scattering microscopy technique that allows for the imaging of sub-10 nm gold nanoparticles within a cellular scattering medium is presented.     

Asymmetric synthesis of beta-amino carbonyl compounds with N-sulfinyl beta-amino Weinreb amides

[reaction: see text] Diverse organometallic reagents readily add to enantiopure N-sulfinyl beta-amino Weinreb amides providing the corresponding, stable, N-sulfinyl beta-amino carbonyl compounds in good to excellent yields. This new methodology represents a general solution to the problem of beta-amino carbonyl syntheses, which are important chiral building blocks and constituents of natural products. N-Sulfinyl beta-amino Weinreb amides are prepared by reaction of the potassium enolate of N-methoxy N-methylacetamide with sulfinimines (N-sulfinyl imines) or lithium N,O-dimethylhydroxylamine with N-sulfinyl beta-amino esters.     

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry studies of low molecular weight dendrimers

We report the application of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-ToF) mass spectrometry, with delayed extraction in the reflectron mode, for the characterization of low molecular weight dendrimers. 20 dendrimer samples were measured and 4 typical dendrimers, as examples, are discussed in detail. Several factors that affect the analysis including the matrices used, the concentrations of sample, the solvents and cationization reagent used, were investigated in detail. Experimental results indicate that the type of solvent can greatly influence exact mass measurement. However, sample preparation is generally not very critical for dendrimer analysis using MALDI-ToF since many kinds of matrices and a wide range of sample concentrations can be used efficiently. In addition, the Cs(+) ion can be used to enhance the efficiency of cationization. Some reasons for this behavior are discussed on the basis of results of calculations using Gaussian94 software (a connected system of programs for performing a variety of semi-empirical and ab initio molecular orbital (MO) calculations).     

Studies on the properties of ionic liquid EMIInCl4

This paper reports that an ionic liquid (IL) has been prepared by directly mixing InCl₃ and 1-methyl-3-ethylimidazolium chloride (EMIC) with molar ratio 1/1 under dry argon atmosphere. The densities, and surface tension of the pure IL were determined at temperature range of 293.15 to 343.15 ± 0.1 K. The volumetric properties and the properties of surface for ionic liquid based on group III were discussed by Glasser's theory and Yang's interstice model.     

Effect of La2O3／γ—Al2O3 Catalyst on the Activation of CH4 and CO2 to C2 Hydrocarbons under Non—equilibrium Plasma

In the reaction of methane and carbon dioxide to C2 hydrocabons under non-equilibrium plasma, methane conversion was decreased,but selectivity of C2 hydroxarbons was increased when using La2O3/γ-Al2O3 as catalyst. So the yield of C2 hydrocarbons was higher than using plasma alone. The synergism of La2O3/γ-Al2O3 and plasma gave methane conversion of 24.9% and C2 yield of 18.1%. The distribution of C2 hydrocarbons changed when Pd-La2O3/γ-Al2O3 was used as catalyst,the major C2 product was ethylene.