Improved estimation of PM2.5 brown carbon contributions to filter light attenuation

Multiwavelength light attenuation measurements have been acquired as part of thermal/optical carbon analysis in the U.S.Chemical Speciation Network(CSN)and the ...     

手性胺膦配体在不对称催化中的应用

利用邻二苯基膦苯甲醛分别与多种手性二胺的缩合反应,设计合成了一系列新型手性四齿胺膦配体.这类多齿胺膦配体含有两个软的磷原子和两个硬的氮原子,具有丰富的配位化学性能和优秀的不对称诱导能力.本文综述了手性胺膦金属络合物催化剂在不对称转移氢化反应、氧化动力学拆分反应、烯烃的不对称环氧化反应和不对称环丙烷化反应、不对称D-A反应中的应用.     

Observation of noncovalent complexes to the avidin tetramer by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

Intact avidin-biotin and avidin-biotin maleimide noncovalent complexes have been observed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) by using an extended mass range quadrupole mass spectrometer. By utilizing mild ES1 interface conditions, the expected solution behavior of four biotin or biotin maleimide molecules noncovalently binding to each avidin tetramer can be preserved in the gas phase. The ESI-MS results show the appropriate mass additions of 973 ± 60 Da for biotin and 1802 ± 40 Da for biotin maleimide to the avidin tetramer species. These results support the hypothesis that substantial retention of higher order structure is possible in the gas phase by using gentle ESI conditions.     

Effects of high intensity ultrasound on inorganic solids

Ultrasonic irradiation dramatically affects the reactivity of a variety of inorganic solids. We have found, for example, large increases in the rates of intercalation of a wide range of compounds into various layered inorganic solids (such as ZrS2, V2O5, TaS2 and MoO3. High intensity ultrasound also enhances the heterogeneous catalysis of alkene hydrogenation by Ni powders. Scanning electron microscopy reveals that ultrasound has multiple effects on the morphology and surface characteristics of inorganic solids, creating substantial surface damage, increasing surface areas significantly and causing increased particle aggregation.     

What is novel in quantum transport for mesoscopics?

The understanding of mesoscopic transport has now attained an ultimate simplicity. Indeed, orthodox quantum kinetics would seem to say little about mesoscopics that has not been revealed — nearly effortlessly — by more popular means. Such is far from the case, however. The fact that kinetic theory remains very much in charge is best appreciated through the physics of a quantum point contact. While discretization of its conductance is viewed as the exclusive result of coherent, single-electron-wave transmission, this does not begin to address the paramount feature of all metallic conduction: dissipation. A perfect quantum point contact still has finite resistance, so its ballistic carriers must dissipate the energy gained from the applied field. How do they manage that? The key is in standard many-body quantum theory, and its conservation principles.     

Molecular organization in MAPLE‐deposited conjugated polymer thin films and the implications for carrier transport characteristics

The morphological structure of poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (P3HT) thin films deposited by both Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) and solution spin‐casting methods are investigated. The MAPLE samples possessed a higher degree of disorder, with random orientations of polymer crystallites along the side‐chain stacking, π–π stacking, and conjugated backbone directions. Moreover, the average molecular orientations and relative degrees of crystallinity of MAPLE‐deposited polymer films are insensitive to the chemistries of the substrates onto which they were deposited; this is in stark contrast to the films prepared by the conventional spin‐casting technique. Despite the seemingly unfavorable molecular orientations and the highly disordered morphologies, the in‐plane charge carrier transport characteristics of the MAPLE samples are comparable to those of spin‐cast samples, exhibiting similar transport activation energies (56 vs. 54 meV) to those reported in the literature for high mobility polymers. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2017 , 55, 39–48     

High selectively oxidative bromination of toluene derivatives by the H_2O_2-HBr system

An aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen bromide illuminated by a 60 W incandescent light bulb serves as a source of bromine radicals.Various substituted toluenes（NO₂,Cl,Br,H,CH₃） were high selectively brominated at the benzyl position for monobromination in CH₂C1₂ at ice water with catalyst free.This simple but effective bromination of toluene derivatives with an aqueous H₂O₂-HBr system is characterized with the use of inexpensive reagents and a lower impact on the environment, which make it a good alternative to the existing bromination methods.