Common (π,π) Band Folding and Surface Reconstruction in Fe As-Based Superconductors

High resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy(ARPES) measurements are carried out on CaKFe_4 As_4,KCa_2 Fe_4 As_4 F_2 and(Ba_(0.6)K_(0.4))Fe_2 As_2 superconductors.Clear evidence of band folding between the Brillouin zone center and corners with a(π,π) wave vector has been found from the measured Fermi surface and band structures in all the three kinds of superconductors.A dominant ~(1/2)×~(1/2) surface reconstruction is observed on the cleaved surface of CaKFe_4As_4 by scanning tunneling microscopy(STM) measurements.We propose that the commonly observed ~(1/2)×~(1/2) reconstruction in the FeAs-based superconductors provides a general scenario to understand the origin of the(π,π) band folding.Our observations provide new insights in understanding the electronic structure and superconductivity mechanism in iron-based superconductors.     

正丁基正辛基亚砜萃取Au(Ⅲ)的NMR波谱研究

以亚砜的模型化合物正丁基正辛基亚砜液-液萃取Au(Ⅲ),对萃取剂及萃取配合物的1H NMR、13C NMR波谱特征进行讨论,研究了萃取时萃合物的结构及其动态变化.作者认为有机相中存在Au(Ⅲ)在正丁基正辛基亚砜(BOSO)与配合物之间快速交换的过程,该过程有利于Au(Ⅲ)从水相向有机相转移,也是形成NMR波谱特征的主要原因.核磁共振实验也说明了在两种酸度下Au(Ⅲ)均与亚砜基团中的氧原子配位,但萃取机理有所不同,核磁共振波潜的分析给出了萃取机理的直接证据.     

超声喷雾电离源的研制与表征

研制了超声喷雾电离源(SSI)。采用核糖核酸A、溶菌酶等样品和商品化的线性离子阱质谱仪对该电离源进行了表征。实验发现,对于生物大分子,超声喷雾电离质谱(SSI-MS)能够获得与电喷雾质谱(ESI-MS)类似的多电荷离子。但与同等条件下ESI-MS所获得的谱图相比,SSI主要获得低价态的多电荷离子。在此基础上,系统考察了SSI-MS各主要操作参数对不同价态蛋白质多电荷离子信号强度的影响,并提出了SSI离子化的可能机理。结果表明,在喷雾气压3.4~3.6 MPa、喷雾口到质谱入口的距离4~6 mm、离子传输管温度250~300℃、样液流速50~100μL/min、2%~5%甲酸酸性且不含甲醇的条件下,各价态蛋白质离子信号强度及信号分布均达到最优;而离子传输管温度越高,喷雾压力越大或溶剂中甲醇等挥发性成分越高,则越有利于低价态离子的形成。     

光谱法研究吲哚美辛,舒林酸及其金属配合物与牛血清蛋白的相互作用

以曙红Y(Eosin Y)为探针,采用竞争结合法考查了非甾体抗炎药吲哚美辛和舒林酸及其相关的金属配合物与BSA的结合。在中性环境中,曙红Y的吸收光谱随着BSA的加入发生明显变化,结果表明,曙红Y与BSA之间的结合以静电作用为主,两者之间可能发生电子转移。曙红Y与BSA结合后,抗炎药吲哚美辛,舒林酸的加入可以破坏这种结合,曙红Y部分游离出来,其吸收值恢复,说明药物可以同样的方式结合到BSA上,抢占曙红Y在BSA上的结合位点。将药物转化为金属配合物后,与血清蛋白的亲和程度更强,铜(Ⅱ)的配合物最为突出,推测将非甾体抗炎药转化为铜配合物后,有更好的药理活性。     

A Fault Detection Method for Electrohydraulic Switch Machine Based on Oil-Pressure-Signal-Sectionalized Feature Extraction

A turnout switch machine is key equipment in a railway, and its fault condition has an enormous impact on the safety of train operation. Electrohydraulic switch machines are increasingly used in high-speed railways, and how to extract effective fault features from their working condition monitoring signal is a difficult problem. This paper focuses on the sectionalized feature extraction method of the oil pressure signal of the electrohydraulic switch machine and realizes the fault detection of the switch machine based on this method. First, the oil pressure signal is divided into three stages according to the working principle and action process of the switch machine, and multiple features of each stage are extracted. Then the max-relevance and min-redundancy (mRMR) algorithm is applied to select the effective features. Finally, the mini batch k-means method is used to achieve unsupervised fault diagnosis. Through experimental verification, this method can not only derive the best sectionalization mode and feature types of the oil pressure signal, but also achieve the fault diagnosis and the prediction of the status of the electrohydraulic switch machine.     

用自动凯氏定氮仪测定水中氨氮

用MgO控制预蒸馏水中的pH值,以硼酸溶液为吸收液,用稀硫酸进行中和滴定,用自动凯氏定氮仪测试水中的氨氮,检测下限为1mg/L,相对标准偏差在0.32%~1.04%范围内,加标回收率为96%~104%,并将该法与纳氏试剂比色法和离子色谱法进行了比较。     

胶体法制备Mn2+掺杂Ⅱ-Ⅵ族稀磁性半导体纳米晶体材料的研究进展

近年来兴起的稀磁性半导体纳米晶体(DMSNC)是一种新型的半导体材料,由于其优异的光电磁性能得到了国内外研究人员的重视,并取得了快速发展,有望在多个领域得到应用。本文对以胶体法制备的Mn2 掺杂的ZnS、ZnSe、CdS、CdSe等为代表的Ⅱ-Ⅵ族DMSNC的主要研究进展和掺杂原理进行了综述,指出了现阶段所存在的问题,并对其未来发展进行了展望。     

Numerical Study on the Coagulation and Breakage of Nanoparticles in the Two-Phase Flow around Cylinders

The Reynolds averaged N-S equation and dynamic equation for nanoparticles are numerically solved in the two-phase flow around cylinders, and the distributions of the concentration M₀ and geometric mean diameter d_g of particles are given. Some of the results are validated by comparing with previous results. The effects of particle coagulation and breakage and the initial particle concentration m₀₀ and size d₀ on the particle distribution are analyzed. The results show that for the flow around a single cylinder, M₀ is reduced along the flow direction. Placing a cylinder in a uniform flow will promote particle breakage. For the flow around multiple cylinders, the values of M₀ behind the cylinders oscillate along the spanwise direction, and the wake region in the flow direction is shorter than that for the flow around a single cylinder. For the initial monodisperse particles, the values of d_g increase along the flow direction and the effect of particle coagulation is larger than that of particle breakage. The values of d_g fluctuate along the spanwise direction; the closer to the cylinders, the more frequent the fluctuations of d_g values. For the initial polydisperse particles with d₀ = 98 nm and geometric standard deviation σ = 1.65, the variations of d_g values along the flow and spanwise directions show the same trend as for the initial monodisperse particles, although the differences are that the values of d_g are almost the same for the cases with and without considering particle breakage, while the distribution of d_g along the spanwise direction is flatter in the case with initial polydisperse particles.     

Separation of pyrrolidine from tetrahydrofuran by using pillar[6]arene-based nonporous adaptive crystals

Pyrrolidine, an important feedstock in the chemical industry, is commonly produced via vapor-phase catalytic ammoniation of tetrahydrofuran (THF). Obtaining pyrrolidine with high purity and low energy cost has extremely high economic and environmental values. Here we offer a rapid and energy-saving method for adsorptive separation of pyrrolidine and THF by using nonporous adaptive crystals of per-ethyl pillar[6]arene (EtP6). EtP6 crystals show a superior preference towards pyrrolidine in 50 : 50 (v/v) pyrrolidine/THF mixture vapor, resulting in rapid separation. The purity of pyrrolidine reaches 95% in 15 min of separation, and after 2 h, the purity is found to be 99.9%. Single-crystal structures demonstrate that the selectivity is based on the stability difference of host–guest structures after uptake of THF or pyrrolidine and non-covalent interactions in the crystals. Besides, EtP6 crystals can be recycled efficiently after the separation process owing to reversible transformations between the guest-free and guest-loaded EtP6.

Here we offer a rapid and energy-saving method for adsorptive separation of pyrrolidine and tetrahydrofuran by using nonporous adaptive crystals of per-ethyl pillar[6]arene.

Pyrrolidine is an important feedstock in the chemical industry that has been widely used in the production of food, pesticides, daily chemicals, coatings, textiles, and other materials.¹ Particularly, pyrrolidine is a raw material for organic synthesis of medicines such as buflomedil, pyrrocaine, and prolintane.² Moreover, pyrrolidine is also used as a solvent in the semi-synthetic process of simvastatin, one of the best-selling cardiovascular drugs.³ In the chemical industry, there are many preparation methods for pyrrolidine. The most common way to obtain pyrrolidine is the gas-phase catalytic method using tetrahydrofuran (THF) and ammonia as raw materials;⁴ this is carried out at high temperature under catalysis by solid acids. However, separating pyrrolidine from the crude product is difficult because of similar molecular weights and structures between pyrrolidine (b.p. 360 K and saturated vapor pressure = 1.8 kPa at 298 K) and THF (b.p. 339 K and saturated vapor pressure = 19.3 kPa at 298 K), which result in complicated processes and large energy consumption.⁵ Therefore, it is worthwhile to find energy-efficient and simple methods to separate pyrrolidine from THF.Many techniques and materials, including porous zeolites, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), and porous polymers, have facilitated energy-efficient separations of important petrochemicals and feedstocks, including THF and pyrrolidine.^6,7 However, some drawbacks of these materials cannot be ignored.⁸ For example, the relatively low thermal and moisture stabilities of MOFs limit their practical applications. Therefore, the development of new materials with satisfactory chemical and thermal stabilities for pyrrolidine/THF separation is of high significance.In the past decade, pillararenes have been widely studied in supramolecular chemistry.⁹ Owing to their unique pillar structures and diverse host–guest recognitions, pillararenes have been used in the construction of numerous supramolecular systems.¹⁰ Recently, nonporous adaptive crystals (NACs) of macrocycles, which have shown extraordinary performance in adsorption and separation, have been developed by our group as a new type of adsorption and separation materials.¹¹ Unlike MOFs, covalent-organic frameworks (COFs), and other materials with pre-existing pores, NACs do not have “pores“ in the guest-free form, whereas they adsorb guest vapors through cavities of macrocycles and spaces between macrocycles. NACs have been applied in separations of many significant chemicals such as alkane isomers, aromatics, and halohydrocarbon isomers.¹² However, such materials have never been used to separate pyrrolidine and THF. Herein, we utilized pillararene crystals as a separation material and realized the selective separation of pyrrolidine from a mixture of pyrrolidine and THF. We found that nonporous crystals of per-ethyl pillar[6]arene (EtP6) exhibited a shape-sorting ability at the molecular level towards pyrrolidine with an excellent preference, while crystals of per-ethyl pillar[5]arene (EtP5) did not (Scheme 1). In-depth investigations revealed that the separation was driven by the host–guest complexation between pyrrolidine and EtP6, which resulted in the formation of a more stable structure upon adsorption of pyrrolidine vapor in the crystalline state. EtP6 crystals can also adsorb THF. However, when these two chemicals simultaneously exist as the vapor of a 50 : 50 (v/v) mixture, EtP6 prefers pyrrolidine as an adsorption target. Compared with previously reported NAC-based separation, this separation took place rapidly. 95% purity was achieved in 15 min, and the purity increased to 99.9% after 2 h of separation. Moreover, pyrrolidine was removed upon heating, along with the structural transformation of EtP6 back to its original state, endowing EtP6 with excellent recyclability.Open in a separate windowScheme 1Chemical structures and cartoon representations: (a) EtP5 and EtP6; (b) THF and pyrrolidine.EtP5 and EtP6 were prepared as previously described and then a pretreatment process was carried out to obtain guest-free EtP5 and EtP6 (Fig. S1–S4†).¹³ According to powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) patterns, activated EtP5 and EtP6 (denoted as EtP5α and EtP6β, respectively) were crystalline, and the patterns matched previous reports (Fig. S5 and S6^†).¹⁴ Studies from our group indicated that EtP5α and EtP6β crystals were nonporous, presumably due to their dense packing modes.We first investigated the adsorption capabilities of EtP5α and EtP6β towards pyrrolidine and THF vapors. Based on time-dependent solid–vapor adsorption procedures, both EtP5α and EtP6β showed good ability to adsorb pyrrolidine and THF vapors. As shown in Fig. 1a, the adsorption amount of THF in EtP5α was higher than that of pyrrolidine. It took 6 hours for EtP5α to reach saturation points for adsorption of both pyrrolidine and THF vapors. The final storage of THF in EtP5α was 2 : 1 (molar ratio to the host), whereas the storage of pyrrolidine was 1 : 1. It seemed that the THF vapor was favored to occupy EtP5α, which was ascribed to the relatively lower boiling point of THF. A similar phenomenon was found for EtP6β. Time-dependent solid–vapor adsorption experiments for pyrrolidine demonstrated that it took just 1 hour to reach the saturation point, while it took 4 hours for the THF vapor (Fig. 1b). The adsorption amount of THF vapor was twice that of pyrrolidine. ¹H NMR spectra and thermogravimetric analyses (TGA) further confirmed the adsorption and storage of THF and pyrrolidine in both hosts (Fig. S7–S16†). Meanwhile, in the desorption process, adsorbed pyrrolidine and THF in EtP6β were easily released under reduced pressure and heating. Based on these data, it was clear that pyrrolidine could be adsorbed rapidly by both EtP5α and EtP6β in molar ratios = 1 : 1, while THF could be captured in a relatively slow process. Structural changes after adsorption of these two vapors were analyzed via PXRD experiments, in which varying degrees of changes before and after adsorption were observed, evidencing the appearance of new crystal structures (Fig. 1c and d). Nevertheless, only slight differences were observed in the PXRD patterns after the adsorption of THF or pyrrolidine, which might be ascribed to the structural similarity of the two molecules.Open in a separate windowFig. 1Time-dependent solid–vapor adsorption plots of (a) EtP5α and (b) EtP6β for single-component pyrrolidine and THF vapors. PXRD patterns of (c) EtP5α and (d) EtP6β: (I) original activated crystals; (II) after adsorption of THF vapor; (III) after adsorption of pyrrolidine vapor.To study the mechanism of adsorption, guest-loaded single crystals were obtained by slowly evaporating either THF or pyrrolidine solutions of pillararenes (Tables S2 and S3^†). In the crystal structure of THF-loaded EtP5 (2THF@EtP5, Fig. 2a and S17^†),^11a two THF molecules are in the cavity of one EtP5 molecule driven by multiple C–H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C–H⋯π bonds. EtP5 assembles into honeycomb-like infinite edge-to-edge 1D channels. In the crystal structure of pyrrolidine-loaded EtP5 (pyrrolidine@EtP5, Fig. 2b and S19^†), one pyrrolidine molecule, stabilized by C–H⋯π interactions and C–H⋯O hydrogen bonds between hydrogen atoms on pyrrolidine and oxygen atoms on EtP5, is found in the cavity of EtP5. It''s worth mentioning that a hydrogen atom which is linked with the N atom of pyrrolidine also forms a strong hydrogen bond with an oxygen atom on the ethoxy group of EtP5. EtP5 forms imperfect 1D channels because of partial distortion of orientation. The PXRD patterns simulated from these crystal structures matched well with the experimental results (Fig. S18 and S20^†), which verified that the uptake of vapors transformed EtP5α into pyrrolidine-loaded EtP5.Open in a separate windowFig. 2Single crystal structures: (a) 2THF@EtP5; (b) pyrrolidine@EtP5.In the crystal structure of THF-loaded EtP6 (2THF@EtP6, Fig. 3a and S21^†), one EtP6 molecule encapsulated two THF molecules in its cavity with C–H⋯O interactions, forming a 1 : 2 host–guest complex. Although 1D channels are observed, EtP6 adopts a slightly different conformation, caused by the presence of THF. Moreover, the PXRD pattern of EtP6β after adsorption of THF vapor matches well with that simulated from 2THF@EtP6, which is evidence for the structural transformation upon adsorption. In the crystal structure of pyrrolidine-loaded EtP6 (pyrrolidine@EtP6, Fig. 3b and S23^†), a 1 : 1 host–guest complex with pyrrolidine is found. Driven by C–H⋯π interactions and C–H⋯O hydrogen bonds formed by hydrogen atoms on pyrrolidine and oxygen atoms on EtP6, one pyrrolidine molecule is in the cavity of EtP6 with the nitrogen atom inside the cavity. The window-to-window packing mode of hexagonal EtP6 molecules in pyrrolidine@EtP6 contributes to the formation of honeycomb-like infinite edge-to-edge 1D channels, favorable for guest adsorption. Likewise, the PXRD result of EtP6β after adsorption of pyrrolidine is in line with the simulated pattern of pyrrolidine@EtP6, indicating that EtP6β transformed into pyrrolidine@EtP6 in the presence of pyrrolidine (Fig. S22 and S24^†).Open in a separate windowFig. 3Single crystal structures: (a) 2THF@EtP6; (b) pyrrolidine@EtP6.According to the adsorption ability and different crystal structures after adsorption of guest vapors, we wondered whether EtP5α or EtP6β could separate mixtures of THF and pyrrolidine. We first evaluated separation by EtP5α. GC analysis indicated that the adsorption ratios of THF and pyrrolidine were 65.7% and 34.3%, respectively, when EtP5α was exposed to 50 : 50 (v/v) pyrrolidine/THF mixture vapor (Fig. 4a and S25^†). Such adsorption was also illustrated by ¹H NMR (Fig. S26^†). Although EtP5α showed a preference for THF, the selectivity is not satisfactory and cannot be applied to industrial separation. The less satisfactory selectivity may be ascribed to the similar crystal structures of EtP5 after adsorption of THF or pyrrolidine and insufficient strong stabilizing interactions. The PXRD pattern of EtP5α after adsorption of the 50 : 50 (v/v) pyrrolidine/THF mixture vapor exhibited minor differences compared with that simulated from either 2THF@EtP5 or pyrrolidine@EtP5, due to poor selectivity (Fig. 4b).Open in a separate windowFig. 4(a)Time-dependent solid–vapor adsorption plot for EtP5α in the presence of 50 : 50 (v/v) pyrrolidine/THF mixture vapor. (b) PXRD patterns of EtP5α: (I) original EtP5α; (II) after adsorption of THF vapor; (III) after adsorption of pyrrolidine vapor; (IV) after adsorption of pyrrolidine/THF mixture vapor; (V) simulated from the single crystal structure of pyrrolidine@EtP5α; (VI) simulated from the single crystal structure of 2THF@EtP5α. (c) Time-dependent solid–vapor adsorption plot for EtP6β in the presence of 50 : 50 (v/v) pyrrolidine/THF mixture vapor. (d) PXRD patterns of EtP6β: (I) original EtP6β; (II) after adsorption of THF vapor; (III) after adsorption of pyrrolidine vapor; (IV) after adsorption of pyrrolidine/THF mixture vapor; (V) simulated from the single crystal structure of pyrrolidine@EtP6β; (VI) simulated from the single crystal structure of 2THF@EtP6β.Nevertheless, selective separation of THF and pyrrolidine was achieved with EtP6β. As shown in Fig. 4c, time-dependent solid–vapor adsorption experiments for a 50 : 50 (v/v) pyrrolidine/THF mixture were conducted. Unlike the phenomenon in single-component adsorption experiments, uptake of pyrrolidine by EtP6β increased and reached the saturation point rapidly (less than 2 hours), while capture of THF was negligible. According to the NMR and GC results (Fig. S27 and S28^†), the purity of pyrrolidine was determined to be 99.9% after 2 hours of adsorption, which indicates the remarkable selectivity of EtP6β for pyrrolidine. The PXRD pattern of EtP6β after adsorption of the mixture was consistent with that from single-component adsorption, indicating the structural transformation in the crystalline state upon selective capture of pyrrolidine from the mixture. Although THF and pyrrolidine have similar molecular structures, their non-covalent interactions with EtP6 are different. We assume that the hydrogen bond between N–H and the oxygen atom on EtP6 stabilizes pyrrolidine and leads to such selectivity. More importantly, compared with previous adsorption processes using NACs reported by our group, the selective separation of pyrrolidine was completed rapidly. According to the GC results, the purity of pyrrolidine reached around 95% in the initial 15 min, while it usually takes hours for selective separations of other substrates using NACs. Increasing the adsorption time to 2 h improves the purity to over 99%. The rapid separation of pyrrolidine with high purity using EtP6β shows great potential in industrial applications.Apart from selectivity, recyclability is also an important parameter for an adsorbent. Consequently, recycling experiments were carried out by heating pyrrolidine@EtP6 under vacuum at 100 °C to remove adsorbed pyrrolidine. According to TGA and PXRD analysis, the recycled EtP6 solid maintained crystallinity and structural integrity that were the same as those of activated EtP6 crystals (Fig. S29 and S30^†). Besides, it is worth mentioning that the recycled EtP6 solids were still capable of separating mixtures of pyrrolidine and THF without loss of performance after being recycled five times (Fig. S31^†).In conclusion, we explored the separation of pyrrolidine/THF mixtures using NACs of EtP5 and EtP6. Pyrrolidine was purified using EtP6 from a 50 : 50 (v/v) pyrrolidine/THF mixture with a purity of 99.9%, but EtP5 exhibited selectivity towards THF. Moreover, the separation of pyrrolidine by EtP6 was extremely fast so that over 95% purity was determined within 15 min of adsorption. The rapid separation is unique among NAC-based separations. Single-crystal structures revealed that the selectivity depended on the stability of the new structures after adsorption of the guests and the non-covalent interactions in the host–guest complexes. PXRD patterns indicated that the structures of the host crystals changed into the host–guest complexes after adsorption. Additionally, the NACs of EtP6 exhibited excellent recyclability over at least five runs; this endows EtP6 with great potential as an alternative adsorbent for rapid purification of pyrrolidine that can be applied in practical industry. The fast separation with such simple NACs in this work also reveals that minor structural differences can cause significant changes in properties, which should provide perspectives on designs of adsorbents or substrates with specifically tailored binding sites.