Controlling the BET Surface Area of Porous Carbon by Using the Cd/C Ratio of a Cd–MOF Precursor and Enhancing the Capacitance by Activation with KOH

Herein, four new cadmium metal–organic frameworks (Cd–MOFs), [Cd(bib)(bdc)]_∞ ( 1 ), [Cd(bbib)(bdc)(H₂O)]_∞ ( 2 ), [Cd(bibp)(bdc)]_∞ ( 3 ), and [Cd₂(bbibp)₂(bdc)₂(H₂O)]_∞ ( 4 ), have been constructed from the reaction of Cd(NO₃)₂ ? 4 H₂O with 1,4‐benzenedicarboxylate (H₂bdc) and structure‐related bis(imidazole) ligands (1,4‐bis(imidazol‐1‐yl)benzene (bib), 1,4‐bis(benzoimidazol‐1‐yl)benzene (bbib), 4,4′‐bis(imidazol‐1‐yl)biphenyl (bibp), and 4,4′‐bis(benzoimidazol‐1‐yl)biphenyl (bbibp)) under solvothermal conditions. Cd–MOF 1 shows a 2D (4,4) lattice with parallel interpenetration, whereas 2 displays an interesting 3D interpenetrating dia network, 3 exhibits an unusual 3D interpenetrating dmp network, and 4 presents a 3D self‐catenated pillar‐layered framework with a Schäfli symbol of [4³ ? 6³]₂ ? [4⁶ ? 6¹⁶ ? 8⁶]. The structural diversity indicates that the backbone of the bis(imidazole) ligand (including the terminal group and spacer) plays a crucial role in the assembly of mixed‐ligand frameworks. By using the pore‐forming effect of cadmium vapor, for the first time we have utilized these Cd–MOFs as precursors to further prepare porous carbon materials (PCs) in a calcination–thermolysis procedure. These PCs show different porous features that correspond to the topological structures of Cd–MOFs. Significantly, it was found that the specific surface area and capacitance of PCs are tuned by the Cd/C ratio of the MOF. Furthermore, the as‐synthesized PCs were processed with KOH to obtain activated porous carbon materials (APCs) with higher specific surface area and porosity, which greatly promoted the energy‐storage capacity. After full characterization, we found that APC‐bib displays the largest specific surface area (1290 m² g^?1) and total pore volume (1.37 cm³ g^?1) of this series of carbon materials. Consequently, APC‐bib demonstrates the highest specific capacitance of 164 F g^?1 at a current density of 0.5 A g^?1, and also excellent retention of capacitance (≈89.4 % after 5000 cycles at 1 A g^?1). Therefore, APC‐bib has great potential as the electrode material in a supercapacitor.     

Flexible Structural Features of Pentafulvene Titanium Derivatives: Isolation and Characterization of NHC Complexes

The reaction of η⁵,η¹‐pentafulvene titanium complexes with the strong N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) donor 1,3,4,5‐tetramethylimidazole‐2‐ylidene, leads to the formation of isolable NHC titanium adducts, featuring a haptotropic shift of the pentafulvene ligand, proved by single crystal X‐ray diffraction as well as NMR spectroscopy studies.     

Diffractive self-imaging based on selective etching of a ferroelectric domain inversion grating

A hexagonal array grating based on selective etching of a 2D ferroelectric domain inversion in a periodically poled Mg O-doped Li Nb O3 crystal is fabricated. The effects to the diffractive self-imaging as a function of diffraction distance for a fixed phase difference and array duty cycle of the grating is theoretically analyzed.The Talbot diffractive self-imaging properties after selective etching of a 2D ferroelectric domain inversion grating under a fixed phase difference are experimentally demonstrated. A good agreement between theoretical and experimental results is observed.     

Determination of swertianolin in rat plasma by LC‐MS/MS and its application to a pharmacokinetic study

A sensitive and rapid LC‐MS/MS method has been developed and validated for quantifying swertianolin in rat plasma using rutin as an internal standard (IS). Following liquid–liquid extraction with ethyl acetate, chromatographic separation for swertianolin was achieved on a C₁₈ column with a gradient elution using 0.1% formic acid as mobile phase A and acetonitrile as mobile phase B at a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min. The detection was performed on a tandem mass spectrometer using multiple reaction monitoring via an electrospray ionization source and operating in the negative ionization mode. The optimized mass transition ion pairs (m/z) for quantitation were 435.1/272.0 for swertianolin and 609.2/300.1 for IS. The lower limit of quantitation was 0.5 ng/mL within a linear range of 0.5–500 ng/mL. Intra‐day and inter‐day precision was less than 6.8%. The accuracy was in the range of ?13.9 to 12.0%. The mean recovery of swertianolin was >66.7%. The proposed method was successfully applied in evaluating the pharmacokinetics of swertianolin after an oral dose of 50 mg/kg Swertia mussotii extract in rats. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Low gain laser with an unstable cavity

A neon 633 nm laser with an unstable cavity was made to lase in the negative unstable region. The characteristic parameters were measured. The loss calculated by using both the geometric approach and the diffraction integral is higher than the gain of the gas mixture, it contradicts the experimental results. If the radial dependence of the gain is taken into account then the calculated loss fits the experimental results satisfactorily.     

Vibrational energy transfer in a collinear HF-HF collision involving low-lying states in the presence of infrared laser beam

An approximate method for the vibration-vibration (V-V) energy transfer process during collinear collisions of two HF molecules involving low-lying states in the presence of infrared laser beam using a quasi-energy approach (non-perturbative) is presented. The effect of radiation on V-V process is investigated by changing the laser field detuning and power for various values of collision velocities.     

氢化物发生进样与ICP-MS检测方法的联用

本文以近十几年所发表的论文为主，同时也参考了早些年的研究文献，综合介绍了氢化物发生与电感耦合等离子体质谱联用的分析方法，主要比较了研究工作者们沿用的各类氢化物发生器的构造和性能，分析测试中主要存在的问题，以及这种方法的应用现状和前景。