Preparation of Polymer-Functionalized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Biomedical Properties

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles with narrow size distributions were successfully prepared in large scale by a facile one‐pot synthetic method in the presence of hydrophilic polymers, such as polyethylene glycol diacid (HOOC‐PEG‐COOH) and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA). The as‐prepared products were investigated in detail by powder X‐ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analyses (TGA), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The interaction between polymers and iron oxide nanoparticles was investigated using Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FT‐IR). The results show that polymers can be attached onto the surface of iron oxide nanoparticle by bridging coordination and monodentate fashion, respectively. The interaction affects iron oxide nanoparticle properties significantly, such as XRD diffraction intensity, hydrodynamic diameter, isoelectric point, and saturation magnetization. Furthermore, the results of in vitro experiments indicated that iron oxide‐PEG‐COOH nanoparticle is more cytotoxic than iron oxide‐PAA nanoparticle due to different coordinating modes.     

二价镧系均配金属化合物“Open-Metallocenes”——双(2,4-二叔丁基戊二烯基)钐和镱配合物

双(2,4-二叔丁基戊二烯基)镧系金属化合物(η⁵-Pdl)₂Yb(THF) (1)和(η⁵-Pdl')₂Sm(DME) (2)可以经LnI₂和2, 4-二叔丁基戊二烯基钾(K(Pdl'))由置换反应制得。K(Pdl')和LnCl₃发生氧化还原反应也能够得到化合物1和2。对2个化合物进行了表征。X射线单晶衍射结果显示, 2个化合物中Pdl'基都是以η⁵模式配位到金属上。2个化合物都能够在室温下引发己内酯聚合并表现出高活性, 得到分子量分布窄的聚己内酯。     

功能性马丙共聚物树脂富集-分光光度法测定痕量铁(Ⅲ)

建立了功能性马来酸酐、丙烯酰胺共聚物树脂P(MA-AM)富集-分光光度法测定痕量Fe(Ⅲ)的新方法。考察了树脂对痕量Fe(Ⅲ)的吸附、洗脱行为。结果表明,在pH=3.5时,P(MA-AM)能富集Fe(Ⅲ),吸附30min时,最大吸附率达98.7%;以3.0mol/L的HCl作为洗脱液,Fe(Ⅲ)的回收率为96.2%;富集倍数可达20倍。该方法的检出限为0.02mg/L,相对标准偏差为3.0%,回收率范围为93.3%～97.6%。方法可应用于实际样品中痕量Fe(Ⅲ)的测定。     

氧化石墨烯/麦饭石分离富集-火焰原子吸收法测定水中镉

通过浸渍法制备了新型纳米氧化石墨烯/麦饭石(GO/MFS)复合吸附材料,并用于镉的分离富集。以火焰原子吸收法为检测手段,研究了GO/MFS复合吸附材料对水中Cd(Ⅱ)的吸附性能。结果表明:当pH为9.0时,GO/MFS复合吸附材料用量为20mg,振荡10min,Cd(Ⅱ)可被吸附材料定量富集,最大吸附容量为111.1mg/g。吸附等温线均能符合Langmuir和Freundlich等温线模型,说明该吸附体系是一个单层覆盖与多层吸附相结合的模式。被吸附的Cd(Ⅱ)可用0.15mol/L HNO3定量洗脱。方法测定Cd(Ⅱ)的线性范围为0.04～2.0mg/L,检出限为9.6μg/L;对40μg/LCd(Ⅱ)测定的相对标准偏差(RSD)为2.5%(n=9)。该方法具有操作简单、分析时间短、线性范围宽等优点。用该法对自来水中Cd(Ⅱ)进行加标测定,回收率101%～103%。     

Mechanical and electrochemical properties of platinum coating by double glow plasma on titanium alloy substrate

In this paper, a platinum coating was deposited on titanium alloy substrate by a double glow plasma. Phase and microstructure of platinum coating were examined by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. The microhardness of the coating was estimated by nanoindentation instrument. The adhesive force between the coating and the substrate was performed with scratch tester. The electrochemical behavior of the platinum coating in 3.5 wt % sodium chloride solution was investigated by potentiodynamic polarization. The results indicated that an adherent platinum coating could be successfully obtained on titanium alloy substrates. Compared with the titanium alloy substrate, the platinum coating had a relative low corrosion current density and high corrosion potential. It indicated that the platinum coating had a better corrosion resistance than the titanium alloy substrate.     

Helical Biphenyl Bisazo Polyurethane: Preparation,Characterization and Analysis of Polymeric Thermo-Optic Switch

The bisazo chromophore molecule (CAAPM) and helical biphenyl bisazo polyurethane (HBBPU) were synthesized. The structures of CAAPM and HBBPU were characterized by FT-IR and UV-vis spectroscopic techniques. The measurements of refractive index and thermo-optic coefficient (dn/dT) of HBBPU were demonstrated at different wavelengths and different temperatures by the ATR technique. By using CCD digital imaging devices, transmission loss of the internal waveguide was measured. The refractive index dispersions and Sellmeyer coefficients of HBBPU were obtained by the Sellmeyer equation. A Y-branched switch based on the thermo-optic effect was proposed and the performance of the switch was simulated. With a branching angle of 0.143° and the FD-BPM method, the result showed that the power consumption of the thermo-optic switch could be only 3.6 mW, and the response time of the switch could reach about 8 ms. This is a significant improvement in reducing power consumption compared with the normal Y-branched polymer thermo-optic switch.     

介孔碳/硫复合材料与室温钠硫电池

通过熔融扩散法合成了一系列不同含硫量的有序介孔碳(CMK-3)/硫复合材料(C x Sy).使用X射线衍射(XRD)、拉曼光谱(Raman)、比表面积测定仪(BET)、扫描电镜(SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)分析、表征和观察样品.将复合材料组装成钠硫电池,室温下测试电化学性能.循环伏安(CV)曲线结果表明,室温钠硫电池在1.61 V处有一个还原峰,对应于Na2Sx(x=2~5)的形成;在1.82 V和1.95 V分别有一个氧化峰,对应于Na2Sx(x=2~5)的分解.50%(by mass,下同)硫含量(C1S1)电极0.05C(1C=558 mA·g-1)倍率首周放电容量500 mAh·g-1,50周期循环比容量为305.6 mAh·g-1.交流阻抗数据拟合计算其表观活化能为21.83 kJ·mol-1.本研究可为室温钠硫电池多孔电极材料的研究提供一定的指导作用.     

A Hairpin Electrochemical Aptasensor for Sensitive and Specific Detection of Thrombin Based on Homogenous Target Recognition

An electrochemical aptasensor was developed for sensitive and specific detection of thrombin by combining homogenous recognition strategy and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) amplification. Streptavidin‐alkaline phosphatase was used as reporter molecule. Compared with the traditional hairpin aptasensor monitoring the distance of the redox molecule from the electrode surface, the proposed aptasensor successfully overcome the limitations of distance and improved the stability and high affinity of the aptamer hairpin through homogenous recognition, which enhanced the sensitivity and selectivity of the sensors effectively. Additionally, AuNPs were employed to increase the active area and conductivity of the electrode, thus, improving the sensitivity of the aptasensor. As a result, the designed thrombin detection sensor obtained a lower detection limit of 0.52 pM in buffer and 6.9 pM in blood serum.     

Sensitive Stripping Determination of Cadmium(II) and Lead(II) on Disposable Graphene Modified Screen‐Printed Electrode

In the present work, a sensitive, facile and disposable sensing platform for trace analysis of heavy metal ions was developed at the Bi modified graphene‐poly(sodium 4‐styrenesulfonate) composite film screen printed electrode (GR/PSS/Bi/SPE). The GR/PSS/Bi/SPE improved sensitivity and linearity due to the functionalization of graphene with negatively charged PSS providing more absorbing sites. The detection limit of the GR/PSS/Bi/SPE is found to be 0.042 µg L^?1 for Cd²⁺ and 0.089 µg L^?1 for Pb²⁺ with linear responses of Cd²⁺ and Pb²⁺ in the range of 0.5–120 µg L^?1. Finally, the practical application was confirmed in real water with satisfactory results.     

Modified capillary electrophoresis based measurement of the binding between DNA aptamers and an unknown concentration target

The recognition of targets such as biomacromolecules, viruses and cells by their aptamers is crucial in aptamer-based biosensor platforms and research into protein function. However, it is difficult to evaluate the binding constant of aptamers and their targets that are hard to purify and quantify, especially when the targets are undefined. Therefore, we aimed to develop a modified capillary electrophoresis based method to determine the dissociation constant of aptamers whose targets are hard to quantify. A protein target, human thrombin, and one of its aptamers were used to validate our modified method. We demonstrated that the result calculated by our method, only depending on the aptamer’s concentrations, was consistent with the classical method, which depended on the concentrations of both the aptamers and the targets. Furthermore, a series of DNA aptamers binding with avian influenza virus H9N2 were confirmed by a four-round selection of capillary electrophoresis–systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment, and we identified the binding constant of these aptamers by directly using the whole virus as the target with the modified method. In conclusion, our modified method was validated to study the interaction between the aptamer and its target, and it may also advance the evaluation of other receptor–ligand interactions.