Molecular‐level structures at poly(4‐vinyl pyridine)/acid interfaces probed by nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy

The molecular structures of the interfaces between a solid poly(4‐vinyl pyridine) (P4VP) surface and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) as well as hydrochloric acid (HCl) solutions were probed using sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy in situ in real time. Spectroscopic results clearly reveal that the PAA molecules are adsorbed onto the P4VP surface via hydrogen bonding at the P4VP/PAA solution interface while the P4VP surface is protonated at the P4VP/HCl solution interface. Consequently, the water molecules near the interfaces are strongly perturbed by these two interactions, exhibiting different orderings at the two interfaces. This work clearly demonstrates the power of studying the interfacial molecular‐level structures via nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy when molecular adsorption happens at the solid–liquid interface and paves a way for our future study on tracing the adsorption dynamics of polymer chains onto solid surfaces. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2016 , 54, 848–852     

Heterostructured MoS2/GPC anode: the synergistic lithium storage performance and lithiation kinetics

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Grapefruit peel carbon (GPC) is prepared from waste grapefruit peel and further used as substrate for in situ construction of MoS2 arrays, forming MoS2/GPC...     

Intermetallic Pt2Si：magnetron-sputtering preparation and electrocatalysis toward ethanol oxidation

Although most transition metals have been tested as the promoter to Pt for electrocatalysis toward fuel cell reactions,semi-conductor elements,such as Si,have hitherto not been examined.Here we report a simple synthesis of intermetallic Pt2Si electrode using magnetron sputtering and the electrocatalysis toward ethanol oxidation reaction（EOR）.In comparison to Pt,the intermetallic Pt2Si surface turns out to be much more active in catalyzing the EOR：the onset potential shifts negatively by 150 mV,and the current density at 0.6 V increases by a magnitude of one order.Such an enormous enhancement in EOR catalysis is ascribed to the promotion effects of Si,which can not only provide active surface oxygenated species to accelerate the removal of COads,but also strongly alter the electronic property of Pt,as clearly indicated by the core-level shift in XPS spectrum.     

Thermoluminescence response as a function of irradiation temperature

Thermoluminescence response at different irradiation temperatures and photon energies has been studied. Analyses of the glow curve and the peak height of TLD 200, 600, 700 and CaSO₄:Dy for irradiations using ⁶⁰Co, ¹³⁷Cs and ²²⁶Ra were made.     

Parallel detection and quantitative analysis of specific binding of proteins by oblique-incidence reflectivity difference technique in label-free format

In this work, we parallelly detected the specific binding between microarray targets including 12 different kinds of proteins and the probe solution containing five corresponding antibodies and quantitatively analyzed the interactions between CDH13 and solution phase anti-CDH13 at six different probe concentrations by oblique-incidence reflectivity difference (OIRD) method in label-free format. The detection sensitivity reached 10 ng/mL. The experimental results indicate that the OIRD method is a promising and competing technique not only in research work but also in clinic.     

基于错位格雷码的动态三维形貌测量方法

格雷码辅助相移技术可以实现具有较强鲁棒性与抗噪能力的三维（3D）形貌测量。为解决由待测物体不均匀的表面反射率、噪声和物体运动等因素造成的级次边沿误码问题，提出了一种基于错位格雷码的动态3D形貌测量方法。将传统格雷码图案在投影前预先移动半个条纹周期得到错位格雷码图案，再采用传统格雷码解码方法对二值化后的错位格雷码图案解码，可得到与截断相位完全错开的解码结果。对该解码结果进行修正后即可利用得到的正确的相位级次辅助截断相位成功展开。同时，为了提高测量精度，引入了一个虚拟相位平面以进一步拓展投影条纹周期数。实验结果表明，所提方法在使用N帧格雷码图案的情况下，可以编码周期数为2^N+1的投影条纹进行3D测量，其无需任何附加图案即可避免级次边沿误码问题，并有效提升了测量精度。复杂动态场景的3D重建结果证明，所提方法能够以2381 frame/s的速率实现高精度、高效率和高速的3D形貌测量。     

UV filter 2‐ethylhexyl 4‐methoxycinnamate: a structure,energetic and UV–vis spectral analysis based on density functional theory

2‐Ethylhexyl 4‐methoxycinnamate (EHMC) is a very commonly used UVB filter that is known to isomerize from the (E) to the (Z) isomer in the presence of light. In this study, we have performed high level quantum chemical calculations using density functional theory (DFT) with the B3LYP density functional and extended basis sets to study the gas‐phase molecular structure of EHMC and its energetic stability. Calculations were also performed for related smaller molecules cinnamic acid and 4‐methoxycinnamic acid. Charge delocalization has been analyzed using natural charges and Wiberg bond indexes within the natural bond orbital analysis and using nucleus independent chemical shifts. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the (E) isomer of EHMC is more stable than the (Z) by about 20 kJ mol^?1 in both the gas and aqueous phases. The enthalpy of formation in the gas phase of (E)‐EHMC was derived from an isodesmic bond separation reaction. Long‐range corrected DFT calculations in implicit water were made in order to understand the excited state properties of the (E) and (Z) isomers of EHMC. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.