Facile solvent-free synthesis of pure-phased AlN nanowhiskers at a low temperature

Pure hexagonal aluminum nitride (AlN) nanowhiskers have been successfully synthesized by directly reacting AlCl₃ with NaN₃ in non-solvent system at the low temperature of 450 °C for 24 h. The obtained products are characterized by X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and selected area electron diffraction, which show that the obtained products are hexagonal phase AlN nanowhiskers with width from 10 to 80 nm and length up to several micrometers. The influencing factors of the formation of AlN nanowhiskers were discussed and a possible growth mechanism for AlN nanowhiskers was proposed. Additionally, the study on the corresponding optical properties and catalytic properties is also carried out.     

三核铁甲酸配合物的热解过程及其若干催化活性碎片的研究

三重桥氧三核铁甲酸配合物[Fe_3(μ_3-O)(μ-O_2CH)_6(H_2O)_2·(O_2CH)]·2H_2O的热反应行为十分有趣,其在热解过程某阶段失去部分配体后的碎片能活化乙炔进行加氢或加水反应生成乙烯、乙醛和丙酮,为揭示这些活性碎片的本质,我们应用了原位红外光谱(in situ IR),热重(TG)、差热分析(DTA),气相色谱(GC)、X-射线粉未衍射(XRD)和质谱(MS)等手段综合研究该化合物的热解过程,求出各热解碎片的组成,并研究它们在不同条件下的反应性能.本文报道它们相互验证的定性及定量结果.     

Microcalorimetric studies on the non-competitive inhibition of bovine liver arginase

Two methods, e.g. initial rate method and thermokinetic reduced extent method were presented for studies on non-competitive inhibition. Arginase-catalyzed the hydrolysis of L-arginine toL-ornithine and urea and the inhibition of this reaction by sodium fluoride were studied in the absence and presence of exogenous of Mn²⁺at 37°C in 40 mM sodium barbiturate-hydrochloric acid buffer solution (pH 7.4). Both methods were successively used to determine the values of K₁. The advances and disadvantages of each method were compared in this paper. Exogenous Mn²⁺ could result in more sensitivity of arginase to F^-1. Since the inhibition of arginase by F^-1 depends on the pH values of the reaction system and behave as a non-competitive inhibition, it probably due to its small volume and high electronic density allow it access to the activity site of the enzyme and replaces of μ-OH₂ (or μ-OH) as the bridge ligand with Mn(II, II) cluster. However, further studies are necessary to determine the modes of interaction of F^-1 with bovine liver arginase. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Polymer-supported DABCO–palladium complex as a stable and reusable catalyst for room temperature Suzuki–Miyaura cross-couplings of aryl bromides

Polymer-supported DABCO–palladium complex was observed as to be efficient and reusable catalytic system for the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction. In the presence of 0.25 mol % of the polymer-supported DABCO–palladium complex, a variety of aryl bromides were coupled with arylboronic acids efficiently in an aqueous ethanol at room temperature under air. Moreover, the reaction was very rapid, and the catalyst could be recovered readily from the reaction by simple filtration and could be reused at least five times.     

Fractal phenomena in molecular mechanics calculation

It is proposed that in molecular mechanics calculation points belonging to various stable or meta-sta-ble conformtrs are mixed up and form fractal structures in conformation space.The calculation results show the following two phenomena:(i)Two levels of structure with fractal feature were observed.Around the conformer without mirror symmetry points belonging to the conformer and its enantiomer are mixed up and form the first level of fractal structure; on the boundary of the attractive basin o{ each atlractor,points belonging to different attractors form the second level of fractal structure.(ii) The variation of molecular mechanics parameters will influence the structure and area of each attractive basin significantly The above phenomena may become the basis of a new method for solving the troublesome multi-minimum-point problem in molecular mechanics calculation.     

Oxygen binding of water-soluble cobalt porphyrins in aqueous solution

Water-soluble cobalt porphyrin 1Co and imidazole ligand 2 were synthesized. 1Co binds dioxygen in the presence of imidazole ligand 2 in aqueous solution. The formation of the oxygen adduct 2-1Co(O(2)) was studied using UV-vis and EPR spectroscopy. The impact of pH on the kinetic stability of the oxygen adduct was examined.     

Effect of carbon content on photocatalytic activity of C/TiO2 composite

A series of carbon-covered titania (CCT) were prepared via pyrolysis of sucrose highly dispersed on titania surface in flowing N₂. The samples were characterized by XRD, BET, DTA-TG, UV—Vis, and their photocatalytic properties were evaluated with two model pollutants, methylene blue (MB) and rhodamine B (RB), at room temperature. The effect of carbon content on photocatalytic activity of the C/TiO₂ composite was investigated. It was found that the effect of carbon content is different for different pollutants or different light sources. For three tested samples, under UV illumination CCT01 has the highest activity for MB photocatalytic degradation, while in the case of RB, CCT02 is the most active photocatalyst. Under visible light illumination, CCT005 has the highest activity for both MB and RB photocatalytic degradation. Translated from Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2006, 27(1): (in Chinese)     

关于氧化锌—二氧化硅表面结构和表面酸性的补充研究

我们管报道浸渍法制备的ZnO/SiO_2的表面酸性和表面结构。证明:(1) ZnO单层分散在硅胶表面,分散阔值为～0.22gZnO/100m~2SiO_2;(2) 样品表面出现了单独的ZnO与SiO_2所没有的较强酸位并且其酸量与ZnO表面浓度有很好的对应关系。由此提出了ZnO与SiO_2表面相互作用形成了某种酸性结构单元的观点。Sumiyoshi,Tanabe等曾报道,用共沉淀法制取的ZnO-SiO_2表面酸性显著。认为酸性的根源是ZnO与SiO_2间形成了田部(K.Tanabe)模型所预示的那种二氧化物,结构中