Supported Pd-Cu bimetallic nanoparticles that have high activity for the electrochemical oxidation of methanol

Monodisperse bimetallic Pd-Cu nanoparticles with controllable size and composition were synthesized by a one-step multiphase ethylene glycol (EG) method. Adjusting the stoichiometric ratio of the Pd and Cu precursors afforded nanoparticles with different compositions, such as Pd(85)-Cu(15), Pd(56)-Cu(44), and Pd(39)-Cu(61). The nanoparticles were separated from the solution mixture by extraction with non-polar solvents, such as n-hexane. Monodisperse bimetallic Pd-Cu nanoparticles with narrow size-distribution were obtained without the need for a size-selection process. Capping ligands that were bound to the surface of the particles were removed through heat treatment when the as-prepared nanoparticles were loaded onto a Vulcan XC-72 carbon support. Supported bimetallic Pd-Cu nanoparticles showed enhanced electrocatalytic activity towards methanol oxidation compared with supported Pd nanoparticles that were fabricated according to the same EG method. For a bimetallic Pd-Cu catalyst that contained 15?% Cu, the activity was even comparable to the state-of-the-art commercially available Pt/C catalysts. A STEM-HAADF study indicated that the formation of random solid-solution alloy structures in the bimetallic Pd(85)-Cu(15)/C catalysts played a key role in improving the electrochemical activity.     

Boronic Acid functionalized core-shell polymer nanoparticles prepared by distillation precipitation polymerization for glycopeptide enrichment

The boronic acid-functionalized core-shell polymer nanoparticles, poly(N,N-methylenebisacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid)@4-vinylphenylboronic acid (poly(MBA-co-MAA)@VPBA), were successfully synthesized for enriching glycosylated peptides. Such nanoparticles were composed of a hydrophilic polymer core prepared by distillation precipitation polymerization (DPP) and a boronic acid-functionalized shell designed for capturing glycopeptides. Owing to the relatively large amount of residual vinyl groups introduced by DPP on the core surface, the VPBA monomer was coated with high efficiency, working as the shell. Moreover, the overall polymerization route, especially the use of DPP, made the synthesis of nanoparticles facile and time-saving. With the poly(MBA-co-MAA)@VPBA nanoparticles, 18?glycopeptides from horseradish peroxidase (HRP) digest were captured and identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometric analysis, relative to eight glycopeptides enriched by using commercially available meta-aminophenylboronic acid agarose under the same conditions. When the concentration of the HRP digest was decreased to as low as 5?nmol, glycopeptides could still be selectively isolated by the prepared nanoparticles. Our results demonstrated that the synthetic poly(MBA-co-MAA)@VPBA nanoparticles might be a promising selective enrichment material for glycoproteome analysis.     

PEO-LiC104-SiO2-SCA体系电化学性能研究

选用硅烷偶联剂(SCA)对聚环氧乙烯(PEO)基固态聚合物电解质体系进行改性.通过XRD,DSC,SEM,FTIR,EIS 和拉伸性能测试等方法对材料进行了表征,考察了SCA对电解质电化学性能和力学性能的影响;对SCA的作用进行了分析.结果显示,SCA的加入显著降低了体系的结晶度,材料的电化学性能和力学性能得到了明显的改善.PEOB-LiC1Oa-5%SiO2-SCA体系室温电导率达到9.0×10-4S/cm,屈服强度达到2.04MPa(25℃).同时,SCA使电解质膜表面变得更为光滑、致密,这有利于降低与电极片间的接触阻抗.     

Synthesis of magnetic/luminescent alginate-templated composite microparticles with temperature-dependent photoluminescence under high-frequency magnetic field

Highly magnetic luminescent alginate-templated composite microparticles were successfully synthesized by a novel process combining emulsification and layer-by-layer self-assembly techniques. The composite microparticles were characterized by ζ-potential analyzer, transmission electron microscope, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscope, fluorescence spectrophotometer, and vibrating sample magnetometer. Experimental observations indicated that the composite microparticles had excellent magnetic properties, and its photoluminescence could be precisely controlled by varying the number of deposition cycles of polyelectrolytes and CdTe/polyelectrolyte multilayers. Moreover, the composite microparticles could be heated up in a high-frequency magnetic field and demonstrated linear temperature-dependent photoluminescence over the range from room temperature to hyperthermia temperature. The composite microparticles are expected to be promising candidates for biomedical applications, such as immunoassay, biosensing and imaging, and cancer diagnosis and treatment.     

盐湖资源开发利用进展

本世纪头十年里,国际上再度掀起盐湖资源开发热潮。这很大程度上是由于锂的开发热带动的,同时也是和钾肥的广泛施用、价格一路走高有关。南美安第斯高原地区盐湖蕴藏世界70%以上的锂资源,且卤水锂、钾、硼浓度高。该地区极度干旱,少雨多风,非常适合采用卤水盐田蒸发的节能浓缩工艺技术。老的盐湖开发企业则在钾肥需求的带动下,稳步发展。在我国,新疆罗布泊和青海柴达木盆地盐湖则钾锂镁硼产品多元化,经营多元化取得长足进步。本文对近十年来,国内外盐湖开发的新动向做了概括介绍,特别着重于南美"锂三角"地区这一新的生长点。     

泽泻醇类化合物与血清白蛋白相互作用的分子机理研究

中药泽泻具有抗肿瘤作用,可能与血清中蛋白成分的改变有关.利用荧光光谱、圆二色谱结合分子模拟技术研究了模拟生理条件下泽泻有效成分泽泻醇类化合物与人血清白蛋白的相互作用.实验结果表明,23-乙酰泽泻醇B与蛋白的结合作用远强于24-乙酰泽泻醇A.分子模拟结果与实验一致,并且表明,结合强弱的差异与小分子的侧链结构有关.该结果可...     

高效液相色谱法测定辣椒中的辣椒碱和二氢辣椒碱

建立了高效液相色谱法(HPLC)测定辣椒中辣椒碱、二氢辣椒碱的检测方法.实验考察了仪器条件、不同流动相体系、流动相配比、柱温、流速等因素对分离的影响.确定了最佳色谱条件为ZORBAX SB-C18色谱柱(250mm×4.6 mm,5μm);二极管阵列检测器,辣椒碱、二氢辣椒碱的最佳检测波长为280 nm;色谱柱温度为2...     

Tracing the evolution of the mitochondrial protein import machinery

Mitochondria are eukaryotic organelles originated from a single bacterial endosymbiosis about 2 billion years ago. One of the earliest events in the evolution of mitochondria was the acquisition of a mechanism that facilitated the import of proteins from cytosol. The mitochondrial protein import machinery consists of dozens of subunits, and they are of modular design. However, to date, it is not clear when certain component was added to the machinery. Using extensive homology searches, the evolutionary history of the mitochondrial protein import machinery was reconstructed. The results indicated that 6 of the 35 subunits have homologs in prokaryote, suggesting that they were prokaryotic origin; the major subunit gains were occurred in the earliest stage of eukaryotic evolution; subsequent to the gain of these conserved set of subunits, the mitochondrial protein import machinery components diversified along the eukaryotic lineages and a number of lineage-specific subunits can be observed. Furthermore, protein import systems of mitochondria-like organelles (hydrogenosomes and mitosomes) have dramatically reduced their subunit contents, however, they share most of the prokaryotic origin components with mitochondrion.     

C4烃在FAU、BEA、LTL型分子筛中吸附的蒙特卡罗研究

应用蒙特卡罗(MC)模拟方法研究了1,3-丁二烯、1-丁烯、正丁烷三种C4烃在FAU、BEA、LTL三种分子筛中的吸附行为. 模拟分别得到了298 K时这些C4烃的纯组分在分子筛中的吸附等温线、吸附质分布和吸附热. 结果表明, 在饱和吸附状态下这些C4烃在FAU分子筛中的吸附量最大, 在BEA分子筛中的吸附量居中, 在LTL分子筛中的吸附量最少. 对于同一种分子筛来说, 正丁烷在其中的等量吸附热最大, 1-丁烯居中, 1,3-丁二烯最小. 对于同一种C4烃来说, 它在LTL分子筛中的吸附热与在BEA分子筛中的吸附热相近, 并且高于在FAU分子筛中的吸附热. 还模拟了543 K、2.0 MPa时这些C4烃的三元混合组分在分子筛中的吸附, 发现正丁烷的吸附量占的比例最大, 1-丁烯居中, 1,3-丁二烯最少.     

乙酰胺-氯化锌新型离子液体的合成及物化性质

合成了CH3CONH2-ZnCl2体系离子液体;利用红外光谱仪分析了CH3CONH2-ZnCl2离子液体的化学特征,采用步冷曲线法绘制了CH3CONH2-ZnCl2二元体系熔点图,测定了其物化性质.结果表明,CH3CONH2-ZnCl2二元体系的最低熔点为8℃;当CH3CONH2与ZnCl2的摩尔比为3:1时,Zn2+...