ATRP法制备侧链型聚醚醚酮阴离子交换膜

以二氟二苯甲酮、双酚A和邻甲基氢醌单体缩聚合成聚醚醚酮(PEEK)作为基膜材料.PEEK经修饰改性合成带有异丙基溴端基PEEK,以此为原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)大分子引发剂,通过ATRP法在PEEK主链上接枝引入聚甲基丙烯酸二甲基胺基乙酯(DMAEMA)侧链,得到梳状PEEK接枝聚合物(PEEK-gDMAEMA).用傅里叶变换红外(FTIR)光谱、核磁共振氢谱(1H-NMR)、热重分析(TG)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)等方法对PEEK-g-DMAEMA的结构进行表征.实验结果表明,甲基丙烯酸二甲基胺基乙酯被成功地接枝在聚醚醚酮主链上,PEEK-g-DMAEMA膜具有明显的亲水疏水微相分离形貌,叔胺基团相互聚集成形成离子通道.接枝聚合反应10 h,PEEK-g-DMAEMA膜的离子交换容量为2.07 mmol·g-1,以此膜为电解槽隔膜,2 h的OH-离子透过率达0.15 mol·L-1,说明PEEK-g-DMAEMA膜具有良好的离子交换能力.     

四臂聚乙二醇-聚丙交酯立体复合胶束及其药物传输性能

以异辛酸亚锡为催化剂,通过四臂聚乙二醇(4-armed PEG)引发右旋丙交酯(DLA)或左旋丙交酯(LLA)开环聚合合成四臂PEG-PLA对映体共聚物.通过纳米沉淀的方法制备了四臂PEG-b-PDLA胶束(PDM)、四臂PEG-b-PLLA胶束(PLM)和四臂PEG-b-PDLA/四臂PEG-b-PLLA立体复合胶束(SCM),并对其形貌、粒径、稳定性和立体复合机理等进行系统表征.以阿霉素(DOX)为模型抗肿瘤药物载入胶束中,与PDM和PLM相比,SCM具有更优异的药物负载能力.与DOX相比,载药四臂PEG-PLA胶束,尤其是负载DOX的SCM,表现出更优异的肿瘤细胞增殖抑制效果,作用更持久,并且对正常细胞的毒性较小,从而揭示了其作为潜在抗肿瘤药物载体的良好前景.     

Dynamic and Quantitative Control of the DNA‐Mediated Growth of Gold Plasmonic Nanostructures

Reproducible and controllable growth of nanostructures with well‐defined physical and chemical properties is a longstanding problem in nanoscience. A key step to address this issue is to understand their underlying growth mechanism, which is often entangled in the complexity of growth environments and obscured by rapid reaction speeds. Herein, we demonstrate that the evolution of size, surface morphology, and the optical properties of gold plasmonic nanostructures could be quantitatively intercepted by dynamic and stoichiometric control of the DNA‐mediated growth. By combining synchrotron‐based small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) with transmission electron microscopy (TEM), we reliably obtained quantitative structural parameters for these fine nanostructures that correlate well with their optical properties as identified by UV/Vis absorption and dark‐field scattering spectroscopy. Through this comprehensive study, we report a growth mechanism for gold plasmonic nanostructures, and the first semiquantitative revelation of the remarkable interplay between their morphology and unique plasmonic properties.     

Highly Active Bidirectional Electron Transfer by a Self‐Assembled Electroactive Reduced‐Graphene‐Oxide‐Hybridized Biofilm

Low extracellular electron transfer performance is often a bottleneck in developing high‐performance bioelectrochemical systems. Herein, we show that the self‐assembly of graphene oxide and Shewanella oneidensis MR‐1 formed an electroactive, reduced‐graphene‐oxide‐hybridized, three‐dimensional macroporous biofilm, which enabled highly efficient bidirectional electron transfers between Shewanella and electrodes owing to high biomass incorporation and enhanced direct contact‐based extracellular electron transfer. This 3D electroactive biofilm delivered a 25‐fold increase in the outward current (oxidation current, electron flux from bacteria to electrodes) and 74‐fold increase in the inward current (reduction current, electron flux from electrodes to bacteria) over that of the naturally occurring biofilms.     

Reversible Re‐programing of Cell–Cell Interactions

The ability to engineer and re‐program the surfaces of cells would provide an enabling synthetic biological method for the design of cell‐ and tissue‐based therapies. A new cell surface‐engineering strategy is described that uses lipid‐chemically self‐assembled nanorings (lipid‐CSANs) that can be used for the stable and reversible modification of any cell surface with a molecular reporter or targeting ligand. In the presence of a non‐toxic FDA‐approved drug, the nanorings were quickly disassembled and the cell–cell interactions reversed. Similar to T‐cells genetically engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARS), when activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were functionalized with the anti‐EpCAM‐lipid‐CSANs, they were shown to selectively kill antigen‐positive cancer cells. Taken together, these results demonstrate that lipid‐CSANs have the potential to be a rapid, stable, and general method for the reversible engineering of cell surfaces and cell–cell interactions.     

Electrical Network of Single‐Crystalline Metal Oxide Nanoclusters Wired by π‐Molecules

In a mixed‐valence polyoxometalate, electrons are usually delocalized within the cluster anion because of low level of inter‐cluster interaction. Herein, we report the structure and electrical properties of a single crystal in which mixed‐valence polyoxometalates were electrically wired by cationic π‐molecules of tetrathiafulvalene substituted with pyridinium. Electron‐transport characteristics are suggested to represent electron hopping through strong interactions between cluster and cationic π‐molecules.     

Simultaneous Detection of Single Attoliter Droplet Collisions by Electrochemical and Electrogenerated Chemiluminescent Responses

We provide evidence of single attoliter oil droplet collisions at the surface of an ultra‐microelectrode (UME) by the observation of simultaneous electrochemical current transients (i–t curves) and electrogenerated chemiluminescent (ECL) transients in an oil/water emulsion. An emulsion system based on droplets of toluene and tri‐n‐propylamine (2:1 v/v) emulsified with an ionic liquid and suspended in an aqueous continuous phase was formed by ultrasonification. When an ECL luminophore, such as rubrene, is added to the emulsion droplet, stochastic events can be tracked by observing both the current blips from oxidation at the electrode surface and the ECL blips from the follow‐up ECL reaction, which produces light. This report provides a means of studying fundamental aspects of electrochemistry using the attoliter oil droplet and offers complementary analytical techniques for analyzing discrete collision events, size distribution of emulsion systems, and individual droplet electroactivity.     

β‐Functionalization of Carboxylic Anhydrides with β‐Alkyl Substituents through Carbene Organocatalysis

The first NHC‐catalyzed functionalization of carboxylic anhydrides is described. In this reaction, the β carbon behaves as a nucleophilic carbon and undergoes asymmetric reactions with electrophiles. Anhydrides with challenging β‐alkyl substituents work effectively.     

Nickel‐Catalyzed C?H Alkylations: Direct Secondary Alkylations and Trifluoroethylations of Arenes

A versatile nickel catalyst allowed for C H alkylations of unactivated arenes with challenging secondary alkyl bromides and chlorides. The high catalytic efficacy also set the stage for direct secondary alkylations of indoles as well as C H trifluoroethylations with ample substrate scope.     

Dispersion of T1 and T2 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxation in Crude Oils

Crude oils, which are complex mixtures of hydrocarbons, can be characterized by nuclear magnetic resonace diffusion and relaxation methods to yield physical properties and chemical compositions. In particular, the field dependence, or dispersion, of T₁ relaxation can be used to investigate the presence and dynamics of asphaltenes, the large molecules primarily responsible for the high viscosity in heavy crudes. However, the T₂ relaxation dispersion of crude oils, which provides additional insight when measured alongside T₁, has yet to be investigated systematically. Here we present the field dependence of T₁‐T₂ correlations of several crude oils with disparate densities. While asphaltene and resin‐containing crude oils exhibit significant T₁ dispersion, minimal T₂ dispersion is seen in all oils. This contrasting behavior between T₁ and T₂ cannot result from random molecular motions, and thus, we attribute our dispersion results to highly correlated molecular dynamics in asphaltene‐containing crude oils.