Hydrothermal growth and optical properties of doughnut-shaped ZnO microparticles

Doughnut-shaped ZnO microparticles have been grown through a hydrothermal reaction in citrate solution at 120 degrees C. FESEM reveals that these microparticles consist of regular arranged nanoplates, and there is a concave on the surface of each microparticle. The existence of citrate is vital to the formation of the complex microparticles. Room temperature photoluminescence measurements show strong UV band emission. The yellow and green emissions related to the structure defects can be barely observed, indicating the high crystalline perfection of these microparticles.     

Nanometric protein arrays on protein-resistant monolayers on silicon surfaces

We present a novel approach for preparation of nanometric protein arrays, based on binding of avidin molecules to nanotemplates generated by conductive AFM lithography on robust oligo(ethylene glycol)-terminated monolayers on silicon (111) surfaces that are protein-resistant. We showed that only biotinated-BSA but not the native BSA bind to the avidin arrays and that the resulting arrays of biotinated BSA could bind avidin to form protein dots with a feature size of approximately 30 nm. This result demonstrates that the avidin array may serve as templates for preparation of nanoarrays of a wide variety of biotin-tagged proteins for studying their interactions with other protein molecules at nanoscale.     

The location of adsorbed hydrogen in graphite nanostructures

Recent experiments suggest that the high hydrogen storage capacity in graphite nanostructures might be associated with adsorption on the edges. First-principles calculations are used to study the structure and energetics of H chemisorption on graphite zigzag edges. The properties of both singly and doubly hydrogenated edges are examined. Molecular hydrogen can dissociatively adsorb on the edge directly, with small activation barriers to the formation of either singly or doubly hydrogenated structures. A new model for the location of adsorbed H is proposed.     

喷水室典型空气处理过程中空气流速的实验研究

针对纺织厂空调系统的核心-喷水室,研究喷水室内处理空气的冷却减湿和等焓加湿两个典型热湿交换过程。提出Re准数对传热传质有显著作用,而Re数的大小取决于流体速度。通过实验研究当空气流速从3m/s提高到5m/s时对喷水室热湿交换性能的影响,从而确定空气流动速度因素对两个热湿交换效率的影响趋势。根据拟合的数学曲线,总结出当空气的流动速度提高后,热湿交换效率相应提高。从而推动高速喷水室在实际工程中的应用。     

Target Syntheses of Two New Bivanadyl Capped Keggin Polyoxometalate Derivatives

Two new bivanadyl capped Keggin polyoxometalate-based inorganic–organic hybrid compounds, [M(2,2′-bipy)₂(H₂O)]₂[AsMo₁₂O₄₀(VO)₂]}(M = Co 1, Zn 2; bipy = bipyridine), have been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions by directly using Li₃[AsMo₁₂O₄₀] · nH₂O as starting materials. Single crystal X-ray analysis revealed that compounds 1 and 2 were isostructural, consisting of a neutral bivanadyl capped Keggin POMs bigrafted by [M(2,2′-bipy)₂(H₂O)]²⁺ fragments. Other characterizations by elemental analysis, IR spectra, XPS spectra, power X-ray diffraction and TG analysis were also described in the paper. The study of the electrochemical properties of compounds 1 and 2 exhibit similar redox behaviors, undergoing three two-electron reversible redox processes, and the electrocatalysis of 1 has also been studied in detail. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.