Comparative analysis of the main active components and hypoglycemic effects after the compatibility of Scutellariae Radix and Coptidis Rhizoma

In this study, a rapid and highly sensitive ultra high performance liquid chromatography with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry method with the mobile phase of acetonitrile and 0.1% aqueous formic acid was established and successfully applied to comparatively analyze main active components after their compatibility. Besides, the effects of Scutellariae Radix, Coptidis Rhizoma and combined extracts on type 2 diabetic rats induced by high‐fat diet along with low dose of streptozocin were investigated. Under the optimized chromatographic conditions, good separation of seven target components was achieved within 12 min. All calibration curves exhibited good linearity (R² ≥ 0.999). The relative standard deviation of precision, repeatability and stability varied from 0.69 to 2.23, 0.98 to 2.56, and 0.92 to 2.57%, respectively. The recovery ranged from 91.11 to 105.35%. The contents of seven active components were notably reduced after compatibility; however, the hypoglycemic effect of combined extracts was stronger than single drug by decreasing the activities of fructose‐1,6‐bisphosphatase, glucose 6‐phosphatase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and increasing the activities of glucokinase, phosphofructokinase, pyruvate kinase. Accordingly, the established analytical method was accurate and sensitive enough for quantitative evaluation of seven investigated compounds. Moreover, the combined extract had definite effects on type 2 diabetes through multiple components against multiple targets.     

Development of LBGK and incompressible LBGK‐based lattice Boltzmann flux solvers for simulation of incompressible flows

This paper presents lattice Boltzmann Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook (LBGK) model and incompressible LBGK model‐based lattice Boltzmann flux solvers (LBFS) for simulation of incompressible flows. LBFS applies the finite volume method to directly discretize the governing differential equations recovered by lattice Boltzmann equations. The fluxes of LBFS at each cell interface are evaluated by local reconstruction of lattice Boltzmann solution. Because LBFS is applied locally at each cell interface independently, it removes the major drawbacks of conventional lattice Boltzmann method such as lattice uniformity, coupling between mesh spacing, and time interval. With LBGK and incompressible LBGK models, LBFS are examined by simulating decaying vortex flow, polar cavity flow, plane Poiseuille flow, Womersley flow, and double shear flows. The obtained numerical results show that both the LBGK and incompressible LBGK‐based LBFS have the second order of accuracy and high computational efficiency on nonuniform grids. Furthermore, LBFS with both LBGK models are also stable for the double shear flows at a high Reynolds number of 10⁵. However, for the pressure‐driven plane Poiseuille flow, when the pressure gradient is increased, the relative error associated with LBGK model grows faster than that associated with incompressible LBGK model. It seems that the incompressible LBGK‐based LBFS is more suitable for simulating incompressible flows with large pressure gradients. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Extraordinary transport behavior of gases in isothermally annealed poly(4‐methyl‐1‐pentene) membranes

Poly(4‐methyl‐1‐pentene) (PMP) membranes were modified through isothermal annealing to investigate the change of their crystalline structure and rigid and mobile amorphous fractions (RAF and MAF), assuming a three‐phase model, affected the gas transport behavior. The crystalline structure was characterized by wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD) and small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) techniques, and the free volume properties were analyzed by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy. Compared with the pristine membrane, the annealed membranes show higher crystallinity; the crystals undergo partial structural change from form III to form I. The lamellar crystal thickness, rigid amorphous fraction thickness, and long period in the lamellar stacks increase with crystallinity. The annealed PMP membranes exhibit higher permeability due to the increase in larger size free volumes in MAF and higher selectivity due to the increase in smaller size free volumes in RAF, respectively. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2016 , 54, 2368–2376     

Taking compact NMR to monitoring real reactions in large-scale chemical industries—General considerations and learnings from a lab-scale test case

The considerations for use of compact nuclear magnetic resonance in a large-scale industrial environment clearly differ from those in academic and educational settings and even from those in smaller companies. In the first part of this article, these differences will be discussed along with the additional requirements that need to be fulfilled for successful applicability in different use cases. In the second part of the article, outcomes from different research activities aiming to fulfill these requirements will be presented with a focus on an online reaction-monitoring study on a lab-scale nucleophilic chlorination reaction.     

Pyridinium-functionalized metalloporphyrins as bifunctional catalysts for cycloaddition of epoxides and carbon dioxide

New pyridinium-functionalized metalloporphyrins MEtPpBr₄ (M = Zn²⁺, Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, Cu²⁺; EtPp = 5, 10, 15, 20-tetra(4-(3-(N-ethyl-4-pyridyl)pyrazolyl)phenyl)porphyrin) were synthesized as bifunctional catalysts for the cycloaddition reactions of epoxides and CO₂. The effects of catalyst loading, CO₂ pressure, reaction temperature and time on catalytic activity were investigated. ZnEtPpBr₄ ( 1 ) and CoEtPpBr₄ ( 2 ) exhibited efficient activities in the cycloaddition reactions of various epoxides with CO₂ as at 120 °C under 2 MPa of CO₂ pressure without solvent. Most of corresponding cyclic carbonates could be obtained in almost quantitative yields and > 99.9% selectivity with molar ratio of epoxide/catalyst 2222 after 8 hr of reaction.     

Carbon nanotube-carbon black hybrid counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells and the effect on charge transfer kinetics

In this work, the catalytic activity of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), carbon black (CB), and CNT-CB counter electrodes in the I⁻/I₃⁻ reduction reaction is reported and compared with the Pt counter electrode. The fabricated counter electrodes were evaluated in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The results indicate that the best cathodes were made from CNT₁₀ (240 μm) and CB with a charge transfer resistance (R_CT) of 2.70 Ω, and when the complete device shows 19.83 Ω of internal series resistance (R_S), the photovoltaic parameters of these cells were J_SC = 10.47 mA cm⁻²; V_OC = 0.70 V; and FF = 57.90, with an efficiency of 4.29%, indicating a better interaction between the CNT₁₀ in the 3D network of the counter electrode, generating a good charge transfer kinetics, in comparison with only CNT₁₀ or CB.

     

基于单-和双-三唑衍生物的三个Cu（Ⅱ）和Cu（Ⅰ）多金属氧簇基配合物的水热合成及光催化性能

在水热条件下,利用多齿的单-和双-三唑衍生物,制备了3种基于多金属氧簇基（POM）的Cu（Ⅱ）和Cu（Ⅰ）杂化材料,即{[Cu（L¹）₂（Mo₄O₁₃）]·2H₂O}_n（1）,{[Cu_1.5（L²）（HL₂）（H₂O）（Mo₄O₁₃）]·2H₂O}_n（2）,{[Cu₂（L₃）_1.5（Mo₄O₁₃）]·H₂O}_n（3）（L₁=4-pyridine-2-1,2,4-triazole,HL₂=3-（4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl）benzoic acid,L₃=trans-4,4''-azo-1,2,4-triazole）。通过单晶X射线衍射、傅里叶变换红外光谱和粉末X射线衍射分析确定了它们的结构。在1中,Mo₄O₁₃^2-阴离子和Cu（Ⅱ）中心通过双齿L₁相互连接,最终形成了二维（2D）POMs基的Cu（Ⅱ）杂化金属-有机骨架。在2中,Mo₄O₁₃^2-阴离子和Cu（Ⅱ）中心通过桥接水原子（O18）,双齿HL₂和三齿L₂^-相互连接,最终形成了三维（3D）POMs基的Cu（Ⅱ）微孔金属-有机骨架。在3中,L₃配体桥接相邻的Cu（Ⅰ）中心和Mo₄O₁₃^2-阴离子,最终形成独特的双重穿插结构的3DPOMs基的Cu（Ⅰ）杂化配位框架。光催化实验研究表明,样品1~3对于不同有机染料罗丹明B（RhB）、亚甲基蓝（MB）和甲基橙（MO）都具有很好的光催化降解能力。     

黄芩素室温磷光传感器的构建及应用

黄芩素可通过电子转移效应猝灭聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)包覆的锰(Mn)掺杂硫化锌(Zn S)量子点(PEIMn/Zn S QDs)的室温磷光。基于上述原理,建立了一种简单、快速测定黄芩素含量的室温磷光检测方法,PEI-Mn/Zn S QDs以水相共沉淀法获得。结果表明:当pH=8.0,反应时间为10 min时,量子点的磷光猝灭程度与黄芩素浓度呈良好的线性关系,线性范围为0.07~0.60 mg·L~(-1),方法检出限为0.039 mg·L~(-1),相关系数(r)为0.997,相对标准偏差为4.1%,实际样品的检测回收率为96.0%~100.7%。所建立的方法可有效避免常见离子和氨基酸等的干扰,适用于黄芩饮片及血清中黄芩素含量的快速测定,有望应用于医药行业中黄芩素含量的测定分析,也为其他药物基于量子点电子转移机制的检测提供了技术依据。