Construction of Shallow Surface States through Light Ni Doping for High‐Efficiency Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production of CdS Nanocrystals

Ni‐doped CdS nanowires were synthesized by a simple one‐step method. X‐ray diffraction, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy confirmed that light Ni doping can form shallow surface states due to the presence of substitutional Ni ions, and heavy Ni doping can form deep surface states due to the presence of interstitial Ni ions. Surface photovoltage spectroscopy and transient photovoltage measurements revealed that the shallow surface states can prolong the lifetime of the photogenerated charge carriers, whereas the deep surface states lead to recombination of the photogenerated charge carriers. The relationship between different surface states and the photocatalytic performance of CdS nanocrystals are discussed. The enhanced density of shallow surface states due to light Ni doping significantly promotes photocatalytic H₂ production.     

The First Five‐Membered‐Heterocycle‐Fused Subphthalocyanine Analogues: Chiral Tri(benzo[b]thiopheno)subporphyrazines

Two tri(benzo[b]thiopheno)subporphyrazine regioisomers with C₃ and C₁ molecular symmetry have been isolated from the cyclotrimerization of benzo[b]thiophene‐2,3‐dicarbonitrile as the first five‐membered‐heterocycle‐fused subphthalocyanine analogues. Optical resolution of both regioisomers was achieved by using a chiral HPLC technique, affording the first chiral subphthalocyanine analogues.     

Hexameric MnII Dendrimer as MRI Contrast Agent

A Mn^II chelating dendrimer was prepared as a contrast agent for MRI applications. The dendrimer comprises six tyrosine‐derived [Mn(EDTA)(H₂O)]^2? moieties coupled to a cyclotriphosphazene core. Variable temperature ¹⁷O NMR spectroscopy revealed a single water co‐ligand per Mn^II that undergoes fast water exchange (k_ex=(3.0±0.1)×10⁸ s^?1 at 37 °C). The 37 °C per Mn^II relaxivity ranged from 8.2 to 3.8 mM ^?1 s^?1 from 0.47 to 11.7 T, and is sixfold higher on a per molecule basis. From this field dependence a rotational correlation time was estimated as 0.45(±0.02) ns. The imaging and pharmacokinetic properties of the dendrimer were compared to clinically used [Gd(DTPA)(H₂O)]^2? in mice at 4.7 T. On first pass, the higher per ion relaxivity of the dendrimer resulted in twofold greater blood signal than for [Gd(DTPA)(H₂O)]^2?. Blood clearance was fast and elimination occurred through both the renal and hepatobiliary routes. This Mn^II containing dendrimer represents a potential alternative to Gd‐based contrast agents, especially in patients with chronic kidney disease where the use of current Gd‐based agents may be contraindicated.     

Reactivity of Oxygen Radical Anions Bound to Scandia Nanoparticles in the Gas Phase: CH Bond Activation

The activation of C?H bonds in alkanes is currently a hot research topic in chemistry. The atomic oxygen radical anion (O^?.) is an important species in C?H activation. The mechanistic details of C?H activation by O^?. radicals can be well understood by studying the reactions between O^?. containing transition metal oxide clusters and alkanes. Here the reactivity of scandium oxide cluster anions toward n‐butane was studied by using a high‐resolution time‐of‐flight mass spectrometer coupled with a fast flow reactor. Hydrogen atom abstraction (HAA) from n‐butane by (Sc₂O₃)_NO^? (N=1–18) clusters was observed. The reactivity of (Sc₂O₃)_NO^? (N=1–18) clusters is significantly sizedependent and the highest reactivity was observed for N=4 (Sc₈O₁₃^?) and 12 (Sc₂₄O₃₇^?). Larger (Sc₂O₃)_NO^? clusters generally have higher reactivity than the smaller ones. Density functional theory calculations were performed to interpret the reactivity of (Sc₂O₃)_NO^? (N=1–5) clusters, which were found to contain the O^?. radicals as the active sites. The local charge environment around the O^?. radicals was demonstrated to control the experimentally observed size‐dependent reactivity. This work is among the first to report HAA reactivity of cluster anions with dimensions up to nanosize toward alkane molecules. The anionic O^?. containing scandium oxide clusters are found to be more reactive than the corresponding cationic ones in the C?H bond activation.     

Oligotriarylamines with a Pyrene Core: A Multicenter Strategy for Enhancing Radical Cation and Dication Stability and Tuning Spin Distribution

Monoamine 1 , diamines 2 – 4 , triamine 5 , and tetraamine 6 have been synthesized by substituting dianisylamino groups at the 1‐, 3‐, 6‐, and/or 8‐positions of pyrene. Diamines 2 – 4 differ in the positions of the amine substituents. No pyrene–pyrene interactions are evident in the single‐crystal packing of 3 , 4 , and 6 . With increasing numbers of amine substituents, the first oxidation potential decreases progressively from the mono‐ to the tetraamine. These compounds show intense charge‐transfer (CT) emission in CH₂Cl₂ at around 530 nm with quantum yields of 48–68 %. Upon stepwise oxidation by electrolysis or chemical oxidation, these compounds were transformed into radical cations 1 ^?+– 6 ^?+ and dications 2 ²⁺– 6 ²⁺, which feature strong visible and near‐infrared absorptions. Time‐dependent density functional theory studies suggested the presence of localized transitions from the pyrene radical cation and aminium radical cation, intervalence CT, and CT between the pyrene and amine moieties. Spectroscopic studies indicated that these radical cations and dications have good stability. Triamine 5 and tetraamine 6 formed efficient CT complexes with tetracyanoquinodimethane in solution. The results of EPR spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations suggested that the dications 2 ²⁺– 4 ²⁺ have a triplet ground state, whereas 5 ²⁺ and 6 ²⁺ have a singlet ground state. The dication of 1,3‐disubstituted diamine 4 exhibits a strong EPR signal.     

Elements analysis of infant milk formula by ICP-OES: a comparison of pretreatment methods

Sample pretreatments are critical steps for achieving true and precise results in element analysis for infant milk formula. In this study, we made a comparative study of four pretreatment methods: dry ashing (DA), wet ashing (WA), microwave ashing (MA) and slurry dispersion analysis. Nine elements (Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, P and Zn) were determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry. Infant formula (GBW08509) with certified values was used for assessment of trueness and precision. The data showed that all relative standard deviations (RSD) of the observed values were <15 %. In contrast to other pretreatment, results for MA had the lowest RSD (≤5 %) for all the elements. For Cu and Mn, there was no significant difference between measurement results and certified values in four pretreatments. But, after DA and WA the results for Ca, K, Na, P and Zn differed significantly from the certified values.     

The synthesis and the bulk rheological properties of the highly-branched block polyethers

Several kinds of highly-branched block polyethers were synthesized via anion ring-opening polymerization of propylene oxide (PO) and ethylene oxide (EO), using phenol-amine resin (PA) as the initiator. The rheological properties determined by rotational rheometer all followed the regular rules of polymer systems: under a certain conditions, the bulk polyethers were pseudoplastic and non-Newtonian fluid, and with the increasing of the shear rate and temperature, the apparent viscosity of the block copolymers were reduced. In addition, modulus determination showed that such polyether molecules presented preferable viscosity compared to the elasticity, meanwhile, storage modulus, loss modulus and compound viscosity all decreased with the increasing of temperature. Storage modulus and loss modulus increased along with the scanning frequency increasing. But compared with the same kind of linear polymers, the significant difference was the low melt viscosity, which attributed to the special three-dimension space structure hindering the entanglement of chains. Furthermore, the rheological properties among the several block polyethers showed differences obviously. In other words, the number of block and the content of EO all have a significant effect on the rheological properties, specifically, the modulus will increase with the increasing of the block number and the EO content.     

不同防老剂对天然橡胶复合材料P-V-T关系的影响

采用PVT膨胀仪测试了添加不同防老剂的天然橡胶(NR)复合材料的压力-体积-温度(P-V-T)属性,通过最小二乘法拟合得到Tait方程参数,预测了体系的热膨胀系数(α)和等温压缩系数(β),结果表明,Tait状态方程可用来预测该复合材料体系的P-V-T行为,NR复合材料的α值随着压力的增大而减小,随温度变化不明显;β值随压力的增大而减小,且随着温度的升高而升高.分子模拟结果观察了体系凝聚态结构在不同温度下的变化,表明其变化原因是升温使体系自由体积增大,分子链的活动性增强,同时观察到单独加入防老剂4010NA或防老剂RD的体系α和β的值较大,说明其尺寸稳定性差,而当同时加入4010NA和RD进行防老剂并用时,体系的α和β值均较小,表明此复合材料体系不容易产生变形;通过分子动力学模拟手段计算了NR复合材料的内聚能密度(CED)随温度的变化规律,对于2种防老剂并用的体系,其CED比较大,说明分子间相互作用力较强,从而体系尺寸稳定性好,受温度和压力的影响小.     

光响应“线性-超支化”超分子嵌段共聚物的制备及其对金表面的可逆亲疏水修饰

报道了一类新型的α-ωn型"线性-超支化"超分子嵌段共聚物.分别通过可控阴离子开环多支化聚合方法(ROMBP)和可逆加成-断裂链转移聚合方法(RAFT)合成了含有一个β-环糊精基团的亲水超支化缩水甘油醚(CD-g-HPG)和含有一个偶氮苯基团的疏水线性聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA-AZO).两者可以通过β-环糊精和偶氮苯基团之间的主客体识别作用形成两亲性线性-超支化超分子嵌段共聚物PMMA-b-HPG.由于线性PMMA-AZO残留有RAFT聚合时链转移剂中的三硫代酯结构,超分子聚合物PMMA-b-HPG可以通过三硫代酯与金形成的硫-金键(S-Au)对金表面进行修饰形成自组装单分子层(SAM).修饰后的金表面呈现出光控的可逆亲疏水性能.在紫外光下,由于β-环糊精/偶氮苯之间的主客体识别作用被破坏,亲水的CD-g-HPG从表面脱离,表面变为疏水;在可见光下,如果重新将金片浸泡在CD-g-HPG溶液中,金表面的亲水性可以恢复.