Poly(L‐lactide)/layered double hydroxides nanocomposites: Preparation and crystallization behavior

Novel nanocomposites from poly(L ‐lactide) (PLLA) and an organically modified layered double hydroxide (LDH) were prepared using the melt‐mixing technique. The structure and crystallization behavior of these nanocomposites were investigated by means of wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and polarized optical microscopy (POM). WAXD results indicate that the layer distance of dodecyl sulfate‐modified LDH (LDH‐DS) is increased in the PLLA/LDH composites, compared with the organically modified LDH. TEM analysis suggests that the most LDH‐DS layers disperse homogenously in the PLLA matrix in the nanometer scale with the intercalated or exfoliated structures. It was found that the incorporation of LDH‐DS has little or no discernable effect on the crystalline structure as well as the melting behavior of PLLA. However, the crystallization rate of PLLA increases with the addition of LDH‐DS. With the incorporation of 2.5 wt % LDH‐DS, the PLLA crystallization can be finished during the cooling process at 5 °C/min. With the addition of 5 wt % LDH‐DS, the half‐times of isothermal melt‐crystallization of PLLA at 100 and 120 °C reduce to 44.4% and 57.0% of those of the neat PLLA, respectively. POM observation shows that the nucleation density increases and the spherulite size of PLLA reduces distinctly with the presence of LDH‐DS. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 2222–2233, 2008     

低温熔盐法制备球状多孔 La1-xSrxMn0.8Fe0.2O3（0≤x≤0.6）及其催化 CO氧化性能

汽车尾气中 CO, HC, NOx,硫化物及其颗粒粉尘严重危害人们身体健康和大气环境,是大气环境的主要污染源之一.目前,尾气净化是其减排的最主要方式.汽车尾气催化剂的发展经历了几代的研究,一直以来广泛采用 Pt, Pd和 Rh等贵金属,但因其资源匮乏,价格昂贵,容易被 S和 P中毒,因此人们逐渐将目光投向非贵金属催化剂的研发.钙钛矿复合氧化物因具有独特的物理化学性质以及灵活的“化学剪裁”特性而在材料研究等领域颇受青睐,有望成为贵金属催化剂的替代品.一般而言,催化剂的比表面积越大,表面活性位点越多,其催化活性越高,且会明显降低起燃温度.目前,一些制备工艺,如水热法、共沉淀法、微乳液法和硬模板法,虽可在一定程度上提高催化剂的比表面积,但却存在费时、耗能及制备工艺复杂等缺点.因此,如何简单有效地制备出大比表面积的钙钛矿型催化剂依然是一个难题.本文以合成的分级多孔δ-MnO2微球为模板,采用熔盐法制备出球状多孔 La1-xSrxMn0.8Fe0.2O3(0≤x≤0.6)钙钛矿氧化物,研究了球状多孔钙钛矿氧化物的形成过程和合适的制备温度,以及 B位 Fe3+掺杂量为20%时 A位 Sr2+掺杂量对钙钛矿催化剂结构和催化活性的影响.采用 X射线粉末衍射、扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜、N2吸附-脱附、傅里叶红外光谱(FT-IR)和 X射线能谱(XPS)等方法对催化剂进行了表征.在固定床石英管反应器上评价了催化剂催化 CO氧化活性及稳定性,采用气相色谱联接氢火焰离子化检测器检测了产物和反应物的组成.结果表明,以分级多孔δ-MnO2微球为模板,采用熔盐法在450oC反应4 h制备出的球状多孔 La1-xSrxMn0.8Fe0.2O3(0≤x≤0.6)钙钛矿氧化物具有良好的结晶性、较大的比表面积(55.73 m2/g)和孔体积(0.37 cm3/g).其球状多孔结构的形成可分为两个阶段：原位形成钙钛矿相和纳片表面析出钙钛矿晶粒及钙钛矿晶粒的再生长.另外, FT-IR光谱表明, Fe3+和 Sr2+成功进入 A, B位.同时, CO转化曲线表明, B位 Fe3+的掺杂量为20%时, A位 Sr2+的掺杂量高于30%时可以明显改善催化剂催化 CO氧化活性： La1-xSrxMn0.8Fe0.2O3(0≤x≤0.3)的T50和T90分别在180和198oC左右;而 La0.55Sr0.45Mn0.8Fe0.2O3和 La0.4Sr0.6Mn0.8Fe0.2O3的T50均低于125oC; La0.55Sr0.45Mn0.8Fe0.2O3的T90为181oC,而 La0.4Sr0.6Mn0.8Fe0.2O3却仍低于125oC. XPS结果则证明,较高的催化活性得益于 La0.4Sr0.6Mn0.8Fe0.2O3表面存在较多的 Mn4+、氧空位及吸附氧.最后, La0.55Sr0.45Mn0.8Fe0.2O3和 La0.4Sr0.6Mn0.8Fe0.2O3的稳定性测试结果表明,采用熔盐法以δ-MnO2为模板在450oC焙烧4 h制备的多孔球状钙钛矿具有较好的催化稳定性.虽然催化剂制备工艺简单,周期短,但比表面积最大只有55.73 m2/g,为硬模板法的1/2,因此提高比表面积将是今后研究的方向.     

Characterization and application of quantum dot nanocrystal–monoclonal antibody conjugates for the determination of sulfamethazine in milk by fluoroimmunoassay

Quantum dot (Qdot) nanocrystals have been increasingly used as fluorescence labels in fluoroimmunoassays recently because of their excellent optical characteristics. In this paper, a new monoclonal antibody (MAb) against sulfamethazine (SMZ) was successfully produced and linked to Qdot nanocrystals by covalent coupling. The Qdot–MAb conjugates were characterized by SDS-PAGE and high-performance capillary electrophoresis (HPCE). An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method was utilized to evaluate the antigen–antibody binding affinity and then a novel direct competitive fluorescence-linked immunosorbent assay (cFLISA) for the detection of SMZ in milk by using Qdots as fluorescent labels was evaluated. The results showed that the 50% inhibition values (IC₅₀) of the cFLISA were 4.3 ng/mL in milk and 5.2 ng/mL in PBS, and the limits of detection (LODs) were 0.6 ng/mL in milk and 0.4 ng/mL in PBS, respectively. The recoveries of SMZ from spiked milk samples at levels of 10–100 ng/mL ranged from 94 to 106%, with coefficients of variation (CVs) of 2.1–9.2%. Figure Shematic diagram of the direct cFLISA procedure Jianzhong Shen and Fei Xu contributed equally to this work.     

Enhanced Electron Penetration through an Ultrathin Graphene Layer for Highly Efficient Catalysis of the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Major challenges encountered when trying to replace precious‐metal‐based electrocatalysts of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in acidic media are related to the low efficiency and stability of non‐precious‐metal compounds. Therefore, new concepts and strategies have to be devised to develop electrocatalysts that are based on earth‐abundant materials. Herein, we report a hierarchical architecture that consists of ultrathin graphene shells (only 1–3 layers) that encapsulate a uniform CoNi nanoalloy to enhance its HER performance in acidic media. The optimized catalyst exhibits high stability and activity with an onset overpotential of almost zero versus the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) and an overpotential of only 142 mV at 10 mA cm^?2, which is quite close to that of commercial 40 % Pt/C catalysts. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that the ultrathin graphene shells strongly promote electron penetration from the CoNi nanoalloy to the graphene surface. With nitrogen dopants, they synergistically increase the electron density on the graphene surface, which results in superior HER activity on the graphene shells.     

催化热解废轮胎制衍生油

催化热解废轮胎对于资源利用及环境保护具有重要意义,近年来引起人们关注.在废轮胎胶粉热解反应中加入催化剂,不仅会加速胶粉裂解速率,缩短反应时间,而且可以通过催化剂择形催化改变产物分布,从而提高目的产物衍生油的收率和性能.国内外对废轮胎催化热解已做了大量研究,以期提高衍生油中高附加值单环芳烃的含量,同时降低S, N和Cl含量,虽然已取得较大进展,但衍生油收率较低,大大降低了该技术的可行性.
　　本文采用带搅拌器的1000 mL不锈钢反应器,在常压条件下研究了反应温度和催化剂类型对废轮胎胶粉热解反应及产物衍生油性能的影响,通过元素分析、馏程模拟和色谱-质谱等表征手段检测了衍生油的理化性能.结果表明,在废轮胎胶粉热解反应过程中,随反应温度上升,出油速率先增加后降低.至500 oC时,热解衍生油收率最高达55.65 wt%,所得衍生油呈黑棕色,具有轻质油含量低、S和N含量高、粘度低和流动性好的特点,其轻质芳烃含量低,却含有大量可以转变为芳烃的脂肪烃类.因此,为了提高衍生油中轻质油和轻质芳烃收率,降低S和N含量,尽量维持较高的衍生油收率,在热解反应过程中引入少量ZSM-5, USY,β, SAPO-11和ZSM-22等常见催化剂,利用催化剂独特的孔道结构和酸分布,达到定向催化和转化的目的,提高轻质芳烃含量.同时,为了克服催化剂与胶粉难以接触进行反应的问题,在反应温度升至200 oC时,维持一定时间保证胶粉发生溶胀和液化反应形成液体烃类,使得催化剂不仅能够均匀分散于液体烃中与其接触进行反应,而且有效提高了反应物料与催化剂之间传质传热效率,使得裂解反应在均相中进行,降低因传热不均匀而造成的结焦和过度裂化反应.在催化热解过程中,1.0 wt%催化剂的加入可明显缩短反应时间,在保证衍生油收率基本不变的情况下,获得的衍生油呈黄棕色,轻质油收率较高为70–75 wt%, S和N含量分别降至0.3–0.58wt%和0.78–1.0 wt%.以具有较高酸性和孔径分布的ZSM-5, USY,β和SAPO-11为催化剂时,衍生油中总芳烃含量可达到50 wt%,其中单环芳烃含量高达45 wt%.     

中国大气降水化学研究进展

中国的酸雨区是继欧洲和北美之后的世界三大酸雨区之一.本文综述了近十年来有关中国降水化学的研究结果,主要内容和结论有:中国南方和西南地区已经成为世界上降水酸性最强的地区;中国降水化学组成仍属硫酸型,但正在向硫酸硝酸混合型转变;SO42-和NO3-以及NH4,+和Ca2+分别是中国降水中主要阴阳离子,并且浓度远高于欧洲和北美;山上降水和高空云雾水的高酸性和高离子浓度说明这些地区高空已严重污染;讨论了中国各地区降水化学特征和酸雨形成的原因;最后指出了有待研究的科学问题.     

Low-energy electron distributions from the photoionization of liquid water: a sensitive test of electron mean free paths

The availability of accurate mean free paths for slow electrons (<50 eV) in water is central to the understanding of many electron-driven processes in aqueous solutions, but their determination poses major challenges to experiment and theory alike. Here, we describe a joint experimental and theoretical study demonstrating a novel approach for testing, and, in the future, refining such mean free paths. We report the development of Monte-Carlo electron-trajectory simulations including elastic and inelastic electron scattering, as well as energy loss and secondary-electron production to predict complete photoelectron spectra of liquid water. These simulations are compared to a new set of photoelectron spectra of a liquid-water microjet recorded over a broad range of photon energies in the extreme ultraviolet (20–57 eV). Several previously published sets of scattering parameters are investigated, providing direct and intuitive insights on how they influence the shape of the low-energy electron spectra. A pronounced sensitivity to the escape barrier is also demonstrated. These simulations considerably advance our understanding of the origin of the prominent low-energy electron distributions in photoelectron spectra of liquid water and clarify the influence of scattering parameters and the escape barrier on their shape. They moreover describe the reshaping and displacement of low-energy photoelectron bands caused by vibrationally inelastic scattering. Our work provides a quantitative basis for the interpretation of the complete photoelectron spectra of liquids and opens the path to fully predictive simulations of low-energy scattering in liquid water.

Our study reveals the detailed influence of elastic and inelastic mean-free paths on the complete photoelectron spectra of liquid water, including the low-energy electron distributions and the reshaping of the primary photoelectron bands.     

2-乙基-4-甲基咪唑固化环氧树脂体系动力学模型

由2-乙基-4-甲基咪唑(2,4-EMI)固化双酚A二缩水甘油醚型环氧树脂(DGEBA)的等温差示扫描量热(DSC)实验结果发现固化反应分两阶段进行,催化聚合反应有一诱导期.由DSC测试结果求得催化聚合反应的速率常数.从反应机理出发,以诱导期为边界,建立两阶段的微观固化动力学模型.从扩散的角度在模型中引入临界固化度(αc)和扩散因子,进一步建立扩散控制固化动力学模型,对不同2,4-EMI含量和固化温度(Tc)的体系,计算得到αc.研究发现扩散因素对固化动力学影响较大,固化反应前期由化学动力学控制,后期由扩散因素控制;αc主要由体系的玻璃化转变决定,Tc越高,体系玻璃化转变时对应的固化度越大,cα越大.     

Facile Synthesis of 5‐Hexyl‐4‐methyl‐γ‐butyrolactone via Nef Reaction as a Key Step

A racemic cis/trans mixture of 5‐hexyl‐4‐methyl‐γ‐butyrolactone was easily synthesized from 1‐iodoheptane in four steps with inexpensive and readily available reagents. Our new synthesis method can be potentially employed for mass production of the 4‐methyl‐5‐hexyl‐γ‐butyrolactone as well as other poly‐alkyl substituted γ‐butyrolactones.