卟啉钯敏化剂构效性质与三线态-三线态湮灭上转换性能研究

上转换发光是一种将长波长的激发光转化为短波长发射的反斯托克斯发光现象,三线态-三线态湮灭上转换（TTA-UC）能够在较低密度能量下被激发,且上转换量子产率高,因此获得研究者们广泛关注。关于敏化剂分子结构与上转换发光性能相关性的研究一直是TTA-UC研究领域的重要热点,选择两种代表性的卟啉钯光敏剂[PdOEP-八乙基卟啉钯(Ⅱ)和PdBrTPP-四溴苯基卟啉钯(Ⅱ)]与蒽衍生物9,10-(4-羟甲基)苯基蒽p-DHMPA发光剂组合上转换体系作为研究模型,通过一系列合成工作获得材料分子后,进一步比较两种敏化剂的光谱性质与体系最终上转换性能之间关系。通过细致研究敏化剂和发光剂的荧光发射和寿命等光谱性质对敏化剂系间窜越,三线态-三线态能量转移及三线态-三线态湮灭等能量传递过程的影响后,发现在532 nm处的摩尔吸光系数PdBrTPP (10.8 cm-1·mmol-1)大于PdOEP (3.0 cm-1·mmol-1);三线态寿命PdBrTPP (173.13 μs)大于PdOEP (109.21 μs)。但与p-DHMPA配对时光敏剂与发光剂的三线态能级差ΔE_TT,PdOEP (0.140 eV)却高于PdBrTPP (0.062 eV),通过Stern-Volmer方程得到Stern-Volmer猝灭常数K_SV和双分子猝灭常数k_q值也是PdOEP略高,最终表现出上转换阈值PdOEP/p-DHMPA (22.40 mW·cm-2)小于PdBrTPP/p-DHMPA (29.78 mW·cm-2),上转换发光效率Φ_UC,PdOEP/p-DHMPA (28.3％)大于PdBrTPP/p-DHMPA (26.8％)。因此,卟啉钯敏化剂的构效对三重态湮灭上转换发光效率影响最为重要的决定因素是敏化剂三线态高低。对于不同的敏化剂,在分子主体结构、摩尔吸光系数与三线态寿命等光谱参数差别不大的情况下,敏化剂的三线态能级越高,就将会具有更大的上转换发光效率。然而如果以总上转换能力指标来评价,PdBrTPP的共轭结构能够提升其在激发波长处吸收更多光子的能力,具有比PdOEP更高的摩尔吸光系数,造成其总上转换能力η比PdOEP高3.4倍。因此从上转换总效能指标来评价,通过敏化剂分子设计调控其在激发光波长处的摩尔吸光系数也不失为一种简单易行的方法。     

Fabrication of rhenium Josephson junctions

Rhenium is a superconductor with a relatively weak tendency to oxidize, which is advantageous in superconducting quantum circuit and qubit applications. In this work, Re/A1-A1Ox/Re Josephson tunnel junctions were fabricated using a selective film-etching process similar to that developed in Nb trilayer technology. The Re films had a superconducting transition temperature of 4.8 K and a transition width of 0.2 K. The junctions were found to be highly reproducible using the fabrication process and their characteristics had good quality with a low leakage current and showed a superconducting gap of 0.55 meV.     

Novel redox-active ionic thermotropic liquid crystalline complexes of polyelectrolyte and ferrocenyl surfactants

Redox-active polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes(PSC) were prepared via the ionic self-assembly of sodium poly(styrenesulfonate) (PSS) and ferrocenyl surfactant,(11-ferrocenylundecyl)trimethylammonium bromide(FTMA) in aqueous solution. The PSS-FTMA complex exhibited an ordered interdigitated monolayer mesomorphous structure with the long period of d = 3.13 nm,and was in the ionic thermotropic liquid crystal SmA state at room temperature.Interestingly,in the solid complex, the ferrocenyl moieties formed H-aggregation showing an increase in theπ-π~* energy transfer of cyclopentadienes in the ferrocene moieties as known from the blue-shift in the UV spectrum.The complexes showed higher thermal stability compared with their components due to the ionic interaction.The PSS-FTMA film had a good redox reversibility,which promised to be used in electrochemical sensors.     

Encapsulation of nanocrystals with responsive gels for spatial optical identification

A tripeptide (β-AspFF) gelator was designed and synthesised using solid-phase peptide synthesis. The as-prepared gelator formed a stable and clear multi-responsive gel in toluene solution. Encapsulating the quantum dots with β-AspFF effectively increased stability and antioxidisation ability which are beneficial for optical identification.     

Synthesis and bio‐evaluation of Tc‐99 m‐labeled fatty acid derivatives for myocardial metabolism imaging

¹¹C, ¹⁸F and ¹²³I fatty acids are used for myocardial imaging, and ^99mTc‐labeled fatty acids are more desirable substitutes than other radiolabeled fatty acids. In the work reported, [^99mTc]‐CpTT‐10‐oxo‐FPA ( 1c ), [^99mTc]‐CpTT‐12‐oxo‐FPA ( 2c ), [^99mTc]‐CpTT‐14‐oxo‐FPA ( 3c ) and [^99mTc]‐CpTT‐16‐oxo‐FPA ( 4c ) were prepared with 60.76–70.92% of radiochemical yield and purity of more than 95%. These radiotracers ( 1c , 2c , 3c , 4c ) were chemically stable when incubated in Sprague Dawley rat serum for 3 h at 37 °C. Tissue distribution studies in female mice indicated that 2c had high initial heart uptake (8.84%ID g^?1 at 1 min post‐injection) and 4c had long retention in the heart (1.45%ID g^?1 at 30 min post‐injection). Metabolite analysis showed 4c could be metabolized to 5c via β‐oxidation with loss of two ? CH₂? in the myocardium, the radiometabolite being excreted via urine. However, low heart uptake suggested that 4c cannot be used as a diagnostic imaging agent. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Studies of magnetite nanoparticles synthesized by thermal decomposition of iron (III) acetylacetonate in tri(ethylene glycol)

In this paper, water-soluble magnetite nanoparticles have been directly synthesized by thermal decomposition of iron (III) acetylacetonate, Fe(acac)₃ in tri(ethyleneglycol). Size and morphology of the nanoparticles are determined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements while the crystal structure is identified using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Surface charge and surface coating of the nanoparticles are recognized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) and zeta potential measurements. Magnetic properties are determined using vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) and superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) measurements. The results show that as-prepared magnetite nanoparticles are relatively monodisperse, single crystalline and superparamagnetic in nature with the blocking temperature at around 100 K. The magnetite nanoparticles are found to be highly soluble in water due to steric and electrostatic interactions between the particles arising by the surface adsorbed tri(ethyleneglycol) molecules and associated positive charges, respectively. Cytotoxicity studies on human cervical (SiHa), mouse melanoma (B16F10) and mouse primary fibroblast cells demonstrate that up to a dose of 80 μg/ml, the magnetic nanoparticles are nontoxic to the cells. Specific absorption rate (SAR) value has been calculated to be 885 and 539 W/gm for samples with the iron concentration of 1 and 0.5 mg/ml, respectively. The high SAR value upon exposure to 20 MHz radiofrequency signifies the applicability of as-prepared magnetite nanoparticles for a feasible magnetic hyperthermia treatment.     

Zn or O? An Atomic Level Comparison on Antibacterial Activities of Zinc Oxides

For the first time, the influence of different types of atoms (Zn and O) on the antibacterial activities of nanosized ZnO was quantitatively evaluated with the aid of a 3D‐printing‐manufactured evaluation system. Two different outermost atomic layers were manufactured separately by using an ALD (atomic layer deposition) method. Interestingly, we found that each outermost atomic layer exhibited certain differences against gram‐positive or gram‐negative bacterial species. Zinc atoms as outermost layer (ZnO?Zn) showed a more pronounced antibacterial effect towards gram‐negative E. coli (Escherichia coli), whereas oxygen atoms (ZnO?O) showed a stronger antibacterial activity against gram‐positive S. aureus (Staphylococcus aureus). A possible antibacterial mechanism has been comprehensively discussed from different perspectives, including Zn²⁺ concentrations, oxygen vacancies, photocatalytic activities and the DNA structural characteristics of different bacterial species.