Chemical synthesis and structural analysis of guanylate cyclase C agonist linaclotide

Linaclotide and its D-enantiomer were obtained through Fmoc solid phase peptide synthesis method and co-crystalized through racemic crystallization. The crystal structure showed that linaclotide has a tight, three-beta turns structure immobilized by three pairs of disulfide bonds.     

Synthesis of Ras proteins and their application in biofunctional studies

We summarized the developed strategies including chemical total synthesis, biosynthesis and semi-synthesis for producing Ras proteins with modification and their application in biological studies.     

Fabrication of Ga<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript>–PbO<Subscript>2</Subscript> electrode and its performance in electrochemical advanced oxidation processes

Owing to its high oxygen evolution potential, PbO₂ electrode is one of the candidates for electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs). To further improve its performance as EAOP electrode, a Ga₂O₃-doped PbO₂ electrode (Ga₂O₃–PbO₂ electrode) was fabricated by the composite plating method. SEM and XRD results showed that the crystalline in the coating of Ga₂O₃–PbO₂ electrode is more uniform and in smaller size than that in the undoped PbO₂ electrode, which provided a higher specific surface area. The electrochemical studies showed that the Ga₂O₃–PbO₂ electrode had higher oxygen evolution potential (OEP) and smaller electrode surface impedance, which is a benefit for the formation of hydroxyl radicals (·OH). The electrochemically degradation test using bromocresol green sodium (BG) solution and glucose solution as the simulated wastewater showed that the kinetics of electrochemical catalytic degradation is a pseudo-first-order reaction, and the reaction rate constant on Ga₂O₃–PbO₂ electrode was 2 times accelerated.     

丝网印刷柔性电子器件

有机电子器件的主要优势之一是溶液可处理性,这使得可以通过多种印刷方法制备有机电子器件。丝网印刷作为一种十分成熟的印刷方法,被广泛应用于微电子器件的制备。本文主要从丝网印刷的组成、影响丝网印刷精密度的因素以及丝网印刷在场效应晶体管、太阳能电池、有机发光二极管等柔性电子器件制备中的应用分别作以介绍,并对目前丝网印刷在印刷柔性电子器件中存在的困难和挑战作以总结。     

赶酸对微波消解-氢化物发生-原子荧光法测定谷物中砷元素的影响

在利用氢化物发生-原子荧光分测定谷物类样品中砷元素时,硫脲-抗坏血酸的还原效果会受到硝酸含量的影响,试液中硝酸含量过高,会与硫脲-抗坏血酸溶液发生氧化还原反应,降低其还原效率。本研究通过对赶酸时间和赶酸温度进行试验,获得最佳的赶酸条件,结合微波消解技术,利用氢化物发生-原子荧光光谱法测定谷物中的微量砷,结果表明,谷物中砷浓度与荧光强度呈线性关系,线性方程为 y=0.0028x-0.1728,线性相关系数R2=0.9993,检出限为1.72ng/g。 通过对9份样品进行检测,其相对标准偏差RSD在4.32-7.59%之间,其准确度相对误差RE均小于±6.50%。经多次检测证实该方法较稳定,可用于谷物类样品中砷元素的快速测定。     

Dichloro(2,2′‐diamino‐4,4′‐bi‐1,3‐thiazole‐N3,N3′)copper(II)

The title complex, [CuCl₂(C₆H₆N₄S₂)], has a flattened tetrahedral coordination. The Cu^II atom is located on a twofold rotation axis and is coordinated by two N atoms from a chelating 2,2′‐di­amino‐4,4′‐bi‐1,3‐thia­zole ligand and by two Cl atoms. Intramolecular hydrogen bonding exists between the amino groups of the 2,2′‐di­amino‐4,4′‐bi‐1,3‐thia­zole ligand and the Cl atoms. The intermolecular separation of 3.425 (1) Å between parallel bi­thia­zole rings suggests there is a π–π interaction between them.     

Simultaneous Modulation of Magnetic and Dielectric Transition via Spin‐Crossover‐Tuned Spin Arrangement and Charge Distribution

Magnetic and dielectric properties have been tuned simultaneously by external stimuli with rapid and sensitive response, which is crucial to monitor the magnetic state via capacitive measurement. Herein, positive charged Fe^II ions were linked via negative charged [(Tp)Fe^III(CN)₃]^? (Tp=hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate) units to form a neutral chain. The spin‐crossover (SCO) on Fe^II sites could be sensitively triggered via thermal treatment, light irradiation, and pressure. SCO switched the spin state of the Fe^II ions and antiferromagnetic interactions between Fe^III and Fe^II ions, resulting in significant change in magnetization. Moreover, SCO induced rotation of negative charged [(Tp)Fe^III(CN)₃]^? units, generating dielectric anomaly due to geometric change of charges distribution. This work provides a rational way to manipulate simultaneous variations in magnetic and dielectric properties utilizing SCO as an actuator to tune spin arrangement, magnetic coupling, and charge distribution.     

A density functional theory approach to mushroom-like platinum clusters on palladium-shell over Au core nanoparticles for high electrocatalytic activity

Recently, it was found that Pt clusters deposited on Pd shell over Au core nanoparticles (Au@Pd@Pt NPs) exhibit unusually high electrocatalytic activity for the electro-oxidation of formic acid (P. P. Fang, S. Duan, et al., Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 531-539). In an attempt to offer an explanation, we used here carbon monoxide (CO) as probed molecules, and applied density functional theory (DFT) to simulate the surface Raman spectra of CO at this core-shell-cluster NPs with a two monolayer thickness of Pd shell and various Pt cluster coverage. Our DFT results show that the calculated Pt coverage dependent spectra fit the experimental ones well only if the Pt clusters adopt a mushroom-like structure, while currently the island-like structure is the widely accepted model, which follows the Volmer-Weber growth mode. This result infers that there should be a new growth mode, i.e., the mushroom growth mode as proposed in the present work, for Au@Pd@Pt NPs. We suggest that such a mushroom-like structure may offer novel active sites, which accounts for the observed high electrocatalytic activity of Au@Pd@Pt NPs.