α‐Fe2O3 Cubes with High Visible‐Light‐Activated Photoelectrochemical Activity towards Glucose: Hydrothermal Synthesis Assisted by a Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid

A liquid/liquid interfacial reaction system was designed to fabricate α‐Fe₂O₃ cubes. The reaction system uses a hydrophobic ionic liquid containing iron ions ([(C₈H₁₇)₂(CH₃)₂N]FeCl₄) for manufacturing α‐Fe₂O₃ cubes by a novel and environmentally friendly hydrothermal method under low‐temperature conditions (140 °C). The iron‐containing ionic liquid is hydrophobic and can form a liquid/liquid interface with water, which is vital for fabrication of the α‐Fe₂O₃ cubes. Nanomaterials synthesized from hydrophobic iron‐containing ionic liquids show good crystallinity, well‐developed morphology, and uniform size. The effect of different ionic liquids on the morphology of α‐Fe₂O₃ was investigated in detail. [(C₈H₁₇)₂(CH₃)₂N]FeCl₄ is assumed to perform the triple role of forming a liquid/liquid interface with water and acting as reactant and template at the same time. The effect of the reaction temperature on the formation of the α‐Fe₂O₃ cubes was also studied. Temperatures lower or higher than 140 °C are not conducive to formation of the α‐Fe₂O₃ cubes. Their photoelectrochemical properties were tested by means of the transient photocurrent response of electrodes modified with as‐prepared α‐Fe₂O₃ cubes. The photocurrent response of an α‐Fe₂O₃ cubes/indium tin oxide electrode is high and stable, and it shows great promise as a photoelectrochemical glucose sensor with high sensitivity and fast response, which are beneficial to practical applications of nanosensors.     

Highly Active Bidirectional Electron Transfer by a Self‐Assembled Electroactive Reduced‐Graphene‐Oxide‐Hybridized Biofilm

Low extracellular electron transfer performance is often a bottleneck in developing high‐performance bioelectrochemical systems. Herein, we show that the self‐assembly of graphene oxide and Shewanella oneidensis MR‐1 formed an electroactive, reduced‐graphene‐oxide‐hybridized, three‐dimensional macroporous biofilm, which enabled highly efficient bidirectional electron transfers between Shewanella and electrodes owing to high biomass incorporation and enhanced direct contact‐based extracellular electron transfer. This 3D electroactive biofilm delivered a 25‐fold increase in the outward current (oxidation current, electron flux from bacteria to electrodes) and 74‐fold increase in the inward current (reduction current, electron flux from electrodes to bacteria) over that of the naturally occurring biofilms.     

nFe3+/nSr2+和nOH-/nNO3-对锶铁氧体纳米片结构及磁性能的影响

采用改进的水热法成功合成了单分散的纯相锶铁氧体纳米片。借助DLS、XRD、FTIR、SEM、EDS和VSM等分析测试手段对SrFe₁₂O₁₉铁氧体粉体的粒度、结构、形貌和磁性能进行表征。研究结果表明,在240℃保温5 h,物质的量之比n_Fe³⁺/n_Sr²⁺(R_F/S)和n_OH^-/n_NO3^-(R_O/N)分别为5和2时,所得产物为单分散的纯相六角SrFe₁₂O₁₉铁氧体纳米片。随着R_F/S和R_O/N的变化,合成样品中有少量SrCO₃和Fe₂O₃杂相存在,这主要与反应条件和离子比例有关。磁性能测试结果显示,所得纯相的六角SrF₁₂O₁₉铁氧体纳米片具有优异的磁性能,其饱和磁化强度和矫顽力分别达到60.91 emu·g^-1和94.83 kA·m^-1,使其在医疗、催化和生物等高技术领域具有潜在的应用。     

Synthesis and Characterization of 11‐Amino‐3‐methoxy‐8‐substituted‐12‐aryl‐8,9‐dihydro‐7H‐chromeno[2,3‐b]quinolin‐10(12H)‐one Derivatives

A series of 2‐amino‐7‐methoxy‐4‐aryl‐4H‐chromene‐3‐carbonitrile compounds 2 were obtained by condensation of 3‐methoxyphenol with β‐dicyanostyrenes 1 in absolute ethanol containing piperidine. The intermediate enamines 3 were prepared by compounds 2 with 5‐substituted‐1,3‐cyclohexanedione using p‐toluenesuflonic acid (TsOH) as catalyst. The title compounds 11‐amino‐3‐methoxy‐8‐substituted‐12‐aryl‐8,9‐dihydro‐7H‐chromeno[2,3‐b]quinolin‐10(12H)‐one 4 were synthesized by cyclization of the intermediate enamines 3 in THF with K₂CO₃ /Cu₂Cl₂ as catalyst. The structures of all compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, MS, and ¹H NMR spectra. The crystal structure of compound 4i was determined by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis.     

基于3,5-二((4'-羧基苄基)氧)苯甲酸和4'-(4-吡啶基)-2,2':6',2"-三联吡啶为混合配体的两个配合物的水热合成与晶体结构

在水热条件下,以3,5-二（（4''-羧基苄基）氧）苯甲酸（H3bcb）和4''-（4-吡啶基）-2,2''：6'',2"-三联吡啶（PYTPY）为混合配体构筑了2个过渡金属配合物[Co（H₂bcb）₂（PYTPY）]_n （1）和[Mn（H₂bcb）₂（PYTPY）]_n （2）,利用元素分析、红外光谱以及单晶X射线衍射表征其结构。分析表明配合物1和2为一维链状结构。此外,2个配合物展示了优良的热稳定性。磁化率的测试结果表明,配合物1和2在2 K和8 K以下时展示了反铁磁相互作用。     

多金属氧酸盐修饰的过渡金属配合物的催化效果和电化学行为

基于水热技术,合成了多金属氧酸盐修饰的2种新的过渡金属配合物[Cu（dmbipy）²（SiW¹²O⁴⁰）][Cu（dmbipy）（H₂O）₃]·3H₂O（1）和{（Hdmphen）²[Ag₂（dmphen）²（SiW¹²O⁴⁰）]}_n（2）（dmbipy=4,4’-二甲基-2,2’-联吡啶,dmphen=2,9-二甲基-1,10-菲咯啉）。配合物1的最小不对称单元包含2种不同的Cu（Ⅱ）单元,其中Cu（Ⅱ）离子都采用了五配位的模式,并且水分子也参与了配位。氢键将不同的Cu（Ⅱ）单元连接形成了一维链,并延伸至二维层。在配合物2中,多金属氧酸盐连接Ag（Ⅱ）离子形成一维链。氢键和π…π堆积作用将一维链拓展成了二维层。     

生物合成咖啡酸苯乙酯体系的液相色谱-串联质谱快速分析

建立液相色谱-串联质谱(LC-MS/MS)检测生物合成咖啡酸苯乙酯体系中咖啡酸(Caffeic acid,CA)和咖啡酸苯乙酯(Caffeic acid phenethylester,CAPE)的方法。采用LC-MS/MS电喷雾电离(ESI),负离子选择反应监测(SRM)模式检测。以V(乙腈)∶V(水)∶V(冰醋酸)=55∶45∶0.5为流动相,流速1.0mL/min,Hypersil C18色谱柱分离并检测生物合成咖啡酸苯乙酯体系中的咖啡酸以及咖啡酸苯乙酯的含量,并对生物合成咖啡酸苯乙酯的收率进行了动力学分析。本方法在进样量为0.2～20μg时具有良好的线性关系,咖啡酸和咖啡酸苯乙酯样品的加标回收率分别为93.4%～98.2%和90.3%～97.8%,相对标准偏差分别为1.79%～2.56%和1.82%～3.67%,咖啡酸苯乙酯收率在3d内可以达到15.54%,表明本方法简便、快速、可靠。     

Feasibility study on qualitative and quantitative analysis in tea by near infrared spectroscopy with multivariate calibration

This study attempted the feasibility to use near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy as a rapid analysis method to qualitative and quantitative assessment of the tea quality. NIR spectroscopy with soft independent modeling of class analogy (SIMCA) method was proposed to identify rapidly tea varieties in this paper. In the experiment, four tea varieties from Longjing, Biluochun, Qihong and Tieguanyin were studied. The better results were achieved following as: the identification rate equals to 90% only for Longjing in training set; 80% only for Biluochun in test set; while, the remaining equal to 100%. A partial least squares (PLS) algorithm is used to predict the content of caffeine and total polyphenols in tea. The models are calibrated by cross-validation and the best number of PLS factors was achieved according to the lowest root mean square error of cross-validation (RMSECV). The correlation coefficients and the root mean square error of prediction (RMSEP) in the test set were used as the evaluation parameters for the models as follows: R = 0.9688, RMSEP = 0.0836% for the caffeine; R = 0.9299, RMSEP = 1.1138% for total polyphenols. The overall results demonstrate that NIR spectroscopy with multivariate calibration could be successfully applied as a rapid method not only to identify the tea varieties but also to determine simultaneously some chemical compositions contents in tea.     

Epoxidation reaction of perfluoroalkenes with tert-amine N-oxide

Straight-chain aliphatic terr-amine N-oxides were found to be useful oxidizing agent for epoxidation of tri- and tetra-substituted perfluoroalkenes under mild conditions in high yields.The process for epoxidation by employing tri-n-butylamine N-oxide gave the best result in the reagent survey.     

Gd complexes of diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid conjugates of low-molecular-weight chitosan oligosaccharide as a new liver-specific MRI contrast agent

This study was to describe the synthesis of complexes of gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid conjugates of low-molecular-weight chitosan oligosaccharide Gd-DTPA-CSn (n = 6, 8, 11) as a new class of contrast agent as well as its magnetic property in a pilot magnetic resonance imaging. The efficacy of the contrast agent was assessed by measuring the longitudinal relaxivity (r₁), FLASH imaging in phantoms in vitro and signal intensity in vivo of the rat abdominal axial imaging. The r₁ of Gd-DTPA-CS₁₁ was up to 11.65 mM^− 1·s^− 1, which was 3 times higher than that of the analogous MRI contrast agent Gd-DTPA in commercial use. In vivo MR images of rat obtained with Gd-DTPA-CS₁₁ showed strong signal enhancement in liver and the vessels of the liver parenchyma during the extended period of time. The present study suggests that the new synthesized gadolinium complexes can be used as a new class of practical liver-specific MRI contrast agent because of its superior performance compared with Gd-DTPA.