Helical Toroids Self-Assembled from a Binary System of Polypeptide Homopolymer and its Block Copolymer

Toroids and helices are fundamental geometrical structures in nature. Polymers can self-assemble into various nanostructures, including both toroids and helices; however, nanostructures combining toroidal and helical morphologies (that is, helical toroids) are rarely observed. A binary system is reported containing polypeptide homopolymer and its block copolymer, which can hierarchically self-assemble into uniform helical nanotoroids in solution. The formation of the helical toroids is a successive two-step process. First, the homopolymers aggregate into fibrils and convolve into toroids, thereby resembling the toroidal condensation of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) chains. Second, the block copolymers self-assemble on the homopolymer toroids and result in helical surface patterns. Additionally, the chirality of the surface helical patterns can be varied by the chirality of the polypeptide block copolymers.     

Enzyme-free and DNA-based universal platform for the construction of various logic devices based on graphene oxide and G-quadruplex

In the fields of biocomputing and biomolecular, DNA molecules are applicable to be regarded as data of logical computing platform that uses elaborate logic gates to perform a variety of tasks. Graphene oxide (GO) is a type of novel nanomaterial, which brings new research focus to materials science and biosensors due to its special selectivity and excellent quenching ability. G-quadruplex as a unique DNA structure stimulates the intelligent application of DNA assembly on the strength of its exceptional binding activity. In this paper, we report a universal logic device assisted with GO and G-quadruplex under an enzyme-free condition. Integrated with the quenching ability of GO to the TAMRA (fluorophore, Carboxytetramethylrhodamine) and the enhancement of fluorescence intensity produced by the peculiar binding of G-quadruplex to the NMM (N-methylmesoporphyrin IX), a series of basic binary logic gates (AND. OR. INHIBIT. XOR) have been designed and verified through biological experiments. Given the modularity and programmability of this strategy, two advanced logic gates (half adder and half subtractor) were realized on the basis of the same work platform. The fluorescence signals generated from different input combinations possessed satisfactory results, which provided proof of feasibility. We believe that the proposed universal logical platform that operates at the nanoscale is expected to be utilized for future applications in molecular computing as well as disease diagnosis.     

多肽聚合物合成新方法及生物医学应用

多肽聚合物是以多肽为主链的合成聚合物,由于其固有的生物相容性和生物降解性,在生物医学领域展现出广阔的应用前景,然而多肽聚合物的高效、快速、简便合成仍然具有很大挑战。近年来随着合成化学的快速发展,基于α-氨基酸的N-羧基环内酸酐(NCA)开环聚合法制备多肽聚合物取得了突破性进展,合成了大量基于多肽聚合物的新型材料。本文首先介绍了NCA单体的合成机理及最新改进,然后重点介绍了近年来新发展的NCA开环聚合快速、高效制备多肽聚合物的不同引发或催化体系,最后简要介绍了多肽聚合物在抗菌剂、药物递送及组织工程等领域的应用,并提出了多肽聚合物材料在生物医学领域应用所面临的挑战。     

Properties of TiO2-SiO2 Mixed Oxides and Photocatalytic Oxidation of Heptane and Sulfur Dioxide

A series of TiO2-XSiO2[X denotes the molar fraction(%) of silica in the mixed oxides] with different n(Ti)/n(Si) ratios was prepared with ammonia water as a hydrolysis catalyst. The photocatalysts prepared were characterized by XRD, thermal analysis, FTIR, UV-Vis and SPS. The characterization results of FTIR and UV-Vis spectra show that Ti atoms were gradually changed from octahedral coordination to tetrahedral coordination with the addition of silica, which is not beneficial for obtaining strong Bronsted acidity and higher photocatalytic activity. The photocatalytic activity experiments, which were conducted by using heptane (or SO2) as the model reactant, showed that TiO2-SiO2 containing a suitable amount of silica can exhibit much higher photocataiytic activity than pure TiO2. The enhanced photocatalytic activity can be attributed tothree following factors.. (1) smaller crystalline size;(2) higher thermal stability; (3) the new strong Broensted acidity.     

固体碱催化剂

综述了最近30年来固体碱催化剂的研究现状，包括固体碱催化剂的种类、优缺点以及各类催化剂中影响其催化性能的因素。重点探讨了碱性前驱体和载体对负载型无机固化碱碱强度的影响，展望了未来固体碱剂的发展方向。     

专业课"课程思政"策略的构建与实践——以基础化学原理课程为例

目前高等教育仅依靠思想政治理论课对大学生进行价值引领的局限性日趋凸显,亟需构建和实施全员育人的大思政教育体系——"课程思政"。尝试构建了专业课"课程思政"的策略。通过"培养学生的爱国主义精神、民族自豪感和自信心、对学生进行生态文明和生态安全教育、培养学生的专业品质、培养学生的专业能力"等途径,进行了基础化学原理"课程思政"实践,充分发挥了基础化学原理课程的"育德功能"。     

VESTA软件在典型晶体结构教学中的应用

晶体结构的基本概念既多又抽象,没有较强的空间想象力,很难理解和辨析清楚。二维图缺乏空间感;实物模型只做出一个晶胞,其重复规律不直观。VESTA晶体结构软件能够根据需要构建多个三维晶胞,即超胞,可以很直观地显示出晶体结构的特点。本文通过几个教学实例,说明VESTA软件如何帮助学生深入理解晶体结构的基本概念,结构特点与性能的关系,以及拓展晶体结构的认知领域,提高学习兴趣与探索能力。     

Multi‐responses Methodology Applied in the Electroanalytical Determination of Hair Dye by Using Printed Carbon Electrode Modified with Graphene

This paper describes a rapid and sensitive method for determination of the hair dye Basic Blue 41 in wastewater samples using screen‐printed carbon electrodes modified with graphene (SPCE/Gr). The method is based on the reversible reduction of azo groups of the dye at potential of ?0.23 V/?0.26 V, where both the anodic and cathodic currents increased 1,300 % when compared to screen‐printed carbon (SPCE) and glassy carbon electrodes (GCE). The optimization of a square wave voltammetric method was performed by means of 2³ factorial design, Doehlert matrix and multi‐response assays, and the best parameters were: frequency (54.8 Hz), step potential (6 mV), pulse amplitude (43.7 mV) and pH 4.5. The analytical curve was constructed from 3.00×10^?8 to 2.01×10^?6 mol L^?1, with detection and quantification limits of 5.00×10^?9 and 1.70×10^?8 mol L^?1, respectively. The repeatability of the method evaluated for 10 consecutive measurements at concentrations of 1.70×10^?7 mol L^?1 and 1.70×10^?6 mol L^?1, showed relative standard deviation of 3.56 and 0.57 %, respectively. The sensor based in SPCE/Gr was successfully applied in wastewater samples collected from a drinking water treatment plant and validated by comparison with HPLC‐DAD method with good accuracy.     

溶液密度法测定糖水溶液中糖分含量——推荐一个基础化学实验

介绍了一个基础化学实验——溶液密度法测定糖水溶液中糖分含量。该实验通过糖分含量-密度工作曲线测定糖水溶液中的蔗糖含量,并估算饮料中的糖含量。实验涉及多项化学实验基本操作以及作图法等实验技能,推荐作为大一学生的前期实验开设。