纯水中氧化石墨烯的超声裁剪及机理研究

采用超声在纯水中对氧化石墨烯(GO)进行裁剪, 研究了超声时间对GO片层尺寸、 官能团种类和含量的影响, 探讨了超声裁剪GO的机理. 用原子力显微镜(AFM)和透射电子显微镜(TEM)对产物进行观测, 结果表明, 随着超声时间延长, GO片层平均直径从2000 nm减小至200 nm. 红外光谱(FTIR)、 X射线光电子能谱(XPS)及热分析结果表明, 随着超声时间延长, GO的含氧官能团种类没有变化, 但是GO含氧官能团总量逐渐升高, 其中环氧基团含量逐渐下降, 羧酸基团含量变化不大, 酮基基团含量先下降后升高, 羟基基团含量先升高后下降, 醚氧基团含量逐渐升高. 基于上述结果, 提出了超声裁剪GO的机理: 超声空化现象形成的剪切力使GO的碳碳键、 环氧、 酮基基团断裂, GO片层尺寸变小; 在超声诱导下水分子形成的羟基自由基和氢自由基与片层上断裂形成的碳自由基结合生成羟基或醚氧基团, 未发生水解的碳自由基形成新的碳碳键, 长时间的超声作用还会使羟基基团发生断裂并转化成酮基基团. 利用超声在纯水中裁剪GO的条件温和, 不使用其它化学试剂, 可以有效控制GO片层尺寸, 是一种具有应用前景的二维材料裁剪技术.     

具有高电催化活性的g-C3N4-ZnS-DNA纳米复合材料的制备及应用

g-C3N4作为丰富的可见光光催化剂,具有独特的二维结构,优异的化学稳定性和可调的电子结构;但因其激子结合能高和结晶度较低,导致其光催化过程量子效率偏低,限制了光催化剂的推广应用.根据g-C3N4独特的可调电子结构,将其与半导体材料进行耦合,形成异质结构,通过调控半导体的能带结构,优化其光吸收能力,促进光生电子-空穴对的快速分离,从而抑制光生载流子的复合,提高其光催化效率.目前,人们已发展了许多g-C3N4与窄禁带和宽禁带半导体耦合形成的二元纳米复合材料,广泛应用于光催化降解污染物、光催化水解产氢和光催化还原将温室气体CO2转换成有用的碳氢燃料等方面,但关于g-C3N4基的三元复合光催化剂,尤其与天然纳米材料DNA复合,研究其电催化性能的却鲜有报道.近年来,随着环境污染日益严重,被称为环境激素的五氯酚(PCP)、壬基酚(NP)等一系列环境激素在水体和土壤等环境介质中长期残留,难以降解,且容易聚集在生物体内,通过空气循环和食物链等方式进入人体,对环境和人体产生极大的危害,所以越来越多的人致力于环境激素的高效筛选和检测的研究.常规的分析方法已经很难满足人们对环境激素的高灵敏检测的要求,而电化学方法因其操作简单、成本低廉、选择性好、灵敏度高、样品前处理简单等特点而备受关注.本文成功设计和制备了g-C3N4-ZnS-DNA三元纳米复合材料.首先,采用水热法制备了ZnS半导体纳米片,采用热解法制备了g-C3N4纳米片,接着将它们与DNA复合,成功制备了g-C3N4-ZnS-DNA纳米复合材料,通过苯胺聚合法修饰到玻碳电极表面,成功构建了NP和PCP环境激素新型的电化学传感器.通过透射电镜、X射线衍射、紫外-可见漫反射光谱和X射线光电子能谱等对其形貌、结构及组分进行了表征.采用CHI660C仪器对新型的电化学传感器的电催化性能进行了系统研究.通过循环伏安法(CV)和示差脉冲伏安法(DPV)研究了NP和PCP在g-C3N4-ZnS-DNA-GCE修饰电极的上的电化学行为.电化学阻抗谱表明,g-C3N4-ZnS-DNA纳米复合材料大大促进了修饰电极的电子传递能力,与g-C3N4膜相比,ZnS和DNA共掺杂的g-C3N4膜对NP和PCP的电化学响应明显提高,峰电流是g-C3N4膜的2倍,电催化活性明显增强.在最优化条件下,NP和PCP检测的线性范围分别为2.0×10–5–1.0×10–8和1.0×10–5–1.0×10–8 mol L–1,检出限均为3.3×10–9 mol L–1.将g-C3N4-ZnS-DNA-GCE修饰电极用于湖水中NP和PCP的测定,其回收率均高于90%,证明g-C3N4-ZnS-DNA纳米复合材料修饰电极可应用实际水样中痕量环境激素的测定.同时,我们分析了电催化活性增强的原因:(1)DNA分子通过C-O-C键连接到g-C3N4表面,导致ZnS纳米片组装成线性超结构,形成稳定的g-C3N4-ZnS-DNA纳米复合材料;(2)由于DNA和PCP或NP之间的相互作用使得电极表面上的PCP和NP的浓度增加;(3)纳米复合材料聚苯胺膜可促进电子转移和加速PCP或NP向电极表面的扩散;并提出了Z型g-C3N4-ZnS-DNA纳米复合材料的电子转移路径,以及PCP和NP的可能的电催化氧化机理.     

石墨碳纳米材料光学性质在生化传感领域的应用

石墨碳纳米材料因其特殊的光学性质而受到广泛关注。石墨碳纳米材料最引人注目的光学性质之一是其独特的拉曼性质,作为拉曼探针,石墨碳纳米材料在对于复杂生物样品,极端测试条件和定量拉曼检测方面都有很好的应用;除了拉曼性质以外,单壁碳纳米管(SWNTs)独特的近红外二区(NIR-II,1000-1700 nm)荧光性质,具有穿透深度大、分辨率高的荧光成像特点,在生物活体成像领域也得到了很好的应用。除了光致发光特性,石墨碳纳米材料还具有优异的光热转换效应,同时具有比表面积大的特点,被广泛应用在针对肿瘤的热疗及其它疗法协同治疗当中。除此之外,石墨碳纳米材料还是一种高效的信号传导基底,可以猝灭激发态的染料和光敏剂,利用该类性质设计的生物传感器和纳米药物,显现出高灵敏、高选择性的特点。本文主要结合本课题组的工作,总结和探讨了石墨碳纳米材料作为光学探针、光热材料和信号传递基底在生化传感领域的应用。     

g-CN体系的准粒子能带结构和光学特性

利用多体格林函数理论,本文研究了二维CN体系(包括triazine和tri-s-triazine)的激发态特性。通过GW方法,我们计算了准粒子的能量。考虑电子-空穴相互作用,通过求解Bethe-Salpeter方程,我们获得了激发态能量和光谱。我们发现,在这两种CN体系的价带中,σ轨道和π轨道之间的交换作用非常强烈。由于占据的σ轨道和π轨道之间的准粒子修正量非常不同,因此,为了得到准确的带隙值和光谱,我们需要对这两种轨道开展精确的GW计算。与单层的CN体系相比,双层结构中层与层之间的范德华相互作用使带隙值降低了0.6 eV,而光吸收谱红移了0.2 eV,这是由于双层结构具有更小的激子束缚能。我们计算的吸收峰的位置与实验结果符合很好。实验中的吸收峰主要是由深能级的π轨道到π^*轨道的跃迁形成的。π→π^*跃迁和σ→π^*跃迁之间的耦合能够在长波长范围产生弱的吸收尾巴,如果调整入射光的极化方向,由σ→π^*跃迁产生的高强度的吸收峰将会在更低能量处出现。     

Fracture analysis of monolayer graphene sheets with double vacancy defects via MD simulation

Carbon nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene sheets have attracted great attention due to their exceptionally high strength and elastic strain. These extraordinary mechanical properties, however, can be affected by the presence of defects in their structures. When a material contains multiple defects, it is expected that the stress concentration of them superposes if the separation distances of the defects are low, which causes a more reduction of the strength. On the other hand, it is believed that if the defects are far enough such that their affected areas are distinct, their behavior is similar to a material with single defect. In this article, molecular dynamics (MD) is used to explore the influence of separation distance of double vacancy defects on the mechanical properties of single-layered graphene sheets (SLGSs). To this end, critical stress and strain of SLGSs containing double vacancy with different distances are determined and the results are compared with those of perfect SLGSs and graphene sheets with single vacancy defect. The results reveal that the ultimate strength of the SLGS with double vacancy tends to the one with a single vacancy when the separation distance becomes further. In this regard, the threshold distance beyond which double defects behave like a single one is examined. Finally, Young’s modulus of perfect, single and double vacancy defected graphene sheets with different separation distances is determined. It is concluded that this property is slightly affected by the separation distance.     

Optimization of a heterogeneous catalytic hydrodynamic cavitation reactor performance in decolorization of Rhodamine B: Application of scrap iron sheets

A low pressure pilot scale hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) reactor with 30 L volume, using fixed scrap iron sheets, as the heterogeneous catalyst, with no external source of H₂O₂ was devised to investigate the effects of operating parameters of the HC reactor performance. In situ generation of Fenton reagents suggested an induced advanced Fenton process (IAFP) to explain the enhancing effect of the used catalyst in the HC process. The reactor optimization was done based upon the extent of decolorization (ED) of aqueous solution of Rhodamine B (RhB). To have a perfect study on the pertinent parameters of the heterogeneous catalyzed HC reactor, the following cases as, the effects of scrap iron sheets, inlet pressure (2.4–5.8 bar), the distance between orifice plates and catalyst sheets (submerged and inline located orifice plates), back-pressure (2–6 bar), orifice plates type (4 various orifice plates), pH (2–10) and initial RhB concentration (2–14 mg L^?1) have been investigated. The results showed that the highest cavitational yield can be obtained at pH 3 and initial dye concentration of 10 mg L^?1. Also, an increase in the inlet pressure would lead to an increase in the ED. In addition, it was found that using the deeper holes (thicker orifice plates) would lead to lower ED, and holes with larger diameter would lead to the higher ED in the same cross-sectional area, but in the same holes’ diameters, higher cross-sectional area leads to the lower ED. The submerged operation mode showed a greater cavitational effects rather than the inline mode. Also, for the inline mode, the optimum value of 3 bar was obtained for the back-pressure condition in the system. Moreover, according to the analysis of changes in the UV–Vis spectra of RhB, both degradation of RhB chromophore structure and N-deethylation were occurred during the catalyzed HC process.     

Low dimensional diffuse scattering

Low dimensional (LD) diffuse scattering is either due to LD order of crystals (meso-phases) or due to low dimensional cooperative disorder in basically 3D ordered (average) structures. Diffuse scattering may be of elastic or inelastic nature, i.e. the order/disorder phenomena may be of static or dynamic origin, respectively. Quasi-one-dimensional (lD) systems such as low dimensional conductors, inclusion compounds with channnel-like cavities, fiber-structures or two dimensional (2D) systems, such as graphite-like layer-structures or sheet silicates, give rise to pronounced diffuse sheets (2D-) and diffuse rods (lD-Bragg “peaks”), respectively, in reciprocal space. Apart from fundamental interest in analysing LD diffuse phenomena, there is a growing interest in LD crystals and related kinetic re-ordering processes from the viewpoint of applied research. Some examples are discussed in detail.     

Zum Problem der Fehlanzeigen bei der radiometrischen Blechdickenkontrolle

Die Aufgabe besteht bei der Blechdickenkontrolle darin, je nach der Größe eines von der Blechdicke d abhāngigen Meßwertes die kontrollierten Bleche als ?normal”, ?zu dünn“ oder ?zu dick” anzuzeigen. Bei einer radiometrischen Dickenmeßeinrichtung, die als Meßwert eine Impulszahl N(d) liefert, sind infolge der statistischen Schwankungen Fehlanzeigen Unvermeidlich. Die Wahrscheinlichkeit p solcher Fehlanzeigen ergibt sich als Summe der Wahrscheinlichkeiten, daß ein zu dünnes Blech als normal oder zu dick (p ₁), ein normales Blech als zu dünn (p ₂) oder zy dick (p ₃) und ein zu dickes Blech als normal oder zu dünn (p ₄) angezeigt wird.