Directed Design of a AuI Complex with a Reduced Mesoionic Carbene Radical Ligand: Insights from 1,2,3-Triazolylidene Selenium Adducts and Extensive Electrochemical Investigations

Carbene-based radicals are important for both fundamental and applied chemical research. Herein, extensive electrochemical investigations of nine different 1,2,3-triazolylidene selenium adducts are reported. It is found that the half-wave potentials of the first reduction of the selones correlate with their calculated LUMO levels and the LUMO levels of the corresponding triazolylidene-based mesoionic carbenes (MICs). Furthermore, unexpected quasi-reversibility of the reduction of two triazoline selones, exhibiting comparable reduction potentials, was discovered. Through UV/Vis/NIR and EPR spectroelectrochemical investigations supported by DFT calculations, the radical anion was unambiguously assigned to be triazoline centered. This electrochemical behavior was transferred to a triazolylidene-type MIC-gold phenyl complex resulting in a MIC-radical coordinated Au^I species. Apart from UV-Vis-NIR and EPR spectroelectrochemical investigations of the reduction, the reduced gold-coordinated MIC radical complex was also formed in situ in the bulk through chemical reduction. This is the first report of a monodentate triazolylidene-based MIC ligand that can be reduced to its anion radical in a metal complex. The results presented here provide design principles for stabilizing radicals based on MICs.     

多种超分辨荧光成像技术比较和进展评述

所见即所得是生命科学研究的中心哲学,贯穿在不断认识单个分子、分子复合体、分子动态行为和整个分子网络的历程中。活的动态的分子才是有功能的,这决定了荧光显微成像在生命科学研究中成为不可替代的工具。但是当荧光成像聚焦到分子水平的时候,所见并不能给出想要得到的。这个障碍是由于受光学衍射极限的限制,荧光显微镜无法在衍射受限的空间内分辨出目标物。超分辨荧光成像技术突破衍射极限的限制,在纳米尺度至单分子水平可视化生物分子,以前所未有的时空分辨率研究活细胞结构和动态过程,已成为生命科学研究的有力工具,并逐渐应用到材料科学、催化反应过程和光刻等领域。超分辨成像技术原理不同,其具有的技术性能各异,限制了各自特定的技术特色和应用范围。目前主流的超分辨成像技术包括3种:结构光照明显微镜技术(structured illumination microscopy, SIM)、受激发射损耗显微技术(stimulated emission depletion, STED)和单分子定位成像技术(single molecule localization microscopy, SMLM)。这些显微镜采用不同的复杂技术,但是策略却是相同和简单的,即通过牺牲时间分辨率来提升衍射受限的空间内相邻两个发光点的空间分辨。该文通过对这3种技术的原理比较和在生物研究中的应用进展介绍,明确了不同超分辨成像技术的技术优势和适用的应用方向,以方便研究者在未来研究中做合理的选择。     

原子荧光法测定茶叶中的硒含量

采用原子荧光法测定茶叶中的硒含量,对样品消解温度及仪器条件进行了优化。还原剂为1.0%硼氢化钾–0.5%氢氧化钾溶液,载流液为3%盐酸溶液。在优化条件下,硒的质量浓度在0~20 ng/mL范围内与荧光强度呈良好的线性关系,相关系数r=0.999,检出限为0.8 ng/mL。该法的加标回收率为88.08%~101.39%,测定结果的相对标准偏差为2.03%~4.84%(n=6)。该方法实际操作性强,准确度高,适用于日常检验工作中对批量茶叶中硒含量的测定。     

Beyond the Polysulfide Shuttle and Lithium Dendrite Formation: Addressing the Sluggish Sulfur Redox Kinetics for Practical High-Energy Li-S Batteries

Electrolyte modulation simultaneously suppresses polysulfide the shuttle effect and lithium dendrite formation of lithium–sulfur (Li-S) batteries. However, the sluggish S redox kinetics, especially under high S loading and lean electrolyte operation, has been ignored, which dramatically limits the cycle life and energy density of practical Li-S pouch cells. Herein, we demonstrate that a rational combination of selenium doping, core–shell hollow host structure, and fluorinated ether electrolytes enables ultrastable Li stripping/plating and essentially no polysulfide shuttle as well as fast redox kinetics. Thus, high areal capacity (>4 mAh cm⁻²) with excellent cycle stability and Coulombic efficiency were both demonstrated in Li metal anode and thick S cathode (4.5 mg cm⁻²) with a low electrolyte/sulfur ratio (10 μL mg⁻¹). This research further demonstrates a durable Li-Se/S pouch cell with high specific capacity, validating the potential practical applications.     

Synthesis of selenium-containing biindolyls and their Diels–Alder reaction toward the synthesis of heteroannulated [a]- and [c]-carbazoles

We reported the first syntheses of 2- and 3-(2-(benzo[b]selenophen-2-yl)-indoles and their Diels–Alder reactions to furnish six unique annulated benzoselenphene carbazoles. This facile route can be used to synthesize selenium-containing biindolyl derivatives that possessed potential pharmaceutical activities.     

高效液相色谱-电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定人尿中硒形态

采用高效液相色谱-电感耦合等离子体质谱法(HPLC-ICP/MS)测定人尿中硒代胱氨酸(SeCys_2)、甲基硒代半胱氨酸(MeSeCys)、亚硒酸盐[Se(Ⅳ)]、硒代蛋氨酸(SeMet)、硒酸盐[Se(Ⅵ)]5种硒形态。样品经超纯水稀释后,采用Hamilton PRP-X100色谱柱(250 mm×4 mm,10μm)分离,以40 mmol/L磷酸氢二铵(含1%甲醇,pH 5)为流动相进行等度洗脱,13 min内可将5种硒形态分离。5种硒形态的线性范围为0～300.0μg/L,相关系数(r)均大于0.999,检出限为0.2～0.5μg/L。除SeCys_2的加标回收率为37.7%～70.4%外,MeSeCys、Se(Ⅳ)、SeMet、Se(Ⅵ)的加标回收率为80.0%～123%;5种硒形态的相对标准偏差(RSD)均不大于7.8%。应用该方法测定实际样品,结果显示人尿中硒形态主要以SeCys_2为主,同时含有少量MeSeCys、SeMet、无机硒及未知含硒化合物。     

纳米二氧化硅标准物质候选物的制备

以正硅酸乙酯和去离子水为反应物,氨水为催化剂,乙醇为共溶剂,通过沉淀反应制备窄分布的纳米二氧化硅标准物质候选物。利用扫描电子显微镜分析考察了氨水的用量对制备的二氧化硅粒度的影响。     

模板法组装纳米有序阵列的研究进展

由金属、半导体、碳纳米管、聚苯胺等组成的纳米有序阵列体系,在能量存储或转换、传感等方面具有广阔的应用前景。模板法组装纳米有序阵列体系是以具有特定微孔结构的材料为模板,通过电化学沉积、溶胶-凝胶沉积和化学气相沉积等手段,让纳米单元在模板提供的受控环境中原位生成,形成纳米有序阵列体系。模板法具有可控性好、工艺简便、能耗低等优点。本文综述了模板法组装纳米有序阵列体系的研究进展,并对纳米有序阵列体系的应用前景作了展望。     

聚合物纳米孔隙增透膜制备工艺的研究

论述了聚合物纳米孔隙增透膜的制备工艺流程,分析了聚合物材料分子量、实验环境温度和湿度、溶剂挥发性等条件对纳米孔隙增透膜的影响。研究表明,聚合物材料分子量的增大、温度的降低、湿度的升高以及采用挥发性弱的溶剂都将导致增透膜孔隙尺寸的增大,孔隙越大其对光的散射损耗就会增大,所以增透膜的透过率就越低。通过大量的试验分析得出一组较理想的工艺参量:使用低分子量的聚合物材料(小于15 kg/mol),环境温度大于25℃、环境相对湿度小于30%,在采用低沸点的溶剂如四氢呋喃等措施下可有效降低增透膜散射损耗。     

Selenium Dihalides Click Chemistry: Highly Efficient Stereoselective Addition to Alkynes and Evaluation of Glutathione Peroxidase-Like Activity of Bis(E-2-halovinyl) Selenides

Highly efficient stereoselective syntheses of novel bis(E-2-chlorovinyl) selenides and bis(E-2-bromovinyl) selenides in quantitative yields by reactions of selenium dichloride and dibromide with alkynes were developed. The reactions proceeded at room temperature as anti-addition giving products exclusively with (E)-stereochemistry. The glutathione peroxidase-like activity of the obtained products was estimated and compounds with high activity were found. The influence of substituents in the products on their glutathione peroxidase-like activity was discussed.