Magnetic properties of carbon nanosheets

Two-dimensional carbon nanosheets have been fabricated using inductively coupled radio frequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition. The structural properties of the nanosheets have been characterised using atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffractometer. The magnetisation of the samples was studied using vibrating sample magnetometer. The magnetisation of the nanosheets was found to be diamagnetic for fast synthesis processes (30 and 60 min). On the other hand, the nanosheets exhibited a weak ferromagnetic response for the slow (120 min) synthesis process. Energy dispersive spectrometry and atomic absorption spectroscopy confirmed that the magnetisation exhibited by the carbon nanosheets was an intrinsic property and that it was not due to contamination from the substrate. Raman spectroscopy studies revealed that the ferromagnetic carbon nanosheets have a higher ratio (1.20) of graphite peak (I _G) to disordered peak (I _D) than normally expected (0.75–0.90). Available data indicated that the magnetisation was due to the presence of structural disorders.     

Formation and dissociation of protonated cytosine–cytosine base pairs in i-motifs by ab initio quantum chemical calculations

Formation and dissociation mechanisms of C-C＋ base pairs in acidic and alkaline environments are investigated, employing ab initio quantum chemical calculations. Our calculations suggest that, in an acidic environment, a cytosine monomer is first protonated and then dimerized with an unprotonated cytosine monomer to form a C-C＋ base pair; in an alkaline environment, a protonated cytosine dimer is first unprotonated and then dissociated into two cytosine monomers. In addition, the force for detaching a C-C＋ base pair was found to be inversely proportional to the distance between the two cytosine monomers. These results provide a microscopic mechanism to qualitatively explain the experimentally observed reversible formation and dissociation of i-motifs.     

双分子水和氨气催化CF3OH分子裂解的理论研究

利用G3和CBS-QB3的理论方法研究CF₃OH分子裂解成FCFO和HF,并考虑大气中双分子和氨气对CF₃OH分子裂解的催化作用. 理论计算表明：由于在G3的理论水平下,计算的能垒为188.52 kJ/mol,所以CF₃OH分子在大气条件下不可能发生单分子裂解;当氨气和双分子水被加入时,能垒都被降到25.08 kJ/mol,起了强的催化作用. 除此之外,应用过渡态理论对速率常数进行了计算,计算结果表明：氨气催化CF₃OH分子的速率常数是单分子和双分子催化CF₃OH分子裂解速率常数的10⁹和10⁵倍. 考虑到大气中这些物质的浓度,计算结果预测了氨气催化CF₃OH分子裂解在大气中起到重要的作用.     

催化剂组分对制备单壁碳纳米管的影响

利用柠檬酸法制备出了Mo-Fe-MgO，Mo-Co-MgO和W-Co-MgO催化剂，在小型流化床中，以Ar气为载气，在1123 K下催化裂解CH₄来制备单壁碳纳米管(SWCNTs).利用透射电子显微镜和拉曼光谱方法研究了催化剂组分对SWCNTs制备的影响，并对SWCNTs的生长机理进行了探索，研究结果表明，柠檬酸法是一种制备负载型SWCNTs催化剂的有效方法，三种催化剂都能够得到质量较好的SWCNTs,在1123 K左右，SWCNTs在三种催化剂上的生长过程可能类似于“微液相模型”.催化剂的组分对SWCNTs的管径分布影响较小，不同催化剂所得到的SWCNTs在内部结构上存在一定的差异.催化剂中加入第二组分Mo和W能有效提高产物的碳产率. 关键词： 单壁碳纳米管 催化化学气相沉积法 生长机理 拉曼光谱     

Chemical Detection Of Selected Hallucinogens In Water

Abstract

A specific and non-destructive test for basic esters of benzilic and α-glycolic acids in water is described. The compounds are collected on a glass fiber filter as water insoluble complexes with sodium tetraphenylboron. The filter is dried and sprayed with a 2-diphenylacetyl-l, 3-indandione-l-imine derivative. A positive test is the visual observation of fluorescence.     

Unsteady hydromagnetic flow of a reactive variable viscosity third‐grade fluid in a channel with convective cooling

This paper examines the combined effects of a transverse magnetic field and variable viscosity on unsteady flow of a reactive third‐grade electrically conducting fluid and heat transfer in a channel with convective cooling at the surface. It is assumed that the fluid has small electrical conductivity and the electromagnetic force produced is very small. The coupled nonlinear partial differential equations governing the problem are derived and solved numerically using a semi‐implicit finite‐difference scheme. Both numerical and graphical results are presented and physical aspects of the problem are discussed with respect to various parameters embedded in the system. It is in general noted that those parameters that increase/decrase one flow quantity (velocity or temperature) also lead to the increase/decrease respectively of the other quantity. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

MgxZn1-xO薄膜的生长及其光学性能

利用金属有机化学气相沉积(MOCVD)法在蓝宝石(1120)衬底上生长高质量的Mg_xZn_1-xO合金薄膜,实验研究了各种不同Mg组分对样品光学性能的影响。通过光致发光荧光衰减特性对激子发光寿命的研究表明,激子的寿命随Mg组分的增加而增加,当Mg组分达到50%时,激子的寿命为872 ps。     

基于咔唑-靛红双-硫代碳酰腙衍生物的NMR研究

采用多种核磁共振（NMR）技术（包括¹H NMR、¹³C NMR、¹H-¹H COSY、¹H-¹³C HSQC、¹H-¹³C HMBC），对基于咔唑-靛红双-硫代碳酰腙新型衍生物2，即1-[（3Z）-2-氧代吲哚-3-亚基]-5-[（9-己基-3-咔唑基）亚基]硫代碳酰腙的¹H和¹³C NMR信号进行了全归属，确定了其结构．