ZnO/Ag复合纳米粒子的制备与表征

以乙酸锌为前驱物,乙醇为溶剂,油酸钠为表面修饰剂,采用溶液化学法,在乙醇体系中制得纳米Zn O。然后缓慢加入一定量的硝酸银乙醇溶液,在乙醇的还原作用下将Ag+还原为Ag纳米粒子,制得Zn O/Ag复合纳米粒子。通过紫外-可见吸收光谱(UV-Vis)、荧光光谱(FL)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)和X射线衍射(XRD)等方法对所制备的氧化锌-银复合纳米粒子样品进行表征。结果表明,所合成的Zn O/Ag复合纳米粒子为球形,尺寸为20-30nm且粒径分布较窄。Ag纳米粒子附着于Zn O纳米粒子表面,并起到良好的表面修饰作用。对制备Zn O/Ag复合纳米粒子的机理进行了初步探究。     

二氧化锰纳米管模拟氧化酶的性能、抑制剂及其对Pb2+的测定

采用简便的水热法,获得了具有氧化酶催化特性的二氧化锰纳米管,研究了其对氧气(O2)氧化3,3',5,5'-四甲基联苯二胺(TMB)发生显色反应的催化性能,重点考察了常见金属离子对其活性的抑制作用。结果表明,能与MnO2表面发生特异性吸附络合作用的Pb2+的抑制作用最为显著。基于该抑制作用,建立了针对铅离子的高灵敏、快速检测新方法。结果显示,铅的线性范围为1.0×10-7~1.0×10-3 mol/L,检出限为3.0×10-8 mol/L。     

新型Co（Ⅲ）配合物（CoL3）的合成及其晶体结构

以3,5-二溴水杨醛缩甲胺希夫碱(HL)为定向配体,硝酸钴为金属离子源,采用溶剂热法在乙腈中合成了一个新型的单核钴(Ⅲ)配合物(Co L3,1),其结构经IR和X-射线单晶衍射表征。1属单斜晶系,空间群P21/n,晶胞参数a=13.833 2(4),b=20.558 2(8),c=20.691 7(7),β=100.622(3)°,V=5 783.6(3)3,Z=8,Dc=2.147 g·cm-3,R1=0.045,wR2=0.092,S=1.02。1中Co(Ⅲ)分别与三个二齿配体上的三个O原子和三个N原子配位,形成轻度扭曲的八面体构型。分子间通过C-H┈Br和Br┈Br弱作用相互连接成三维网络结构。     

热抽取法测定钴块中氢含量

研究了钴块中氢含量的测定方法。采用石英坩埚加载样品,热抽取法进行测定。不加任何助熔剂,分析功率为100%,匹配的分析时间为110 s,比较水平设定为0.1%。在选定的参数下,样品能在完全熔融状态下释放出全部氢。方法加标回收率为80%~119%,测定结果的相对标准偏差小于15%(n=6),检出限为0.5μg/g。热抽取法的精密度优于熔融法的精密度,满足微量气体分析的要求。     

紫外荧光硫分析仪用燃烧管的结构改进研究

对紫外荧光硫分析仪用石英燃烧管进行了结构改进,在原结构设计的基础上,增加了裂解氧预热管、挡板和氧气反吹口等。实验表明,相比于原结构设计的石英燃烧管进样量20μL和检出限0.2 mg/L,改进后的燃烧管进样量提高到了100μL,检出限达0.05 mg/L,线性范围为0.1～600 mg/L,相关系数大于0.999。采用改进后的燃烧管测定10.0 mg/L硫含量标准物质,其相对偏差为–1.5%～3.1%,测定结果的相对标准偏差为1.77%(n=10),两者均符合油品硫含量检测要求。改进后的燃烧管可替代市场上的其它国产石英燃烧管,进行油品中硫含量的测定。     

α-Al_2O_3比表面积标准物质的研制

选择市售α-Al2O3粉体作为比表面积标准物质候选材料,采用交叉缩分方法对标准物质样品进行分装。检验结果表明α-Al2O3标准物质样品具有良好的均匀性和稳定性(18个月)。采用国际公认的氮气物理吸附BET方法,联合测量能力经过确认的8家实验室对α-Al2O3标准物质样品进行定值,标准值比表面积为5.47 m2/g,不确定度为0.22 m2/g(k=2)。     

用于柴油车尾气消除反应(NH3-SCR)的八元环沸石分子筛研究进展

系统总结了作为柴油车尾气消除反应(NH₃-SCR)催化材料的八元环沸石分子筛(CHA, AEI, RTH)的研究进展, 讨论了不同方法合成的八元环沸石分子筛在NH₃-SCR反应中的性能差异, 并对未来八元环分子筛的发展趋势进行了展望.     

A size-modified poisson–boltzmann ion channel model in a solvent of multiple ionic species: Application to voltage-dependent anion channel

We present a new size-modified Poisson–Boltzmann ion channel (SMPBIC) model and use it to calculate the electrostatic potential, ionic concentrations, and electrostatic solvation free energy for a voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) on a biological membrane in a solution mixture of multiple ionic species. In particular, the new SMPBIC model adopts a membrane surface charge density and a natural Neumann boundary condition to reflect the charge effect of the membrane on the electrostatics of VDAC. To avoid the singularity difficulties caused by the atomic charges of VDAC, the new SMPBIC model is split into three submodels such that the solution of one of the submodels is obtained analytically and contains all the singularity points of the SMPBIC model. The other two submodels are then solved numerically much more efficiently than the original SMPBIC model. As an application of this SMPBIC submodel partitioning scheme, we derive a new formula for computing the electrostatic solvation free energy. Numerical results for a human VDAC isoform 1 (hVDAC1) in three different salt solutions, each with up to five different ionic species, confirm the significant effects of membrane surface charges on both the electrostatics and ionic concentrations. The results also show that the new SMPBIC model can describe well the anion selectivity property of hVDAC1, and that the new electrostatic solvation free energy formula can significantly improve the accuracy of the currently used formula. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Simulating ion channel activation mechanisms using swarms of trajectories

Atomic-level studies of protein activity represent a significant challenge as a result of the complexity of conformational changes occurring on wide-ranging timescales, often greatly exceeding that of even the longest simulations. A prime example is the elucidation of protein allosteric mechanisms, where localized perturbations transmit throughout a large macromolecule to generate a response signal. For example, the conversion of chemical to electrical signals during synaptic neurotransmission in the brain is achieved by specialized membrane proteins called pentameric ligand-gated ion channels. Here, the binding of a neurotransmitter results in a global conformational change to open an ion-conducting pore across the nerve cell membrane. X-ray crystallography has produced static structures of the open and closed states of the proton-gated GLIC pentameric ligand-gated ion channel protein, allowing for atomistic simulations that can uncover changes related to activation. We discuss a range of enhanced sampling approaches that could be used to explore activation mechanisms. In particular, we describe recent application of an atomistic string method, based on Roux's “swarms of trajectories” approach, to elucidate the sequence and interdependence of conformational changes during activation. We illustrate how this can be combined with transition analysis and Brownian dynamics to extract thermodynamic and kinetic information, leading to understanding of what controls ion channel function. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Fast multipole method for three-dimensional systems with periodic boundary condition in two directions

We derived a new expression for the electrostatic interaction of three-dimensional charge-neutral systems with two-dimensional periodic boundary conditions (slab geometry) using a fast multipole method (FMM). Contributions from all the image cells are expressed as a sum of real and reciprocal space terms, and a self-interaction term. The reciprocal space contribution consists of two parts: zero and nonzero terms of the absolute value of the reciprocal lattice vector. To test the new expressions, electrostatic interactions were calculated for a randomly placed charge distribution in a cubic box and liquid water produced by molecular dynamics calculation. The accuracy could be controlled by the degree of expansion of the FMM. In the present expression, the computational complexity of the electrostatic interaction of N-particle systems is order N, which is superior to that of the conventional two-dimensional periodic Ewald method for a slab geometry and the particle mesh Ewald method with a large empty space at an interface of the unit cell. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.