Doping silver nanoparticles in AOT lyotropic lamellar phases

The organic lyotropic liquid crystal with long-range structural order is used as template to assemble inorganic/organic hybrid by doping pre-fabricated Ag nanoparticles. The lamellar hybrid with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic particles doped simultaneously is realized for the first time. The change of template structure after doping and the stability origin of dual-doped system are characterized by small angle X-ray scattering and polarized optical microscopy. Results show that the interaction and space matching between surfactant bilayers and doped particles are key factors to obtain stable hybrid.     

溶胶-凝胶法合成有机/无机杂化材料进展——1.组分间以化学键作用的有机/无机杂化材料

介绍了溶胶－凝胶法（Sol-gel process)制备组分间以化学键作用的有机／无机杂化材料的基本情况,根据合成方法进行分类,并指出其发展趋势。     

聚酰亚胺-二氧化硅杂化膜的制备及表征

 采用溶胶－凝胶法制备了两类具有不同二氧化硅含量的聚酰亚胺－二氧化硅（PI－SiO2）杂化膜,并用SEM,IR,TG－DTA,氮吸附和气体渗透性能测试等手段对该膜材料的表面形貌、结构、热性能、孔径分布和气体渗透性能进行了表征．结果表明,PI－SiO2膜材料中SiO2粒子的分散良好,与有机相之间存在着分相和键联;膜材料的玻璃化温度θg均随SiO2含量的增加而升高．相比之下,在酸性条件下制备的T系列杂化膜比在碱性条件下合成的S系列杂化膜对θg的影响更大一些;杂化膜具有较好的气体渗透性能和亲水性能,其H2O／N2和H2O／CH4的分离系数远大于努森扩散的理论值．     

Liquid‐crystalline organic–inorganic hybrid polymers with functionalized silsesquioxanes

Liquid‐crystalline (LC) hybrid polymers with functionalized silsesquioxanes with various proportions of LC monomer were synthesized by the reaction of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) macromonomer with methacrylate monomer having an LC moiety under common free‐radical conditions. The obtained LC hybrid polymers were soluble in common solvents such as tetrahydrofuran, toluene, and chloroform, and their structures were characterized with Fourier transform infrared, ¹H NMR, and ²⁹Si NMR. The thermal stability of the hybrid polymers was increased with an increasing ratio of POSS moieties as the inorganic part. Because of the steric hindrance caused by the bulkiness of the POSS macromonomer, the number‐average molecular weight of the hybrid polymers gradually decreased as the molar percentage of POSS in the feed increased. Their liquid crystallinities were very dependent on the POSS segments of the hybrid polymers behaving as hard, compact components. The hybrid polymer with 90 mol % LC moiety (Cube‐LC90) showed liquid crystallinity, larger glass‐transition temperatures, and better stability with respect to the LC homopolymer. The results of differential scanning calorimetry and optical polarizing microscopy showed that Cube‐LC90 had a smectic‐mesophase‐like fine‐grained texture. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 39: 4035–4043, 2001     

Polymers with double-decker and side-opened cage silsesquioxanes: Effects of cage structures on materials properties

Cage silsesquioxanes, also known as polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS), serve as crucial building blocks in crafting precisely designed organic–inorganic hybrid materials, given that their well-defined silsesquioxane clusters can be adorned with organic substituents. While polymers with POSS in their main chains have been thoroughly examined, analyzing the correlation between cage structure and material properties in main-chain-type polymers remains challenging. This difficulty stems from the limited range of organic substituents on traditional POSS monomers, thereby precluding comparisons between polymers with unified substituents and different cage structures. In this study, we synthesized double-decker silsesquioxane (DDSQ) and side-opened POSS (SO-POSS) monomers, both featuring phenyl groups. Subsequent platinum-catalyzed hydrosilylation polymerization yielded main-chain-polymers. Both the cage and linker structures influence thermal stability and the glass transition temperature, while the hardness was primarily determined by the linker structure. This research is the first to elucidate the impact of cage structure on the material properties of main-chain-type POSS polymers.     

A novel aptasensor based on 3D-inorganic hybrid composite as immobilized substrate for sensitive detection of platelet-derived growth factor

A novel electrochemical detection approach for platelet-derived growth factor(PDGF) via "sandwich"structure is reported in this paper. 3D-4MgCO_3 Mg(OH)_2 4H_2O-Au NPs inorganic hybrid composite was utilized as immobilized substrate for sensitive PDGF detection and Pt-Au bimetallic nanoparticles were labelled on PDGF aptamer to indirectly detect PDGF for the first time. The proposed aptasensor exhibited a high catalytic efficiency towards reduction of H_2O_2, hence the sensitive detection of PDGF was achieved.Results showed that the aptasensor exhibited excellent linear response to PDGF, in the range of 0.1 pg/m L–10 ng/m L(4 fmol/L–400 pmol/L), with detection limit of 0.03 pg/m L(1.2 fmol/L).     

Two new Keggin-type polyoxometalate-based organic-inorganic hybrid compounds with metal ions and chelate ligands

Two new hybrid compounds with chemical formulas [Co(L₁)₂(H₂O)₂]₂[SiW₁₂O₄₀]·6H₂O (1) and [Cu₂(C₉H₂₂ N)₂(L₂)₂][SiW₁₂O₄₀]·2H₂O (2) (L₁ = 3,3′-diamino-5,5′-bis(1H-1,2,4-triazole), L₂ = 1,2-bis(3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazole-1-ylmethyl)benzene, C₉H₂₂ N = tripropylamine) were prepared in a hydrothermal reaction system containing Keggin-type polyoxometalates (POMs), transition metal (TM) salts (cobalt salts and copper salts), and chelate L₁/L₂ ligands. X-ray structural analysis reveals that 1 and 2 possess 3-D supramolecular host frameworks with large cavities and the polyoxoanions SiW₁₂ reside in these cavities as the guest templates. The photocatalytic activities of 1 and 2 were investigated. Both compounds show efficient catalytic activity for degradation of RhB with 1 > 2. The loading amount of the POM units and the structural features of these POM-based organic-inorganic hybrid compounds may be necessary factors that affect the activity of catalysts in the photocatalytic degradation.     

A fluctuation theory for Markov chains

A fluctuation theory for Markov chains on an ordered countable state space is developed, using ladder processes. These are shown to be Markov renewal processes. Results are given for the joint distribution of the extremum (maximum or minimum) and the first time the extremum is achieved. Also a new classification of the states of a Markov chain is suggested. Two examples are given.     

On a class of optimum problems in structural design

The paper deals with the existence of solutions for a class of optimal design problems. The notion of relaxation of an integral functional with respect toG-convergence is introduced, and a general integral representation theorem is obtained for the relaxed functional. For a particular class of functionals, this integral representation is computed explicitly.This work has been realized in a National Research Project in Mathematics supported by the Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione (Italy).