Capsules with Silver Nanoparticle Enrichment Subdomains and Their Antimicrobial Properties

The fabrication of polyelectrolyte multilayer capsules with controllable submicron‐sized subdomains and the in situ synthesis of silver nanoparticles are reported. Because poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) is released from the shell of the capsules in the dissolution process of sacrificial cores, the remaining poly(4‐vinylpyridine) (PVP) forms subdomains of spheres with controllable sizes, which can be tuned by the number of PVP/PAA bilayers. This creates capsules with special surface morphology and enables the in situ synthesis of Ag nanoparticles within the PVP subdomains on the shell of capsules. In addition, the in‐situ formed Ag nanoparticles can be mostly released from PVP subdomains of capsules in pH 2.0 solution, whereas they are stable in neutral solution. These specially designed capsules containing Ag nanoparticles can be used as antimicrobial materials and potentially benefit remote drug release by laser activation.     

超细AgO粉末:制备及热分解非等温动力学

采用化学沉淀法,以臭氧为氧化剂制备了超细AgO粉末,并用XRD、XPS、SEM和粒度分析仪对制备的粉末进行了表征,借助热重分析法(TG)和线性升温理论对超细AgO粉末的热分解过程和非等温热分解动力学机理进行了研究。结果表明,制备的AgO属于单斜晶系,形貌为片状,其粒径分布在45～551nm之间,大部分在200nm左右;AgO的热分解分两步,158℃开始分解,放出氧气形成Ag2O,413℃进一步分解形成Ag;其热分解反应服从核生成和核成长为控制步骤的A2机理,热分解表观活化能为90.26kJ·mol-1,反应频率因子为1.64×108s-1。     

纳米银对表面吸附甲基橙分子的光谱学性质的影响

甲基橙溶液中引入纳米银胶,甲基橙分子的π-π*和n-π*电子跃迁吸收蓝移。随着纳米银胶浓度增加,S2-S0跃迁荧光发射强度不断下降,发射峰红移,而S1-S0跃迁荧光发射强度不断增加。纳米银对pH=2.1的甲基橙溶液的S1-S0跃迁荧光发射强度增强高于pH=6的甲基橙溶液。采用透射电子显微镜、紫外-可见吸收分光光度计和荧光分光光度计等手段从局域场增强、分子间的相互作用和能量传输等方面初步探讨了纳米银胶对表面吸附甲基橙分子光谱学性质影响机制。     

Spectroscopic Studies on the Interaction of Acid Yellow With Bovine Serum Albumin

Azo dyes, which are common in the environment, can be toxic to various organisms. In order to determine the molecular mechanism of acid yellow 11(AY) toxicity, we studied the effect of AY exposure to the common protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) by several spectroscopic techniques including fluorescence spectroscopy, ultraviolet spectrophotometry (UV) and circular dichroism (CD). It could be concluded from the fluorescence spectra that the quenching effect of BSA by AY was mainly due to complex formation which was unrelated to the absorption of AY. The enthalpy change (ΔH) and entropy change (ΔS) were found to be −21.94 kJ/mol and 30.04 Jmol^-1 K^-1, respectively. The results confirm that electrostatic attraction was the predominant intermolecular force between BSA and AY. Furthermore, the binding distance (r) between AY and the inner tryptophan residue of BSA was determined to be 3.541 nm on the basis of Forster theory of non-radiative energy transfer. In addition, the conformational changes of BSA in the presence of AY were also analyzed by UV and CD. These results indicated that AY could interact with BSA by complex formation, which also affected the structure of BSA.     

STM and STS Studies of One-Dimensional Row Growth: Ag on Si(5 5 12)

We have studied the growth of Ag on Si(5 5 12) using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/STS). At metal coverages as low as 0.05 monolayer (ML), Ag forms well-ordered overlayer rows, or one-dimensional clusters, on the underlying silicon surface. To produce these ordered structures, it is necessary to anneal the surface to 450°C. As the coverage is increased above 0.05 ML, the rows grow in length and number until the surface forms a periodic array of such structures at 0.25 ML. A statistical analysis of the rows reveals a linear increase in median row length as a function of coverage. With regard to their electronic behavior, STS measurements show a significantly narrower band gap along the Ag rows than is found on the underlying silicon structures. Therefore, the deposited Ag atoms do retain some metallic behavior.