Heterostructured composite of NiFe-LDH nanosheets with Ti4O7 for oxygen evolution reaction

Developing oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalyst based on earth-abundant materials holds great promise for ascertaining water-splitting to surmount its deprived kinetics. In this regard, NiFe-LDH (layered double hydroxide) receives considerable attention owing to their layered structure. However, they still suffer from poor electronic conductivity and structural stability. We combined NiFe-LDH nanosheets with Magnéli phase Ti₄O₇ into a heterostructured composite. A series of analyses reveal that decorating Ti₄O₇ facilitates charge transfer to enhance the conductivity of NiFe-LDH-Ti₄O₇. During electrochemical measurement, Ni²⁺ is transformed to metastable Ni³⁺ (Ni (OH)→ NiOOH) before the OER onset potential. Thus, the presence of Ni³⁺ as the main active sites could improve the chemisorption of OH^? to facilitate OER. As a result, the NiFe-LDH-Ti₄O₇ catalyst delivers as low as onset potential (1.43 V). Combining the holey structure (NiFe-LDH and Ti₄O₇) and the defect engineering generated on NiFe-LDH-Ti₄O₇ as a synergistic effect improves the OER performance. The inclusion of Ti₄O₇ in the composite leads to more vacancy sites, as evidenced by the extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) analysis. The obtained defective structure with a low coordination environment would improve the electronic conductivity and facilitate the adsorption process of H₂O onto metal cations, thereby increasing the intrinsic catalytic activity of NiOOH. The strong coupling of NiFe-LDH and Ti₄O₇ also increases the stability, and the heterostructured composite helps maintain the structural robustness of the LDH.     

Review on Scale Dependent Characterization of the Microstructure of Porous Media

The paper discusses local porosity theory and its relation with other geometric characterization methods for porous media such as correlation functions and contact distributions. Special emphasis is placed on the charcterization of geometric observables through Hadwigers theorem in stochastic geometry. The four basic Minkowski functionals are introduced into local porosity theory, and for the first time a relationship is established between the Euler characteristic and the local percolation probabilities. Local porosity distributions and local percolation probabilities provide a scale dependent characterization of the microstructure of porous media that can be used in an effective medium approach to predict transport.     

选择性提取单取代磺酰脲除草剂的印迹聚合物的合成及评价

以丙烯酰胺为功能单体合成了新型的单嘧磺隆印迹聚合物,用平衡吸附及液相色谱的方法研究了印迹聚合物对于印迹分子及其结构类似化合物NK#94827的识别特性及亲和能力.研究结果表明,以丙烯酰胺为功能单体得到的印迹聚合物对NK#94827具有较强的识别能力;为印迹聚合物应用于环境样品中NK#94827及其结构类似化合物的分析打下了基础.     

Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Podophyllotoxin Derivative Containing a Cyclohexadienone Group

4β-Azido-4-demethyl-4'-O-demethyl-epipodophyllotoxin reacted with phenyliodonium diacetate in MeOH at room temperature to synthesize a novel podophyllotoxin derivative containing a cyclohexadienone group with the original configurations of C2 and C4,which are required for the antitumor activities.The component and structure of the pro-duct were confirmed using elemental analysis,high-resolution mass spectrum,1H and 13C NMR spectra,and infrared spectrum.Furthermore,the fragmentation routes of the product were fully assigned with electron-impact time-of-flight mass spectrometry(EI-TOF MS),which can also be used for the structural elucidation based on the molecular ion at m/z 455(16%)and three novel characteristic fragment ions at m/z 183(37%),425(7%),and 199(5%).The cyclohexadienone product is sensitive to acidic media.When it is treated with a trace of acid,another novel derivative containing an orthoquinone moiety is formed,which links with the metabolism of the cancer inhibitors.     

Thermally induced structural transformation of polytriazoleimide to polyindoleimide

A new kind of polytriazoleimide containing bisphenyl-l,2,3-triazole（BPT） was synthesized by copper-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azides and alkynes（CuAAC） and polycondensation.The thermal stability and degradation mechanism of the polytriazoleimide were investigated.The results show that the structure of BPT in polytriazoleimide transforms to phenylindole after thermal treatment,accompanying the release of N₂.     

Topological structure preserving numerical simulations of dynamical models

This paper brings together two methods producing numerical solutions with a statement of their quality — the nonstandard finite difference method and the method of validated computing. It deals with the construction and the analysis of reliable numerical discretizations of dynamical systems by employing these two techniques. An epidemiological model is used as a model example for their combined application.     

Stereoselective synthesis of the C14-C24 degraded fragment of symbiodinolide

Symbiodinolide is a polyol macrolide isolated from the marine dinoflagellate Symbiodinium sp. in 2007. The C14-C24 fragment of symbiodinolide possessing the 17R/18R/21R absolute configuration, which was obtained as one of the degraded products of symbiodinolide, was synthesized stereoselectively from cis-2-butene-1,4-diol. The detailed comparison of the synthetic product with the degraded product in the spectroscopic data confirmed that the stereostructure of the C14-C24 fragment was 17R, 18R, and 21R.     

X-Ray powder diffraction study of structural phase transitions in (Ba0.5Sr0.5)PbO3 perovskite

Study of structural properties of (Ba_0.5Sr_0.5)PbO₃ has been carried out in a wide temperature range from 10 to 1223 K using the X-ray powder diffraction technique. Two temperature-induced structural phase transitions at 948 and 1198 K have been found. For polycrystallines the XPS and electrical resistivity measurements have been performed.     

Relaxation Dynamics In Photo-Excited Halogen-Bridged Pt-Complexes Studied By Femtosecond Luminescence Spectroscopy

The ultrafast dynamics of excited electronic states in a series of quasi-one-dimensional halogen-bridged platinum-complexes was investigated by using femtosecond luminescence spectroscopy. In Pt-Br system, the wave-packet oscillation of the local vibration of self-trapped excitons (STEs) was observed. The time evolutions of luminescence intensity in Pt-Br and Pt-Cl were successfully described by using a model based on a wave-packet motion on the interaction mode coordinate. In Pt-I, very fast decay was observed, suggesting the existence of efficient non-radiative decay channel directing to structural change.