二氧化硅/聚苯乙烯复合微球的制备及作为固相萃取填料的研究

以分散聚合法制备了二氧化硅/聚苯乙烯单分散复合微球,以红外光谱、透射电镜(TEM)、扫描电镜(SEM)等手段对其进行了表征。以合成的二氧化硅/聚苯乙烯作为固相萃取填料制作固相萃取小柱。通过固相萃取与液相色谱联用,测定了水中邻硝基酚、间硝基酚、对硝基酚和辛基酚、壬基酚,考察了固相萃取条件对固相萃取柱性能的影响,选择了最佳的色谱分离条件。结果表明,自制固相萃取小柱对水中硝基酚、烷基酚的萃取率高,与HPLC联用测定结果重现性好,邻硝基酚、间硝基酚、对硝基酚、辛基酚、壬基酚的最低检出限分别为0.90、0.72、0.62、0.38和0.41μg/L。     

A microfluidic spiral for size-dependent fractionation of magnetic microspheres

Magnetic microspheres (MMS) are useful tools for a variety of medical and pharmaceutical applications. Typically, commercially manufactured MMS exhibit broad size distributions. This polydispersity is problematic for many applications. Since the direct synthesis of monodisperse MMS is often fraught with technical challenges, there is considerable interest in and need associated with the development of techniques for size-dependent fractionation of MMS. In this study we demonstrated continuous size-dependent fractionation of sub-micron scale particles driven by secondary (Dean effect) flows in curved microfluidic channels. Our goal was to demonstrate that such techniques can be applied to MMS containing superparamagnetic nanoparticles. To achieve this goal, we developed and tested a microfluidic chip for continuous MMS fractionation. Our data address two key areas. First, the densities of MMS are typically in the range 1.5–2.5 g/cm³, and thus they tend be non-neutrally buoyant. Our data demonstrate that efficient size-dependent fractionation of MMS entrained in water (density 1 g/cm³) is possible and is not significantly influenced by the density mismatch. In this context we show that a mixture comprising two different monodisperse MMS components can be separated into its constituent parts with 100% and 88% success for the larger and smaller particles, respectively. Similarly, we show that a suspension of polydisperse MMS can be separated into streams containing particles with different mean diameters. Second, our data demonstrate that efficient size-dependent fractionation of MMS is not impeded by magnetic interactions between particles, even under application of homogeneous magnetic fields as large as 35 kA/m. The chip is thus suitable for the separation of different particle fractions in a continuous process and the size fractions can be chosen simply by adjusting the flow velocity of the carrier fluid. These facts open the door to size dependent fractionation of MMS.     

Synthesis of CdS/SiO2/polymer tri-layer fluorescent nanospheres with functional polymer shells

Tri-layer CdS/SiO₂/polymer hybrid nanospheres were synthesized by distillation precipitation polymerization of either ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate（EGDMA） or EGDMA together with comonomers having different functional groups, such as methacrylic acid,4-vinylpyridine and 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate,in the presence of 3-（methacryloxy）propyl trimefhoxysilane（MPS）-modified CdS/SiO₂ nanoparticles as seeds in acetonitrile with 2,2’-azobisisobutyronitrile（AIBN） as initiator.In this approach,MPS-modified inorganic seeds were prepared by the modification of CdS/SiO₂ nanoparticles via the self-condensation reaction between the hydroxyl groups of sinaols,in which the CdS/SiO-2 nanoparticles were afforded by a reverse microemulsion technique for the synthesis of CdS core nanoparticles with the subsequent coating of silica layer. The polymer shell-layers encapsulated over the MPS-modified CdS/SiO₂ inorganic seeds via the efficient capture of the monomers and oligomers from the solution with the aid of the vinyl groups incorporated by the MPS modification,in which the polymer shell-thickness and functional groups including carboxyl,pyridyl and hydroxyl,were facilely controlled by the feed of EGDMA as well as the types of comonomers used for the polymerization.These nanospheres were characterized by transmission electron microscopy（TEM）,Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy（FT-IR）,thermogravimetric analysis （TGA）,fluorescence spectroscopy and zeta potential.     

High immobilization of antibacterial moieties onto monodisperse microspheres by dispersion polymerization using bicationic viologen surfmer

In order to achieve monodisperse particles with high content of antibacterial groups covalently bonded on surface, a bicationic viologen,N-hexyl-N’-(4-vinylbenzyl)-4,4’-bipyridinium bromide chloride(HW) was devised as a surfmer in dispersion polymerization of styrene(St) using a mixture of methanol(or ethylene glycol) and water as media.Effects of content of HW,its addition profile and composition of reaction media on particles size and incorporation of HW moieties were mainly investigated.The attachment of silver and gold nanoparticles on particle surface under UV irradiation ascertained the surface-bonded HW segments.SEM,TEM observations and XPS,zata potential measurements indicated that increase of initial HW contents and addition of HW(when polymerization had been performed for 3 h) led to grown particles and enhanced immobilization of HW moieties.Using a mixture of ethylene glycol and water as reaction media, small particles(520-142 nm) with highly attached HW moieties were prepared.Furthermore,antibacterial efficacy of the resultant particles against S.aureus was assayed,and particles with more HW moieties anchored on surface demonstrated greater efficiency of antibacterial activity.     

Solar photocatalytic activities of porous Nb-doped TiO2 microspheres prepared by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis

Ultrasonic spray pyrolysis method was used to prepare Nb-doped TiO₂ porous microspheres with an average diameter of 500 nm for solar photocatalytic applications. The effect of Nb-doping on morphology, structure, surface area, as well as spectral absorption properties of TiO₂ microspheres was investigated with SEM, TEM, XRD, Raman spectra, BET, and UV-Vis absorption spectra. The Nb-doping decreased the grain size of TiO₂ porous microsphere, and influenced its surface area and pore size distribution dependent on the doping concentration, but changed negligibly the morphology and size of TiO₂ microspheres. Moreover, the Nb-doping was observed to extend the spectral absorption of TiO₂ into visible spectrum, and the absorption onset was red-shifted for about 88 nm at a doping level of 5% compared to pristine TiO₂ microspheres. Under solar or visible irradiation, Nb-doped TiO₂ microspheres showed higher photocatalytic activity for methylene blue degradation compared with TiO₂ microspheres, which could be ascribed to the extended light absorption range and the suppression of electron-hole pair recombination.     

Influence of surface modification of SrFe12O19 particles with oleic acid on magnetic microsphere preparation

Oleic acid was used as surface modification agent to improve the hydrophobicity of magnetic strontium hexaferrite particles. The structure and properties of treated magnetic particles were characterized by scanning electronic microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) and magnetic property measurement system (MPMS). The results show that oleic acid is chemically enwrapped on the surface of SrFe12O19 particles. Magnetic particles modified by oleic acid are highly dispersible and strongly responsive to magnetism but with slight decrease in saturated magnetization. The affinity between magnetic particles and monomers is improved by surface modification, resulting in increased particle incorporation in magnetic polymeric microspheres. The surface modification mechanism of magnetic particles by oleic acid is addressed in this work.     

交联聚苯乙烯微球的表面化学改性及吡啶基卟啉的固载化

以无致癌毒性的1,4-二氯甲氧基丁烷为氯甲基化试剂,先将交联聚苯乙烯(CPS)微球氯甲基化,制得氯甲基化微球CMCPS。 然后使微球CMCPS与4-吡啶甲醛进行季铵化反应,将4-吡啶甲醛键合到CPS微球表面,制得键合吡啶甲醛(PyAL)的改性微球PyAL-CPS。 考察了主要反应条件对季铵化反应的影响,最终确定季铵化反应的优化条件:溶剂CCl4,反应温度60 ℃,最后使改性微球PyAL-CPS、4-吡啶甲醛及吡咯在固-液界面上进行Adler反应,形成固载吡啶基卟啉(PyP)的微球PyP-CPS。 用IR和UV-Vis以及Zn2+配合物生成法表征了微球PyP-CPS的形成及负载量。     

Carbon Microsphere-Supported Metallic Nickel Nanoparticles as Novel Heterogeneous Catalysts and Their Application for the Reduction of Nitrophenol

Nickel nanoparticles are gaining increasing attention in catalysis due to their versatile catalytic action. A novel, low-cost and facile method was developed in this work to synthesize carbon microsphere-supported metallic nickel nanoparticles (Ni-NP/C) for heterogeneous catalysis. The synthesis was based on carbonizing a polystyrene-based cation exchange resin loaded with nickel ions at temperatures between 500 and 1000 °C. The decomposition of the nickel-organic framework resulted in both Ni-NP and carbon microsphere formation. The phase composition, morphology and surface area of these Ni-NP/C microspheres were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and BET analysis. Elemental nickel was found to be the only metal containing phase; fcc-Ni coexisted with hcp-Ni at carbonization temperatures between 500 and 700 °C, and fcc-Ni was the only metallic phase at 800–1000 °C. Graphitization and carbon nanotube formation were observed at high temperatures. The catalytic activity of Ni-NP/C was tested in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol by sodium borohydride, and Ni-NP/C was proved to be an efficient catalyst in this reaction. The relatively easy and scalable synthetic method, as well as the easy separation and catalytic activity of Ni-NP/C, provide a viable alternative to existing nickel nanocatalysts in future applications.     

Effect of Excipients on Stability and Structure of rhCuZn-SOD Encapsulated in PLGA Microspheres

When a protein is encapsulated into poly (DL-lactide-co-glycolide)(PLGA) microspheres by means of thedouble-emulsion method, the harsh microspheres formation process including ultrasonifieation, exposure toan organic solvent and a polymer may cause the denaturation of the protein. In this study, we investigatedthe enzymatic activity change and the effect of the excipients on the stability of recombinant human Cu ,Zn-su-peroxide dismutase (rhCu, Zn-SOD) during the emulsification. The specific activity recovery was found to beconcentration dependent and the excipients involved such as PEG 600 and Tween 20. and trehalose wereshown to increase the stability of rhCu, Zn-SOD. The protein structural integrity within the microsphereswas analyzed by FTIR. The structure of rhCu, Zn-SOD within PLGA microspheres containing trehalose wasfound to be similar to that of the native solid state, whereas the protein encapsulated during the preparationin the absence of any excipient changed due to the possible hydrophobic interaction with the polymer. The re-sults suggest that a rational stability strategy for protein to be encapsulated into microspheres should aim atdifferent processes.     

Synthesis of polyphenol microsphere‐supported palladium complex and evaluation of its catalytic performance for Heck reaction

Polyphenol microspheres were prepared by template polymerization of phenol in the presence of horseradish peroxidase as bio‐enzyme catalyst and aqueous 1,4‐dioxane as solvent. The morphology of polyphenol microspheres thus obtained was observed with a scanning electron microscope. Further, polyphenol microspheres as obtained were loaded with palladium to generate polyphenol microsphere‐supported Pd complex. Resultant Pd complex catalyst supported by polyphenol microspheres was characterized by means of Fourier transformation infrared spectrometry, X‐ray diffraction, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy, and its thermal stability was examined. Moreover, the catalytic activity of polyphenol microsphere‐supported Pd catalyst as synthesized for the Heck reactions of acrylic acid with aryl iodides was evaluated. Results indicate that the polyphenol microsphere as obtained has a diameter of about 500 nm. Polyphenol microsphere‐supported Pd catalyst, as synthesized, at a dosage of 0.37 mol% Pd, possesses good catalytic activity for the Heck reactions of acrylic acid with aryl iodides in air at a low temperature of 50°C, and it also exhibits catalytic activity for bromide and activated chlorobenzene. The polyphenol microsphere‐supported Pd complex has good thermal stability, and it can be readily separated and reused; the yield of the reaction of iodobenzene with acrylic acid remains at 82% after five recycle runs, showing promising potential as a catalyst for Heck reactions. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.