Structure and Photoelectric Characteristics of Functional Polymers and of Compositions Based on Them

The electronic processes in disordered organic solids were analyzed, classified, and summarized. They include the photogeneration of charge pairs, electron transport, geminal and bimolecular recombination, and the capture of charge carriers in local electronic states. General criteria were formulated for the targeted search for and the creation of new prospective polymers and their compositions with organic pigments and related compounds having specific photoelectric characteristics for electrographic and holographic media, photoelectric converters, and electroluminescent and photorefractive devices.     

Intrinsic intermediate gap states of TiO2 materials and their roles in charge carrier kinetics

Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) is regarded as an important prototype photocatalytic material for several decades. The charge carrier kinetics determines the photocatalytic properties of TiO₂ materials; this is found to be greatly dependent on electronic structures. It has been revealed that the intrinsic intermediate gap states (intrinsic GSs) play a significant role in charge carrier kinetics that drive the photocatalytic processes of TiO₂ materials, which are not well summarized until now. Motivated by this thought, the purpose of this review focuses on physiochemical science of the intrinsic GSs of TiO₂ materials and their important role in charge carrier kinetics. We first give a summary on the chemical resources of the intrinsic GSs in TiO₂ and their physiochemical nature. Their general energy distribution, charge carrier population, and the associated thermodynamic properties are also elaborated from an overall viewpoint. We further carefully summarize and compare the experimental studies on the energy and the density distribution of the intrinsic GSs and discuss the associated chemical resources and charge carrier localizations. Trapping is the dominant function of intrinsic GSs in the charge carrier kinetics of TiO₂ materials. The significant effect of trapping on the transport, recombination, and interfacial transfer of charge carriers are also comprehensive summarized. Furthermore, the effects of charge carrier kinetics on photocatalytic performances are also discussed to some extents. Because of the importance of intrinsic GSs in modulating charge carrier kinetics, it is expected to increase the photocatalytic activity by engineering the intrinsic GSs, not only for TiO₂ materials, but also for the other semiconductor photocatalysts.     

三氟化硼修饰载体负载茂金属催化乙烯聚合

用BF3对载体硅胶和氧化铝进行了表面修饰,考察了修饰的载体负载茂金属催化剂后催化乙烯聚合的特性.研究表明,用BF3修饰过的载体负载二氯二茂锆催化乙烯的聚合,聚合活性有较大提高,具有工业应用前景,并且提出了这一催化体系的负载机理.     

Modular synthesis of photodegradable polymers with different sensitive wavelengths as UV/NIR responsive nanocarriers

We report the modular and facile synthesis of three novel polymers able to photodegrade by UV and visible light via the Passerini multicomponent polymerizations of 1,6‐hexanedioic acid and 1,6‐diisocyanohexane with 5‐methoxy‐2‐nitrobenzaldehyde ( M2 ), 4,5‐dimethoxy‐2‐nitrobenzaldehyde ( M3 ) or 7‐(N,N‐diethylamino)‐4‐formylcoumarin ( M4 ) respectively. This synthetic strategy takes the advantage of the in situ formation of a photolabile chromophore via the Passerini reaction of an aromatic aldehyde with an acid and an isocyanide, thus it is a versatile approach to regulating the photochemical property of the photolabile chromophores by just changing the aldehyde structure. Importantly, two polymers ( P3 and P4 ) even exhibit NIR degradability due to the two‐photon absorption, and their nanoparticles formulated by the single emulsion method have been used as the NIR‐responsive nanocarriers for hydrophobic dyes. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019 , 57, 334–341     

Everything you wanted to know about phase and reference frequency in one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy

The fundamental concept of phase discussed in this tutorial aimed at providing students with an explanation of the delays and processing parameters they may find in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) pulse programs. We consider the phase of radio-frequency pulses, receiver, and magnetization and how all these parameters are related to phases and offsets of signals in spectra. The impact of the off-resonance effect on the phase of the magnetization is discussed before presenting an overview of how adjustment of the time reference of the free induction decay avoids first-order correction of the phase of spectra. The main objective of this tutorial is to show how the relative phase of a pulse and the receiver can be used to change the reference frequency along direct and indirect dimensions of NMR experiments. Unusual of phase incrementation with non-90° angles will be illustrated on one- and two-dimensional NMR spectra.     

CompassR Yields Highly Organic-Solvent-Tolerant Enzymes through Recombination of Compatible Substitutions

The CompassR (computer-assisted recombination) rule enables, among beneficial substitutions, the identification of those that can be recombined in directed evolution. Herein, a recombination strategy is systematically investigated to minimize experimental efforts and maximize possible improvements. In total, 15 beneficial substitutions from Bacillus subtilis lipase A (BSLA), which improves resistance to the organic cosolvent 1,4-dioxane (DOX), were studied to compare two recombination strategies, the two-gene recombination process (2GenReP) and the in silico guided recombination process (InSiReP), employing CompassR. Remarkably, both strategies yielded a highly DOX-resistant variant, M4 (I12R/Y49R/E65H/N98R/K122E/L124K), with up to 14.6-fold improvement after screening of about 270 clones. M4 has a remarkably enhanced resistance in 60 % (v/v) acetone (6.0-fold), 30 % (v/v) ethanol (2.1-fold), and 60 % (v/v) methanol (2.4-fold) compared with wild-type BSLA. Molecular dynamics simulations revealed that attracting water molecules by charged surface substitutions is the main driver for increasing the DOX resistance of BSLA M4. Both strategies and obtained molecular knowledge can likely be used to improve the properties of other enzymes with a similar α/β-hydrolase fold.     

A modified simplex method for multifactor optimization of selectivity in gas chromatography

A computer-assisted advanced simplex method is presented for the simultaneous optimization of multifactor ( stationary phase loading, carrier gas flow rate and column temperature ) for separation of ten compounds in gas chromatography. A three factors factorial design was used. The method was based on a special polynomial established from fifteen preliminary runs, using resolution as the selection criterion, with connection to a general simplex method. Excellent agreement is found between the predicted data and the experimental results, and most of experiments required in the general simplex method can be omitted.     

Selective permeation of CO2 through poly 2-(N,N-dimethyl)aminoethyl methacrylate membrane prepared by plasma-graft polymerization technique

A membrane having an amine moiety was prepared by plasma-grafting 2-(N,N-dimethyl)aminoethyl methacrylate (DAMA) onto a microporous polyethylene substrate. Permselectivity of the membrane for CO₂ over N₂ was achieved in both dry and water swollen conditions. When the CO₂ partial pressure in the feed gas was 0.047 atm, the selectivity of CO₂ over N₂ reached 130 for the highly swollen water containing membrane. This value was found to agree with that obtained with a mobile carrier membrane (supported liquid membrane) using DAMA as the carrier. The effects of several experimental conditions such as degree of grafting, feed partial pressure and temperature on the membrane performance were studied. It was suggested that the membrane acted as a fixed carrier membrane for CO₂ facilitated transport in under the dry condition and acted as a fixed reaction site membrane in the water swollen condition. The carrier transport mechanism is discussed for dry and aqueous membranes.     

锌掺杂对TiO2染料敏化电池光阳极中电荷俘获态分布及电子复合过程的影响

基于瞬态光电压和瞬态光电流技术研究了锌掺杂的TiO2染料敏化太阳能电池中电子复合及传输的动力学行为.通过实验获得了不同阳极掺杂条件下的电子复合时间常数与电子收集时间常数,考察了锌掺杂对电池阳极材料导带能级和电子俘获态的影响.研究结果表明,锌的掺杂在提高TiO2导带能级的同时延长了俘获态电子的复合时间常数,从而大大提高了电池的开路电压.     

电沉积表面修饰对染料敏化太阳电池微观性能影响机理研究

为了改善染料敏化太阳电池内电子的传输复合过程, 研究者尝试不同方法制备或改性TiO₂薄膜. 对TiO₂薄膜进行后处理, 在其表面引入一层小颗粒层, 是一种有效的方法并被广泛研究. 通过对TiO₂薄膜不同时间的电沉积表面修饰, 细致研究了表面修饰后染料敏化太阳电池微观性能的变化机制. 采用阳极氧化法在TiCl₃水溶液中对TiO₂薄膜进行电沉积后处理, 将溶液pH值调至2.2, 装置的反应速率由恒电位仪控制. 不同沉积时间电池带边移动以及电子传输复合的动力学过程, 借助强度调制光电流谱(IMPS)/强度调制光电压谱(IMVS)和电化学阻抗谱(EIS)等探测技术表征. 研究表明, 电沉积在TiO₂薄膜表面引入了大量浅能级陷阱态, 以致电势较高时电容随沉积时间延长增加明显. 不同时间的电沉积表面修饰在TiO₂薄膜表面形成了新的小颗粒层并改善了TiO₂颗粒间接触, 在改善电子注入及收集过程的同时, 也有效抑制了内部电子复合. IMPS/IMVS结果表明, 电沉积对动力学过程改善的效果受光强影响明显, 弱光下作用更为突出. 此外, 电池开路电压主要受带边移动及内部复合变化影响, 随沉积时间延长, 表面电荷的增多使TiO₂薄膜带边逐渐正移, 有效改善了光电流却限制了开路电压的提升. 在适合的电沉积时间下, 电沉积表面修饰可以同时改善光电流和光电压.