Cathodic electrochemiluminescence at double barrier Al/Al2O3/Al/Al2O3 tunnel emission electrodes

Double insulating barrier tunnel emission electrodes were fabricated by adding a new pure aluminum layer upon oxidized aluminum electrodes by vacuum evaporation and thermally oxidizing the new aluminum layer in air at room temperature. Resulting Al/Al₂O₃/Al/Al₂O₃ electrodes allow the use of various aluminum alloys in the electrode body necessary for hardness or shaping ability of the electrode while obtaining the luminescence properties of pure aluminum oxide. During electrical excitation of luminescent labels by cathodic hot electron injection into aqueous electrolyte solution, the background noise is mainly based on high-field-induced solid-state electroluminescence and F-center luminescence of the outer aluminum oxide film. The more defect states and/or impurity centers the outer oxide film contains, the higher is the background emission intensity. The present electrode fabrication method provides a considerable improvement in signal-to-noise ratio for time-resolved electrochemiluminescence (TR-ECL) measurements when the original native oxide film of the electrode body contains luminescence centers displaying long-lived luminescence. The excellent performance of the present electrodes is demonstrated by extremely low-level detection of Tb(III) chelates, luminol, Pt(II) coproporphyrin and Tb(III) labels in an immunometric immunoassay by time-resolved electrochemiluminescence.     

meso-substituted aromatic 34pi core-modified octaphyrins: syntheses,characterization and anion binding properties

Modified octaphyrins with 34pi electrons have been synthesized and characterized following a simple synthetic methodology. An acid-catalyzed alpha,alpha coupling of tetrapyrranes containing furan, thiophene and selenophene rings resulted in the formation of the respective octaphyrins in relatively good yield. Solution studies by (1)H NMR and 2D NMR methods and single crystal Xray structural characterization reveal an almost flat structure with two heterocyclic rings inverted. Specifically, in 14 two selenophene rings (one on each biselenophene unit) are inverted while in 15 two furan rings (one on each bifuran unit) are inverted when the meso substituent are mesityl groups. On changing the mesityl substituent to m-xylyl group as in 19, the location of ring inversion shifts to pyrrole rings (one on each bipyrrole unit) indicating the dependence of structure on the meso substituents. UV/Vis studies, both in freebase and protonated forms reveal typical porphyrinic character and the aromatic nature of the octaphyrins. The Deltadelta values evaluated by (1)H NMR spectroscopy also support their aromatic nature. The protonated forms of octaphyrins bind TFA anion in a 1:2 ratio. The TFA anions are located one above and below the plane of the octaphyrin macrocycle and they are held by weak electrostatic NH-O interactions similar to that observed for protonated rubyrins. However, in the present case, there is an additional non-electrostatic CH-O interaction involving beta-CH of the inverted heterocyclic ring and the carbonyl oxygen of the TFA. Furthermore, inter molecular interactions between the Cbond;H of the meso-mesityl group and the fluorine of CF(3) group of bound TFA leads to the formation of one-dimensional supramolecular arrays with interplanar distance of 13 A between two octaphyrins.     

The synthetic microporous tellurites Na2[Me 2(TeO3)3]·3H2O (Me=Zn,Co): Crystal structure,De- and rehydration,and ion exchange properties

Summary The crystal structure investigations of hydrothermally synthesized Na₂[Zn₂(TeO₃)₃]·3H₂O (NZT) and Na₂[Co₂(TeO₃)₃]·3H₂O (NCT) using single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods revealed a microporous framework structure of hexagonal symmetry with tubular channels running parallel to the c-axis (zemannite type). The statistically occupied sites of the Na⁺ ions and H₂O molecules within the channels as well as the channel dimensions indicate a possible zeolitic behaviour of the compounds. Thermoanalytical investigations ofNZT show an irreversible breakdown of the framework already atT=533 K caused by complete dehydration. A reversible rehydration was solely observed for partially dehydratedNZT (T493 K); a remarkable ion exchange rate from alkali-chloride solutions was observed only for Li⁺. Both the rehydration and the ion exchange properties are characterized by relatively long reaction times. The relatively poor zeolitic properties compared to typical zeolitic compounds could be related to the stereochemical activity of the lone-pair electrons of the Te⁴⁺ atoms which claim a certain volume within the channels and constrict the effective channel dimension to a free diameter of approximately 2.5 Å.

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Die synthetischen zeolithartigen Tellurite Na₂[Me ₂(TeO₃)₃]·3H₂O (Me=Zn, Co): Kristallstruktur, De- und Rehydratisierung und Ionenaustauschvermögen

Zusammenfassung Die Kristallstrukturuntersuchungen mittels Röntgen-Einkristalldiffraktionsmethoden von hydrothermal dargestelltem Na₂[Zn₂(TeO₃)₃]·3H₂O (NZT) und Na₂[Co₂(TeO₃)₃]·3H₂O (NCT) ergaben eine zeolithartige Gerüststruktur hexagonaler Symmetrie mit parallel zur c-Achse angeordneten röhrenartigen Kanälen (Zemannittyp). Die statistisch besetzten Punktlagen der Na⁺-Atome und H₂O Moleküle innerhalb der Kanäle wie auch die Kanaldimensionen selbst weisen auf mögliche zeolithische Eigenschaften der Verbindungen hin. Thermoanalytische Untersuchungen anNZT ergaben einen irreversiblen Zusammenbruch der Gerüststruktur bereits beiT=533 K durch vollständige Entwässerung. Eine reversible Rehydratisierung wurde nur für partiell entwässertesNZT (T493 K) beobachtet; ein nennenswerter Ionenaustausch aus Alkalichlorid-Lösungen konnte nur für Li⁺ bestimmt werden. Sowohl die Rehydratisierung als auch das Ionenaustauschvermögen sind durch relativ lange Reaktionszeiten charakterisiert. Die im Vergleich zu typisch zeolithischen Verbindungen relativ schlechten zeolithischen Eigenschaften konnten auf die stereochemische Aktivität der einsamen Elektronenpaare der Te⁴⁺ Atome zurüchgefürt werden, die einen gewissen Platz innerhalb der Kanäle beanspruchen und den effektiven freien Durchmesser der Kanäle auf etwa 2.5 Å einengen.

     

Heterogeneous and homogeneous electrochemiluminoimmunoassays of hTSH at disposable oxide-covered aluminum electrodes

Heterogeneous and homogeneous immunoassays of human thyroid stimulating hormone (hTSH) were developed on immunometric basis using aromatic Tb(III) chelates as electrochemiluminescent labels and varied types of disposable oxide-covered aluminum electrodes as the solid phase of the immunoassays. The long luminescence lifetime of the present labels allows the use of time-resolved electrochemiluminescence detection and provide the low detection limits of these labels and, thus, sensitive immunoassays. The primary antibody of immunometric immunoassays was coated upon aluminum oxide surface by physical absorption. In homogeneous immunoassays using 66 μl cell and 15 min incubation time, a linear calibration range of 0.25-324 μU/ml was obtained by applying only a single cathodic excitation pulse in the detection step of the assay.     

Molten salt flux synthesis and structure of the new layered uranyl tellurite, K4[(UO2)5(TeO3)2O5]

The reaction of UO₃ and TeO₃ with a KCl flux at 800 °C for 3 days yields single crystals of K₄[(UO₂)₅(TeO₃)₂O₅]. The structure of the title compound consists of layered, two-dimensional sheets arranged in a stair-like topology separated by potassium cations. Contained within these sheets are one-dimensional uranium oxide ribbons consisting of UO₇ pentagonal bipyramids and UO₆ tetragonal bipyramids. The ribbons are in turn linked by corner-sharing with trigonal pyramidal TeO₃ units to form sheets. The lone-pair of electrons from the TeO₃ groups are oriented in opposite directions with respect to one another on each side of the sheets rendering each individual sheet nonpolar. The potassium cations form contacts with nearby tellurite units and axial uranyl oxygen atoms. Crystallographic data (193 K, MoKα, ): triclinic, space group , , , , α=99.642(1)°, β=93.591(1)°, γ=100.506(1)°, , Z=1,R(F)=4.19% for 149 parameters and 2583 reflections with I>2σ(I).     

等价式在簇合物中的应用

介绍了分子或复杂离子的等价式概念，等价式与分子或复杂离子具有相同的价电子数．等价式与分子或复杂离子的结构及它们中的每个原子的成键情况是紧密联系的，同时等价式仅与价电子有关，而与内层电子无关．在等价式中，各种键型之间存在着明确的数学关系式，这个数学关系式完全适用于任何类型的化合物，并且无任何错误之处，同时也扩大了半拓扑图式理论的应用范围．簇合物中存在的键型种类多，成键情况比较复杂．列出了主族原子簇合物和过渡金属簇合物中各种键型之间所符合的数学关系式，这样等价式概念在簇合物中得到了应用，处理结果令人满意。     

硅酸盐中Si—O~(br)键与Si—O~(ter)键相对强度的量子化学研究(英文)

用ab-initio法对硅氧烷及硅酸分子的研究指出,在硅酸盐中,由于电子的局域性,体系的总能量可以向结构单元或双中心分割:从而可以得到Si-O~(br)比Si-O~(ter)更稳定。用这些结果可以解释硅酸盐的许多性质。     

Nonstationarity and related measures for time‐dependent hartree–fock and multiconfigurational models

Based on an earlier article (Eberly and Singh, Phys. Rev. D 1973 , 7, 359) and related works on short‐time evolution, this article proposes a many‐electron formulation for the nonstationarity degree which can be assigned to quantum system at each time point. The key measure introduced, , is a nonstationarity index that can be thought of as an inverse nominal lifetime at each instance of time. The index is directly computed from the time derivative of one‐electron density matrix and is a size‐consistent quantity. In this article, the approach is developed for the time‐dependent Hartree–Fock (TDHF), single‐excitation (TDCIS), and time‐dependent full configuration interaction (TDFCI) models. As a rule, nonstationarity effects are more pronounced in correlated electron systems, and a joint analysis of and the multiconfigurational character of wave functions apparently provide a deeper insight into dynamical molecular processes. The performed calculations on small molecules in laser fields show a preference for the TDCIS model when comparing TDCIS and TDHF with the “exact” TDFCI model. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Cu Doping-Induced Transformation from [Ag62S12(SBut)32]2+ to [Ag62−xCuxS12(SBut)32]4+ Nanocluster

The change in the valence state of nanocluster can induce remarkable changes in the properties and structure. However, achieving the valence state changes in nanoclusters is still a challenge. In this work, we use Cu²⁺ as dopant to “oxidize” [Ag₆₂S₁₂(SBu^t)₃₂]²⁺ (4 free electrons) to obtain the new nanocluster: [Ag_62−xCu_xS₁₂(SBu^t)₃₂]⁴⁺ with 2 free electrons. As revealed by its structure, the [Ag_62−xCu_xS₁₂(SBu^t)₃₂]⁴⁺ (x=10∼21) has a similar structure to that of [Ag₆₂S₁₂(SBu^t)₃₂]²⁺ precursor and all the Cu atoms occupy the surface site of nanocluster. It′s worth noting that with the Cu atoms doping, the [Ag_62−xCu_xS₁₂(SBu^t)₃₂]⁴⁺ nanocluster is more stable than [Ag₆₂S₁₂(SBu^t)₃₂]²⁺ at higher temperature and in electrochemical cycle. This result has laid a foundation for the subsequent application and exploration. Overall, this work reveals crystals structure of a new Ag−Cu nanocluster and offers a new insight into the electron reduction/oxidation of nanocluster.