Top-down synthesis of polyoxometalate-like sub-nanometer molybdenum-oxo clusters as high-performance electrocatalysts

The top-down fabrication of catalytically active molecular metal oxide anions, or polyoxometalates, is virtually unexplored, although these materials offer unique possibilities, for catalysis, energy conversion and storage. Here, we report a novel top-down route, which enables the scalable synthesis and deposition of sub-nanometer molybdenum-oxo clusters on electrically conductive mesoporous carbon. The new approach uses a unique redox-cycling process to convert crystalline Mo^IVO₂ particles into sub-nanometer molecular molybdenum-oxo clusters with a nuclearity of ∼1–20. The resulting molybdenum-oxo cluster/carbon composite shows outstanding, stable electrocatalytic performance for the oxygen reduction reaction with catalyst characteristics comparable to those of commercial Pt/C. This new material design could give access to a new class of highly reactive polyoxometalate-like metal oxo clusters as high-performance, earth abundant (electro-)catalysts.

The top-down synthesis and deposition of polyoxometalate-like clusters on porous carbon is reported together with the high electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reactivity of the composite.     

Water-soluble pillar[6]arene stabilized silver nanoparticles: preparation and application in amino acid detection

In the presence of a water-soluble pillar[6]arene WP6 containing 12 imidazolium groups, silver nanoparticles were successfully prepared and investigated in detail by ultraviolet visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. Excitingly, these pillar[6]arene stabilized silver nanoparticles were demonstrated to function as a colorimetric sensor to selectively probe glutamic acid in water.     

核壳结构CdS@C纳米复合材料的光催化性能研究

采用水热碳化法成功制备了不同碳含量的CdS@C纳米颗粒,同时对CdS@C的晶体结构、形貌、光学性能、光电化学和光催化性能进行了研究。实验结果表明本方法制备的碳包覆CdS纳米颗粒外壳为碳层,内核为六方纤锌矿结构CdS颗粒。CdS@C颗粒分散性良好,颗粒形貌主要为类球形,粒度均匀。X射线光电子能谱(XPS)证实CdS@C颗粒表面负载的碳主要以非晶碳形式存在。紫外-可见光光谱(UV-Vis)表明CdS@C纳米晶中表面碳的敏化作用提高了可见光响应范围,使得能隙变窄。光致发光光谱(PL)表明碳包覆CdS@C纳米颗粒的发光强度比纯CdS弱,有效抑制了光生载流子的复合。瞬态光电流响应和电化学阻抗谱(EIS)说明CdS@C纳米复合材料更有效促进电子-空穴对分离和提高转移效率。CdS@C纳米复合材料在可见光辐射下表现出良好的光催化活性和稳定性,其中·O₂^-和h⁺在光催化中起主要作用。     

VEGA: visual comparison of phylogenetic trees for evolutionary genome analysis (ChinaVis 2019)

In the field of evolutionary genome analysis, biologists seek to identify important genes or chromosome regions by comparing phylogenetic trees and analyzing the mutation at which locus might affect phenotypic traits. Unfortunately, the tree comparison and accompanying analysis are often performed manually. In this paper, we characterize the workflow of evolutionary genome analysis and present a task analysis for the fundamental questions asked by biologists during the analysis procedure. We propose two algorithms to enable quantitative tree comparison. One is to measure the differences between corresponding leaf nodes on two trees, and the other is to compute the classification inconsistency of each leaf node by comparing tree structure with a given biological classification. Configuring with the obtained difference and inconsistency, we present a visual analysis system, visual comparison of phylogenetic trees for evolutionary genome analysis, which not only enables biologists to intuitively explore trees but also identify locus which affects their traits by comparing SNP variants of selected leaf nodes. We conclude with case studies from two biologists who used our system to augment their previous manual analysis workflow and demonstrate that our system can reveal more insight.     

直接由SiO_2低温合成含硅聚氨酯及其结构表征

有机硅材料是一类应用非常广泛的材料,但这些产品所用基本原料几乎都来源于石英沙(SiO2)的高温碳热还原[1],这个方法已大规模的工业化,但它的高能耗、高腐蚀成为人们越来越关注的问题.1991年美国Laine[2]直接以SiO2为原料成功地制备了五配位、六配位有机硅化合物,并进一步合成了导电材料和高性能陶瓷[3～7].我们实验室自1995年以来,在Laine的基础上,发现如果以沙子为原料,则产率非常低,即使在超声波作用下,反应一周合成的五配位硅化合物其产率不足10%,这可能是由于沙子的晶型非常完美,在200℃下很难打破Si-O键生成配位硅,如果以无定型SiO2为原料(如白碳黑,稻壳灰等),合成的五配位硅其产率几乎为100%,而且反应时间缩短为4h.然后以高活性的五配位硅为原料制备了一系列的含硅有机物,如与环氯丙烷反应[8],不仅消除了五配位硅化合物的水解可逆性反应,中和了它的强碱性,而且把环氧基团接到了配位硅化合物上,生成了一种非常类似于液态环氧树脂的淡黄色的粘稠状液体.我们按Laine的路线,向含硅聚合物方向发展[9].本文合成的双羟基四配位硅单体是五配位硅钾化合物向含硅聚合物转化的关键,由于其结构带有两个活泼羟基,可以和二元酰氯、二元羧酸、二异氰酸酯、导氰酸酯基封端的聚醚或异氰酸酯基封端的聚酯进行缩聚反应,合成主连含硅的聚合物.     

高功率宽调谐范围掺Yb3+光子晶体光纤激光器

采用闪耀光栅作为色散元件,构建了前向、后向输出两种结构的可调谐掺Yb3 光子晶体光纤激光器,并对其输出特性进行了分析研究.在抽运功率5.75W时,前向输出结构实现了1050.6～1110.2 nm的连续调谐输出,光谱线宽约0.1 nm,边模抑制比大于44 dB.在调谐激光波长为1085 nm时,得到最高输出功率677 mW.结构改进的后向输出结构的可调谐输出结构在抽运功率4.43 W,调谐波长1075 nm,实现了2.21 W的功率输出,斜率效率为73%;调谐范围50.9 nm(1042.1～1093 nm),光谱线宽小于0.08 nm,边模抑制比大于50 dB.两种结构的可调谐激光器输出均为线偏振光,偏振度大于89.5%.     

一种多波长窄线宽环形掺铒光纤激光器

本文提出了一种利用多个光纤光栅串接来实现环形掺铒光纤多波长,窄线宽激光器的新颖方法,并在实验中验证了这一设计的合理性,得到了稳定的双波长输出。     

High packing density laser diode stack arrays using Al-free active region laser bars with a broad waveguide and discrete copper microchannel-cooled heatsinks

A high packing density laser diode stack array is developed utilizing Al-free active region laser bars with a broad waveguide and discrete copper microchannel-cooled heatsinks. The microchannel cooling technology leads to a 10-bar laser diode stack array having the thermal resistance of 0.199 ℃/W, and enables the device to be operated under continuous-wave （CW） condition at an output power of 1200 W. The thickness of the discrete copper heatsink is only 1.5 mm, which results in a high packing density and a small bar pitch of 1.8 mm.     

本征导电聚合物涂层及界面

本文结合我们实验研究结果及国外最近的研究进展，对在绝缘基质的表面本征导电聚合物涂层的形成、结构和性能作了扼要的分析，指出了化学反应法中通过单体向整体聚合物表层扩散聚合形成的导电膜、界面的偶联作用和电荷转移作用等几种新近证实的原理，在加速导电聚合物涂层的应用中，具有重要意义。     

弱正交异性材料残余应力测量的声弹性方法

为了适应工程材料的残余应力无损测量的要求,本文将横波和纵波声弹性相结合,建立适用於弱正交异性材料的平面声弹性残余应力测量方法,并应用该方法及自行研制的横波换能器对焊接试件的二维残余应力进行了测试。