ZrCuSiAs型锰基化合物ThMnSbN中的化学压力效应

采用固相反应法合成了一种Zr Cu Si As型准二维层状锰基化合物Th Mn Sb N.基于X射线粉末衍射的结构精修显示,该化合物属于P4/nmm空间群.其晶胞参数为a=4.1731?, c=9.5160?.电输运测量显示,该化合物电阻率随温度下降缓慢上升,且在16 K附近出现电阻率异常.与此同时,该材料的磁化率在同一温度附近出现异常,显示出类似磁性相变的行为.进一步的比热测量中没有观察到磁相变导致的比热异常.另外,低温下的比热分析显示,该材料的电子比热系数为γ=19.7 m J·mol^–1·K^–2,远高于其他同类锰基化合物.该结果与电输运测量中观察到的低电阻率行为相符,暗示Th Mn Sb N中费米面附近存在可观的电子态密度.基于对一系列Zr Cu Si As型化合物晶体结构细节的比较,分析了含有萤石型Th₂N₂层的系列化合物中导电层所受化学压力的不同作用形式.     

Controlled cross-linking strategy for formation of hydrogels,microgels and nanogels

Hydrogels are a kind of unique cross-linking polymeric materials with three-dimensional networks.Various efforts have been devoted to manipulate the formation of functional hydrogels in situ and enrich the production of hydrogels,microgels and nanogels with improved modulation capacity.However,these methods always fail to tune the gel properties because of the difficulty in achieving the precise control of cross-linking extents once the gel formation is initiated.Therefore,the preparation of tailor-made hydrogels remains a great challenge.Herein,we summarize a controlled cross-linking strategy towards not only fabrication of hydrogels at nano-,micro-and macro-scales,but also achievement of controlled assembly of nanoparticles into multifunctional materials in macroscopic and microscopic scales.The strategy is conducted by controllably activating and terminating the disulfide reshuffling reactions of disulfide-linked core/shell materials with selective core/shell separation using system pH or UV triggers.So it provides a facile approach to producing hydrogels,hydrogel particles and nanoparticle aggregates with tunable structures and properties,opening up the design possibility,flexibility and complexity of hydrogels,microgels/nanogels and nanoparticle aggregates from nanoscopic components to macroscopic objects.     

Transfer characterization of sulfur from coal-burning emission to plant leaves by PIXE and XANES

The impact of coal-burning emission on sulfur in camphor leaves was investigated using Proton Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) and synchrotron radiation technique X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure (XANES) spectroscopy. The PIXE results show that the sulfur concentrations in the leaves collected at the polluted site are significantly higher than those in controls. The Sulfur XANES spectra show the presence of organic (disulfides, thiols, thioethers, sulfonates and sulfoxides) and inorganic sulfur (sulfates) in the leaves. The inorganic sulfur in the leaves of camphor tree polluted by coal combustion is 15% more than that of the control site. The results suggest that the long-term coal-burning pollution resulted in an enhanced content of the total sulfur and sulfate in the leaves, and the uptake of sulfur by leaves had exceeded the metabolic requirement of plants and the excess of sulfur was stored as SO₄^2－. It can monitor the sulfur pollution in atmosphere.