两种磷光材料在聚合物掺杂体系中的发光特性研究

磷光材料由于可以利用电致激发所形成的单重态和三重态激子,因而可以得到接近100%的内量子效率。文章对常温下基于磷光材料Ir(ppy)₃及Ir(piq)₃掺杂PVK薄膜为发光层的器件的光学和电学特性进行了研究。光致发光的结果显示相同掺杂质量比下由PVK到Ir(piq)₃的能量传递比到Ir(ppy)₃更加困难。通过研究两种掺杂体系不同质量比的电致发光特性,可以认为这两种磷光器件的发光主要来自于磷光客体分子直接俘获载流子发光而非主体的能量传递。Ir(piq)₃掺杂体系对掺杂比例的依赖更为明显,从能级结构分析,认为是由于Ir(piq)₃的更低的HOMO及高的LUMO能级,而比Ir(ppy)₃具有更好的载流子俘获和传输特性。     

One‐Step Hydrothermal Synthesis of 2D Hexagonal Nanoplates of α‐Fe2O3/Graphene Composites with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity

There has been significant progress in the field of semiconductor photocatalysis, but it is still a challenge to fabricate low‐cost and high‐activity photocatalysts because of safety issues and non‐secondary pollution to the environment. Here, 2D hexagonal nanoplates of α‐Fe₂O₃/graphene composites with relatively good distribution are synthesized for the first time using a simple, one‐step, template‐free, hydrothermal method that achieves the effective reduction of the graphene oxide (GO) to graphene and intimate and large contact interfaces of the α‐Fe₂O₃ nanoplates with graphene. The α‐Fe₂O₃/graphene composites showed significantly enhancement in the photocatalytic activity compared with the pure α‐Fe₂O₃ nanoplates. At an optimal ratio of 5 wt% graphene, 98% of Rhodamine (RhB) is decomposed with 20 min of irradiation, and the rate constant of the composites is almost four times higher than that of pure α‐Fe₂O₃ nanoplates. The decisive factors in improving the photocatalytic performance are the intimate and large contact interfaces between 2D hexagonal α‐Fe₂O₃ nanoplates and graphene, in addition to the high electron withdrawing/storing ability and the highconductivity of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) formed during the hydrothermal reaction. The effective charge transfer from α‐Fe₂O₃ nanoplates to graphene sheets is demonstrated by the significant weakening of photoluminescence in α‐Fe₂O₃/graphene composites.     

Nanopoxia: Targeting Cancer Hypoxia by Antimonene-Based Nanoplatform for Precision Cancer Therapy

Most anticancer drugs with broad toxicities are systematically administrated to cancer patients and their distribution in tumors is extremely low owing to hypoxia, which compromises the therapeutic efficacies of these cancer drugs. Consequently, a preponderant proportion of cancer drugs is distributed in off-target-healthy tissues, which often causes severe adverse effects. Precision cancer therapy without overdosing patients with drugs remains one of the most challenging issues in cancer therapy. Here, a novel concept of nanopoxia is presented, which is a tumor-hypoxia-based photodynamic nanoplatform for the release of therapeutic agents to achieve precision cancer therapy. Under tumor hypoxia, exposure of tumors to laser irradiation induces the fracture of polymer outer shell and produces anticancer reactive oxygen species, and switches 2D antimonene (Sb) nanomaterials to cytotoxic trivalent antimony to synergistically kill tumors. In preclinical cancer models, delivery of Sb nanomaterials to mice virtually ablates tumor growth without producing any detectable adverse effects. Mechanistically, the tumor hypoxia-triggered generation of trivalent antimony displays direct damaging effects on cancer cells and suppression of tumor angiogenesis. Together, the study provides a proof-of-concept of hypoxia-based precision cancer therapy by developing a novel nanoplatform that offers multifarious mechanisms of cancer eradication.     

CdSe／PVK纳米晶薄膜及其电致发光特性

以巯基乙酸（RSH）为稳定剂，在水溶液中合成CdSe纳米晶，用表面活性剂将分散在水溶液中的纳米颗粒转移到有机溶剂中，与具有电荷输运性能的有机聚合材料复合。作为电致发光（EL）器件的工作层，得到较强的位于600nm附近的CdSe纳米晶的带边发射，以及较弱的位于420nm附近的来自聚合物的发射。器件EL强度首先随着外加电压的增加而增加，当电压超过26V时，EL强度开始下降。器件的电流-电压（I-V）特性基本符合二极管特性，表明器件是受载流子注入限制的。     

Simulation of electroluminescence of quantum dot-based microcavity light-emitting device

We present a detailed analysis and computations of the emitted radiation spectrum for quantum dots (QDs) microcavity light-emitting device, where the total physical thickness of the cavity spacer was kept at 254 nm which corresponds to the wavelength of the mode number (m) = 1 resonant mode of the cavity. Our calculation gives good results for QD diameter only from 1.2 to 6.4 nm. The computations are used to examine how the emitted radiation spectrum can be optimized by varying the position of the light-emitting layer, the type of cathode material, the choice of hole transport layer material, and the thickness of electron transport layer, QD layer, and hole transport layer. These studies showed that the variation of layers geometry and the position of the light-emitting layer will optimize the output intensity and the radiation spectrum and varying the ETL and QD layer thickness will have a more effect on the emitted spectrum than varying HTL thickness. In addition, we have examined the effect of using different quantum dots sizes in emission layer. On the other hand, we have investigated the difference between the electroluminescence (EL) emissions for microcavity device in comparison with the non-cavity device, and we have found that the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the EL is reduced from 45 nm for the QD non-cavity LED to 30 nm for the output of a resonant microcavity device. Finally, we have investigated the compatibility between our calculation and the experimental results and found a fairly good agreement between them.     

A comparative study on the performance of hybrid solar cells containing ZnSTe QDs in hole transporting layer and photoactive layer

In this paper, ZnSTe quantum dots-based hybrid solar cells (HSC) with two different device architectures have been investigated. The improved performance of the poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]phenyl C₇₁ butyric acid methyl ester (PC₇₁BM)-based bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells by the incorporation of ZnSTe quantum dots (QDs) with an average size of 2.96 nm in PEDOT:PSS layer and active layer that have been demonstrated. Although the efficiency of both types of devices is almost the same, a close comparison reveals different reasons behind their improved performance. The device prepared with QDs in the HTL has shown reduced series resistance, increased shunt resistance, and improved mobility. On the other hand, QDs in the photoactive layer demonstrates increased photo-generation leading to improved efficiency.     

光催化杀菌和诱导骨组织生长

钛合金植入体具有良好的生物相容性和化学稳定性,广泛应用于整形外科手术.植入手术细菌感染风险较高,若处理不当,易造成患者骨组织损失甚至截肢.光催化杀菌是光催化领域研究热点之一,光催化剂表面产生的活性氧物种(ROS)氧化能力强,可有效杀灭细菌.制备生物相容性好且光催化活性高的植入体,利用光催化技术,可实现术后植入体表面自主产生抗菌活性,同时诱导骨组织细胞原位生长和成骨.二氧化钛(TiO₂)光催化剂化学稳定性好,原料易得,具有一定的生物相容性,但其光生电子与空穴易复合,光催化抗菌活性弱.石墨炔(GDY)是新兴的电子助催化剂,具有独特的sp和sp2杂化碳原子,可以捕获TiO2的光生电子,促进光生电子/空穴分离和ROS生成.基于此,张玉峰教授(武汉大学)和余家国教授(武汉理工大学)近期报道了一种新型的具有光催化生物活性的TiO2/GDY复合植入体(Nat.Commun.,2020,11,4465).它由带正电的TiO2纳米纤维和带负电的GDY纳米片通过静电自组装而成.在紫外光照射下,TiO2/GDY植入体能够产生羟基自由基(?OH),超氧阴离子(?O^2?)和过氧化氢(H₂O₂)等活性氧物种.原位生成的活性氧物种具有较强的氧化能力,可以破坏抗药性金黄色葡萄球菌(MRSA)的生物膜,还能抑制MRSA新细菌生物膜的形成和代谢.光照生成的H₂O₂具有持续缓释特性,在紫外光移除后,TiO₂/GDY植入体仍显示出长期的抗菌活性.此外,TiO₂/GDY具有良好的生物相容性和亲水性,有效吸附小鼠成骨细胞并诱导产生骨骼分化所需的蛋白质和酶,表明TiO₂/GDY纳米纤维具有良好的诱导骨组织生长能力.该工作创新性地将光催化技术应用于骨科植入体,提出了植入体原位光催化杀菌和诱导骨组织生长的新思路,实现了材料学和医学的交叉融合,为开发其他高效植骨材料提供了有益借鉴.     

CdSe/CdS核/壳型纳米晶的光谱特性

以巯基乙酸为稳定剂制备了CdSe/CdS核／壳型纳米晶。用光吸收谱（Abs)、光致发光谱（PL）及光致发光激发谱（PLE）研究了CdS壳层对CdSe纳米晶电子结构，从而对其吸收和发光性能的影响。根据PL和PLE的结果以及带边激子精细结构的计算结果，我们用尺寸很小的纳米晶中所形成的基激缔合物解释了PL光谱与吸收边之间较大的Stokes位移。     

CdS/聚合物梯形产氢光催化剂及其原位光照电子转移机制

氢气是公认的洁净、高效、可再生的能源载体,有望替代目前广泛使用的化石燃料.太阳能光催化产氢是实现高效、低成本、可持续生产氢能的一种途径.然而,单一组分光催化剂的性能受限于光生电子-空穴的快速复合,并且不能同时满足宽的太阳光吸收范围和强的氧化还原能力的要求,因此需要构建异质结来增强光生载流子的分离并保持高效光吸收和强氧化...