Determination of lutetium by fluorimetry, using BPMPHD and CTMAB

Lutetium(III) forms an association compound with a new synthetic reagent, 1,6-bi(1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone-4)hexandione (BPMPHD), and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTMAB). The compound enhances the natural fluorescence of BPMPHD remarkably, upon which a new fluorescence method was developed for determining lutetium in rare earth (RE) samples. The determination range was 1.80 × 10^–7–8.8 × 10^–6 g/ml. The determination limit was 29 ng/ml. The composition of the ion associate was [Lu(BPMPHD)₂]–CTMAB⁺.     

Preparation of nano/micro-scale column-like topography on PDMS surfaces via vapor deposition: Dependence on volatility solvents

In this work, a column-like nano/micro-scale topography surface has been prepared via trichloro(octyl)silane (TCOS) vapor deposition on the air plasma oxidized polydimethylsiloxane (PDMSOx) surface. TCOS was mixed into n-heptyl alcohol and dimethyl-silicone oil to form a series of mixture. TCOS could anchor to the PDMSOx surface to form column-like nano/micro-scale topography while n-heptyl alcohol and TCOS volatilized to the PDMSOx surface in the subsequent vapor phase process. These surfaces were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared-attenuated total reflection, contact angle measuring system and atomic force microscopy. It was shown that TCOS had been successfully assembled on the polydimethylsiloxane surface. N-heptyl alcohol mixed into alkylsiloxane could regulate the scale and roughness of column-like nano/micro-scale topography.     

全息彩虹字的实用化研究

全息彩虹字要能达到实用化，必须满足大视角、大面积，制作方便、再现容易的要求。通过研究，本文报导一种简单有效的制作方法，用满足一定要求的两个双光束干涉光路来拍摄，对实心字和空心字分别进行两次曝光，并用线光源在一定条件下进行再现。     

Molecular Dynamics Study on Properties of Hydration Layers above Polymer Antifouling Membranes

Zwitterionic polymers as crucial antifouling materials exhibit excellent antifouling performance due to their strong hydration ability. The structure–property relationship at the molecular level still remains to be elucidated. In this work, the surface hydration ability of three antifouling polymer membranes grafting on polysiloxane membranes Poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) (T4-SB), poly(3-(methacryloyloxy)propane-1-sulfonate) (T4-SP), and poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (T4-DM) was investigated. An orderly packed, and tightly bound surface hydration layer above T4-SP and T4-SB antifouling membranes was found by means of analyzing the dipole orientation distribution, diffusion coefficient, and average residence time. To further understand the surface hydration ability of three antifouling membranes, the surface structure, density profile, roughness, and area percentage of hydrophilic surface combining electrostatic potential, RDFs, SDFs, and noncovalent interactions of three polymers’ monomers were studied. It was concluded that the broadest distribution of electrostatic potential on the surface and the nature of anionic SO3- groups led to the following antifouling order of T4-SB > T4-SP > T4-DM. We hope that this work will gain some insight for the rational design and optimization of ecofriendly antifouling materials.     

高容量锂离子电池核壳型硅/碳复合电极材料的制备与性能

通过自组装方式采用一步法制备了锂离子电池硅碳复合电极材料.使用X射线衍射仪(XRD)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)等对样品结构进行表征.结果表明,聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)包覆的纳米硅颗粒(Si@PVP)均匀嵌入到具有三维网络纳米孔结构的导电石墨化炭黑(GCB)骨架中,形成核壳复合型(Si@PVP-GCB)纳米颗粒,既提高了该复合电极材料的导电性能,又改善了材料的机械强度.在纳米级GCB颗粒内部存在的中空石墨环结构和包覆在纳米Si颗粒外面的PVP包覆层都有效缓冲了纳米Si颗粒在充放电过程中较大的体积变化,从而使纳米Si颗粒更加稳定.电化学测试结果表明,Si@PVP-GCB电极材料在电流密度为50 m A/g时,经过100次循环后其可逆容量仍达到545 m A·h/g时,远高于商品化的石墨微球(GMs)电极材料的容量(理论容量为372 m A·h/g).     

Anisotropic conductivity of undoped and [FeCl4]-doped trans-polyacetylene

EHMO/CO (crystal orbital) quantum chemical methods were used to calculate the two-dimensional (2D) energy band structures of highly oriented trans-polyacetylene (PA) undoped and doped with [FeCl₄]⁻. The band gaps (E_g) of undoped PA in directions parallel and perpendicular to the oriented direction were 1.195 and 3.040 eV, respectively, and that of doped PA with [FeCl₄]⁻ were 0.0223 and 0.0504 eV, respectively. Based on the calculational results, the changes in conductive properties from undoped PA to [FeCl₄]⁻ doped PA could be interpreted. The conductivity anisotropy ratio σ/σ decreased when PA was doped by [FeCl₄]⁻, because the PA chain and the dopant showed a strong interchain coupling. The theoretical results for undoped and doped PA were in good agreement with the experiment.     

Amperometric nitrite sensor based on a glassy carbon electrode modified with electrodeposited poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) doped with a polyacenic semiconductor

Microchimica Acta - The paper describes an electrochemical nitrite sensor based on the use of a nanocomposite consisting of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) doped with polyacenic...     

Morphology-dependent activities of TiO2-NTs@Sb-SnO2 electrodes for efficient electrocatalytic methyl orange decolorization

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Novel two-stage pulse electrodeposition was used to fabricate TiO2-NTs@Sb-SnO2 electrodes. At the first pulse stage, a compact Sb-SnO2-coating TiO2-NTs...     

Fluorimetric determination of nucleic acids with terbium and lutetium

In this paper, fluorescence-enhancement of Tb-nucleic acids [fish sperm DNA (fsDNA) and yeast RNA (yRNA)] by Lu³⁺ is studied in detail and is applied to determine nucleic acids. The experiments indicated that under the optimum conditions, a linear relationship was obtained between the fluorescence intensity (I_f) and the concentration of nucleic acids. The linear range is 1.2×10⁻⁸-1.0×10⁻⁴ g/ml for DNA and 3.0×10⁻⁸-8.0×10⁻⁴ g/ml for RNA. The detection limits (signal/noise=3) for DNA and RNA were 4.8×10⁻⁹ and 7.0×10⁻⁹ g/ml, respectively. The mechanism of the co-luminescence effect is also discussed.     

Preparation and characterization of N,O-carboxymethyl chitosan (NOCC)/polysulfone (PS) composite nanofiltration membranes

N,O-carboxymethyl chitosan (NOCC) composite nanofiltration membranes having a polysulfone (PS) UF membrane as the substrate were prepared using a method of coating and cross-linking, in which a glutaraldehyde (GA) aqueous solution was used as the cross-linking agent. Attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy (ATR-IR) was employed to characterize the resulting membrane. The effects of the composition of the casting solution of the active layer, the concentration of the cross-linking agent, and the membrane preparation techniques on the performance of the composite membrane were investigated. At 13–15 °C and 0.40 MPa the rejections of the resulting membrane to Na₂SO₄ and NaCl solutions (1000 mg L⁻¹) were 92.7 and 30.2%, respectively, and the permeate fluxes were 3.0 and 5.1 kg m⁻² h⁻¹, respectively. The rejection of this kind of membrane to the electrolyte solutions decreased in the order of Na₂SO₄, NaCl, MgSO₄, and MgCl₂. This suggests that the membrane active layer acquires a negative surface charge distribution by the adsorption of anions from the electrolyte solution and this charge distribution mainly determines the membrane performance.