查看更多>>摘要:The electrochemical behavior of ciprofloxacin (CFX) and its interaction with the natural calf thymus DNA (ctDNA) is studied by using pulse difference voltammetry on a carbon electrode. CFX shows a well-defined oxidative peak at+0.88 V. As a result of reaction with ctDNA,the oxidative peak of CFX decreased markedly. According to the electrochemical equation deduced in this paper, the binding constant of 1.36 × 105 (mol/L)-1 and the binding size of 1.94 (base pairs) of CFX with ctDNA were obtained by nonlinear fit analysis of the electrochemical data. The mechanism of the interaction was explored.
查看更多>>摘要:The critical micelle concentration (CMC) and the thermodynamic function of the anionic surfactant, sodium laurate (SLA) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in the N,N-dimethyl acetamide (DMA)/long-chain alcohol systems were studied using titration microcalorimetric method. The power-time curves of SLA and SDS in the presence of a long-chain alcohol (n-heptanol, n-octanol, n-nonanol, n-decanol) in the DMA medium were deter-mined. Then, from the curves, the critical micelle concentration (CMC) and the thermodynamic standard formation functions (△Hθm, △Gθm and △Sθm) were obtained through thermodynamic theories. The relation-ships between temperature, alcohol's carbon number, concentration and thermodynamic properties were dis-cussed. For SLA or SDS in a DMA solution, under the same concentration of alcohol, the values of CMC, △Hθmand △Sθm increase, while the values of △Gθm decrease with the increase of temperature. Under the same condition of identical temperature and alcohol concentration, the values of CMC, △Hθm, △Gθm and △Sθm decrease with the increase of the alcohol's carbon number. In the presence of the same kind of alcohol, the values of CMC and △Gθm increase, but the values of △Hθm and △Sθm decrease with the concentra-tion increases in alcohol series at the same temperature.
查看更多>>摘要:LiCo0.2Ni0.4Mn0.4O2, as the cathode materia for lithium ion batteries, was modified by TiO2-coatingThe effect of TiO2-coating on the structure and electro-chemical performance of LiCo0.2Ni0.4Mn0.4O2 was char-acterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and galvanostatic charge-discharge tests. The results suggest that a small amount of TiO2-coating doesnot change the crystalline structure, but considerably improves the electrochemical performance of LiCo0.2Ni0.4Mn0.4O2 in terms of capacity delivery and cyclability. XPS measurements confirm that the improved electrochemical performance is most possibly attributed to a decrease in interaction between the layered material and non-aqueous electrolyte during the charge-discharge processes.
查看更多>>摘要:Biological effect of rare-earth lanthanum nitrate on the growth of Escherichia coli B was studied using the calorimetric method. There were exceptional changes on the growth thermogenic curves for high concentrations of lanthanum nitrate. For example, the peak high, the total quantity of heat (Q) of cultures and the growth rate constants (k) are evidently increased when compared with normal E. Coli B cultures. When the concentration of lanthanum nitrate was at 300 mg/L and 500 rag/L, the Q of the cultures reached 3.89 and 2.54 times of normal cultures, respectively. The survivability of cells and the biomass of the cultures were measured using biological methods and the results show that the growth and multiplication of cells were inhibited and that the biomass decreased at high concentration of lanthanum nitrate. These revealed that the inhibiting cells discharged more quantity of heat than the normal growing cells. We named this phenomenon as "eruption of heat". It was suggested that the mechanism for the eruption of heat was that La3+ ion damages the outer cell membrane and increases its permeability and the proton-electron poten-tial energy across the cell membrane was reduced or couldn't even be initiated. Energy could not be translated into ATP effectively in the course of oxidative phosphor-ylation resulting in heat release. So, the growth of the cells was inhibited due to scarceness of energy ATP.
查看更多>>摘要:ZnS hollow nanospheres with holes were prepared by reacting ZnSO4 with H2S, the sulfide source formed in the reaction of CS2 with ethylenediamine, 1,3-propylenediamine, butylamine or 2-(2-aminoethylamino) ethanol, which also acted as a template agent, at 50℃ under agitation. The shape, particle size of about 100-850 nm and hole size of about 150-600 nm of ZnS hollow nanospheres with holes were shown by SEM and TEM images. These ZnS nanospheres with β cubic ZnS phase and composed of 2-5 nm nanocrystals were characterized by XRD and HRTEM. The blue shift of maximum absorption in UV-vis displayed the effect of quantum size. The two amino groups of amine templates reacted favorably with Zn2+ to form uniform and relatively smooth ZnS nanospheres with holes, while hydroxyethyl played a disadvantageous role. A reason-able mechanism of hole formation by H2S rushing out is suggested.
查看更多>>摘要:Fe3O4 magnetic nano-particles were prepared by a co-precipitation method and were modified using oleic acid. Then, the cross-linked magnetic composite microspheres containing a carboxyl group were prepared by using an improved emulsion polymerization with divinylbenzene (DVB) as the cross-linking agent. The composite microspheres comprised the Fe3O4 magnetic nano-partictes as cores and the copolymer of styrene and acrylic acid as shells. The morphology and structure of the composite microsphere were characterized by FT-IR, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffrac-tion (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectrum (XPS) and so on. The results show that the composite microspheres were well dispersed in emulsion with uniform sizes and carboxyl groups on their surface. They were cross-linked and stable in 1 mol/L of HCl and DMF.
查看更多>>摘要:The synthesis of the first two arylenealkyne conjugated macrocycles containing a long alkylene bridge via Glaser coupling of template-directed tetra-acetylenes was reported. Tetraacetylene intermediates with complex structures were constructed rapidly via quadruple Hagihara coupling of monoprotected bisace-tylenes to appropriate tetraiodides and subsequent desilylation. The characterization of such compounds was carried out by NMR, GPC and UV-Vis spectra. Unfortunately, the two compounds were not liquid crystals and had no biaxial nematic mesophase character as expected,
查看更多>>摘要:This paper reports the measurement of the Neodymium isotopic composition by Neptune Multiple Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) over the last two years. Although there is concomitant Cerium in the chemical separation process, this has no significant influence on the Neodymium analysis. As for the sample containing small amounts of Samarium (Sm/Nd<0.04), direct calibration for isobaric interference and mass discrimina-tion by the exponential law can be obtained by assuming that Samarium mass discrimination is the same as that of Neodymium. Geological samples after traditional chemi-cal separation were measured by Neptune MC-ICP-MS and Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry (TIMS) respectively. The results show that Neptune MC-ICP-MS can measure Neodymium isotopic composition as precisely the TIMS does and is even more effective and less time-consuming than the TIMS Method.
查看更多>>摘要:A CaCO3 filler was treated by generally used coupling agents and a special one-ethylene-octene copolymer (POE)-g-maleic anhydride (MAH). Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) results show that the special coupling agent POE-g-MAH, in a chemical reaction with CaCO3, can produce an interfacial layer stronger than simple physical adhesion attained with usual coupling agents. Inverse gas chromatography (IGC) was used to investigate the surface free energy of CaCO3 after surface modification and to optimize the monolayer content of coupling agents. Based on the IGC results, it can be deduced that the monolayer cover is around 1.9% for CaCO3 treated with a titanate coupling agent. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) observation results show that the separated morphology existed in the ternary composites containing CaCO3 after surface treatment with coupling agents, whereas the core-shell morphology was obtained in the ternary composites with POE-g-MAH. The encapsulation of the CaCO3 filler treated with POE-g-MAH was caused by the strong chemical reaction between the elastomer and CaCO3 particles.
查看更多>>摘要:This work attempts to calculate the binding-site number using fluorescence spectroscopic method with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and Indo-1 as proteinand ligand models, respectively. The method for calculat-ing the binding-site number in BSA for Indo-1 was developed based on the relationships between changes in Indo-1 fluorescence intensity and the analytical concen-tration of BSA. The interaction between BSA with Indo-1 was investigated comprehensively using fluorescence techniques as well as fluorescence resonance energy transfer, and the thermodynamic parameters were calculated according to the effect of enthalpy on temperature. Three binding sites in BSA for Indo-1 were revealed, and the distances from Trp212 in BSA to the three binding sites were 2.93, 2.57 and 2.40 nm, respectively. It was also proven that Indo-1 embedded into the three hydrophobic cavities of BSA by hydro-phobic association. This paper provides a reference on calculating the binding-site number in proteins for ligands and studying their interactions by fluorescence spectroscopic methods. In fluorescent quenching experi-ments, fluorescence changes were automatically recorded in real time by combining the Microlab 500 Series Dispenser and PTI fluorescence apparatus.