Zr 4+ ion doping is an effective method to enhance the optical and mechanical qualities of Y 2 O 3 transparent ceramics. In most previous studies, slowing down densification and inhibiting grain growth of Y 2 O 3 ceramic are generally recognized as the primary function of Zr 4+ additive during sintering. In this work, an interesting simultaneous precipitation phenomenon of Zr 4+ and Y 3+ ions was discovered and it directly led to the refinement of precursors and Y 2 O 3 powders. Consequently, the acting mechanisms of Zr additive should be demonstrated as the synergistic effect of refining precursor, producing oxygen interstitial and promoting solute-drag. Microstructure evolution and optical quality of Zr doped Y 2 O 3 ceramics were further investigated in detail. By doping 3.0 at.% Zr 4+ ions, Y 2 O 3 transparent ceramics with a transmittance as high as 82.3% at 1064 nm could be realized, after sintering at 1775 °C for 8h in vacuum. In general, this essential synergistic effect should be adequately considered in the preparation of heterogeneous ion doped transparent ceramics using the co-precipitation method.
Bin Luo,Qiang Chen,Jia He,Zhiyu Li,Lingzhu Yu,Fang Lan,Yao Wu
To date, abundant strategies and affinity materials are proposed to enrich phosphopeptides and glycopeptides from biological systems. However, few affinity materials can meet the demand for enriching both phosphopeptides and glycopeptides with an integrated single material. In this work, a novel magnetic metal–organic framework nanocomposite with Zr4+ ions as metal unit as well as terephthalic acid (PTA) and 1,4-phenylenebisboronic acid (denoted as PBA) as dual organic ligands was designed and fabricated for highly efficient enrichment of both phosphopeptides and glycopeptides. It is worth mentioning that Zr4+ ions and PBA were well assembled into the MOF coating via the dual-ligand strategy to achieve both phosphopeptide and glycopeptide enrichment by the Zr–O clusters based on metal oxide affinity chromatography (MOAC) and abundant boronic acid groups based on boronic acid affinity chromatography (BAAC) methods. The quick magnetic response performance and high surface area endowed the affinity material outstanding ability for phosphopeptide and glycopeptide enrichment in the model protein mixtures (β-casein, human IgG, and bovine serum albumin). Furthermore, the nanocomposites exhibited specific enrichment capacity in complex biological samples (rat brain and rat liver), revealing the great potential for the identification and analysis of trace phosphopeptides and glycopeptides in biological samples.