ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2019
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IF 6.35
Haifang Liu,Jie Yang,Zhaohui Li,Lehui Xiao,Aaron Albert Aryee,Yuanqiang Sun,Ran Yang,Hongmin Meng,Lingbo Qu,Yuehe Lin,Xiaobing Zhang
Carbon dots (CDs) are emerging as powerful tools for biosensing and bioimaging because of their intrinsic properties such as abundant precursors, facile synthesis, high biocompatibility, low cost, and particularly robust tunability and stability. In this work, a new type of CDs was prepared from m-phenylenediamine and folic acid by hydrothermal method. Interestingly, the as-prepared CDs show blue emission in non-hydrogen-bonding solution, whereas robust green emission in hydrogen-bonding solution. Based on this phenomenon, a novel fluorescence sensing mechanism named as hydrogen-bonding-induced emission (HBIE) was proposed. The HBIE-CDs have large Stokes shift (141 nm) in water, good biocompatibility, and ultrasmall size, which facilitates their translocation into living cells. Very importantly, the as-prepared HBIE-CDs show strong affinity toward nucleic acid without interference from other biological species. After binding with DNA/RNA through hydrogen bond, as high as 6-fold green fluorescence enhancement of HBIE-CDs was observed. Since the nucleus is rich in DNA/RNA, these HBIE-CDs were successfully used for rapid and, especially, wash-free subcellular in situ imaging of the nucleus in living cells in a fluorescence turn on mode, which has a great practicability to be used for nucleus imaging in bioanalytical studies and clinical applications.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2018
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IF 3.779
Abdul Basit,Junyou Yang,Qinghui Jiang,Zhiwei Zhou,Jiwu Xin,Xin Li,Sihui Li
Here, the intellectual challenges for thermoelectric materials revolves around the strategy of point defect engineering to regulate the electrical and thermal transport nature of Mn 1.06- x Sn x Te ( x = 0, 0.03, 0.035, 0.04, 0.045) materials. The power factor increases with substitution of Sn into the lattice of Mn 1.06 Te leading to enhance the carrier concentrations due to reduction of the band gap. Meanwhile, the thermal conductivity has also been remarkably reduced due to diverse phonon scattering and mass fluctuation by Sn substitution. As a result, a maximum ZT ∼0.93 for Mn 1.06- x Sn x Te ( x = 0.04) sample has been achieved at 873 K, which increases by 56% in comparison with the un-doped sample.
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CHEMICAL PAPERS
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2019
·Vol. 74
·期 2
·485-497
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IF 1.246
Quan Cong,Liu Jiayu,Sun Wei,Cheng Xinjian
It is extremely necessary to detect heavy metals sensitively and selectively, especially the ions that will cause great harm to humans and the environment. This work deals with two fluorescent chemosensors and their outstanding role when detecting Zn 2+ and Cd 2+ ions. First, a small molecular chemosensor (TPB) has been designed and synthesized via Suzuki reaction using one part of benzene-1,3,5-triyltriboronic acid and three parts of 2-bromo-1, 10-phenanthroline as starting materials. And then, its corresponding macromolecular fluorescent chemosensor (PTPB) was synthesized. The infrared spectra, mass spectrometry (MS), and 1 H-NMR were used to study the structures of TPB and PTPB. From what has been studied, the TPB and PTPB were stable in a relative wide pH range. As soon as the Cd 2+ and Zn 2+ ions added, fluorescence of the two sensors TPB and PTPB was changed obviously. In addition, PTPB was found have better performance to both Cd 2+ and Zn 2+ than TPB through the ‘‘molecular wire’’ mechanism. Job’s plots were also be tested, showing that the combination ratio of TPB and PTPB to Cd 2+ and Zn 2+ were both 3:1 (ion/sensor). In addition, the minimum detection limits of the macromolecular chemosensor PTPB for Cd 2+ and Zn 2+ reached 0.424 μM and 1.27 μM, respectively.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2019
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IF 2.931
Shengmei Song,Fan Liang,Minglu Li,Fangfang Du,Wenjuan Dong,Xiaojuan Gong,Shaomin Shuang,Chuan Dong
A fluorescent sulfur and nitrogen dual-doped carbon dots (S,N-CDs) was prepared by a simple and one-step acid-base neutralization and exothermic carbonization method. Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) could effectively quench the fluorescence of S,N-CDs based on inner filter effect (IFE) and dynamic quenching, whereas ascorbic acid (AA) could recover the fluorescence of S,N-CDs/Cr(VI) because of IFE weakening. So an “on-off-on” and label-free nano-probe consecutive determination of Cr(VI) and AA was constructed. This nano-probe system demonstrated excellent selectivity and sensitivity to Cr(VI) and AA with linear range of 0.065–198 μmol/L (3.38–10,296 μg/L) and 6.6–892 μmol/L (1.16–157 mg/L), respectively. Meanwhile, the as-prepared S,N-CDs possess low toxicity and could be used for multi-color cell imaging in SMMC 7721 cells. More importantly, this nano-probe was successfully employed for detection of Cr(VI) in tap water and AA in food samples. In view of its simple detection condition, rapid response, wide linear range, low detection limit and inexpensive instrument, the as-constructed nano-probe system could have a wide range of potential application, including water quality monitoring and evaluation, food inspection and testing and biomedical analysis.
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CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
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2019
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IF 10.159
Tongtong Yu,Shanpeng Wang,Xiang Zhang,Chenning Li,Jie Qiao,Ning Jia,Bing Han,Sheng-Qing Xia,Xutang Tao
Mid-infrared (MIR) nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals are crucial in generating MIR lasers, which are important in civilian and military applications. Compared to the extensively investigated ternary and quaternary chalcogenide NLO crystals, ternary phosphide crystals have a large nonlinearity coefficient and a wide transparency range. For instance, the well-known ternary chalcopyrite phosphide NLO crystal, ZnGeP2, possesses a large nonlinearity coefficient (deff = 75 pm/V) and a broad transmittance range of 0.75–12 μm. However, its applications in the far-infrared laser range were hindered by its strong absorption near 9 and 10–12 μm. Here, considering that Mn2+ not only makes contributions to large second-harmonic generation (SHG) response but also extends the transparency wavelength range, a new ternary chalcopyrite phosphide crystal, MnSiP2 (MSP), was rationally designed by substituting a II-site metal (Zn or Cd) for Mn in the II-Si-P2 family. In this work, the synthesis and single-crystal growth of MSP were systematically investigated. The theoretical and experimental characterizations demonstrated that MSP exhibits a good balance between strong SHG behavior (6 × AgGaS2) and large laser damage threshold (about 70 MW/cm2). Specifically, the long-wavelength MIR cutoff edge of MSP is 18.2 μm, and the outstanding terahertz (THz) transmittance covers the range of 0.4–2.0 THz, indicating the ultrabroad transparency range. This work may provide a feasible strategy and impel one to search for promising outstanding MIR NLO crystals in the ternary phosphide family.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2019
·Vol. 43
·期 36
·14368-14376
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IF 3.069
Jianfeng Zhou,Ping Wei,Jianbin Pan,Qinghua Mei,Yanli Tong,Haiyun Zhai
A new electrochemical sensor was fabricated for the sensitive and selective detection of metanephrine (MN), based on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) acidified by sulphuric acid and using an electrodeposition method to form poly caffeic acid (PCA) films. Adding the electrochemical pretreatment to acidify the GCE was conducive to an increase of surface concentrations of C–O functional groups and generation of a rough surface on the modified electrode. Furthermore, the PCA films developed on the GCE surface were advantageous to the significant increase in the electrode surface and more active sites, thus improving the electrocatalytic activity. The proposed electrochemical sensor exhibited high sensitivity, stability and selectivity towards MN. The surface morphology of the acidified poly(caffeic acid) modified GCE (A-PCA/GCE) was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showing that the surface of the electrode possesses a rod like structure. Under optimal conditions, the sensor showed a liner proportional response to MN in a wide determination range from 0.5 to 40.0 μM with a detection limit (S/N = 3) of 0.17 μM. Finally, the fabricated sensor was also successfully applied to detect MN in human serum samples, and satisfactory recoveries were obtained.
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ELECTROANALYSIS
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2018
·Vol. 30
·期 11
·2768-2773
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IF 2.851
Xin Feng,Xiaomei Dong,Qingcheng Zhang,Cuixia Cui,JingJing Zhang,Zhen Chen,Changmi Wu,Huile Jin,Shun Wang,Jichang Wang
In this study carbon materials with a hierarchical pore structure have been fabricated through a scalable and template free solvothermal method in the presence of metal catalysts, where the presence of metal catalysts was found to be essential for the initial polymerization process. The as-prepared carbon contained trace amounts of metal residues and exhibited highly efficient catalytic activity toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Among all the metal catalysts studied, cobalt containing porous carbon exhibited the highest ORR electrocatalytic activity with great tolerance to methanol crossover and excellent long-term cycling stability, outperforming the commercial 30 % ( w / w ) Pt/C catalysts. The great performance may be contributed to the unique porous structure, the large specific surface area of cobalt-doped carbon and chemical activity of cobalt. The result provides useful guidance for the development of carbon-based electrocatalysts.
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CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
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2018
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IF 3.972
Xiao-Ning Hu,Lin Xiong,Li-Ming Wu
The A2MIIMIV3Q8 family (A = alkali metal; MII = divalent metal; MIV = tetravalent metal; Q = chalcogenide) has attracted much attention because of its diverse structures and properties. Herein, we have successfully synthesized six new compounds as the first Mn-containing members of this family, Cs2MnGe3S8 (1), Cs2MnGe3Se8 (2), Cs2MnSn3Se8 (3), Rb2MnGe3S8 (4), Rb2MnGe3Se8 (5), and Rb2MnSn3Se8 (6). Compounds 1 and 6 crystallize in the monoclinic space group P21/n (No. 14) and P21 (No. 4), respectively, whereas compounds 2–5 crystallize in the non-centrosymmetric orthorhombic P212121 (No. 19). According to our theoretical calculations, their energy gaps are mainly dominated by s states of MIV and p states of Q and minor Mn 3d. Plate-like crystals with sizes about 20 × 5 × 1 mm3 of 2 and 3 are obtained by the Bridgeman method. In addition, we propose a structure mismatch factor that is defined as F = rMII+ rMIV + 2rQ2– – 2rA+ to provide a clear description of how three different structure types distribute among the A2MIIMIV3Q8 family; when 1.2 < F < 1.9, members will adopt a P212121-type structure; when F is too small (<1.2) or too large (>1.9), P21/n or P21-type, respectively, will be taken.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2018
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IF 4.439
Ying Xu,Shengnan Wang,Xiaoyan Hou,Zhe Sun,Yong Jiang,Zhongbing Dong,Quanbao Tao,Jun Man,Yan Cao
N, P, S co-doped graphene quantum dots (NPS-GQDs) were prepared via a one-step wet chemical plus dialysis method directly using anthracite coal as raw material. This facile oxidation process simultaneously synthesized graphene quantum dots (GQDs) and doped N, P and S atoms on edges or forming functional groups of GQDS. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) proved that the involved heteroatoms were successfully doped on GQDs. The local doping of N, P and S on GQDs can reach high levels as 5.6%, 3.7% and 3.7% (by atomic) during XPS detection, respectively. Raman spectra showed that the amount of defects or disorders of prepared GQDs increased during the transition of the coal hunk toward the nano-GQDs. The effect of graphitizing degree of applied coals (varied coal ranks) on the formation of GQDs implied that raw coals with too high or too low graphitizing degree were not optimizing for the formation of high-quality GQDs. The prepared NPS-GQDs showed excellent properties on the excitation-dependent fluorescence and the quench by some trace metals. Thus, the NPS-GQDs were applied to detect of Pb 2+ in both a DI water and a multi-elements analysis matrix, exhibited wide linear detection range (1–20 μM) and a detection limit of 0.75 μM.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2019
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IF 8.355
Kiran Gupta,Baoling Yuan,Chen Chen,Naresh Varnakavi,Ming-Lai Fu
Novel composite of immobilized layered K 2x Mn x Sn 3−x S 6 (x = 0.5–0.95) (KMS-1) on the surface of reduced graphene oxide (r-GO), KMS-1/r-GO (KGO), has been fabricated by employing hydrothermal technique and used for the removal of radioactive Cs + and Sr 2+ ions from aqueous solutions. The KGO was characterized thoroughly with different characteristic techniques and found that the laminar KMS-1 nanoplate were immobilized on the surface of r-GO nanosheets, forming a highly porous stacked structure. Batch studies have been done for obtaining optimal experimental parameters and investigating the effect of adsorption time, initial concentration of pollutant, pH of solution, temperature, and competing anions on the removal properties. At room temperature, the maximum adsorption capacity of KGO was 338.18 mg·g −1 and 220.12 mg·g −1 for both Cs + and Sr 2+ , respectively. Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic models were fitted well with experimental data of removed Cs + and Sr 2+ . Adsorption showed good selectivity of composite towards Cs + and Sr 2+ in the presence of co-existing ions (Ca 2+ and Mg 2+ ). The proposed adsorption mechanism involved ion exchange through the presence of K + ions in KMS-1 and formation of surface ionic interactions between r-GO and ions through COO X or S X (X denoted Cs + and Sr 2+ ). This study highlighted the facile applicability of novel material KGO and could be used as a new adsorbent for the removal of radioactive ions.
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Analytical Methods
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2019
·Vol. 11
·期 34
·4382-4389
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IF 2.378
Fanglin Ming,Jingzhou Hou,Danqun Huo,Jun Zhou,Mei Yang,Caihong Shen,Suyi Zhang,Changjun Hou
A luminescent amino-functionalized metal–organic framework (Cu–MOFs) was synthesized from 2-aminoterephthalic acid and Cu(II) ions by a solvothermal method. Cu–MOFs displayed blue fluorescence with a peak at 430 nm under 330 nm excitation. Its structure was characterized by FTIR, TEM, XRD, and XPS. The fluorescence of the Cu–MOFs was quenched by Fe3+ in aqueous solutions. The limit of detection was 0.5 μM, and the linear working range extended from 2 μM to 35 μM. Additionally, a good logarithmic relationship between relative fluorescence intensity (F/F0) and Fe3+ concentrations ranging from 2 to 180 μM was obtained with a detection limit of 1.56 μM (R2 = 0.9975). No clear interference was observed when challenged with a wide variety of cations and anions. The recoveries from spiked real water samples were in the range of 91.7–107.7%, and the detection results were consistent with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) results. Therefore, the fluorescent sensor has great potential in environmental monitoring.
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Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
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2017
·Vol. 5
·期 2
·403-412
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IF 4.036
Jian-Rong Li,Lei Xu,Ming-Lai Fu,Yun-Xia Wang,Hang Xiao
A facile strategy was designed to prepare magnetically layered chalcogenide Fe3O4/KMS-1 (FK) composite adsorbents combining the advantages of rapid magnetic separation and satisfactory adsorption performance under vigorous stirring in ethanol solution at room temperature. The dispersion degree of Fe3O4 in ethanol was superior to that in water, which gave a better result with the preparation in ethanol. Characterization by SEM-EDS, XRD, magnetic test, N2 physical-adsorption and TG-DTG demonstrated formation of FK and its adsorption performance. The results showed that the Fe3O4 microspheres could be well distributed over the surface of KMS-1 by electrostatic attraction in ethanol and the obtained FK could be easily separated from water after adsorption using a magnet. The pH slightly affected the adsorption capacity in the range of 3 to 6. Both KMS-1 and Fe3O4 retained their own original adsorption capacity in FK and FK0.3 was the best composite adsorbent when the mass ratio of Fe3O4 and KMS-1 was 0.3. As the amount of loaded Fe3O4 was decreased, the adsorption capacity of the composite adsorbents increased. The kinetic data of FK0.3 fit well with pseudo-second-order models. The co-existing ions had a slight effect on the removal of Zn(II) by FK0.3. The interlayer spacing of KMS-1 in FK increased from 0.851 nm to 1.123 nm after adsorption. The FK composite adsorbents can be considered as an excellent recoverable adsorbent in the treatment of wastewater.
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