Interaction of Egg-Sphingomyelin with DOPC in Langmuir Monolayers

Lipid rafts are a dynamic microdomain structure found in recent years, enriched in sphin- golipids, cholesterol and particular proteins. The change of structure and function of lipid rafts could result in many diseases. In this work, the monolayer miscibility behavior of mixed systems of Egg-Sphingomyelin （ESM） with 1, 2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine was in- vestigated in terms of mean surface area per molecule and excess molecular area AAex at certain surface pressure, surface pressure and excess surface pressure Arcex at certain mean molecular area. The stability and compressibility of the mixed monolayers was assessed by the parameters of surface excess Gibbs free energy AGex, excess Helmholtz energy AHex and elasticity. Thermodynamic analysis indicates AAex and ATrex in the binary systems with positive deviations from the ideal behavior, suggesting repulsive interaction. The max- imum of AGex and AHex was at the molar fraction of ESM of 0.6, demonstrating the mixed monolayer was more unstable. The repulsive interaction induced phase separation in the monolayer.

High-performance SiO/C as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries using commercial SiO and glucose as raw materials

Silicon monoxide(SiO)is considered as a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries(LIBs)due to its higher capacity and longer cycle life than those of graphite and silicon,respectively.In this study,glucose was developed as a suitable and inexpensive carbon source to synthesize SiO/C composite with a high performance.In addition,the effects of the calcination temperature and the amount of c arbon source on the electrochemical performance of the SiO/C composite were investigated.The addition of 5 wt%glucose and a calcination temperature of 800℃ demonstrated the optimum conditions for SiO/C synthesis.The resultant SiO/C showed an initial charge capacity of 1259 mAh·g^(-1) and a high initial coulombic efficiency of 71.9%.A charge capacity of 850 mAh·g^(-1) after 100 cycles at 200 mA·g^(-1) was achieved,demonstrating the best value of the SiO/C-based materials.The composition changes of SiO under the calcination temperature played a significant role in the electrochemical performance.Overall,the obtained SiO/C material with a high capacity and good stability is suitable for LIB applications as an anode material.