Ball-milling MoS_2/carbon black hybrid material for catalyzing hydrogen evolution reaction in acidic medium

Replacing platinum for catalyzing hydrogen evolution reaction （HER） in acidic medium remains great chal- lenges. Herein, we prepared few-layered MoS2 by ball milling as an efficient catalyst for HER in acidic medium, The activity of as-prepared MoS2 had a strong dependence on the ball milling time, Furthermore, Ketjen Black EC 300J was added into the ball-milled MoS2 followed by a second ball milling, and the resultant MoS2/carbon black hybrid material showed a much higher HER activity than MoS2 and carbon black alone. The enhanced activity of the MoS2/carbon black hybrid material was attributed to the increased abundance of catalytic edge sites of MoS） and excellent electrical coupling to the underlving carbon network.

Compositional and Structural Difference of Fulvic Acid from Black Soil Applied with Different Organic Materials: Assessment After Three Years

Knowledge of different effects of various organic materials on soil humic substance is important for both environmental safety and sustainable agriculture.A pot experiment was conducted at Jilin Agricultural University,Jilin Province in northeast China to discover the influence of herb residue,animal excrement,woody residue,animal remnant on fulvic acid（FA） composition and structure using differential thermal analysis-thermogravimetric（DTA-TG）,fourier transform infrared spectroscopy（FTIR） and elemental analysis.DTA-TG showed the range of peak temperature in the first exothermic reaction increased following the trend： CK〉herb residue〉animal excrement〉woody residue=animal remnant,and the most weight loss was observed in animal excrement.Moreover,the second exothermic reaction of CK-and animal excrement-FA was presented as double peaks,the order of weight loss in that area was animal remnant〉CK〉woody residue〉animal excrement〉herb residue.According to FTIR,herb residue displayed higher adsorption intensity at 2 950,1 420,1 240 and 1 030 cm-1,animal excrement was in reverse.At the same time,herb residue-and animal excrement-FA had an absorption peak at 1 720 cm-1,while other organic materials didn＇t have this peak.As elemental analysis showed,FA isolated from various treatments was significantly distinct.It was clearly shown from our results that FA composition and structure in amended soils may be affected in different ways and at various extents on dependence of the nature and origin of amendment.

Sulfonated carbon materials with hydrophilic and lipophilic properties

Two acidic carbon materials （H-PRC and HS-C） were used as catalysts for the condensation reaction of methanol with formaldehyde to produce dimethoxymethane （DMM） in aqueous solution （hydrophilic system） and for the etherification of isopentene with methanol to produce tert amyl methyl ether （TAME） in toluene solution （lipophilic system）. Microcalorimetric adsorptions of water and benzene showed that the HS-C was highly hydrophilic without the lipophilicity, while the H-PRC exhibited both the hydrophilicity and lipophilicity. Thus, the HS-C was well dispersed in aqueous solution and difficult to separate from it. On the other hand, the H-PRC was highly active, more active than the acidic resin （D008） and sulfuric acid, for the synthesis of DMM in aqueous solution. The H-PRC was also highly active, more active than the HS-C, for the etherification of isopentene with methanol to produce TAME in toluene solution, probably owing to its amphiphilic surface property as well as its strong surface acidity as measured by the microcalorirnetric adsorption of NH3.

Preparation and Characterization of CA-MA Eutectic/Silicon Dioxide Nanoscale Composite Phase Change Material from Water Glass via Sol-Gel Method

This work mainly involved the preparation of a nano-scale form-stable phase change material（PCM） consisting of capric and myristic acid（CA-MA） binary eutectic acting as thermal absorbing material and nano silicon dioxide（nano-SiO_2） serving as the supporting material. Industrial water glass for preparation of the nano silicon dioxide matrix and CA-MA eutectic mixture were compounded by single-step sol-gel method with the silane coupling agent. The morphology, chemical characterization and form stability property of the composite PCM were investigated by transmission electron microscopy（TEM）, scanning electron microscopy（SEM）, Fourier-transform infrared（FT-IR） spectroscopy and polarizing microscopy（POM）. It was indicated that the average diameter of the composite PCM particle ranged from 30-100 nm. The CA-MA eutectic was immobilized in the network pores constructed by the Si-O bonds so that the composite PCM was allowed no liquid leakage above the melting temperature of the CA-MA eutectic. Differential scanning calorimetry（DSC） and thermogravimetric analysis（TGA） measurement were conducted to investigate the thermal properties and stability of the composite PCM. From the measurement results, the mass fraction of the CA-MA eutectic in the composite PCM was about 40%. The phase change temperature and latent heat of the composite were determined to be 21.15 ℃ and 55.67 J/g, respectively. Meanwhile, thermal conductivity of the composite was measured to be 0.208 W·m^（-1）·K^（-1） by using the transient hot-wire method. The composite PCM was able to maintain the surrounding temperature close to its phase change temperature and behaved well in thermalregulated performance which was verified by the heat storage-release experiment. This kind of form-stable PCM was supposed to complete thermal insulation even temperature regulation by the dual effect of relatively low thermal conductivity and phase change thermal storage-release properties. So it can be formulated that the nanoscale CA-MA/SiO_2 composite PCM with the form-stable property, good thermal storage capacity and relatively low thermal conductivity can be applied for energy conservation as a kind of thermal functional material.

Hydrothermal Syntheses and Characterizations of Two One-dimensional Molybdenum 1,4-Butylenediphosphonates

The reaction of Ni（CH3COO）2-4H2O, Na2MoO4·H2O, MoO3, 1,10-phenanthroline and 1,4-butylenediphosphonic acid in distilled water at 180℃ for 72 h produced two new compounds： {[Ni（1,10-phen）3][Ni（1,10-phen）2（Mo6O18）（O3P（CH2）4PO3）]·6H2O}n 1 in 15% yield and {[Ni（1,10-phen）2（H2O）2] [Ni（1,10-phen）2 （H2O）（Mo5O15）（O3P（CH2）4PO3）]·6H2O} n 2 in 47% yield. 1 and 2 both feature {MonO3nO3P（CH2）4PO3}^4-（n=5, 6） 1-D anionic chain, which is further decorated and charge compensated by [Ni（1,10-phen）2]^2＋. 1 contains {Mo6O24P2} cluster constructed of three pairs of face-sharing {MoO6} octahedra linked through corner-sharing interaction. 2 exhibits the characteristic structure based on pentanuclear ring of comer- and edge-sharing {MoO6} octahedra capped by three oxygen atoms of {PO3} on each side. The thermogravimetric analyses and magnetic property of 2 were also studied.

Precipitation of flaky moolooite and its thermal decomposition

Moolooite particles with flaky morphology were synthesized by mixing dilute solutions of copper nitrate and sodium oxalate in the presence of citric acid. Solution p H value, citric acid concentration, and stirring were found to have large effect on the shape of the precipitated particles. Under the stirring, the radial area of flaky moolooite particles was enlarged and extended to become a thinner and larger flake. This is ascribed to growth promotion caused by the selective absorption of citric ligands onto a particular crystalline surface of the moolooite particles. Flaky shape of the moolooite particles tended to become spherical and disappeared completely when decomposed under an Ar atmosphere, leading to the formation of large porous aggregated particles composed of many tiny nanosized copper crystals.

Study on the Corrosion inhibitor and Fog Suppressor for Chemical Pickling of Iron and Steel

A new type of corrosion inhibitor and fog suppressor composed of Nitrogen-containing alkaloid,water-soluble butadiene lower polymer, and inorganic electrolyte has been investigated by gravimetric and electrochemical method. Effects or this chemicals on pickling rate and hydrogen penetration into iron and steel material in 50～150 g/L HCI or/and H2SO4 solutions at 20～70℃ temperature were examined. The amount of acid fog escaping from the surface of air-liquid was determined by chemical titration. The results indicate that the efficiency of inhibition and suppression depends on film properties by which mean a barrier film on the interface of bare mild steel/solution or an unsolvable liquid membrane as hydrophibic effect.In present work the film-forming mechanism by in situ and chemistry-mechanics effect is also discussed.

Preparation and characterization of capric-palmitic-stearic acid ternary eutectic mixture/expanded vermiculite composites as form-stabilized thermal energy storage materials

In this study, a composite of form-stable phase change materials （FSPCMs） were prepared by the incorporation of a eutectic mixture of capric-palmitic-stearic acid （CA-PA-SA） into expanded vermiculite （EV） via vacuum impregnation. In the composites, CA-PA-SA was utilized as a thermal energy storage material, and EV served as the supporting material. X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results demonstrated that CA-PA-SA and EV in the composites only undergo physical combination, not a chemical reaction. Scanning electron microscopy images indicated that CA-PA-SA is sufficiently absorbed in the expanded vermiculite porous network. According to differential scanning calorimetry results, the 70 wt% CA-PA-SA/EV sample melts at 19.3 ℃ with a latent heat of 117.6J/g and solidifies at 17.1 ℃ with a latent heat of 118.3J/g. Thermal cycling measurements indicated that FSPCMs exhibit adequate stability even after being subjected to 200 melting-freezing cycles. Furthermore, the thermal conductivity of the composites increased by approximately 49.58% with the addition of 5 wt% of Cu powder. Hence, CA-PA-SA/EV FSPCMs are effective latent heat thermal energy storage building materials.

Characteristics of biomass ashes from different materials and their ameliorative effects on acid soils

The chemical characteristics,element contents,mineral compositions,and the ameliorative effects on acid soils of five biomass ashes from different materials were analyzed. The chemical properties of the ashes varied depending on the source biomass material. An increase in the concrete shuttering contents in the biomass materials led to higher alkalinity,and higher Ca and Mg levels in biomass ashes,which made them particularly good at ameliorating effects on soil acidity. However,heavy metal contents,such as Cr,Cu,and Zn in the ashes,were relatively high. The incorporation of all ashes increased soil p H,exchangeable base cations,and available phosphorus,but decreased soil exchangeable acidity. The application of the ashes from biomass materials with a high concrete shuttering content increased the soil available heavy metal contents. Therefore,the biomass ashes from wood and crop residues with low concrete contents were the better acid soil amendments.

Dynamic DNA nanomachines for amplification imaging of diseased cells based on stimuli-responsive mechanism

As a basic functional unit,living cell with sophisticated structures play an indispensable role in life activities.Since the abnormality of important molecules inside cells is closely related to diseases,the dynamic analysis and spatio-temporal monitoring of specific molecules in living cells can provide precious information for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.More recently,DNA has not only been recognized as the carrier of genetic information,but has also used as a robust building block for the assembly of multitudinous nanoscale structures due to the intrinsic advantages of high programmability of classic Watson–Crick base-pairing rule.Intensive study promotes the rapid progress of nanotechnology in various fields,such as bioimaging,diagnosis,and therapeutics.Among numerous well-defined DNA nanomaterials,DNA nanomachines have been widely exploited in cell imaging owing to their desirable ability to achieve high-resolution temporal and spatial images in response to endogenous or exogenous stimuli.In brief,elaborate DNA nanomachines can undergo structural changes upon the stimuli of target analytes or environmental factors,resulting in rapid increase or reduction of output signals and thereby indirectly reflecting the expression level of targets.DNA nanomachines with high sensitivity and specificity contribute to the recognition of diseased tissues.In this review,we introduce the basic assembly modules of DNA nanomachines and summarize the recent advances in dynamic DNA nanomachines for diseased-cell imaging.Finally,the current challenges and future directions of DNA nanomachines for bioimaging are discussed.