Ionic liquids （ILs） have been generally described as molten salts which are composed of asymmetric cations and anions. They exist in liquid state below 100 ℃. Both ILs and their composite materials have been widely...Ionic liquids （ILs） have been generally described as molten salts which are composed of asymmetric cations and anions. They exist in liquid state below 100 ℃. Both ILs and their composite materials have been widely used in various fields. Attributed to the outstanding properties including the thermal and chemical stabilities, the negligible volatility, the high ionic conductivity, the wide electrochemical window, and the easy design in the construction, ILs have been applied in electrochemical applications including the electrocatalysis, the electrosynthesis, the electrodeposition, the electrochamical devices and sensors. In addition to the application in electrochemical sensors, ILs have also been used in biosensors because of their biocompatibiciy. Here, we review the recent devel- opments for the applicaitons of ILs in electrochemical sensors and biosensors, including the corresponding properties of ILs suitable for electrochemical sensors. Electrochemical biosensors constructed by numorous composites are the emphasis in the review.展开更多
Highly sensitive and selective detection against specific target gases, especially at low-ppb （part per bil- lion） level, remain a great number of challenges in gas sensor applications. In this paper, we first prese...Highly sensitive and selective detection against specific target gases, especially at low-ppb （part per bil- lion） level, remain a great number of challenges in gas sensor applications. In this paper, we first present an ordered mesoporous NiFe204 for highly sensitive and selective detection against low-ppb toluene. A series of mesoporous NiFe204 materials were synthesized by templating from mesoporous silica KIT-6 and its framework thickness was reduced from 8.5 to 5 nm by varying the pore size of KIT-6 from 9.4 to 5.6 nm, accompanied with the increase of the specific surface area from 134 to 216 m^2 g^-1. The ordered mesoporous NiFe2O4 with both ultrathin framework of 5 nm and large specific surface area of up to 216 m^2 g^-1 exhibits a highest response （Rgas/Ralr-1 = 77.3） toward 1,000 ppb toluene at 230℃ and is nearly 7.3 and 76.7 times higher than those for the NiFe204 replica with thick framework and its bulk counter- part respectively, which also possesses a quite low limit of detection （〈2 ppb）, and good selectivity.展开更多
A general stepwise strategy for the preparation of new humidity-responsive plasmonic nanosensor was described for the first time, based on Ag film functionalization by polyacrylamide（PAAM） brushes via surface-initia...A general stepwise strategy for the preparation of new humidity-responsive plasmonic nanosensor was described for the first time, based on Ag film functionalization by polyacrylamide（PAAM） brushes via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization（SI-ATRP） method and then assembled with gold nanoparticles（Au NPs）. We designed by this way a new plasmonic device made of Au NPs embedded in a humid vapor responsive polymer layer on Ag film and extensively characterized by surface-enhanced Raman scattering（SERS）. When the relative humidity（RH） is above 50%, the number of plasmonic hotspots decreases, causing SERS signal reduced noticeably, for the volume expansion of PAAM brushes varied the nano-gap between closely spaced Au NPs, and between Au NPs and Ag film. The reversible optical properties of the prepared nanocomposite tuned by RH were probed through SERS using 4-mercaptopyridine（4-Mpy） as a molecular probe, and the decrease of the RH reversibly induces a significant enhancement of the 4-Mpy SERS signal. By means of the high reversibility, the RH responsive nanocomposite developed in this paper provides a dynamic SERS platform and can be applied as plasmonic nanosensor which is proved to be stable for at least two months.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21420102006,21273134)
文摘Ionic liquids （ILs） have been generally described as molten salts which are composed of asymmetric cations and anions. They exist in liquid state below 100 ℃. Both ILs and their composite materials have been widely used in various fields. Attributed to the outstanding properties including the thermal and chemical stabilities, the negligible volatility, the high ionic conductivity, the wide electrochemical window, and the easy design in the construction, ILs have been applied in electrochemical applications including the electrocatalysis, the electrosynthesis, the electrodeposition, the electrochamical devices and sensors. In addition to the application in electrochemical sensors, ILs have also been used in biosensors because of their biocompatibiciy. Here, we review the recent devel- opments for the applicaitons of ILs in electrochemical sensors and biosensors, including the corresponding properties of ILs suitable for electrochemical sensors. Electrochemical biosensors constructed by numorous composites are the emphasis in the review.
基金supported by the National First-Rate Discipline Construction Project of Ningxia(NXYLXK2017A04,2017CET02KY03,and 2017CET04KY05)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51362024,21006116,and 51672138)+2 种基金the Foundation of State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering(2016–19)National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(21325105)the West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Science
文摘Highly sensitive and selective detection against specific target gases, especially at low-ppb （part per bil- lion） level, remain a great number of challenges in gas sensor applications. In this paper, we first present an ordered mesoporous NiFe204 for highly sensitive and selective detection against low-ppb toluene. A series of mesoporous NiFe204 materials were synthesized by templating from mesoporous silica KIT-6 and its framework thickness was reduced from 8.5 to 5 nm by varying the pore size of KIT-6 from 9.4 to 5.6 nm, accompanied with the increase of the specific surface area from 134 to 216 m^2 g^-1. The ordered mesoporous NiFe2O4 with both ultrathin framework of 5 nm and large specific surface area of up to 216 m^2 g^-1 exhibits a highest response （Rgas/Ralr-1 = 77.3） toward 1,000 ppb toluene at 230℃ and is nearly 7.3 and 76.7 times higher than those for the NiFe204 replica with thick framework and its bulk counter- part respectively, which also possesses a quite low limit of detection （〈2 ppb）, and good selectivity.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51572009)
文摘A general stepwise strategy for the preparation of new humidity-responsive plasmonic nanosensor was described for the first time, based on Ag film functionalization by polyacrylamide（PAAM） brushes via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization（SI-ATRP） method and then assembled with gold nanoparticles（Au NPs）. We designed by this way a new plasmonic device made of Au NPs embedded in a humid vapor responsive polymer layer on Ag film and extensively characterized by surface-enhanced Raman scattering（SERS）. When the relative humidity（RH） is above 50%, the number of plasmonic hotspots decreases, causing SERS signal reduced noticeably, for the volume expansion of PAAM brushes varied the nano-gap between closely spaced Au NPs, and between Au NPs and Ag film. The reversible optical properties of the prepared nanocomposite tuned by RH were probed through SERS using 4-mercaptopyridine（4-Mpy） as a molecular probe, and the decrease of the RH reversibly induces a significant enhancement of the 4-Mpy SERS signal. By means of the high reversibility, the RH responsive nanocomposite developed in this paper provides a dynamic SERS platform and can be applied as plasmonic nanosensor which is proved to be stable for at least two months.
