Ionic liquid-assisted synthesis of silver nanorods by polyol reduction

Silver nanorods have been successfully synthesized in large scale by the ethylene glycol（EG） reduction in the presence of ionic liquid（IL） 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate（bmimBF_4） and polyvinyl-pyrrolidone（PVP）.The silver nanorods were characterized by scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,high-resolution transmission electron microscopy（HRTEM）,transmission electron microscopy（TEM）,electron energy disperse spectroscopy（EDS） and UV-vis spectroscopy.The results showed that the uniform silver nanorods have an average diameter of about 100 nm and the aspect ratio from 15 to 20.IL,bmimBF_4 may play a role of capping agent together with PVP in the formation of silver nanorods.On the other band,bmimBF_4 may accelerate nucleation and improve the stability of the resulting Ag nanorods due to the low interface tension of IL.

Facile synthesis and characterization of uniform CdS colloidal spheres

一致 CdS 胶体的范围成功地经由一个简单热水的方法被综合了。X 光检查衍射(XRD ) 分析显示产品展出六角形的结构。扫描电子(SEM ) 和传播电子显微镜学(TEM ) 被用来描绘 CdS 胶体的范围。范围的最后的尺寸可以从 71 的一个范围被选择 ?楤晳癡 吗？

Interaction between dodecyl oxypropyl β-hydroxyltrimethylammonium bromide and Xanthan:MesoDyn simulation and binding isotherm measurements

MesoDyn density functional simulation method is used to study the interactions between dodecyl oxypropyl β-hydroxyltrimethylammonium bromide (C12NBr) and Xanthan (XC). The micro dynamic process of aggregate formation and the aggregate morphology are reported. Interaction between XC and nonyphenyloxypropyl β-hydroxyltrimethylammonium bromide (C9phNBr) is compared with that between XC and C12NBr. Simulation results show that the aggregate morphology of XC/C12NBr and XC/C9phNBr is of rod-like shape with helix characteristic. The binding of C9phNBr to XC is more difficult than that of C12NBr to XC. In addition, three stages for the dynamic evolution of surfactant binding to XC are observed. The simulation results agree with binding isotherms of C9phNBr (C12NBr) to XC obtained via the potentiometric titration method, which shows a typical cooperative binding between C9phNBr (C12NBr) and XC.

Salt-free vesicle-phases and their template effect

Researches on the construction, structure, and formation of vesicles formed from surfactants have attracted great attention from colloid and interface chemists. The vesicles formed from salt-free cationic-anionic surfactant systems are very different from those with excess salts, having many particular properties. In this paper, we introduce the properties of vesicles prepared from salt-free surfactant systems, according to our own results, especially the vesicles formed from surfactants with divalent metal ions as counterions in aqueous solutions and room temperature ionic liquids. Moreover, the primary results on template effect of the metal-ligand vesicles have also been summarized.

Fmoc-protected amino acids as luminescent and circularly polarized luminescence materials based on charge transfer interaction

Fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl(Fmoc)-protected amino acids are effective building blocks in self-assembled architectures at hierarchical levels,which however show limited luminescent properties and chiroptical activities.Here we introduce a charge-transfer strategy to build two-component luminescent materials with emerged circularly polarized luminescence properties.A library of Fmoc-amino acids was built,which selectively form charge-transfer complexes with the electron-deficient acceptor.Embedding in amorphous polymer matrix or physical grinding could trigger the charge-transfer luminescence with adjusted wavelengths in a general manner.X-ray diffraction results suggest the multiple binding modes between donor and acceptor.And,the solution-processed coassembly could selectively exhibit circularly polarized luminescence with high dissymmetry g-factors.This work illustrates a noncovalent charge-transfer strategy to construct luminescent and chiroptical organic composites based on the easy-accessible and economic chiral N-terminal aromatic amino acids.

From Zn-Al layered double hydroxide to ZnO nanostructure:Gradually etching by sodium hydroxide

Zn-Al layered double hydroxide （LDH） was used as precursor to produce ZnO nanostructures through dissolution of aluminum hydroxide in caustic soda. The Zn-Al LDH could transform into different nanostructures of ZnO on LDH nanosheets and even pure ZnO nanorods under various NaOH concentration. The formed ZnO nanorods vertically aligned on both LDH sides. UV-vis diverse reflectance spectra show that the obtained ZnO nanorods have a band gap of approximately 3.05 eV. Such ZnO/LDH nanostructures might be used as photocatalyst in the organic pollutant decomposition.

Al^(3+)-induced vesicle formation

Aluminium laurate [Al(OOCC11H23)3] was synthesized as a surfactant, which can dissolve in micellar solution of a zwitterionic surfactant, tetradecycldimethylamine oxide (C14DMAO). The phase behavior of the mixtures of Al(OOCC11H23)3 and C14DMAO in water was studied and birefringent Lα-phase was observed. The birefringent Lα-phase consists of vesicles that were demonstrated by Polarizer and Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) micrographs. Al3+-coordinated vesicles could be used as templating-precursor, providing a vesicle-route for preparation of inorganic nanoscale particles.