Two novel quadrupolar organic compounds, 3-(4-((E)-2-(9-butyl-9H-carbazol-6-yl) vinyl)styryl)-9-propyl-9H-carbazole (BCSPC) and 3-(3-(3-((1E)-2-(4-((E)-2-(3-(3,5-bis(9-butyl-9H-carbazol-6-yl)phenyl)-9-butyl-9H-carbazol-6-yl)vinyl)phenyl) vinyl)-9-butyl-9H-carbazol-6-yl)-5-(9-butyl-9H-carbazol-6-yl)phenyl)-9-butyl-9H-carbazole (BCPBC), with different conjugated arms, have been designed and synthesized. Their one-and two-photon absorption (TPA) and excited fluorescence properties have been experimentally investigated. The two-photon absorption cross-sections of two compounds were estimated by two-photon excited fluorescence technique using 200 fs, 76 MHz, Ti:sapphire laser, which are 22 and 154 GM for BCSPC and BCPBC, respectively. The optimal excitation wavelengths are 780 nm for both BCSPC and BCPBC. A data recording experiment proved the potential application of the materials.
LI Lin1, YANG JiaXiang1,2, WANG CaiXia1, HU ZhangJun1, TIAN YuPeng1,2, LI Jing3, WANG ChuanKui3, LI Ming4, CHENG GuangHua4, TANG HuoHong5, HUANG WenHao5, TAO XuTang2 & JIANG MinHua2 1Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China
A novel hydrogen peroxide biosensor based on the BPT/AuNPs/graphene/HRP composite was developed. Firstly, graphene was prepared under the protection of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), and then the AuNPs/graphene composite was synthesized via in situ decoration. Using biphenyldimethanethiol (BPT) as a connector, the AuNPs/graphene composite was immobilized on the surface of the Au electrode, and whereafter the horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was decorated on the surface of the composite by adsorption. The morphology and structure of the products were characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM and UV-visible spectroscopy. The electrocatalytic performance of the resulting BPT/AuNPs/grapheme/HRP composite (namely, biosensor) was studied by electrochemical instrument. The results show that the biosensor has high sensitivity and fast response to H2O2. In the solution of pH 7.4 with potential -0.2V, the linear response of the biosensor to H2O2 ranges from 5.0×10-6 to 2.5×10-3M with the detection limit of 1.5×10-6M.
WANG TengZHU YiLI GaiZHANG ShengYiSONG JiMingMAO ChangJieWU JieYingJIN BaoKangTIAN YuPeng
The cantaloupe-like particles of CeOHCO_3 were synthesized in aqueous solution by using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as soft template. Then, the bunchiness rods of CeO_2 were obtained by calcining CeOHCO_3 at 450 ℃. The results of thermogravimetric/differential thermal analysis reveal that an endothermic reaction with decomposition is involved in the transformation process from CeOHCO_3 to CeO_2. By scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis, it is found that the orthorhombic phase CeOHCO_3 particles are constituted of short nanorods with diameters ranging from several tens nm to over 100 nm, and the cubic phase CeO_2 rods are composed of small particles with diameter ca. 15 nm. From the results of UV-Vis absorption and photoluminescence analysis, it is found that the CeO_2 possess abundant defects, and the band gaps of the CeO_2 and CeOHCO_3 are ca. 2.70 eV and 3.87 eV, respectively.
Coupling TiO2 with a narrow band gap semiconductor acting as the photosensitizer has attracted much attention in solar energy exploitation. In this work,the porous TiO2 film was first formed on the conducting glass plate (CGP) substrate by the decomposition of polyethylene glycol (PEG) mixing in titanium hydroxide sol at 450℃. Then,the TiO2/Ag2Se interface composite film was fabricated by interface reaction of AgNO3 with NaSeSO3 on the activated surface of porous TiO2 film. The results of SEM and XRD analyses indicated that the porous TiO2 layer was made up of the anatase crystal,and the Ag2Se layer was made up of congregative small particles that have low-temperature α-phase structure. Due to its efficient charge separation for the photo-induced electron-hole pairs,the TiO2/Ag2Se interface composite film as-prepared has good photovoltaic property and high photocurrent response for visible light,which have been confirmed by the photoelectrochemical measurements.
ZHAO JuanJuan,JIANG BangTong,ZHANG ShengYi,NIU HeLin,JIN BaoKang & TIAN YuPeng Department of Chemistry,Anhui University,Hefei 230039,China