两个修正的分子连接性指数用于有机物反磁磁化率的改进QSPR研究

为了预测有机物的摩尔反磁磁化率,基于分子图的连接矩阵和可变的原子价连接性指数δi’提出了一种可变的分子连接性指数mχ’ 及其逆指数mχ”。包含在δi’、 mχ’ 和mχ”定义式中的三个可变参数x、 a和y的最佳值可通过优化方法得到。当x=2.9、a=1.10、y=0.36时, 通过最佳子变量集合法可以构建一个良好的5参数模型。对721个有机物（训练集）,该模型的相关系数r、标准偏差s和平均绝对偏差分别是0.9930、4.96 cgs和3.74cgs。交叉验证说明,从统计学角度该模型具有良好的稳定性。另外该模型对另外360个有机物（测试集）摩尔反磁磁化率预测结果的平均绝对偏差为4.37cgs。结果表明本文的方法在预测有机物摩尔反磁磁化率方面比文献方法更有效。多元线性方法能得到比较理想的预测有机物摩尔反磁磁化率的模型。     

Sizes of water-soluble luminescent quantum dots measured by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

In this paper, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) was applied to measure the size of water-soluble quantum dots (QDs). The measurements were performed on a home-built FCS system based on the Stokes-Einstein equation. The obtained results showed that for bare CdTe QDs the sizes from FCS were larger than the ones from transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The brightness of QDs was also evaluated using FCS technique. It was found that the stability of the surface chemistry of QDs would be significantly improved by capping it with hard-core shell. Our data demonstrated that FCS is a simple, fast, and effective method for characterizing the fluorescent quantum dots, and is especially suitable for determining the fluorescent nanoparticles less than 10 nm in water solution.     

A convenient synthesis of cadmium chalcogenide quantum dots from cadmium acetate and bis(diphenylphosphino)methane monosulfide and –selenide or 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane monoselenide

The synthesis of both cadmium selenide and cadmium sulfide quantum dots has been effected using a synthetic protocol that avoids the use of volatile, toxic organocadmium reagents and alkyl phosphines.     

CdTe量子点与罗丹明B间的荧光共振能量转移研究

以巯基乙酸为稳定剂, 在水溶液中合成了CdTe量子点. 以发射波长522 nm的量子点为给体, 罗丹明B为受体, 研究了在十六烷基三甲基溴化铵胶束介质中, 量子点与罗丹明B之间的荧光共振能量转移. 实验结果表明, 在pH＝5.00的缓冲溶液中, 当十六烷基三甲基溴化铵的浓度为1.37×10－4 mol/ L时, 量子点与罗丹明B之间的距离为2.65 nm, 1个量子点给体最多可与6个罗丹明B受体发生有效的共振能量转移, 能量转移效率为0.69.     

A convenient synthesis and the mesomorphic properties of new chiral ferroelectric thiobenzoates

A secondary chiral (R)-(?)-2-alcohol underwent the Mitsunobu reaction with triphenylphosphine, diethyl azodicarboxylate and ethyl 4-hydroxybiphenylcarboxylate, resulting in the desired (S)-(+)-product with high enantiomeric purity (>99% ee), with the chiral branched chain attached to the biphenyl. This method is operationally simple and provides the very important chiral precursor in good yields (62% in dry THF and 72% in dry Et₂O). The condensation of the (S)-(+)-acid chloride from this material and a suitable 4-n-alkylthiophenol in toluene in the presence of pyridine or triethylamine furnishes the chiral (S)-(+)-thiobenzoate liquid crystals in good yields (80–83% in pyridine and 65–68% in Et₃N). (S)-(+)-4-(1-Methylheptyloxy)biphenyl 4-alkylthiobenzoates are abbreviated (S)-MHOBSn , where n varies from 4 to 10 and denotes the number of carbon atoms in the alkyl chain. DSC, polarizing microscopy and X-ray diffraction showed that the (S)-MHOBSn series possesses a rich phase polymorphism: two highly ordered tilted phases CrG* and SmI*, as well as the ferroelectric smectic C (SmC*) and chiral nematic (N*) phase. In this series, the seldom observed transition between the chiral phases SmI*–SmC* is seen. All the compounds possess stable enantiotropic SmC* and N* phases. The existence of weak intermolecular hydrogen-bonding in (S)-MHOBSn was confirmed by FTIR spectroscopy.     

Quantitative Structure Property Relations （QSPR） for Predicting Molar Diamagnetic Susceptibilities,xm, of Inorganic Compounds

For predicting the molar diamagnetic susceptibilities of inorganic compounds, a novel connectivity index ^mG based on adjacency matrix of molecular graphs and ionic parameter gi was proposed. The gi is defined as gi=（ni^0.5-0.91）^4·xi^0.5｜Zi^0.5, where Zi, ni, xi are the valence, the outer electronic shell primary quantum number, and the electronegativity of atom i respectively. The good QSPR models for the molar diamagnetic susceptibilities can be constructed from ^0G and ^1G by using multivariate linear regression （MLR） method and artificial neural network （NN） method. The correlation coefficient r, standard error, and average absolute deviation of the MLR model and NN model are 0.9868, 5.47 cgs, 4.33 cgs, 0.9885, 5.09 cgs and 4.06 cgs, respectively, for the 144 inorganic compounds. The cross-validation by using the leave-one-out method demonstrates that the MLR model is highly reliable from the point of view of statistics. The average absolute deviations of predicted values of the molar diamagnetic susceptibility of other 62 inorganic compounds （test set） are 4.72 cgs and 4.06 cgs for the MLR model and NN model. The results show that the current method is more effective than literature methods for estimating the molar diamagnetic susceptibility of an inorganic compound. Both MLR and NN methods can provide acceptable models for the prediction of the molar diamagnetic susceptibilities. The NN model for the molar diamagnetic susceptibilities appears more reliable than the MLR model.     

炭-/石墨烯量子点在超级电容器中的应用

炭-/石墨烯量子点作为新兴的炭纳米材料,因具有独特的小尺寸效应和丰富的边缘活性位点而在高性能超级电容器电极材料的研发方面展现出巨大潜力。针对目前炭-/石墨烯量子点在超级电容器电极材料方面的应用优势和存在的关键问题,本文以炭-/石墨烯量子点、量子点/导电炭复合材料、量子点/金属氧化物复合材料、量子点/导电聚合物复合材料以及量子点衍生炭这些电极材料为脉络,梳理了近年来该领域的发展状况,尝试阐释炭-/石墨烯量子点在电极材料、复合材料和衍生炭电极材料中所起到的关键作用,最后对炭-/石墨烯量子点电极材料的发展进行了展望。本综述以期为炭-/石墨烯量子点基电极材料的研究提供一定参考和依据。     

量子点微型光谱传感技术在水质实时监测中的应用

随着我国城市化进程加快和工业化程度加大,水环境保护问题愈发突出。水质的实时监测是水质治理的重要前提之一。从水质实时监测发展历程中的各项技术谈起,介绍和比较多种光学传感法,并着重聚焦于新兴的量子点微型光谱传感技术。量子点光谱仪是基于胶体量子点材料的重建式微型光谱仪,具有成本较低、性能优良、发展潜力大等诸多优势,目前已实际应用到水环境实时监测中。最后总结并展望了水质实时监测技术未来的发展方向。     

脂质体包覆CdSe/ZnSe核－壳量子点

本文提出了一种利用脂质体包覆量子点的方法。这种脂质体包覆的方法可以使量子点溶于水。被脂质体包覆的CdSe/ZnSe量子点仍具有很强的荧光,其荧光强度与未包覆的CdSe/ZnSe量子点处于同一数量级且具有很好的荧光稳定性。这种脂质体包覆的量子点有很好的生物相容性,利用它为荧光标记物,制备了鼠单克隆抗体CD95的免疫检测传感器。     

Progress in the toxicological researches for quantum dots

Quantum dots (QDs) have received more and more attention as a novel example of nanomaterials. Due to their unique fluorescent characteristics,quantum dots have been successfully applied in biotech-nology and medicine applications. Recently,the toxicity and the potential environmental effects of QDs have become a research hotspot. In this paper,toxicological effects of QDs are reviewed,and the prospects and research directions are given based on the analysis of this research field.     

高密度、长波长InGaAs量子点材料的制备与表征

利用MOCVD外延生长技术, 对InAs/GaAs量子点材料的生长参数进行调节, 获得了高密度(~5×1010 cm^-2)的InAs量子点. 室温荧光光谱表明, 覆盖厚度为5 nm的InGaAs(In组分的摩尔分数为12%)低应变层量子点材料的基态发光波长为1.346 μm, 光谱线宽为24 meV. 研究结果表明, 利用较低温度生长InAs量子点, 结合较高In组分的InGaAs低应变层量子点材料可以实现发光波长红移, 有效地改善材料的光学特性.     

Bead-Based Optical Immunoassay Using Quantum-Dot Labeling and Immunocomplex Dissociation for Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7

An immunoassay for Escherichia coli O157:H7 using quantum-dot (QD) labeling and subsequent release of the QD labels from immunocomplexes has been developed. The assay principle is that anti-E. coli O157:H7 conjugated immunomagnetic beads are used to capture E. coli O157:H7; this is followed by the binding of QD labeled antibodies to form sandwich immunocomplexes (Bead-Cell-QD); a dissociation buffer then elutes QDs from immunocomplexes by denaturing antibody or lysing cell; the fluorescence signal of the eluted QDs is measured to quantify E. coli O157:H7. This proposed approach avoids the interference of bead autofluorescence in signal transduction and, thus, enhances the detection resolution, while keeping the fast magnetic separation and sandwich binding of two selective antibodies for high specificity.     

Charging colloidal quantum dots by electrochemistry

The combination of electrochemistry and spectroscopy has allowed to establish novel charge induced phenomena in colloidal quantum dots thin films, including tuning the optical bandgap, modifying the fluorescence properties, and achieving conductivity. This is a brief review on the topic of charging colloidal quantum dots by electrochemistry. Correspondence: Philippe Guyot-Sionnest, James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 E. 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA     

Colloidal nanocrystal solar cells

Colloidal nanocrystal based organic solar cells are envisaged to be a cost effective alternative to conventional inorganic cells. A variety of studies have been reported recently with the goal to increases energy conversion efficiencies, which must be pushed towards 10% for devices to be practical. We review the status of this work, critically examining the factors affecting hybrid solar cell performance, and conclude with an outlook for future directions of research. Correspondence: Sandeep Kumar, Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada