Stimuli-responsive Janus mesoporous nanosheets towards robust interfacial emulsification and catalysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 3242-3249
Author(s):  
Jiangyan Yang ◽  
Jialin Wang ◽  
Yijiang Liu ◽  
Huaming Li ◽  
Zhiqun Lin

Stimuli-responsive amphiphilic Janus mesoporous nanosheets with pH-triggered emulsification performance, switchable catalytic activity in aqueous solution and oil-phase-type-dependent catalytic activity at an emulsion interface were crafted.

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 1015-1022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viliam Múčka

The catalytic properties of two-component catalyst nickel oxide-cadmium oxide with the proportions of the components covering the whole composition region 0-100% were examined by studying the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide in aqueous solution on it. In the range 0-25 mol.% CdO, cadmium oxide is found to affect infavourably the ability of nickel oxide to chemisorb oxygen. The amount of the chemisorbed oxygen increases several times on gamma irradiation of the samples. The effect of cadmium oxide on the catalytic activity of the system shows up in fresh samples only indirectly via the changed amount of the oxygen chemisorbed. In older samples the initial catalytic activity of the system is changed, which can be explained based on the concept of bivalent catalytic centres in terms of the co-action of the catalytic centres of the two oxides, which are in equilibrium. The irradiation of the system under study speeds up the processes leading to the establishing of this equilibrium which is thermally very stable, and results in a substantial increase of the catalytic activity of the samples investigated.


Langmuir ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 1215-1224
Author(s):  
Yuntian Yang ◽  
Qingqing Han ◽  
Yi-rong Pei ◽  
Shengsheng Yu ◽  
Zhegang Huang ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (72) ◽  
pp. 44387-44396
Author(s):  
Hanyu Chen ◽  
Duojiao Fu ◽  
Xiqin Zhou ◽  
Hongqin Liu ◽  
Baocai Xu

The series of gemini amine-oxide surfactants with the formula CnH2n+1CONH(CH2)2N+O–(CH3)–(CH2)3–(CH3)N+O– (CH2)2NHCOCnH2n+1 (n = 11, 13, 15, and 17) have been synthesized, and their pH-stimuli responsive behavior in aqueous solution has been studied.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fumitoshi Matoba ◽  
Teppei Yamada ◽  
Nobuo Kimizuka

Abstract Redox-stimulated host–guest chemistry was applied for the electrochemical Peltier effect, which is a heat transportation phenomenon observed in redox-active electrolytes. The refrigeration capability was enhanced up to 70%. By the addition of alpha-Cyclodextrin (α-CD) into I−/I3− aqueous solution, the amount of heat transported from the cathode side to the anode side was observed. The enhancement of the heat transportation was derived from the elimination heat of I3− from α-CD associated with the shift of host–guest equilibrium caused by the exhausting of I3− by the reduction. This is the first report that utilized the stimuli-responsive supramolecular interaction for heat transportation.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 963
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Xiaolian Zhu ◽  
Chengcheng Xu ◽  
Zhao Dai ◽  
Zhaohui Meng

A new AuNPs-based thermosensitive nanoreactor (SiO2@PMBA@Au@PNIPAM) was designed and prepared by stabilizing AuNPs in the layer of poly(N,N’-methylenebisacrylamide) (PMBA) and subsequent wrapping with the temperature-sensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) layer. The new nanoreactor exhibited high dispersibility and stability in aqueous solution and effectively prevented the aggregation of AuNPs caused by the phase transformation of PNIPAM. The XPS and ATR-FTIR results indicated that AuNPs could be well stabilized by PMBA due to the electron transfer between the N atoms of amide groups in the PMBA and Au atoms of AuNPs. The catalytic activity and thermoresponsive property of the new nanoreactor were invested by the reduction of the environmental pollutant, 4-nitrophenol (4-NP), with NaBH4 as a reductant. It exhibited a higher catalytic activity at 20 °C and 30 °C (below LCST of PNIPAM), but an inhibited catalytic activity at 40 °C (above LCST of PNIPAM). The PNIPAM layer played a switching role in controlling the catalytic rate by altering the reaction temperature. In addition, this nanoreactor showed an easily recyclable property due to the existence of a silica core and also preserved a rather high catalytic efficiency after 16 times of recycling.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1387 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Vickers ◽  
Hongjin Lv ◽  
Petro F. Zhuk ◽  
Yurii V. Geletii ◽  
Craig L. Hill

ABSTRACTWe report a study on catalytic water oxidation by cobalt in oxygen ligand environments because such systems are as promising as any in the water oxidation component of solar fuel production. We have re-examined the catalytic activity of Co(II) in aqueous solution using either [Ru(bpy)3]3+ as a stoichiometric oxidant or in visible-light-driven reactions with persulfate as a sacrificial electron acceptor. In both systems a distinctive induction period is observed. A simple kinetic model is proposed that describes the experimental data well. The presence of an induction period is explained by relatively slow formation of the true catalyst from aquacobalt(II).


Soft Matter ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (42) ◽  
pp. 8529-8536 ◽  
Author(s):  
You-Ming Zhang ◽  
Yong-Fu Li ◽  
Hu Fang ◽  
Jun-Xia He ◽  
Bi-Rong Yong ◽  
...  

A novel pseudorotaxanes-type crosslinker of a supramolecular polymer network (WP5-PN) was constructed based on water-soluble pillar[5]arene (WP5) and naphthalene dimethylamine derivative (PN) via host-guest interactions.


1977 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 3411-3412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shoji Hirai ◽  
Akira Morikawa ◽  
Yoshio Ishinaga ◽  
Kiyoshi Otsuka ◽  
Yuji Wada

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