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Xinhe Bao

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PubMed2006

Multiple Coordination of CO on Molybdenum Nanoparticles: Evidence for Intermediate Mox(CO)y Species by XPS and UPS.

CO chemisorption on the metallic molybdenum nanoparticles supported on the thin alumina film was investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS). A binary compound of molybdenum and CO is found to be formed on the surface upon CO dose, accompanied with a positive binding energy shift of the Mo 3d doublet and a localized Mo 4d valence band. A loose packing of the metallic molybdenum favors the formation of this intermediate Mox(CO)y species. The formation of the Mox(CO)y species implies that the property of the metallic molybdenum nanoparticles on the thin alumina film is much different from that of the bulk molybdenum, indicating a significant nanometer size effect.

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PubMed2006

Engineered complex emulsion system: toward modulating the pore length and morphological architecture of mesoporous silicas.

In the complex alkane/P123/TEOS/H2O emulsion system, an emulsion engineering method to modulate pore length and morphological architecture of mesoporous materials has been built. With fine tuning of the synthetic parameters (e.g., the composition of the synthetic mixtures, temperature, stirring, etc.), a series of chemically significant mesostructures (i.e., short-pore SBA-15 materials) with tunable pore length and morphological architecture have been successfully constructed. The effects of alkane solubilizates on pore length and particle morphology are discussed. The resulting short-pore materials would have potential applications in the fields of adsorption/separation of biomolecules and inclusion chemistry of guest species, etc.

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PubMed2006

Combined redox couples for catalytic oxidation of methane by dioxygen at low temperatures.

The combination of three redox couples Pd2+/Pd0-quinone/hydroquinone-NO2/NO creates an electron-transfer loop, which facilitates one-pot catalytic oxidation of methane selectively to methanol by dioxygen in CF3COOH at a temperature as low as 80 degrees C. This is the first example where an organic cocatalyst significantly increases the catalytic efficiency of a transition metal in the selective oxidation of methane in the presence of dioxygen.

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PubMed2006

Toward monodispersed silver nanoparticles with unusual thermal stability.

A novel in situ autoreduction route has been developed, by which monodispersed silver nanoparticles with tunable sizes could be easily fabricated on silica-based materials, especially inside the channels of mesoporous silica (MPS). 13C CP/MAS NMR spectroscopy was employed to monitor the whole assembly process. It was demonstrated that the amino groups of APTS (aminopropyltriethoxyl silane)-modified MPS can be used to anchor formaldehyde to form novel reducing species (NHCH2OH), on which Ag(NH3)2NO3 could be in situ reduced. Monodispersed silver nanoparticles were thus obtained. In situ XRD and in situ TEM experiments were used to investigate and compare the thermal stabilities of silver nanoparticles on the external surface of silica gels (unconfined) and those located inside the channels of SBA-15 (confined). It was observed that unconfined silver nanoparticles tended to agglomerate at low temperatures (i.e., lower than 773 K). The aggregation of silver nanoparticles became more serious at 773 K. However, for those confined silver nanoparticles, no coarsening process was observed at 773 K, much higher than its Tammann temperature (i.e., 617 K). Only when the treating temperature was higher than 873 K could the agglomeration of those confined silver nanoparticles happen with time-varying via the Ostwald ripening process. The confinement of mesopores played a key role in improving the thermal stabilities of silver nanoparticles (stable up to 773 K without any observable coarsening), which is essential to the further investigations on their chemical (e.g., catalytic) properties.

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PubMed2006

Density functional theoretical investigations on various nanostructural zeolite surfaces.

Through density functional calculations, the Brønsted acidities on various nanostructural ZSM-5 zeolite surfaces were studied as well as the hydrogen exchanging processes with adsorbed H(2)O monomer or dimer. The Brønsted acidities on the four nanostructural surfaces show differences, although slightly, with their strengths increasing as (100) < (210) < (410) < (001). For hydrogen exchanging processes with H(2)O monomer or dimer, the reaction rate increases in the order (210) < (100) < (001) < (410) or (210) < (410) < (001). No transition-state structure is present on H(2)O dimer/(100) surface system. The introduction of a second H(2)O molecule accelerates the hydrogen exchanging processes and meanwhile influences the nanostructural geometries such that they are more evident. Besides the activation barrier, the adsorption energy and reaction heat display differences from one surface to another, which results in the preference of catalytic reactions to a specific nanostructural zeolite surface, such as the hydrogen exchanging processes studied in this paper.

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PubMed2006

H2 adsorption on Fe/ZSM-5 zeolite: a theoretical approach.

The hydrogen reduction of the red-ox Fe/ZSM-5 zeolite is an essential step for catalyst preparation. In this letter, various adsorption modes of the H(2) molecules on the Fe(III)/ZSM-5 zeolite were first explored by density functional theory, with their exact configurations provided. The adsorption energies revealed that the two configurations with Fe(III) at the sextet states are the main ones, consistent with the results of inelastic neutron scattering (INS) experiments. On such basis, the vibrational and orbital analyses were made, which will be valuable for the future studies on the Fe/ZSM-5 systems.

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PubMed2006

Facile autoreduction of iron oxide/carbon nanotube encapsulates.

Facile autoreduction of iron oxide encapsulated within carbon nanotubes has been observed at a temperature 200 degrees C lower than those on the outer surface. This opens a new route to tune the state of confined nanoparticles of d-band metals by the confinement of CNTs.

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PubMed2006

Ultrafast enzyme immobilization over large-pore nanoscale mesoporous silica particles.

By finely tuning the TEOS/P123 molar ratio of the octane/water/P123/TEOS quadruple emulsion system and by controlling the synthesis conditions, an ultrafine emulsion system was isolated, under the confinement of which, nanoscale silica particles with ordered large mesopores (approximately 13 nm) have been successfully constructed; the obtained mesoporous silica particles have an unusual ultrafast enzyme adsorption speed and the amount of enzyme that can be immobilized is larger than that of conventional mesoporous silica, which has potential applications in the fast separation of biomolecules.

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Large-pore mesoporous SBA-15 silica particles with submicrometer size as stationary phases for high-speed CEC separation.

A new mesoporous sphere-like SBA-15 silica was synthesized and evaluated in terms of its suitability as stationary phases for CEC. The unique and attractive properties of the silica particle are its submicrometer particle size of 400 nm and highly ordered cylindrical mesopores with uniform pore size of 12 nm running along the same direction. The bare silica particles with submicrometer size have been successfully employed for the normal-phase electrochromatographic separation of polar compounds with high efficiency (e.g., 210,000 for thiourea), which is matched well with its submicrometer particle size. The Van Deemeter plot showed the hindrance to mass transfer because of the existence of pore structure. The lowest plate height of 2.0 microm was obtained at the linear velocity of 1.1 mm/s. On the other hand, because of the relatively high linear velocity (e.g., 4.0 mm/s) can be generated, high-speed separation of neutral compounds, anilines, and basic pharmaceuticals in CEC with C18-modified SBA-15 silica as stationary phases was achieved within 36, 60, and 34 s, respectively.

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PubMed2005

Study on conformation interconversion of 3-alkyl-4-acetyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzoxazines from dynamic NMR experiments and ab initio density functional calculations.

Variable-temperature NMR experiments and ab initio density functional calculations were carried out to investigate the conformation interconversion of novel chiral 3-alkyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]oxazine derivatives. With CDCl3 as the solvent, the coalescence temperatures of H2, H3, H11, and H19 of product 1 are about 289, 304, 292, and 316 K, with the corresponding activation free energies at 58.0 +/- 6.7, 60.9 +/- 7.1, 58.3 +/- 6.8, and 59.6 +/- 6.9 kJ.mol(-1), respectively. When dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO-d6) was used as the solvent, 1H and 13C NMR signals were completely assigned at 375 K. The effects of solvent and temperature were investigated through a polarizable continuum model. At each theoretical level (MP2 or B3LYP), the changing tendencies of the calculated activation free energies and interconversion rates agree well with those of the NMR results. In addition, the interconversion rate at each specified temperature was calculated to be about 1.5 times faster in DMSO-d6 than in CDCl3. Accordingly, we failed to observe the coalescence phenomena of H3 and H19 in DMSO-d6 by NMR measurements from 296 to 375 K. The substitution effect at the R1-R5 positions was considered using density functional calculations, with the activation barriers decreasing as follows: product 6 > 3 > 1 > 7 > 2. This sequence is consistent with that of the reaction heats, except for product 7, implying that the interconversion processes may be thermodynamically controlled. Surprisingly, the substituted groups near the acetyl group in product 2 and 7 do not elevate the activation barrier but, instead, lower it somewhat, with the possible reasons for this provided in the paper.

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PubMed2005

Restructuring and redispersion of silver on SiO2 under oxidizing/reducing atmospheres and its activity toward CO oxidation.

The effects of oxygen-hydrogen pretreatments of nanosilver catalysts in cycle mode on the structure and particle size of silver particles, and subsequently the activity of the catalyst toward CO oxidation (or CO selective oxidation in the presence of H2), are reported in this paper. Ag/SiO2 catalyst with silver particle sizes of ca. 6 approximately 8 nm shows relatively high activity in the present reaction system. The adopting of a cycle of oxidation/reduction pretreatment has a marked influence on the activity of the catalyst. Oxygen pretreatment at 500 degrees C results in the formation of subsurface oxygen and activates the catalyst. As evidenced by in-situ XRD and TEM, the following H2 treatment at low temperatures (100 approximately 300 degrees C) causes surface faceting and redispersing of the silver particles without destroying the subsurface oxygen species. The subsequent in-situ FTIR and catalytic reaction results show that CO oxidation occurs at -75 degrees C and complete CO conversion can be obtained at 40 degrees C over such a nanosilver catalyst pretreated with oxygen at 500 degrees C followed by H2 at 100 degrees C. However, prolonged hydrogen treatment at high temperatures (>300 degrees C) after oxygen pretreatment at 500 degrees C induces the aggregation of silver particles and also depletes so much subsurface oxygen species that the pathway of CO oxidation by the subsurface oxygen species is inhibited. Meanwhile, the ability of the catalyst to adsorb reactants is greatly depressed, resulting in a 20 approximately 30% decrease in the activity toward CO oxidation. However, the activity of the catalyst pretreated with oxygen at 500 degrees C followed by hydrogen treatment at high temperatures (>300 degrees C) is still higher than that directly pretreated with H2. This kind of catalytic behavior of silver catalyst is associated with physical changes in the silver crystallites because of surface restructuring and crystallite redispersion during the course of oxygen-hydrogen pretreatment steps.

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PubMed2005

The synergic effect between Mo species and acid sites in Mo/HMCM-22 catalysts for methane aromatization.

The acid properties of Mo/HMCM-22 catalyst, which is the precursor form of the working catalyst for methane aromatization reaction, and the synergic effect between Mo species and acid sites were studied and characterized by various characterization techniques. It is concluded that Brønsted and Lewis acidities of HMCM-22 are modified due to the introduction of molybdenum. We suggest a monomer of Mo species is formed by the exchange of Mo species with the Brønsted acid sites. On the other hand, coordinate unsaturated sites (CUS) are suggested to be responsible for the formation of newly detected Lewis acid sites. Computer modelling is established and coupling with experimental results, it is then speculated that the effective activation of methane is properly accomplished on Mo species accommodated in the 12 MR supercages of MCM-22 zeolite whereas the Brønsted acid sites in the same channel system play a key role for the formation of benzene. A much more pronounced volcano-typed reactivity curve of the Mo/HMCM-22 catalysts, as compared with that of the Mo/HZSM-5, with respect to Mo loading is found and this can be well understood due to the unique channel structure of MCM-22 zeolite and synergic effect between Mo species and acid sites.

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Comparative X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic study on the desulfurization of thiophene by Raney nickel and rapidly quenched skeletal nickel.

The desulfurization of thiophene on Raney Ni and rapidly quenched skeletal Ni (RQ Ni) has been studied in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The Raney Ni or RQ Ni can be approximated as a hydrogen-preadsorbed polycrystalline Ni-alumina composite. It is found that thiophene molecularly adsorbs on Raney Ni or RQ Ni at 103 K. At 173 K, thiophene on alumina is desorbed, while thiophene in direct contact with the metallic Ni in Raney Ni undergoes C-S bond scission, leading to carbonaceous species most probably in the metallocycle-like configuration and atomic sulfur. On RQ Ni, the temperature for thiophene dissociation is about 100 K higher than that on Raney Ni. The lower reactivity of RQ Ni toward thiophene is tentatively attributed to lattice expansion of Ni crystallites in RQ Ni due to rapid quenching. The existence of alumina and hydrogen may block the further cracking of the metallocycle-like species on Raney Ni and RQ Ni at higher temperatures, which has been the dominant reaction pathway on Ni single crystals. By 473 K, the C 1s peak has disappeared, leaving nickel sulfide on the surface.

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