Enhanced electrochemiluminescence sensor from tris(2,2 '-bipyridyl) ruthenium(II) incorporated into MCM-41 and an ionic liquid-based carbon paste electrode

The electrochemiluminescence (ECL) of tris(2,29-bipyridyl) ruthenium(II) [Ru(bpy)(3)(2+)] ion-exchanged in the sulfonic-functionalized MCM-41 silicas was developed with tripropylamine (TPrA) as a co-reactant in a carbon paste electrode (CPE) using a room temperature ionic liquid (IL) as a binder. The sulfonic-functionalized silicas MCM-41 were used for preparing an ECL sensor by the electrostatic interactions between Ru( bpy)(3)(2+) cations and sulfonic acid groups. We used the IL as a binder to construct the CPE (IL-CPE) to replace the traditional binder of the CPE (T-CPE)-silicone oil. The results indicated that the MCM-41-modified IL-CPE had more open structures to allow faster diffusion of Ru( bpy)(3)(2+) and that the ionic liquid also acted as a conducting bridge to connect TPrA with Ru( bpy)(3)(2+) sites immobilized in the electrode, resulting in a higher ECL intensity compared with the MCM-41-modified T-CPE. Herein, the detection limit for TPrA of the MCM-41-modified IL-CPE was 7.2 nM, which was two orders of magnitude lower than that observed at the T-CPE. When this new sensor was used in flow injection analysis (FIA), the MCM-41-modified IL-CPE ECL sensor also showed good reproducibility. Furthermore, the sensor could also be renewed easily by mechanical polishing whenever needed.

Near-infrared luminescent mesoporous materials covalently bonded with ternary lanthanide [Er(III), Nd(III), Yb(III), Sm(III), Pr(III)] complexes

New near-infrared-luminescent mesoporous materials were prepared by linking ternary lanthanide (Er3+, Nd3+, Yb3+, Sm3+, Pr3+) complexes to the ordered mesoporous MCM-41 through a functionalized 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) group 5-(N,N-bis-3-(triethoxysilyl)propyl)ureyl-1,10-phenanthroline. The resulting materials (denoted as Ln(hfth)(3)phen-M41 and Pr(tfnb)(3)phen-M41; Ln=Er, Yb, Nd, Sm; hfth = 4,4,5,5,6,6,6-heptafluoro-1-(2-thienyl)hexane-1,3-dionate; tfnb = 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(2-naphthyl)- 1, 3-butanedionate) were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, N-2 adsorption/desorption, and elemental analysis. Luminescence spectra of these lanthanide-complex functionalized materials were recorded, and the luminescence decay times were measured. Upon excitation at the absorption of the organic ligands, all these materials show the characteristic NIR luminescence of the corresponding lanthanide (Er3+, Nd3+, Yb3+, Sm3+, Pr3+) ions by sensitization from the organic ligands moiety. The good luminescent performances enable these NIR-luminescent mesoporous materials to have possible applications in optical amplification (operating at 1300 or 1500 nm), laser systems, or medical diagnostics.

一种MCM-41中孔分子筛的加压水热合成方法

一种ＭＣＭ－４１中孔分子筛的加压水热合成方法，是将模板剂与水和碱催化剂混匀后加入硅源，搅拌后即得晶化母液；将晶化母液放入装有聚四氟乙烯内衬的高压反应釜中，充入氮气后将体系加热进行晶化；将晶化后的样品冷却，过滤，水洗，然后将干燥后的样品加热、焙烧去除模板剂即得高稳定性ＭＣＭ－４１中孔分子筛。本发明具有合成方法简单，易操作，合成的分子筛的热和水热稳定性都大大提高。

Eu(TTA)_3/MCM-41介孔复合体的溶胶凝胶法组装

利用溶胶 凝胶法将稀土配合物Eu(TTA) 3 组装到MCM 41介孔分子筛的孔道中 ,并初步认定客体分子Eu(TTA) 3 是以加合物形式包裹于表面活性剂胶束中。该法制得的介孔复合体Eu(TTA) 3/MCM 41,用XRD、HRTEM技术证实具有短程有序的、规整的六方介孔结构和大小分布均匀的纳米晶粒。对其光致发光和荧光寿命的研究发现 :与乙醇溶液中相比 ,Eu3 +的荧光寿命没有发生改变 ,但Stokes位移却明显增大 ;复合体中 ,能量是从主体MCM 41传递到客体Eu(TTA) 3 上。