Dual surface modification of carbon materials by polydopamine and phosphomolybdic acid for supercapacitor application.

Surface modification of carbon materials is an important issue for its potential application. In this work, this purpose has been successfully achieved by the incorporation of polydopamine (PDA) and phosphomolybdic acid (PMA), forming carbon/PDA/PMA hybrid electrode materials, in which PDA acts both as a linker molecule and as a pseudo-capacitance provider, and PMA contributes to pseudo-capacitive performance. It is revealed that adding PDA and/or PMA results in a decrease of porosity but in an increase of electrical conductivity and thus a suitable combination of porosity, conductivity, and pseudo-capacitance is vital for achieving the optimization of capacitive performance.

Rare earth metal-organic complexes constructed from hydroxyl and carboxyl modified arenesulfonate: syntheses, structure evolutions, and ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared luminescence.

The reaction of 2-hydroxyl-4-carboxylbenzenesulfonic acid (HL) and rare earth (RE) metal nitrates together with two N-heterocyclic ligands gives rise to the formation of 38 complexes, namely, [La(HL)(ox)(HO)]·2nHO (1-La) (ox = oxalate), [RE(HL) (ox)(HO)]·2(HL)·8HO (2-RE) (RE = Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy), [RE(SO)(HO)]·(HL)·3HO (3-RE) (RE = Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu and Y), [RE(L)(HO)]·nHO (4-RE) (RE = Er, Tm, Yb and Lu), [RE(L)(2,2'-bipy)(HO)] (5-RE) (RE = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho and Y, 2,2'-bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine), [RE(L)(1,10-phen)(HO)] (6-RE) (RE = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, 1,10-phen = 1,10-phenanthroline), and [RE(L')(1,10-phen)(HO)] (7-RE) (RE = Gd, Tb, Ho, Er, Yb and Lu, HL' = 2-hydroxy-3-nitro-4-carboxybenzenesulfonic acid), which have been characterized by elemental analysis, IR, TG, PL, powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complexes 1-La, 2-RE and 3-RE present zigzag chain, di- and mono-nuclear structures, in which HL acts as a counterion and monodentate and μ-bridging monoanions. For the three species, light RE metal cations tend to induce the formation of oxalate while heavy RE metal cations tend to induce the formation of sulfate.

Macrocyclic dinuclear, helical, layered and 3-D Ag(I) complexes constructed from AgX (X = NO3(-) and ClO4(-)) and flexible bis(pyridyl) ligands with a chelating spacer: syntheses, structures and photoluminescence properties.

Reaction of AgX (X = NO3− and ClO4−) and three flexible bis(pyridyl) ligands with a chelating spacer leads to the formation of eight novel Ag(I)-bis(pyridyl) coordination complexes: {[Ag2L1(NO3)2]n·2nH2O} (1), {[AgL1]n·nClO4} (2), {[AgL2]n·nNO3} (3), {[AgL2]n·nClO4} (4), [Ag2(H2L2)2]·6ClO4·9H2O (5), {[AgL3]n·nNO3·nH2O} (6), {[AgL3]n·nClO4·nH2O} (7), and {[Ag3(L3)2(ClO4)]n·2nClO4} (8) (L1 = N,N′-bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)propane-1,3-diamine, L2 = N,N′-bis(pyridin-3-ylmethyl)propane-1,3-diamine, L3 = N,N′-bis(pyridin-4-ylmethyl)propane-1,3-diamine), which have been characterized by elemental analysis, IR, TG, UV-Vis DRS, PL, powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 presents a (4,4) layered motif which is furnished by the bridging of L1 molecules and nitrate anions in μ4 (κ1N1:κ1N2:κ1N3:κ1N4) and μ2 (κ1O4:κ1O6) modes. With a different μ2 (κ1N1:κ1N2:κ1N3:κ1N4) mode, L1 molecules in complex 2 join the adjacent Ag(I) cations to form a helical chain structure.

[Effects of low temperature stress during flowering period on pollen characters and flag leaf physiological and biochemical characteristics of rice].

Taking cold-tolerant rice cultivar 996 and cold-sensitive rice cultivar 4628 as test materials, a growth chamber experiment was conducted to investigate their pollen characters and flag leaf physiological and biochemical characteristics under the effects of low temperature stress. The plants were respectively treated with low temperature [ 19 degrees C (06:00-8:00; 19:00-23:00 )/21 degrees C (08:00-10:00; 16:00-19:00)/23 degrees C (10:00-16:00)/17 degrees C (23:00-06:00)] and optimal temperature [24 degrees C (06:00-8:00; 19:00-23:00)/26 degrees C (08:00-10:00; 16:00-19:00)/30 degrees C (10:00-16:00)/22 degrees C (23:00-06:00)] for seven days after heading. Low temperature stress decreased the anther dehiscence coefficient and pollen germination rate, as well as the sterile pollen rate of spikelets on middle and lower parts of panicles, with the anther dehiscence coefficient and pollen germination rate of cultivar 996 being significantly higher than those of cultivar 4628, indicating that cold-tolerant cultivar 996 had the capability to keep better pollination and pollen germination.

2-(1H-Imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthrolin-2-yl)phenol monohydrate.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(19)H(12)N(4)O·H(2)O, contains one organic molecule and one solvent water mol-ecule, which are connected by N-H⋯O and O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds. In addition, there is one intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond. The organic mol-ecule is essentially planar (r.