Particular kinds of TiO2 nanocrystalline electrodes were sensitized by aluminum phthalocyanines modified with sulfonate groups [ Al（OH） PcSm ]. It was found that in the red region, the electrodes show obvious photoelectrical responses. The surface photovoltage spectra and photocurrent action spectra indicate that in the red region, the monomers of aluminum phthalocyanines have a greater influence on the determination of the photoelectrical response of TiO2 electrodes than the dimers. The dye-sensitized solar cells were obtained by using the aluminum phthalocyaninessensitized TiO2 electrodes and Pt electrodes, which have an open circuit photovoltage of 360 mV, a short circuit photocurrent of 39. 4 μA/cm^2 , a fill factor of 0. 54 and a maximum power output of 7.65 μW/cm^2 under a light intensity of 50 mW/cm^2.
Water-soluble nanoscale network with a good stability was fabricated by cross-linking the gold nanoparticles with β-cyclodextrin and 1,8-octanedithiol inclusion complexes (ICs) through host-guest interaction and self-assembly method. Three-dimensional network with the scale of the porous range from 20 nm to 100 nm was measured by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The fate of the ICs in the nanoscale network was examined by FT-IR. The stability of the ICs linked network was much better than that of 1,8-octanedithiol linked one, which was determined by the damping of the surface plasmon absorbance in UV-Vis spectra. This discovery is of great interest in the fields such as the nano-electronics and biological applications.
A novel modified electrode was prepared by electrochemicaly cycling scanning the glass carbon electrode covered with a macroporous alumina membrane in a solution containing PPy and PMo 12O 3- 40. The reversibility of the cyclic voltammograms was improved obviously. The remarkable advantage of the modified electrode was the high sensitivity and favorable electrocatalytic behavior toward NO - 2. The peak current increased linearly with the concentration of NO - 2 in the range of 8.0×10 -7—0.01 mol/L. The detection limit of NO - 2 was 1.0×10 -9 mol/L. The polyoxometalates nanopaticles modified electrode exhibited almost the same electrochemical behavior after 7 d. It is indicated that the PMo 12-PPy/AGCE has a good reproducibility, stability and wide linearity range.
A general method was developed to encapsulate CdSe/ZnSe quantum dots by phospholipids liposome complexes, which rendered the quantum dots water-soluble and biocompatible. The encapsulation process was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The photoluminescence of CdSe/ZnSe quantum dots in the liposome complexes was quite stable; their fluorescence remained in the same order of magnitude even after 90 rain of photobleaching. CdSe/ZnSe quantum dots in the liposome complexes were further applied as fluorescence marker in immune assay for the detection of rat monoclonal CD95 antibodies. Quantum dots encapsulated by this facile strategy could also be applied in DNA, enzyme and cell labeling, and contribute a lot to the development of in vivo imaging and probing of tissues.
Zhiying Li, Hongtao Liu, Yang Liu, Ping He, Jinghong Li State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
