Structure and stability of electronsprayed cytidine(n)Cu(2+) and cytidine(n)H(+) (n=1-4) compounds in the gas phase
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY
Authors: Zhang, Shuqin; Dong, Junguo; Xu, Li; Cheng, Ping; Zhou, Zhen; Fu, Jiamo
Abstract
[CuLn](2+) and [LnH](+) (L=cytidine) with high relative intensity were observed in the gas phase via electron-spray of water and methanol solution of Cu(NO3)(2) and cytidine. The possible structures and zero-point energies for the most of these complexes were calculated with OFT methods. The results show that coordination is the main interaction between the L and Cu(II) for [CuLn](2+) (n = 1-4), and the hydrogen-bond between the Ls for [LnH](+) (n=1-4); the structures for [CuLn](2+) are that the Cu(II) coordinate mostly 4 ligands forming the primary order sphere and other ligands just bind loosely with the primary sphere forming the secondary or outer sphere, and [LnH](+) are that the protonated L dimer composes the primary sphere, and the others binding the dimer loosely form the outer sphere; the calculated stability orders are [CuL2](2+) > [Cul](2+) > [CuL4](2+) > [CuL3](2+) and [L2H](+) > [LH](+) > [L3H](+) > [L4H](+) which are luckily consistent quite well with the peak intensity distribution in the mass spectrum. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Structural properties and photocatalytic degradation efficiency of CuO and erbium doped CuO nanostructures prepared by thermal decomposition of some Cu-salophen type complexes as precursors
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Authors: Shaghaghi, Zohreh; Amani-Ghadim, Ali Reza; Seraji, Mahsa
Abstract
CuO and Er-doped CuO nanostructures were synthesized by thermal decomposition of Cu-salophen complexes containing chlom, bmmo and nitro substituents as precursors (CuL1, CuL2 and CuL3, respectively). The structure of products was characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy and XRD patterns. XRD patterns indicated that the formation of single-phase monoclinic structures without impurity and also confirmed that erbium ions are successfully doped into CuO crystal lattice. The photocatalytic activity of all samples was measured against the Reactive Black 5 dye under UV radiation. The photocatalytic mineralization of RB-5 was monitored by total organic concentration (TOC) decrease and changes in the UV-Vis spectra. The results revealed that the photocatalytic efficiency of Er-doped CuO samples is much higher than their un-doped counterparts. The highest percentage of dye decomposition was achieved using Er-doped CuO (1). The optical band gaps calculated from UV-Vis spectra were found to be 3.60 eV for both CuO (1) and Er-doped CuO (1). The PL spectrum of Er-doped CuO (1) showed a significant decrease in emission intensity, which was related to the electron-hole separation due to electron transfer from CuO conductive band to Er(3+ )ions. The BET analysis revealed after Er3+ doping, the surface porosity and specific surface area increased because of the appearance of some surface defects in CuO structure. FE-SEM images of both pure and doped CuO samples displayed that the powders consist of highly agglomerated nano-flakes resulting from overlapping of small particles. Further analysis of Er-doped CuO (1) with TEM indicated the prepared sample is composed of nanoparticles.