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The Chemistry Of Jellybeans, Andrew Carter Oct 2019

The Chemistry Of Jellybeans, Andrew Carter

Chemistry & Biochemistry Student Projects

Jellybeans are an amazing work of chemistry. In my paper, I outline the history and science behind this little candy. My paper describes taste receptors, molecular structure, and the analytical chemistry that help to make flavor science an interesting field of work.


Metallodrugs And Their Various Impacts On Disorders And Diseases, Paige Wagner Oct 2019

Metallodrugs And Their Various Impacts On Disorders And Diseases, Paige Wagner

Chemistry & Biochemistry Student Projects

No abstract provided.


Production Of Singlet Oxygen (1O2) During The Photochemistry Of Aqueous Pyruvic Acid: The Effects Of Ph And Photon Flux Under Steady-State O2(Aq) Concentration, Alexis J. Eugene, Marcelo I. Guzman Sep 2019

Production Of Singlet Oxygen (1O2) During The Photochemistry Of Aqueous Pyruvic Acid: The Effects Of Ph And Photon Flux Under Steady-State O2(Aq) Concentration, Alexis J. Eugene, Marcelo I. Guzman

Chemistry Faculty Publications

The photochemistry of pyruvic acid (PA) in aqueous atmospheric particles contributes to the production of secondary organic aerosols. This work investigates the fate of ketyl and acetyl radicals produced during the photolysis (λ ≥ 305 nm) of 5-100 mM PA under steady state [O2(aq)] = 260 μM (1.0 ≤ pH ≤ 4.5) for photon fluxes between 1 and 10 suns. The radicals diffuse quickly into the water/air interface of microbubbles and react with dissolved O2 to produce singlet oxygen (1O2*). Furfuryl alcohol is used to trap and bracket the steady-state production of …


Electrochemical Detection Of 4-Nitrophenol Based On Glassy Carbon Electrode Modified By Tio2Nps/Rgo Composite, Lin-Na Jiu, Yong-Qiang Cheng Aug 2019

Electrochemical Detection Of 4-Nitrophenol Based On Glassy Carbon Electrode Modified By Tio2Nps/Rgo Composite, Lin-Na Jiu, Yong-Qiang Cheng

Journal of Electrochemistry

4-nitrophenol (4-NP) has become factitious pollution, and presented a serious threat to the nature and human health. It is necessary to develop a convenient and fast detection method. In this work, the glassy carbon electrode modified by titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2NPs)/reduced graphene oxide (RGO) composite as an electrochemical sensor was studied for the trace detection of 4-NP. The morphology of the composite was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The homogeneous mixing of titanium dioxide nanoparticles and reduced graphene oxide increased the specific surface area of the composite, and facilitated the electrochemical reaction of 4-NP. The electrochemical characteristics …


Recent Advances In Nanofluidic Electrochemistry For Biochemical Analysis, Zhong-Qiu Li, Zeng-Qiang Wu, Xing-Hua Xia Jun 2019

Recent Advances In Nanofluidic Electrochemistry For Biochemical Analysis, Zhong-Qiu Li, Zeng-Qiang Wu, Xing-Hua Xia

Journal of Electrochemistry

Nanofluidics, as a young research field, has been receiving more and more attentions. It has been successfully applied in various fields including nanoscale separation, biochemical sensing and energy conversion. The development of nanofluidics is closely related to electrochemistry that can provide a driving force for the study of the material transport characteristics in nanopores/nanochannels. On the other hand, nanopores/nanochannels can creat a microenvironment for study of spatially nanoconfined electrochemistry. The combination of nanofluidics and electrochemistry has given rise to many new theories and technologies for single molecule/particle analysis and nanofluid manipulation. Herein, we provide a review of the recent progresses …


Study On The Relationship Between Structure Of Supramolecular Ion Material And Performance Of Humidity Sensing, Hui-Min Tang, Hai-Long Yan, Li Zhang, Jun-Jie Fei, Ping Yu, Lan-Qun Mao Jun 2019

Study On The Relationship Between Structure Of Supramolecular Ion Material And Performance Of Humidity Sensing, Hui-Min Tang, Hai-Long Yan, Li Zhang, Jun-Jie Fei, Ping Yu, Lan-Qun Mao

Journal of Electrochemistry

Humidity measurement and control is one of the most notable issues in various areas, such as climate, industry,
agriculture, electronics, especially human comfort and health. In our previous study, we have found that a new kind of supramolecular
ionic material (SIM), consisting of an imidazolium-based dication (e.g., 1,10-bis(3-methylimidazolium-1-yl) decane, C10(mim)2) and
electroactive dianionic (e.g., 2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), ABTS), shows ultrasensitive and ultrafast
response towards humidity sensing. Herein we prepared six kinds of imidazolium-based dications with different carbon chain
lengths (i.e., C4, C6, C8, C10, C12, C …


Electrochemical Biosensors For Wastewater-Based Epidemiology, Yu-Wei Pan, Kang Mao, Franziska Tuerk, Zhu-Gen Yang Jun 2019

Electrochemical Biosensors For Wastewater-Based Epidemiology, Yu-Wei Pan, Kang Mao, Franziska Tuerk, Zhu-Gen Yang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been shown to be an innovative approach for evaluation of drug use trends and public health assessment by quantifying drug residues and/or metabolites (so-called biomarkers) in wastewater collected in a local treatment plant. Community sewage sensors have been proposed and demonstrated to be powerful tools for the analysis of sewage biomarkers. In particular, electrochemical biosensors have emerged as a rapid method for the analysis of biomarkers and pathogens in wastewater due to low cost, minimal sample processing and the ability to test in the field. It has been widely used for biomedical diagnosis, environmental monitoring and …


A Low Noise Temperature Control System For Nanopore-Based Single Molecule Analysis, Cheng-Yu Yang, Zhen Gu, Zheng-Li Hu, Yi-Lun Ying, Yi-Tao Long Jun 2019

A Low Noise Temperature Control System For Nanopore-Based Single Molecule Analysis, Cheng-Yu Yang, Zhen Gu, Zheng-Li Hu, Yi-Lun Ying, Yi-Tao Long

Journal of Electrochemistry

Nanopore employs a single bio-molecule interface, which is a highly sensitive single-molecule detection technology for measuring single biomolecules such as DNA, RNA, protein, and peptide. The interaction between single molecule and nanopore is thermodynamically controlled. Therefore, it is urgent to precisely control the temperature of the nanopore system without introduction of any noise. In this paper, we have developed a low-noise temperature control system for single-molecule detection of nanopores to achieve precise regulation at the ambient temperature during measurements. The system utilizes the thermoelectric effect of the semiconductor refrigerating chip to heat or cool the detection chamber, while adopts electromagnetically …


Single Particle Impact Electrochemistry: Analyses Of Nanoparticles And Biomolecules, Jian-Hua Zhang, Yi-Ge Zhou Jun 2019

Single Particle Impact Electrochemistry: Analyses Of Nanoparticles And Biomolecules, Jian-Hua Zhang, Yi-Ge Zhou

Journal of Electrochemistry

Single particle impact electrochemistry (SPIEC) has grown rapidly in recent years and shown great promise in the analysis of nanoparticle properties as well as the detection of biomolecules including DNA, RNA, protein, enzyme, bacteria, virus, vesicles and others. This minireview summarizes recent advances in electroanalytical applications of SPIEC according to different analytical methods, i.e., direct electrolysis of nanoparticles or labeled nanoparticles, direct electrolysis of soft particles encapsulated redox molecule, indirect electrochemistry of particles, area and diffusion blocking, and changes in current magnitude and collision frequency.


Cysteine And Cystamine Co-Self-Assembled Monolayers For In Vivo Detection Of Ascorbic Acid, Yue Zhang, Tao-Tao Feng, Wen-Liang Ji, Mei-Ning Zhang Jun 2019

Cysteine And Cystamine Co-Self-Assembled Monolayers For In Vivo Detection Of Ascorbic Acid, Yue Zhang, Tao-Tao Feng, Wen-Liang Ji, Mei-Ning Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), which form highly ordered monolayers on the electrode surface through the gold-suffer bond, have attracted much attention in recent years. This stable layer not only can regulate the wettable properties of surface, but also can act as a promoter towards redox-active molecules. Here, we developed a simple and effective method to construct cysteine and cystamine co-self-assembled monolayer on gold microelectrode for  in vivo detection of ascorbic acid (AA). The molar ratio at 1:1 of mixed monolayer has been found the optimum to enhance the electron-transfer kinetics of AA oxidation at low potential (ca. 0.10 V), meanwhile, it …


Current Statuses And Challenges Of Wearable, Flexible Electronic Sensors And Energy Storage Devices, Zhong-Qian Song, Fang-Jie Han, Hui-Jun Kong, Jia-Nan Xu, Yu Bao, Dong-Xue Han, Li Niu Jun 2019

Current Statuses And Challenges Of Wearable, Flexible Electronic Sensors And Energy Storage Devices, Zhong-Qian Song, Fang-Jie Han, Hui-Jun Kong, Jia-Nan Xu, Yu Bao, Dong-Xue Han, Li Niu

Journal of Electrochemistry

With the developments in the internet of things, artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction technology, soft, flexible and wearable electronic devices provide a novel platform for monitoring of the human vital signs, and recognition of human behaviors to connect human being and machine without consciousness. Recent progresses about wearable and flexible electronics that can provide accurate, non-invasive, long-term and continuous monitoring of human vital sings including pulse, temperature, skin activities, breathing and heart rate are summarized. The working mechanisms, current statuses and challenges in temperature sensor, strain sensor and pressure sensor are discussed. The review concludes with a prospect of current …


Monolayer Triphosphates Mp3 (M = Sn, Ge) With Excellent Basal Catalytic Activity For Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Hong-Hui Wu, He Huang, Jie Zhong, Song Yu, Qiaobao Zhang, Xiao Cheng Zeng Jun 2019

Monolayer Triphosphates Mp3 (M = Sn, Ge) With Excellent Basal Catalytic Activity For Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Hong-Hui Wu, He Huang, Jie Zhong, Song Yu, Qiaobao Zhang, Xiao Cheng Zeng

Xiao Cheng Zeng Publications

Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials have received intense research interest due to their novel properties and promising applications in nanodevices. By using density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we investigate catalytic activities of several newly predicted two-dimensional (2D) triphosphides GeP3, SnP3 and InP3 monolayers for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The calculation results show that GeP3 and SnP3 monolayers are active catalysts for HER with suitable free energy of hydrogen adsorption in the basal plane. In particular, the Gibbs free energy of hydrogen adsorption (ΔGH*) of GeP3 is 0.024 eV, a value even …


Preparation And Characterization Of Ruthenium-Gold Raman-Active Catalytic Surfaces, Thang Nguyen May 2019

Preparation And Characterization Of Ruthenium-Gold Raman-Active Catalytic Surfaces, Thang Nguyen

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

Heterogeneous reactions at the gas-solid interface play a major role in many important industrial and environmental processes. These reactions typically rely on metal surfaces, to act as a catalyst between gas phase reactants and products. The catalysts lower the transition state barrier in the formation of the products. The mechanisms of reactions on catalysts is often not fully known due to the difficulty of observing the bond breakage and formation between gaseous molecules at the interface. One method in which the catalytic mechanism can be studied is by using Raman Spectroscopy. However, one drawback of this method is the fact …


Electrochemical Analysis And Sensing Preface, Yi-Tao Long, Yang Tian Apr 2019

Electrochemical Analysis And Sensing Preface, Yi-Tao Long, Yang Tian

Journal of Electrochemistry

No abstract provided.


Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy- Surface Sensitive In Situ Label-Free Spectroelectrochemistry, Lie Wu, Jian-Long Sun, Xiu-E Jiang Apr 2019

Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy- Surface Sensitive In Situ Label-Free Spectroelectrochemistry, Lie Wu, Jian-Long Sun, Xiu-E Jiang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS), especially in attenuated total reflectance (ATR) mode, taking advantages of surface-enhancement and near-field optical effect of enhancing substrate, is a ultra-sensitive infrared spectroscopy, which could achieve surface-selected detection at a sub-monolayer level. Since the enhancing substrate could simultaneously serve as a working electrode, ATR-SEIRAS is a readily surface-sensitive in situ label-free spectroelectrochemistry technique. With the advantages of small influence from metal species on enhancement effect, good potential reversibility of spectra, simple surface selection rule and sensitivity to polar molecules, ATR-SEIRAS has been widely applied in the fields of orientation analysis and species identification of interfacial …


High-Efficiency Nitrite Sensor Based On Cop Nanowire Array, Fu-Ling Zhou, Xiao-Li Xiong, Xu-Ping Sun Apr 2019

High-Efficiency Nitrite Sensor Based On Cop Nanowire Array, Fu-Ling Zhou, Xiao-Li Xiong, Xu-Ping Sun

Journal of Electrochemistry

Nitrite has a negative impact on the environment and human health. The long-term consumption of nitrite-containing foods has a carcinogenic risk. Therefore, the analysis and detection of nitrite are important. It is of great significance to develop high-efficiency electrocatalysts to achieve high sensitivity and selectivity for nitrite detection. The cobalt phosphide nano-array (CoP/TM) was obtained by hydrothermal and low-temperature phosphating. The electrochemical test results show that the constructed CoP/TM was a highly efficient electrochemical reduction nitrite catalyst with the excellent sensing performance and response time less than 3 s, as well as the linear detection range of 1.0 μmol·L-1 …


In Situ/Operando Visualization Of Electrode Processes In Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: A Review, Shuang-Yan Lang, Xin-Cheng Hu, Rui Wen, Li-Jun Wan Apr 2019

In Situ/Operando Visualization Of Electrode Processes In Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: A Review, Shuang-Yan Lang, Xin-Cheng Hu, Rui Wen, Li-Jun Wan

Journal of Electrochemistry

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have been regarded as one of the most promising candidates for the next-generation energy storage devices. Fundamental understanding of the structure and evolution processes at electrode-electrolyte interfaces is essential to the further development. In this review, we summarize recent advances in the interfacial observations by means of various in situ/operando visualization techniques, including scanning probe microscopy (SPM), electron microscopy (EM), X-ray microscopy (XRM) and optical microscopy (OM). The real-time investigation provides important evidence for the morphology and component changes including S/Li2S transformation, polysulfide dissolution on cathodes and Li/solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) evolution on anodes, which …


Advanced Electrochemical Strategy For In Vivo Detection Of Electrochemically Inactive Molecules, Qi Zhou, Li-Min Zhang, Yang Tian Apr 2019

Advanced Electrochemical Strategy For In Vivo Detection Of Electrochemically Inactive Molecules, Qi Zhou, Li-Min Zhang, Yang Tian

Journal of Electrochemistry

Development of efficient electrochemical strategies for in vivo analysis of electrochemically inactive molecules in brain is significant for understanding and studying their molecular mechanism and roles playing in brain and brain diseases. This review gives a brief introduction on the advanced in vivo electrochemical sensor for detection of non-redox active molecules from three aspects: 1) The selection and design of specific molecules are highly desirable to develop electrochemical sensors with high selectivity for measuring electrochemical inactive molecules through converting specific chemical reaction involved by target to electric signal; 2) The analysis based on ion current rectification occurred at spatial confined …


Recent Progress Of Electrochemiluminescence Sensors Based On Electrically Heated Electrode, Hui-Fang Zhang, Yi-Ting Chen, Fang Luo, Zhen-Yu Lin, Guo-Nan Chen Apr 2019

Recent Progress Of Electrochemiluminescence Sensors Based On Electrically Heated Electrode, Hui-Fang Zhang, Yi-Ting Chen, Fang Luo, Zhen-Yu Lin, Guo-Nan Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) has broad application in the fields of environmental monitoring and biological analysis due to its intrinsic advantages such as excellent versatility, good detection sensitivity, and high specificity. The intensity of ECL can be influenced by temperature variation in the ECL quantum efficiency and the rate of electrochemical reaction. However, traditional temperature control is commonly realized through bulk solutions heating, which is complicated and unfavorable for detection when the volatile and thermally unstable materials existed. In order to address these problems, electrically heated electrodes are used to adjust the temperature desired. The major character of this technique lies in …


Application Of Nanomaterials In The Detection Of Volatile Organic Compounds In Exhaled Breath For Cancer Diagnosis, Wan-Qiao Bai, Xue-Zhi Qiao, Tie Wang Apr 2019

Application Of Nanomaterials In The Detection Of Volatile Organic Compounds In Exhaled Breath For Cancer Diagnosis, Wan-Qiao Bai, Xue-Zhi Qiao, Tie Wang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) generated in human body can reflect one’s health state, and numerous diseases are identified by some VOCs biomarkers. More recently, analyses of VOCs biomarkers from exhaled breath have turned into a research frontier worldwide because it offers a noninvasive way for diseases diagnosis. Various kinds of nanomaterials are used to enhance the performance of sensing techniques, and play an essential role in miniaturization detection. In this review, several kinds of nanomaterials (metallic, metal oxide, carbon-based, composites and MOFs-based materials) used in various VOCs detection methods, especially in VOCs sensors are summarized. Learning from the successful utilization …


Sensitive And Reusable Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence Aptasensor Fabricated By Electrochemically Double Covalent Coupling Method For The Detection Of Cocaine, Xiao-Feia Wang, Tinga Zhang, Bing Wang, Hong-Lan Qi, Cheng-Xiao Zhang Apr 2019

Sensitive And Reusable Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence Aptasensor Fabricated By Electrochemically Double Covalent Coupling Method For The Detection Of Cocaine, Xiao-Feia Wang, Tinga Zhang, Bing Wang, Hong-Lan Qi, Cheng-Xiao Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

A double covalent coupling method based on click chemistry and diazonium chemistry was developed for the fabrication of a sensitive and reusable electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) aptasensor. As a proof-of-concept, cocaine was chosen as a model target, and a specific aptamer was chosen as a recognition molecule element, while ruthenium complex derivative (Ru1) as an ECL signal compound. The ECL aptasensor was fabricated by electrochemically diazotizing a phenylazide on the surface of a glassy carbon electrode, and then, coupling the alkyne functionalized Ru1-labeled cocaine aptamer through click chemistry. The ECL aptasensor was facilely used to determine cocaine in the range from …


A Facile Strategy For Two-Step Fabrication Of Gold Nanoelectrode For In Vivo Dopamine Detection, Li-Hao Guan, Chao Wang, Wang Zhang, Yu-Lu Cai, Kai Li, Yu-Qing Lin Apr 2019

A Facile Strategy For Two-Step Fabrication Of Gold Nanoelectrode For In Vivo Dopamine Detection, Li-Hao Guan, Chao Wang, Wang Zhang, Yu-Lu Cai, Kai Li, Yu-Qing Lin

Journal of Electrochemistry

In vivo monitoring neurochemicals with microelectrode is invasive and the damage to brain tissue may inevitably cause disturbance signals physiologically to the measurement. It is of great importance to reduce the electrode size and to decrease the damage. This study demonstrates a novel nanoelectrode preparation methodology for in vivo monitoring dopamine (DA) fluctuation in the living brain of rats with high dependability. The fabrication process of the gold nanoelectrode involving a few minutes consists of only two steps: 1) growing gold nanoseeds on surface of tip of glassy capillary by ion sputtering; 2) wet depositing a continuous conductive gold film …


Graphene-Like Secondary-Laser-Etched Polyimide Film Decorated With CuXO Nanocomposites: A Novel Electrode Substrate For Non-Enzymatic Glucose Sensors, Wan-Lin Dai, Zhi-Wei Lu, Jian-Shan Ye Apr 2019

Graphene-Like Secondary-Laser-Etched Polyimide Film Decorated With CuXO Nanocomposites: A Novel Electrode Substrate For Non-Enzymatic Glucose Sensors, Wan-Lin Dai, Zhi-Wei Lu, Jian-Shan Ye

Journal of Electrochemistry

In this work, a novel electrode substrate with graphene-like surface and CuxO nanocomposites derived from secondary-laser-etched polyimide (SLEPI) film was synthesized and applied in non-enzymatic glucose detection for the first time. Characterizations indicate that the as-prepared SLEPI/CuxO film electrode (SLEPI/CuxO-FE) possessed huge surface area, plentiful active sites and excellent electrocatalytic performance. The obtained sensor exhibited the high sensitivity and selectivity for glucose determination with a linear range of 0.05 mmol·L-1 to 3 mmol·L-1 and a detection limit of 1.72 μmol·L-1 (S/N=3), which provides a simple, flexible and low-cost electrochemical sensor for …


Quantitative Analysis Of Iron In Beer Using Cloud Point Extraction, Joshua Rempfer Apr 2019

Quantitative Analysis Of Iron In Beer Using Cloud Point Extraction, Joshua Rempfer

Student Scholar Showcase

Determination of Iron concentration in Apocalypse Ale beer using a preconcentration method coupled with UV-Vis spectroscopy. Samples will be cross checked with MP-AES to ensure precise and accurate results.


Drug Improvement And Design Involving G-Protein Coupled Receptors, Gabriel Saliba Apr 2019

Drug Improvement And Design Involving G-Protein Coupled Receptors, Gabriel Saliba

Chemistry & Biochemistry Student Projects

No abstract provided.


A Chemical Overview Of Opioid Receptors And Their Agonists, Noah Kuszak Apr 2019

A Chemical Overview Of Opioid Receptors And Their Agonists, Noah Kuszak

Chemistry & Biochemistry Student Projects

This work is a brief overview of the three main opioid receptors and some current research of the ways we can change the agonists and how they affect the opioid receptor pathway.


Dentin Biomodification Potency Of Proanthocyanidins, David J. Ryker Apr 2019

Dentin Biomodification Potency Of Proanthocyanidins, David J. Ryker

Chemistry & Biochemistry Student Projects

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Reactant Concentration And Air Flow Rate In The Consumption Of Dissolved O2 During The Photochemistry Of Aqueous Pyruvic Acid, Alexis J. Eugene, Marcelo I. Guzman Mar 2019

The Effects Of Reactant Concentration And Air Flow Rate In The Consumption Of Dissolved O2 During The Photochemistry Of Aqueous Pyruvic Acid, Alexis J. Eugene, Marcelo I. Guzman

Chemistry Faculty Publications

The sunlight photochemistry of the organic chromophore pyruvic acid (PA) in water generates ketyl and acetyl radicals that contribute to the production and processing of atmospheric aerosols. The photochemical mechanism is highly sensitive to dissolved oxygen content, [O2(aq)], among other environmental conditions. Thus, herein we investigate the photolysis (λ ≥ 305 nm) of 10–200 mM PA at pH 1.0 in water covering the relevant range 0 ≤ [O2(aq)] ≤ 1.3 mM. The rapid consumption of dissolved oxygen by the intermediate photolytic radicals is monitored in real time with a dissolved oxygen electrode. …


Slips-Teng: Robust Triboelectric Nanogenerator With Optical And Charge Transparency Using A Slippery Interface, Wanghuai Xu, Xiaofeng Zhou, Chonglei Hao, Huanxi Zheng, Yuan Liu, Xiantong Yan, Zhengbao Yang, Michael Leung, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Ronald X. Xu, Zuankai Wang Feb 2019

Slips-Teng: Robust Triboelectric Nanogenerator With Optical And Charge Transparency Using A Slippery Interface, Wanghuai Xu, Xiaofeng Zhou, Chonglei Hao, Huanxi Zheng, Yuan Liu, Xiantong Yan, Zhengbao Yang, Michael Leung, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Ronald X. Xu, Zuankai Wang

Xiao Cheng Zeng Publications

Energy harvesting devices that prosper in harsh environments are highly demanded in a wide range of applications ranging from wearable and biomedical devices to self-powered and intelligent systems. Particularly, over the past several years, the innovation of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) that efficiently convert ambient kinetic energy of water droplets or wave power to electricity has received growing attention. One of the main bottlenecks for the practical implications of such devices originates from the fast degradation of the physiochemical properties of interfacial materials under harsh environments. To overcome these challenges, here we report the design of a novel slippery lubricant-impregnated porous …


Effect Of Dissolved Salts On The Physiochemical Properties Of Deep Eutectic Solvents, Eleanor Haeska, Megan Radtke Jan 2019

Effect Of Dissolved Salts On The Physiochemical Properties Of Deep Eutectic Solvents, Eleanor Haeska, Megan Radtke

The Journal of Undergraduate Research

Green chemistry seeks to make chemical procedures safer, improve reaction efficiency, and utilize environmentally safe reagents. Deep eutectic solvents (DES) have recently become of great interest due to their eco-friendly nature and functionality as solvent for various chemical processes. One key characteristic of DES is their conductive nature and depressed melting point. This project sought to determine the effect of the addition of aqueous solutions of halides on the conductivity of two selected types of DES. Also assessed were the polarity and viscosity of the DES. It can be concluded that aqueous halides had no measureable effect on the conductivity …