The solubility data of probenecid in 12 different organic solvents including methanol, methyl acetate, ethanol, ethyl acetate, n-propanol, n-butanol, butyl acetate, n-pentanol, isopropanol, isobutanol, acetone, and methyl tert-butyl ether was measured using the gravimetric method over the temperatures range from 283.15 to 323.15 K at 0.1 MPa. The acetone had much higher solubility to probenecid than to other solvents. Three models, including the modified Apelblat equation, the van’t Hoff model, and the nonrandom two-liquid (NRTL) model, were applied to correlate the measured solubility data. The correlation results were evaluated by the average relative deviation (ARD). All of the ARD values were less than 4.522%, which indicated that the three models have a satisfactory correlation. The thermodynamic properties of mixing of probenecid in 12 pure organic solvents including the enthalpy of mixing, Gibbs energy of mixing, and entropy of mixing were calculated by the NRTL model using the correlation results.

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A new type of device consisting of a lithium niobate film coupled with a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) was theoretically proposed to explore and release Bloch surface waves for applications in sensing and detection. The film and grating made of lithium niobate (LiNbO3) were placed on both sides of the DBR and a concentrated electromagnetic field was formed at the film layer. By adjusting the spatial incidence angle of the incident light, two detection and analysis modes were obtained, including surface diffraction detection and guided Bloch detection. Surface diffraction detection was used to detect the gas molecule concentrations, while guided Bloch detection was applied for the concentration detection of biomolecule-modulated biological solutions. According to the drift of the Fano curve, the average sensor sensitivities from the analysis of the two modes were 1560 °/RIU and 1161 °/RIU, and the maximum detection sensitivity reached 2320 °/RIU and 2200 °/RIU, respectively. This study revealed the potential application of LiNbO3 as a tunable material when combined with DBR to construct a new type of biosensor, which offered broad application prospects in Bloch surface wave biosensors.

In this paper, lithium niobate is used as a grating-coupling layer and Bragg reflector defect layer to couple the incident light and break the periodicity of the photonic crystal, which results in localized electric field enhancement and the excitation of Bloch surface waves. By adjusting the incident angle of the light, the structure can achieve two detection modes: surface diffraction detection and guided mode Bloch detection. The average detection sensitivities for the two modes are 452°/RIU and 3170°/RIU, respectively, with maximum detection sensitivities of 480°/RIU and 4380°/RIU. The designed guided mode Bloch detection has the highest sensitivity currently known.

In this study, a Bloch surface wave (BSW) biosensor coupled with a two-dimensional lithium niobate grating was designed. The influence of the nonlinear characteristics of lithium niobate on the BSW sensor was theoretically investigated, and the tunability of the BSW was studied using the excitation schemes of ne and no. To confine the energy on the surface of the solution in contact with the sensor, we introduce a distributed Bragg reflector mirror (DBR) consisting of four pairs of 76% and 42% porosity porous silicon films. A layer of lithium niobate grating is deposited on top of DBR to excite Bloch surface waves (BSW)and introduce the concept of azimuth detection in the study of the tunable properties of lithium niobate. Then, the azimuth angle of the resonance peaks excited along the ne and no directions of lithium niobate varied by approximately 5°.

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A method for the preparation of composites that allow the growth of ZnO nanorod structures on the full surface of porous silicon (polished surface, pore walls, and pore bottoms) is presented. The porous silicon is obtained by electrochemical etching of P-type silicon (100). The nanorods were grown in two steps: a sol-gel method and an oil bath method. The morphology of ZnO nanorods at different concentrations of the growth solution was investigated using scanning electron microscopy. X-ray diffraction confirmed the formation of ZnO hexagonal fibrous zincite structures. UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy confirmed that the composites possess good light absorption in the broad spectral region. In the wavelength range of 300 to 400 nm, the light absorption value of the porous silicon/zinc oxide (porous Si/ZnO) nanorods was increased by ~25% compared to that of the porous Si/ZnO films. The photoluminescence spectra confirmed the luminescence performance of the composites. Finally, the optical properties of the composites were further verified by simulation calculations.