Synthesis and Characterization of a Pentiptycene‐Derived Dual Oligoparaphenylene Nanohoop

Structural designs combining oligoparaphenylene‐derived nanohoops with other functional organic building blocks should lead to novel molecular architectures with intriguing properties. Herein, we describe the synthesis of a pentiptycene‐derived chiral dual nanohoop molecule with key steps including ring expansion through dianthracene cycloreversion and transannular [4+2] cycloaddition across a 64‐membered macrocycle. The crystal structure of the nanohoop molecule displays an ordered packing pattern with long‐range channels in the solid state. Furthermore, nonracemizable enantiomers of the nanohoop were obtained through resolution and exhibited promising chiroptical properties.     

Electrochemical Monitoring of Propagative Fluctuation of Ascorbate in the Live Rat Brain during Spreading Depolarization

Spreading depolarization (SD) occurs frequently in the injured brain, and its neurochemical effects are detrimental to brain function. We report the first observation that the release of ascorbate, an important neurochemical in the brain, is closely accompanied with SD. Ascorbate was monitored with carbon nanotube (CNT)‐sheathed carbon fiber microelectrodes (CFEs). This system features high selectivity and temporal/spatial resolution. With our sensor, we observed a significant increase in the concentration of ascorbate in response to SD induction. Mechanistic studies show a contrasting behavior; with a SD specific inhibitor, release was completely suppressed, whereas with inhibition of commonly employed glutamate transporters, ascorbate release was increased, demonstrating a powerful means of discriminating ascorbate release between disputed pathways. Most importantly, we observed the propagative nature of ascorbate release following SD.     

An RNA‐Guided Cas9 Nickase‐Based Method for Universal Isothermal DNA Amplification

We have developed an ingenious method, termed Cas9 nickase‐based amplification reaction (Cas9nAR), to amplify a target fragment from genomic DNA at a constant temperature of 37 °C. Cas9nAR employs a sgRNA:Cas9n complex with a single‐strand nicking property, a strand‐displacing DNA polymerase, and two primers bearing the cleavage sequence of Cas9n, to promote cycles of DNA replication through priming, extension, nicking, and displacement reaction steps. Cas9nAR exhibits a zeptomolar limit of detection (2 copies in 20 μL of reaction system) within 60 min and a single‐base discrimination capability. More importantly, the underlying principle of Cas9nAR offers simplicity in primer design and universality in application. Considering the superior sensitivity and specificity, as well as the simple‐to‐implement, rapid, and isothermal features, Cas9nAR holds great potential to become a routine assay for the quantitative detection of nucleic acids in basic and applied studies.     

LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2制备过程中聚乙烯吡咯烷酮的加入对其电化学性能的影响

为提高LiNi_(0.8)Co_(0.15)Al_(0.05)O_2(NCA)材料的电化学性能,在NCA材料的制备过程中加入聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP),通过调控所得NCA材料的形貌来提高其电化学性能。所得材料采用X射线衍射仪和扫描电子显微镜进行形貌结构表征,电化学性能经组装成纽扣电池,用电池程控测试仪和电化学工作站进行测试。研究结果表明:由于PVP的空间效应和静电作用,PVP改性的NCA材料拥有更完整的棒状结构、发育出更好的层状结构,电化学储能性能得到较大的提升。在0.1C下,材料的首次放电比容量和充放电效率分别从143.36 mAh·g~(-1)、78.25%提高到了170.24 mAh·g~(-1)、89.20%;在0.2C的实验室条件下循环50次后,容量保持率为94.28%。     

中国与俄罗斯中学化学实验室安全规则设置的比较

通过对比中国与俄罗斯中学化学实验室安全规则的差异与共性,探讨中俄2国实验教学中对学生实验能力培养的价值取向,并分析了我国中学化学实验教学中存在的优点及不足,提出可行性的建议以优化我国化学实验教学。     

基于不同提取方法的水稻叶片蛋白质组的二维液相色谱分离及高分辨质谱分析

建立了酚法提取-二维液相色谱分离-高分辨质谱分析水稻叶片蛋白质组的方法。水稻叶片蛋白质经过酚法提取,酶解肽段脱盐后用离线反相-反相二维液相色谱分离,然后用线性离子阱/静电场轨道阱组合式高分辨质谱分析,共鉴定到2712种蛋白质。比较了液相色谱分离系统（一维液相色谱与二维液相色谱）和水稻叶片蛋白质提取方法（酚法、十二烷基硫酸钠法（SDS法）和三氯乙酸/丙酮法（TCA/丙酮法））对鉴定蛋白质数量的影响,结果表明：在二维液相色谱条件下,酚法、SDS法和TCA/丙酮法鉴定到的蛋白质数目为2712、2415和1914,分别是一维液相色谱条件下鉴定到的蛋白质数目的2.7、2.5和1.9倍。二维液相色谱条件下,酚法鉴定到的蛋白质数目比SDS法和TCA/丙酮法分别多297和798。与SDS法和TCA/丙酮法相比,酚法不但鉴定到的蛋白质数量多,而且能够鉴定到一些极端蛋白质,如酸性、碱性及高等电点的蛋白质。此外,对二维液相色谱条件下3种蛋白质提取方法提取到的蛋白质进行生物学功能分类,发现3种方法鉴定到的蛋白质的功能存在互补性,但酚法鉴定到的蛋白质功能种类最多。该法为水稻蛋白质组学研究提供了技术支撑,同时也为其他作物的蛋白质组学研究技术提供重要的借鉴。     

Searches for Dark Matter via Mono-W Production in Inert Doublet Model at the LHC

The Inert Doublet Model(IDM) is one of the many beyond Standard Model scenarios with an extended scalar sector, which provide a suitable dark matter particle candidate. Dark matter associated visible particle production at high energy colliders provides a unique way to determine the microscopic properties of the dark matter particle. In this paper, we investigate that the mono-W + missing transverse energy production at the Large Hadron Collider(LHC),where W boson decay to a lepton and a neutrino. We perform the analysis for the signal of mono-W production in the IDM and the Standard Model(SM) backgrounds, and the optimized criteria employing suitable cuts are chosen in kinematic variables to maximize signal significance. We also investigate the discovery potential in several benchmark scenarios at the 14 TeV LHC. When the light Z_2 odd scalar higgs of mass is about 65 GeV, charged Higgs is in the mass range from 120 GeV to 250 GeV, it provides the best possibility with a signal significance of about 3σ at an integrated luminosity of about 3000 fb~(-1).     

A magnetically tunable non-Bragg defect mode in a corrugated waveguide filled with liquid crystals

A magnetically tunable, non-Bragg defect mode (NBDM) was created in the terahertz frequency range by inserting a defect in the middle of a periodically corrugated waveguide filled with liquid crystals (LCs). In the periodic waveguide, non-Bragg gaps beyond the Bragg ones, which appear in the transmission spectra, are created by different transverse mode resonances. The transmission spectra of the waveguide containing a defect showed that a defect mode was present inside the non-Bragg gap. The NBDM has quite different features compared to the Bragg defect mode, which includes more complex, high-order guided wave modes. In our study, we filled the corrugated waveguide with LCs to realize the tunability of the NBDM. The simulated results showed that the NBDM in a corrugated waveguide filled with LCs can be used in filters, sensors, switches, and other terahertz integrated devices.     

Semi-analytic solution of Eringen’s two-phase local/nonlocal model for Euler-Bernoulli beam with axial force

Eringen’s two-phase local/nonlocal model is applied to an Euler-Bernoulli nanobeam considering the bending-induced axial force, where the contribution of the axial force to bending moment is calculated on the deformed state. Basic equations for the corresponding one-dimensional beam problem are obtained by degenerating from the three-dimensional nonlocal elastic equations. Semi-analytic solutions are then presented for a clamped-clamped beam subject to a concentrated force and a uniformly distributed load, respectively. Except for the traditional essential boundary conditions and those required to be satisfied by transferring an integral equation to its equivalent differential form, additional boundary conditions are needed and should be chosen with great caution, since numerical results reveal that non-unique solutions might exist for a nonlinear problem if inappropriate boundary conditions are used. The validity of the solutions is examined by plotting both sides of the original integro-differential governing equation of deflection and studying the error between both sides. Besides, an increase in the internal characteristic length would cause an increase in the deflection and axial force of the beam.     

光谱及等温滴定量热法探究盐酸阿霉素与DNA作用机理

利用荧光光谱法,紫外可见光谱法,红外光谱法,圆二色谱法和等温滴定量热法等手段,对抗癌药物盐酸阿霉素 (DOX) 与DNA的作用过程进行研究,测得了它们的结合常数K_a、结合位点数n、反应焓变ΔH、熵变ΔS及ΔG,且在结合过程中,B型DNA的螺旋结构在一定程度发生改变。荧光光谱的数据显示出显著的猝灭效应, 表明DNA是一个DOX荧光的很好的猝灭剂。红外光谱表明阳离子DOX+通过静电吸引与 DNA 的磷酸基团相互作用,且DOX的碳氢链通过疏水缔合与DNA作用。ITC测定了DOX和DNA相互作用的焓变和熵变,表明DOX的烃链和DNA的碱基之间的疏水性相互作用提供了结合的驱动力。