Raman spectroscopic characteristics of octa-substituted bis(phthalocyaninato) rare earth complexes peripherally substituted with (4-methoxy)phenoxy derivatives

The Raman spectroscopic data in the range 500-1800 cm⁻¹ for a series of 15 rare earth double-deckers with tervalent rare earths M^III[Pc(MeOPhO)₈]₂ (M = Y, La, …, Lu, except Ce, Pr and Pm), reduced state HPr[Pc(MeOPhO)₈]₂ and intermediate-valent cerium Ce[Pc(MeOPhO)₈]₂ have been collected using laser excitation source emitting at 632.8 nm. With excitation at 632.8 nm, which is in close resonance with the main Q absorption band of the phthalocyanine ligand, typical Raman marker bands of the monoanion radical [Pc(MeOPhO)₈]⁻ were observed at 1500-1528 cm⁻¹ as very strong bands resulting from the coupling of pyrrole CC and aza CN stretchings. For Ce[Pc(MeOPhO)₈]₂ and HPr[Pc(MeOPhO)₈]₂, a very strong band at 1499 cm⁻¹ with contributions from both pyrrole CC and aza CN stretchings and also isoindole stretching was the marker Raman band of [Pc(MeOPhO)₈]²⁻. In addition, the influence of ionic radius of the rare earth metal and substituent species on the Raman scatting characteristics of sandwich-type compounds has also been tentatively studied.     

Gaussian fluctuations in tethered DNA chains

In a recent work [Gao et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 134, 113902 (2007)], we reported a novel DNA separation method by tethering DNA chains to a solid surface and then stretching the DNA chains with an electric field. The anchor is such designed that the critical force to detach a DNA chain is independent of its length. Because the stretching force is proportional to the DNA net charge, a gradual increase of the electric field leads to size-based removal of the DNA strands from the surface and thus DNA separation. Originally proposed for separation of long double-stranded DNA chains (>10 000 bps), this method has been proven useful also for short single-stranded DNA fragments (<100 bases) for which the fluctuation force induced by the solvent becomes significant. Here we show that the fluctuation force can be approximately represented by a gaussian model for tethered DNA chains. Analytical expressions have been derived to account for the dependence of the fluctuation force on the surface confinement, the polymer chain length, and the DNA tethering potential. The theoretical predictions are found to coincide with experiment.     

Aptamer-barcode based immunoassay for the instantaneous derivatization chemiluminescence detection of IgE coupled to magnetic beads

We report on a highly sensitive aptameric assay system for the determination of IgE, where a special chemiluminescence (CL) reagent, 3,4,5-trimethoxylphenylglyoxal (TMPG), acts as the signaling molecule and polystyrene beads as the amplification platform. Briefly, a "sandwich-type" detection strategy is employed in our design, where magnetic beads functionalized with a capture antibody were reacted with the target protein IgE, and then sandwiched with the aptamer-barcodes which were prepared by assembling polystyrene beads with IgE aptamer. The target immunoreaction event could be sensitively detected via an instantaneous derivatization reaction between TMPG and the guanine (G) nucleotides within the aptamer-barcodes to form an unstable CL intermediate for the generation of light. Further signal amplification is achieved by extending the G nucleotide-rich domain on the aptamer backbone for second amplification. Such simple amplified CL transduction allows the detection of IgE down to the 4.6 pM level, which is better than most previous aptameric methods for IgE detection. This new protocol also provides a good capability in discriminating IgE from nontarget proteins such as IgG, IgA, IgM, interferon and thrombin. The practical application of the proposed aptamer-barcode based immunoassay was successfully carried out for the determination of IgE in 20 human serum samples. It is straightforward to adapt this strategy to detect a spectrum of other proteins by using different aptamers, thus this method may offer a new direction in designing high-performance CL aptasensors for early diagnoses of diseases.     

Vibration characteristics of a hydraulic generator unit rotor system with parallel misalignment and rub-impact

The object of this research aims at the hydraulic generator unit rotor system. According to fault problems of the generator rotor local rubbing caused by the parallel misalignment and mass eccentricity, a dynamic model for the rotor system coupled with misalignment and rub-impact is established. The dynamic behaviors of this system are investigated using numerical integral method, as the parallel misalignment, mass eccentricity and bearing stiffness vary. The nonlinear dynamic responses of the generator rotor and turbine rotor with coupling faults are analyzed by means of bifurcation diagrams, Poincaré maps, axis orbits, time histories and amplitude spectrum diagrams. Various nonlinear phenomena in the system, such as periodic, three-periodic and quasi-periodic motions, are studied with the change of the parallel misalignment. The results reveal that vibration characteristics of the rotor system with coupling faults are extremely complex and there are some low frequencies with large amplitude in the 0.3–0.4× components. As the increase in mass eccentricity, the interval of nonperiodic motions will be continuously moved forward. It suggests that the reduction in mass eccentricity or increase in bearing stiffness could preclude nonlinear vibration. These might provide some important theory references for safety operating and exact identification of the faults in rotating machinery.     

送风方式对飞机座舱内污染物传播影响研究

采用数值模拟方法研究了波音737-200座舱模型内的气流场以及污染物传播过程,并通过实验数据加以验证;分析了天花板加侧壁送风(混合送风)、侧壁送风以及天花板送风三种送风方式下座舱内的速度场、涡量场、污染物浓度场和空气龄,并且解释了舱内流场结构对污染物传播过程的影响。研究结果表明:不同送风方式下飞机座舱内污染物的传播过程差异明显,这是由流场结构特征的差异造成的,特别是在小尺度范围内,涡结构十分复杂,严重影响污染物的传播规律;在聚集过程中,污染物更容易在漩涡范围内聚集,而变形主导的气流运动会阻碍污染物向更大范围传播;在排除过程中,天花板送风形式下污染物的排除效率最快,混合送风次之,侧壁送风最慢。这对于防控新冠肺炎是有参考价值的。     

Research on exponential regularization approach for nonnegative Tucker3 decomposition

Methods of nonnegative tensor factorization (NTF), such as NTF1, NTF2, etc., are extension of nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) for multi-way data analysis. As an existing NTF method, nonnegative Tucker3 decomposition (NTD) is researched for three-way decomposition in this paper. Firstly, an approach utilizing matrix exponentials built on Tikhonov-type regularization to enforce sparseness is proposed to extract image features instead of exclusively using Tucker tensor decomposition. Meanwhile, updating algorithms, derived from updating rules of NMF, are allowed to efficiently implement updating of mode matrices and core tensors alternatively for accuracy. Then, experimental cases of alternating least squares (ALS) and conjugate nonnegative constraints, called nonnegative alternating least squares (NALS), are studied to remedy data overfitting in computing procedures. Lastly, the proposed method exhibits more advantageous results than other algorithms of Tucker3 for feature extraction, thanks to computer simulations performed in the context of data analysis.     

乘客对北京公交车内噪声感知的社会调查

本文通过社会声学调查的方法研究了乘客对公交车内噪声的感知情况。问卷内容主要包括乘客的人口统计学信息以及乘客对噪声的识别、反映、感受的若干问题。通过对问卷的描述性统计和卡方检验得出:车辆发动机以及乘客打电话、聊天的噪声是车内噪声的主要来源,也是乘客显著反感的噪声。车内噪声已经影响到了乘客的正常交流,也成为影响乘客因长时间乘坐引起心烦和疲劳的原因。鉴于以上影响乘客在有对座位的选择权时往往可能会偏向噪声影响小的位置。综合分析得出乘客对公交车内噪声感知偏向于比较吵闹、影响不大和有点厌恶。此外,对乘客的人口统计学差异做了进一步分析得出:吵闹程度、烦恼程度在性别、学历、年龄上不存在显著性差异;在影响程度上性别有显著性差异,学历、年龄无显著性差异。公交车内噪声已经成为影响乘车环境的重要因素之一,对公交车内噪声需要提高重视和加以控制。     

二部竞赛图中的AD路与AD回路

本文证明了：若对二部竞赛图Ｔ的每一顶点ｖ，总有ｍｉｎ｛ｄＴ＾＋（ｖ），ｄＴ＾－（ｖ）｝≥ｋ≥３，则Ｔ中存在长度至少为４ｒ的ＡＤ路或ＡＤ回路，除非Ｔ同构于一类例外图之一。作为推论，我们得到：正则二部竞赛图Ｔ含有ＡＤＨ回路，除非Ｔ属于一类例外图。     

Discontinuous Galerkin spectral element lattice Boltzmann method on triangular element

Discontinuous Galerkin spectral element method is used to solve the lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE) in the discrete velocity space. The triangular elements are adopted because of their flexibility to deal with complex geometries. The flow past a circular cylinder is simulated by the proposed scheme. The results are consistent with those obtained from the previous numerical methods and experiments. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Main chemical ingredients of the celadon glaze from Qingliangsi kiln and Zhanggongxiang kiln

The proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE) is used to determine the chemical ingredients of seven main elements in the samples of Ru Guan porcelain glazes and Ru Civil porcelain from Qingliangsi kiln in Baofeng County and the samples of celadon glaze from Zhanggongxiang kiln in Ruzhou City. The PIXE data are then analyzed by scatter analysis and fuzzy cluster method for determining their classification and provenance. The results show that there are obvious differences between the ingredients of glaze material of Ru Guan porcelain and Ru Civil porcelain from Qingliangsi kiln, of which the former ingredients are stable and its source is localized, and that the sources and ingredients of the glaze of Ru Guan porcelain and those of celadon glaze from Zhanggongxiang kiln are not wholly the same, of which the latter sources are much scattering.