Unconventional Secondary Structure Mimics: Ladder-Rungs

Secondary structures tend to be recognizable because they have repeating structural motifs, but mimicry of these does not have to follow such well-defined patterns. Bioinformatics studies to match side-chain orientations of a novel hydantoin triazole chemotype ( 1 ) to protein-protein interfaces revealed it tends to align well across parallel and antiparallel sheets, like rungs on a ladder. One set of these overlays was observed for the protein-protein interaction uPA⋅uPAR. Consequently, chemotype 1 was made with appropriate side-chains to mimic uPA at this interface. Biophysical assays indicate these compounds did in fact bind uPAR, and elicit cellular responses that affected invasion, migration, and wound healing.     

Transition-Metal Catalysis of Triene 6π Electrocyclization: The π-Complexation Strategy Realized

Triene 6π electrocyclization, wherein a conjugated triene undergoes a concerted stereospecific cycloisomerization to a cyclohexadiene, is a reaction of great historical and practical significance. In order to circumvent limitations imposed by the normally harsh reaction conditions, chemists have long sought to develop catalytic variants based upon the activating power of metal–alkene coordination. Herein, we demonstrate the first successful implementation of such a strategy by utilizing [(C₅H₅)Ru(NCMe)₃]PF₆ as a precatalyst for the disrotatory 6π electrocyclization of highly substituted trienes that are resistant to thermal cyclization. Mechanistic and computational studies implicate hexahapto transition-metal coordination as responsible for lowering the energetic barrier to ring closure. This work establishes a foundation for the development of new catalysts for stereoselective electrocyclizations.     

Theoretical studies on the influence of metallic cations on ring opening of propylene oxide catalyzed by metal-salen complexes

We studied the ring opening of propylene oxide (PO) by salen-M coordinated OH⁻ group [M = Al(III), Sc(III), Cr(III), Mn(III), Fe(III), Co(II), Co(III), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Ru(III) and Rh(III)]. The results show that the ring-opening energy barriers for M(II) complexes are much lower than those with M(III) complexes in the gas phase, and the barriers correlate linearly with the negative charges on the OH⁻ group and the Fukui function condensed on the OH⁻ group. The nucleophilicity ordering in the gas phase can be rationalized by the ratio of formal positive charges/radius of M cations. Solvent effect greatly increases the barriers of M(II) complexes but slightly changes the results of M(III) ones, making the barriers similar. Analysis indicates that the reaction heats are linearly proportional to the reverse reaction barriers. The relationships established here can be used to estimate the ring-opening barriers and to screen epoxide ring-opening catalysts.     

n维有限射影空间上d~e——析取矩阵的新构作

利用n维有限射影空间上的一些性质,构作了组合群验的数学模型de-析取矩阵,并研究了它的参数和Hamming距离.     

Dimension reduction for kernel-assisted M-estimators with missing response at random

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics - To obtain M-estimators of a response variable when the data are missing at random, we can construct three bias-corrected nonparametric...     

基于CEEMD的重大事件对香港住宅价格影响的实证分析

应用互补集成经验模态分解（CEEMD）方法对香港1997―2018年的住宅价格月度数据进行了分解，将经过重构后的数据分成高频序列、低频序列与残差项。将BP多断点检测应用于低频序列，并结合样本时段内的重大事件进行实证分析。结果表明：1997年亚洲金融风暴对房价的影响大于2008年金融危机；外部经济体的救市政策间接地影响香港房价；在经济不景气的大环境下“孙九招”政策没有立即见效；资本投资者入境计划、住房供给调整与按揭贷款调整对房价的影响较为显著；税收调整对房价影响不显著、对交易量影响显著；SARS爆发使住宅价格下降约1%。     

对自由落体的诺维科夫时间与牛顿绝对时间关系讨论

文章首先将史瓦西黑洞场中自由下落质点的固有时(诺维科夫坐标时)公式,由自然单位制化成了国际单位制中的形式.然后,根据牛顿第二定律和万有引力定律,推导出了自由下落质点经历的绝对时间公式,进而证明了广义相对论中自由落体经历的固有时,恰好等于牛顿力学给出的绝对时间.最后,对自由下落质点在黑洞内外经历的时间进行了特例计算.     

桉树杂交种与其亲本的近红外光谱判别

研究桉树控制授粉后目标性状的基因作用方式是探索其基因重组规律的重要内容。常规的数量统计分析精度往往不高,而DNA分析的专业要求高,且费时费力。该研究利用近红外光谱(NIRs)研究不同基因型桉树杂交种、亲本及杂交种与亲本间近红外光谱信息的关系,探索NIRs用于桉树杂交种与其亲本判别的可行性和准确性。以控制授粉的桉树亲本及其杂交F1代材料为对象,每种基因型从各自田间试验分别选取10个单株,采集树冠中上部新鲜健康叶片。用手持式近红外仪Phazir Rx(1624)采集桉树杂交种与其亲本叶片的NIRs信息。每单株选10片完全生理成熟的健康叶片,避开叶脉扫描其正面光谱5次,以50条NIRs信息的均值代表单个叶片的NIRs信息,最终每个基因型获得10条NIRs信息。对原始NIRs采用二阶多项式S.G一阶导数预处理。预处理后的NIRs用于多元统计分析,首先对桉树杂交亲本和子代样本进行主成分分析(PCA),直观展示不同基因型的分类情况。然后运用簇类独立软模式(SIMCA)和偏最小二乘判别分析(PLS-DA)两种有监督的判别模式验证NIRs用于桉树杂交种与其亲本树种的分类判别效果。PCA结果显示,不同的亲本间、杂交种间及杂交种与亲本间样本的主因子得分可以清晰地将各基因型分开。SIMCA模式判别分析中,桉树杂交种样本到亲本PCA模型的样本距离显示,待判别样本能够形成单独的聚类,且能直观反映两者的遗传相似。PLS-DA判别结果显示,桉树杂交亲本的PLS模型能通过预测其杂交子代的响应变量将其与亲本准确分开。结果表明,桉树叶片的NIRs信息可以准确地反映桉树杂交子代遗传信息的传递规律,NIRs判别模型可以准确地将各种基因型予以区分。因此,NIRs信息不仅可用于桉树杂交种和纯种的定性判别,还可以分析桉树基因重组过程中加性遗传效应的大小,从而为桉树遗传基础分析及其育种改良研究提供理论支撑。     

平面硅异质结太阳电池的光吸收增强的研究

钙钛矿/硅叠层太阳电池可以充分利用太阳光谱,提高光电转换效率.平面硅异质结太阳电池可以作为叠层电池的底电池,其性能直接影响叠层电池的性能表现.采用传统反应热蒸发技术,在低温(170 ℃)条件下制备了掺锡氧化铟薄膜,并在170 ℃的氧气氛围下后退火处理,对ITO薄膜的特性进行了详细的表征和分析.结果表明:后退火工艺改善了ITO的结晶特性,使得材料的光学特性和电学特性得到明显提高,将其应用于平面硅异质结太阳电池,短路电流密度得到极大提高,尤其红外光响应改善明显.引入MgF2薄膜作为减反射层,进一步增强了电池的光响应,转换效率达到19.04;.     

(111)择优取向ZnS薄膜的制备及特性研究

采用激光分子束外延技术在Al2O3衬底上成功外延生长了ZnS薄膜.用X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜和光致发光谱表征了衬底温度对薄膜结构、形貌和光学特性的影响.结果表明所生长的ZnS薄膜为闪锌矿,具有(111)择优长向,随衬底温度的升高,X射线衍射峰的半高宽先减小后增大,在衬底温度为300℃时,半高宽最窄.薄膜结构致密,表面不平整度随衬底温度的升高而增大.薄膜的带隙随衬底温度的升高出现蓝移,可见光区域透射率最高达到98;,在360 nm激发波长下,观测到402 nm和468 nm两个发光带,衬底温度为300℃时,发光最强.