Three‐photon absorption properties of a novel symmetrical Carbazole derivative having terminal 1,10‐phenanthroline rings via carbon–nitrogen (C = N) double bond

Three‐photon absorption (3PA) properties of symmetric‐type carbazole derivatives show great potential for application in light‐activated therapy and optical limiting. A novel symmetrical carbazole derivative (abbreviated as POCP) with end‐groups of 1,10‐phenanthroline rings as the donor moieties, chained via carbon–nitrogen (C = N) double bond, has been synthetized and its three photon absorption properties has been also determined by using a Q‐switched Nd: YAG laser pumped with 30 ps pulses at 1064 nm in dimethylformamide. The measurement of 3PA cross‐section of this compound is performed by open aperture Z‐scan and σ_3PA is 481 × 10^–78 cm⁶ ? s²/photon² for the transition S₀ → S₁. The influence of the molecular structure of this compound on three‐photon absorption cross‐sections is discussed micromechanically by Austin model 1 and Zerner's Intermediate Neglect of Differential Overlap/S method. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Characterization of large‐sized Nd:YAG single crystals grown by horizontal directional solidification

Nd³⁺‐doped Y₃Al₅O₁₂ single crystals have been grown by the horizontal directional solidification (HDS) method in different thermal zone. The Grashof (G_r), Prandtl (P_r), Marangoni (M_a) and Rayleigh (R_a) numbers of melt in HDS system have been discussed for our experimental system to understand the mechanism of melt flow patterns and concentration gradient of dopant. The concentration gradient of Nd³⁺ ions was explained with melt flow processes during crystal growth in different thermal zone, and results indicated that high growth temperature will be helpful for uniformity of dopant in HDS‐grown single crystal. The main microscopic growth defects such as bubbles and irregular inclusions in HDS‐grown Nd:YAG crystals were observed, and the causes were discussed as well. (© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

双功能WC/HZSM-5催化剂上正己烷芳构化反应性能

以HZSM-5(SiO2/Al2O3=38)为载体,偏钨酸铵为钨源制备了双功能催化剂WC/HZSM-5,考察了其催化正己烷芳构化反应性能,并采用X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜、X射线能量散射谱和程序升温氨脱附等手段对催化剂进行了表征,探讨了制备方法和WC含量对WC/HZSM-5催化剂性能的影响.结果表明,采用原位还原碳化法制备的WC/HZSM-5(RC)催化剂上正己烷芳构化反应性能优于浸渍法制备的WC/HZSM-5(IP).5%WC/HZSM-5(RC)样品在反应初始阶段芳烃选择性为10.28%,而HZSM-5上的仅为2.56%.WC/HZSM-5(RC)催化剂上反应产物中轻质芳烃(苯、甲苯和二甲苯)含量增加,重质芳烃C9+含量降低,其催化性能优于Pt/HZSM-5催化剂.产物分布的变化可能是由于WC与分子筛间的协同作用所致.     

A Posteriori Error Estimators of Gradient Recovery Type for Elliptic Obstacle Problems

In this paper, we present a posteriori error estimates of gradient recovery type for elliptic obstacle problems. The a posteriori error estimates provide both lower and upper error bounds. It is shown to be equivalent to the discretization error in an energy type norm for general meshes. Furthermore, when the solution is smooth and the mesh is uniform, it is shown to be asymptotically exact. Some numerical results which demonstrate the theoretical results are also reported in this paper.     

Gradient recovery type a posteriori error estimate for finite element approximation on non-uniform meshes

In this paper, we derive gradient recovery type a posteriori error estimate for the finite element approximation of elliptic equations. We show that a posteriori error estimate provide both upper and lower bounds for the discretization error on the non-uniform meshes. Moreover, it is proved that a posteriori error estimate is also asymptotically exact on the uniform meshes if the solution is smooth enough. The numerical results demonstrating the theoretical results are also presented in this paper.     

Faraday镜预转角对FMOCT输出光偏振态的影响

通过计算机仿真,运用琼斯矩阵理论分析了Faraday镜预转角对法拉第镜式光学电流互感器输出光偏振态的影响.实验测量了Faraday镜实际预转角的大小,测量了外磁场的改变对Faraday镜预转角的影响.外磁场的存在和变化使Faraday镜预转角偏离初始值,并使系统输出光由理想状态下的线偏振光退化成椭圆偏振光,并引起法拉第镜式光学电流互感器工作灵敏度和稳定性的下降.提出了用电磁屏蔽解决外界磁场影响的方法.     

Heterogeneous Metal–Organic-Framework-Based Biohybrid Catalysts for Cascade Reactions in Organic Solvent

In cooperative catalysis, the combination of chemo- and biocatalysts to perform one-pot reactions is a powerful tool for the improvement of chemical synthesis. Herein, UiO-66-NH₂ was employed to stepwise immobilize Pd nanoparticles (NPs) and Candida antarctica lipase B (CalB) for the fabrication of biohybrid catalysts for cascade reactions. Distinct from traditional materials, UiO-66-NH₂ has a robust but tunable structure that can be utilized with a ligand exchange approach to adjust its hydrophobicity, resulting in excellent catalyst dispersity in diverse reaction media. These attractive properties contribute to the formation of MOF-based biohybrid catalysts with high activity and selectivity in the synthesis of benzyl hexanoate from benzaldehyde and ethyl hexanoate. With this proof-of-concept, we reasonably expect that future tailor-made MOFs can combine other catalysts, ranging from chemical to biological catalysts for applications in industry.     

Nonexistence of coexisting steady‐state solutions of Dirichlet problem for a cross‐diffusion model

We study a special case of Shigesada–Kawasaki–Teramoto (SKT) model for two competing species with the Dirichlet boundary conditions. In our case, one of the species is not influenced by self‐diffusion or cross‐diffusion. We specify the explicit range of parameters by contradiction such that there are no coexisting steady‐state solutions to the model.     

Determination of the compositions of polysaccharides from Chinese herbs by capillary zone electrophoresis with amperometric detection

In this paper, capillary zone electrophoresis with amperometric detection (CZE-AD) was applied to determine the compositions of hetero-polysaccharides from Chinese herbs, Angelica sinensis and flax by analyzing their hydrolyzed monosaccharides: fucose, galactose, glucose, arabinose, rhamnose and xylose. Under the selected optimum conditions, the six monosaccharides could be perfectly separated within 25 min and showed significant current responses at copper electrodes. The linear ranges of the six monosaccharides were all from 5.0 x 10(-6) to 2.0 x 10(-4) mol L(-1) and their detection limits were lower or near 1.0 x 10(-6) mol L(-1) (S/N = 3). Experiments showed that the Angelica sinensis polysaccharide was composed of fucose, galactose, glucose, arabinose, rhamnose and xylose (mole ratio 1.0:13.6:15.0:8.7:21.3:3.7), and the flax polysaccharide was composed of galactose, glucose and arabinose (mole ratio 1.0:4.98:1.1). The purity of these polysaccharides leached by the introduced leaching method was 98.3 and 97.6%, respectively. Analyzing polysaccharides by this method has some merits of speed, simple instrumentation and operation, high sensitivity and high reproducibility.