Palladium complexes affect the aggregation of human prion protein PrP106-126

Many neurodegenerative disorders are induced by protein conformational change. Prion diseases are characterized by protein conformational conversion from a normal cellular form (PrP(C)) to an abnormal scrapie isoform (PrP(Sc)). PrP106-126 is an accepted model for studying the characteristics of PrP(Sc) because they share many biological and physiochemical properties. To understand how metal complexes affect the property of the prion peptide, the present work investigated interactions between Pd complexes and PrP106-126 based on our previous research using Pt and Au complexes to target the peptide. The selected compounds (Pd(phen)Cl(2), Pd(bipy)Cl(2), and Pd(en)Cl(2)) showed strong binding affinity to PrP106-126 and affected the conformation and aggregation of this active peptide in a different binding mode. Our results indicate that it may be the metal ligand-induced spatial effect rather the binding affinity that contributes to better inhibition on peptide aggregation. This finding would prove valuable in helping design and develop novel metallodrugs against prion diseases.     

一种采用JPEG标准的实时视频图像压缩处理系统

本文重点探讨了在设计ＪＰＥＧ视频压缩应用系统时，应着重考虑的几个重要技术问题，并介绍了一种采用以ＰＣ为平台，以ＣＬ５５０视频压缩处理器和８２Ｃ９００１视频窗口控制器为基础的实时视频图像压缩处理系统。描述了该系统总体构成，深入讨论了图像数据缓冲存储和压缩速率控制等关键技术问题。     

酯的均相催化氢化研究进展

酯的均相催化氢化是合成醇的重要方法,在精细化学品生产中有重要用途.用氢气还原酯是绿色、原子经济和可持续的化学转化方法.尽管仍然存在巨大的挑战,酯的均相催化氢化研究在过去十年里取得了令人瞩目的进展,出现了许多过渡金属催化剂,其中包括钌、锇、铱等贵金属催化剂,以及铁、钴和锰等丰产金属催化剂.金属催化剂中的配体也得到了极大的拓展,出现了包括二乙胺和吡啶等为骨架的系列三齿钳形配体,具有联吡啶和吡啶骨架的四齿配体,以及双胺、胺基膦、吡啶胺和胺卡宾等类型的双齿配体.酯均相催化氢化的效率也得到了显著的提高,催化氢化乙酸乙酯和苯甲酸乙酯等标准底物的转化数最高可达到90000.酯的不对称催化氢化合成手性伯醇也取得了突破,酮酸酯、消旋δ-羟基酯和α-芳基/烷基取代内酯的不对称催化氢化为光学活性手性二醇的合成提供了高效新方法.本论文主要从酯氢化中配体和催化剂的发展以及酯的不对称催化氢化两个方面综述酯的均相催化氢化近年来所取得的研究进展.     

Combustion behavior and thermal stability of ethylene-vinyl acetate composites based on CaCO3-containing oil sludge and carbon black

CaCO₃-containing oil sludge (OS) is a by-product from petroleum industry, with great amount of production. Therefore, an effective processing methods for CaCO₃-containing OS is urgently needed. Herein, ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) composites based on CaCO₃-containing OS and carbon black (CB) were prepared by melt blending method. The combustion behavior and thermal stability of flame-retardant EVA/OS/CB composites were investigated by cone calorimeter test, limiting oxygen index (LOI), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), smoke density test (SDT), and thermogravimetry-Fourier infrared spectrometry. The heat release rate and smoke production rate of the ternary composites containing 3% CB significantly decreased compared with the EVA/OS composites and pure EVA. Moreover, addition of a certain amount of CB could evidently increase LOI values. The morphologies and structures of the residues, revealed by SEM, ascertained that a better carbonaceous protective layer was formed on the ternary composites than the EVA/OS composite. It was obtained from SDT that CB in the material could retard the smoke production with the application of the pilot flame. The EVA/OS/CB composites assumed a higher thermal stability than the EVA/OS composites and pure EVA.

     

蓝宝石晶体的光谱精细结构、零场分裂参量及晶体结构

运用不可约张量算法和群理论构造了C3v对称晶场中3d5组念离子的252阶可完全对角化的微扰哈密顿矩阵.用此矩阵计算了Al2O3:Fe3 晶体的光谱精细结构、零场分裂参量(D,a-F)、品体结构,其理论计算值与实验值相符合,并研究了自旋四重态、自旋二重态分别对基态能级的影响,证明了自旋四重态对基态能级的贡献是主要的,自旋二重态对基态能级的贡献虽很小,但却是不可忽略的.进一步研究了SO梢合作用、SS耦合作用对Al2O3:Fe3-品体的光谱精细结构和零场分裂参量的影响,结果发现SO耦合作用是最主要的,SS耦合作用也是不可忽略的.     

以芳胺为电子给体的D-π-A有机光敏染料———— 染料敏化太阳电池中的应用

不含金属的有机染料在染料敏化太阳电池（DSC）中的应用愈加广泛,以芳胺为电子给体的D-π-A分子是其中重要的一类。本文依据芳香胺的结构,将近5年来应用于DSC中一百多个D-π-A分子分成四类,包括：基于N-烷基-苯胺的D-π-A光敏染料,基于三苯胺的D-π-A光敏染料,由包含芴基团的三芳胺构建的D-π-A光敏染料,包含芳胺基团的其它结构类型的D-π-A光敏染料。评述了它们的光电转换性能。     

Triple-function Hydrated Eutectic Electrolyte for Enhanced Aqueous Zinc Batteries

Aqueous rechargeable zinc-ion batteries (ARZBs) are impeded by the mutual problems of unstable cathode, electrolyte parasitic reactions, and dendritic growth of zinc (Zn) anode. Herein, a triple-functional strategy by introducing the tetramethylene sulfone (TMS) to form a hydrated eutectic electrolyte is reported to ameliorate these issues. The activity of H₂O is inhibited by reconstructing hydrogen bonds due to the strong interaction between TMS and H₂O. Meanwhile, the preferentially adsorbed TMS on the Zn surface increases the thickness of double electric layer (EDL) structure, which provides a shielding buffer layer to suppress dendrite growth. Interestingly, TMS modulates the primary solvation shell of Zn²⁺ ultimately to achieve a novel solvent co-intercalation ((Zn-TMS)²⁺) mechanism, and the intercalated TMS works as a “pillar” that provides more zincophilic sites and stabilizes the structure of cathode (NH₄V₄O₁₀, (NVO)). Consequently, the Zn||NVO battery exhibits a remarkably high specific capacity of 515.6 mAh g⁻¹ at a low current density of 0.2 A g⁻¹ for over 40 days. This multi-functional electrolytes and solvent co-intercalation mechanism will significantly propel the practical development of aqueous batteries.     

A Fully Conjugated Covalent Organic Framework with Oxidative and Reductive Sites for Photocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction with Water

Constructing a powerful photocatalytic system that can achieve the carbon dioxide (CO₂) reduction half-reaction and the water (H₂O) oxidation half-reaction simultaneously is a very challenging but meaningful task. Herein, a porous material with a crystalline topological network, named viCOF-bpy-Re, was rationally synthesized by incorporating rhenium complexes as reductive sites and triazine ring structures as oxidative sites via robust −C=C− bond linkages. The charge-separation ability of viCOF-bpy-Re is promoted by low polarized π-bridges between rhenium complexes and triazine ring units, and the efficient charge-separation enables the photogenerated electron–hole pairs, followed by an intramolecular charge-transfer process, to form photogenerated electrons involved in CO₂ reduction and photogenerated holes that participate in H₂O oxidation simultaneously. The viCOF-bpy-Re shows the highest catalytic photocatalytic carbon monoxide (CO) production rate (190.6 μmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹ with about 100 % selectivity) and oxygen (O₂) evolution (90.2 μmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹) among all the porous catalysts in CO₂ reduction with H₂O as sacrificial agents. Therefore, a powerful photocatalytic system was successfully achieved, and this catalytic system exhibited excellent stability in the catalysis process for 50 hours. The structure–function relationship was confirmed by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations.