熵驱大分子胶体粒子的柱状受限结晶

熵是物理化学的基本状态参量,在统计力学和热力学中处于核心位置.按照玻尔兹曼的微观解释,熵可以由孤立系统微观状态的数目(W)给出,即S=kBlnW,这里kB为玻尔兹曼常数[1,2].根据此公式,微观状态数越多,系统越混乱,熵越大,所以熵常被视作体系无序程度的度量.但熵增仅对应体系微观状态数的增加,与可观测的结构有序程度无关[3~5].在一些典型的软物质体系中,结构越有序熵反而越大,如胶体硬球在随机密堆积点的有序结晶[6]及描述各向异性棒状分子从各向同性相到向列相转变的Onsager原理[7].     

Mussel‐inspired method to decorate commercial nanofiltration membrane for heavy metal ions removal

Nanofiltration (NF) membranes have been widely used for the treatment of electroplating, aerospace, textile, pharmaceutical, and other chemical industries. In this work, halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) were directly anchored on the surface of commercial nanofiltration (NF) membrane by dopamine modification following advantageous bio‐inspired methods. SEM and AFM images were used to characterize the HNTs decorated membrane surface in terms of surface morphology and roughness. Water contact angle (WCA) was employed in evidencing the incorporation of HNTs and dopamine in terms of hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity. Augmentation of HNTs was found to obviously enhance the hydrophilicity and surface roughness resulting in improved water permeability of membrane. More importantly, the rejection ratios of membrane also increased during the removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater. The permeability and Cu²⁺ rejection ratio of modified NF membrane were as high as 13.9 L·m^?2·h^?1·bar^?1 and 74.3%, respectively. Incorporation of HNTs was also found to enhance the anti‐fouling property and stability of membrane as evident from long‐term performance tests. The relative concentration of HNTs and dopamine on membrane surface was optimized by investigating the trade‐off between water permeability and rejection ratio.     

Contact vibration analysis of the functionally graded material coated half-space under a rigid spherical punch

This paper studies the contact vibration problem of an elastic half-space coated with functionally graded materials (FGMs) subject to a rigid spherical punch. A static force superimposing a dynamic time-harmonic force acts on the rigid spherical punch. Firstly, we give the static contact problem of FGMs by a least-square fitting approach. Next, the dynamic contact pressure is solved by employing the perturbation method. Lastly, the dynamic contact stiffness with different dynamic contact displacement conditions is derived for the FGM coated half-space. The effects of the gradient index, coating thickness, internal friction, and punch radius on the dynamic contact stiffness factor are discussed in detail.     

量子点发光二极管稳定性提高策略

量子点发光二极管(QLEDs)由于具有独特的光电特性,可应用于照明和显示行业,其外量子效率(EQEs)正迅速接近商业化要求。然而,器件的稳定性和工作寿命仍然是QLEDs商业化应用面临的关键问题。本文将影响QLEDs寿命的主要因素分为功能层材料的稳定性和电荷注入不平衡两大方面,从提高量子点、电荷传输层(CTLs)的稳定性以及促进电荷平衡等方面讨论了近年来提高QLEDs稳定性的各种策略。随着人们对QLEDs降解机制认识的加深,更稳定的量子点和QLEDs器件得以开发,但是将QLEDs器件商业化仍存在很大的挑战,比如Cd的高毒性以及蓝光QLEDs的寿命和效率远低于绿光和红光相对应的水平,此外,QLEDs在高亮度(1000 cd m^-2)下的稳定性较差,这些因素均限制了QLEDs的发展。因此,应进一步加大QLEDs在光电器件领域的研发力度,克服这些技术劣势,实现QLEDs未来的商业化。     

人参皂苷Rb2在大鼠体内的药代动力学行为及代谢产物研究

建立快速高分离度液相色谱-四极杆飞行时间质谱联用方法(RRLC-Q-TOF-MS),分析人参皂苷Rb2在大鼠体内的药代动力学行为,并探索人参皂苷Rb2在大鼠体内的代谢过程.采用Agilent SB-C18色谱柱,流动相A为0.1％甲酸溶液,B为乙腈,流速为0.2 mL/min,进样量为5μL,二元线性梯度洗脱分离,采用电喷雾负离子模式进行质谱检测.方法的检出限(S/N=3)和定量限(S/N=10)分别为0.08 μg/mL和0.1 μg/mL,线性范围为0.10～ 1.26 μg/mL.结果表明,人参皂苷Rb2静脉注射后的体内代谢过程符合二室模型特征,血药浓度半衰期的α相(t1/2α)和β相(t1/2β)分别为(23.58±1.10)和(1306.55±147.23) min.通过对静脉注射人参皂苷Rb2的大鼠尿液和口服后的粪便样本进行分析,发现Rb2的代谢产物为M6,M2(C-Y),F2,C-K.     

基于3D打印薄层池和流场形电极的镉离子流动检测系统

首次提出了流场形(FFS)电极的概念,并印制了FFS三电极体系.结合3D打印的薄层流通池(TLFC),采用方波溶出伏安法(SWSV),构建了镉离子(Cd2+)流动电化学检测系统.考察了电极形状、测量方式、流速、介质条件、富集时间等条件的影响.结果表明,此检测系统测量灵敏度高,重现性和稳定性好.在优化条件下,Cd2+浓度在2 ～ 100 μg/L范围内与溶出峰电流呈良好的线性关系,相关系数为0.997,检出限为0.5 μg/L.将本方法应用于环境水样和生物甲烷发酵液中痕量Cd2+的检测,结果与ICP-AES无显著性差异,加标回收率为90％ ～ 106％.     

基于新型量子点荧光微球的氯霉素免疫层析试纸条的制备和应用

以羧基化CdTe/ZnSe量子点荧光微球为标记物,通过1-乙基-(3-二甲基氨基丙基)碳二亚胺/N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺(EDC/NHS)活化法将氯霉素(CAP)单克隆抗体与量子点荧光微球偶联制备荧光探针.氯霉素全抗原(CAP-HS-BSA)及羊抗鼠二抗分别喷涂硝酸纤维素膜,形成检测线(T线)和质控线(C线),组装成新型氯霉素量子点荧光微球免疫层析试纸条,建立了快速、定量检测牛奶中CAP的方法.本研究开发的量子点荧光微球试纸条可在15 min内完成牛奶样品中CAP的定量检测,线性范围为0.1~100.0μg/L,检出限为0.1μg/L.牛奶样品CAP的加标回收率为93.3%~97.9%,相对标准偏差在4.9%~6.9%之间.     

Polarizable molecular dynamics simulation of Zn(II) in water using the AMOEBA force field

The hydration free energy, structure, and dynamics of the zinc divalent cation are studied using a polarizable force field in molecular dynamics simulations. Parameters for the Zn(2+) are derived from gas-phase ab initio calculation of Zn(2+)-water dimer. The Thole-based dipole polarization is adjusted based on the Constrained Space Orbital Variations (CSOV) calculation while the Symmetry Adapted Perturbation Theory (SAPT) approach is also discussed. The vdW parameters of Zn(2+) have been obtained by comparing the AMOEBA Zn(2+)-water dimerization energy with results from several theory levels and basis sets over a range of distances. Molecular dynamics simulations of Zn(2+) solvation in bulk water are subsequently performed with the polarizable force field. The calculated first-shell water coordination number, water residence time and free energy of hydration are consistent with experimental and previous theoretical values. The study is supplemented with extensive Reduced Variational Space (RVS) and Electron Localization Function (ELF) computations in order to unravel the nature of the bonding in Zn(2+)(H(2)O)(n) (n=1,6) complexes and to analyze the charge transfer contribution to the complexes. Results show that the importance of charge transfer decreases as the size of Zn-water cluster grows due to anticooperativity and to changes in the nature of the metal-ligand bonds. Induction could be dominated by polarization when the system approaches condensed-phase and the covelant effects are eliminated from the Zn(II)-water interaction. To construct an "effective" classical polarizable potential for Zn(2+) in bulk water, one should therefore avoid over-fitting to the ab initio charge transfer energy of Zn(2+)-water dimer. Indeed, in order to avoid overestimation of condensed-phase many-body effects, which is crucial to the transferability of polarizable molecular dynamics, charge transfer should not be included within the classical polarization contribution and should preferably be either incorporated in to the pairwise van der Waals contribution or treated explicitly.     

Monotone iterative method for abstract impulsive integro-differential equations with nonlocal conditions in Banach spaces

In this paper we use a monotone iterative technique in the presence of the lower and upper solutions to discuss the existence of mild solutions for a class of semilinear impulsive integro-differential evolution equations of Volterra type with nonlocal conditions in a Banach space E $$\left\{ \begin{gathered} u'(t) + Au(t) = f(t,u(t),Gu(t)) t \in J,t \ne t_k , \hfill \\ \Delta _{\left. u \right|_{t = t_k } } = u\left( {t_k^ + } \right) - u\left( {t_k^ - } \right) = I_k \left( {u\left( {t_k } \right)} \right), k = 1,2, \ldots ,m, \hfill \\ u(0) = g(u) + x_0 , \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \right.$$ where A: D(A) ? E → E is a closed linear operator and ?A generates a strongly continuous semigroup T(t) (t ? 0) on E, f ∈ C(J × E × E, E), J = [0, a], 0 < t ₁ < t ₂ < ... < t _m < a, I _k ∈ C(E, E), k = 1, 2, ..., m, and g constitutes a nonlocal condition. Under suitable monotonicity conditions and noncompactness measure conditions, we obtain the existence of the extremal mild solutions between the lower and upper solutions assuming that ?A generates a compact semigroup, a strongly continuous semigroup or an equicontinuous semigroup. The results improve and extend some relevant results in ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations. Some concrete applications to partial differential equations are considered.     

Memory‐efficient calculation of the isotopic mass states of a molecule

Our previous work postulated a transition concept among different isotopic mass states (i.e., isotopic species) of a molecule, and developed a hierarchical algorithm for accurately calculating their masses and abundances. A theoretical mass spectrum can be generated by convoluting a peak shape function to these discrete mass states. This approach suffers from limited memory if a level in the hierarchical structure has too many mass states. Here we present a memory efficient divide‐and‐recursively‐combine algorithm to do the calculation, which also improves the truncation method used in the previous hierarchical algorithm. Instead of treating all of the elements in a molecule as a whole, the new algorithm first ‘strips’ each element one by one. For the mass states of each element, a hierarchical structure is established and kept in the memory. This process reduces the memory usage by orders of magnitude (e.g., for bovine insulin, memory can be reduced from gigabytes to kilobytes). Next, a recursive algorithm is applied to combine mass states of elements to mass states of the whole molecule. The algorithm described above has been implemented as a computer program called Isotope Calculator, which was written in C++. It is freely available under the GNU Lesser General Public License from http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/～hong/software.html or http://people.brandeis.edu/～agar . Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.