Magnetic Bistability of Individual Single‐Molecule Magnets Grafted on Single‐Wall Carbon Nanotubes

A POM to remember : Hexanuclear Fe^III polyoxometalate (POM) single‐molecule magnets (see structure) can be noncovalently assembled on the surface of single‐wall carbon nanotubes. Complementary characterization techniques (see TEM image and magnetic hysteresis loops) demonstrate the integrity and bistability of the individual molecules, which could be used to construct single‐molecule memory devices.

     

聚苯硫醚复合材料在柴油润滑状态下的摩擦学性能研究

分别以短切碳纤维(SCF)、铜(Cu)、氧化铜(CuO)和硫化铜(CuS)微米颗粒作为填料,通过热压成型制备了系列的聚苯硫醚(PPS)复合材料.利用环-块摩擦磨损试验机,研究了PPS复合材料在柴油润滑状态下的摩擦学性能,结合摩擦表面形貌、转移膜结构和摩擦化学分析,研究了摩擦学机理.结果表明:填充微米颗粒后,PPS复合材料在柴油润滑状态下的摩擦学性能均有不同程度的提高.加入SCF后,PPS表现出最好的耐磨性;Cu和CuS颗粒显著降低PPS的摩擦系数.在此基础上,进一步探究了SCF/Cu、SCF/CuS两组复合填料分别对PPS材料摩擦学性能的影响.研究发现:复合填充SCF和CuS填料后,PPS复合材料的摩擦学性能最佳.SCF和CuS表现出显著的协同效应:SCF提高PPS材料的承载能力和耐磨性;CuS在摩擦界面发生摩擦化学反应,促进具有润滑特性转移膜的形成.     

Hydrogels Incorporating GdDOTA: Towards Highly Efficient Dual T(1) /T(2) MRI Contrast Agents

Do not tumble dry: Gadolinium-DOTA encapsulated into polysaccharide nanoparticles (GdDOTA?NPs) exhibited high relaxivity (r(1) =101.7?s(-1) mM(-1) per Gd(3+) ion at 37?°C and 20?MHz). This high relaxation rate is due to efficient Gd loading, reduced tumbling of the Gd complex, and the hydrogel nature of the nanoparticles. The efficacy of the nanoparticles as a T(1) /T(2) dual-mode contrast agent was studied in C6 cells.     

Why is the association of supramolecular assemblies different under homogeneous and heterogeneous conditions?

The origin of the change of the thermodynamic properties of association between homogeneous and heterogeneous systems is highlighted by numerical experiments.     

Volatile organic compounds from Centaurium erythraea Rafn (Croatia) and the antimicrobial potential of its essential oil

GC and MS were used for the analysis of Croatian Centaurium erythraea Rafn essential oil (obtained by hydrodistillation) and headspace (applying headspace solid-phase microextraction). The headspace contained numerous monoterpene hydrocarbons (the major ones were terpinene-4-ol, methone, p-cymene, γ-terpinene and limonene). Oxygenated monoterpenes were present in the headspace and oil, while 1,8-cineole, bornyl acetate and verbenone were present only in the headspace. High headspace percentages of toluene and naphthalene were found, followed by hemimellitene. Lot of similarities were observed with Serbian C. erythraea oil [neophytadiene (1.4%), thymol (2.6%), carvacrol (6.1%) and hexadecanoic acid (5.7%)], but different features were also noted such as the presence of menthol, menthone and phytone. The oil fractionation enabled identification of other minor compounds not found in total oil such as norisoprenoides, alk-1-enes or chromolaenin. The essential oil showed antimicrobial potential on Escherichia coli, Salmonella enteritidis, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus. On the other hand, no antibacterial activity of the oil was observed on Pseudomonas fluorescens and Lysteria monocytogenes.     

Local stability of evolutionary attractors for continuous structured populations

In this paper, we are interested in the nonlinear stability of Dirac-type steady solutions to an integro-differential equation appearing in the study of populations which are structured with respect to a quantitative (continuous) trait. We show that stability conditions of Adaptive Dynamics extend to this model.