Order-Unity 13C Nuclear Polarization of [1-13C]Pyruvate in Seconds and the Interplay of Water and SABRE Enhancement

Signal Amplification By Reversible Exchange in SHield Enabled Alignment Transfer (SABRE-SHEATH) is investigated to achieve rapid hyperpolarization of ¹³C₁ spins of [1-¹³C]pyruvate, using parahydrogen as the source of nuclear spin order. Pyruvate exchange with an iridium polarization transfer complex can be modulated via a sensitive interplay between temperature and co-ligation of DMSO and H₂O. Order-unity ¹³C (>50 %) polarization of catalyst-bound [1-¹³C]pyruvate is achieved in less than 30 s by restricting the chemical exchange of [1-¹³C]pyruvate at lower temperatures. On the catalyst bound pyruvate, 39 % polarization is measured using a 1.4 T NMR spectrometer, and extrapolated to >50 % at the end of build-up in situ. The highest measured polarization of a 30-mM pyruvate sample, including free and bound pyruvate is 13 % when using 20 mM DMSO and 0.5 M water in CD₃OD. Efficient ¹³C polarization is also enabled by favorable relaxation dynamics in sub-microtesla magnetic fields, as indicated by fast polarization buildup rates compared to the T₁ spin-relaxation rates (e. g., ∼0.2 s⁻¹ versus ∼0.1 s⁻¹, respectively, for a 6 mM catalyst-[1-¹³C]pyruvate sample). Finally, the catalyst-bound hyperpolarized [1-¹³C]pyruvate can be released rapidly by cycling the temperature and/or by optimizing the amount of water, paving the way to future biomedical applications of hyperpolarized [1-¹³C]pyruvate produced via comparatively fast and simple SABRE-SHEATH-based approaches.     

In vivo Toxicity Evaluation of a Nano-drug Delivery System Using a Caenorhabditis elegansModel System

Drug carrier materials need to possess good biological safety. Presently, most biosafety evaluation studies use rodent animal models, including rats and rabbits. However, the cost of raising these animals is relatively high and the experimental period is long. Caenorhabditis elegans(C. elegans) presents an ideal toxicological evaluation model due to its simple structure, easy cultivation, short life cycle, and evolutionary conservation. In this paper, we used C. elegans to test the biological safety of our pH-responsive carrier system(FFPFF self-assembling into a nanosphere structure, FFPFF Nps), which was designed for anti-tumor drug delivery. Our results showed that exposure to high doses of FFPFF Nps did not have a significant impact on the survival rate, growth, development, movement, and reproduction of C. elegans. The preliminary evaluation of the overall biological model of C. elegans shows that FFPFF Nps has good biological safety and warrants further study.     

油茶果壳活性炭的制备及其对Cr(Ⅵ)的去除

利用磷酸活化法制备油茶果壳活性炭,并将其作为吸附剂用于去除水溶液中的Cr(Ⅵ),同时探讨了不同参数(Cr(Ⅵ)的初始浓度、吸附剂的用量、pH、温度等)对油茶果壳活性炭吸附Cr(Ⅵ)的影响。结果表明:当温度为293 K,Cr(Ⅵ)初始浓度为250 mg/L,pH为2.0时,Cr(Ⅵ)的最大吸附量可达165.0 mg/L。根据吸附动力学原理,发现其吸附过程遵循拟二级动力学模型。Cr(Ⅵ)的去除程度随Cr(Ⅵ)初始浓度的升高而增加,且其平衡数据与Freundlich模型拟合良好。     

Isolation and Characterization of Precise Dye/Dendrimer Ratios

Fluorescent dyes are commonly conjugated to nanomaterials for imaging applications using stochastic synthesis conditions that result in a Poisson distribution of dye/particle ratios and therefore a broad range of photophysical and biodistribution properties. We report the isolation and characterization of generation 5 poly(amidoamine) (G5 PAMAM) dendrimer samples containing 1, 2, 3, and 4 fluorescein (FC) or 6‐carboxytetramethylrhodamine succinimidyl ester (TAMRA) dyes per polymer particle. For the fluorescein case, this was achieved by stochastically functionalizing dendrimer with a cyclooctyne “click” ligand, separation into sample containing precisely defined “click” ligand/particle ratios using reverse‐phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP‐HPLC), followed by reaction with excess azide‐functionalized fluorescein dye. For the TAMRA samples, stochastically functionalized dendrimer was directly separated into precise dye/particle ratios using RP‐HPLC. These materials were characterized using ¹H and ¹⁹F NMR spectroscopy, RP‐HPLC, UV/Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, lifetime measurements, and MALDI.     

Heterogeneous Solution NMR Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange

A novel variant of an iridium‐based organometallic catalyst was synthesized and used to enhance the NMR signals of pyridine in a heterogeneous phase by immobilization on polymer microbead solid supports. Upon administration of parahydrogen (pH₂) gas to a methanol mixture containing the HET‐SABRE catalyst particles and the pyridine, up to fivefold enhancements were observed in the ¹H NMR spectra after sample transfer to high field (9.4 T). Importantly, enhancements were not due to any residual catalyst molecules in solution, thus supporting the true heterogeneity of the SABRE process. Further significant improvements may be expected by systematic optimization of experimental parameters. Moreover, the heterogeneous catalyst is easy to separate and recycle, thus opening a door to future potential applications varying from spectroscopic studies of catalysis, to imaging metabolites in the body without concern of contamination from expensive and potentially toxic metal catalysts or accompanying organic molecules.     

大孔Mo-Ni/Al_2O_3催化剂的催化裂化柴油加氢性能研究

采用三次纳米自组装合成法,制备了一种以二次纳米自组装Al2O3为主体的大孔主客体催化剂FA-40,具有0.78 cm3·g-1的孔容、114 m2·g-1的比表面积、27 nm的平均孔径、6.0 nm和40 nm的双峰孔结构、孔分布在10~100 nm高度集中、低堆积密度为0.56 g·cm-3、活性金属含量高达35.70%。XRD和TEM分析结果显示,活性金属以直径小于2 nm的微晶态纳米粒子形式均匀分散于主体表面。采用劣质催化裂化柴油进行20 h加氢实验评价,反应趋于稳定时,FA-40的脱硫、脱氮及芳烃饱和率分别达到94.4%、95.5%和67.9%,与F-5相比分别提高了20%、80%和140%。300 h的长周期加氢实验表明,FA-40具有良好的加氢性能。     

Synthesis,Spectroscopic Properties,and Photodynamic Anticancer Activities of Novel Arginine-modified Silicon(Ⅳ) Phthalocyanines

We design and synthesize a series of novel silicon(IV)phthalocyanines(SiPcs,1a,2a,1b,and 2b)axially conjugated with arginine or arginine-containing oligopeptides(Arg-Arg,Cys-Arg,Cys-Arg-Arg)through ester or ether linkers to demonstrate the effects of substituents and coupling ways on the spectral behaviors and photodynamic activities.The ester-linked SiPcs(1a and 2a)show slight red-shift,higher fluorescence emission and singlet oxygen generation compared to the ether-linked analogues(1b and 2b)due to the stronger electron-withdrawing ability of the ester group,suggesting that electronic effect of the linkers plays an important role in their spectral properties.The introduction of arginine could effectively reduce the aggregation of phthalocyanine in aqueous solutions.With higher cellular uptake and plasma membrane localization ability,1b and 2b exhibit significantly higher photocytotoxicity against both HepG2 and Hela cells.Moreover,the in vivo fluorescence imaging suggests that 2b is the most specific toward H22 tumor-bearing ICR mice,and it shows efficient tumor growth inhibition with the tumor inhibition rate up to 93%.Thus,this work would provide a new reference for the development of phthalocyanine-based photosensitizers.     

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.     

六顶角带谱参数杨-Baxter方程的解

通过五个解交换,四组非退化基本解和七组退化解,给出了精确可解统计模型理论中六顶角带谱参数杨-Baxter方程的全部解.并讨论了解的幺正条件. 关键词：     

包钴型γ-Fe2O3磁粉矫顽力的研究

包钴型γ-Fe₂O₃磁粉分为包钴γ-Fe₂O₃(简记为Co-γ-Fe₂O₃)和包钴包亚铁γ-Fe₂O₃(简记为CoFe-γ-Fe₂O₃)两种,它们的矫顽力可比γ-Fe₂O₃磁粉的提高100至400Oe左右,本工作对这两种磁粉矫顽力增大的原因作了探讨,认为它们矫顽力增大的机制不同:CO-γ-Fe₂O₃矫顽力增大是由于表面包覆一层Co(OH)₂使表面各向异性增大,而CoFe-γ-Fe₂O₃则是由于表面包覆的是钴铁氧体,γ-Fe₂O₃与钴铁氧体之间发生耦合作用,使矫顽力增大。