Synthesis and significantly enhanced microwave absorption properties of hematite dendrites/polyaniline nanocomposite

Hematite dendrites/polyaniline (HDs/PANI) nanocomposite, i.e. coating HDs with conductive PANI, has been successfully synthesized through a two-step polymerization of aniline monomers on the surface of pre-synthesized HDs for the first time. It is discovered that a lower concentration of HCl (0.02 mol?L^?1) has only a slight adverse effect on the dendritic structures of the coated HDs, while a higher concentration of HCl (0.04 mol?L^?1) results in severe damage to the sub-branches of the HDs. The morphology, composition, structure, static magnetic, and spectral properties of the as-prepared pristine HDs and HDs/PANI composites were thoroughly characterized by various physicochemical techniques. Moreover, the electromagnetic and microwave absorbing properties of the HDs and HDs/PANI wax composites were compared in detail. It was found that the frequency of absorption obeys a quarter-wavelength model for both of them, and the HDs/PANI wax composite exhibits far superior microwave absorption properties. This phenomenon can be attributed to the improved dielectric loss abilities and the complementary behaviors resulting from the PANI coatings and fractal-structured HDs.     

微流控芯片流体剪切力和肿瘤坏死因子-α共同作用对大鼠软骨细胞表型的影响

流体剪切力是生物体内普遍存在的一种生物力学形式,是细胞微环境的重要组成部分,对细胞多种生物学行为有重要调节作用。该研究以微流控芯片技术为基础,建立了一种基于流阻原理能同时产生4个不同大小流体剪切力的微流控芯片平台,用以研究低流速的流体剪切力对大鼠原代软骨细胞表型维持的影响。结果表明,流体剪切力可促进软骨细胞的表型维持。还加入了肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α),考察流体剪切力和TNF-α共同作用对软骨细胞表型的影响。结果表明,在剪切力和TNF-α共同作用下,软骨细胞的Ⅱ型胶原和蛋白多糖表达明显下调。该研究为软骨组织工程和骨性关节炎的疾病研究提供有力的研究平台,为骨关节疾病治疗和防治提供了理论依据。     

Transient holographic grating in azo-dye-doped liquid crystals with off-resonant light

Holographic gratings in nematic liquid crystals doped with Disperse Red 1 (DR1) were investigated using a linearly polarised He–Ne laser. Although the electric transitions of the samples were almost off-resonant, the diffraction of the transient holographic grating was found to exhibit a sinusoidal feature with changing the polarisation of recording beams, and the diffraction intensities and response time of the gratings were strongly dependent on DR1 concentration. The results revealed that the diffraction of holographic grating depends on the rate of trans–cis isomerisation of DR1 molecules. Moreover, the temperature dependence of diffraction indicated that the grating formation mechanism was attributed to photoinduced reorientation of photoisomerisation effect.     

Prussian Blue‐Derived Iron Phosphide Nanoparticles in a Porous Graphene Aerogel as Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Tailoring of new hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalyst with earth abundant elements is important for large scale water splitting and hydrogen production. In this work, we present a simple synthetic method for incorporating iron phosphide (FeP) particles into three‐dimensional (3D) porous graphene aerogel (GA) structure. The FeP formed in porous 3D GA (FeP/GA) is derived from electroactive Fe hexacyanoferrate (FeHCF). The advantage of incorporating FeP, in the porous 3D graphene network enables high accessibility for HER. As synthesized FeP/GA catalyst shows good electrocatalytic activity for HER in both acidic and alkaline solutions. The developed method can be useful for synthesizing metal hexacyanoferrate derived mono/bimetal phosphide catalyst in porous 3D graphene aerogels.     

Effect of oil phase transition on freeze/thaw-induced demulsification of water-in-oil emulsions

Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the breakage of water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions by the freeze/thaw method. Most of the previous works focused on the phase transition of the water droplet phase. This paper emphasizes the effect of continuous oil phase transition. A series of oils with different freezing points were used as oil phases to produce model emulsions, which were then frozen and thawed. The emulsion whose oil phase froze before the water droplet phase did (OFBW) on cooling was readily demulsified with a dewatering ratio as high as over 80%, but the emulsion whose oil phase did not freeze when the water droplet phase did (NOFBW) was relatively hard to break. The difference in demulsification performance between them resulted from the distinction between their demulsification mechanisms via the analyses of the emulsion stability, emulsion crystallization/melting behaviors, oil phase physical properties, and wettability of the frozen oil phase, etc. For the OFBW emulsion, the first-frozen oil phase was ruptured by the volume expansion of the subsequently frozen droplet phase, and meanwhile, some liquid droplet phase was drawn into the fine gaps/crevices of the frozen oil phase to bridge droplets, which were considered to be essential to the emulsion breakage, whereas for the NOFBW emulsion, the demulsification was attributed to the collision mechanism proposed in our previous work. The findings may provide some criteria for selecting a proper oil phase in the emulsion liquid membrane (ELM) process and then offer an alternative approach to recycle the oil phase for continuous operation. This work may also be useful for emulsion stability against temperature cycling.     

Interfacial coprecipitation to prepare magnetite nanoparticles: Concentration and temperature dependence

A novel interfacial coprecipitation method to prepare magnetite nanoparticles was proposed by us recently, which possesses advantages such as facility, Gram-scale synthesis and surface functionality. In this paper, the effects of precursors concentration and reaction temperature in interfacial coprecipitation method were systematically studied to evaluate the differences between classical and interfacial coprecipitation. It was found for first time that in both interfacial and classical coprecipitation there is a critical region of ferrous ion concentration to obtain magnetite at different amine concentrations, in which a phase of two-line ferrihydrite was considered to be an intermediate. Meanwhile, although the size of nanoparticles was not obviously varied by adjusting the reaction temperature, their dispersibility and saturation magnetization can be tailored. Besides, by comparing with classical coprecipitation, the mechanism in the interfacial coprecipitation was elucidated.     

基于HMM的CpG岛位置判别

隐马尔科夫过程是20世纪70年代提出来的一种统计方法,以前主要用于语音识别,1989年Churchill将其引入计算生物学,目前HMM是生物信息学中应用比较广泛的统计方法。本文对马尔科夫过程和HMM进行了简明扼要的描述,并对其在CpG岛位置判别中的应用做了概括介绍。     

Electrochemical Design of Mesoporous Pt–Ru Alloy Films with Various Compositions toward Superior Electrocatalytic Performance

Mesoporous Pt–Ru alloy films with various compositions were synthesized by electrochemical plating in an aqueous surfactant solution. After the removal of surfactants, continuous mesoporous Pt–Ru alloy films possessing uniform mesopores with diameter about 7 nm were obtained. The Ru content in the films could be controlled from 0 to 13 at % by changing the precursor compositions. For all the films, the mesostructural periodicities and the mesopore sizes in the films were not changed. Due to the mesoporous structure and the doped Ru content, our mesoporous Pt–Ru films showed superior electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation reaction in comparison with the commercially available Pt catalyst.     

Synthesis of Olive‐Shaped Mesoporous Platinum Nanoparticles (MPNs) with a Hard‐Templating Method Using Mesoporous Silica (SBA‐15)

Well‐ordered mesoporous Pt nanoparticles (MPNs) with uniform olive shapes are synthesized by using two‐dimensional (2D) hexagonal mesoporous silica (SBA‐15) as a hard template. The average particle sizes are controllable in the range of 150 to 230 nm by changing the reduction time. Low‐angle XRD profiles for the obtained MPNs show three distinct peaks assignable to the (10), (11), and (20) planes of a highly ordered 2D hexagonal symmetry. From high‐magnification SEM images, periodically arranged Pt nanowires are observed clearly, which are a negative replica of the 2D hexagonally ordered mesoporous silica (SBA‐15). Furthermore, the single crystallinity of the Pt fcc structure coherently extends over the whole particles. As a result of such unique character as well as high surface area, the obtained MPNs show distinctly enhanced electrocatalytic properties for methanol oxidation reaction compared to other Pt samples, such as Pt black.     

对应聚类分析在教学研究中的应用

本文简要介绍对应聚类分析的计算方法和主要特点；通过长春地质学院２９名学生及其２１门课程成绩的对应聚类分析，在对应聚类谱系图中清楚显示了不同的学生类型、课程类型及其对应关系；结果表明，数理化等基础课程在优秀学生的教育中起重要作用。