Ag cluster-aptamer hybrid: specifically marking the nucleus of live cells

Silver cluster-aptamer hybrids were mineralized via an artificially designed aptamer. The hybrids gave red emission when excited by light, and they successfully targeted the nucleus of live cells. This method is an effective approach to make cell target probes.     

Ternary phase diagrams of DNTF and TNAZ and their eutectics

The eutectic ternary phase diagrams of some typical volatilizable energetic materials have been investigated by high pressure differential scanning calorimeter (PDSC). The ternary H–X phase diagrams for TNT/TNAZ/DNTF (TTD) and TNAZ/DNTF/RDX (TDR) systems were constructed by the correlation of the apparent fusion heat with the composition (H–X method). And, the ternary T–X phase diagrams (the temperature dependence on composition) for the two ternary systems were constructed by calculating from the data of the five T–X binary phase diagrams. The eutectic compositions (mol%) of TTD and TDR ternary systems were obtained to be 52.3/27.3/20.4 (H–X method), 53.2/25.8/21.0 (T–X method) and 54.9/39.6/5.5 (H–X method), 55.1/42.2/2.7 (T–X method), respectively. The eutectic temperatures of the ternary systems were obtained by PDSC determination and T–X method calculation to be 76.5 and 76.7 °C, 47.5 and 50.2 °C, respectively. It is shown that the results obtained by two methods are in agreement and the error in measuring or calculating eutectic compositions and temperatures for the two ternary systems are within allowable ranges of ±3 mol% and ±3 °C, respectively. Moreover, by means of constructing two ternary H–X phase diagrams with different fixed composition of a component and comparing the apparent fusion heat of eutectics with calculated one, the results obtained from H–X method for TTD system were proved. The results showed that the gasification or volatilization of easy volatile materials could be efficiently restrained by high pressure atmosphere, and the perfectly and ideally H–X ternary phase diagrams can be constructed. In comparison with T–X method, H–X method has as a virtue of being quick and simple, especially on constructing ternary phase diagram.     

A triplet mechanism for the formation of thymine-thymine (6-4) dimers in UV-irradiated DNA

The reaction pathway for the photochemical formation of thymine-thymine (6-4) dimers in DNA is explored using hybrid density functional theory techniques in gas and in bulk solvent. It is concluded that the photo-induced cycloaddition displays favorable energy barriers in the triplet excited state. The stepwise cycloaddition in the triplet excited state involves the initial formation of a diradical followed by ring closure via singlet-triplet interaction. The key geometric features and electron spin densities are also discussed. The difference in barriers of H3' transfer for the lowest-lying triplet and singlet states shows that the singlet oxetane intermediate could catch the second photon to accelerate the rate of proton transfer, leading to formation of the Dewar structure. The present results provide a rationale for the formation of thymine-thymine (6-4) dimers in the triplet excited states.     

Double threshold behaviour of I－V characteristics of CoSi2/Si Schottky contacts

The forward current－voltage (I－V) characteristics of polycrystalline CoSi₂/n-Si(100) Schottky contacts have been measured in a wide temperature range. At low temperatures (≤200K), a plateau-like section is observed in the I－V characteristics around 10^-4A·cm^-2. The current in the small bias region significantly exceeds that expected by the model based on thermionic emission (TE) and a Gaussian distribution of Schottky barrier height (SBH). Such a double threshold behaviour can be explained by the barrier height inhomogeneity, i.e. at low temperatures the current through some patches with low SBH dominates at small bias region. With increasing bias voltage, the Ohmic effect becomes important and the current through the whole junction area exceeds the patch current, thus resulting in a plateau-like section in the I－V curves at moderate bias. For the polycrystalline CoSi₂/Si contacts studied in this paper, the apparent ideality factor of the patch current is much larger than that calculated from the TE model taking the pinch-off effect into account. This suggests that the current flowing through these patches is of the tunnelling type, rather than the thermionic emission type. The experimental I－V characteristics can be fitted reasonably well in the whole temperature region using the model based on tunnelling and pinch-off.     

Enantioselective Hydrolysis of α-Amino Acid Ester by Chiral Metallomicelles

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Catalytic Hydrolysis of Lipophilic Amino Acid Esters by Metallomicelles as Carboxypeptidase A Models

Metallondcellesasthemodelofhydrolyticmetalloenzymes.havebegunrecently'.Exam-plesarethemetal-ioncomplexesoflipophilicinddazoles2andpyridines'co-ndcelledwithsurfactantS.Hereinwereportthecomplexesofanovelmacrocyclicl2-membereddioxotetradrineligandbearingbis-hydroxygroupsasfunctionalpendantSwhichcanmindcthecatalyticfunctionofcarboxypeptidaseAinndcellarmedia.2,6-Dioxo-l,4,7,lo-tetraazacyclo1(O.2Og,1.onuno1)'anddodecylglycidylether(O.54g,2.2nunol)'wererefluxedinEtOH(3OoInL)for24h.Thesolventwase…     

核子诱导的χcJ抑制

本文主要运用夸克交换模型计算所得的核子— χcJ 离解截面研究Pb +Pb和S +Pb中心碰撞过程中强子物质中的 χcJ 抑制 .并定性地研究了核子动量和核子气温度对热平均截面地影响 .Pb +Pb和S +Pb中心碰撞中 χcJ 存活率表明核子与反核子所诱导的 χcJ 抑制是很明显的 .     

Synthesis of single crystalline GaN nanoribbons on sapphire (0001) substrates

Single crystalline GaN nanoribbons were synthesized through nitriding Ga₂O₃ thin films deposited on sapphire (0001) substrates by radio frequency magnetron sputtering. The component and structure of nanoribbons were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The flat and smooth ribbon-like nanostructures are high quality single crystalline hexagonal wurtzite GaN. The thickness and width-to-thickness ratio of the grown GaN nanoribbons are in the range of 8-15 nm and ∼5-10, respectively.     

类铍离子N3+激发态的能量、振子强度和跃迁几率

利用多组态相互作用方法及Rayleigh-Ritz变分法,计算了类铍N3+ 基态(1s22s21S)和三个激发态(1s22s2p1P0, 1s22s2p3 P0, 1s22p23P)的能量,运用截断变分方法得到能量的改进量,包括了相对论能量和质量极化效应.计算了相关态的振子强度和辐射跃迁率.计算结果与其它理论和实验结果符合得很好.     

The freeze-shut of a convectively cooled parallel plate channel subjected to laminar internal liquid flow

The paper presents an approximative solution for the time dependent development of the ice layers at the cooled walls inside a parallel plate channel. The upper and the lower wall of the channel are cooled by an uniform external convection. By assuming a constant pressure drop across the channel, the freeze-shut of the planar channel could be calculated approximately. It was found out that the origin of the freezing fronts moves upstream during the ice layer growth. Furthermore a simple criterion is presented to predict whether a given system will lead to blockade.