An automated vane shear test tool for environmental monitoring with unmanned ground vehicles

The present work describes the development of a novel robotic vane shear test tool for characterization of soil parameters with high precision and accuracy. The tool automates industrial standards for testing procedures. The proposed system is capable of performing high resolution torque measurements, which are then used to estimate the shear strength of the soil. The design of the instrument and its advantages over traditional manual instruments are discussed, after which error sources, calibration, and test procedures are described. The developed tool was successfully validated against high-end commercial equipment. The built unit was employed for characterizing mine waste in a laboratory setting and also deployed in the field on board an Unmanned Ground Vehicle for remote soil characterization.     

5-(4-羟基-3-硝基苯基)-10,15,20-三苯基卟啉结构

基于卟啉为荧光发色团,以2,4-二硝基苯磺酰氯为识别部分,设计并合成了一种具有较高选择性、高灵敏度的近红外苯硫酚荧光探针,其结构经¹H NMR, IR和HR-MS(ESI)表征。并研究了其荧光性能。结果表明：该探针可快速(90 s)、高选择性地检测苯硫酚,在5×10^-6～13×10^-6mol·L^-1呈良好的线性关系,检出限为61 nm。     

Projectively condensed semigroups,generalized completely regular semigroups and projective orthomonoids

The class of projectively condensed semigroups is a quasivariety of unary semigroups, the class of projective orthomonoids is a subquasivariety of . Some well-known classes of generalized completely regular semigroups will be regarded as subquasivarieties of . We give the structure semilattice composition and the standard representation of projective orthomonoids, and then obtain the structure theorems of various generalized orthogroups. Partially supported by a UGC (HK) grant #2060123 (04-05).     

Synthesis and photoluminescence properties of novel europium complexes of 2'-hydroxyacetophenone and 4,6-diacetylresorcinol

Novel europium (III) complexes of the formulae Eu(OHAP)(3).2H2O, Eu(OHAP)(3)Phen, Eu2(DAR)(3).4H2O and Eu2(DAR)(3)Phen2 (HOHAP=2'-hydroxyacetophenone, H2DAR=4,6-diacetylresorcinol, Phen=1,10-phenanthroline) have been designed and synthesized in this paper. These complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, and UV-vis. Based on these observations, the ligands are coordinated to Eu(III) via the acetyl and phenolic oxygens, and H2DAR is concluded to be bis-bidentate donor. Photoluminescence studies showed that the several complexes emitted red luminescence. Thermo-gravimetric analysis showed that the complexes possess good thermal stability. Also, it was found that Phen as a synergic ligand, coordinated to Eu(III) in a composite system like 2'-hydroxyacetophenone and 4,6-diacetylresorcinol, could enhance the complexes luminescence intensity, quantum yield and lifetime.     

Preparation and optical properties of worm-like gold nanorods

A type of worm-like nanorods was successfully synthesized through conventional gold nanorods reacting with Na2S2O3 or Na2S. The generated worm-like gold nanorods comprise shrunk nanorod cores and enwrapped shells. Therefore, a gold-gold sulfide core-shell structure is formed in the process, distinguishing from their original counterparts. The formation of the gold chalcogenide layers was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Experimental results showed that the thickness of the gold chalcogenide layers is controllable. Since the increase of shell thickness and decrease of gold nanorod core take place simultaneously, it allows one to tune the plasmon resonance of nanorods. Proper adjustment of reaction time, temperature, additives and other experimental conditions will produce worm-like gold nanorods demonstrating desired longitudinal plasmon wavelength (LPW) with narrow size distributions, only limited by properties of starting original gold nanorods. The approach presented herein is capable of selectively changing LPW of the gold nanorods. Additionally, the formed worm-like nanorods possess higher sensitive property in localized surface plasmon resonance than the original nanorods. Their special properties were characterized by spectroscopic methods such as Vis-NIR, fluorescence and resonance light scattering. These features imply that the gold nanorods have potential applications in biomolecular recognition study and biosensor fabrications.     

Electrochemical C–H/N–H cross-coupling of 2-phenylindolizines with phenothiazines to synthesize novel N-aryl phenothiazine derivatives

A facile and elegant method for synthesis of novel N–aryl phenothiazine derivatives from 2-phenylindolizines and phenothiazines through direct electrochemical oxidation has been developed. This approach was performed smoothly at room temperature without external oxidant and catalyst. Cyclic voltammetry and in situ FTIR techniques were applied to analyze the cross-coupling process of phenothiazines and 2-phenylindolizines, which helped to select the appropriate reaction potential. Under the optimized conditions, a broad range of substrates were well tolerated, affording the desired products in moderate to excellent isolated yields (up to 91%) with high regioselectivity. Meanwhile, a plausible mechanism involving a radical pathway has been proposed.     

Selectively light scattering spectrometric detection of copper (II) based on a new synthesized oxamide ligand

Light scattering (LS) signals have been applied for analytical detections, but the selectivity is poor. In order to improve the selectivity, pre-separation or new machines are generally considered. Differing from these methods, we synthesized a highly selective oxamide ligand, N′,N′-bis (2-aminophenyl) oxamide (NAPO). It was found that the LS signals of NAPO, measured with a common spectrofluorometer, could be selectively enhanced by copper ion in neutral medium. Thus, a new highly selective detection method for copper ion could be developed over the range of 0.9-31.0 μM with the limit of determination of 97.6 nM (3σ). Foreign ions including Cd(II), Al(III) could be allowed even if present at the level of 7-fold more than that of Cu²⁺, avoiding pre-separation procedures from complicated samples such as real wastewater samples. Mechanism studies showed that the reaction between NAPO and copper ion could form some kinds of clusters and induce the enhanced LS signals.     

溴代作用对竹红菌乙素分子性质影响的量子化学研究

用半经验量子化学方法ＡＭ１和ＰＭ３对竹红菌乙素及其溴代物进行了对比计算,考究了溴代作用对竹红菌乙素分子性质的影响,两种方法所得结果的均表明,溴代作用使分子的生成热、前线轨道能级及偶极矩等参数都有所降低,溴代作用也影响了竹红菌乙素分子内氢健的性质,并能使其对光的吸收产生红移。『     

Sr2准分子吸收离化及混合跃迁的研究

Ｎｄ－ＹＡＧ激光器三倍频泵浦的染料激光激发Ｓｒｌ原子,热二极管探共振离化信号,获得Ｓｒｌ高Ｒｙｄｂｅｒｇ５ｓｎｄＤ２系列双光子激光共振电离谱。实验发现激光汉长调４４０ｎｍ附近时,存在一Ｓｒ２准分子吸收光谱带,同时还观测到了５ｓ５ｐ＾１Ｐ１－５ｓ１１ｄ＾１Ｄ２,５ｓ５ｐ＾１Ｐ１－４ｄ＾２３Ｐ１混合共振跃迁现象。并对这种瞬态准分子的连续吸收光电离背景的形成和混合共振跃迁的机制作了初步探讨,同时对缓冲气