蝴蝶翅膀表面水滴各向异性黏附性质

采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察了双带闪蝶(Morpho Achilles)翅膀表面的微观形貌, 通过样品的表观接触角表征了其浸润性, 采用高敏感性微电力学天平比较了水滴在蝴蝶翅膀表面不同方向运动时受到的黏附力. 实验结果表明, 水滴沿着干燥的蝴蝶翅膀鳞片堆叠方向运动时受到的黏附力要明显小于其它方向运动时受到的力, 且受力较稳定; 当蝴蝶翅膀被水滴浸润后, 水滴沿着湿润的蝴蝶翅膀鳞片堆叠方向运动时受到的黏附力接近甚至大于逆着鳞片堆叠方向运动时受到的力.     

Fibrin glue increases the cell survival and the transduced gene product secretion of the ceiling culture-derived adipocytes transplanted in mice

The development of clinically applicable scaffolds is important for the application of cell transplantation in various human diseases. The aims of this study are to evaluate fibrin glue in a novel protein replacement therapy using proliferative adipocytes and to develop a mouse model system to monitor the delivery of the transgene product into the blood and the fate of the transduced cells after transplantation. Proliferative adipocytes from mouse adipose tissue were transduced by a retroviral vector harboring the human lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (lcat) gene, and were subcutaneously transplanted into mice combined with fibrin glue. The lcat gene transduction efficiency and the subsequent secretion of the product in mouse adipocytes were enhanced using a protamine concentration of 500 μg/ml. Adipogenesis induction did not significantly affect the lcat gene-transduced cell survival after transplantation. Immunohistochemistry showed the ectopic enzyme production to persist for 28 days in the subcutaneously transplanted gene- transduced adipocytes. The increased viability of transplanted cells with fibrin glue was accompanied with the decrease in apoptotic cell death. The immunodetectable serum LCAT levels in mice implanted with the fibrin glue were comparable with those observed in mice implanted with Matrigel, indicating that the transplanted lcat gene-transduced adipocytes survived and functioned in the transplanted spaces with fibrin glue as well as with Matrigel for 28 days. Thus, this in vivo system using fibrin is expected to serve as a good model to further improve the transplanted cell/scaffold conditions for the stable and durable cell-based replacement of defective proteins in patients with LCAT deficiency.     

直接衍生离子液体富集高效液相色谱分析水基胶中脂肪族醛酮

建立了以2,4-二硝基苯肼(DNPH)直接衍生,1-丁基-3-甲基咪唑六氟磷酸盐(［BMIM］PF6)萃取富集,高效液相色谱(HPLC)分析水基胶中痕量脂肪族醛酮的方法。分散的水基胶乳液用80 mg/L DNPH衍生化试剂(含0.44 mol/L磷酸)于40 ℃衍生18 min。取离心后的上层衍生液,加入0.5 mL ［BMIM］PF6于30 ℃萃取富集,离子液体相过滤后进行HPLC分析。采用Dionex Acclaim Explosives E2色谱柱(250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm),以水-乙腈为流动相在流速1.2 mL/min进行梯度洗脱,色谱柱温度为35 ℃,检测波长为365 nm。结果表明,8种脂肪族醛酮的检出限为0.022～0.221 mg/kg,定量限为0.073～0.738 mg/kg,相对标准偏差为3.5%～7.3%,回收率为84.0%～102.5%。与溶剂萃取法相比,该法具有检出限和定量限低、稳定性高、测定更准确的优势。     

Unique thermal behavior of acrylic PSAs bearing long alkyl side groups and crosslinked by aluminum chelate

An acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA), bearing octadecyl acrylate, methyl acrylate and acrylic acid groups, and crosslinked by aluminum acetylacetonate (AlACA), displayed behavior unique among acrylic PSAs in that its adhesion, which decreases with an increase in temperature, began to increase again from around 150 °C. In order to understand this behavior, the structure and thermal properties of the PSA were investigated in detail, along with another PSA crosslinked by a covalent crosslinking agent (Az). From thermal mechanical analysis, the PSA with ionic crosslinks (AlACA) showed three softening points at 20, 60, and 160 °C. In comparison, the PSA covalently crosslinked by Az only exhibited two softening points (at 20 and 60 °C). The softening point at 160 °C is clearly related to ionic chelate crosslinking. DSC measurements indicated that the softening point at 20 °C resulted from melting of the ordered octadecyl group, and the softening point at 60 °C was due to an increase in the mobility of the main chain. The temperature dependence of viscoelastic measurements revealed that the viscosity of the PSA crosslinked by AlACA increased at around 160 °C. From these results, we considered that the distinctive adhesion of the PSA crosslinked by AlACA could be due to ligand exchange at the aluminum crosslinking points, which are chelated by carboxy groups built in the main chain.     

高效液相色谱-质谱法测定压敏胶及其制品中9种邻苯二甲酸酯

采用高效液相色谱-质谱( HPLC - MS)法,对压敏胶及其制品中的9种邻苯二甲酸酯进行同时测定.以乙酸乙酯为溶剂溶解压敏胶,甲醇沉淀高聚物,以3 000 r/min离心5min,清液定容后,用HPLC -MS分析检测.采用Xterra-Phenyl色谱柱,流动相为乙腈-水,流速为1 mL/min,选择离子监测.在优...     

人造玫瑰花花瓣的微结构分布与水滴黏附性质的关系

本文采用模板印刷法制备得到了“人造玫瑰花花瓣”,即具有玫瑰花花瓣结构的PDMS薄膜,通过对该薄膜逐级拉伸改变微观结构的分布;采用环境扫描电镜（ESEM）观察了不同拉伸程度下薄膜表面微观结构的变化,采用高敏感性微电力学天平测试了样品表面微观结构变化过程中水滴的粘附力,分析了微观结构分布与水滴粘附性质的关系;采用接触角测量仪表征不同拉伸条件下薄膜的浸润性.实验结果表明随着PDMS薄膜被逐次拉伸,单位面积内玫瑰花花瓣乳突的数目减少,纳米褶皱面积不断增加,而纳米级褶皱结构尺寸随着拉伸基本上不发生变化,直到样品破坏;与微观结构变化相对应的,该表面对水滴的粘附力先增大后减小,直到该表面彻底破坏.由此可见,微米结构及纳米结构的分布是影响玫瑰花花瓣对水滴粘附的主要因素.     

简易型微流控芯片捕获循环肿瘤细胞的研究

本研究以循环肿瘤细胞(乳腺肿瘤细胞)为研究对象,以聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)、双面粘性薄膜(DSA)、玻片为原材料,采用激光雕刻技术制作微流控芯片,结合巯基-马来酰亚胺基团硅烷化偶联法和免疫荧光技术进行芯片内捕获检测实验,并使用外周血肿瘤细胞来验证此微流控芯片的实用性,使用具有高速摄像功能的荧光显微镜进行镜下观察及拍摄. 成功构建了一种简易型微流控芯片系统,利用此系统可实现对乳腺肿瘤细胞(92±3)%的捕获率,对外周血肿瘤细胞(88±3)%的捕获率,而且芯片的制作工艺简单,对实验仪器要求低,1 min内即可制作完成,简化了制作过程,弥补了传统光刻工艺复杂繁琐的不足,为临床检测疾病的发生与发展提供了新的研究方向.     

Various ways to strengthen the fiber‐matrix interface for enhanced composite performance

Surface treatment (ST) of carbon fibers (CF) leads to an enhancement in fiber‐matrix adhesion. However, it deteriorates the strength of a fiber which makes its reinforcing action less effective in a composite. These effects in opposite directions control the net strength of a composite, and hence, the treatment has to be judiciously applied, which would enhance the first factor and minimize the second one. Authors have recently reported on four effective techniques (using various doses) such as treatments with nanoparticles of Ytterbium fluoride (YbF₃)_, cold remote nitrogen–oxygen plasma (CRNOP), γ‐ray irradiation and nitric acid oxidation. Amongst these methods, nitric acid oxidation is studied in depth in the literature, and γ‐ray irradiation is sparingly studied. However, nano‐YbF₃ and CRNOP were first time reported in the literature by the authors. However, comparative aspects of all these methods were not addressed. In this paper, these aspects in details are discussed to lay down the right criteria for selection of a ST technique of CF to design the desired performance of a composite. The composites with polyetherimide and treated CF (including untreated) were developed and evaluated for various properties including tribological one. Treated CF based composites exhibited excellent mechanical and tribological properties (under harsh operative conditions with wear rates ≈ 1 × 10^?15 m³/Nm and μ ≈ 0.09). It was concluded that for strength and tribo‐performance, different treatments and doses are to be employed. Overall nanosized‐YbF₃ treatment of CF proved to be the most promising ST method. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

微平面接触分离中弯月面力的计算

微平面间黏着力对微机电系统(MEMS)非常重要,常是决定其能量损耗乃至寿命长短的最主要因素.MEMS中的黏着力主要来源之一就是介于两互相接触平面间的弯月面力.弯月面力主要取决于相互接触的两平面间形成的弯月面形状.本文通过分析两微小平面在分离过程中弯月面形状的变化,得到在不同表面亲水/疏水性能、初始液面高度、分离距离等条件下的弯月面形状,计算得出在不同初始条件下断裂高度和弯月面力的数值以及随之变化的规律,为MEMS的性能分析和寿命计算提供依据。