铝土矿矿泥固化技术的试验研究

铝土矿选洗过程中排尾形成的高含水量矿泥,传统上采用建库堆存,泌干固结时间长,污染环境。试验研究结果表明,选用由72%水泥、20%石膏、5%石灰、3%硫酸钠组成的复合固化剂,或由72%石灰、20%石膏、5%粉煤灰、3%硫酸钠组成的复合固化剂,按固化剂与矿泥质量比1:10掺加,对矿泥进行固化处理,其固化体强度高、耐久性好,且成本低廉,具有广泛的工程应用价值。     

Leakage and water exchange characterization of gadofosveset in the myocardium

Purpose

To determine the compartmentalization of the blood pool agent gadofosveset and the effect of its transient binding to albumin on the quantification of steady-state fractional myocardial blood volume (fMBV).

Methods

Myocardial vascular fraction measurements were simulated assuming the limiting cases (slow or fast) of two-compartment water exchange for different contrast agent injection concentrations, binding fractions, bound and free relaxivities, and true cardiac vascular fractions.fMBV was measured in five healthy volunteers (4 males, 1 female, average age 33) at 1.5 T after administration of five injections of gadofosveset. The measurements in the volunteers were retrospectively compared to measurements of fMBV after three serial injections of the ultra-small, paramagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) blood pool agent ferumoxytol in an experimental animal. The true fMBV and exchange rate of water protons in both human and animal data sets was determined by chi square minimization.

Results

Simulations showed an error in the measurement of fMBV due to partial binding of gadofosveset of less than 30%. Measured fMBV values over-estimate simulation predictions, and approach cardiac extracellular volume (22%), which suggests that the intravascular assumption may not be appropriate for the myocardium, although it may apply to more distal perfusion beds. In comparison, fMBV measured with ferumoxytol (5%, with slow water proton exchange across vascular wall) agree with published values of myocardial vascular fraction. Further comparison between myocardium relaxation rates induced by gadofosveset and by other extracellular and intravascular contrast agents showed that gadofosveset behaves like an extracellular contrast agent.

Conclusions

The distribution of the volunteer data indicates that a three-compartment model, with slow water exchange of gadofosveset and water protons between the vascular and interstitial compartments, and fast water exchange between the interstitium and the myocytes, is appropriate. The ferumoxytol measurements indicate that this USPIO is an intravascular contrast agent that can be used to quantify myocardial blood volume, with the appropriate correction for water exchange using a two-compartment water exchange model.     

A Multifunctional Magnetic Composite Material as a Drug Delivery System and a Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent

Magnetic iron oxide coated in hydrogenation silica (Fe₃O₄@HSiO₂) is constructed as both a tumor drug carrier and a magnetic resonance (MR) contrast agent. Colchicine (COLC) is loaded in Fe₃O₄@HSiO₂ with the highest amount of 28.3 wt% at pH 9. The release performance of COLC can be controlled by pH, as the porous HSiO₂ shell can partially shed at pH below 3.0 to facilitate the release of COLC. MR imaging (MRI) tests prove that Fe₃O₄@HSiO₂ at pH 3.0 (H⁺‐Fe₃O₄@HSiO₂) shows a stronger MR contrast enhancement than Fe₃O₄. Cytotoxicity experiment indicates that Fe₃O₄@HSiO₂ has excellent biocompatibility and magnetic targeting performance. Additionally, COLC‐loaded Fe₃O₄@HSiO₂ (Fe₃O₄@HSiO₂–COLC) displays a higher inhibition effect on tumor cells under a magnetic field than free COLC. The visibility upon MRI, high targeting, and pH‐controlled release characteristics of Fe₃O₄@HSiO₂–COLC are favorable to achieve the aim of reducing side effects to normal tissues, making Fe₃O₄@HSiO₂–COLC an attractive drug delivery system for nanomedicine.     

Scaling of the viscoelastic shell properties of phospholipid encapsulated microbubbles with ultrasound frequency

Phospholipid encapsulated microbubbles are widely employed as clinical diagnostic ultrasound contrast agents in the 1–5 MHz range, and are increasingly employed at higher ultrasound transmit frequencies. The stiffness and viscosity of the encapsulating “shells” have been shown to play a central role in determining both the linear and nonlinear response of microbubbles to ultrasound. At lower frequencies, recent studies have suggested that shell properties can be frequency dependent. At present, there is only limited knowledge of how the viscoelastic properties of phospholipid shells scale at higher frequencies. In this study, four batches of in-house phospholipid encapsulated microbubbles were fabricated with decreasing volume-weighted mean diameters of 3.20, 2.07, 1.82 and 1.61 μm. Attenuation experiments were conducted in order to assess the frequency-dependent response of each batch, resulting in resonant peaks in response at 4.2, 8.9, 12.6 and 19.5 MHz, respectively. With knowledge of the size measurements, the attenuation spectra were then fitted with a standard linearized bubble model in order to estimate the microbubble shell stiffness S_p and shell viscosity S_f, resulting in a slight increase in S_p (1.53–1.76 N/m) and a substantial decrease in S_f (0.29 × 10⁻⁶–0.08 × 10⁻⁶ kg/s) with increasing frequency. These results performed on a single phospholipid agent show that frequency dependent shell properties persist at high frequencies (up to 19.5 MHz).     

铜微颗粒碰撞阻尼特性

碰撞阻尼在机床、机器人、透平机械、飞机以及运载火箭等领域具有重要的应用价值. 在碰撞阻尼器中加入微颗粒材料, 可以利用颗粒的细化和塑性变形而有效地吸收振动能量, 为碰撞阻尼的研究和发展开辟了一条新途径. 本文讨论了带有中值粒度为50 μm的铜颗粒碰撞阻尼器在96 h内对正弦激励悬臂梁的阻尼减振特性. 研究表明, 在所考察的时间段内, 主系统的响应经历了先上升、再下降和再上升的过程. 这三个阶段的响应对应着铜颗粒微观结构变化的三个阶段. 在初始阶段, 铜颗粒主要表现为弹性变形, 能耗较低, 而钢球的次谐波共振可能将部分能量返回给主系统, 使主系统响应随时间呈现近似线性的上升; 在第二阶段, 当主系统响应增加到一定程度时, 钢球对铜粉的冲击力超出铜颗粒的屈服应力, 铜颗粒发生屈服, 不可逆能耗使主系统的响应震荡下降; 到了第三阶段, 铜颗粒在钢球冲击下发生硬化, 其应变和层错概率上升, 应变能和层错能下降, 主系统的响应再次持续震荡上升. 本文的结果对振动的被动控制以及材料塑性变形机理研究具有参考 意义. 关键词： 振动控制 碰撞阻尼 颗粒减振剂 微结构分析     

Use of a hand-portable gas chromatograph-toroidal ion trap mass spectrometer for self-chemical ionization identification of degradation products related to O-ethyl S-(2-diisopropylaminoethyl) methyl phosphonothiolate (VX)

The chemical warfare agent O-ethyl S-(2-diisopropylaminoethyl) methyl phosphonothiolate (VX) and many related degradation products produce poorly diagnostic electron ionization (EI) mass spectra by transmission quadrupole mass spectrometry. Thus, chemical ionization (CI) is often used for these analytes. In this work, pseudomolecular ([M+H]⁺) ion formation from self-chemical ionization (self-CI) was examined for four VX degradation products containing the diisopropylamine functional group. A person-portable toroidal ion trap mass spectrometer with a gas chromatographic inlet was used with EI, and both fixed-duration and feedback-controlled ionization time. With feedback-controlled ionization, ion cooling (reaction) times and ion formation target values were varied. Evidence for protonation of analytes was observed under all conditions, except for the largest analyte, bis(diisopropylaminoethyl)disulfide which yielded [M+H]⁺ ions only with increased fixed ionization or ion cooling times. Analysis of triethylamine-d₁₅ provided evidence that [M+H]⁺ production was likely due to self-CI. Analysis of a degraded VX sample where lengthened ion storage and feedback-controlled ionization time were used resulted in detection of [M+H]⁺ ions for VX and several relevant degradation products. Dimer ions were also observed for two phosphonate compounds detected in this sample.     

Spectrophotometric determination of various polyanions with polymeric film optodes using microtiter plate reader

Polycation-sensitive membrane optodes based on the chromoionophore 2′,7′-dichlorofluorescein octadecylester (DCFOE) have previously been developed and used for determination of heparin via a titrimetric method. In this study, it is shown that some other important polyanions such as PPS (pentosan polysulfate), DNA, xanthan, Na-alginate, and carrageenan (food additive) can also be readily determined by using DCFOE-based microtiter plate-format optodes (MPOs) and polycationic titrants that bind these polyanionic species. The optical sensors are prepared with poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), polyurethane (PU), bis(2-ethylhexyl)sebacate (DOS), and 2′,7′-dichlorofluorescein octadecylester (DCFOE) and exhibit reproducible and sensitive absorbance changes in response to the varying polycationic titrant concentrations. Three different polycations; protamine, poly-l-lysine and poly-l-arginine, are employed as titrants. The method has a detection limit of 1 μg mL⁻¹, and a dynamic range of 1–40 μg mL⁻¹. After the quantitative determinations are successfully demonstrated in buffered solutions, similar titrations are also performed in real samples. The method is validated by recovery studies in these samples. The average polyanion recoveries were quantitative [99.7(±1.3) % for pastry cream with vanillin (protamine titrant); 100.4 (±3.3) % for pastry gel with strawberry(PLA titrant), and 102.9(±2.0) % for pastry gel with strawberry (PLL titrant)].     

Effect of glycerol and its analogs on polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis by recombinant Ralstonia eutropha: A quantitative structure–activity relationship study of chain transfer agents

Triglycerides such as plant and vegetable oils are desirable feedstock for the fermentative production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) because the weight yield of PHA from triglycerides is higher than that obtained from sugars. However, glycerol, a multi-hydroxy component of triglyceride, is known to function as a chain transfer (CT) agent in PHA polymerization, resulting in the formation of low-molecular-weight PHA. In this study, we evaluated how glycerol alters the molecular weight of PHA using recombinant Ralstonia eutropha as a practical host for PHA production. We demonstrated that glycerol has the ability to reduce molecular weight of PHA, even as a component of triglyceride. Furthermore, various alcohols that are structurally related to glycerol were examined for their reducing abilities to perform a quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) study. It was found that alcohols with higher hydrophobicity (log P) exhibited higher reducing ability for PHA molecular weight. Glycerol, a less hydrophobic alcohol, was able to reduce PHA molecular weight; however, the efficacy was relatively weak among the examined alcohols.     

Effect of the Interfacial Agents with Different Types of Hydrophilic Functional Groups on the Rheological Properties of Coal-Water Slurry

Five interfacial agents with different hydrophilic groups (DBS, SDS, SO, TX, CTAB) are used as model additives to prepare coal-water slurry (CWS). The effects of different interfacial agents on the rheological properties of CWS are systemically investigated, the microscopic aggregation behavior of coal particles in the suspensions and the zeta potentials in coal-water interface are also studied. Based on the interpretation of the results, the rheological behavior of CWS is greatly influenced by the adsorption pattern of the interfacial agents in coal-water interface. The adsorption patterns of anionic interfacial agents on coal surface are mainly influenced by the combining force between the anionic hydrophilic groups with Ca²⁺, the stronger combining force with Ca²⁺ leads to the apparent viscosity increase and heavier pseudo-plastic property of CWS. The adsorption pattern of nonionic interfacial agent on coal surface is seldom influenced by the hydrophilic polyoxyethylene chain, and the addition of nonionic interfacial agent reduces the apparent viscosity of CWS. The adsorption pattern of cationic interfacial agent on coal surface is determined by its cationic head, and the addition of cationic interfacial agent increases the apparent viscosity of CWS. The concluded adsorption models of the interfacial agents with different hydrophilic groups can be guidance for the molecular design of high-performance additives of CWS.