A new solid-phase extraction disk based on a sheet of single-walled carbon nanotubes

A new kind of solid-phase extraction disk based on a sheet of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is developed in this study. The properties of such disks are tested, and different disks showed satisfactory reproducibility. One liter of aqueous solution can pass through the disk within 10–100 min while still allowing good recoveries. Two disks (DD-disk) can be stacked to enrich phthalate esters, bisphenol A (BPA), 4-n-nonylphenol (4-NP), 4-tert-octylphenol (4-OP) and chlorophenols from various volumes of solution. The results show that SWCNT disks have high extraction ability for all analytes. The SWCNT disk can extract polar chlorophenols more efficiently than a C₁₈ disk from water solution. Unlike the activated carbon disk, analytes adsorbed by the new disks can be eluted completely with 8–15 mL of methanol or acetonitrile. Finally, the DD-disk system is used to pretreat 1000-mL real-world water samples spiked with BPA, 4-OP and 4-NP. Detection limits of 7, 25, and 38 ng L⁻¹ for BPA, 4-OP, and 4-NP, respectively, were achieved under optimized conditions. The advantages of this new disk include its strong adsorption ability, its high flow rate and its easy preparation. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Quadrupole versus dipole photomotors: Symmetry constraints and operating properties

The operating properties of different-type Brownian photomotors have been compared in relation to the symmetry interplay between their moving (particle/molecule) and immovable (substrate) units. As found, essentially different symmetry constraints and hence different motor behavior are characteristic of molecules if their electron density redistribution on excitation involves only odd-order or only even-order multipole moments. The two respective types of molecules give rise to dipole and quadrupole photomotors. Purely dipole photomotors can operate only on substrates with symmetric charge distribution and their ensemble with random molecular orientations undergoes equidirectional diffusion rather than directed motion. Contrary to this, purely quadrupole photomotors need substrates with antisymmetric charge distribution for directed motion to occur and they can move directionally in an ensemble. Also, quadrupole photomotors provide much smaller velocities of directed motion than their dipole counterparts (as a result of the much weaker interaction of quadrupoles than dipoles with an electric field). The generic distinctions between the two photomotor types are exemplified by donor-acceptor-substituted stilbenoids (dipole molecules) and symmetric squaraines (quadrupole molecules). The model used affords the rational design of photomotors by the selection of promising moving molecules and by the continuous wide-range tuning of charge-distribution symmetry in substrates.     

Nuclear reactor application on Jeffrey fluid flow with Falkner-skan factor,Brownian and thermophoresis,non linear thermal radiation impacts past a wedge

In this paper, an impact of non-linear thermal radiation, Brownian and thermophoresis on an MHD through a wedge with dissipative impacts for Jeffrey fluid is investigated. In addition, heat transport analysis is carried out. This work's originality is attributable to the Jeffrey fluid formulation, nonlinear thermal radiation, Brownian and Thermophoresis. The boundary layer approximations are examined, to transform the governing equations into partial differential equations. Utilizing appropriate similarity transformations, the boundary value issue is expressed in ordinary differential form. BVP4C, a nonlinear numerical method, was utilized to determine the outcomes of velocity, concentration and temperature fields at multiple points of the measured quantities. The skin friction term, Sherwood and Nusselt numbers were analyzed in depth, and the findings are achieved graphically and tabularly. A comparison via the previously published data reveals a good degree of concordance. This research focuses mostly on the modelling of flow in a nuclear reactor. The boundary layer flow caused by a wedge surface play s a crucial role the aspects of geothermal and heat exchangers systems.     

基于静电纺丝工艺的LED远程荧光片制备技术

首次提出了一种基于静电纺丝工艺以柔性PET为基底的新型LED远程荧光片的制备方法,实现了蓝色LED芯片与荧光粉层相分离的免封装器件结构。采用静电纺丝工艺制备了黄色荧光片和红色荧光片,并研究了黄色荧光片的透射率、吸收率、PL谱及红色荧光片对白光LED的光学性能参数的影响,包括光通量、相关色温、光效。实验结果表明,所制备黄色荧光片在可见光波段具有良好的透光性,荧光片的光谱完全由荧光粉来决定,不需要考虑复杂工艺的影响;使用红色荧光片可以在保持高光效的同时将球泡灯的相关色温由5 595 K降低为3 214 K,这在曲面发光及色温调节方面为灯具设计提供了广阔的空间。     

Conditions for singularity for measures generated by two fractional psuedo-diffusion processes

We derive sufficient conditions under which the probability measures generated by two fractional psuedo-diffusion processes are singular with respect to each other.     

Impulsive stochastic functional differential inclusions driven by a fractional Brownian motion with infinite delay

In this paper, we prove the existence of mild solutions for a first‐order impulsive semilinear stochastic functional differential inclusions driven by a fractional Brownian motion with infinite delay. We consider the cases in which the right hand side is convex or nonconvex valued. The results are obtained by using two different fixed point theorems for multivalued mappings. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

分数Brown 运动驱动的非 Lipschitz随机微分方程

讨论了一类带分数Brown 运动的非Lipschitz 增长的随机微分方程适应解的存在唯一性。关于分数 Brown 运动的随机积分有多种定义,本文使用一种广义 Stieltjes积分定义方法,利用这种积分的性质,建立了一类由标准 Brown 运动和一个 Hurst 指数H ∈(1/2,1)的分数Brown 运动共同驱动的、系数为非Lipschitz 增长的随机微分方程适应解的存在唯一性定理。     

Diphenylalanine Motif Drives Self-Assembling in Hybrid PNA-Peptide Conjugates

Peptides and nucleic acids can self-assemble to give supramolecular structures that find application in different fields, ranging from the delivery of drugs to the obtainment of materials endowed with optical properties. Forces that stabilize the “suprastructures” typically are hydrogen bonds or aromatic interactions; in case of nucleic acids, Watson-Crick pairing drives self-assembly while, in case of peptides, backbone hydrogen bonds and interactions between aromatic side chains trigger the formation of structures, such as nanotubes or ribbons. Molecules containing both aromatic peptides and nucleic acids could in principle exploit different forces to self-assemble. In this work we meant to investigate the self-assembly of mixed systems, with the aim to understand which forces play a major role and determine formation/structure of aggregates. We therefore synthesized conjugates of the peptide FF to the peptide nucleic acid dimer “gc” and characterized their aggregates by different spectroscopic techniques, including NMR, CD and fluorescence.     

Quantum corrections to the entropy in a driven quantum Brownian motion model

The quantum Brownian motion model is a typical model in the study of nonequilibrium quantum thermodynamics. Entropy is one of the most fundamental physical concepts in thermodynamics.In this work, by solving the quantum Langevin equation, we study the von Neumann entropy of a particle undergoing quantum Brownian motion. We obtain the analytical expression of the time evolution of the Wigner function in terms of the initial Wigner function. The result is applied to the thermodynamic equilibrium initial state, which reproduces its classical counterpart in the high temperature limit. Based on these results, for those initial states having well-defined classical counterparts, we obtain the explicit expression of the quantum corrections to the entropy in the weak coupling limit. Moreover, we find that for the thermodynamic equilibrium initial state, all terms odd in h are exactly zero. Our results bring important insights to the understanding of entropy in open quantum systems.