Fluram labeling of high density NH2 surfaces

Some surface bonded and fluram labeled primary amines show a new red-shifted emission in their fluorescence spectrum. We compared the fluorescence of fluram bonded to various amine functionalized surfaces including tetraethylene pentamine (TEPA), 1,2-ethylene diamine (EDA), 3-aminopropyltriethoxy silane (APTES) and trimetylol-propanetris-(beta-aziridino)-propionate (ATA). All reactions were also monitored using XPS. It was found that the new spectral features seem to be related to the local density of amino groups on the surface. In order to verify this hypothesis we synthesized a surface bonded dendrimer with a step-wise increasing NH₂ density. Using molecules with different lengths as branches in the dendrimer, the amine density can be varied. Only in the case of the highest density, the new fluorescence emission was detected. Consequently, the fluorescence of fluram coupled to amines at a surface can be used to quantify the concentration of these amines and the appearance of the red-shifted emission indicates a high local density of the amino groups.     

红枣中微量元素含量的测定

用火焰原子吸收光谱法(FAAS)测定了红枣中K、Ca、Mg、Cu、Mn、Zn、Fe等7种微量元素的含量.实验方法加入标准样回收率在99.4%-105.2%之间,RSD在0.4%-1.3%之间,分析结果令人满意.红枣中含有丰富的微量元素,其含量由高到低的排列顺序为:Fe、K、Ca、Mg、Zn、Mn、Cu,说明红枣具有很高的营养价值.     

Optical investigation of the red band emission of CdS nanoparticles

Cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanoparticles, with different Cd/S molar ratios, were chemically produced and characterized in this study. High quality CdS nanoparticles were grown in the hexagonal phase, as indicated by X-ray diffraction data and Raman spectroscopy. Photoluminescence was used to investigate the surface effects caused by submitting the nanoparticle-based samples at different laser treatments and vacuum pressure.     

Hydrothermal synthesis of Er-doped yttria nanorods with enhanced red emission via upconversion

(Y_0.95Er_0.05)₂O₃ single-crystalline nanorods with intense red emission via up-conversion are synthesized by a hydrothermal method under modest reaction conditions. Green and red emissions are observed for both as-synthesized sample and post-treated sample after excitation at 488 nm and with upconversion pumping (810 nm). The experimental results indicate that the stokes and up-conversion luminescence of the post-treated (500 °C for 2 h) Y₂O₃:Er nanorods is more efficient than those of as-prepared materials. The increase of the Stokes luminescence may result from the improved crystallization, smooth surface and uniform diameter distribution. The enhanced red emission via upconversion is due to removal of part of surface contaminants, such as CO₃²⁻ and OH⁻. It is believed that a new mechanism is responsible for populating the ⁴S_3/2 and ⁴F_9/2 levels.     

Living fluids

One of the major emerging fields of research of the beginning of this century concerns living fluids. By “living fluids”, we mean two major categories of complex fluids: (i) fluids which are essential to life, like blood, and (ii) active fluids made of particles that are able to propel themselves in the suspending fluid by converting a form of their energy into mechanical motion. Studies on active fluids have known a considerable interest since the last decade. Blood might be viewed as an old topic, but the progresses in experimental techniques, analytical concepts and numerics, have contributed nowadays to a dramatic renewal of the interest in this field, with a great potential towards understanding physical and mechanical factors in cardiovascular diseases. These fields have considerably strengthened interdisciplinary research. The series of reviews of this dossier focus on the tremendous recent progress achieved in research on living fluids both from the experimental and theoretical points of views. These reviews present also the major open issues, making of this dossier a unique guide for future research in these fields. This project grew up thanks to the international summer school that we organized on the topic “living fluids” at the IES (Institut dʼétudes scientifiques) of Cargèse (Corsica) in 2012.     

中国红层的分布及地质环境特征

根据我国红层的分布特征及形成背景 ,将我国红层划分为西南地区红层、西北地区红层、中南、东南地区红层和其他地区 (西藏及华北的部分地区 )红层。重点研究了以川滇红层为代表的西南地区红层和以甘肃红层为代表的西北地区红层 ,研究了各个区域红层的地质构造特征、地形地貌特征、气候环境特征等工程地质环境特征 ,根据工程地质环境特征 ,将研究区域的红层划分为四川盆地红层、西昌—滇中红层、滇西红层和甘肃红层.     

红粘土的微结构及其概化模型

本文论述红粘土的物质组成和微结构特征,在此基础上提出了红粘土微结构的概化模型,并根据这种模型对红粘土的工程特性进行了探讨。     

Beyond labels: A review of the application of quantum dots as integrated components of assays, bioprobes, and biosensors utilizing optical transduction

A comprehensive review of the development of assays, bioprobes, and biosensors using quantum dots (QDs) as integrated components is presented. In contrast to a QD that is selectively introduced as a label, an integrated QD is one that is present in a system throughout a bioanalysis, and simultaneously has a role in transduction and as a scaffold for biorecognition. Through a diverse array of coatings and bioconjugation strategies, it is possible to use QDs as a scaffold for biorecognition events. The modulation of QD luminescence provides the opportunity for the transduction of these events via fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET), charge transfer quenching, and electrochemiluminescence (ECL). An overview of the basic concepts and principles underlying the use of QDs with each of these transduction methods is provided, along with many examples of their application in biological sensing. The latter include: the detection of small molecules using enzyme-linked methods, or using aptamers as affinity probes; the detection of proteins via immunoassays or aptamers; nucleic acid hybridization assays; and assays for protease or nuclease activity. Strategies for multiplexed detection are highlighted among these examples. Although the majority of developments to date have been in vitro, QD-based methods for ex vivo biological sensing are emerging. Some special attention is given to the development of solid-phase assays, which offer certain advantages over their solution-phase counterparts.     

平行因子分析在赤潮藻滤液三维荧光光谱特征提取中的应用

在实验室条件下培养我国沿海常见的10种赤潮藻,测定了赤潮藻生长过程中藻滤液的三维荧光光谱.用平行因子分析对光谱进行分解,获得每种赤潮藻滤液荧光峰的个数及类型,即每种赤潮藻的特征光谱.在此基础上比较每种藻特征光谱的相似性和差异性,并分析了赤潮藻生长过程中滤液的荧光峰强度和生长阶段的关系,为基于赤潮藻滤液三维荧光光谱的赤潮藻种类识别测定技术提供依据.结果表明:不同赤潮藻的特征光谱之间存在差异.在指数生长期,类蛋白和类腐殖质荧光峰强度与藻密度呈正相关,说明两类有机物在水体中不断积累;在稳定期和衰亡期,两类有机物的荧光强度迅速增大,这可能是衰老和死亡细胞的破碎释放,以及细菌降解作用所致.平行因子分析可以有效提取赤潮藻的荧光特征,考察了赤潮藻荧光峰强度和生长阶段的关系.     

花状Cu_2O/Cu复合材料的光催化性能

不采用任何模板,利用原位逐步水热方法一次性合成了花状Cu2O/Cu复合材料.采用X射线衍射、扫描电镜、高分辨透射电镜和自动吸附仪对样品的相结构、形貌和比表面积进行了表征.以偶氮染料Procion Red MX-5B为探针分子,对复合催化剂进行了可见光催化表征.结果表明该复合催化剂中的Cu和Cu2O之间存在相互作用,其催化活性远高于单相Cu2O和商用P25粉末,有望成为污水治理的新型材料.