Impact of higher-order effects on dissipative soliton in metamaterials

We study the influence of higher-order effects such as third order dispersion (TOD), fourth order dispersion (FOD), quintic nonlinearity (QN), self steepening (SS) and second order nonlinear dispersion (SOND) on the dynamics of dissipative soliton (DS) in metamaterials. Considering each higher-order effect as a perturbation to the system and following Lagrangian variational method, we demonstrate stable dynamics of DS as a result of the interplay between different higher-order effects. We also perform numerical analysis to confirm the analytical results.     

肌红蛋白力致去折叠的全原子分析

位于脊椎动物骨骼肌中的肌红蛋白在生命过程中扮演着重要角色，其折叠过程依赖于血红素的绑定.本文着重于肌红蛋白在力的作用下去折叠过程的全原子统计分析.结果表明血红素不仅具有生物学上的功能，而且决定其去折叠的动力学过程.在血红素不存在的情况下，肌红蛋白的力致去折叠过程存在一个中间态，其构象不同于化学变性剂所导致的去折叠中间态，发现新的中间态.结论与相关实验结果相符，揭示了肌红蛋白力致去折叠的一般机制.     

F−(H2O)+CH3I配体交换反应动力学

本文介绍F^?(H₂O)+CH₃I→[FCH₃I]^?+H₂O在交叉分子束碰撞能量0.3∽2.6 eV的配体交换动力学成像结果. 产物的动能受到弱键结合配合物的稳定性的影响，大量水分子的内部激发不利于中间物有效的能量重新分配，随着碰撞增加，低动能受到抑制. 在0.3 eV时，内部亲核取代非常重要，为形成I^?和I^?(H₂O)的竞争性亲核取代途径提供了依据.     

喷流冷却复合陶瓷薄片激光器的热特性仿真分析及实验研究

为分析喷流冷却复合陶瓷薄片激光器的热特性,设计用于冷却复合陶瓷薄片的喷流冷却系统.利用湍流换热理论和计算流体动力学仿真方法建立喷流冷却复合陶瓷薄片激光器的流固耦合热仿真模型,定义评价其冷却能力和冷却均匀性的定量参数.根据该仿真模型得到喷流冷却系统的最优设计参数,并进行实验验证.使用163孔喷板,流量为0.2kg/s,入口温度为20℃,在1200 W泵浦时获得359 W激光输出功率,并测得复合陶瓷薄片上表面的最高温度为92℃.激光输出功率与复合陶瓷薄片上表面温度均与泵浦功率呈近似正线性关系,且温度的实验值与仿真值相符度较高.     

A Preorganized Hydrogen-Bonding Motif for the Molecular Recognition of Carbohydrates

The choice between adaptive and preorganized architectures, or of the most effective hydrogen bonding groups to be selected, are dilemmas that supramolecular chemists must address in designing synthetic receptors for such a challenging guest as carbohydrates. In this paper, structurally related architectures featuring two alternative hydrogen bonding motifs were compared to ascertain the structural and functional origin of their binding differences and the advantages that can be expected in monosaccharide recognition. A set of structurally related macrocyclic receptors were prepared, and their binding properties were measured by NMR and ITC techniques in chloroform vs a common saccharidic target, namely, the β-octyl glycoside of D-glucose. Results showed that the diaminocarbazolic motif, recently reported as the constituting unit of highly effective receptors for saccharides in water, is a superior hydrogen bonding motif compared to the previously described diaminopyrrolic motif, which was successfully employed in molecular recognition of carbohydrates in polar organic solvents, due to intrinsic structural and functional factors, rather than to hydrophobic contributions. In addition, the occurrence of a rare example of a thermodynamic template effect exerted by the beta-glucoside has been ascertained, enhancing the synthesis outcome of the otherwise low yielding preparation of the described macrocyclic receptors.     

Variability in the noise-induced modes of climate dynamics

New features of noise-induced climate variability are revealed on the basis of the three-dimensional model derived by Saltzman and Maasch. It is shown that the climate system can be highly noise excitable and it possesses the large-amplitude fluctuations even in those regions where its akin deterministic model does not contain any self-sustained oscillations. Intermittency in small- and large amplitude climate fluctuations between different basins of attraction of a limit cycle and stable equilibria substantially influencing the climate state (from warm to cold and vice versa) are found at various noise intensities. Suddenly occurring jumps between the basins of attraction of two stable equilibria corresponding to the warm and cold climate states are statistically confirmed under a certain diapason of noise intensities. The climate system undergoes transitions between its equilibria in the presence of noise in its prognostic variables. In addition, such transitions become more likely with increasing the noise intensity.     

Tensile properties of microtubules: A study by nonlinear molecular structural mechanics modelling

A nonlinear molecular structural mechanics (MSM) model is proposed in this paper for studying the tensile properties of microtubules (MTs). In the nonlinear MSM models, the interactions between tubulin monomers in MTs are treated as nonlinear axial and torsional springs, whose stiffness coefficients are extracted from all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. The Young's modulus and fracture properties of MTs under tension extracted from the present nonlinear MSM models are found to agree well with the existing simulation and experiment results, which shows the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed nonlinear MSM models. In addition, the nonlinear MSM models are also extended to investigate the tensile properties including Young's modulus and fracture strain of MTs possessing lattice defects. The results obtained from nonlinear MSM models are utilized to develop a predictive equation for quickly predicting the tensile properties of MTs with different lattice defect levels.     

Xe对NO(X)微分截面和非弹性散射中的碰撞诱导旋转准直

本文对NO(X)-Xe碰撞系统在碰撞能量为519 cm^-1，测量了完全?-双峰分解的微分截面和碰撞引起的旋转准直力矩. 同时结合初始量子态选择，使用六极杆的非均质电场，借助量子态分辨的测量，利用(1+1'')共振增强的多光子电离和速度离子成像. 结果显示，微分截面以及偏振相关的微分截面均显示与从头算势能面上进行的量子力学散射计算[J. K?os etal. J. Chem. Phys. 137, 014312 (2012)]一致. 通过与准经典轨迹、硬壳势能的量子力学散射以及运动近端模型的比较，评估了势能对所测微分截面和碰撞引起的旋转准直力矩的影响.     

Unravelling the Role of Water in Ultrafast Excited-State Relaxation Dynamics within Nano-Architectures of Chlorophyll a

Water plays a pivotal role in structural stability of supramolecular pigment assemblies designed for natural light harvesting (for example, chlorosome antenna complex) as well as their artificial analogs. However, the dynamic role of water in the context of excite-state relaxation has not been explored till date, which we report here. Using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, we investigate the excited-state dynamics of two types of nano-scale assemblies of chlorophyll a with different structural motifs, rod-shaped and micellar assemblies, that depend on the water content. We show how water participates in excess energy dissipation by vibrational cooling of the non-thermally populated Q_y band at different rates in different types of clusters but exhibits no polar solvation dynamics. For the micelles, we observe a bifurcation of stimulated emission line shape, whereas a positive-to-negative switching of differential absorption is observed for the rods; both these observations are correlated with their specific structural aspects. Density functional theory calculations reveal two possible stable ground state geometries of dimers, accounting for the bifurcation of line shape in micelles. Thus, our study elucidates water-mediated structure–function relationship within these pigment assemblies.     

纳米孔壁面作用对蛋白质过孔影响的粗粒化分子动力学模拟

基于粗粒化分子动力学方法模拟电驱动蛋白质过孔过程，研究纳米孔-水/纳米孔-蛋白质相互作用对电泳迁移率的影响；用操控式分子动力学模拟分析蛋白质在不同相互作用下过孔摩擦系数和摩擦阻力.研究发现：蛋白质黏附纳米孔壁面对其过孔特性影响并不明显，而纳米孔-水相互作用对蛋白质过孔电泳迁移率和摩擦系数影响较大.随纳米孔-水相互作用增强，纳米孔壁面与蛋白质附近水分子运动差异显现，蛋白质过孔摩擦阻力显著增大，过孔摩擦系数随之增大，进而影响蛋白质过孔电泳迁移率.所得结果可为纳米孔材料设计提供理论指导.