Simple Estimates for Eutectic Behavior

A simple formula is derived for the eutectic point of an A–B system in terms of the monomer melting points and melting enthalpies. This estimate is tested on several non-ionic or ionic systems, with or without common ions, including choline chloride/urea mixtures. The results are compared with the Schröder-van Laar equation.     

Highly Efficient Organic Blue Electroluminescent Materials and Devices with Mesoscopic Structures

Due to the difficulty in achieving high efficiency and high color purity simultaneously, blue emission is the limiting factor for the performance and stability of OLEDs. Since 2003, we have been working on organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs), especially on blue light. After a series of molecular designs, novel strategies have been proposed from different aspects. At first, highly efficient deep blue emission could be achieved through molecular design with highly twisted structure to suppress fluorescence quenching and redshift. Deep blue emitters with high efficiency in solid state, a twisted structure with aggregation induced emission (AIE) characteristics was incorporated to inhibit molecular aggregation, and triplet‐triplet fusion (TTF) and hybridized localized charge transfer (HLCT) were adopted to increase the ratio of triplet exciton used. Secondly, a highly efficient blue OLED could be achieved through improving charge transport. New electron transport materials (ETMs) with wide band gap were developed to control charge transport balance in devices. Thirdly, a highly efficient deep blue emission could be achieved through a mesoscopic structure of out‐coupling layer. A mesoscopic photonic structured organic thin film was fabricated on the top of metal electrode by self‐aggregation in order to improve the light out‐coupling efficiency.     

A hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent‐based vortex‐assisted dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction combined with HPLC for the determination of nitrite in water and biological samples

In recent years, hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents as new generation of green solvents have attracted wide attention in liquid microextraction technique. In this article, four hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents composed of trioctylmethylammonium chloride and oleic acid were designed and prepared firstly. Combined with high‐performance liquid chromatography, these deep eutectic solvents were used as an extraction solvent in vortex‐assisted dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction for the selective enrichment and indirect determination of trace nitrite from real water and biological samples. This method is based on the diazotization‐coupling reaction of nitrite with p‐nitroaniline and diphenylamine in acidic water, and then the nitrite is quantified indirectly by measuring the obtained azo compounds. Some factors influencing the extraction efficiency, including the reaction and extraction conditions, were investigated. Under the optimized conditions, the method has a linear range of 1–300 μg/L with a correlation coefficient of 0.9924, limit of detection of 0.2 μg/L, limit of quantitation of 1 μg/L, intraday and interday relative standard deviations of 4.0 and 6.0%. This method was successfully applied in determination of nitrite from three environmental water and two biological samples with the recovery in the range of 90.5–115.2%. In addition, these results were well agreement with those obtained by the conventional Griess method.     

Deep eutectic solvent based homogeneous liquid–liquid extraction coupled with in‐syringe dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction performed in narrow tube; application in extraction and preconcentration of some herbicides from tea

A homogeneous liquid‐liquid extraction performed in narrow tube coupled to in–syringe‐dispersive liquid‐liquid microextraction based on deep eutectic solvent has been developed for the extraction of six herbicides from tea samples. In this method, sodium chloride as a separation agent is filled into the narrow tube and the tea sample is placed on top of the salt. Then a mixture of deionized water and deep eutectic solvent (water miscible) is passed through the tube. In this procedure, the deep eutectic solvent is realized as tiny droplets in contact with salt. By passing the droplets from the tea layer placed on the salt layer, the analytes are extracted into them. After collecting the solvent as separated layer, it is mixed with another deep eutectic solvent (choline chloride/butyric acid) and the mixture is dispersed into deionized water placed in a syringe. After adding acetonitrile to break up the cloudy state, the collected organic phase is injected into gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry. Under optimal conditions, limits of detection and quantification in the ranges of 2.6–8.4 and 9.7–29 ng/kg, respectively, were obtained. The extraction recoveries and enrichment factors in the ranges of 70–89% and 350–445 were obtained, respectively.     

Optimization of heteroatom doped graphene oxide by deep eutectic solvents and the application for pipette‐tip solid‐phase extraction of flavonoids

In order to improve the permeation and adsorption properties of graphene oxide, heteroatoms and deep eutectic solvent were introduced in this study. After being modified, the structural properties of graphene oxide were improved and the materials were applied to the determination of myricetin and rutin in tea sample by pipette‐tip solid‐phase extraction method. The materials were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X‐Ray diffractomer, energy dispersive spectroscopy, atomic force microscope, and specific surface area by Brunauer–Emmett–Teller N₂ adsorption desorption analysis. Meanwhile, they were tested by static and dynamic adsorption. The result showed that the materials after modifying had better adsorption amount for myricetin and rutin than graphene oxide. The calibration graphs of myricetin and rutin in MeOH were linear over 0.10–500.00 µg/mL, and the limits of detection and quantification were in the range of 0.00546–0.0182 µg/mL and 0.00741–0.0247 µg/mL, respectively. A reliable analytical method was developed for recognition targets in tea sample by DES modified nitrogen‐doped graphene oxide with satisfactory extraction recoveries (myricetin 99.77%, rutin 98.14%). It was potential for the rapid purification of myricetin and rutin in tea sample combined with the pipette‐tip solid‐phase extraction.     

基于修正等效介质理论的微纳深沟槽结构反射率快速算法研究

利用等效介质理论和严格耦合波理论研究比较微纳米级高深宽比深沟槽结构的红外反射谱,提出一种对等效折射率加入色散修正项的深沟槽结构反射率快速算法. 通过超越色散方程分析和大量计算发现,加入的等效折射率色散修正项与波长的平方成反比,并且与深沟槽结构的材料、周期和占空比有关. 这种新的计算方法可以非常精确地获得高深宽比深沟槽结构的反射率,而且明显提高了运算速度,在复杂深沟槽结构基于模型的红外反射谱测量中具有重要的应用价值,可以应用于微电子和微机电系统制造过程中高深宽比微纳深沟槽结构刻蚀进度的在线实时监测. 关键词： 深沟槽结构 严格耦合波理论 等效介质理论 反射率     

ZnO薄膜的椭偏和DLTS特性

用射频磁控溅射在硅衬底上淀积氧化锌薄膜,并对样品分别作氮气、空气、氧气等不同条件下退火处理。为研究退火气氛对ZnO/Si薄膜中缺陷以及折射率的影响,由深能级瞬态谱(DLTS)以及椭偏测量方法进行了检测。椭偏测量结果表明相对原始生长的样品,在氮气和空气退火使ZnO薄膜折射率下降,但氧气中退火使折射率升高。我们对折射率的这种变化机理进行了解释。DLTS测量得到一个与Zni**相关的深能级中心E1存在,氧气气氛退火可以消除E1能级。在氮气退火情况下Zn*i*的存在对抑制VO引起的薄膜折射率下降有利。     

RNAGCN: RNA tertiary structure assessment with a graph convolutional network

RNAs play crucial and versatile roles in cellular biochemical reactions. Since experimental approaches of determining their three-dimensional (3D) structures are costly and less efficient, it is greatly advantageous to develop computational methods to predict RNA 3D structures. For these methods, designing a model or scoring function for structure quality assessment is an essential step but this step poses challenges. In this study, we designed and trained a deep learning model to tackle this problem. The model was based on a graph convolutional network (GCN) and named RNAGCN. The model provided a natural way of representing RNA structures, avoided complex algorithms to preserve atomic rotational equivalence, and was capable of extracting features automatically out of structural patterns. Testing results on two datasets convincingly demonstrated that RNAGCN performs similarly to or better than four leading scoring functions. Our approach provides an alternative way of RNA tertiary structure assessment and may facilitate RNA structure predictions. RNAGCN can be downloaded from https://gitee.com/dcw-RNAGCN/rnagcn.     

虚拟震源测深法及其在INDEPTH-3台阵中的应用

基于中美合作项目INDEPTH第3期在青藏高原布设的台站，使用虚拟震源测深法研究青藏高原中部的地壳厚度。结果显示，拉萨地体和羌塘地体的地壳结构存在巨大差异。拉萨地体的地壳厚度大约为57 km，与艾里均衡说预测的地壳厚度基本一致，说明拉萨地体的地壳结构比较简单。羌塘地体的地壳厚度为60~75 km，向北有增厚趋势，明显较艾里均衡说预测的地壳厚，说明羌塘地体地壳结构比较复杂，原因有可能是羌塘地体下存在高温流体和低速带，或者与印度板块岩石圈在班公湖-怒江缝合带以北向下俯冲有关。     

Evaluation of green and efficient deep eutectic solvents as media for extracting alkaloids from lotus leaf

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) were applied as eco-friendly solvents in this study for the extraction of alkaloids from lotus leaf, including O-nornuciferine, N-nornuciferine, nuciferine and roemerine. A series of hydrophilic and hydrophobic DESs with different hydrogen bond donors and a acceptors were synthesized and screened for a suitable DESs for extraction of alkaloids from lotus leaf. The study results showed that the hydrophilic DES with choline chloride and propanediol had the highest extraction yield. The main factors affecting the extraction efficiency—choline chloride–propanediol ratio, water content in deep eutectic solvents, solid–liquid ratio and extraction time—were investigated via a single-factor experiment. The optimized extraction conditions were 30% of water in choline chloride–propanediol (1:4) for heated extraction for 30 min and solid–liquid ratio 1:100 g/ml. Under optimum conditions, the extraction yields of O-nornuciferine, N-nornuciferine, nuciferine and roemerine were 0.069, 0.152, 0.334 and 0.041 g/100 g respectively, which were higher than those of methanol in acidified aqueous solution. This study suggests considerable potential for DESs as promising materials for the green and efficient extraction solvents for bioactive alkaloids from natural sources.