Ni-MOF Functionalized Carbon Dots with Fluorescence and Adsorption Performance for Rapid Detection of Fe (III) and Ascorbic Acid

Journal of Fluorescence - In this work, an “on-off-on” fluorescent probe based on Ni-MOF functionalized Nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots (Ni-MOF-NCDs) was developed. Ni-MOF-NCDs was...     

Overlapping Community Detection Based on Attribute Augmented Graph

There is a wealth of information in real-world social networks. In addition to the topology information, the vertices or edges of a social network often have attributes, with many of the overlapping vertices belonging to several communities simultaneously. It is challenging to fully utilize the additional attribute information to detect overlapping communities. In this paper, we first propose an overlapping community detection algorithm based on an augmented attribute graph. An improved weight adjustment strategy for attributes is embedded in the algorithm to help detect overlapping communities more accurately. Second, we enhance the algorithm to automatically determine the number of communities by a node-density-based fuzzy k-medoids process. Extensive experiments on both synthetic and real-world datasets demonstrate that the proposed algorithms can effectively detect overlapping communities with fewer parameters compared to the baseline methods.     

Dispersive solid‐phase extraction followed by vortex‐assisted dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction based on the solidification of a floating organic droplet for the determination of benzoylurea insecticides in soil and sewage sludge

A novel dispersive solid‐phase extraction combined with vortex‐assisted dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction based on solidification of floating organic droplet was developed for the determination of eight benzoylurea insecticides in soil and sewage sludge samples before high‐performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. The analytes were first extracted from the soil and sludge samples into acetone under optimized pretreatment conditions. Clean‐up of the extract was conducted by dispersive solid‐phase extraction using activated carbon as the sorbent. The vortex‐assisted dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction based on solidification of floating organic droplet procedure was performed by using 1‐undecanol with lower density than water as the extraction solvent, and the acetone contained in the solution also acted as dispersive solvent. Under the optimum conditions, the linearity of the method was in the range 2–500 ng/g with correlation coefficients (r) of 0.9993–0.9999. The limits of detection were in the range of 0.08–0.56 ng/g. The relative standard deviations varied from 2.16 to 6.26% (n = 5). The enrichment factors ranged from 104 to 118. The extraction recoveries ranged from 81.05 to 97.82% for all of the analytes. The good performance has demonstrated that the proposed methodology has a strong potential for application in the multiresidue analysis of complex matrices.     

CuInSe(2) ultrathin nanoplatelets: novel self-sacrificial template-directed synthesis and application for flexible photodetectors

Non-layered chalcopyrite-type CuInSe(2) nanoplatelets, with thickness down to 2 nm, have been synthesized for the first time. The ultrathin nanoplatelets are of benefit for low-cost and high performance flexible photodetectors.     

Preparation and characterization of PE and PE-g-MAH/montmorillonite nanocomposites

Polyethylene (PE) was chemically modified with grafting maleic anhydride (MAH) monomer on its backbone at first. Then the melt-direct intercalation method was employed to prepare two kinds of nanocomposites, polyethylene (PE)/organic montmorillonite (Org-MMT) and maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene (PE-g-MAH)/Org-MMT nanocomposites. X-ray diffractometery (XRD) was used to investigate the intercalation effect and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to observe the dispersion of Org-MMT interlayers in matrixes. The results show that an intercalated structure would be acquired on mixing the PE and Org-MMT; and an almost exfoliated system would be obtained by mixing the PE-g-MAH and Org-MMT. Moreover, further measurements via thermogravimetric (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) showed that both of the nanocomposites had a higher thermal decomposition temperature and a higher crystallization temperature when compared to the original matrix. At the same time, the thermal and crystal properties for the PE-g-MAH prepared in this experiment are also discussed.     

Low dimensional modules over quantum complete intersections in two variables

We classify all the indecomposable modules of dimension ≤ 5 over the quantum exterior algebra k(x, y)/(x^2, y^2, xy + qyx) in two variables, and all the indecomposable modules of dimension ≤3 over the quantum complete intersection k(x,y)/(x^m,y^n,xy + qyx) in two variables, where m or n ≥3, by giving explicitly their diagram presentations.     

奇异变形杆菌中赖氨酸-2-羟基异丁酰化蛋白的分析

蛋白质的赖氨酸修饰广泛参与基因调控、转录、代谢等重要的生物过程。在真核细胞组蛋白上发现了一种新的赖氨酸修饰--2-羟基异丁酰化,这种修饰对于生殖细胞分化具有调控功能。该研究旨在探索这种修饰在原核生物非组蛋白中的特征。通过亲和富集、高效液相色谱-串联质谱鉴定和生物信息学分析,在奇异变形杆菌中鉴定到大量未见报道的2-羟基异丁酰化蛋白及其位点,进而考察了原核生物中2-羟基异丁酰化修饰蛋白的分布特征、分子网络和通路特点。研究表明,赖氨酸-2-羟基异丁酰化在原核生物中具有广泛的分布,其生物学意义值得进一步研究。     

Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Axially Chiral Diaryl Ethers through Enantioselective Desymmetrization

Axially chiral diaryl ethers are a type of unique atropisomers bearing two potential axes, which have potential applications in a variety of research fields. However, the catalytic enantioselective synthesis of these diaryl ether atropisomers is largely underexplored when compared to the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of biaryl or other types of atropisomers. Herein, we report a highly efficient catalytic asymmetric synthesis of diaryl ether atropisomers through an organocatalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization protocol. The chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed asymmetric electrophilic aromatic aminations of the symmetrical 1,3-benzenediamine type substrates afforded a series of diaryl ether atropisomers in excellent yields and enantioselectivities. The facile construction of heterocycles by the utilizations of the 1,2-benzenediamine moiety in the products provided access to a variety of structurally diverse and novel azaarene-containing diaryl ether atropisomers.