Synthesis of CuS@CoS2 Double‐Shelled Nanoboxes with Enhanced Sodium Storage Properties

Metal sulfides have received considerable attention for efficient sodium storage owing to their high capacity and decent redox reversibility. However, the poor rate capability and fast capacity decay greatly hinder their practical application in sodium‐ion batteries. Herein, an elegant multi‐step templating strategy has been developed to rationally synthesize hierarchical double‐shelled nanoboxes with the CoS₂ nanosheet‐constructed outer shell supported on the CuS inner shell. Their structure and composition enable these hierarchical CuS@CoS₂ nanoboxes to show boosted electrochemical properties with high capacity, outstanding rate capability, and long cycle life.     

Dynamic relaying properties of a β-turn peptide in long-range electron transfer

The relay stations play a significant role in long-range charge hopping transfer in proteins. Although studies have clarified that many more protein structural motifs can function as relays in charge hopping transfers by acting as intermediate charge carriers, the relaying properties are still poorly understood. In this work, taking a β-turn oligopeptide as an example, we report a dynamic character of a relay with tunable relaying properties using the density functional theory calculations. Our main finding is that a β-turn peptide can serve as an effective electron relay in facilitating long-range electron migration and its relay properties is vibration-tunable. The vibration-induced structural transient distortions remarkably affect the lowest occupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy, vertical electron affinity and electron-binding mode of the β-turn oligopeptide and the singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) energy of the corresponding electron adduct and thus the relaying properties. Different vibration modes lead to different structural distortions and thus have different effects on the relaying properties and ability of the β-turn peptide. For the relaying properties, there approximately is a linear negative correlation of electron affinity with the LUMO energy of the β-turn or the SOMO energy of its electron adduct. Besides, such relaying properties also vary in the vibration evolution process, and the electron-binding modes may be tunable. As an important addition to the known static charge relaying properties occurring in various protein structural motifs, this work reports the dynamic electron-relaying characteristics of a β-turn oligopeptide with variable relaying properties governed by molecular vibrations which can be applied to different proteins in mediating long-range charge transfers. Clearly, this work reveals molecular vibration effects on the electron relaying properties of protein structural motifs and provides new insights into the dynamics of long-range charge transfers in proteins. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

塑性损伤本构模型的自由能势函数研究

自由能势函数是不可逆热力学量及其共轭量的标量泛函,是广义标准材料模型的重要组成.论文根据损伤状态、过程、作用和伪势的定义和定理,分析了损伤耗散势的数学和物理含义,探讨了损伤耗散势的理论基础和描述耗散势的一般理论方法.研究了耗散势、损伤作用和自由能势函数的相互关系,给出了满足上述基本原理的自由能表达式,基于增量最小原理的变分形式得到了损伤理论基本方程的数值离散方程,实验模拟验证了该文理论和数值方法的正确性和有效性.     

Anomalous transport from holography: part II

This is a second study of chiral anomaly-induced transport within a holographic model consisting of anomalous \(U(1)_V\times U(1)_A\) Maxwell theory in Schwarzschild–AdS\(_5\) spacetime. In the first part, chiral magnetic/separation effects (CME/CSE) are considered in the presence of a static spatially inhomogeneous external magnetic field. Gradient corrections to CME/CSE are analytically evaluated up to third order in the derivative expansion. Some of the third order gradient corrections lead to an anomaly-induced negative \(B^2\)-correction to the diffusion constant. We also find modifications to the chiral magnetic wave nonlinear in B. In the second part, we focus on the experimentally interesting case of the axial chemical potential being induced dynamically by a constant magnetic and time-dependent electric fields. Constitutive relations for the vector/axial currents are computed employing two different approximations: (a) derivative expansion (up to third order) but fully nonlinear in the external fields, and (b) weak electric field limit but resuming all orders in the derivative expansion. A non-vanishing nonlinear axial current (CSE) is found in the first case. The dependence on magnetic field and frequency of linear transport coefficient functions is explored in the second.     

Grothendieck Property for the Symmetric Projective Tensor Product

For a Banach space $E$, we give sufficient conditions for the Grothendieck property of $⨶_{n,s,\pi}E$, the symmetric projective tensor product of $E.$ Moreover, if $E^∗$ has the bounded compact approximation property, then these sufficient conditions are also necessary.     

激光透射成像法测量石英管的外径与壁厚

为了同时同位测量石英管的外径和壁厚,建立了激光透射成像系统,对系统测量原理进行研究。基于几何光学和菲涅尔公式,分别导出平行光垂直照射石英管后的透射光线偏向角、相对光强与入射光线离轴距离之间的关系;通过数值计算,分析了偏向角、相对透射光强随入射光线离轴距离的变化特点;针对物方远心光路,分析了光阑对偏向角和相对光强的限制;基于CCD成像原理,通过引入标定系数和补偿因子,导出石英管外径与壁厚的计算公式。实验结果表明:外径绝对误差和相对误差的平均值分别为0.119mm和0.91%,壁厚绝对误差和相对误差的平均值分别为0.153mm和6%。     

Investigation on Secondary Flow Characteristics in a Curved Annular Duct with Struts

Under the influence of duct curvature, cross-sectional area variation and internal struts, the internal flow field within a curved annular duct becomes rather complicated and contains strong secondary flow. In this paper, the secondary flow characteristics in an annular duct with struts are experimentally and numerically investigated. The results show that large pressure gradients exist on the bends of hub and shroud. Meanwhile, two counter-rotating vortex pairs appear both along the hub-side and shroud-side surfaces. The hub-side vortex pair of which the vortex cores travel downstream parallelly evolves from the horseshoe vortex which is induced by the leading edge of the upstream strut, whereas the shroud-side vortex pair originates from the strut trailing edge and the corresponding vortex cores develop in a divergent way. Additionally, the effects of the duct exit Mach number on the secondary flow characteristics are also studied. As the exit Mach number increases, the streamwise pressure gradients increase and lead to more intense vortices, higher total pressure loss and larger flow distortion.     

动态配位空间的构筑与调控

“配位空间”(Coordination Space)是无机-有机杂化体系中的构筑基元通过配位键连接形成的具有特定结构和功能的空间。这一概念为基于配位键的框架体系的定向构筑与结构-性能调控提供了新的视角。作为典型的无机-有机杂化材料,金属-有机框架(Metal-Organic Framework,MOF)及金属有机笼(Metal-Organic Cage,MOC)等近年来受到广泛关注。这类材料的构筑与性能调控的核心可以认为是对其配位空间的结构设计与性能调控。具有刺激响应性的MOF可展现动态的配位空间,使其在吸附分离、传感、药物投递等方面具有重要的应用前景。本文将以动态金属有机框架的相关研究为基础简述动态配位空间研究的近期进展,包括其动态行为产生的结构基础、诱发因素及相关性能,归纳结构-性能的关系,为相关研究提供参考。     

Bi‐Microporous Metal–Organic Frameworks with Cubane [M4(OH)4] (M=Ni,Co) Clusters and Pore‐Space Partition for Electrocatalytic Methanol Oxidation Reaction

Embedding cubane [M₄(OH)₄] (M=Ni, Co) clusters within the matrix of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) is a strategy to develop materials with unprecedented synergistic properties. Herein, a new material type based on the pore‐space partition of the cubic primitive minimal‐surface net (MOF‐14‐type) has been realized. CTGU‐15 made from the [Ni₄(OH)₄] cluster not only has very high BET surface area (3537 m² g^?1), but also exhibits bi‐microporous features with well‐defined micropores at 0.86 nm and 1.51 nm. Furthermore, CTGU‐15 is stable even under high pH (0.1 m KOH), making it well suited for methanol oxidation in basic medium. The optimal hybrid catalyst KB&CTGU‐15 (1:2) made from ketjen black (KB) and CTGU‐15 exhibits an outstanding performance with a high mass specific peak current of 527 mA mg^?1 and excellent peak current density (29.8 mA cm^?2) at low potential (0.6 V). The isostructural cobalt structure (CTGU‐16) has also been synthesized, further expanding the application potential of this material type.     

A Rhodamine Derivative Based Chemosensor with High Selectivity and Quick Respond to Cr<Superscript>3+</Superscript> in Aqueous Solution

In this paper, a new kind of colorimetric chemsensor aiming at detecting Cr³⁺ has been synthesized, and it is based on the “Off-On” effect of a rhodamine derivative. Comparing with other metal irons (Na⁺, K⁺, Ni²⁺, Hg²⁺, Fe³⁺, Mn²⁺, Co²⁺, Cd²⁺, Cu²⁺, Pb²⁺, Zn²⁺, Mg²⁺, Ba²⁺, Ag⁺, Fe²⁺, Ce³⁺), the chemsensor has a quick and accurate response to Cr³⁺ in H₂O-EtOH solution (4/1, v/v). There is an obvious change in color, from colorless to bright pink when Cr³⁺ is detected. According to the fitting curve based on Benesi-Hildebrand equation and working curve of absorption strength in UV-vis spectrum, the binding pattern of Cr³⁺ and the rhodamine derivative follows a 1:1 stoichiometry. The chemsensor shows great potential in monitoring Cr³⁺ in the aqueous medium with high efficiency, which is supposed to complete the recognition in the minimum as 5.2?×?10^?7 mol/L within 5 min.