射频激励双通道不等长电极波导CO2激光器的外差频率调制研究

报道了采用不等长电极结构的射频激励双通道波导CO₂激光器,通过调节射频电源功率的方法可以调谐双通道输出激光的外差频率,其调谐率约为0.1 MHz/W。在未采取任何稳频措施时,其短期外差频率稳定性可达10-10。还在理论上分析了射频功率调谐外差频率的原理。     

Engineered microsphere contrast agents for optical coherence tomography

Contrast agents are utilized in virtually every imaging modality to enhance diagnostic capabilities. We introduce a novel class of optical contrast agent, namely, encapsulating microspheres, that are based not on fluorescence but on scattering nanoparticles within the shell or core. The agents are suitable for reflection- or scattering-based techniques such as optical coherence tomography, light microscopy, and reflectance confocal microscopy. We characterize the optical properties of gold-, melanin-, and carbon-shelled contrast agents and demonstrate enhancement of optical coherence tomography imaging after intravenous injection of such an agent into a mouse.     

Mechanism of indium(III) exchange between NTA and transferrin: a kinetic approach

The equilibria and kinetics for the process of In(3+) exchange between nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) and bovine serum transferrin (T) have been investigated in aqueous solution containing sodium bicarbonate. The metal exchange equilibria have been measured by difference ultraviolet spectroscopy at 25 degrees C, pH=7.4, and I=0.2 M (NaClO4). The acid dissociation constants of NTA and the binding constants of In(III) to NTA have also been measured. Kinetic experiments revealed that the process of In(3+) uptake by transferrin from [In(NTA)2](3-) is biphasic, the fast phase being completed in a few seconds, the slow phase lasting for hours. The fast phase has been investigated by the stopped-flow method and results in monoexponential kinetics. It involves rapid interaction of the 1:1 complex ML (M=In, L=NTA) with TB (T=transferrin, B=CO3(2-)) to give a quaternary intermediate MLTB which then evolves to an "open" MTB* ternary complex complex with expulsion of L. In turn, this complex interconverts to a "closed", more stable, form MTB. Neither the prevailing complex M2L nor the TB2 form of transferrin are directly involved in the exchange process but act as metal and protein reservoirs. The pH dependence of the reaction has been also investigated. The slow phase has not been investigated in detail; it takes several hours to go to the completeness, its slowness being ascribed to metal redistribution between the C-site and N-site of the protein, and/or metal release from polynuclear In(III) species.     

水溶性钯－膦配合物催化1－己烯加氢反应研究

研究了水溶性钯－膦配合物ＰｄＣｌ２（ＴＰＰＴＳ）２催化１－己烯加氢反应，考察了两相催化体系中添加表面活性剂ＣＴＡＢ，膦配体ＴＰＰＴＳ，以及溶液ｐＨ值等对反应的影响，证明了１－己烯加氢反应中有一诱导期．反应中涉及两种催化活性物种．一种是由ＰｄＣｌ２（ＴＰＰＴＳ）２还原生成的低氧化态催化物种，它在一定的ＣＴＡＢ浓度下，可以保持相当的稳定性．另一种是被ＴＰＰＴＳ或Ｈ２还原形成的钯黑．根据ＰｄＣｌ２和ＴＰＰＴＳ反应过程的３１ＰＮＭＲ研究，对ＰｄＣｌ２（ＴＰＰＴＳ）２分子中Ｐｄ被还原和ＴＰＰＴＳ被氧化提出了解释     

Determination of arsenic in some Myanmar indigenous medicines by neutron activation analysis

Am(Be) neutron source was used for activation of samples and⁷⁶As radioactivity measured by both ^– and -counting techniques. The samples analyzed were raw materials traditionally used in formulating Myanmar indigenous medicines. The results were compared with those obtained by volumetric analysis and those reported in the literature.     

Coordination features of ditopic oxa-azamacrocycles toward Ni(II) and Co(II). Dioxygen uptake by their dinuclear Co(II) complexes

The coordination properties of the ditopic oxa-aza macrocycles L1-L3 toward Ni(II) and Co(II) have been investigated by means of potentiometric and UV-vis spectrophotometric measurements. L1-L3 contain two triamine and/or tetraamine chains separated by two dioxa chains and form both mono- and dinuclear complexes in aqueous solution. In the [ML]2+ complexes, the metal ion is coordinated by one of the two polyamine moieties, while the other does not participate in the coordination. In the dinuclear complexes each metal ion is coordinated, almost independently, to a single polyamine moiety. Under aerobic conditions the binuclear Co(II) complexes of the ligands L1-L3 are able to bind molecular oxygen, with a bridging coordination of O2 between the two metals.     

Kinetics and Mechanisms of Acetylcholinesterase and Butyrylcholinesterase Inhibition by Cardiovascular Drugs and Benzodiazepines

The goal of this work is to determine enzyme kinetics and mechanisms of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase inhibition by five cardiovascular drugs, lovastatin, simvastatin, amlodipine besylate, nifedipine, and hydralazine hydrochloride, and two benzodiazepines, diazepam and chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride. All drugs in this study are reversible mixed‐type inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. The pK_i values for acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase inhibition by the cardiovascular drugs are linearly correlated with the molecular weights of the drugs with the slopes of 0.005 and 0.0021, respectively. Therefore, van der Waals' interactions between acetylcholinesterase and the cardiovascular drugs are stronger than those between butyrylcholinesterase and the drugs. This is probably due to a smaller active site gorge and a more significant peripheral anionic substrate binding site of acetylcholinesterase than those of butyrylcholinesterase. The fact that the pK_i values for both butyrylcholinesterase and acetylcholinesterase inhibition by the cardiovascular drugs are linearly correlated with each other suggests that both enzyme inhibition reactions proceed via a common mechanism. Furthermore, amlodipine besylate may be useful in Alzheimer's disease treatment similar to donepezil.