Recent advances in the development of colorimetric analysis and testing based on aggregation-induced nanozymes

Colorimetric sensing strategies as a powerful point-of-care testing(POCT) tool have attracted significant interest in various chem/biosensing applications.Taking the excellent bare-eye-detectable signaling feature,nanozymes-based colorimetric sensors enable more potential applications and have been a new forefront in the colorimetric POCT analysis toward different target analytes.However,the low catalytic activity of nanozymes in most cases limits their practical application.Recent efforts demonstrate that the aggregation-induced nanozymes provide a general means to modulate nanozymes activity and enhance colorimetric sensing performances of some nanozymes-based colorimetric sensors.But there are few reports are explored to discuss and review such aggregation-induced nanozymes and their colorimetric sensing applications.To highlight the advances and progress in aggregation-induced nanozymes based colorimetric assays,we herein summary the fundamentals,classify and applications of this newlydeveloping field,focusing on the aggregation-induced activity enhancement of nanozymes(AIAEnanozymes) with a significant "signal-on" feature and aggregation-induced activity inhibition of nanozymes(AIAI-nanozymes) with a dramatical "signal-of" characteristics.Finally,we also propose the current challenges and the future prospects on both AIAE-nanozymes and AIAI-nanozymes.     

NaN_3对玉米萌发过程中超弱光子辐射的影响

为了解读植物种子萌发过程中超弱光子辐射信息的生物学意义,采用呼吸抑制剂NaN3处理萌发玉米种子,跟踪测量和分析了玉米种子萌发过程中超弱光子辐射中自发光子辐射和外界光诱导的延迟光子辐射的变化规律,同时研究了萌发玉米种子鲜质量的变化.结果发现,NaN3同步抑制了萌发玉米自发光子辐射和鲜质量的增长,造成萌发玉米延迟光子辐射的初始光子数和延迟光子辐射积分强度大幅度降低,相干时间减小.机理分析表明,NaN3对呼吸代谢电子传递链的抑制造成的自由基反应减弱是萌发玉米自发光子辐射减小的原因,自发光子辐射强度可以作为玉米萌发状态的信号,延迟光子辐射动力学参数的大小可以表征萌发玉米呼吸代谢的强弱,相干时间是种子细胞组织序性的量度,通过对萌发种子超弱光子辐射的采集和分析可以实现对萌发种子细胞代谢和功能状态变化的灵敏和无损检测.     

车用塑料耐刮擦测试方法概述

耐刮擦测试是汽车内外饰塑料零件质量控制的一项重要指标。介绍了耐刮擦测试原理,刮擦头、负载、样品与刮擦头相对运动状态等是决定测试方法的关键技术要素,评价塑料耐刮擦性的方法分为目视法及仪器测量法。综述了五指刮擦法、硬度试验笔刮擦法、网格刮擦法、摩擦色牢度刮擦法及其他刮擦法测试方法,分析和总结了不同测试方法的特点和应用范围。     

对新时期分析测试中心定位的思考

就如何理解和看待新时期分析测试中心的定位和发展,如何解决分析测试中心在结构和管理上存在的固有问题提出了粗略的观点.希望对分析测试中心的发展起到抛砖引玉的作用.     

Characterization of tension set behavior of a silicone rubber at different loads and temperatures via digital image correlation

This work aims to determine the tensile set behavior of a silicone rubber under different stress magnitudes and temperatures through digital image correlation implemented in an improved creep experimental set-up. Creep-recovery strains were measured with time at 20, 40 and 60 °C under tensile strengths of 98.1, 196.2 and 394.3 kPa, respectively. The behavior of creep and recovery strain with time at the different stress magnitudes and temperatures was successfully obtained by the experiments. The corresponding elastic and viscous components of the material for each condition were determined from the results. Overall, all obtained creep behaviors matched with the behavior of a four-element model of creep-recovery. The increase of temperature generated an increase of creep compliance at the three loads, but the increase of tensile load produced a decrease of creep compliance for the three temperatures. The strain was not recovered entirely in any case for the test time stated.     

Device for non-disruptive taking of melt samples from a compounding process and direct injection molding

A concept for taking a sample from a polymer melt stream plus the direct processing of this melt to specimen is presented. Therefore, a melt sampling and direct injection molding (MSIM) device was developed. Process parameters were studied and the set-up was implemented successfully. Using the MSIM device, different thermoplastics were processed and provided specimen characterized. The mechanical material properties from samples of the MSIM process show a good consistency compared with data from conventional processes. The MSIM device can be used in production processes for quality control, e.g. color or mechanical properties, as well as in the field of research and development to reduce development cycles.     

Comparison of low-velocity impact damage in thermoplastic and thermoset composites by non-destructive three-dimensional X-ray microscope

This paper presents a method for the non-destructive inspection and quantitative comparison of low-velocity impact damage in thermoplastic and thermoset composites. X-ray microscope (XRM) computed tomography is used to analyse the three-dimensional internal damage in carbon fibre/poly-ether-ether-ketone (AS4/PEEK) and carbon fibre/epoxy (CCF300/Epoxy) laminates. With the materials and testing conditions used, it was shown that thermoplastic composites have better interlaminar and intralaminar properties, and the following quantitative conclusions were drawn. Under the same impact energy, the maximum contact force of AS4/PEEK laminate was approximately twice that of CCF300/Epoxy laminate. Dissection of the reconstructed XRM volume along a characteristic slicing surface showed that AS4/PEEK had less internal damage than CCF300/epoxy. When the impact energy was 15 J, the XRM results showed that the sum of delamination areas between each ply in AS4/PEEK was only 9% of that in CCF300/Epoxy, whereas the ultrasonic C-scan results showed that the total delamination area of AS4/PEEK was 54.78% of that of CCF300/Epoxy.     

Noninvasive prenatal paternity testing by maternal plasma DNA sequencing in twin pregnancies

SNPs, combined with massively parallel sequencing technology, have proven applicability in noninvasive prenatal paternity testing (NIPPT) for singleton pregnancies in our previous research, using circulating cell-free DNA in maternal plasma. However, the feasibility of NIPPT in twin pregnancies has remained uncertain. As a pilot study, we developed a practical method to noninvasively determine the paternity of twin pregnancies by maternal plasma DNA sequencing based on a massively parallel sequencing platform. Blood samples were collected from 15 pregnant women (twin pregnancies at 9–18 weeks of gestation). Parental DNA and maternal plasma cell-free DNA were analyzed with custom-designed probes covering 5226 polymorphic SNP loci. A mathematical model for data interpretation was established, including the zygosity determination and paternity index calculations. Each plasma sample was independently tested against the alleged father and 90 unrelated males. As a result, the zygosity in each twin case was correctly determined, prior to paternity analysis. Further, the correct biological father was successfully identified, and the paternity of all 90 unrelated males was excluded in each case. Our study demonstrates that NIPPT can be performed for twin pregnancies. This finding may contribute to development in NIPPT and diagnosis of certain genetic diseases.     

Anisotropic compressive behavior of rigid PVC foam at strain rates up to 200 s−1

The elevated strain rate compressive response of closed-cell polyvinyl chloride (PVC) foam at various densities is investigated. Two loading directions, (i.e., parallel and perpendicular to foam rise direction) were considered to investigate structural anisotropy. The elevated strain rates tests (up to 200 s⁻¹) were performed using a customized drop tower device. Engineering stress/strain behavior, energy dissipation, and maximum stress capacity were obtained for each density and compared against each other. Except for the lowest density of 45 kg/m³, strain rate effects were clearly observed through increased compressive strength and plateau stress when loading in the foam rise direction. The strain rate effect is more evident at higher densities. However, no significant strain rate effect was observed when loading perpendicular to the foam rise direction. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis showed that plastic hinges are the primary deformation mechanism for PVC foam cells. An analytical model has been calibrated using the experimental results and successfully predicted the mechanical response of the foam. Shape anisotropy has been measured employing the SEM images. The analytical approach was also able to predict the foam's anisotropic mechanical response.