Crystal structure and DNA binding studies of a cobalt(Ⅱ) complex containing mixed-ligands of 1,10-phenathroline and glycollic acid

A cobalt（11） complex containing mixed-ligands of 1,10-phenathroline（phen） and glycollic acid（GA）.|Co（GA）₂（phen）| was synthesized and its structure was characterized by X-ray diffraction.The interaction of the complex with DNA was investigated by electronic absorption spectra and electrochemical methods.Electronic absorption spectrum experiments showed that after interaction with DNA.the characteristic absorption peaks of |Co（GA）₂（phen）| underwent hypochromic effect as well as redshift. Also,the binding strength of 3.8×10⁴L/mol was estimated by titration method.Electrochemical assays revealed that the redox peak currents of the complex decreased obviously accompanied by a positive shift of the formal potential after association with DNA.All these results revealed that the synthesized cobalt complex bound with DNA via an intercalation mode.     

含有Pt―Pt键金属配合物的电子结构和二阶非线性光学性质

采用量子化学密度泛函理论(DFT)结合有限场(FF)的方法对一系列含有Pt―Pt键金属配合物的电子结构和二阶非线性光学(NLO)性质进行了理论计算. 结果表明改变共轭配体对Pt―Pt键影响不大. 由配体到Pt―Pt金属基团的电荷转移强度随配体增长而变大. 金属配合物静态一阶超极化率随配体的增长而增大, 配合物电荷的改变基本不影响这类化合物的二阶NLO性质. 具有相对长的共轭配体的配合物IId具有最大的二阶NLO响应. 含时密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)计算表明配合物IId的二阶NLO响应来自于混有配体到金属的配体内的π→π^*电荷转移跃迁的贡献.     

几种纤锌矿相半金属铁磁体磁学性能的第一原理研究

通过基于密度泛函理论的第一原理计算,优化了纤锌矿结构的化合物TmZn15S16(Tm=V,Cr,Mn)的几何结构,并研究了它们的磁学性能.结果表明:TmZn15S16均为典型的半金属铁磁体,它们的超胞磁矩分别为3.0099μB,3.9977μB和5.0092μB;这些磁矩主要来源于被掺入的过渡元素;CrZn15S16的半金属特性比VZn15S16和MnZn15S16更稳定;这些半金属铁磁体的半金属带隙均比较宽,表明它们可能具有较高的居里温度;TmZn15S16中杂质过渡离子的电子结构分别为V:eg2↑t12g↑,Cr:eg2↑t22g↑和Mn:eg2↑t32g↑.     

The U4Re7Si6 type – Trends in electronic structure and chemical bonding

The electronic structures and chemical bonding of selected ternary compounds of the A₄T₇X₆ family (of U₄Re₇Si₆-type) intermetallics have been studied by ab initio methods. The calculations for two series: Mg₄Rh₇P₆, Sc₄Co₇Ge₆, Ti₄Co₇Ge₆ and uranium containing U₄Re₇Si₆, U₄Ru₇Ge₆, and U₄Ru₇As₆ show common bonding characteristics pertaining to main T1–X and T2–X interactions (T = transition metal and X = p-element) due to the peculiar crystal chemistry with T1@X₆ and T2@X₄ coordination polyhedra. The uranium compounds are found to be stabilized in a spin polarized ferromagnetic configuration, especially for U₄Ru₇Ge₆ (in agreement with experiment) and U₄Ru₇As₆.     

Au-MgB2-Au纳米结点的负微分电阻效应

运用密度泛函理论结合非平衡格林函数的方法对MgB2直线原子链与两半无限Au（100）电极构成纳米结点的电子输运特性进行了第一性原理计算．在模拟Au-MgB2-Au纳米结点的拉伸过程中,计算了结点在不同距离下的结合能与电导．结果发现结点的Au-B键长为1．90A,B-Mg键长为2．22A时,结合能最大,结构最稳定,此时结点平衡电导为0．51G0（G0=2e^0／h）．通过计算投影态密度发现电子通过结点时主要是通过B、Mg原子的px和py电子轨道形成的π键进行传输的．在-1．5～1．5V的电压范围内,结点的电流-电压近似为线性关系,表现出类似金属的导电性质,而当正负电压高于15V时,电流对称性逐渐减小,即存在负微分电阻效应,从不同电压下透射谱的变化对负微分电阻现象进行了分析与讨论．     

Calibration transfer between electronic nose systems for rapid In situ measurement of pulp and paper industry emissions

Electronic nose systems when deployed in network mesh can effectively provide a low budget and onsite solution for the industrial obnoxious gaseous measurement. For accurate and identical prediction capability by all the electronic nose systems, a reliable calibration transfer model needs to be implemented in order to overcome the inherent sensor array variability. In this work, robust regression (RR) is used for calibration transfer between two electronic nose systems using a Box–Behnken (BB) design. Out of the two electronic nose systems, one was trained using industrial gas samples by four artificial neural network models, for the measurement of obnoxious odours emitted from pulp and paper industries. The emissions constitute mainly of hydrogen sulphide (H₂S), methyl mercaptan (MM), dimethyl sulphide (DMS) and dimethyl disulphide (DMDS) in different proportions. A Box–Behnken design consisting of 27 experiment sets based on synthetic gas combinations of H₂S, MM, DMS and DMDS, were conducted for calibration transfer between two identical electronic nose systems. Identical sensors on both the systems were mapped and the prediction models developed using ANN were then transferred to the second system using BB–RR methodology. The results showed successful transmission of prediction models developed for one system to other system, with the mean absolute error between the actual and predicted concentration of analytes in mg L⁻¹ after calibration transfer (on second system) being 0.076, 0.1801, 0.0329, 0.427 for DMS, DMDS, MM, H₂S respectively.     

Evaluation of healthy and sensory indexes of sweetened beverages using an electronic tongue

Overconsumption of sugar-sweetened beverages may increase the risk of health problems and so, the evaluation of their glycemic load and fructose-intolerance level is essential since it may allow establishing possible relations between physiologic effects of sugar-rich beverages and health. In this work, an electronic tongue was used to accurately classify beverages according to glycemic load (low, medium or high load) as well to their adequacy for people suffering from fructose malabsorption syndrome (tolerable or not): 100% of correct classifications (leave-one-out cross-validation) using linear discriminant models based on potentiomentric signals selected by a meta-heuristic simulated annealing algorithm. These results may be partially explained by the electronic tongue’s capability to mimic the human sweetness perception and total acid flavor of beverages, which can be related with glycemic load and fructose-intolerance index. Finally, the E-tongue was also applied to quantify, accurately, healthy and sensory indexes using multiple linear regression models (leave-one-out cross-validation: R_adj > 0.99) in the following dynamic ranges: 4.7 < glycemic load ≤ 30; 0.4 < fructose intolerance index ≤ 1.5; 32 < sweetness perception < 155; 1.3 < total acid flavor, g L⁻¹ < 8.3; and, 5.8 < well-balanced flavor ≤ 74. So, the proposed electronic tongue could be used as a practical, fast, low-cost and green tool for beverage’s healthy and sensory evaluation.     

Molecular engineering of CxNy: Topologies,electronic structures and multidisciplinary applications

As a class of metal-free two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor materials, polymeric carbon nitrides have attracted wide attention recently due to its facile regulation of the molecular and electronic structures, availability in abundance and high stability. According to the different ratios of C and N atoms in the framework, a series of C_xN_y materials have been successfully synthesized by virtue of various precursors, which further triggers extensive investigations of broad applications ranging from sustainable photocatalytic reactions and highly sensitive optoelectronic biosensing. In view of topological structures on their electronic structures and material properties, the as-reported C_xN_y could be generally classified into two main categories with three- or six-bond-extending frameworks. Owing to the effective n→π* transition in most C_xN_y materials, the relative energy level of the lone-pair electrons on N atoms is high, which thus endows the materials with the capability of visible light absorption. Meanwhile, the different repeating units, bridging groups and defect sites of these two kinds of C_xN_y allow them to effectively drive a diverse of promising applications that require specific electronic, interfacial and geometric properties. This review paper aims to summarize the recent progress in topological structure design and the relevant electronic band structures and striking properties of C_xN_y materials. In the final part, we also discuss the existing challenges of C_xN_y and outlook the prospect possibilities.