MOF‐on‐MOF: Oriented Growth of Multiple Layered Thin Films of Metal–Organic Frameworks

The precise alignment of multiple layers of metal–organic framework (MOF) thin films, or MOF‐on‐MOF films, over macroscopic length scales is presented. The MOF‐on‐MOF films are fabricated by epitaxially matching the interface. The first MOF layer (Cu₂(BPDC)₂, BPDC=biphenyl‐4,4′‐dicarboxylate) is grown on an oriented Cu(OH)₂ film by a “one‐pot” approach. Aligned second (Cu₂(BDC)₂, BDC=benzene 1,4‐dicarboxylate, or Cu₂(BPYDC)₂, BPYDC=2,2′‐bipyridine‐5,5′‐dicarboxylate) MOF layers can be deposited using liquid‐phase epitaxy. The co‐orientation of the MOF films is confirmed by X‐ray diffraction. Importantly, our strategy allows for the synthesis of aligned MOF films, for example, Cu₂(BPYDC)₂, that cannot be grown on a Cu(OH)₂ surface. We show that aligned MOF films furnished with Ag nanoparticles show a unique anisotropic plasmon resonance. Our MOF‐on‐MOF approach expands the chemistry of heteroepitaxially oriented MOF films and provides a new toolbox for multifunctional porous coatings.     

一种结合Mean—shift和粒子滤波的视频跟踪算法

提出一种结合均值偏移算法和粒子滤波理论的视频跟踪算法,解决了目标旋转、部分遮挡和运动速度过快的问题．通过均值偏移对粒子滤波中的粒子集进行进一步寻优,增加了粒子的有效性,极大减少了粒子采样的数量,且解决了经过多次重采样后粒子多样性降低的问题．新的粒子通过与观测值之间的巴氏系数来决定重要性权重．实验证明：本算法可以完成实时地对视频目标进行部分遮挡以及目标旋转下的跟踪,具有较强的鲁棒性．     

ICP-AES结合SVDV技术应用于饮用水品质检测性能诊断

采用电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱(ICP-AES)技术,通过轴向、径向、同步垂直双向(SVDV)三个视角配置,快速检测生活饮用水样本中的As,Ba,Mg和Ni等微量元素。ICP-AES光谱仪在三个检测视角均能实现快速预热,预热时间仅需2 min,而且,ICP-AES光谱的短期稳定性和长期稳定性表现良好,其相对标准偏差(RSD)均低于2%。以3份商业瓶装饮用水和2份添加标准物的饮用水为检测的对象,利用ICP-AES技术结合SVDV视角,分别从轴向和SVDV两个视角检测As,Ba,Cr,Cu,Mn,Mo,Ni,V和Zn等元素,利用水微量元素含量的国家标准来验证结果的准确性,这两个视角的检测具有较高的准确度和灵敏度。检测所得结果符合国家环境保护总局发布的饮用水微量元素限制标准,并符合国际卫生组织的标准,满足人类所需饮用水标准要求。     

A Photoswitchable Agonist for the Histamine H3 Receptor,a Prototypic Family A G‐Protein‐Coupled Receptor

Spatiotemporal control over biochemical signaling processes involving G protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) is highly desired for dissecting their complex intracellular signaling. We developed sixteen photoswitchable ligands for the human histamine H₃ receptor (hH₃R). Upon illumination, key compound 65 decreases its affinity for the hH₃R by 8.5‐fold and its potency in hH₃R‐mediated G_i protein activation by over 20‐fold, with the trans and cis isomer both acting as full agonist. In real‐time two‐electrode voltage clamp experiments in Xenopus oocytes, 65 shows rapid light‐induced modulation of hH₃R activity. Ligand 65 shows good binding selectivity amongst the histamine receptor subfamily and has good photolytic stability. In all, 65 (VUF15000) is the first photoswitchable GPCR agonist confirmed to be modulated through its affinity and potency upon photoswitching while maintaining its intrinsic activity, rendering it a new chemical biology tool for spatiotemporal control of GPCR activation.     

Development of Materials for Blue Organic Light Emitting Devices

The success of organic light emitting diodes (OLED) has been witnessed by the commercialization of this technology for manufacturing the vivid and colorful displays used in our daily life now. The prospective growth of OLED technology on display industry will be optimistic. Over the last three decades, many different approaches on material and device designs have been implemented for improving the efficiency and stability of OLED devices. These efforts install main cornerstones to support the great achievement of OLED technology. However, until now, the performance and stability of blue OLEDs still have some concerns. This troublesome issue should be totally conquered before the large‐scale manufactures dominated over other display technologies, particularly liquid crystal‐based displays, takes place. Though significant progress has already been made to achieve high performance and long lifetime blue OLEDs, this topic still remains as one of the hot researches in OLEDs. We have been working on this area for about two decades and made some notable contributions. Consequently, in this personal account we have outlined our efforts to obtain better performing blue OLEDs by utilizing a range of emitters based on fluorescence, phosphorescence, delayed fluorescence and exciplex systems. We have also developed some novel host materials for blue OLEDs, which are worth mentioning in this account.     

High-resolution GaP Terahertz Spectrometer and Its Application to Detect Defects in Gamma-irradiated Glucose Crystal

We developed high-resolution GaP THz signal generator using Cr:Forsterite lasers with gratings as both a pump and a signal beam for difference-frequency generation. A line width of less than 500 MHz and a wide tunable frequency range (0.6–6.2 THz) provide sufficient resolution for measuring materials with sharp absorption bands using the generator as the light source for a THz spectrometer. This is suitable for materials such as gases or solid samples at low temperatures. We demonstrated the detection of defects in organic materials, as they appear as slight deviations in the absorption frequency in the THz region.     

规格化对高斯消元法计算速度的影响

从计算原理和计算速度两个方面详细地分析比较规格化对求解线性方程组的高斯消元法在消元和回代过程中的影响,其中包括计算公式的变化、计算元素的计算次数、规格化元素的计算次数、计算所有元素所需的元素总数、对复数矩阵和实数矩阵的计算速度的影响等内容的比较,并对IEEE-57、-118、-300节点系统进行编程比较计算。计算结果表明,高斯消元法中规格化的计算虽极为简单,且对回代环节的影响不大,但可以大大提高前代环节的计算速度,从而大大提高求解线性方程组的计算速度,尤其是对复数矩阵。该结论同样适用于电力系统等各个工程领域用高斯消元方法求解线性方程组。更多还原     

Reference map technique for finite-strain elasticity and fluid–solid interaction

The reference map, defined as the inverse motion function, is utilized in an Eulerian-frame representation of continuum solid mechanics, leading to a simple, explicit finite-difference method for solids undergoing finite deformations. We investigate the accuracy and applicability of the technique for a range of finite-strain elasticity laws under various geometries and loadings. Capacity to model dynamic, static, and quasi-static conditions is shown. Specifications of the approach are demonstrated for handling irregularly shaped and/or moving boundaries, as well as shock solutions. The technique is also integrated within a fluid–solid framework using a level-set to discern phases and using a standard explicit fluid solver for the fluid phases. We employ a sharp-interface method to institute the interfacial conditions, and the resulting scheme is shown to efficiently capture fluid–solid interaction solutions in several examples.     

Quantification of dispersed phase concentration using light sheet imaging methods

With the prevalence of particle image velocimetry (PIV) as a quantitative tool for fluid mechanics diagnostics, its application for analyzing complicated multiphase flows has been steadily increasing over the last several decades. While the primary issue in using PIV for multiphase flows is in separating the information of the phases for independent analysis with a minimum of spurious “cross-talk,” an equally crucial but often overlooked point is in the accurate quantitative measurement of the dispersed phase concentration. Accurate concentration measurement is important due to the fact that the dispersed phase is often heterogeneously distributed in both space and time, either due to a non-uniformity of the source of particulates (such as a spray nozzle or sediment boundary) or due to inertial migration of the particles even from originally homogeneous spatial distributions. In the current work, we examine the effects of light sheet profile distortion and attenuation by tracer seeding particles, as well as reflected light from local wall boundaries on the effective light sheet thickness. The effective thickness is critical for concentration measurements, as it dictates the dispersed phase detection volume. A direct calibration method is demonstrated to measure the effective light sheet thickness in a water/glass bead system, which shows that systematic bias errors on the order of 30% can result if the reflective bed condition is not accounted for, and the errors can be as high as 50% or more if a single-point measure of the sheet width is used.     

基于改进的Heaviside核函数新的目标模型追踪算法

为更好地解决前景和背景相似程度较大或目标运动较为复杂的问题,提出了基于改进的Heaviside核函数新的目标模型追踪算法.在初始帧中,使用改进的Heaviside核函数来表示目标区域,然后分别计算目标区域前景和背景元素的颜色纹理直方图特征分布,并通过前景和背景特征分布差异建立新的目标模型,它可更好地代表目标.对于候选模型,结合传统Epanechnikov核对目标模型建模,通过Bhattacharyya系数进行迭代搜索,最终收敛的位置即为下一帧的目标中心.实验结果表明:提出的算法和传统的Mean-shift算法和基于颜色纹理直方图的Mean-shift算法相比较精确度高、速度快、鲁棒性强.