Simultaneous determination of ascorbic acid, uric acid and neurotransmitters with a carbon ceramic electrode prepared by sol-gel technique

A sol-gel carbon composite electrode (CCE) has been prepared by mixing a sol-gel precursor (e.g. methyltrimethoxysilane) and carbon powder without adding any electron transfer mediator or specific reagents. It was demonstrated that this sensor can be used for simultaneous determination ascorbic acid, neurotransmitters (dopamine and adrenaline) and uric acid. Direct electrochemical oxidation of ascorbic acid, uric acid and catecholamines at a carbon composite electrode was investigated. The experimental results were compared with other common carbon based electrodes, specifically, boron doped diamond, glassy carbon, graphite and carbon paste electrodes. It was found that the CCE shows a significantly higher of reversibility for dopamine. In addition, in comparison to the other electrodes used, for CCE the oxidation peaks of uric acid, ascorbic acid and catecholamines in cyclic and square wave voltammetry were well resolved at the low positive potential with good sensitivity. The advantages of this sensor were high sensitivity, inherent stability and simplicity and ability for simultaneous determination of uric acid, catecholamines and ascorbic acid without using any chromatography or separation systems. The analytical performance of this sensor has been evaluated for detection of biological molecules in urine and serum as real samples.     

IR laser ablative decomposition of poly(vinyl acetate) loaded with Fe and Cu particles

Pulsed IR laser-induced decomposition of poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAC) loaded with nanometer-sized Cu and micrometer-sized Fe particles results in the formation of gaseous products and deposition of polar crosslinked polymer films which contain metal (Cu and Fe) particles. The main volatile products are hydrocarbons, carbon oxides (CO and CO₂), molecular hydrogen and acetic acid. The deposited polymer films were characterized by FTIR, UV and XP spectra and by electron microscopy and thermogravimetry. They contain reactive conjugated CC bonds and ca. 50% of the initially present acetate groups. Residual reactivity of the CC bonds results in polymer crosslinking and decrease in solubility. The deposited, crosslinked PVAC-based films containing metal particles are less thermally stable than similar films not containing these particles. The reported process reveals feasible ablation of metal particles when embedded in a polymer and makes it possible to fabricate films of metal/polymer composites in which metal particles are completely protected by the polymer.     

Optimization of critical medium components for the maximal production of gentamicin by Micromonospora echinospora ATCC 15838 using response surface methodology

Optimization of the fermentation medium components for maximum gentamicin production by Micromonospora echinospora ATCC 15838 was carried out. Response surface methodology was applied to optimize the medium constituents. A 2⁴full-factorial central composite design was chosen to explain the combined effects of the four medium constituents, viz. starch, soyabean meal, K₂HPO₄, and CoCl₂ and to design a minimum number of experiments. A second order model was developed and fitted using least square method. The R ² value of the model was 0.9723, which shows that model is best fit for the present studies. The results of analysis of variance and regression of a second order model showed that the linear effects of starch (p<0.001697) and CoCl₂(p<7.99E-13), and cross product effects of starch and soyabean meal (p<0.029876) and soyabean meal and CoCl₂ (p<0.008909) were more significant, suggesting that these were critical variables having the greatest effect on the production of gentamicin in the production medium. The optimized medium consisting of 9 g/L starch, 3 g/L soyabean meal, 0.9 g/L K₂HPO₄, and 0.01 g/L CoCL₂ predicted 850 mg/L of gentamicin which was almost 110% higher than that of the unoptimized medium. The amounts of starch, soyabean meal, and K₂HPO₄ required were also reduced with RSM.     

On Higher Order Pyramidal Finite Elements

In this paper we first prove a theorem on the nonexistence of pyramidal polynomial basis functions. Then we present a new symmetric composite pyramidal finite element which yields a better convergence than the nonsymmetric one. It has fourteen degrees of freedom and its basis functions are incomplete piecewise triquadratic polynomials. The space of ansatz functions contains all quadratic functions on each of four sub-tetrahedra that form a given pyramidal element.     

稠油油藏试井理论研究

分析研究国内外稠油热采模型文献资料,总结归纳了9种稠油热采模型,主要包括非牛顿流体均质地层模型、二区复合模型、三区复合模型、多区复合模型、考虑重力超覆的数学模型以及干扰分析等,并对部分压力变化曲线及压力导数变化曲线做了简要的分析.比较各模型的优缺点,并指出目前的模型存在的问题以及稠油试井的发展趋势.     

多级复合半导体纳米材料的制备

金属氧化物、Ⅲ-Ⅴ、Ⅱ-Ⅵ等半导体纳米材料由于其独特的功能性质已广泛应用于光学、电子、太阳能转化、催化等领域,是当今先进材料领域的研究前沿与热点。随着科技的发展,人们对材料的高效、多功能要求已成为必然,对半导体材料发展要求亦如此。多组分复合、多层次结构协同是实现半导体纳米材料多功能化与高效化的有效途径。构筑多级结构组合纳米半导体,不但可以调控其能带结构而提高半导体材料的光电与催化性能,而且由于多级低维纳米结构聚集时形成的空间位阻效应可以有效克服纳米晶“易团聚”难题。本文提出多级结构组合纳米晶的概念、分类,结合近年来该领域的研究实践,较系统地综述了多级复合半导体纳米结构制备的最新研究进展。首先简要介绍了多级复合半导体纳米材料的概念与典型结构; 其次对典型多级复合半导体纳米材料的制备方法进行了重点评述,分别综述了液相法、气相法以及最新发展起来的静电纺丝等方法在多级结构半导体复合纳米材料制备中的应用实践。再其次,对以具有半导体特性的石墨烯及其功能化衍生物为基体的新型多级复合半导体纳米材料的制备做了综述。最后对半导体/半导体多级结构复合纳米材料的发展方向做了展望。     

有机-无机复合骨修复材料

本文对近5年来有机/无机复合骨修复材料研究领域的进展进行了综述,根据材料组分的特点分析其在生物相容性、生物降解性、生物活性以及力学性能等方面的优缺点,同时探讨了目前骨修复材料领域存在的问题,并对今后人工骨替代材料的发展趋势作出了展望。     

2D-C/SiC复合材料的单轴拉伸力学行为及其强度

通过单调拉伸和循环加卸载试验, 研究了平纹编织C/SiC复合材料的损伤演化过程及其应力-应变行为. 结果表明, 残余应变、卸载模量和外加应力的关系曲线与拉伸应力-应变曲线具有类似的形状. 基于剪滞理论和混合率建立了材料的损伤本构关系和强度模型, 分析计算表明, 残余应变主要由裂纹张开位移和裂纹间距决定, 而卸载模量主要由界面脱粘率决定; 材料的单轴拉伸行为主要由纵向纤维束决定, 横向纤维对材料的整体模量和强度贡献较小. 理论模拟结果与试验值吻合较好.      

Reverse Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of MMA in the Presence of CaCO3/SiO2 Two-Component Composite Particles

Summary: We previously discovered that structurally well-defined polymer/inorganic composite particles, i.e., poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/CaCO₃/SiO₂ three-component composite particles, can be achieved via reverse atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), using 2,2′-azo-bis-isobutyronitrile as initiator and Cu^II bromide as catalyst. In the present study, the influence of the mass ratio of CaCO₃/SiO₂ two-component composite particles to methyl methacrylate (MMA) on the rate and behavior of the polymerization was studied in detail. The results illustrate that increasing the mass ratio of CaCO₃/SiO₂ two-component composite particles will decrease the overall rate of polymerization of MMA under standard reverse ATRP conditions. Thermal properties of the obtained well-defined particles were characterized and determined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The results indicate that well-defined PMMA chains grafted on the surface of CaCO₃/SiO₂ particles were only degraded by random chain scission of C C linkages within the PMMA chain, which is different from the degradation of PMMA chains prepared via traditional radical polymerization. This difference is reasonably ascribed to the difference between the end groups of PMMA prepared via reverse ATRP and that via traditional radical polymerization, which has been confirmed by end group analysis measured by ¹H–NMR spectroscopy.     

花状Zn-MOF衍生碳@MoS2复合材料制备及吸波性能

采用Zn-MOF(MOF为金属有机骨架)制备纳米多孔碳材料,通过自组装法将多孔碳与花状MoS₂结合,制备出具有规整有序结构的花状Zn-MOF衍生碳@MoS₂复合吸波材料。基于Zn-MOF衍生纳米多孔碳的高孔隙率、大比表面积,MoS₂的花状结构引起的电磁波多次反射和散射,以及MoS₂和Zn-MOF衍生碳之间存在的强极化效应、良好的阻抗匹配和协同作用,Zn-MOF衍生碳@MoS₂在频率为9.28 GHz时的最佳反射损耗达到-49.68 dB,表现出优异的电磁波吸收性能。