ESR study of the ferrimagnetic spinel selenide CuCr2Se4

Ferrimagnetic spinel selenide CuCr₂Se₄ has been investigated by the electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. Experimental results reveal that ESR signals originate from the localized d-shell electrons of Cr³⁺ ions. In addition, the ESR linewidth ΔH _PP increases linearly with decreasing temperature. It is suggested that the spin-orbit coupling may be one of the contributions to the broadening of ΔH _PP . Our ESR results support the model of the ferrimagnetic hybridization between localized 3d ³ electrons of Cr³⁺ with delocalized holes of Se 4p band.     

Purification and Characterization of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase MEG1 and Preparation of Anti-PTPMEG1 Antibody

<正>PTPMEG1 is an intracellular protein tyrosine phosphatase(PTP),which contains FERM and PDZ domains. This study focuses our attention on the expression,purification and characterization of catalytic domain of PTPMEG1(△MEG1) and preparation of its polyclonal antibody.A cDNA fragment encoding△MEG1 protein(amino acid residues 643—926) was amplified by PCR and then cloned into the pT7-7 vector.Both soluble and insoluble recombinant△MEG1 proteins were observed after induction by IPTG.Soluble△MEG1 was purified via two chromatographic steps,and the purified enzyme was characterized.With para-nitrophenylphosphate(pNPP) as a substrate,△MEG1 exhibited typical enzymatic characteristics of classic PTPs and classical Michaelis-Menten kinetics.Insoluble△MEG1,which was mainly distributed in the inclusion body of E.coli cells extracts,was purified by preparative electrophoresis gel for the preparation of the polyclonal antibody.A rabbit was immunized with△MEG1 purified by preparative electrophoresis to generate anti-△MEG1 antibody.Anti-serum was collected on 28th day after initial injection and purified via affinity chromatography.The purified polyconal antibody displayed a satisfactory titer and sensitivity.     

Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Allylic Alcohols by Catalytic Asymmetric Substitution of the OH Group with Monosubstituted Hydrazines

A new strategy has been established for the kinetic resolution of racemic allylic alcohols through a palladium/sulfonyl‐hydrazide‐catalyzed asymmetric OH‐substitution under mild conditions. In the presence of 1 mol % [Pd(allyl)Cl]₂, 4 mol % (S)‐SegPhos, and 10 mol % 2,5‐dichlorobenzenesulfonyl hydrazide, a range of racemic allylic alcohols were smoothly resolved with selectivity factors of more than 400 through an asymmetric allylic alkylation of monosubstituted hydrazines under air at room temperature. Importantly, this kinetic resolution process provided various allylic alcohols and allylic hydrazine derivatives with high enantiopurity.     

Colorimetric Detection of Fe(II) and Co(II) by Using Terpyridine-Based Derivative

Journal of Applied Spectroscopy - A multi-ion chromogenic sensor based on a terpyridine moiety was developed for the semiquantitative, visual, and sensitive speciation analysis of Fe2+ and Co2+...     

Room-temperature and solution-processed vanadium oxide buffer layer for efficient charge injection in bottom-contact organic field-effect transistors

We introduce a room temperature and solution-processible vanadium oxide (VO_x) buffer layer beneath Au source/drain electrodes for bottom-contact (BC) organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). The OFETs with the VO_x buffer layer exhibited higher mobility and lower threshold voltages than the devices without a buffer layer. The hole mobility with VO_x was over 0.11 cm²/V with the BC geometry with a short channel length (10 μm), even without a surface treatment on SiO₂. The channel width normalized contact resistance was decreased from 98 kΩ cm to 23 kΩ cm with VO_x. The improved mobility and the reduced contact resistance were attributed to the enhanced continuity of pentacene grains, and the increased work function and adhesion of the Au electrodes using the VO_x buffer layer.     

Hash function based on the generalized Henon map

A new Hash function based on the generalized Henon map is proposed. We have obtained a binary sequence with excellent pseudo-random characteristics through improving the sequence generated by the generalized Henon map, and use it to construct Hash function. First we divide the message into groups, and then carry out the Xor operation between the ASCII value of each group and the binary sequence, the result can be used as the initial values of the next loop. Repeat the procedure until all the groups have been processed, and the final binary sequence is the Hash value. In the scheme, the initial values of the generalized Henon map are used as the secret key and the messages are mapped to Hash values with a designated length. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme has strong diffusion and confusion capability, good collision resistance, large key space, extreme sensitivity to message and secret key, and it is easy to be realized and extended.     

Improvements on the third generation of electron momentum spectrometer

The significant modifications to our recently constructed electron momentum spectrometer have been implemented. Compared with our previous report, the energy and the angle resolutions are significantly improved and reach △E = 0.45 eV, △θ = ±0.53° and △φ = ±0.84°, respectively. Moreover, the details of data reduction and the relation between azimuthal angle range and the sensitivity are discussed.