239,240Pu,241Am and137Cs in soils from several areas in China

This paper gives the first data on^239,240Pu and²⁴¹Am in Chinese soils. Surface soil samples with a set of 0–5 cm and 5–20 cm depth were collected from Beijing, Taiyuan, Shijiazhuang and Jinang of China in 1990, and^239,240Pu,²⁴¹Am and¹³⁷Cs, including naturally occurring radionuclides, in these samples were measured to evaluate their present levels and distributions. From these results, the average accumulated depositions were estimated roughly to be 24±13 MBq/km² for^239,240Pu, 10±5 MBq/km² for²⁴¹Am and 1.2±0.7 GBq/km² for¹³⁷Cs. The activity ratios of^239,240Pu/¹³⁷Cs and²⁴¹Am/^239,240Pu ranged from 0.016 to 0.026 with a mean value of 0.020±0.004 and 0.35 to 0.49 with a mean value of 0.43±0.05, respectively.     

Bioinspired Chemical Communication between Synthetic Nanomotors

While chemical communication plays a key role in diverse natural processes, the intelligent chemical communication between synthetic nanomotors remains unexplored. The design and operation of bioinspired synthetic nanomotors is presented. Chemical communication between nanomotors is possible and has an influence on propulsion behavior. A chemical “message” is sent from a moving activator motor to a nearby activated (receiver) motor by release of Ag⁺ ions from a Janus polystyrene/Ni/Au/Ag activator motor to the activated Janus SiO₂/Pt nanomotor. The transmitted silver signal is translated rapidly into a dramatic speed change associated with the enhanced catalytic activity of activated motors. Selective and successive activation of multiple nanomotors is achieved by sequential localized chemical communications. The concept of establishing chemical communication between different synthetic nanomotors paves the way to intelligent nanoscale robotic systems that are capable of cooperating with each other.     

Quantum studies of H atom trapping on a graphite surface

The trapping and sticking of H and D atoms on the graphite (0001) surface is examined, over the energy range of 0.1-0.9 eV. For hydrogen to chemisorb onto graphite, the bonding carbon must pucker out of the surface plane by several tenths of an angstrom. A quantum approach in which both the hydrogen and the bonding carbon atoms can move is used to model the trapping, and a potential energy surface based on density functional theory calculations is employed. It is found, for energies not too far above the 0.2 eV barrier to chemisorption that a significant fraction of the incident H or D atoms can trap. The forces on the bonding carbon are large, and it can reconstruct within 50 fs or so. After about 100 fs, most of the trapped H atoms scatter back into the gas phase, but the 5%-10% that remain can have lifetimes on the order of a picosecond or more. Calculations of the resonance eigenstates and lifetimes confirm this. An additional lattice degree of freedom is included quantum mechanically and is shown to significantly increase the amount of H that remains trapped after 1 ps. Further increasing the incident energy destabilizes the trapped state, leading to less H remaining trapped at long times. We estimate that for a full dissipative bath, the sticking probabilities should be on the order of 0.1.     

Iridoid Glycosides from Hedyotis corymbosa

Three new iridoid glycosides, hedycorysides A–C ( 1 – 3 , resp.), were isolated from the whole plant of Hedyotis corymbosa (Linn .) Lam ., along with four known compounds. Their structures were elucidated by extensive 1D‐ and 2D‐NMR analysis, as well as by HR‐ESI‐MS experiments. The three new compounds are the first benzoylated geniposide derivatives from Hedyotis.     

[2＋2] Photocycloaddition of [60] Fullerene with Podophyllotoxin Derivative Containing Cyclohexadienone Group

Photochemical [2 2] cycloaddition of C60 with podophyllotoxin derivative containing a cyclohexadienone group in o-dichlorobenzene afforded an isomeric mixture of adducts and a pure adduct of C60-fused podophyllotoxin derivatives. The structures of the products were characterized by MS, NMR and IR spectra.     

Pd/CexZr1-xO2/Al2O3催化剂上甲烷燃烧及TPR/TPO性能研究

考察了Ce-Zr复合氧化物的添加对Al2O3负载Pd催化剂的甲烷燃烧性能的影响，并利用XRD，TPR，TPO技术对Pd／CexZr1-xO2／Al2O3体系催化剂的物相结构及氧化还原性能进行了研究。结果表明，Ce-Zr复合氧化物的添加抑制了氧化铝载体的。相变并提高了PdO的分解温度，从而提高了催化剂的耐热稳定性。催化剂经高温1100℃焙烧老化后，由于Ce-Zr复合氧化物的存在促进了表面PdO物种的还原，从而提高了甲烷的催化燃烧活性（T20％和T90％值降低），其中Pd／Ce0.2Zr0.8O2／Al2O3催化剂具有最好的催化活性及热稳定性。     

Comparison of resistance to protein adsorption and stability of thin films derived from alpha-hepta-(ethylene glycol) methyl omega-undecenyl ether on HSi(111) and HSi(100) surfaces

Oligo(ethylene glycol)-terminated thin films were prepared by photo-induced hydrosilylation of alpha-hepta-(ethylene glycol) methyl omega-undecenyl ether (EG(7)) on hydrogen-terminated silicon (111) and (100) surfaces. Their resistance to protein adsorption, and stabilities (from hours to days) under a wide variety of conditions, such as air, water, biological buffer, acid, and base, were investigated using contact-angle goniometry and ellipsometry techniques. Results indicated higher stability of the films chemisorbed on Si(111) than on Si(100). Furthermore, micron-sized patterns were fabricated on the films via AFM anodization lithography. Using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and fluorescence microscopy, we demonstrated that various proteins including fibrinogen, avidin, and bovine serum albumin (BSA) predominately adsorbed onto the patterns, but not the rest of the film surfaces.     

Photoelectron spectroscopy of ammonia via a fast predissociative state

We report a study on resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization photoelectron spectroscopy (REMPI-PES) involving the fast predissociative A state of ammonia, using nano- and femtosecond lasers. The multiphoton scheme involves (1 + 1), (2 + 2), (2 + 2) + 1 and (2 + 2) + 2 photon processes. We have found a progression of stretching vibrations v1 in the PE spectrum when pumping NH3 A v2 = 0, 1 and 3 as intermediate states. The stretching vibration intensity distributions in the photoelectron spectrum are calculated by using the Chebychev method of the wavepacket propagation. The femtosecond spectrum shows a similar feature to the nanosecond spectrum. However, high laser power also causes band broadening and shifting effect as well as above threshold multiphoton ionization.     

Mn/Ba/Al2O3催化剂的NOx氧化-储存和耐硫性能

采用分步等体积浸渍法制备了Mn/Ba/Al2O3催化剂, 并用XRD和TPD等方法进行表征. 考察了催化剂在不同温度下NOx氧化-储存特性和NOx脱附行为. 结果表明, Mn/Ba/Al2O3催化剂具有较高的催化NO氧化活性和较大的NOx储存容量. BaMnO3是主要的活性组分；Mn能够催化NO的氧化反应, 且具有一定的NOx储存能力; Ba是主要的储存组分, 将NOx以硝酸盐的形式储存; 硝酸盐在300～600 ℃分解, 释放出NOx. Mn/Ba/Al2O3催化剂在800 ℃老化6 h后, NO氧化活性和NOx储存能力稍有下降. 低含量的SO2对催化剂的NO氧化活性和NOx储存能力没有明显影响; 高含量的SO2使催化剂的NO氧化活性降低, NOx储存量减小, 最终导致催化剂失活.