Molecular Tailoring of Surfaces: Pulsed Plasma Polymerization of Bromine Containing Monomers

The use of a variable duty cycle pulsed RF plasma is shown to provide film chemistry control during polymerization of saturated (CH₂Br₂) and unsaturated (CH₂=CHCH₂Br) bromine containing monomers. With both monomers, the degree of bromine atom retention in the films is observed to increase in a progressive fashion as the RF duty cycle employed during plasma polymerization is decreased. The film deposition rates, when expressed in terms of thickness per Joule of RF energy input, increase rapidly as the RF duty cycles are reduced. Additionally, the film morphology is observed to become increasingly smooth with decreasing RF duty cycles during deposition, as illustrated with the allyl bromide monomer. The film chemistry controllability of this study is demonstrated with monomers possessing the relatively weak C-Br bond. As such, the present work represents an important extension of the pulsed plasma polymerization approach to include retention of a labile bond during film formation. The introduction of reactive surface functional groups, at controlled densities, provides additional molecular tailoring possibilities via subsequent chemical derivatization processes.     

两个2,6-二氨基-3,5-二硝基吡嗪-1-氧化物含能配合物的合成、晶体结构及催化性能

合成了2,6-二氨基-3,5-二硝基吡嗪-1-氧化物(LLM-105)₂种含能配合物[Cu₄O₂(C₄N₆O₅H₂)₂(CH₃COO)₂(DMF)₂]·DMF(1)((C₄N₆O₅H₂)^2- 为配体LLM-105失去2个H⁺)和[Co(C₄N₆O₅H₃)₃]·7H₂O(2)((C₄N₆O₅H₃)^- 为LLM-105失去1个H⁺),用X射线单晶衍射法测定了其分子结构。配合物1属正交晶系,空间群为Pbca,配合物2属三斜晶系,空间群为R3。用DSC,TG-DTG技术对配体和2个配合物的热分解进行了研究。用Kissinger法和Ozawa-Doyle法对配合物热分解过程中放热峰的表观活化能进行了计算。同时研究了2种配合物对AP热分解催化效果的影响,结果表明,2种配合物使AP的高温分解峰温分别提前117.42和71.85℃,分解放热量增加1916.97和1433.76J·g^-1,对AP热分解具有非常显著的催化效果。     

Cytotoxic cassane diterpenoids from the seeds of Caesalpinia sappan

Phytochemical investigation on the seeds of Caesalpinia sappan led to the isolation of five new cassanetype diterpenoids, named 11-oxo-phanginin A(1), caesalsappanins O–Q(2–4) and phanginin U(5),together with five known compounds. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by extensive analysis of mass spectrometric and 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic data. All the new compounds showed moderate cytotoxic effects on human breast cancer MCF-7 and human colon cancer HCT116 cell lines.     

应用于LED灯具散热的平板热管传热特性

平板热管作为一种新型的热管技术,具有高热导率,良好的均温性等优点,成为解决大功率LED散热问题很有前途的技术之一。本文通过实验与数值模拟相结合的方法,研究了平板热管散热模组的传热性能,探讨了热源布置方式(集中式布置与分散式布置)的影响,为LED芯片的布置提供理论指导。结果表明:该平板热管散热模组的散热效果良好,能有效解决LED灯的散热问题。     

Structural diversity controlled by alkali/alkaline earth metals for heterometallic AeI/AeII-ZnII coordination polymers based on 4-nitrobenzene-1,2-dicarboxylate

Six heterometallic Zn(II) coordination polymers, Zn(H₂O)₃(FNA) (1), [NH₄]₂[Zn(H₂O)₂(FNA)₂] (2), [ZnNa₂(FNA)₂]·3H₂O (3), [ZnK₂(FNA)₂]·H₂O (4), [ZnRb₂(FNA)₂]·2H₂O (5) and [ZnMg(FNA)₂]·4H₂O (6) (H₂FNA = 4-nitrobenzene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid), were synthesised by introducing different alkali/alkaline earth (Ae^I/Ae^II) metals. These complexes exhibit diverse structures with the different Ae^I/Ae^II metals used and distinct ligand coordination modes the ions provide. For 1 and 2, the Zn(II) centres with distorted octahedra are connected by FNA to form 1-D chain structures. The Zn(II) centres in 3–6 with distorted tetrahedra are linked by FNA to form 2-D anionic grid layers. For 3–5, these 2-D anionic grid layers are connected by alkali metal (Na, K and Rb) with the O–Ae^I–O connectivity to exhibit 3-D framework structures, while 6 features a 2-D Zn–Mg network. Luminescence properties of 1–6 have been investigated.     

A tutorial review for employing enzymes for the construction of G-quadruplex-based sensing platforms

With rapid advances in the field of DNA chemistry, nucleic acids and DNA-modifying enzymes have recently emerged as versatile components for the construction of oligonucleotide-based sensors. Meanwhile, the G-quadruplex motif has been widely employed for the development of DNA-based assays due to its diverse structural variety. In this tutorial, we introduce the principles of G-quadruplex-based sensing and the use of DNA-modifying enzymes for sensor platform development. We also highlight recent studies of the application of DNA-modifying enzymes for the development of G-quadruplex-based luminescent detection platforms with a view towards how those enzymes play an important role in sensitivity enhancement.     

基于紫精组分构筑的三种光致变色共晶体

在碱性条件下,将1,2,4,5-均苯四甲酸(H4BTEC)与过渡金属离子配位,并引入中性紫精组分1-羧乙基-4,4′-联吡啶(CEbpy),构筑了3个同构共晶体[M(H₂O)_5(BTEC)_0.5]·(CEbpy)(M=Mn(1)、Zn(2)、Co(3))。在紫外灯照射下,3个化合物都发生明显的光致变色现象,这归因于光诱导的电子转移并产生了紫精自由基。同时,在加热的情况下,化合物3还表现出不可逆的失水致变色行为,而化合物1和2则没有。我们讨论了金属离子对变色行为的影响。     

Secret Key Distillation for Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution against Gaussian Classical Eve

The continuous variable quantum key distribution is expected to provide high secret key rate without single photon source and detector, while the lack of the effective key distillation method makes it unpractical under the high loss condition. Here we present a single-bit-reverse-reconciliation protocol against Oaussian classical Eve, which can distill the secret key through practical imperfect error correction with high efficiency. The simulation results show that this protocol can distill secret keys even when the transmission fibre is longer than 150 km, which may make the continuous variable scheme to outvie the single photon one.     

Quantile regression based on counting process approach under semi-competing risks data

In this paper, we investigate the quantile regression analysis for semi-competing risks data in which a non-terminal event may be dependently censored by a terminal event. The estimation of quantile regression parameters for the non-terminal event is complicated. We cannot make inference on the non-terminal event without extra assumptions. Thus, we handle this problem by assuming that the joint distribution of the terminal event and the non-terminal event follows a parametric copula model with unspecified marginal distributions. We use the stochastic property of the martingale method to estimate the quantile regression parameters under semi-competing risks data. We also prove the large sample properties of the proposed estimator, and introduce a model diagnostic approach to check model adequacy. From simulation results, it shows that the proposed estimator performs well. For illustration, we apply our proposed approach to analyze a real data.     

平衡零拍测量对连续变量量子密钥分配的影响

与单光子量子密钥分配采用单光子探测器不同，连续变量量子密钥分配采用平衡零拍测量技术.分析了由于参考光的真空噪声、分束器的透射率和反射率不相等引入的平衡零拍测量误差，以及平衡零拍测量探测器的电子噪声对连续变量量子密钥传输的最大安全距离的限制，给出了平衡零拍测量的探测噪声、电子噪声和密钥量之间的定量表达式.