Rigidity and stability of submanifolds with entropy close to one

Geometriae Dedicata - We show that an n-dimensional surface whose entropy is close to that of an n-dimensional plane is close in Hausdorff distance to some n-dimensional plane at every scale....     

Hydrogen Bond Networks Stabilized High-Capacity Organic Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries

High-capacity small organic materials are plagued by their high solubility. Here we proposed constructing hydrogen bond networks (HBN) via intermolecular hydrogen bonds to suppress the solubility of active material. The illustrated 2, 7- diamino-4, 5, 9, 10-tetraone (PTO-NH₂) molecule with intermolecular hydrogen (H) bond between O in −C=O and H in −NH₂, which make PTO-NH₂ presents transverse two-dimensional extension and longitudinal π–π stacking structure. In situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) has tracked the reversible evolution of H-bonds, further confirming the existence of HBN structure can stabilize the intermediate 2-electron reaction state. Therefore, PTO-NH₂ with HBN structure has higher active site utilization (95 %), better cycle stability and rate performance. This study uncovers the H-bond effect and evolution during the electrochemical process and provides a strategy for materials design.     

环氧树脂－SiO_2空心微球复合材料的Mie－GrUneisen方程

本文描述了三种不同密度（０．６，０．７６和０．９ｇ／ｃｍ￣３）的环氧树脂－ＳｉＯ＿２空心微球复合材料的Ｈｕｇｏｎｉｏｔ关系。讨论了上述材料以其相应的Ｈｕｇｏｎｉｏｔ关系作为参考方程的Ｍｉｅ－Ｇｒｕｎｅｉｓｅｎ方程，并与Ｐ－α模型进行了比较，结果相当一致。由此得出结论，在本文研究的压力范围内，Ｍｉｅ－Ｇｒｕｎｅｉｓｅｎ方程可应用于上述孔隙材料。     

High efficiency top-emitting white organic light-emitting devices with a (metal/organic)2 cathode

White top-emitting organic light-emitting devices (TEOLEDs) were fabricated on a glass substrate with metal/organic multilayer of (Ag/Alq₃)₂ (Alq₃ is tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum) as cathode. White TEOLEDs with high efficiency were obtained due to the microcavity effects. And the (Ag/Alq₃)₂ cathode, which adjusted the optical characteristics of the devices, played an important role. In addition, Alq₃–Ag–Alq₃ multilayer could work as a buffer layer, which would simplify the process of encapsulation for devices. We also calculated the electroluminescence spectrum of devices encapsulated with Al₂O₃ (150 nm) and Al₂O₃(75 nm)/ZrO₂(75 nm). And the results indicated that the CIE coordinates is almost the same between with and without encapsulating.     

AAK1 identified as an inhibitor of neuregulin-1/ErbB4-dependent neurotrophic factor signaling using integrative chemical genomics and proteomics

Target identification remains challenging for the field of chemical biology. We describe an integrative chemical genomic and proteomic approach combining the use of differentially active analogs of small molecule probes with stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture-mediated affinity enrichment, followed by subsequent testing of candidate targets using RNA interference-mediated gene silencing. We applied this approach to characterizing the natural product K252a and its ability to potentiate neuregulin-1 (Nrg1)/ErbB4 (v-erb-a erythroblastic leukemia viral oncogene homolog 4)-dependent neurotrophic factor signaling and neuritogenesis. We show that AAK1 (adaptor-associated kinase 1) is a relevant target of K252a, and that the loss of?AAK1?alters ErbB4 trafficking and expression levels,?providing evidence for a previously unrecognized role for AAK1 in Nrg1-mediated neurotrophic?factor signaling. Similar strategies should lead to the discovery of novel targets for therapeutic development.     

Direct measurement of the friction between and shear moduli of shells of carbon nanotubes

We report measurements of the shear modulus of each shell and the friction between the two shells of double-shell carbon nanotubes in single nanotube-based nanoelectromechanical devices operated in a transmission electron microscope. In situ nanobeam electron diffraction is applied to obtain the chiral indices of each shell of the nanotube and it allows us to establish a quantitative correlation between the atomic structure and properties of the nanotube under investigation.     

C-H bond functionalization in the synthesis of fused 1,2,3-triazoles

A highly modular approach to fused 1,2,3-triazoles has been developed featuring a one-pot procedure combining copper(I) catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition and palladium-catalyzed C-H bond functionalization. A class of structurally unique heterocycles was synthesized in good yields.     

High performance low band gap polymer solar cells with a non-conventional acceptor

A novel C70 fullerene derivative was designed and synthesized by [4+2] cyclic addition reaction between indene derivative (methyl 1H-indene-3-carboxylate) and C70. The absorption and photoluminescence of H120 and its mixed films with different polymer donor materials were investigated, as well as its electrochemical property and electron mobility. It was found that H120 has 0.05 eV higher LUMO level than that of PC(70)BM. Its electron mobility reached 6.32 × 10(-4) cm(2) V(-1) s(-1), which is slightly lower than 9.55 × 10(-4) cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) of PC(70)BM. The photovoltaic devices based on P3HT, and two high efficiency low band gap polymers, PBDTTT-C and PBDTTDPP as donors, with H120 as an acceptor gave power conversion efficiencies of 4.2%, 6.0% and 6.2%, respectively.     

核壳结构Ziegler-Natta复合催化剂的制备及其乙烯聚合

采用溶胶-凝胶法,将聚(苯乙烯-co-丙烯酸)(PSA)膜材料和氯化镁的复合物包覆在以硅胶为载体的TiCl3催化剂上,负载TiCl4后制得Ziegler-Natta复合催化剂.采用红外光谱、激光粒度仪和扫描电镜对催化剂进行了表征,结果表明该复合催化剂呈核壳结构.同时,考察了复合催化剂中膜的厚度和反应中的氢气含量对催化剂的聚合活性和聚乙烯性能的影响,实验发现,膜厚约为3μm的核壳结构复合催化剂活性良好,其具有带诱导期的平稳型动力学曲线;膜厚1.5μm的复合催化剂的活性接近于实验所用的以硅胶为载体的TiCl3催化剂,且其具有相似的衰减型动力学曲线.研究同时表明,不同的膜厚能够调节复合催化剂的氢调性能及所得聚乙烯的分子量分布.