MICROBE-METAL-INTERACTIONS FOR THE BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF METAL-CONTAINING SOLID WASTE

In nature, microbes are involved in weathering of rocks, in mobilization of metals from minerals, and in metal precipitation and deposition. These microbiological principles and processes can be adapted to treat particulate solid wastes. Especially the microbiological solubilization of metals from solid minerals （termed bioleaching） to obtain metal values is a well-known technique in the mining industry. We focus here on non-mining minerai wastes to demonstrate the applicability of mining-based technologies for the treatment of metal-containing solid wastes. In the case study presented, microbial metal mobilization from particulate fly ash （originating from municipal solid waste incineration） by Acidithiobacilli resulted in cadmium, copper, and zinc mobilization of 〉80%, whereas lead, chromium, and nickel were mobilized by 2, 11 and 32%, respectively. In addition, the potential of HCN-forming bacteria （Chromobacterium violaceum, Pseudornonas fluorescens） was investigated to mobilize metals when grown in the presence of solid materials （e.g.,copper-containing ores, electronic scrap, spent automobile catalytic converters）. C. violaceum was found capable of mobilizina nickel as tetracyanonickelate from fine-grained nickel powder. Gold was microbially solubJlized as dicyanoaurate from electronic waste. Additionally, cyanide-complexed copper was detected during biological treatment of shredded printed circuit-board scraps. Water-soluble copper and platinum cyanide were also detected during the treatment of spent automobile catalytic converters.     

空中目标多波段红外辐射特性描述与仿真分析

针对空中目标在复杂背景下的探测需求,根据实际目标的运动特性,分析目标在飞行高度、飞行姿态角改变时的辐射特点,基于MODTRAN计算得到大气辐射和衰减数据,建立目标的三维模型、热辐射和反射模型,搭建空中目标的红外成像仿真系统.分析和仿真结果表明:在中波波段,目标尾焰的红外辐射比蒙皮强很多,在长波波段,蒙皮的红外辐射比较强,仿真图像的细节比较多,尾焰的红外辐射虽然有所减弱,红外成像效果依旧很好;相同探测条件下,由于位置越高大气越稀薄,探测器的可探测距离会变得比较远.目标红外辐射特性的分析和红外仿真系统的搭建对缩短红外探测器的研制周期和进一步确定探测器波段和系统分辨率等指标提供了参考依据.     

手性方酰胺催化巴比妥酸和硝基烯的不对称Michael加成反应

用手性环己二胺衍生的方酰胺催化1,3-二甲基巴比妥酸和硝基烯的不对称Michael加成反应,合成了一系列新型巴比妥衍生物,其结构经¹H NMR和¹³C NMR表征。并考察了底物结构对反应收率和立体选择性的影响。结果表明：该反应可获得较高的收率(80%~100%)和中等至良好的对映选择性(ee 43%~90%)。     

核苷酸的自缔合作用——质子化和金属离子的配位效应

众所周知,核酸—即DNA和RNA是生命遗传过程中最重要的生物大分子,核酸降解产生多个核苷酸,因此,核苷酸是组成核酸的基本结构单元。研究核苷酸的性质对了解核酸及揭开生命遗传的奥秘有重要意义。不仅如此,某些核苷酸还是许多重要生命过程如酶催化反应中不可缺少的辅助因子。核苷酸在活细胞的代谢及能量传递过程中都起着重要作用。如三磷酸腺苷(ATP),现在已知的酶反应中有六分之一需要ATP或有关嘌呤辅助因子参加,据     

Solar UV irradiation conditions on the surface of Mars

The UV radiation environment on planetary surfaces and within atmospheres is of importance in a wide range of scientific disciplines. Solar UV radiation is a driving force of chemical and organic evolution and serves also as a constraint in biological evolution. In this work we modeled the transmission of present and early solar UV radiation from 200 to 400 nm through the present-day and early (3.5 Gyr ago) Martian atmosphere for a variety of possible cases, including dust loading, observed and modeled O3 concentrations. The UV stress on microorganisms and/or molecules essential for life was estimated by using DNA damaging effects (specifically bacteriophage T7 killing and uracil dimerization) for various irradiation conditions on the present and ancient Martian surface. Our study suggests that the UV irradiance on the early Martian surface 3.5 Gyr ago may have been comparable with that of present-day Earth, and though the current Martian UV environment is still quite severe from a biological viewpoint, we show that substantial protection can still be afforded under dust and ice.     

Hot Oxygen Corona at Mars and Its Effect on Solar Wind Deceleration

Phobos 2 plasma measurements have revealed solar wind deceleration of about 100 km/s upstream of the Martian bow shock. It is suggested that the deceleration is due to the mass loading by the ions originating from the hot oxygen corona of Mars. In this study, we use a gas-dynamic model to estimate the solar wind deceleration caused by the mass loading effect and the result shows that the deceleration is only about 10-15 km/s when we invoke the well established hot oxygen corona density profiles.     

Dipion decays of heavy baryons

Compared with the charmed baryons, the bottom baryons are not very well known, either experimentally or theoretically. In this paper, we investigate the dipion strong decays of the P-wave and D-wave excited bottom baryons in the framework of the QPC model. We also extend the same analysis to the charmed baryons.     

纳米Pt/MgO催化剂的表征和催化性能

"用浸渍法制备了Pt/MgO催化剂,采用X射线衍射、X射线光电子能谱、透射电子显微镜和程序升温表面反应等技术对反应前后的催化剂进行了表征．甲烷部分氧化制备合成气的反应被用来考察催化剂的催化活性和稳定性．TEM结果显示活性组分Pt粒子的尺寸小于10 nm,而载体MgO的晶粒大小在50~200 nm．在固定床微反应器上进行．在800 ℃时,Pt/MgO催化剂表现了非常高的POM催化活性和稳定性,甲烷转化率和合成气的选择性在120 h内保持稳定．活性组分Pt以金属状态存在于载体的表面上,其存在状态和分散状态都很     

Correlations between Strong Range Spread-F and GPS L-Band Scintillations Observed in Hainan in 2004

Data from the DPS-4 digisonde and the GPS L-band ionospheric scintillation monitor are employed to study the correlations between strong range spread-F （SSF） and GPS L-band scintillations observed in the ionosphere over Hainan Island, China （19.5°N, 109.1°E geogr., dip lat. 9°N） in 2004. The SSF in the ionogram is different from the general range spread-F because it extends in frequency well beyond FoF2 and makes FoF2 difficult to be determined. The observations show that the SSF phenomenon is frequently accompanied by the occurrence of GPS L-band scintillations. The SSF and GPS L-band scintillations occur frequently in the equinoctial months （March, April, September, and October）, but rarely in the winter （January, February, November, and December） and summer （May-August）; especially, occurrence variations of the SSF and GPS L-band scintillations nearly have a same trend. The SSF and scintillations may be associated with the occurrence of topside plasma bubbles and could be explained by the eneralized Rayleigh-Taylor instability.