Typical Microstructures of Chinese Medicines with X-Ray Microscopy in Phase Contrast

Due to the low absorption contrast of plant tissues, traditional x-ray radiography has not been included in the microscopic techniques used in the identification of traditional Chinese medicines （TCMs）. With the development of x-ray phase contrast imaging （XPCI） in recent years, weakly absorbing materials could also be imaged by x- rays. Here we investigate microstructures of TCMs utilizing XPCI based on a nano-focus x-ray tube. The results demonstrated that XPCI is capable of revealing the microstructures of TCMs used as judging criteria in the identification of TCMs. The major advantages of the new method are nondestructivity, no special demand for sample preparation and suitability for thick samples.     

SDS/n－C5H11OH/n－C7H16/H2O体系中W/O－BI微乳液界面电性质

In the system of SDS/n-C5H11OH/n-C7H16/H2O with the weight ratio of SDS/n-C5H11OH/H2O system at5.0/47.5/47.5, the upper phase of the system was W/O microemulsion, and the lower phase was the bicontinuous microemulsion. When the n-heptane content was less than 1%, with the increase of the n-heptane content, the capacitance (Co, Cod) in the upper phase (W/O) dropped, the capacitance (CB1, CBld) in the lower phase (BI) raised. At the same time, the W/O-BI inteffacial potential (ΔE), capacitance (Ci), and charge-transfer current (ict) decreased.After the n-heptane content reached 1%, with the increase of the n-heptane content, ΔE, Ci and ict demonstrated no significant change.     

微聚焦管硬x射线位相衬度成像

利用微聚焦管硬x射线光源进行同轴位相衬度成像实验，所用的光源聚焦尺寸最小可达0.5μm.根据微聚焦硬x射线管的光学传递函数，对光源尺寸、相干长度等因素对成像分辨率的影响进行了分析.对新鲜的未经任何处理的生物样品进行了位相衬度成像，分辨率在10μm左右，并和吸收衬度成像进行了对比.实验结果表明利用微聚焦管作为硬x射线光源，多色硬x射线位相衬度成像可以得到比吸收衬度成像高得多的分辨率. 关键词： 位相衬度成像 微聚焦管x射线源 吸收衬度成像 光学传递函数     

W/O与O/W，W/O与双连续结构微乳液的界面电性质

无探针伏安法和电容法测定结果表明，在质量比H_2O/n-C_5H_(11)OH = 50/50条件下，SDS总含量<3%时，上相呈W/O结构，下相呈O/W结构，随着体系SDS 总含量的增大，界面上SDS量增加，界面电势ΔE、界面电容C、界面电荷传递电流 i_p均增加，而界面电阻率ρ_i则减小；当体系 SDS总含量≥3%时，上相呈W/O结构 ，下相呈双边续结构，各界面电性质变化幅度均变缓。