Terahertz Dual-Band Near-Zero Effective Index Metamaterial Based on Double-Sided Metal Microstructure

Journal of Russian Laser Research - The zero-refractive-index metamaterials have excellent electromagnetic properties, which provide new ideas and methods to realize the control of electromagnetic...     

基于罗丹明B的激活型α-酮戊二酸荧光探针

α-酮戊二酸(α-KA)是人体三羧酸循环的一个重要代谢中间体,异柠檬酸脱氢酶-1(IDH1)及异柠檬酸脱氢酶-2(IDH2)的突变将导致α-KA转化为2-羟基戊二酸(2HG),该过程与急性骨髓性白血病(AML)密切相关,因此检测人体内α-KA的含量变化具有重要意义。本文以罗丹明B作为荧光基团,通过将罗丹明B与水合肼反应得到能够检测α-KA的荧光增强型探针RBN,并优化了检测温度、pH及响应时间等条件。研究表明,RBN对α-KA表现出很好的选择性,不受人体内常见氨基酸、化学结构类似的羰基化合物及活性氧化物(ROS)的影响,具有潜在的应用价值。     

Ferric Phosphate Hydroxide Microstructures Affect Their Magnetic Properties

Uniformly sized and shape-controlled nanoparticles are important due to their applications in catalysis, electrochemistry, ion exchange, molecular adsorption, and electronics. Several ferric phosphate hydroxide (Fe₄(OH)₃(PO₄)₃) microstructures were successfully prepared under hydrothermal conditions. Using controlled variations in the reaction conditions, such as reaction time, temperature, and amount of hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), the crystals can be grown as almost perfect hyperbranched microcrystals at 180 °C (without CTAB) or relatively monodisperse particles at 220 °C (with CTAB). The large hyperbranched structure of Fe₄(OH)₃(PO₄)₃ with a size of ∼19 μm forms with the “fractal growth rule” and shows many branches. More importantly, the magnetic properties of these materials are directly correlated to their size and micro/nanostructure morphology. Interestingly, the blocking temperature (T_B) shows a dependence on size and shape, and a smaller size resulted in a lower T_B. These crystals are good examples that prove that physical and chemical properties of nano/microstructured materials are related to their structures, and the precise control of the morphology of such functional materials could allow for the control of their performance.     

Dredging the Charge-Carrier Transfer Pathway for Efficient Low-Dimensional Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskite Solar Cells

Low-dimensional Ruddlesden-Popper (LDRP) perovskites still suffer from inferior carrier transport properties. Here, we demonstrate that efficient exciton dissociation and charge transfer can be achieved in LDRP perovskite by introducing γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) as a spacer. The hydrogen bonding links adjacent spacing sheets in (GABA)₂MA₃Pb₄I₁₃ (MA=CH₃NH₃⁺), leading to the charges localized in the van der Waals gap, thereby constructing “charged-bridge” for charge transfer through the spacing region. Additionally, the polarized GABA weakens dielectric confinement, decreasing the (GABA)₂MA₃Pb₄I₁₃ exciton binding energy as low as ≈73 meV. Benefiting from these merits, the resultant GABA-based solar cell yields a champion power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 18.73 % with enhanced carrier transport properties. Furthermore, the unencapsulated device maintains 92.8 % of its initial PCE under continuous illumination after 1000 h and only lost 3 % of its initial PCE under 65 °C for 500 h.     

过渡金属催化合成含氮杂环化合物的研究进展

含氮杂环化合物是一类非常重要的有机杂环化合物,也是有机合成化学的研究热点之一。本文首先简要介绍了含氮杂环化合物在天然产物、合成药物和功能材料中的分布及其广泛应用;然后以不同过渡金属催化剂为线索,按照时间由远至近的顺序分别概述了Pd、Ag、Fe、Ni、Zn、Cu等六类过渡金属催化剂在合成五、六元含氮杂环化合物方面的研究进展,对反应条件、反应特征进行了概括;最后对含氮杂环化合物合成领域的过渡金属催化剂的整体发展趋势进行了归纳总结。     

Power system transient stability analysis through a homotopy analysis method

As an important function of energy management systems, online contingency analysis plays an important role in providing power system security warnings of instability. At present, N-1 contingency analysis still relies on time-consuming numerical integration to assess transient stability. To reduce computational cost, this paper proposes a transient stability analysis method based on homotopy analysis. The proposed method analyzes power system transient stability by computing bifurcation points of nonlinear differential equations. These bifurcation points constitute transient stability region boundaries. The method judges if the post-fault system can survive a disturbance by analyzing whether the initial values following fault clearance locate within the boundaries. The proposed method provides an alternative approach to assessing power system transient stability instead of traditional numerical integration. A simple case is presented to demonstrate application of the proposed method; the analysis results of the proposed method are consistent with the results of numerical integration.     

High efficiency giant magnetoresistive device based on two-dimensional MXene (Mn2NO2)

Due to the unique electronic structure of half-metals, characterized by the conductivity of majority-spin and the band gap of minority-spin, these materials have emerged as suitable alternatives for the design of efficient giant magnetoresistive (GMR) devices. Based on the first-principles calculations, an excellent GMR device has been designed by using two-dimensional (2D) half-metal Mn₂NO₂. The results show that Mn₂NO₂ has sandwiched between the Au/nMn₂NO₂ (n = 1, 2, 3)/Au heterojunction and maintains its half-metallic properties. Due to the half-metallic characteristics of Mn₂NO₂, the total current of the monolayer device can reach up to 1500 nA in the ferromagnetic state. At low voltage, the maximum GMR is observed to be 1.15 × 10³¹ %. Further, by increasing the number of layers, the ultra-high GMR at low voltage is still maintained. The developed device is a spintronic device exhibiting the highest magnetoresistive ratio reported theoretically so far. Simultaneously, a significant negative differential resistance (NDR) effect is also observed in the heterojunction. Owing to its excellent half-metallic properties and 2D structure, Mn₂NO₂ is an ideal energy-saving GMR material.     

Azo polymer microspherical cap array: soft-lithographic fabrication and photoinduced shape deformation behavior

In this work, azo polymer microspherical cap arrays possessing unique photoprocessible properties have been fabricated through a soft-lithographic contact printing approach. In the process, hexagonal polystyrene (PS) colloidal arrays, obtained by the vertical deposition method, were used as masters. Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) stamps with aligned hemisphere air voids on the surfaces were obtained by casting the precursor against the colloidal arrays. By using the stamps and a solution of an epoxy-based azo polymer (BP-AZ-CA) as "ink", the microspherical cap arrays were fabricated by pressing the "inked" surfaces against substrates. Uniform 2D arrays of the submicrometer spherical caps could be obtained on the substrates after peeling off the stamps and drying. The characteristic sizes of the arrays depended on some adjustable features, such as the diameters of PS spheres and concentrations of the "inks" used in the process. After exposure to a linearly polarized Ar+ laser single beam, the spherical caps could be stretched along the polarization direction, and the arrays were consequently transformed into ellipsoidal cap arrays. Upon irradiation of interfering p-polarized Ar+ laser beams, only the spherical caps in the bright fringes were deformed by the light irradiation, which resulted in more complicated surface relief patterns. The observation gives another well-defined example of the photoinduced mass migration in the submicrometer scale. The approach can potentially be applied to fabrication of microlens arrays with different converging rate in two directions.     

Effects of vanadium oxide coating on the performance of LiFePO4/C cathode for lithium-ion batteries

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - LiFePO4 cathode material is considered as prospective materials for lithium-ion batteries and attracted great interest because of excellent cyclic...     

A study of the thermal-induced nonlinearity of Au and Ag colloids prepared by the chemical reaction method

The nonlinear optical properties of metal Au and Ag colloidal solutions prepared by the chemical reaction method were investigated by a single beam Z-scan technique. Under CW 633 nm excitation, the Au and Ag colloidal solutions exhibited a large thermal-induced refractive index n₂. At the same time, the thermo-optic coefficients dn/dT of the Au and Ag colloidal solutions were obtained. The mechanism responsible for the process of nonlinear refraction was discussed in term of laser heating effect.