Protein-Mediated Suppression of Rolling Circle Amplification for Biosensing with an Aptamer-Containing DNA Primer

We report a method to detect proteins via suppression of rolling circle amplification (RCA) by using an appropriate aptamer as the linear primer (denoted as an aptaprimer) to initiate RCA. In the absence of a protein target, the aptaprimer is free to initiate RCA, which can produce long DNA products that are detected via binding of a fluorescent intercalating dye. Introduction of a target causes the primer region within the aptamer to become unavailable for binding to the circular template, inhibiting RCA. Using SYBR Gold or QuantiFluor dyes as fluorescent probes to bind to the RCA reaction product, it is possible to produce a generic protein-modulated RCA assay system that does not require fluorophore- or biotin-modified DNA species, substantially reducing complexity and cost of reagents. Based on this modulation of RCA, we demonstrate the ability to produce both solution and paper-based assays for rapid and quantitative detection of proteins including platelet derived growth factor and thrombin.     

Optimal packings of two to four equal circles on any flat torus

We find explicit formulas for the radii and locations of the circles in all the optimally dense packings of two, three or four equal circles on any flat torus, defined to be the quotient of the Euclidean plane by the lattice generated by two independent vectors. We prove the optimality of the arrangements using techniques from rigidity theory and topological graph theory.     

N型TOPCon晶硅太阳能电池光注入退火增效的研究

N型隧穿氧化层钝化接触(Tunnel Oxide Passivating Contacts,TOPCon)太阳能电池完成印刷烧结后,再经过光注入,效率有明显提升,主要表现在V_oc(开路电压)及FF(填充因子)的提升。其机理在于通过温度和光照强度调节费米能级变化,控制H总量及价态来提高钝化性能。钝化膜层的质量、硅基体掺杂浓度、光注入退火时的工艺温度等对光注入退火工艺提升效率有很大影响。实验证明转换效率越低的电池片经过光注入后效率提升幅度越大;转换效率越高的电池片缺陷会更小,经过光注入退火工艺后几乎无增益。另外同心圆在经过光注入退火工艺后会明显消除。本文主要研究温度、光强、基体电阻率、正表面金属接触面积大小、poly-Si(多晶硅)厚度对光注入退火工艺增效的影响。     

Modified classification of non-self-adjoint second-order difference equations

This paper is concerned with the classification of non-self-adjoint second-order difference equations. The relationship between the number of summable solutions of non-self-adjoint difference equations and that of the discrete linear Hamiltonian system is discussed. A classification for non-self-adjoint second-order difference equations is established, which is independent of the choice of the rotated half plane and the fixed point.     

Nucleic acid quantification using nicking–displacement,rolling circle amplification and bio-bar-code mediated triple-amplification

In the present study, an inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)-based triple-amplification system, by combination of nicking–displacement, rolling circle amplification (RCA) and bio-bar-code probes, was fabricated for the detection of DNA target. By using this system, hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA target down to 3.2 × 10⁻¹⁷ M was detected by DNA probes labeled with Au nanoparticles (AuNPs). Single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes can also be effectively discriminated. In addition, we proved that this strategy is capable of detecting the target in complicated biological samples and holds great potential application in biomedical research.     

两相流显微PIV/PTV系统的开发

开发了一个能同时测量两相流中两相速度和细颗粒尺寸分布的显微PIV/PTV系统,其硬件系统包括大功率连续激光器、显微镜、高速摄像机;软件系统由改进的球形颗粒图像识别算法、各种图像处理算法和各种先进的PIV/PTV算法组成。其中改进的圆弧识别算法能够进行更准确地进行曲线分割而能对充满噪音并相互重叠的颗粒图像给出较好的识别结果。应用该PIV系统,可以在微秒和微米数量级上捕获细颗粒/气泡图像,并能较准确地同时得到两相速度、颗粒尺寸和浓度分布。对焚香可吸入颗粒物进行了速度和尺寸的同时测量,得到了较满意的结果。     

SIMULATION OF TYPHOON’S ANOMALOUS TRACK (Ⅰ)──RANKINE VORTEX MODEL

This paper proposes a method for simualting symmetric and simulating symmetric and asymmetric typhoonby using Rankine vortex model. Considering similarity between tropical cyclone andthe Rankine vortex,the paper has qualitatively discussed the feasibility of the methods In order to decide quantitatively Rankine vortex’s parameters to simulate typhoon’s structure, the paper has dealt with TCM data.for Yancy Typhoon (9012) as initial fields.. These results are considered as a foundation for further studying typhoon motion by CD approach.