Magnetic and relaxometric properties of polyethylenimine-coated superparamagnetic MRI contrast agents

Novel systems to be employed as superparamagnetic contrast agents (CA) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been synthesized. These compounds are composed of an iron oxide magnetic core coated by polyethylenimine (PEI) or carboxylated polyethylenimine (PEI-COOH). The aim of the present work was to prepare and study new nanostructured systems (with better or at least comparable relaxivities, R₁ and R₂, with respect to the commercial ones) with controlled, almost monodisperse average dimensions and shape, as candidates for molecular targeting. By means of atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements we determined the average diameter, of the order of 200 nm, and the shape of the particles. The superparamagnetic behavior was assessed by SQUID measurements. From X-ray data the estimated average diameters of the magnetic cores were found to be 5.8 nm for PEI-COOH60 and 20 nm for the compound named PEI25. By NMR-dispersion (NMRD), we found that PEI-COOH60 presents R₁ and R₂ relaxivities slightly lower than Endorem^®. The experimental results suggest that these novel compounds can be used as MRI CA.     

Comparative analysis of the 1H NMR relaxation enhancement produced by iron oxide and core-shell iron-iron oxide nanoparticles

Physicochemical and magnetorelaxometric characterization of the colloidal suspensions consisting of Fe-based nanoparticles coated with dextran have been carried out. Iron oxide and iron core/iron oxide shell nanoparticles were obtained by laser-induced pyrolysis of Fe(CO)₅ vapours. Under different magnetic field strengths, the colloidal suspension formed by iron oxide nanoparticles showed longitudinal (R₁) and transverse (R₂) nuclear magnetic relaxation suspension (NMRD) profiles, similar to those previously reported for other commercial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents. However, colloidal suspension formed by ferromagnetic iron-core nanoparticles showed a strong increase of the R₁ values at low applied magnetic fields and a strong increase of the R₂ measured at high applied magnetic field. This behaviour was explained considering the larger magnetic aggregate size and saturation magnetization values measured for this sample, 92 nm and 31 emu/g Fe, respectively, with respect to those measured for the colloidal suspensions of iron oxide nanoparticles (61 nm and 23 emu/g Fe). This suspension can be used both as T₁ and T₂ contrast agent.     

Shape coexistence in 76Se within the neutron–proton interacting boson model

We have investigated the low-lying energy spectrum and electromagnetic transition strengths in even–even ⁷⁶Se using the proton–neutron interacting boson model (IBM-2). The theoretical calculation for the energy levels and E2 and M1 transition strengths is in good agreement with the experimental data. Specifically, the excitation energy and E2 transition of ${0}_{2}^{+}$ state, which is intimately associated with shape coexistence, can be accurately reproduced. The analysis on low-lying states and the key structure indicators R₁, R₂, R₃ and R₄ and M1 transitions indicates that there is a coexistence between spherical shape and γ-soft shape in ⁷⁶Se.     

Towards a realistic Einstein-Gauge cosmology

We present the cosmological solutions in the six-dimensional Einstein-gauge theory to which is added a matter term. The general behavior of the scale factors of the ordinary (R₃) and extra (R₂) dimensions can be depicted in four stages. Stage 1: Both R₃ and R₂ expand. Stage 2: R₂ is a constant and R₃ is an inflationary solution. Stage 3: R₂ recollapses towards its minimum value, R₃ will continue to increase monotonically. Stage 4: R₂ stabilizes at R_KK and R₃ expands in the usual FRW way, while the four-dimensional cosmological constant becomes zero.     

白光发光二级管用红色荧光粉LiSrBO3: Eu3+的制备与发光性能研究

采用高温固相法制备了LiSrBO₃:xEu³⁺ 荧光粉, 并通过XRD, 红外(FITR) 和荧光光谱(PL) 等对其表征. 结果表明, LiSrBO₃: Eu³⁺ 荧光粉可被波长为395 nm 的紫外线和466 nm 的蓝光有效激发, 且发射主波长为612 nm (Eu³⁺的电偶极跃迁⁵D₀ →⁷F₂) 的红光. 研究了Eu³⁺ 掺杂浓度对LiSrBO₃: Eu³⁺ 材料发光强度的影响, Eu³⁺ 掺杂浓度为6% 时样品的发射强度最大, 并且证实Eu³⁺ 之间的能量传递机制为电偶极子- 电偶极子相互作用. Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺ 作为电荷补偿剂的引入全部导致LiSrBO₃: Eu³⁺ 材料发射强度增强, 其中, Li⁺ 的引入要优于Na⁺ 和K⁺. 少量Al³⁺的掺杂降低了Eu³⁺ 所处格位的对称性, 增强了Eu³⁺ 的612 nm 的电偶极发射, 改善了LiSrBO₃: Eu³⁺ 红色材料的色纯度. 关键词： 白光发光二级管 光致发光 浓度猝灭 电荷补偿剂     

Etching mask optimization of InAs/GaSb superlattice mid-wavelength infared 640×512 focal plane array

In this paper we focused on the mask technology of inductively coupled plasma(ICP) etching for the mesa fabrication of infrared focal plane arrays(FPA).By using the SiO_2 mask,the mesa has higher graphics transfer accuracy and creates less micro-ripples in sidewalls.Comparing the IV characterization of detectors by using two different masks,the detector using the SiO_2 hard mask has the R_0A of 9.7×10~6 Ω·cm~2,while the detector using the photoresist mask has the R_0A of3.2 × 10~2 Ω·cm~2 in 77 K.After that we focused on the method of removing the remaining SiO_2 after mesa etching.The dry ICP etching and chemical buffer oxide etcher(BOE) based on HF and NH4 F are used in this part.Detectors using BOE only have closer R_0A to that using the combining method,but it leads to gaps on mesas because of the corrosion on AlSb layer by BOE.We finally choose the combining method and fabricated the 640×512 FPA.The FPA with cutoff wavelength of 4.8 μm has the average R_0A of 6.13 × 10~9 Ω·cm~2 and the average detectivity of 4.51 × 10~9 cm·Hz~(1/2).W~(-1)at 77 K.The FPA has good uniformity with the bad dots rate of 1.21%and the noise equivalent temperature difference(NEDT) of 22.9 mK operating at 77 K.     

The ΔNγ electromagnetic transition form factors GM(q) and GE(q)

A parameter-free, nonperturbative calculation of the ΔNγ electromagnetic transition amplitudes GM*(q2), GE*(q2), and the resonant multipole ratio REM(q2)≡E1+3/2(q2)/M1+3/2(q2) is performed in terms of the well-known nucleon isovector Sachs form factor GMV. Our methods are fully relativistic with conservation of the electromagnetic current guaranteed. We find that GM*(q2) decreases more rapidly than the nucleon dipole form factor when −q21 GeV2/c2 and that REM(q2) remains small even for very high four-momentum transfer implying that the perturbative QCD prediction REM(q2)→1 is purely asymptotic and is valid only for extremely high |q2|.     

Superconductivity at 30 K in the Nd2CuO4-type cuprate Tm1.83Ca0.17CuO4

The Nd₂CuO₄-type Ca-doped rare-earth cuprates R_1.83Ca_0.17CuO₄ (R=Gd, Dy or Tm) have been synthesized under high pressure. Only that with the small ion Tm³⁺ and thus the short Cu---O bonds (1.916 Å) was superconducting (at about 30 K). This was considered to be the first example of p-type superconductivity in the purely square-planar CuO₂ layers without apical oxygens.     

Establishing norms for age-related changes in proton T1 of human brain tissue in vivo

The goal of this study was to determine the expected normal range of variation in spin-lattice relaxation time (T₁) of brain tissue in vivo, as a function of age. A previously validated precise and accurate inversion recovery method was used to map T₁ transversely, at the level of the basal ganglia, in a study population of 115 healthy subjects (ages 4 to 72; 57 male and 58 female). Least-squares regression analysis shows that T₁ varied as a function of age in pulvinar nucleus (R² = 56%), anterior thalamus (R² = 51%), caudate (R² = 50%), frontal white matter (R² = 47%), optic radiation (R² = 39%), putamen (R² = 36%), genu (R² = 22%), occipital white matter (R² = 20%) (all p < 0.0001), and cortical gray matter (R² = 53%) (p < 0.001). There were no significant differences in T₁ between men and women. T₁ declines throughout adolescence and early adulthood, to achieve a minimum value in the fourth to sixth decade of life, then T₁ begins to increase. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging provides evidence that brain tissue continues to change throughout the lifespan among healthy subjects with no neurologic deficits. Age-related changes follow a strikingly different schedule in different brain tissues; white matter tracts tend to reach a minimum T₁ value, and to increase again, sooner than do gray matter tracts. Such normative data may prove useful for the early detection of brain pathology in patients.     

Cu1-xHxZr2(PO4)3中Cu2+的EPR谱和局域结构研究

本文采用Cu²⁺斜方对称电子顺磁共振（EPR）参量的高阶微扰公式计算了晶体Cu_1-xH_xZr₂（PO₄）₃中Cu²⁺的EPR参量（g因子和超精细结构常数A因子）．计算结果表明,晶体Cu_1-xH_xZr₂（PO₄）₃中[CuO₆]^10-基团的Cu-O键长分别为R_||≈0.241 nm,R_⊥≈0.215 nm,平面键角τ≈80.1°;由于对称性降低,中心金属离子基态²A_1g（θ）和²A_1g（ε）有一定程度混合,混合系数α≈0.995．所得EPR谱图的理论计算值与实验数据符合得很好．     

应用分子子图指数估计与预测烷烃核磁共振碳谱位移和

系统地研究了核磁共振碳谱(¹³C NMR)与化学位移规律及其定量构谱关系(QSSR).本文研究了一组多元素分子子图指数矢量(VMSG),并发现它与烷烃化学位移和(CCSA)有很好线性相关性.采用多元线性回归(MVLR)进行准确估计与预测,结果良好.     

{Cu3}单分子磁体在磁场中的热纠缠

本文研究单分子磁体Na₉[Cu₃Na₃(H₂O)₉ (α-AsW₉O₃₃)₂]·26H₂O中三角自旋 环在磁场作用下的热纠缠性质, 利用数值计算求出任意两个Cu²⁺离子量子比特之间的配对纠缠度, 分别记为C₁₂, C₂₃和C₁₃. 研究结果表明, 磁场的方向和大小以及温度对配对纠缠度具有重要影响, 而且参数的变化对C₁₂, C₂₃和C₁₃的影响也是各不相同. 给出外加三个不同方向的磁场时, 配对纠缠度C₁₂, C₂₃和C₁₃各自对应的临界温度T_c随磁场强度的变化图, 由此可以得到单分子磁体三角自旋环中存在纠缠态的参数范围. 通过选择适当的磁场方向和大小以及温度等实验参数, 可以有效地调节和提高单分子磁体中的配对纠缠度. 关键词： 配对纠缠 单分子磁体 三角自旋环     

环二硅氨烷的29Si和13C NMR研究

本文报道了十种环二硅氨烷衍生物(R₁=Me、ф;R₂=Me、ф1 R₃=Me;X=Me、ф、OH、OSiMe₃、H和cl)及与此有关的九种聚合物m+n(m=2,3,4,7,10)的²⁹Si和¹³C化学位移,讨论了取代基X、R₁、R₂及硅氧链节数m对化学位移的影响。通过考察化学位移随R₁、R₂的变化,推断环二硅氨烷中N与其周围的三个Si之间存在(p→d)π相互作用。     

The thermodynamics of purely elastic scattering theories and conformal perturbation theory

We discuss the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz, and explain how it allows one to reduce the infinite-volume thermodynamics of a (1 + 1)-dimensional purely elastic scattering theory to the solution of a set of integral equations for the one-particle excitation energies. The free energy at zero chemical potential(s) and temperature T is related to the ground state energy E₀(R) of the theory on a cylinder of circumference R = 1/T. E₀(R) determines properties of the CFT describing the UV limit of the given massive theory. These include the central charge (which we investigated in earlier work), the scaling dimension d of the conformal field whose perturbation leads to the massive theory, the coefficients in the conformal perturbation theory (CPT) expansion of E₀(R) in powers of R^2−d, and the bulk term in the CPT calculation of the ground-state energy. We determine the bulk term analytically, and obtain numerically the first six coefficients in the expansion of E₀(R) for many purely elastic scattering theories, including the scaling limit of the T = T_c Ising model in a magnetic field. The perfect agreement with (more limited) direct CPT results provides further strong support for the identification of these theories as specific perturbed CFTs. We suggest that the singularities of E₀(R), the first of which is responsible for the finite radius of convergence of CPT, are square-root branch points and related to the zeros of the partition function of the corresponding lattice model.     

应用分子子图指数估计与预测烷烃核磁共振碳谱位移和

系统地研究了核磁共振碳谱(¹³C NMR)与化学位移规律及其定量构谱关系(QSSR).本文研究了一组多元素分子子图指数矢量(VMSG),并发现它与烷烃化学位移和(CCSA)有很好线性相关性.采用多元线性回归(MVLR)进行准确估计与预测,结果良好.     

SeN_2自由基解析势能函数的耦合簇理论研究

利用单双迭代耦合簇理论CCSD结合相关一致四重基组cc-pVQZ对SeN2基态的平衡结构和谐振频率进行了优化计算.计算结果表明:基态SeN2自由基分子稳定态为C2v构型,基态电子组态为X1A1,平衡核间距RSe-N=0.1691 nm,RN-N=0.1970 nm,αN-Se-N=71.289?,离解能De=4.78 eV.基态简正振动频率分别为:ν1=326.9288 cm-1,ν2=808.0161 cm-1以及ν3=948.3430 cm-1.对SeN基态和N2基态采用上述相同方法进行几何构型与谐振频率的计算并进行单点能扫描,使用Murrell-Sorbie函数进行最小二乘拟合得到其势能函数和光谱常数,通过和其他理论值以及实验值做比较,显示本文的计算工作达到了很高的精度.应用多体项展式理论导出了基态SeN2的全空间解析势能函数,其势能函数等值势能图准确再现了SeN2分子的结构特征和能量变化.     

Quenching of spin fluctuations by high magnetic fields

The quenching of spin fluctuations by magnetic fields has been observed in heat capacity and electrical resistivity measurements at low temperatures for a series of highly exchange enhanced magnetic materials. These include: the weak itinerant electron ferromagnets Sc₃In, Zr_1−xHf_xZn₂ (0 x 0.2) and Ni₃Al; the strong Pauli paramagnets RCo₂ (R = Sc, Y and Lu), TiBe₂ and Pd_1−xNi_x (0 x 0.01); and the heavy fermion systems CeSn₃, CeSi_x (x ≈ 1.85) an d UAl₂. The reported quenching of spin fluctuations in scandium and palladium by magnetic fields is reviewed, and it appears that the initial observations and conclusions are incorrect, and that fields greater than 10 and 40 T, respectively, will be necessary to quench spin fluctuations in these metals. The behaviors of these spin fluctuators have been grouped into six classes.     

CdSe:Nd纳米晶及CdSe:Nd@SiO2核壳结构的合成及发光性能

利用有机相法合成Nd³⁺掺杂CdSe纳米晶（CdSe∶Nd）,通过X射线粉末衍射（XRD）、透射电镜（TEM）、紫外吸收光光谱及荧光光谱表征,证明Nd³⁺已经成功掺入到CdSe的晶格中。与纯CdSe纳米晶相比,CdSe∶Nd纳米晶的结构仍为立方晶型,且形貌近似球形,均匀分散,粒径约为2~4 nm。紫外吸收峰和荧光发射峰都发生红移,而且掺杂后的CdSe∶Nd纳米晶量子产率也提高,这可能是由于掺杂Nd³⁺引入了新的杂质能级,带隙减小。为了实现CdSe∶Nd纳米晶的可加工性和功能性,通过微乳法合成SiO₂壳包覆的CdSe∶Nd纳米球（CdSe∶Nd@SiO₂纳米球）,CdSe∶Nd@SiO₂纳米球呈均匀球形,直径约为100~115 nm,并且包壳后的CdSe∶Nd@SiO₂纳米球发射峰（581 nm）与CdSe∶Nd纳米晶（598 nm）相比,发光强度提高且发射峰蓝移,蓝移约为17 nm,可能是因为SiO₂壳可以减少纳米晶表面的非辐射跃迁以及改善表面缺陷导致的。     

榄香烯及其衍生物的计算化学研究I β-榄香烯13C NMR化学位移的理论计算

报道了抗癌新药β-榄香烯的¹³C NMR化学位移的量子化学计算.在分子力学MMX和量子化学RHF/6-31G^*或B3LYP/6-31G^*优化结构的基础上进行了两种规范变换方法GIAO和CSGT的Hartree-Fock和B3LYP (6-31G^*基组)的化学位移计算.并对计算结果进行了误差分析和线性相关分析.所有的这些结果中,采用GIAO规范变换方法都好于CSGT,而以GIAO-B3LYP/6-31G^*//B3LYP/6-31G^*计算的结果最好,RMS为4.3ppm,相关系数R²为0.998,SD为2.42 ppm.而GIAO-B3LYP/6-31G^*//MMX是一种能兼顾计算时间和计算精度的方法,其RMS、R²和SD分别为4.9、0.996和3.0 4 ppm.     

榄香烯及其衍生物的计算化学研究I β-榄香烯13C NMR化学位移的理论计算

报道了抗癌新药β-榄香烯的¹³C NMR化学位移的量子化学计算.在分子力学MMX和量子化学RHF/6-31G^*或B3LYP/6-31G^*优化结构的基础上进行了两种规范变换方法GIAO和CSGT的Hartree-Fock和B3LYP (6-31G^*基组)的化学位移计算.并对计算结果进行了误差分析和线性相关分析.所有的这些结果中,采用GIAO规范变换方法都好于CSGT,而以GIAO-B3LYP/6-31G^*//B3LYP/6-31G^*计算的结果最好,RMS为4.3ppm,相关系数R²为0.998,SD为2.42 ppm.而GIAO-B3LYP/6-31G^*//MMX是一种能兼顾计算时间和计算精度的方法,其RMS、R²和SD分别为4.9、0.996和3.0 4 ppm.