Effects of Ionic Liquids on Fluorescence Characteristics of 17α- and 17β-estradiol

Herein, we report the effects of six different room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) on fluorescence spectra of 17α-estradiol (EE1) and 17β-estradiol (E2). The selected RTILs belonged to the compound classes of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([C_nMIM]BF₄) and 1-alkyl-3-methyl imidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([C_nMIM]PF₆). RTILs had a gradual quenching effect on fluorescence intensity (FI) of EE1 and E2, and the quenching process followed the well-known Stern-Volmer theory. The quenching mechanism of EE1 and E2 by RTILs was demonstrated to be dynamic quenching. Additionally, the overall quenching efficiency by [C_nMIM]BF₄ was higher than [C_nMIM]PF₆. The increased carbon chain length of RTILs did not lead to obvious differences in FI for EE1 and E2. The quenching efficiency showed irregular trend at three different temperatures (25, 35 and 45 °C). RTILs such as [C₄MIM]PF₆ had the different fluorescent effects on organic chemicals with different fluorophores. The enhancing effects of [C₄MIM]PF₆ were observed on strong fluorescence chemicals (dansyl chloride, rhrodamine B, 1,10-phenanthroline, norfloxacin), while quenching effect on weak fluorescence chemicals (EE1 and E2). In theory, these results provide a theoretical foundation for deep insight into their interaction mechanism between RTILs and estradiol.     

Effects of Temperature and Pressure on a Novel 1,3,4-Oxadiazole Derivative

The electrical resistivity variation of 1,4-bis[(4-methylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazolyl]phenylene (OXD-1) microcrystal is studied under variable pressure and temperature conditions by a quasi four-probe method in a diamond anvil cell. The sample resistivity is calculated with a finite element analysis method. The temperature and pressure dependencies of resistivity of OXD-1 microcrystal are measured up to 150℃ and 15 GPa. The resistivity decrease with temperature increasing indicates that OXD-1 exhibits an organic-semiconductor transport property in the experimental pressure region. With pressure increasing, the resistivity of OXD-1 increases firstly and reaches the maximum at about 6.2 GPa, and then begins to decrease as the pressure increases continuously. In situ x-ray diffraction data under pressure provide obvious prove that the anomaly of resistivity variation at 6.2 GPa is caused by the pressure-induced amorphism of OXD-1.     

UV–Vis Spectrophotometric Determination of Mercury Based on Room Temperature Ionic Liquids Enhanced Hollow-Fiber Liquid-Phase Microextraction

A novel method based on the enhancement effect of room temperature ionic liquids for hollow-fiber liquid-phase microextraction trace amounts of mercury combined with UV–Vis spectrophotometry for the determination of Hg was developed. The addition of room temperature ionic liquids led to 6.0 times improvement in the determination of mercury. Under optimized conditions, an enrichment factor of 120 could be obtained, and the detection limit for Hg was 0.2 ng mL^?1. The relative standard deviations for five replicate determinations of 20 ng mL^?1 Hg(II) was 5.4%. The proposed method was successfully applied to certified reference materials and environmental water samples with satisfactory results for the determination of Hg.     

Effects of Dislocation on High Temperature Transport Characteristics of Unintentionally Doped GaN

High temperature transport characteristics of unintentionally doped GaN have been investigated by means of high temperature Hall measurements from room temperature to 500^o C. The increment of electron concentration from room temperature to 500^o C is found to vary largely for different samples. The dispersion of temperature dependence of electron concentration is found to be directly proportional to the density of dislocations in GaN layers calculated by fitting the FWHM of the rocking curves in x-ray diffraction measurements （XRD）. The buildup levels in persistent photoconductivity （PPC） are also shown to be directly proportionM to the density of dislocations. The correlation of XRD, Hall and PPC results indicate that the high temperature dependence of electron density in unintentional doped GaN is directly dislocation related.     

Effects of Ambient Pressure on Bubble Characteristics

The effects of the ambient pressure Pambient on the bubble characteristics of pulsed discharge in water are investigated.The simulation results show that,when Pambient increases from 1 atm to 100 atm,the bubble radius R decreases from 4cm to 7mm,and its pulsation period decreases from 8ms to 0.2ms.The results also show that the peak pressure of the first shock wave is independent of Pambient,but the peak pressure of the second shock wave caused by the bubble re-expansion decreases when Pambient increases.On the other hand,the larger the ambient pressure,the larger the peak pressure of the plasma in the bubble,while the plasma temperature is independent of Pambient.     

Effects of Substrate Temperature on Helium Content and Microstructure of Nanocrystalline Titanium Films

Helium-charged nanocrystalline titanium films have been deposited by HeAr magnetron co-sputtering. The effects of substrate temperature on the helium content and microstructure of the nanocrystalline titanium films have been studied. The results indicate that helium atoms with a high concentration are evenly incorporated in the deposited titanium films. When the substrate temperature increases from 60℃ to 350℃ while the other deposition＇parameters are fixed, the helium content decreases gradually from 38.6 at.% to 9.2at.%, which proves that nanocrystalline Ti films have a great helium storage capacity. The 20 angle of the Bragg peak of （002） crystal planes of the He-charged Ti film shifts to a lower angle and that of （100） crystal plane is unchanged as compared with that of the pure Ti film, which indicates that the lattice parameter c increases and a keeps at the primitive value. The grain refining and helium damage result in the diffraction peak broadening.     

Effects of Ion Temperature and Inertia on Kinetic Alfvén Waves

Kinetic Alfvén wave (KAW) has been an interesting topic for discussion extensively in the fields of labora-tory, space, and astrophysical plasmas. A general dispersion equation is derived from the exact two-fluid model in thisambient magnetic field. For the short wavelength cases of kλi >> 1, where λi = vA/ωci and ωci are the ion inertial lengthand gyrofrequency, respectively, our dispersion relations are appropriate for discussing effects of the ion temperatureand inertia on KAWs. The present results show that both the ion temperature and inertia can affect considerably thebehaviors of KAWs in propagation, resonance, and polarization. In particular, our results may be a great help to un-derstanding some salient features of the low-frequency (in comparison with the ion gyrofrequency ωci) electromagneticfluctuations frequently observed by the FREJA and FAST satellites in the auroral zone of the Earth's ionosphere andmagnetosphere.     

The Effect of Active Region Heating on Dynamic and Power Characteristics of Quantum Cascade Lasers Emitting at a Wavelength of 4.8 µm at Room Temperature

Optics and Spectroscopy - Results of studying stripe quantum cascade lasers emitting at room temperature in the spectral range of 4.8 µm are presented. Power characteristics and turn-on...     

Effects of γ-ray radiation grafting on aramid fibers and its composites

Armos fiber was modified by Co⁶⁰ γ-ray radiation in the different concentrations’ mixtures of phenol-formaldehyde and ethanol. Interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) was examined to characterize the effects of the treatment upon the interfacial bonding properties of Armos fibers/epoxy resin composites. The results showed that the ILSS of the composite, whose fibers were treated by 500 kGy radiation in 1.5 wt% PF, was improved by 25.4%. Nanoindentation technique analysis showed that the nanohardnesses of the various phases (the fiber, the interface and the matrix) in the composite, whose fibers were treated, were correspondingly higher than those in the composite, whose fibers were untreated. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrum confirmed the increase in the polar groups at the fibers’ surface. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) results revealed that the surface of the fibers treated was rougher than that of the fibers untreated. The wettability of the fibers’ surface was also enhanced by the treatment. The conclusion that γ-ray irradiation grafting significantly improved the surface properties of Armos fibers could be drawn.     

Anomalous Transport Characteristics of High Temperature Superconductors and Josephson Currents

The transport characteristics of high temperature superconductor current and Josephson current is investigated in the framework of the modified time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model and the Lawrence-Doniach model.We evaluated the vortex equation and found that the signs of the high temperature superconductor current and the Josephson current can reverse.Some explicit expressions for different cases are derived.which accord with experimental data.     

Effects of the Safety Factor on Ion Temperature Gradient Modes

In the previous models for the ion temperature(ITG)driven instability,the safety factor (r) is introduced into the model through the wavenumber or relative derivative,such sa kθ=lq(r)/r and △1=ik1=(Rq)^-1э/эθ.since the safety factor     

Three-body Force Effects on Critical Temperature of Hot Nuclear Matter

The finite temperature Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approach (FTBHF) has been extended by introducing a microscopic three-body force. The three-body force is constructed from the meson-exchange current method[1]. Within the extended FTBHF framework, the equation of state (EOS) of hot symmetric nuclear matter has been investigated and the critical temperature of the liquid-gas transition has been calculated. The obtained EOS     

Effects of Substrate Temperature and Nitrogen Pressure on Growth of AIN Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Highly oriented aluminium nitride （AIN） films are grown on p-Si （100） substrates by pulsed laser deposition, and their characteristics of structure and composition are studied by x-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The results show that the deposited films exhibit good crystalline properties with a sharp x-ray diffraction peak at 2θ= 33.15 ° corresponding to AIN h （100） crystalline orientation. The influences of substrate temperature and ambient nitrogen （N2） pressure on the crystallinity of A1N films are remarkable. At room temperature, when the ambient N2 pressure arises from 5 × 10^-6 Pa to 5 Pa, the crystallinity of the film becomes better. When the substrate temperature is 600℃, the film has the best crystallinity at 0.05 Pa. Furthermore, the effects of substrate temperature and ambient N2 pressure on the combination of A1-N bonds and surface morphology of AIN films are also studied.     

Interactive Effects of Pressure,Temperature and Time on the Molecular Structure of Ovalbumin,Lysozyme and β-Lactoglobulin

The structure of three food proteins, ovalbumin, lysozyme and g -lactoglobulin were investigated when subjected to pressure, temperature and holding time. Structural effects were determined by the examination of circular dichroism spectra. Experiments were performed using pressures of up to 105 MPa, temperatures up to 79 °C and holding times of 30 minutes using experimental design methodology and compared with ultra high pressures (600 MPa). Examination of the spectra showed that the structure of the three proteins behaved differently to the processing conditions. g -lactoglobulin was found to be the least stable protein while lysozyme was the most stable protein. The higher pressure of 105 MPa was not sufficient to cause structural change when used at ambient conditions but when used in conjunction with raised temperatures and holding time, the applied energy was found to be sufficient to disrupt the protein structure.     

Effects of He－Ne laser irradiation on acupuncture points on Enzymic activity of SDH，3β－HSDH and 17β－HSDH of uteri and ovaria in rabbits

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Fibrinogen-β-Estradiol Binding Studied by Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Denaturation and pH Effects

Fibrinogen is a blood plasma protein that plays a crucial role in hemostasis. It is known that erythrocyte aggregation increases in the presence of fibrinogen, and that β-estradiol decreases erythrocyte aggregation with a constant fibrinogen concentration. In this work, we have used intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence to obtain information on the conformational changes of fibrinogen upon the recently proposed interaction with β-estradiol. To evaluate the effect on the conformational changes during fibrinogen-β-estradiol binding, fluorescence experiments were performed using guanidine hydrochloride (0–6 M) as denaturant, at different pH values. The results obtained for pH 6.5 and 8.0 showed no effect during the binding. The main differences were observed between pH 4.2 and 7.4, in the absence and in the presence of two different denaturant concentrations (1 and 5 M). A red shift of the fluorescence emission from 344 to 354 nm is observed when denaturant concentration is above 3 M for all studied pH values. This phenomenon may be explained by the loss of compact structure of the protein in the presence of denaturant, with tryptophan residues exposure to the aqueous environment and alteration of fibrinogen-β-estradiol binding. These results demonstrate that the binding sites of fibrinogen are strongly dependent on the conformational state of the protein.     

Experimental Investigation on Temperature Characteristic and Temperature Control of Fiber Bragg Gratings

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Simultaneous Measurement of Concentration and Temperature in Methane–Hydrogen Flames by Laser-Induced Fluorescence

Journal of Russian Laser Research - We analyze the structure of methane–air and methane–hydrogen–air flames stabilized over the porous plate burner, using the method of...