Biosorption of americium-241 by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The biosorption of radionuclide ²⁴¹Am from solution by Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S. cerevisiae), and the effects of experimental conditions on the adsorption were investigated. The preliminary results showed thatS. cerevisiae is a very efficient biosorbent. An average of more than 99% of the total ²⁴¹Am could be removed by S. cerevisiae of 2.1 g/l (dry weight) from ²⁴¹Am solutions of 17.54–4386.0 mg/l (2.22 MBq/l–555 MBq/l) with adsorption capacities of 7.45–1880.0 mg/g biomass (dry weight) (0.94 MBq/g–237.9 MBq/g). The adsorption equilibrium was achieved within 1 hour and the optimum pH ranged 1–3. No significant differences on ²⁴¹Am adsorption were observed at 10–45 °C, or in solutions containing Au³⁺ or Ag⁺, even 2000 times above ²⁴¹Am concentration. The relationship between concentrations and adsorption capacities of ²⁴¹Am indicated the biosorption process should be described by the Freundlich adsorption isotherm.     

Synthesis of lipid A derivatives and their interactions with polymyxin B and polymyxin B nonapeptide

Lipid A is the causative agent of Gram-negative sepsis, a leading cause of mortality among hospitalized patients. Compounds that bind lipid A can limit its detrimental effects. Polymyxin B, a cationic peptide antibiotic, is one of the simplest molecules capable of selectively binding lipid A and may serve as a model for further development of lipid A binding agents. However, association of polymyxin B with lipid A is not fully understood, primarily due to the low solubility of lipid A in water and inhomogeneity of lipid A preparations. To better understand lipid A-polymyxin B interaction, pure lipid A derivatives were prepared with incrementally varied lipid chain lengths. These compounds proved to be more soluble in water than lipid A, with higher aggregation concentrations. Isothermal titration calorimetric studies of these lipid A derivatives with polymyxin B and polymyxin B nonapeptide indicate that binding stoichiometries (peptide to lipid A derivative) are less than 1 and that affinities of these binding partners correlate with the aggregation states of the lipid A derivatives. These studies also suggest that cooperative ionic interactions dominate association of polymyxin B and polymyxin B nonapeptide with lipid A.     

Ni的掺入对复合氧化物LaFeO3的结构及性质的影响

合成子Ｎｉ替代铁酸稀土复合氧化物ＬａＦ３１－ｘＮｉｘＯ３（ｘ＝０．１－０．６），对样品进行了ＸＲＤ、ＩＲ及Ｍｏｓｓｂａｕｅｒ谱测试，结果表明：ｘ＝０＼１，０＼２，０＼３的样品为正交相，ｘ＝０．５，０．６的样品为菱方相；伴随相结构从正交向菱方结构的转变，ＩＲ谱上Ｆｅ（Ｎｉ）－Ｏ键伸振动谱带向高频移动近２０ｃｍ＾－１，Ｍｏｓｓｂａｕｅｒ谱测试表明Ｆｅ均处于＋３自旋态，Ｎｉ离子以＋３价进入晶格。     

Racemization of chiral amino alcohols III: Effect of Mg or Ca addition on the activity and stability of the Co/γ-Al2O3 catalyst

The racemization of R-(-)-2-amino-1-butanol in a reaction using Co/γ-Al₂O₃ catalysts and catalysts modified by Mg or Ca was investigated in this paper. Complete racemization was achieved with a yield of over 83% at using the Mg modified Co/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst under optimized reaction conditions of 170°C and 2.5 MPa of H₂. The catalysts were thoroughly characterized by XRD, XPS, TPR, SEM and TEM. The addition of Mg and Ca may be advantageous for dispersing and stabilizing the active species of the Co/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst, protecting from sintering, significantly improving its catalytic activity and stability.     

Relationship between Structure and SHG Effect of Substituted Thienyl Chalcone

1INTRODUCTIONRecentlyorganicnonlinearoptical(NLO)materialsarebeingdevelopedforfre-quencyconversionoflaserinopto-electrics-Especiallybluelightisrequiredforopti-calmemoryofhighdensityrecording.Becauseadiodelaserisusedasalightsource,thenonlinearmaterialswhichhaveextremelyhighvalueofNLOcoefficientsandthetransmissionofblueregionarenecessary.Sincethesecond-orderNLOpropertyoforganiccompoundisderivedfromconjugateddelocalizedrrelectrons,thecompoundswhichhavebeenreportedhavefocusedonthenitroanil…     

能动抛光磨盘的变形实验研究

 能动抛光磨盘实时产生不同的表面变形，在对大口径非球面光学元件进行精磨和抛光时实现与工件表面良好的大尺寸吻合，可以消除传统光学加工采用小尺寸磨头时带来的高频残余误差并提高加工效率。以加工直径1.3m左右，F/2的抛物面光学元件为例，对能动磨盘在不同离轴度时能够产生的变形进行了计算和实验。结果表明，能动磨盘能够以较高精度产生旋转对称或非对称的抛物面形状。对能动磨盘产生变形后的残余误差进行了分析。     

Dynamic Properties of Two-Dimensional Polydisperse Granular Gases

We propose a two-dimensional model of polydisperse granular mixtures with a power-law size distribution in the presence of stochastic driving. A fractal dimension D is introduced as a measurement of the inhomogeneity of the size distribution of particles. We define the global and partial granular temperatures of the multi-component mixture. By direct simulation Monte Carlo, we investigate how the inhomogeneity of the size distribution influences the dynamic properties of the mixture, focusing on the granular temperature, dissipated energy, velocity distribution, spatial clusterization, and collision time. We get the following results: a single granular temperature does not characterize a multi-component mixture and each species attains its own "granular temperature"; The velocity deviation from Gaussian distribution becomes more and more pronounced and the partial density of the assembly is more inhomogeneous with the increasing value of the fractal dimension D; The global granular temperature decreases and average dissipated energy per particle increases as the value of D augments.     

汽车车轮流场的数值模拟

首先以独立车轮为研究对象,以商用计算流体力学软件STAR—CD为工具,利用移动边界条件,并依据k-ε双方程高雷诺数湍流模型对三维定常不可压缩流N-S方程进行数值模拟计算．然后在合适尺寸的计算域下对3种不同宽度的静止和滚动车轮分别进行数值模拟计算,研究车轮宽度和来流速度对阻力系数的影响,将计算结果与实验结果进行了对比分析．计算结果表明,车轮宽度的减小以及来流速度的减小均明显降低汽车的气动阻力系数．     

The Effects of Charged Amino Acid Side-Chain Length on Diagonal Cross-Strand Interactions between Carboxylate- and Ammonium-Containing Residues in a β-Hairpin

The β-sheet is one of the common protein secondary structures, and the aberrant aggregation of β-sheets is implicated in various neurodegenerative diseases. Cross-strand interactions are an important determinant of β-sheet stability. Accordingly, both diagonal and lateral cross-strand interactions have been studied. Surprisingly, diagonal cross-strand ion-pairing interactions have yet to be investigated. Herein, we present a systematic study on the effects of charged amino acid side-chain length on a diagonal ion-pairing interaction between carboxylate- and ammonium-containing residues in a β-hairpin. To this end, 2D-NMR was used to investigate the conformation of the peptides. The fraction folded population and the folding free energy were derived from the chemical shift data. The fraction folded population for these peptides with potential diagonal ion pairs was mostly lower compared to the corresponding peptide with a potential lateral ion pair. The diagonal ion-pairing interaction energy was derived using double mutant cycle analysis. The Asp2-Dab9 (Asp: one methylene; Dab: two methylenes) interaction was the most stabilizing (−0.79 ± 0.14 kcal/mol), most likely representing an optimal balance between the entropic penalty to enable the ion-pairing interaction and the number of side-chain conformations that can accommodate the interaction. These results should be useful for designing β-sheet containing molecular entities for various applications.     

二类广义Vandermonde行列式的计算

给出了二类广义Vandermonde行列式计算的显式表示式.