A simple,rapid, and accurate fluorometric analysis of epinephrine in local anesthetic solutions

A method is presented for the fluorometric analysis of epinephrine contained in local anesthetic solutions. The method is simple, rapid, and accurate, and does not require separation techniques.     

Near-Infrared-Absorbing Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Photothermal Therapy

Photothermal therapy, an excellent therapeutic approach, has received much attention in recent years. Herein, a novel diketopyrrolopyrrole polymer (DPP-BDP) is prepared, which shows intense near-infrared (NIR) optical absorption and admirable photothermal conversion efficacy. Impressively, after assembly into nanoparticles (DB-FA), the as-prepared conjugated polymer demonstrates a uniformly distributed size around 200 nm with remarkable NIR absorption at 808 nm. Additionally, it displays high biocompatibility and photostability. More interestingly, the obtained DB-FA NPs are uptaken by cancer cells and present excellent anticancer in vitro and in vivo under 0.8 W cm⁻² or 1 W cm⁻² NIR laser irradiation, respectively. Hence, this work is expected to pave the way for using conjugated-polymer nanoparticles as a powerful photothermal agents for anticancer applications.     

Light-Induced Photorefractive Waveguides in Iron-Doped Lithium Niobate Crystals

Waveguides were fabricated in lithium niobate crystals solely by light irradiation using binary optical masks and SLM-prepared optical masks. Arrayed-waveguides were also obtained by once or twice irradiations of an interferogram of two plane waves.     

Thermodynamic properties and structure of water films in flotation processes

The thermodynamic properties of water layers on barite and marble samples covered with various amounts of tetradecylammonium chloride (TDAHCl) after flotation processes were investigated by thermal analysis. The relation between the activation energy, the enthalpy and the entropy of the bonded water and the amount of TDAHCl previously deposited on the bare mineral surfaces was determined. An interpretation of the changes in these parameters, the water structure and the flotability is described.

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Zusammenfassung Mittels Thermoanalyse wurden nach Schwimmaufbereitungsverfahren die thermodynamischen Eigenschaften der Wasserschichten über Baryt- und Marmorproben mit verschiedenem Gehalt an Tetradecylammoniumchlorid (TDACl) untersucht. Es wurde die Beziehung zwischen der Aktivierungsenergie, der Enthalpie und der Entropie des gebundenen Wassers und der Menge an zuvor an der Oberfläche des bloßen Minerals festgesetzen TDACl festgestellt. Die Veränderlichkeit dieser Parameter sowie die bindung des Wassers und di Flotierbarkeit werden interpretiert.

     

Characterization of intramolecular hydrogen bonds by atomic charges and charge fluxes

The electronic charge redistribution and the infrared intensities of the two types of intramolecular hydrogen bonds, O-H···O and O-H···π, of o-hydroxy- and o-ethynylphenol, respectively, together with a set of related intermolecular hydrogen bond complexes are described in terms of atomic charges and charge fluxes derived from atomic polar tensors calculated at the B3LYP/cc-pVTZ level of theory. The polarizable continuum model shows that both the atomic charges and charge fluxes are strongly dependent on solvent. It is shown that their values for the OH bond in an intramolecular hydrogen bond are not much different from those for the "free" OH bond, but the changes are toward the values found for an intermolecular hydrogen bond. The intermolecular hydrogen bond is characterized not only by the decreased atomic charge but also by the enlarged charge flux term of the same sign producing thus an enormous increase in IR intensity. The overall behavior of the charges and fluxes of the hydrogen atom in OH and ≡CH bonds agree well with the observed spectroscopic characteristics of inter- and intramolecular hydrogen bonding. The main reason for the differences between the two types of the hydrogen bond lies in the molecular structure because favorable linear proton donor-acceptor arrangement is not possible to achieve within a small molecule. The calculated intensities (in vacuo and in polarizable continuum) are only in qualitative agreement with the measured data.     

LiNbO3:Fe晶体中光写入阵列平面光波导的实验实现

采用两束相干平行光形成的干涉光场辐照LiNbO₃: Fe晶体,通过光折变效应在晶体中写入了阵列平面光波导.分别采用马赫-曾德干涉仪光路和光栅衍射法测量了阵列平面光波导的横向折射率分布和周期,并对所写入的阵列平面光波导进行了初步的导光测试.实验结果表明,用这种方法写入阵列平面光波导简便可行.     

Constraints on penguins from hadronic sum rules

We have derived an upper bound on the K-π transition amplitude of the penguin operator using hadronic sum rules. Combined with an anomalous-commutator contribution, this sets lower and upper limits on the physical K → 2π amplitude of the penguin operator. Applying this result to CP-violating effects, we find that the Gilman-Hagelin lower limit on ?′/? decreases by an order of magnitude.     

Studies with a derivatograph of the properties of a water film on a marble surface modified by tetradecylammonium chloride (TDACl)

The properties of water layers on bare marble and on marble samples covered with various amounts of tetradecylammonium chloride (TDACl) after flotation were investigated by thermal analysis methods. The dependences of the layer thickness, activation energy, enthalpy and entropy of the bonded watervs. the amount of TDACl previously deposited on the marble surface were determined. The results obtained and the literature data were used to propose an interpretation of the changes caused in these parameters by the coverage of the marble surface with TDACl molecules. A correlation between these parameters and the changes in water structure and marble flotatibility is also presented.

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Zusammenfassung Eigenschaften von Wasserfilmen auf unbeschichteten und mit Tetradecylammoniumchlorid (TDACl) in unterschiedlichen Mengen bedeckten Marmorproben wurden nach Flotation thermoanalytisch untersucht. Die Abhängigkeit der Schichtdicke, der Aktivierungsenergie und der Enthalpie und Entropie des gebundenen Wassers von der Menge des vorhergehend auf die Marmoroberfläche aufgebrachten TDACl wurden ermittelt. Die durch die Bedeckung der Marmoroberfläche mit TDACl verursachten Veränderungen dieser Parameter werden anhand der erhaltenen Resultate und von Literaturangaben interpretiert. Beziehungen zwischen diesen Parameters und Veränderungen der Wasserstrukturen und der Flotierbarkeit des Marmors werden angegeben.

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Physical and chemical modifications of PET surface using a laser-plasma EUV source

Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation is the electromagnetic radiation ranging from vacuum ultraviolet to soft X-rays. A single EUV photon carries enough energy to ionize any atom or molecule. The penetration depth of the radiation in any material is very short, ranging from tens to hundreds nanometers. Intense EUV pulses can remove material from the surface or modify its morphology or/and chemical structure. In this work, the radiation from a laser-plasma EUV source based on a double-stream gas-puff target was used for surface modification of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The PET samples were irradiated with the EUV pulses emitted from krypton plasma and focused with a gold-plated ellipsoidal collector. The spectrum of the focused radiation covered the wavelength range from 9 to 70 nm. The PET samples were irradiated for 1 s–2 min at a 10-Hz repetition rate. Surface morphology of polymer samples after irradiation was investigated using a scanning electron microscope. Changes in chemical surface structure of the irradiated samples were investigated using an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Different kinds of surface microstructures were obtained depending on the EUV fluence in a single pulse and the total EUV fluence. XPS measurements also revealed a modification of the chemical structure.     

直观显示摩擦力实验的改进

对文献^[1]中用弹簧秤直观显示摩擦力的实验进行了改进，成功地解决了原实验在滑动摩擦力的测量过程中不易读数的问题。