A convenient guideline to determine if two Y‐STR profiles are from the same lineage

Y chromosome STR loci are used in forensics primarily for identification purposes by determining the male lineages. The Henan province in China has established a large Y‐STR (>200 000 profiles) database for criminal investigations. A large proportion of the Y‐STR profiles in the database were generated using either the Applied Biosystems Yfiler^? or Yfiler^? Plus PCR Amplification kits. The additional loci in the Yfiler Plus kit as compared to the Yfiler kit results in a concomitant cumulative mutation rate increase across the loci. Therefore, in those cases when two profiles have one to a few mismatched loci, it is difficult to determine if they are from the same lineage. In this study, 7405 unrelated male profiles were manually selected from the database. Analysis showed higher power of discrimination than the corresponding Yfiler haplotypes. Further, the distributions of the number of mismatched loci and the mismatched steps were generated for father‐son, grandfather‐grandson, uncle‐nephew, and cousins (i.e. one, two, three, and four meioses, respectively) by exhaustive pairwise comparison of the unrelated profiles using a dynamic programming approach. The same distributions were generated for unrelated pairs with mutation rates of the loci. With the distributions, the false negative and false positive rates were determined. Two Yfiler profiles with ≤2 mismatched loci or ≤2 steps are more likely from the same lineage than unrelated lineages, and two Yfiler Plus profiles with ≤4 mismatched loci or ≤5 mismatched steps are more likely from the same lineage.     

Green fabrication of sandwich-like and dodecahedral C@Fe<Subscript>3</Subscript>O<Subscript>4</Subscript>@C as high-performance anode for lithium-ion batteries

Sandwich-structured C@Fe₃O₄@C hybrids with Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles sandwiched between two conductive carbon layers have attracted more and more attention owing to enhanced synergistic effects for lithium-ion storage. In this work, an environment-friendly procedure is developed for the fabrication of sandwich-like C@Fe₃O₄@C dodecahedrons. Zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8)-derived carbon dodecahedrons (ZIF-C) are used as the carbon matrix, on which iron precursors are homogeneously grown with the assistance of a polyelectrolyte layer. The subsequent polydopamine (PDA) coating and calcination give rise to the formation of sandwiched ZIF-C@Fe₃O₄@C. When being evaluated as the anode material for lithium-ion batteries, the obtained hybrid manifests a high reversible capacity (1194 mAh g^?1 at 0.05 A g^?1), good high-rate behavior (796 mAh g^?1 at 10 A g^?1), and negligible capacity loss after 120 cycles.     

Influence of metal electrodes on c‐axis orientation of AlN thin films deposited by DC magnetron sputtering

Nanocrystalline aluminum nitride (AlN) thin films were deposited on two types of metallic seed layers on silicon substrates, (111) textured Pt and (110) Mo, by reactive DC magnetron sputtering at low temperature (200 °C). Both textured films of Pt and Mo promote nucleation, thereby improving the crystallinity and epitaxial growth condition for AlN thin films. The deposited films were examined by X‐ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy techniques. The results indicated that the preferred orientation of crystallites greatly depends upon the kinetic energy of the sputtered species (target power) and seed layers used. Furthermore, AlN thin films with c‐axis perpendicular to the substrate grew on both types of metal electrodes at all power levels larger than 100 W. By comparing the structural properties and compressive stresses at perfect c‐axis orientation conditions, it is evident that AlN films deposited on (110) oriented Mo substrates exhibited superior properties as compared with Pt/Ti seed layers. Furthermore, less values of compressive stresses (?3 GPa) as compared with Pt/Ti substrates (?7.08 GPa) make Mo preferentially better candidate to be employed in the field of suspended Micro/Nano ‐ electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) for piezoelectric devices. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Nb∶KTiOPO4晶体的生长和倍频性能

通过研究晶体生长工艺参数对Nb∶KTiOPO4(Nb∶KTP)晶体生长的影响,用熔盐顶部籽晶法获得尺寸为55mm×25mm×5mm的Nb∶KTP透明单晶.研究中发现熔体的温度梯度、籽晶和降温速率将严重影响Nb∶KTP晶体的生长.Nb离子的引入不利于Nb∶KTP晶体的生长,尤其是造成晶体易开裂,且沿a轴方向生长速度非常缓慢.同时,Nb的引入大大改变Nb∶KTP晶体的倍频性能.掺杂Nb浓度的摩尔分数为13;时,Nb∶KTP晶体的倍频的Ⅱ型相位匹配的截止波长缩短至937nm,且有效产生469nm倍频蓝光;掺杂Nb浓度的摩尔分数为3;时,Nb∶KTP晶体对Nd∶YAG的1.0642μm激光倍频的最佳相位匹配角为θ=88.32°,()=0°,非常接近90°非临界相位匹配方向.     

稀磁Zn1-xNixO纳米棒的水热法制备与磁性能研究

采用水热法成功制备了不同浓度的Zn1-xNixO(x =0,0.01,0.05,0.10,0.20)稀磁半导体材料,并利用X射线衍射(XRD)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、选区电子衍射(SAED)、X射线能量色散分析(XEDS)、拉曼(Raman)光谱和振动样品磁强计(VSM)对其晶体结构、形貌、组成元素和磁学性能等进行表征,实验结果表明,本方法所制备的不同掺杂浓度的Zn1-xNixO稀磁半导体样品具有结晶良好的纤锌矿结构,没有杂峰出现,样品中的Ni2+全部进入ZnO晶格中替代了部分Zn2+的格点位置,生成单一相的Zn1-xNixO,样品形貌都为纳米棒状结构,分散性良好.Zn1-xNixO样品在室温条件下存在明显的铁磁性,饱和磁化强度都随着Ni2+掺杂量的增加而呈现出先增加后减小的趋势,同时样品的单个镍原子的磁矩是逐渐下降的.     

In Situ Proteome Profiling and Bioimaging Applications of Small‐Molecule Affinity‐Based Probes Derived From DOT1L Inhibitors

DOT1L is the sole protein methyltransferase that methylates histone H3 on lysine 79 (H3K79), and is a promising drug target against cancers. Small‐molecule inhibitors of DOT1L such as FED1 are potential anti‐cancer agents and useful tools to investigate the biological roles of DOT1L in human diseases. FED1 showed excellent in vitro inhibitory activity against DOT1L, but its cellular effect was relatively poor. In this study, we designed and synthesized photo‐reactive and “clickable” affinity‐based probes (AfBPs), P1 and P2 , which were cell‐permeable and structural mimics of FED1 . The binding and inhibitory effects of these two probes against DOT1L protein were extensively investigated in vitro and in live mammalian cells (in situ). The cellular uptake and sub‐cellular localization properties of the probes were subsequently studied in live‐cell imaging experiments, and our results revealed that, whereas both P1 and P2 readily entered mammalian cells, most of them were not able to reach the cell nucleus where functional DOT1L resides. This offers a plausible explanation for the poor cellular activity of FED1 . Finally with P1 / P2 , large‐scale cell‐based proteome profiling, followed by quantitative LC‐MS/MS, was carried out to identify potential cellular off‐targets of FED1 . Amongst the more than 100 candidate off‐targets identified, NOP2 (a putative ribosomal RNA methyltransferase) was further confirmed to be likely a genuine off‐target of FED1 by preliminary validation experiments including pull‐down/Western blotting (PD/WB) and cellular thermal shift assay (CETSA).     

Non‐coordinating‐Anion‐Directed Reversal of Activation Site: Selective C−H Bond Activation of N‐Aryl Rings

An Rh‐catalyzed selective C?H bond activation of diaryl‐substituted anilides is described. In an attempt to achieve C?H activation of C‐aryl rings, we unexpectedly obtained an N‐aryl ring product under non‐coordinating anion conditions, whereas the C‐aryl ring product was obtained in the absence of a non‐coordinating anion. This methodology has proved to be an excellent means of tuning and adjusting selective C?H bond activation of C‐aryl and N‐aryl rings. The approach has been rationalized by mechanistic studies and theoretical calculations. In addition, it has been found and verified that the catalytic activity of the rhodium catalyst is obviously improved by non‐coordinating anions, which provides an efficient strategy for obtaining a highly chemoselective catalyst. Mechanistic experiments also unequivocally ruled out the possibility of a so‐called “silver effect” in this transformation involving silver.     

Copper‐Catalyzed Reaction Cascade of Thiophenol Hydroxylation and S‐Arylation through Disulfide‐Directed C−H Activation

Copper‐catalyzed thiophenol C?H activation is described. Through an initial attempt to conduct C‐arylation with arylboronic acid, a rather surprising sequential C?H activation and S‐arylation was discovered. Mechanistic investigation revealed the disulfide intermediate as the key component in directing C?H oxidation. The overall reaction proceeded under mild conditions with molecular oxygen as the oxidant. Discovery of disulfide as the directing group provides a potential new direction for catalytic C?H functionalization under mild conditions.