Effect of Melting Times on the Down-Shifting Properties in Ce<Superscript>3+</Superscript>-Doped Oxyfluoride Glass Ceramics for a-Si Solar Cells

We synthesize Ce³⁺-doped oxyfluoride glass ceramics (GCs) with different melting times employing the conventional melt-quenching method. We investigate the crystal structure and photoluminescence properties of Ce³⁺-doped GCs in detail in order to evaluate the effect of melting times on the downshifting properties. The photoluminescence properties revealed that the Ce³⁺ doped GCs have an intense emission band in the broad region from 480 to 600 nm under 427 nm excitation. We improve the energy-conversion efficiency of a-Si solar cells by 0.41%, from 5.02% to 5.43%, by incorporating the Ce³⁺-doped GCs with a melting time of 1.5 h. The above results indicate that Ce³⁺-doped GCs can be a promising candidate as downshifting materials for applications in a-Si solar cells.     

Studies directed toward the synthesis of the guanidine alkaloid, spiroleucettadine: some observations at the level of structure

Studies toward the synthesis of the novel guanidine alkaloid spiroleucettadine are described.     

Synthesis of epoxyquinol A and related molecules: probing chemical reactivity of epoxyquinol dimers and 2H-pyran precursors

Total syntheses of the epoxyquinoid dimers, epoxyquinols A, B, and epoxytwinol A (RKB-3564 D), have been accomplished employing [4 + 2] and [4 + 4] dimerization of 2H-pyran epoxyquinol monomers. Modifications of 2H-pyran precursors have been explored, including alteration of epoxy alcohol and diene stereochemistry. A stable 2H-pyran prepared by alteration of the epoxyquinol 2H-pyran nucleus was evaluated as a diene in Diels-Alder cycloaddition with reactive dienophiles. Extensive studies for improving the [4 + 4] dimerization of selectively protected 2H-pyran monomers to afford the novel epoxyquinoid dimer epoxytwinol A were carried out, and valuable insight regarding competitive [4 + 2] and [4 + 4] dimerization processes has been obtained. In addition, chemical reactivities and structural modifications of epoxyquinol dimers have been evaluated, including [2 + 2] photocycloaddition and [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement, indicating the possibility for production of novel structural diversity from dimeric epoxyquinoid natural product frameworks.     

成层式防护结构中分散层研究综述

成层式防护结构通常由伪装层、遮弹层、分散层和主体结构组成,现已被广泛应用于地面、浅埋以及坑道口部的防御工事中。其中分散层作为降低侵彻后爆炸毁伤效应的功能单元,其作用机理主要包括：借助波阻抗失配效应以降低向下部结构传播的能量占比、延长应力波传播路径;利用分层界面产生面波以改善荷载集中状态;通过基体材料不可逆塑性破坏以吸收耗散冲击波能量;增大结构阻尼以减轻主体结构震动效应。开展分散层的相关研究,对提高工程整体防护水平具有重要的现实意义。基于此,从分散层材料与结构型式两个方面较为系统地介绍了国内外成层式防护结构中分散层的研究现状,分析了分散层的结构及物性参数对其防护效能的影响,提出分散层选型及设计需关切的几点问题,并对目前分散层研究中存在的问题进行了探讨与展望,以期为今后分散层的研究发展提供参考。

     

Organic Excitonic State Management by Surface Metallic Coupling of Inorganic Lanthanide Nanocrystals

The ability to harness charges and spins for control of organic excitonic states is critical in developing high-performance organic luminophores and optoelectronic devices. Here we report a facile strategy to efficiently manipulate the electronic energy states of various organic phosphors by coupling them with inorganic lanthanide nanocrystals. We show that the metallic atoms exposed on the nanocrystal surface can introduce strong coupling effects to 9-(4-ethoxy-6-phenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-9H-carbazole (OCzT) and some organic chromophores with carbazole functional groups when the organics are approaching the nanocrystals. This unconventional organic–inorganic hybridization enables a nearly 100 % conversion of the singlet excitation to fast charge transfer luminescence that does not exist in pristine organics, which broadens the utility of organic phosphors in hybrid systems.     

Cloning,Expression, and Characterization of a Milk-Clotting Aspartic Protease Gene (Po-Asp) from Pleurotus ostreatus

An aspartic protease gene from Pleurotus ostreatus (Po-Asp) had been cloned based on the 3′ portion of cDNA in our previous work. The Po-Asp cDNA contained 1,324 nucleotides with an open reading frame (ORF) of 1,212 bp encoding 403 amino acid residues. The putative amino acid sequence included a signal peptide, an activation peptide, two most possible N-glycosylation sites and two conserved catalytic active site. The mature polypeptide with 327 amino acid residues had a calculated molecular mass of 35.3 kDa and a theoretical isoelectric point of 4.57. Basic Local Alignment Search Tool analysis showed 68–80 % amino acid sequence identical to other basidiomycetous aspartic proteases. Sequence comparison and evolutionary analysis revealed that Po-Asp is a member of fungal aspartic protease family. The DNA sequence of Po-Asp is 1,525 bp in length without untranslated region, consisting of seven exons and six introns. The Po-Asp cDNA without signal sequence was expressed in Pichia pastoris and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis demonstrated the molecular mass of recombinant Po-Asp was about 43 kDa. The crude recombinant aspartic protease had milk-clotting activity.