Label-free and reagentless aptamer-based sensors for small molecules

A label free, reagentless aptasensor for adenosine is developed on an ISFET device. The separation of an aptamer/nucleic acid duplex by adenosine leads to the aptamer/adenosine complex that alters the gate potential of the ISFET. The sensitivity limit of the device is 5 x 10-5 M. Also, the immobilization of the aptamer/nucleic acid duplex on an Au-electrode and the separation of the duplex by adenosine mono-phosphate (AMP) enable the electrochemical detection of adenosine by faradaic impedance spectroscopy. The separation of the aptamer/nucleic acid duplex by adenosine and the formation of the aptamer/adenosine complex results in a decrease in the interfacial electron-transfer resistance in the presence of [Fe(CN)6]3-/4- as redox active substrate.     

Population transfer in multilevel system through modified stimulated Raman adiabatic passage

Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) has been successfully extended to multilevel system. During the STIRAP process, the intermediate levels have notable population which is detrimental if these levels could decay to other levels through spontaneous emission. This paper proposes a novel method to reduce the intermediate level population during the STIRAP process. A complete population transfer can be achieved in this modified STIRAP even if the intermediate level decays to other levels.     

材料二次电子产额对腔体双边二次电子倍增的影响

采用蒙特卡罗抽样与粒子模拟相结合的方法,数值研究了材料二次电子产额对腔体双边二次电子倍增瞬态演化及饱和特性的影响.研究发现:随着材料二次电子产额的增加,二次电子增长率以及稳态二次电子数目和振幅均呈现增加的趋势,放电电流起振时间逐步缩短,稳态电流幅值以及放电功率平均值和振幅值均呈现逐步增加并趋于饱和的规律,沉积功率波形延时以及脉宽呈现逐步增加并趋于饱和的趋势.粒子模拟给出了高/低二次电子产额情况下的电子相空间分布、电荷密度分布、平均碰撞能量、平均二次电子产额、二次电子数目和放电电流的细致物理图像.模拟结果表明:高二次电子产额材料,饱和时更倾向趋于单边二次电子倍增类型分布;低二次电子产额材料的二次电子倍增饱和特性由空间电荷场的"去群聚"效应和"反场"效应同时决定,而高二次电子产额材料的二次电子倍增饱和特性则主要是由发射面附近的强空间电荷场"反场"效应决定的.     

A class of third-order nonlinear evolution equations admitting invariant subspaces and associated reductions

With the aid of symbolic computation by Maple, a class of third-order nonlinear evolution equations admitting invariant subspaces generated by solutions of linear ordinary differential equations of order less than seven is analyzed. The presented equations are either solved exactly or reduced to finite-dimensional dynamical systems. A number of concrete examples admitting invariant subspaces generated by power, trigonometric and exponential functions are computed to illustrate the resulting theory.     

Experimental and theoretical investigation of the decomposition of lithiated hydroxyl side-chain amino acids

Lithium cation complexes with serine (Ser) and threonine (Thr) are collisionally activated with xenon in a guided ion beam tandem mass spectrometer and are observed to exhibit a variety of decomposition pathways in addition to a loss of the intact ligand. Prominent pathways include a loss of H2O, CO2, and aldehydes (XCHO where X=H for Ser and CH3 for Thr). Quantum chemical calculations at the B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level are used to explore the reaction mechanisms for these processes in detail. Complete potential energy surfaces for all three processes are elucidated, including all intermediates and transition states. Theoretical molecular parameters for the rate-limiting transition states are then used to analyze the threshold energies in the experimental data, providing experimental measurements of the energies of these transition states. These experimental energies are compared with single-point energies calculated at three different levels, B3LYP, B3P86, and MP2(full), using the 6-311+G(2d,2p) basis set with geometries and zero-point energies calculated at the B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level. Good agreement between experiment and theory (especially MP2(full)) suggests that the reaction mechanisms have been reasonably elucidated.     

Spectroscopic characterization of charge-transfer complexes of morpholine with chloranilic and picric acids in organic media: Crystal structure of bis(morpholinium 2,4,6-trinitrocyclohexanolate)

Electron donor–acceptor interaction of morpholine (morp) with chloranilic acid (cla) and picric acid (pa) as π-acceptors was investigated spectrophotometrically and found to form stable charge-transfer (CT) complexes (n–π*) of [(Hmorp)₂(cla)] and [(Hmorp)(pa)]₂. The donor site involved in CT interaction is morpholine nitrogen. These complexes are easily synthesized from the reaction of morp with cla and pa within MeOH and CHCl₃ solvents, respectively. ¹HNMR, IR, elemental analyses, and UV–vis techniques characterize the two morpholinium charge-transfer complexes. Benesi–Hildebrand and its modification methods were applied to the determination of association constant (K), molar extinction coefficient (?). The X-ray crystal structure was carried out for the interpretation the predict structure of the [(Hmorp)(pa)]₂ complex.     

苯在Pluronic F127和P123胶束水溶液中的增溶动力学

发展了不分离胶束的增溶动力学数据分析模型,以此考察苯在F127和P123胶束水溶液中的增溶动力学行为.实验发现,这二种胶束增溶苯的速度较快,温度升高进一步促进了增溶.     

Nanostructure and conductivity of thin metal films

Amorphous silver, copper, gold, and iron films of a thickness between 6 and 350 nm are grown on polymeric substrates by vacuum evaporation. The nanostructure of the films is investigated. The dependence of the conductivity on the film thickness is obtained, and a correlation between the surface morphology and the conductivity is established.