Sensing Plant Physiology and Environmental Stress by Automatically Tracking Fj and Fi Features in PSII Chlorophyll Fluorescence Induction

Following a step excitation, chlorophyll fluorescence (ChlF) from photosystem II (PSII) of a dark‐adapted photosynthetic organism exhibits the well‐known OJIP pattern. The OJIP induction has been widely used in plant science and agriculture engineering. While the J and I phases are related to transitions of photochemical reaction redox states, characteristic fluorescence intensities at the two phases (F_j and F_i) are often treated at fixed time points in routine measurement and thus do not account for variations in plant and experimental conditions, this (1) neglects the differences in the time of appearance of these phases, which is potentially useful information for characterizing plant status and environmental factors, and (2) leads to errors in measured F_j and F_i values in the many publications. In this work, an alternative method for consistent measurement of F_j and F_i was presented. The proposed method measures the curvatures in the OJIP curve and automatically tracks the characteristic transition points under variable sample and experimental conditions. Experiments were carried out to demonstrate the concept and classification capabilities of the method. This research has established a new framework to analyze ChlF and has enhanced the application capability of ChlF. It is expect useful in analysis ChlF from PSII.     

电沉积法制备铂纳米粒子过程中卤素阴离子对粒子形貌及电催化性质的影响

在电化学沉积铂纳米粒子的过程中, 通过添加卤素阴离子, 可以显著地改变纳米粒子的形貌. 通过添加氯离子、溴离子和碘离子, 可以在导电基底上分别获得球形、片状及立方结构的铂纳米粒子. 对卤素阴离子影响电沉积铂纳米粒子形貌的原因进行了探讨. 研究了铂纳米粒子的电催化活性, 发现通过添加卤素阴离子制备得到的铂纳米粒子对于甲醇的电化学催化氧化表现出较低的电化学催化活性. 通过电化学氧化法全部或部分除去铂表面吸附的卤素阴离子后, 纳米粒子对甲醇的电化学催化氧化活性显著提高.     

二羟基蒽醌磷酰化衍生物的合成及表征

分别以4种不同位取代的二羟基葸醌和亚磷酸二乙酯或亚磷酸二丙酯为原料,通过简化的Atheron-Todd合成法合成了一系列二羟基葸醌的磷酰化衍生物,并通过量化计算对葸醌上不同羟基电荷分布进行了研究,发现β-羟基氧上的电荷密度大于β-羟基氧上的电荷密度.所合成化合物的结构均经IR,MS,1H NMR,31p NMR和元素分析确证,并通过荧光猝灭法初步探讨了部分新化合物的生物活性.     

甲醇在不同结构氧化钨-Pt/C催化剂上的电催化氧化行为

采用水热法合成2种氧化钨（WO3）纳米材料,并利用XRD和电子探针显微分析仪（EPMA）进行了表征。 利用循环伏安法研究了Pt-WO3/C电极对甲醇氧化的电催化活性。 结果表明,Pt-WO3/C催化剂对甲醇氧化的电催化活性优于Pt/C催化剂,且氧化钨质量分数为20%的Pt-氧化钨/C催化效果最好。 与青铜相氧化钨掺杂的Pt/C电极比较,掺杂焦绿石型氧化钨的Pt/C电极催化性能有很大提高,这是由于焦绿石型氧化钨表面具有较多OHads。 质量分数20%的Pt-焦绿石型氧化钨/C在0.5 mol/L CH3OH+1 mol/L H2SO4溶液中对甲醇氧化的峰电流密度达到87.2×10-3 A/cm2。     

Sorption of radioeuropium onto attapulgite: effect of experimental conditions

Batch sorption experiments were performed to remove Eu(III) ions from aqueous solutions by using attapulgite under ambient conditions. Different experimental conditions, such as contact time, solid content, foreign ions, pH, ionic strength, fulvic acid and temperature, have been investigated to study their effect on the sorption property. The results indicated that the sorption of Eu(III) onto attapulgite was strongly dependent on pH, ionic strength and temperature. The sorption increased from about 8.9 to 90% at pH ranging from 2 to 6 in 0.01 mol/L NaNO₃ solution. The Eu(III) kinetic sorption on attapulgite was fitted by the pseudo-second-order model better than by the pseudo-first-order model. The sorption of Eu(III) onto attapulgite increased with increasing temperature and decreasing ionic strength. The Langmuir and Freundlich models were used to simulate the sorption isotherms, and the results indicated that the Freundlich model simulated the data better than the Langmuir model. The thermodynamic parameters (∆G ^o, ∆S ^o, ∆H ^o) were determined from the temperature dependent isotherms at 298.15, 318.15 and 338.15 K, and the results indicated that the sorption reaction was an endothermic and spontaneous process. The results suggest that the attapulgite is a suitable material as an adsorbent for preconcentration and immobilization of Eu(III) from aqueous solutions.     

金催化CO氧化湿度增强效应的理论研究

实验发现纳米金催化的CO氧化有良好的湿度增强效应,但有关机制仍不清楚.我们应用密度泛函理论研究了湿度增强效应的微观机制,以Au4团簇为例,研究了金催化CO氧化的微观机理,考察了H2O在反应中的角色和作用.计算结果表明,H2O与Au4团簇一样,在反应中扮演催化剂的角色,参与反应的进行、改变反应历程、降低反应能垒.催化循环包含4个基元步骤：O2＋H2O→OOH＋OH,CO＋OOH→CO2＋OH,CO＋OH→COOH,和COOH＋OH→CO2＋H2O,其中自由基OOH和OH的形成是催化循环的速控步骤,其能垒为100.31kJ/mol,明显低于非水参与反应的能垒（161.41kJ/mol）.目前的结果合理地解释了实验观测的CO催化氧化的湿度增强效应,给出了其微观反应机制.     

S K-edge XAS and DFT calculations on SAM dependent pyruvate formate-lyase activating enzyme: nature of interaction between the Fe4S4 cluster and SAM and its role in reactivity

S K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy on the resting oxidized and the S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) bound forms of pyruvate formate-lyase activating enzyme are reported. The data show an increase in pre-edge intensity, which is due to additional contributions from sulfide and thiolate of the Fe(4)S(4) cluster into the C-S σ* orbital. This experimentally demonstrates that there is a backbonding interaction between the Fe(4)S(4) cluster and C-S σ* orbitals of SAM in this inner sphere complex. DFT calculations that reproduce the data indicate that this backbonding is enhanced in the reduced form and that this configurational interaction between the donor and acceptor orbitals facilitates the electron transfer from the cluster to the SAM, which otherwise has a large outer sphere electron transfer barrier. The energy of the reductive cleavage of the C-S bond is sensitive to the dielectric of the protein in the immediate vicinity of the site as a high dielectric stabilizes the more charge separated reactant increasing the reaction barrier. This may provide a mechanism for generation of the 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical upon substrate binding.     

In situ spectral imaging of marker proteins in gastric cancer with near-infrared and visible quantum dots probes

This study presents the investigation of bioconjugating ability of near-infrared (NIR) CdSeTe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) (710 nm) and visible CdSe QDs (595 nm) in immunofluorescent staining for cancer biomarkers in gastric cancer tissues probed with the homemade Hadamard transform (HT) spectral imaging microscope and a commercial multispectral imaging system. The results show that imunostaining ability of NIR QDs probes is stronger than that of visible QDs when the two kinds of QDs are simultaneously used to probe the cancer biomarkers such as cytokeratin 20 (CK20) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in gastric cancer tissues. Moreover, when the two QDs probes are used for immunostaining successively for the same target molecules, staining order has great influences on the final results due to their different conjugating ability to the marker proteins. The results imply that NIR QDs hold more promise for real-time imaging of tumor tissues due to its higher sensitivity and contrast. In addition, the results also demonstrate the potential of Hadamard transform spectral imaging as a useful tool in biomedical analysis and quantitative evaluation for tumor tissues.     

Rhodium or palladium-catalyzed cascade aryl addition/intramolecular lactonization of phthalaldehydonitrile to access 3-aryl and 3-alkenyl phthalides

A rhodium or palladium-catalyzed addition of boronic acids to phthalaldehydonitrile, followed by an intramolecular lactonization of cyano to access 3-substituted phthalides, is described. This procedure tolerates a series of functional groups, such as methoxy, fluoro, chloro, and vinyl groups. It is a novel procedure for the synthesis of 3-arylphthalides.     

Single-unit-cell thick Mn3O4 nanosheets

Single-unit-cell thick Mn(3)O(4) sheets were synthesized in an aqueous solution at room temperature. These nanosheets have a 001 orientation and are terminated at the Mn(2)O(4) atomic layer. Due to the huge shape anisotropy, they demonstrated lower T(C) and much greater coercivity than those of bulk Mn(3)O(4), respectively.