High-power 880-nm diode-directly-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO₄ laser at 1342 nm with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

A high-power 880-nm diode-directly-pumped passively mode-locked 1342 nm Nd:YVO? laser was demonstrated with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). The laser mode radii in the laser crystal and on the SESAM were optimized carefully using the ABCD matrix formalism. An average output power of 2.3 W was obtained with a repetition rate of 76 MHz and a pulse width of 29.2 ps under an absorbed pump power of 12.1 W, corresponding to an optical-optical efficiency of 19.0% and a slope efficiency of 23.9%, respectively.     

含气量对液体中空泡声波频谱特性的影响

通过压电陶瓷（PZT）水听器获取了液体中激光空泡脉动辐射的声波,并计算了激光空泡在第1次脉动过程中泡内的含气量,结合空泡含气量对空泡最大半径及脉动周期影响的分析,进而分析了含气量对空泡声波频谱特性的影响。分析结果表明：激光空泡第1次脉动过程中泡内的含气量随着作用激光能量的增加而增加,含气量的多少将直接影响空泡运动的剧烈程度;含气量越多,空泡脉动越缓慢,脉动周期越长,空泡脉动辐射声波的峰值频率有向低频移动的趋势。     

The toxicosis and detoxifcation of anionic/cationic surfactants targeted to bovine serum albumin

By using the techniques of resonance light scattering (RLS) and absorption spectra, we studied the toxicosis and detoxifcation mechanism of anionic surfactant SDBS and cationic surfactant CTMAB targeted to bovine serum albumin (BSA). Small quantity of CTMAB combines with SDBS-BSA complex to form SDBS-BSA-CTMAB complex and the IRLS of system enhanced greatly. With the cumulation of quantity, CTMAB captures SDBS from SDBS-BSA complex by electrostatic attraction and CTMAB-SDBS complex forms, meanwhile BSA automatically frees, which is corresponding to the toxicosis and detoxifcation process. Absorption experiment validates that SDBS induces the denaturalization of BSA and CTMAB facilitates the refolding of this protein.     

Thermophysical Properties of High-Temperature Reacting Mixtures of Carbon and Water in the Range 400–30,000 K and 0.1–10 atm. Part 1: Equilibrium Composition and Thermodynamic Properties

This paper is devoted to the calculation of the chemical equilibrium composition and thermodynamic properties of reacting mixtures of carbon and water at high temperature. Equilibrium particle concentrations and thermodynamic properties including mass density, molar weight, entropy, enthalpy and specific heat at constant pressure, sonic velocity, and heat capacity ratio are determined by the method of Gibbs free energy minimization, using species data from standard thermodynamic tables. The calculations, which assume local thermodynamic equilibrium, are performed in the temperature range from 400 to 30,000 K for pressures of 0.10, 1.0, 3.0, 5.0 and 10.0 atm. The properties of the reacting mixture are affected by the possible occurrence of solid carbon formation at low temperature, and therefore attention is paid to the influence of the carbon phase transition by comparing the results obtained with and without considering solid carbon formation. The results presented here clarify some basic chemical process and are reliable reference data for use in the simulation of plasmas in reacting carbon and water mixtures together with the need of transport coefficients computation.     

A concise synthesis and electrochemical behavior of functionalized poly(thieno[3,4-b]thiophenes): New conjugated polymers with low bandgap

New thieno[3,4-b]thiophene derivatives were prepared via a short and versatile synthetic route. Electrochemical studies of 2-heptenylthieno[3,4-b]thiophene, 2-styrylthieno[3,4-b]thiophene, and 2-phenyl-3-(thieno[3,4-b]thiophene-2-yl)acrylonitrile and the corresponding polymers revealed that raising the HOMO and lowering the LUMO can be attained by functionalizing thieno[3,4-b]thiophene with aromatic resonance-enhancing and electron-withdrawing groups. The bandgap of resulting polymers varied from 0.78 to 1.0 eV, indicating that poly(2-phenyl-3-(thieno[3,4-b]thiophene-2-yl)acrylonitrile) is one of the lowest bandgap polymers ever reported.     

Total synthesis of (−)-penicimutanin a and related congeners

The first total synthesis of penicimutanin A (1) was achieved within 10 steps (LLS). Key innovations in this synthesis consist of (1) a highly efficient electro-oxidative dearomatization; (2) an unprecedented bisoxirane-directed intermolecular aldol reaction from the sterically hindered face of the ketone and (3) the diastereoselective one-step Meerwein–Eschenmoser–Claisen rearrangement enabling the construction of vicinal quaternary stereocenters. Related family members e.g. penicimutanolone (3) and penicimutatin (5) have also been synthesized alongside, elucidating their absolute configurations, hence the absolute configuration of 1.

The first total synthesis of penicimutanin A (1) was achieved within 10 steps (LLS).     

Substance P conjugated to CdTe quantum dots triggers cytosolic calcium concentration oscillations and induces quantum dots internalization in the pancreatic carcinoma cell line AR4-2J

Highly fluorescent CdTe quantum dots (QDs) stabilized by 3-mercaptopropionic acid were prepared by an aqueous solution approach and used as a fluorescent label to link substance P (SP) in studying the interaction of SP with NK-1 receptor, which was expressed on the AR4-2J cell line. Nonspecific adsorptions of CdTe QDs on the AR4-2J cell membrane were observed, whereas the QD-SP conjugates successfully crossed the cell membrane and entered the cytosol. SP is a neurotransmitter, and neurotransmitter-induced calcium concentration oscillation is a common phenomenon in diverse cells especially of secretory type. Cytosolic calcium concentration responses were studied in the AR4-2J cell line during stimulation with SP and QD-SP conjugates. The oscillations triggered by SP and QD-SP conjugates were dose-dependent and very similar. Such QD-SP conjugates readily internalized into the cytosol as would be expected of an active NK-1 ligand. Therefore QD-SP conjugates could be used successfully to study ligand and NK-1 receptor interactions in live cells. Our research may provide a meaningful reference for congener research.     

基于萘基块新型开链冠醚的合成及晶体结构研究

以3,6-二溴-2,7-二羟基萘为起始原料,经与2-溴-N-苯基乙酰胺醚化,再用硼氢化钠和三氟化硼乙醚还原得基于萘基块新型的开链冠醚,两步总收率为96%.利用单晶X衍射研究其结构,晶体为三斜晶系,P-1空间群,a=9.588(3),b=10.898(3),c=13.060(4),α=103.190(4)°,β=93.953(4)°,γ=115.622(5)°,V=1176.0(6)3,Z=2,Dc=1.571 g/cm3,λ=0.71075 nm,μ(Mo Kα)=3.472 mm-1,Mr=353.22,F(000)=560.在晶体结构中,分子中的一个N—H基团与另外一分子形成双分叉氢键N—H…Br和N—H…O,进而组装成二聚体.这些中心对称的二聚体进一步通过C—H…π相互作用叠加成二维层状结构平行于(110)面.     

钙镁试剂-示波计时电位法测定天然水和饮用水中铝含量

本文报道钙镁试剂 ( CLG) -示波计时电位法直接测定天然水和饮用水中的铝含量。在 0 .2 mol/L 乙酸 -乙酸铵 ( p H=6.3)缓冲溶液中 ,加入铝后 ,铝 - CL G配合物切口电位为 - 0 .75V,切口深度在 5× 1 0 - 6～ 5× 1 0 - 5mol/L范围内呈线性关系 ,检测下限为 4× 1 0 - 6 mol/L。在 5× 1 0 - 5mol/L时相对标准偏差为 4.7% ( n=1 0 )。应用该法测定了天然水和饮用水中铝含量 ,并同 ICP/AES法所获结果进行了对照 ,结果基本一致     

鸟嘌呤、鸟苷、鸟苷酸的电化学石英晶体微天平研究

利用电化学石英晶体微天平(EQCM)研究了鸟嘌呤、鸟苷和鸟苷酸在金电极上的电化学行为.结果表明,三种生物活性分子均能在1.1V电位被氧化,对应于它们所含的共同基团嘌呤环中CN键的氧化,根据氧化反应电量和质量的变化,求得电子转移数为4.氧化电流的大小次序为鸟苷酸>鸟苷>鸟嘌呤,这可能与三者在电极上的吸附量不同有关.