Corona discharges in sub-millimeter electrode gaps

Atmospheric pressure wire-to-plane positive corona discharges have been explored experimentally in electrode gaps from 0.3 mm to 5 mm. Reductions in the gap distance and wire diameter resulted in a significant increase in discharge currents and lowered onset potentials, and the current–voltage characteristics followed the typical Townsend’s relationship. The experimentally observed onset potentials were higher than Peek’s prediction although they still showed the same logarithmic behavior with gap distance. Additionally, a theoretical relationship for the current–voltage discharge in a wire-to-plane configuration was derived to obtain the dependence on the geometric parameters, and it compared well with the experimental results.     

How Do Cultural Classes Emerge from Assimilation and Distinction? An Extension of the Cucker-Smale Flocking Model

When cultural tastes are not neutral but hierarchically matched to social status, people assimilate themselves to higher status by consuming cultural goods while distinguishing themselves from lower status by developing new tastes. Extending the Cucker-Smale model for mutual influence among agents, we examine when and how many cultural classes emerge from continuous distributions of tastes and what conditions those classes satisfy, through the assimilation-distinction mechanism. We simulate the models with different initial distributions of tastes (uniform, normal, and chi-square), given various ranges of 2 parameters: (a) the strength and (b) the range of distinction relative to assimilation. Tastes are flocking and cultural classes emerge when the range of assimilation is much larger than that of distinction. The number of classes increases with the strength of distinction, whereas the distance between classes equals the range of distinction. Some properties of emergent classes are mathematically proved. First, in a two-class system, the stronger distinction, the larger the upper class. Second, in a three-class system, the middle class is necessarily larger than the lower class and likely larger than the upper class. Third, a 3-class system cannot emerge if distinction is weaker than assimilation. These properties are universal and do not depend on the initial distribution of cultural tastes. This independence predicts homogeneous cultural classes emerging across different social conditions. Also, the cultural middle class as the largest group may explain why subjective class consciousness is often higher than objective position. Unless assimilating efforts can reach an infinite range, there emerges a cultural outcast at the lowest end of the cultural hierarchy.     

中国紫胶树脂基本组成的研究

定量测定了紫胶树脂基本成分的含量；分离得到了紫胶树脂 状脂肪酸和环状萜烯酸的代表物－－紫胶桐酸和壳脑酸。研究发现国产紫胶中软树脂含量高于印度紫胶。结果证明国产紫胶与印度胶在组成和树脂分子构成方面基本一致。     

Determination of catechin and epicatechin in the peel of apple varieties resistant and non-resistant to apple scab

Catechin and epicatechin were analysed in the peel of six apple cultivars (three resistant and three non-resistant to apple scab). Two methods of analytical sample preparation following extraction were tested: solid phase extraction and column separation with Sephadex LH-20 coupled to a differential refractometric detector. Prior to GC and GC-MS analyses, these compounds were silylized. This permitted co-injection with standards and the comparison of retention values and mass spectra with those recorded for standards. The content of catechin and epicatechin in apple peel is discussed in relation to the resistance of apple trees to scab.     

大视角两步彩虹全息术

本文巧妙地运用了全息图的光路可逆性,采用两面反射镜与小面积全息图相结合,制得了视场角接近180°的大视角彩虹全息图.整个过程分两步完成,无需任何特殊的光学元件.文中给出了实验结果,并进行了讨论.     

流动注射在线分离富集-火焰原子吸收光谱法测定环境水样中Cr(Ⅲ)和Cr(Ⅵ)的形态

采用单阀阴离子和阳离子交换树脂微柱并联 ,两柱交替采样逆向洗脱流动注射在线分离富集环境水样中Cr(Ⅲ )和Cr(Ⅵ ) ,分别用 15 %HNO3和 8%NH4 NO3洗脱 ,火焰原子吸收光谱法直接检测。富集 1min时Cr(Ⅲ )和Cr(Ⅵ )的特征浓度分别为 :1 5 0 μg·L- 1 和 1 39μg·L- 1 ,Cr(Ⅲ )和Cr(Ⅵ )检出限 (3σ)分别为 1 0 3μg·L- 1 和 0 5 4 μg·L- 1 ;相对标准偏差 (10 μg·L- 1 )分别为 :3 4 1%和 1 80 % ,分析样品加标回收率在 93 5 %～ 10 7 5 %之间。     

Development of ion transportation, extraction and neutralization systems for atomic beam resonance method

A device that produces a low-energy and largely spin polarized RI beam based on the atomic beam resonance method (RIABR) has been developed. We have performed measurements of stopping and drifting an incoming RI ion beam in a gas chamber, extraction of the ions into a vacuum region, and neutralization of the extracted low-energy ion beam. The drift efficiency of RI ions in a gas and the extraction efficiency at a Laval-type glass nozzle were found to be 0.72±0.04 and 0.033, respectively. The result of the experiment for the neutralization is also discussed.     

Sensitized luminescence properties of dinuclear lanthanide macrocyclic complexes bearing a benzophenone antenna

Dinuclear lanthanide (Ln=Tb³⁺ or Eu³⁺) complexes (Ln₂L2) of two octadentate macrocyclic polyaminopolycarboxylic ligands connected through a benzophenone (BP) moiety (L2) have been synthesized. Sensitized luminescence properties of Ln₂L2 in water have been studied in comparison to those of BP-conjugated mononuclear Ln complexes (LnL1). The luminescence intensity of Tb₂L2 is lower than that of TbL1 because of lower triplet quantum yield of the BP moiety. In contrast, Eu₂L2 shows higher intensity than EuL1. For both Eu complexes, energy level of triplet excited-state BP (³BP*) is only 3 kJ mol⁻¹ higher than that of ⁵D₂ excited-state of Eu³⁺. The ⁵D₂ state formed by a triplet-energy transfer (TET) from ³BP* is therefore deactivated by a back energy transfer (BET) to the ground-state BP, resulting in low luminescence intensity of EuL1. In contrast, within Eu₂L2, TET from ³BP* to ⁵D₀ state of two Eu³⁺ ions is accelerated, thus leading to higher luminescence intensity. Another notable feature of Eu₂L2 is the luminescence quantum yield independent of its concentration. In contrast, for EuL1 system, an intermolecular BET occurs from ⁵D₂ state of Eu³⁺ to the ground-state BP conjugated to another EuL1 complex, resulting in a yield decrease with the concentration increase.     

Efficient chemoenzymatic synthesis of an N-glycan isomer library

Quantification, characterization and biofunctional studies of N-glycans on proteins remain challenging tasks due to the complexity, diversity and low abundance of these glycans. The availability of structurally defined N-glycan (especially isomer) libraries is essential to help solve these tasks. We report herein an efficient chemoenzymatic strategy, namely Core Synthesis/Enzymatic Extension (CSEE), for rapid production of diverse N-glycans. Starting with 5 chemically prepared building blocks, 8 N-glycan core structures containing one or two terminal N-acetyl-d-glucosamine (GlcNAc) residue(s) were chemically synthesized via consistent use of oligosaccharyl thioethers as glycosylation donors in a convergent fragment coupling strategy. Each of these core structures was then extended to 5 to 15 N-glycan sequences by enzymatic reactions catalyzed by 4 robust glycosyltransferases. Success in synthesizing N-glycans with Neu5Gc and core-fucosylation further expanded the ability of the enzymatic extension. Meanwhile, high performance liquid chromatography with an amide column enabled rapid and efficient purification (>98% purity) of N-glycans in milligram scales. A total of 73 N-glycans (63 isomers) were successfully prepared and characterized by MS² and NMR. In summary, the CSEE strategy provides a practical approach for “mass production” of structurally defined N-glycans, which are important standards and probes for glycoscience.