Enhanced robustness of zero-line modes in graphene via magnetic field

We systematically studied the influence of magnetic field on zero-line modes (ZLMs) in graphene and demonstrated the physical origin of their enhanced robustness by employing nonequilibrium Green’s functions and the Landauer–Büttiker formula. We found that a perpendicular magnetic field can separate the wavefunctions of the counter-propagating kink states into opposite directions. Specifically, the separation vanishes at the charge neutrality point and increases as the Fermi level deviates from the charge neutrality point and can reach a magnitude comparable to the wavefunction spread at a moderate field strength. Such spatial separation of oppositely propagating ZLMs effectively suppresses backscattering and is more significant under zigzag boundary condition than under armchair boundary condition. Moreover, the presence of magnetic field enlarges the bulk gap and suppresses the bound states, thereby further reducing the scattering. These mechanisms effectively increase the mean free paths of the ZLMs to approximately 1 μm in the presence of a disorder.     

Faithful Entanglement Sharing for Quantum Communication Against Collective Noise

We present an economical setup for faithful entanglement sharing against collective noise. It is composed of polarizing beam splitters, half wave plates, polarization independent wavelength division multiplexers, and frequency shifters. An arbitrary qubit error on the polarization state of each photon in a multi-photon system caused by the noisy channel can be rejected, without resorting to additional qubits, fast polarization modulators, and nondestructive quantum nondemolition detectors. Its success probability is in principle 100%, which is independent of the noise parameters, and it can be applied directly in any one-way quantum communication protocol based on entanglement.     

针对散射激光的全向激光告警系统激光威胁源定位技术研究

针对目前散射激光告警中只能定位到散射激光光斑,而不能追溯到敌方来袭激光源的现状,构建了战场环境下包括敌方威胁激光源、照射于某平台上的散射激光光斑以及全向激光告警系统在内的空间三维几何模型,推导了平台上散射激光光斑轮廓解析表达式,以及轮廓上任意一点相对鱼眼镜头的物方半视场角表达式。将成像于探测器上的光斑进行鱼眼成像畸变校正并取光斑边缘点,计算得到三维几何模型诸参数。再将模型参数与传感器阵列信息相结合,可最终获取敌方威胁激光源相对系统的方位和距离信息。最后对以上方法进行了实验验证并对产生误差的原因进行了分析。     

Power Measures and Solutions for Games Under Precedence Constraints

Games under precedence constraints model situations, where players in a cooperative transferable utility game belong to some hierarchical structure, which is represented by an acyclic digraph (partial order). In this paper, we introduce the class of precedence power solutions for games under precedence constraints. These solutions are obtained by allocating the dividends in the game proportional to some power measure for acyclic digraphs. We show that all these solutions satisfy the desirable axiom of irrelevant player independence, which establishes that the payoffs assigned to relevant players are not affected by the presence of irrelevant players. We axiomatize these precedence power solutions using irrelevant player independence and an axiom that uses a digraph power measure. We give special attention to the hierarchical solution, which applies the hierarchical measure. We argue how this solution is related to the known precedence Shapley value, which does not satisfy irrelevant player independence, and thus is not a precedence power solution. We also axiomatize the hierarchical measure as a digraph power measure.     

A convenient HPLC assay for the determination of fructosamine-3-kinase activity in erythrocytes

Fructosamine-3-kinase (FN3K) mediates the regeneration of lysine from fructosamines formed on proteins as a result of the ‘early’ Maillard reaction. As fructosamines and advanced glycation endproducts derived therefrom are supposed to play an adverse role in the development of diabetic complications, FN3K is discussed as a protein-repairing enzyme. In this study, a method for the determination of FN3K activity in erythrocyte lysate is described which overcomes the complexity of currently known assays. The assay is based on the FN3K-dependent conversion of the synthetic UV-active fructosamine N ^α-hippuryl-N ^ε-(1-deoxy-D-fructosyl)lysine (BzGFruK) to N ^α-hippuryl-N ^ε-(phosphofructosyl)lysine (BzGpFruK). The FN3K activity was quantified by measuring the formation of BzGpFruK using RP-HPLC with UV detection. Identification of the metabolite BzGpFruK was achieved by means of UV and mass spectroscopy. The results are related to the content of haemoglobin for standardisation. First activity measurements with a chosen number of normoglycaemic subjects confirmed the convenient applicability of the method and showed distinctly different individual activities, as already discovered recently. The new established assay needs only the equipment of a routine laboratory with HPLC instrumentation. This should facilitate further studies about a possible relationship between the FN3K activity and the development of diabetic complications.     

Photoinduced Oxidation Reaction of Benzotrifluoride with OH Radical by the Laser Flash Method

The optical transient and kinetics characterizations of the transients formed in the reaction of OH with benzotrifluoride (BTF) were performed by a laser flash photolysis technique. The results indicated that the formation of π‐type adduct of C₆H₅(OH)CF₃ was the major reaction channel, and the δ‐type adduct of C₆H₅CF₃OH formation was an additional minor process in the oxidation reaction of BTF attacked by OH radicals yielded from the photolysis of H₂O₂. Addition of OH to the CF₃ group led to the fluoride ion elimination to yield α,α‐difluorophenylcarbinol (C₆H₅CF₂OH). Trifluoromethylphenol (HOC₆H₄CF₃) of meta‐, para‐ and ortho‐substituted isomers resulted from the addition of OH to the BTF aromatic ring.     

Progress and Prospects of Non-Canonical NF-κB Signaling Pathway in the Regulation of Liver Diseases

Non-canonical nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) signaling pathway regulates many physiological and pathological processes, including liver homeostasis and diseases. Recent studies demonstrate that non-canonical NF-κB signaling pathway plays an essential role in hyperglycemia, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, alcoholic liver disease, liver regeneration, liver injury, autoimmune liver disease, viral hepatitis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Small-molecule inhibitors targeting to non-canonical NF-κB signaling pathway have been developed and shown promising results in the treatment of liver injuries. Here, the recent advances and future prospects in understanding the roles of the non-canonical NF-κB signaling pathways in the regulation of liver diseases are discussed.     

Stepwise Diagnostic Product Ions Filtering Strategy for Rapid Discovery of Diterpenoids in Scutellaria barbata Based on UHPLC-Q-Exactive-Orbitrap-MS

Diterpenoids are considered the major bioactive components in Scutellaria barbata to treat cancer and inflammation, but few comprehensive profiling studies of diterpenoids have been reported. Herein, a stepwise diagnostic product ions (DPIs) filtering strategy for efficient and targeted profiling of diterpenoids in Scutellaria barbata was developed using UHPLC-Q-Exactive-Orbitrap-MS. After UHPLC-HRMS/MS analysis of six diterpenoid reference standards, fragmentation behaviors of these references were studied to provide DPIs. Then, stepwise DPIs filtering aimed to reduce the potential interferences of matrix ions and achieve more chromatographic peaks was conducted to rapidly screen the diterpenoids. The results demonstrated that stepwise DPIs were capable of simplifying the workload in data post-processing and the effective acquisition of low abundance compounds. Subsequently, DPIs and MS/MS fragment patterns were adopted to identify the targeted diterpenoids. As a result, 381 diterpenoids were unambiguously or tentatively identified, while 141 of them with completely new molecular weights were potential new diterpenoids for Scutellaria barbata. These results demonstrate that the developed stepwise DPIs filtering method could be employed as an efficient, reliable, and valuable strategy to screen and identify the diterpenoid profile in Scutellaria barbata. This might accelerate and simplify target constituent profiling from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) extracts.     

One-electron reduction of superoxide radical-anions by 3-alkylpolyhydroxyflavones in micelles. Effect of antioxidant alkyl chain length on micellar structure and reactivity

In micellar solutions, one-electron reduction of (*)O 2 (-) radical-anions by 3-alkylpolyhydroxyflavones (FnH) with alkyl chains of n = 1, 4, 6, 10 carbons produces phenoxyl radicals ( (*)Fn) identical to those obtained by one-electron oxidation by (*)Br 2 (-) radical-anions or by repair of tryptophan radicals. In cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), F1H localizes in the Stern layer, and alkyl chains of other FnH solubilize in the hydrophobic interior, interacting with cetyl tails. This interaction produces more compact micelles with lower intramicellar fluidity, as suggested by the increase in the pseudo-first-order rate constant of (*)Fn formation ( k 1) from approximately 390 s (-1) for n = 1 to 610 s (-1) for n = 10, leading to an intramicellar bimolecular rate constant of 1 x 10 (5) M (-1) s (-1). Additionally, (*)F1 and (*)F4 decay by intermicellar bimolecular reaction (2 k = 20 and 2 x 10 (5) M (-1) s (-1), respectively) whereas other (*)Fn radicals are stable over seconds due to increased localization with regards to the Stern layer. In contrast, the thick uncharged hydrophilic palisade layer and the compact hydrophobic core of Triton X100 micelles are responsible for a much higher microviscosity resulting in a decrease in k 1 from approximately 15.6 s (-1) for n = 1 to 9.6 s (-1) for n = 10.     

以新型模板方法合成中孔SiO_2分子筛(英文)

以廉价、生物可降解的两性表面活性剂十四烷基甜菜碱作为模板剂,以正硅酸乙酯为硅源,在酸性条件下成功地合成了具有螺旋状孔道结构的 SiO_2中孔分子筛 .热重表征结果说明,采用溶剂萃取（乙醇的水溶液为萃取剂）的方法,近乎 100％的模板剂可以脱除回收 .