Laser Fabrication of Nanostructures on a Pure Aluminum Surface in Air

We report on the fabrication of surface nanoparticles and micro/nanograting structures on bulk pure aluminum in air using a 150 fs, 775 nm femtosecond laser. We investigate the size of the generated surface nanoparticles under irradiation with different femtosecond laser pulses. Smaller nanoparticles can be induced by a larger number of laser pulses and a lower laser fluence. In addition, we observe the formation of micro/nanogratings when the laser focus is scanned across a pure aluminum surface in air. We obtain micro- and nano-grating composite structures on a pure aluminum surface by adjusting the laser fluence and scan velocity. Femtosecond laser surface ablation of bulk pure aluminum in air is potentially a promising technique for efficient fabrication of surface nanostructures.     

Efficient BiVO4 Photoanodes by Postsynthetic Treatment: Remarkable Improvements in Photoelectrochemical Performance from Facile Borate Modification

Water‐splitting photoanodes based on semiconductor materials typically require a dopant in the structure and co‐catalysts on the surface to overcome the problems of charge recombination and high catalytic barrier. Unlike these conventional strategies, a simple treatment is reported that involves soaking a sample of pristine BiVO₄ in a borate buffer solution. This modifies the catalytic local environment of BiVO₄ by the introduction of a borate moiety at the molecular level. The self‐anchored borate plays the role of a passivator in reducing the surface charge recombination as well as that of a ligand in modifying the catalytic site to facilitate faster water oxidation. The modified BiVO₄ photoanode, without typical doping or catalyst modification, achieved a photocurrent density of 3.5 mA cm^?2 at 1.23 V and a cathodically shifted onset potential of 250 mV. This work provides an extremely simple method to improve the intrinsic photoelectrochemical performance of BiVO₄ photoanodes.     

原位水解-硝酸镧电位滴定法测定钛合金化铣腐蚀溶液中总氟化物

基于氟钛配合物的原位水解以及硝酸镧电位滴定法建立了测定钛合金化铣腐蚀溶液中总氟化物浓度的新方法。在六次甲基四胺(HMTA)缓冲溶液中,氟钛配合物发生原位水解并释放出游离氟离子,以氟离子选择电极(F-ISE)为指示电极进行测定。对影响测定的各项参数(如p H值、HMTA溶液用量、钛离子浓度等)做了条件实验并予以优化。实验结果表明Ti(Ⅳ)浓度在0~20 g/L范围内对于氟离子测定无干扰,方法的相对标准偏差(RSDs,n=6)在0.27%~0.62%之间,加标回收率在99.5%~101.1%之间。此外,本文对氟钛配合物原位水解反应的机理也进行了探讨,溶液中氟钛配合物的主要存在形式为TiF_6~(2-),适宜的酸度是水解反应进行的必要条件,HMTA作为缓冲溶液为水解反应持续进行提供恒定的p H环境,La(NO_3)_3作为氟清除剂降低游离氟离子浓度促进水解反应的进行,伴随滴定过程氟钛配合物发生完全水解。     

Synthesis and analysis of oligonucleotides containing abasic site analogues

DNA damage results in the formation of abasic sites from the formal hydrolysis of the glycosidic bond (AP) and several oxidized abasic lesions. Previous studies on AP sites revealed that DNA polymerases preferentially incorporated dA opposite them in approximately 80% of the replication events in Escherichia coli. These results were consistent with the hypothesis that the AP sites are noninstructive lesions due to the absence of a Watson-Crick base whose bypass adheres to the "A-rule." Recent replication studies of the oxidized abasic lesion, 2-deoxyribonolactone (L), revealed that DNA polymerase(s) does not apply the A-rule when bypassing it and incorporates large amounts of dG opposite L. These studies suggested that abasic sites such as L do direct polymerases to selectively incorporate nucleotides opposite them. However, it was not possible to determine the structural basis for this molecular recognition from these experiments. A group of oligonucleotides containing analogues of the AP and L lesions were synthesized and characterized as probes to gain insight into the structural basis for the distinct effect of 2-deoxyribonolactone on replication. These molecules will be useful tools for studying replication in cells and in vitro.     

Research on Optical Transmitter and Receiver Module Used for High-Speed Interconnection between CPU and Memory

With the development of the multicore processor, the bandwidth and capacity of the memory, rather than the memory area, are the key factors in server performance. At present, however, the new architectures, such as fully buffered DIMM (FBDIMM), hybrid memory cube (HMC), and high bandwidth memory (HBM), cannot be commercially applied in the server. Therefore, a new architecture for the server is proposed. CPU and memory are separated onto different boards, and optical interconnection is used for the communication between them. Each optical module corresponds to each dual inline memory module (DIMM) with 64 channels. Compared to the previous technology, not only can the architecture realize high-capacity and wide-bandwidth memory, it also can reduce power consumption and cost, and be compatible with the existing dynamic random access memory (DRAM). In this article, the proposed module with system-in-package (SiP) integration is demonstrated. In the optical module, the silicon photonic chip is included, which is a promising technology to be applied in the next-generation data exchanging centers. And due to the bandwidth–distance performance of the optical interconnection, SerDes chips are introduced to convert the 64-bit data at 800 Mbps from/to 4-channel data at 12.8 Gbps after/before they are transmitted though optical fiber. All the devices are packaged on cheap organic substrates. To ensure the performance of the whole system, several optimization efforts have been performed on the two modules. High-speed interconnection traces have been designed and simulated with electromagnetic simulation software. Steady-state thermal characteristics of the transceiver module have been evaluated by ANSYS APLD based on finite-element methodology (FEM). Heat sinks are placed at the hotspot area to ensure the reliability of all working chips. Finally, this transceiver system based on silicon photonics is measured, and the eye diagrams of data and clock signals are verified.     

Large ‐ or ‐Minors in 3‐Connected Graphs

There are numerous results bounding the circumference of certain 3‐connected graphs. There is no good bound on the size of the largest bond (cocircuit) of a 3‐connected graph, however. Oporowski, Oxley, and Thomas (J Combin Theory Ser B 57 (1993), 2, 239–257) proved the following result in 1993. For every positive integer k, there is an integer such that every 3‐connected graph with at least n vertices contains a ‐ or ‐minor. This result implies that the size of the largest bond in a 3‐connected graph grows with the order of the graph. Oporowski et al. obtained a huge function iteratively. In this article, we first improve the above authors' result and provide a significantly smaller and simpler function . We then use the result to obtain a lower bound for the largest bond of a 3‐connected graph by showing that any 3‐connected graph on n vertices has a bond of size at least . In addition, we show the following: Let G be a 3‐connected planar or cubic graph on n vertices. Then for any , G has a ‐minor with , and thus a bond of size at least .     

Fe3O4纳米粒子修饰多壁碳纳米管的制备及在水和蜂蜜样品中痕量菊酯类农药分析中的应用

通过化学共沉淀法使Fe₃O₄纳米粒子负载于酸化多壁碳纳米管(AMWNTs)表面,得到Fe₃O₄/AMWNTs磁性纳米材料。该材料具有很好的磁响应度和分散性,将其用于富集痕量拟除虫菊酯类农药残留,结果证明该复合材料对菊酯类农药的吸附性能良好。通过对影响萃取性能的几种因素如离子强度、萃取时间和解吸时间依次进行优化,在最优条件下,建立了Fe₃O₄/AMWNTs磁性分散固相萃取-气相色谱测定6种菊酯类农药残留的分析方法。线性范围在0.5~50 μg/L之间,相关系数(R²)大于0.990,检出限为0.07~0.20 μg/L,精密度为3.8%~8.1%。该方法用于河水、鱼塘水和两种市售蜂蜜中菊酯类农药的残留分析,回收率高于78.4%。该方法操作简便、灵敏度高,能够满足环境水样及蜂蜜样品中痕量菊酯农药残留的分析需求。     

Single-phased white-light emitting CaAl<Subscript>2</Subscript>Si<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>8</Subscript>: Eu<Superscript>2+</Superscript>, Mn<Superscript>2+</Superscript> phosphors prepared by a sol–gel method

CaAl₂Si₂O₈: Eu²⁺, Mn²⁺ phosphors have been prepared by a sol–gel method. X-ray diffractometer, spectrofluorometer and UV–Vis spectrometer were used to characterize structural and optical properties of the samples. The results indicate that anorthite (CaAl₂Si₂O₈) directly crystallizes at 1000 °C in the sol–gel process. CaAl₂Si₂O₈: Eu²⁺, Mn²⁺ phosphors show two emission bands excited by ultraviolet light. Blue (around 415 nm) and yellow (around 575 nm) emissions originate from Eu²⁺ and Mn²⁺, respectively. With appropriate tuning of Mn²⁺ content, CaAl₂Si₂O₈: Eu²⁺, Mn²⁺ phosphors exhibit different hues and relative color temperatures.