93.7 W 1112 nm diode-side-pumped CW Nd:YAG laser

We demonstrate a high power continuous wave (CW) infrared laser operated at 1112 nm from a diode side-pumped Nd:YAG crystal with a plano-plano symmetrical resonator. By inserting an etalon, an output power of as high as 93.7 W at 1112 nm was obtained at the pump power of 570 W with conversion efficiency of 16.4%. The beam quality factor of M² was measured to be about 17. The wavelength tunable performance of the etalon was also analyzed. To the best of our knowledge, it is the highest output power at 1112 nm CW laser based on Nd:YAG crystal.     

Geometric entanglement in valance-bond-solid state

Multipartite entanglement, measured by the geometric entanglement (GE), is discussed for integer spin Valance-Bond-Solid (VBS) state respectively with periodic boundary condition (PBC) and open boundary condition (OBC) in this paper. The optimization in the definition of geometric entanglement can be reduced greatly by exploring the symmetry of VBS state, and then the fully separable state can be determined explicitly. Numerical evaluation for GE by the random simulation is also implemented in order to demonstrate the validity of the reductions. Our calculations show that GE is saturated by a finite value with the increment of particle number, that means that the total entanglement for VBS state would be divergent under the thermodynamic limit. Moreover it is found that the scaling behavior of GE with spin number s is fitted as α log(s + β/s + γ)+δ, in which the values of the parameters α, β, γ, σ are only dependent on the parity of spin s. A comparison with entanglement entropy of VBS state is also made, in order to demonstrate the essential differences between multipartite and bipartite entanglement in this model.     

Tagged molecule induced nanoparticle aggregation： Raman reporter-labeled immuno-Au aggregate as immuno-sensor

<正>A novel structure with high surface enhanced Raman scattering(SERS) activity and bio-specificity as a SERS-based immuno-sensor(named as Raman reporter-labeled immuno-Au aggregate) is demonstrated and employed for protein detection.In each fabrication process,the features of those aggregates are obtained and characterized by ultraviolet-visible(UV-Vis) extinction spectra,transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images,scanning electron microscopy(SEM) pictures,and SERS spectra.Experimental results indicate that proper amounts of the reporter molecules can result in the moderate aggregation morphologies of gold nanoparticles.Compared with the previously reported method using Raman reporterlabeled immuno-Au nanoparticles,more sensitive SERS-based protein detection is realized with this novel immuno-sensor.     

Assessing total differences variations in color,for effective samples having coarseness,and glint

Effect coatings have the unique property of large change of appearance under different viewing conditions. This results in quality control problems of related products. In this letter, samples of metallic panels with effect coatings are visually assessed and measured. Based on experimental results, we propose formulae to predict precisely the total differences of effective samples in terms of variations in color, coarseness, and glint. Under diffused illumination, the total difference formula includes color difference and coarseness difference. Under directional illumination, the total difference formula includes color difference and glint difference.     

基于室温脉冲量子级联激光器的NO气体检测中的光谱处理方法研究

报导了采用基于室温脉冲量子级联激光器的脉内光谱检测技术,利用中心波长为1904 cm^-1的量子级联激光器,在实验室对NO气体样品进行检测的研究结果. 针对单线直接吸收光谱反演算法进行了研究,介绍了基线拟合的最小二乘算法以获取其吸光度,根据HITRAN数据库中相应吸收谱线的吸收线强,采用扫描积分实现了气体浓度的反演,避免了标气标定造成的误差及污染;通过拟合残差分析得到了系统的检测限,达到34×10^-6 m.     

Bubble pulsations between parallel plates

The dynamic response of an acoustically driven spherical bubble between parallel plates is investigated in the linear approximation. For the case of rigid plates, explicit expressions are provided for the resonance frequency and damping, and the importance of including compressibility of the liquid is discussed. For wide channels, approximate results are presented that account for finite acoustic impedance of the plates.     

Electrogenerated chemiluminescence of luminol on a gold-nanorod-modified gold electrode

Electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) of luminol on a gold-nanorod-modified gold electrode was studied, and five ECL peaks were obtained under conventional cyclic voltammetry in both neutral and alkaline solutions. Among them, four ECL peaks (ECL-1-4) were also observed on a gold-nanosphere-modified gold electrode, but the intensities of these ECL peaks were enhanced about 2-10-fold on a gold-nanorod-modified gold electrode in neutral solution. One new strong ECL peak (ECL-5) was obtained at -0.28 V (vs SCE) on a gold-nanorod-modified gold electrode in both neutral and alkaline solutions and enhanced with an increase in pH. In strong alkaline solutions, ECL-1 and ECL-2 on a gold-nanosphere-modified electrode were much stronger than those on a gold-nanorod-modified gold electrode, while ECL-3-5 appeared to only happen on a gold-nanorod-modified gold electrode. The emitter of all the ECL peaks was identified as 3-aminophthalate. The ECL peaks were found to depend on the scan direction, the electrolytes, the pH, and the presence of O(2) and N(2). The reaction pathways for ECL-4 have been further elucidated, and the mechanism of the new ECL peak (ECL-5) has been proposed. The results indicate that a gold-nanorod-modified gold electrode has a catalytic effect on luminol ECL different from that of a gold-nanosphere-modified gold electrode, revealing that the shape of the metal nanoparticles has an important effect on the luminol ECL behavior. The strong ECL of luminol in neutral solution obtained on a gold-nanorod-modified electrode may be used for the sensitive detection of biologically important compounds in physiological conditions.     

Experimental and computational studies of alkali-metal coinage-metal clusters

Coinage and alkali metal mixed clusters, M4Na- (M = Cu, Au) have been investigated experimentally using photoelectron spectroscopy and computationally at correlated ab initio levels. The related Cu4Li-, Ag4Li-, Ag4Na-, and Au4Li- clusters as well as the neutral Cu4Li2 and Cu4Na2 clusters have also been studied computationally. The calculations show that the two lowest isomers of the negatively charged clusters include a pyramidal C4v structure and a planar C2v species. For Cu4Li- and Cu4Na-, the C4v structure is calculated at correlated ab initio level to be 30.9 and 16.9 kJ/mol below the planar C2v isomer, whereas the planar isomers of Au4Li- and Au4Na- are found to be 29.7 and 49.4 kJ/mol below the pyramidal ones. For Ag4Li- and Ag4Na-, the pyramidal isomers are the lowest ones. Comparison of the calculated and measured photoelectron spectra of Cu4Na- and Au4Na- shows that the pyramidal Cu4Na- cluster of C4v symmetry and the planar Au4Na- of C2v symmetry are detected experimentally. Calculations of the magnetically induced current density in Cu4Li- and Cu4Li2 using the Gauge-Including Magnetically Induced Current (GIMIC) method show that strong ring currents are sustained mainly by the highest-occupied molecular orbital primarily derived from the Cu 4s. The GIMIC calculations thus show that the Cu4(2-) ring is -aromatic and that the d orbitals do not play any significant role for the electron delocalization effects. The present study does not support the notion that the square-planar Cu4(2-) is the first example of d-orbital aromatic molecules.     

Baker's yeast-mediated enantioselective reduction of substituted fluorenones

In the presence of DMSO as co-solvent and under vigorous agitation, baker's yeast in water was found to reduce substituted fluorenones to the corresponding fluorenols in good to excellent enantioselectivities.     

Theoretical study of hydrogen bonding interaction in nitroxyl (HNO) dimer: interrelationship of the two N-H...O blue-shifting hydrogen bonds

The hydrogen bonding interactions of the HNO dimer have been investigated using ab initio molecular orbital and density functional theory (DFT) with the 6-311++G(2d,2p) basis set. The natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis and atom in molecules (AIM) theory were applied to understand the nature of the interactions. The interrelationship between one N-H...O hydrogen bond and the other N-H...O hydrogen bond has been established by performing partial optimizations. The dimer is stabilized by the N-H...O hydrogen bonding interactions, which lead to the contractions of N-H bonds as well as the characteristic blue-shifts of the stretching vibrational frequencies nu(N-H). The NBO analysis shows that both rehybridization and electron density redistribution contribute to the large blue-shifts of the N-H stretching frequencies. A quantitative correlations of the intermolecular distance H...O (r(H...O)) with the parameters: rho at bond critical points (BCPs), s-characters of N atoms in N-H bonds, electron densities in the sigma*(N-H), the blue-shift degrees of nu(N-H) are presented. The relationship between the difference of rho (|Deltarho|) for the one hydrogen bond compared with the other one and the difference of interaction energy (DeltaE) are also illustrated. It indicates that for r(H...O) ranging from 2.05 to 2.3528 A, with increasing r(H...O), there is the descending tendency for one rho(H...O) and the ascending tendency for the other rho(H...O). r(H...O) ranging from 2.3528 to 2.85 A, there are descending tendencies for the two rho(H...O) with increasing r(H...O). On the potential energy surface of the dimer, the smaller the difference between one rho(H...O) and the other rho(H...O) is, the more stable the structure is. As r(H...O) increases, the blue-shift degrees of nu(N-H) decrease. The cooperative descending tendencies in s-characters of two N atoms with increasing r(H...O) contribute to the decreases in blue-shift degrees of nu(N-H). Ranging from 2.05 to 2.55 A, the increase of the electron density in one sigma*(N-H) with elongating r(H...O) weakens the blue-shift degrees of nu(N-H), simultaneously, the decrease of the electron density in the other sigma*(N-H) with elongating r(H...O) strengthens the blue-shift degrees of nu(N-H). Ranging from 2.55 to 2.85 A, the cooperative ascending tendencies of the electron densities in two sigma*(N-H) with increasing r(H...O) contribute to the decreases in blue-shift degrees of nu(N-H).