Natural Polyphenols for Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a prevalent and serious gastrointestinal malignancy with high mortality and morbidity. Chemoprevention refers to a newly emerged strategy that uses drugs with chemopreventive properties to promote antioxidation, regulate cancer cell cycle, suppress proliferation, and induce cellular apoptosis, so as to improve cancer treatment outcomes. Natural polyphenols are currently recognized as a class of chemopreventive agents that have shown remarkable anticarcinogenic properties. Numerous in vitro and in vivo studies have elucidated the anti-CRC mechanisms of natural polyphenols, such as regulation of various molecular and signaling pathways. Natural polyphenols are also reportedly capable of modulating the gut microbiota and cancer stem cells (CSCs) to suppress tumor formation and progression. Combined use of different natural polyphenols is recommended due to their low bioavailability and instability, and combination treatment can exert synergistical effects, reduce side effects, and avoid drug resistance in CRC treatment. In summary, the application of polyphenols in the chemoprevention and treatment of CRC is promising. Further clinical evaluation of their effectiveness is warranted and anticipated.     

优化沉积参数对微晶硅薄膜太阳电池性能的影响

本文主要采用甚高频等离子体增强化学气相沉积技术制备了不同硅烷浓度、辉光功率和反应气体流量的单结微晶硅薄膜太阳电池。电池的I-V测试结果表明:电池的开路电压随功率的降低、硅烷浓度和气体流量的增加而增加,而对应的短路电流密度在一定的硅烷浓度条件下达到最大,填充因子也在逐渐的增加。文中对具体内容进行了详细的分析。     

硅烷浓度对微晶硅太阳电池的影响

采用甚高频等离子化学气相沉积技术(VHF-PECVD)制备了系列p-i-n型微晶硅太阳电池,研究了电池有源层硅烷浓度的变化对电池性能的影响.结果发现:随着硅烷浓度的提高电池的短路电流密度先提高然后降低,转换效率与之有相同的变化趋势,而开路电压随硅烷浓度的提高而增加,这些变化来源于有源层材料结构的改变.电池的填充因子几乎不受硅烷浓度的影响,但受前电极的影响很大.不同系列电池转化效率的最高点虽然处于非晶到微晶的过渡区,但对应电池的晶化率不同.另外,研究结果也给出非晶/微晶过渡区随着辉光功率的提高和沉积气压的降低向高硅烷浓度方向转移.     

KDP晶体的点状籽晶法生长及其缺陷研究

研究了溶液Ph值对KDP晶体生长形态的影响,进行了晶体生长实验和参数对比.以提高溶液Ph值为主要手段在低过饱和度下进行KDP晶体点状生长.对点状法生长的晶体进行了缺陷分析,测定了晶体不同区域的金属离子含量并进行了对比分析.实验表明溶液Ph值对晶体各向的相对生长速度有显著的影响.在Ph=5.0、低过饱和度(σ＜0.02)条件下生长出50×50×50mm3的晶体.     

环糊精在绿色有机合成中的应用

环糊精通过主客体相互作用能将疏水性有机分子转移到对环境友好的水中进行有机反应,还能影响分子的电性环境,使反应在温和的条件下就能获得良好的收率,几乎没有副产物,在绿色有机合成中应用十分广泛。本文就近年来环糊精在绿色有机合成中的应用现状分为氧化、加成、开环、脱保护、偶联和取代等几个反应类型作以简要概述。     

RIG型磁光薄膜的研究进展及应用

随着光通信技术与光子集成电路的发展,非互易性器件作为光通信系统中重要的组成部分得到了越来越广泛的研究与应用。基于磁光效应制成的磁光隔离器和环行器是目前应用最为广泛的非互易性器件,为了将非互易性器件整块集成在硅片上,需制备性能与块状磁光材料相当的磁光薄膜。在近红外通信波段(1 550 nm),以钇铁石榴石(Y₃Fe₅O₁₂,YIG)为代表的稀土铁石榴石(RIG)具备优良的磁光效应,是最具应用前景的磁光材料之一。研究发现,使用稀土离子对YIG薄膜进行掺杂可以有效改善其磁光性能,尤其是Bi³⁺和Ce³⁺掺杂的YIG表现出巨法拉第效应。本文首先介绍了法拉第效应原理,介绍了三种常见磁光薄膜的生长方法,回顾了近年来的主要研究成果,介绍了磁光薄膜在光隔离器和环行器中的应用,最后对磁光薄膜的未来发展趋势进行了展望。     

Pharmacophore features for machine learning in pharmaceutical virtual screening

Molecular Diversity - Methods of three-dimensional molecular alignment generally treat all pharmacophore features equally when superimposing. However, some pharmacophore features can be more...     

Ag@CH3NH3PbI3等离激元效应增强钙钛矿太阳能电池性能的数值研究

由于银纳米粒子结构的表面等离激元共振特性对有机无机卤化物钙钛矿的新型太阳能电池性能有一定影响,利用comsol mutiphysics多物理场仿真软件对Ag@CH3 NH3 PbI3纳米粒子等离激元效应增强钙钛矿太阳能薄膜电池性能进行研究,对粒子半径和粒子间距对于能量的影响进行了计算;对光敏层能量增强的机理进行了解释;并对电场分布进行了详细说明.依据实验数据,给出优化后的银纳米粒子阵列和钙钛矿光敏层的厚度以及强度,为实验制备高效稳定的钙钛矿太阳能电池提供理论指导.     

The System Profile of Renal Drug Transporters in Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis Model and Consequent Effect on Pharmacokinetics

With the widespread clinical use of drug combinations, the incidence of drug–drug interactions (DDI) has significantly increased, accompanied by a variety of adverse reactions. Drug transporters play an important role in the development of DDI by affecting the elimination process of drugs in vivo, especially in the pathological state. Tubulointerstitial fibrosis (TIF) is an inevitable pathway in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) to end-stage renal disease. Here, the dynamic expression changes of eleven drug transporters in TIF kidney have been systematically investigated. Among them, the mRNA expressions of Oat1, Oat2, Oct1, Oct2, Oatp4C1 and Mate1 were down-regulated, while Oat3, Mrp2, Mrp4, Mdr1-α, Bcrp were up-regulated. Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between transporters and Creatinine (Cr), OCT2 and MATE1 showed a strong negative correlation with Cr. In contrast, Mdr1-α exhibited a strong positive correlation with Cr. In addition, the pharmacokinetics of cimetidine, ganciclovir, and digoxin, which were the classical substrates for OCT2, MATE1 and P-glycoprotein (P-gp), respectively, have been studied. These results reveal that changes in serum creatinine can indicate changes in drug transporters in the kidney, and thus affect the pharmacokinetics of its substrates, providing useful information for clinical use.     

Thermal Conductance of Graphene-Titanium Interface: A Molecular Simulation

Titanium is a commonly used material in aviation, aerospace, and military applications, due to the outstanding mechanical properties of titanium and its alloys. However, its relatively low thermal conductivity restricts its extended usage. The use of graphene as a filler shows great potential for the enhancement of thermal conductivity in titanium-based metal-matrix composites (MMCs). We used classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulation methods to explore the thermal conductance at the titanium–graphene (Ti/Gr) interface for its thermal boundary conductance, which plays an important role in the thermal properties of Ti-based MMCs. The effects of system size, layer number, temperature, and strain were considered. The results show that the thermal boundary conductance (TBC) decreases with an increasing layer number and reaches a plateau at n = 5. TBC falls under tensile strain and, in turn, it grows with compressive strain. The variation of TBC is explained qualitatively by the interfacial atomic vibration coupling factor. Our findings also provide insights into ways to optimize future thermal management based on Ti-based MMCs materials.