Development of Optogenetic Dual-Switch System for Rewiring Metabolic Flux for Polyhydroxybutyrate Production

Several strategies, including inducer addition and biosensor use, have been developed for dynamical regulation. However, the toxicity, cost, and inflexibility of existing strategies have created a demand for superior technology. In this study, we designed an optogenetic dual-switch system and applied it to increase polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production. First, an optimized chromatic acclimation sensor/regulator (RBS10–CcaS#10–CcaR) system (comprising an optimized ribosomal binding site (RBS), light sensory protein CcaS, and response regulator CcaR) was selected for a wide sensing range of approximately 10-fold between green-light activation and red-light repression. The RBS10–CcaS#10–CcaR system was combined with a blue light-activated YF1–FixJ–PhlF system (containing histidine kinase YF1, response regulator FixJ, and repressor PhlF) engineered with reduced crosstalk. Finally, the optogenetic dual-switch system was used to rewire the metabolic flux for PHB production by regulating the sequences and intervals of the citrate synthase gene (gltA) and PHB synthesis gene (phbCAB) expression. Consequently, the strain RBS34, which has high gltA expression and a time lag of 3 h, achieved the highest PHB content of 16.6 wt%, which was approximately 3-fold that of F34 (expressed at 0 h). The results indicate that the optogenetic dual-switch system was verified as a practical and convenient tool for increasing PHB production.     

Dimerization of Acetylene to Monovinylacetylene (MVA) by Bimetallic Zr/Cu Catalyst in Nieuwland Catalytic System

Nieuwland catalyst is a key step in the dimerization of acetylene. Various zirconium metal additives incorporating Nieuwland catalysts were prepared, and their catalytic performances were assessed in acetylene dimerization. Different characterization techniques (i.e., thermogravimetric analysis, temperature-programmed reduction, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, hydrogen ion concentration measurement and transmission electron microscopy) were employed in this study. The best catalytic performance was obtained over zirconium-acetylacetonate-incorporated Nieuwland catalysts, with an acetylene conversion of 53.3% and a monovinylacetylene selectivity of 87.4%. Based on these results, the zirconium acetylacetonate additive could reduce the types of transition state complexes, and it could also change the morphology of the catalyst. In addition, the additives could significantly inhibit the occurrence of trimerization products and polymers. Hence, the conversion of acetylene, monovinylacetylene selectivity, and stability of the Nieuwland catalysts were enhanced.     

Drop-Activation:Implicit Parameter Reduction and Harmonious Regularization

Overfitting frequently occurs in deep learning.In this paper,we propose a novel regu-larization method called drop-activation to reduce overfitting and improve ...     

新型BT-BMT-xBNT无铅高储能密度陶瓷研究

本文采用传统固相反应法,成功制备了新型无铅弛豫铁电陶瓷(1-x)[0.9BaTiO₃-0.1Bi(Mg_0.25Ta_0.5)O₃]-xBi_0.5Na_0.5TiO₃。结果表明,较高居里温度的Bi_0.5Na_0.5TiO₃的引入,使得材料体系中建立了更多的以Bi—O耦合为主的极性纳米区域,弥补了因Bi(Mg_0.25Ta_0.5)O₃的加入导致的宏观极化强度的减少,提高了材料的饱和极化强度,实现了较高储能密度的同时具有更好的温度稳定性。在245 kV/cm电场强度下,x=0.2样品的储能密度约为4.01 J/cm³,储能效率约为84.86%,同时该组分在20~170 ℃储能密度的变化率小于5%,储能效率的变化率小于6%,表现出优异的温度稳定性。     

Ti含量对溶胶-凝胶法制备Ti、Ga共掺ZnO薄膜性能的影响

采用溶胶-凝胶旋涂法在玻璃衬底上沉积纳米结构Ti、Ga共掺ZnO薄膜(TGZO,Ga掺杂量为1.0;(原子分数,下同)),用X射线衍射仪(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、分光光度计(UV-Vis)、四探针测试仪、霍尔效应测试仪研究了Ti含量对TGZO薄膜的物相组成、表面形貌、电学和光学性能的影响.结果表明:所有TGZO薄膜均表现出六方纤锌矿的多晶结构,并具有(002)择优取向生长,在380～780 nm波长范围内具有良好的透射率(>86;);随着Ti含量的增加,TGZO薄膜的晶粒尺寸和可见光平均透射率均先增加后减小,而光学带隙和电阻率先减小后增加;Ti掺杂量为1.0;时,具有最高的可见光透射率92.82;,最窄的光学带隙3.249 eV,以及最低电阻率2.544×10-3Ω·cm.     

受限亚音速气流中倒置悬臂壁板静气弹稳定性的理论及实验研究

板壳结构在航空航天、高速列车、能量采集等诸多工程领域已经得到了广泛应用. 将悬臂壁板倒置于轴向气流中并在壁板周围流场中设置刚性壁面可有效地调控壁板的失稳速度, 是俘能器优化设计的重要措施之一. 但针对刚性壁面作用下亚音速气流中倒置悬臂壁板的失稳机制仍需要开展深入研究. 本文以受限亚音速气流中倒置的二维悬臂壁板为对象, 以理论分析及风洞实验为手段, 研究了单侧刚性壁面效应对倒置悬臂壁板静态失稳特性的影响规律. 在理论分析中, 首先应用镜像函数法来处理壁面约束条件, 基于算子理论研究获得了以Possio积分方程为表征的壁板气动力, 壁面效应实际表征为一包含移位Tricomi算子的复合算子; 然后将壁板失稳方程的求解问题转化为定区间上的函数逼近问题; 最后, 依据Wererstrass定理并利用最小二乘法求解该最优函数, 以获得系统的失稳临界参数. 在试验研究中依据压杆稳定原理设计了壁板静态失稳的测试方法并完成了风洞实验. 理论分析结果表明, 壁板会发生发散(静气动弹性)失稳, 临界动压随壁板与壁面间距的增加而增大并最终趋于稳定(无壁面情况); 通过理论与风洞实验结果的对比分析, 验证了本文气动力及理论分析的适用性及准确性. 针对倒置悬臂壁板结构的气动弹性失稳问题, 本文提出的方法不涉及系统方程的离散及特征值求解问题, 而是将其转化为了定区间上的函数逼近问题进行求解, 这为弹性结构静气动弹性失稳问题的研究提供了一个可行的新思路.      

基于特征正交分解的一类瞬态非线性热传导问题的新型快速分析方法

提出了一种基于特征正交分解(POD)和有限元法的瞬态非线性热传导问题的模型降阶快速分析方法, 建立了导热系数随温度变化的一类瞬态非线性热传导问题有限元格式的POD降阶模型. 在隐式时间推进方法的基础上有效结合单元预转换方法和多级线性化方法发展了一种加速求解瞬态非线性热传导降阶模型的新型计算方法,并通过二维和三维算例验证了该方法的准确性和高效性. 研究结果表明: (1)降阶模型解的均方根误差在经过初始时段轻微的脉动后稳定于0.01%以下, 而其计算效率比有限元全阶模型提高2$\sim $3个数量级, 并且自由度数量(DOFs)愈大提高的幅度也愈加显著; (2)新型算法解决了常规算法在计算非线性降阶模型时加速性能差的问题, 即使是在DOFs比较小的时候也能够明显提高计算效率; (3)常数边界条件下得到的POD模态可以用来建立相同求解域在各种复杂时变边界条件下的瞬态非线性热传导降阶模型, 并对其传热过程和温度场进行快速准确的分析与预测, 具有很好的工程应用价值.      

Controllable soliton transition and interaction in nonlocal nonlinear media

Nonlinear Dynamics - Two kinds of controllable evolutions of optical solitons are predicted in nonlocal nonlinear media by gradually tuning the characteristic length of response function. On the...     

基于金纳米微粒的化学发光金属免疫分析

建立了基于金纳米微粒溶解的化学发光反应体系,并探讨了金纳米微粒溶解及化学发光测定的最佳条件。首次将金纳米微粒引入生物素和IgG的化学发光金属免疫分析,比较了不同粒径金纳米微粒、不同检测系统对IgG测定的影响。在(一抗-IgG-二抗修饰金纳米微粒)检测系统中,基于10 nm和30 nm金纳米微粒测定IgG的线性范围分别为1~75 ng和0.5~25 ng,检出限分别为0.5 ng和0.1 ng。在(一抗-IgG-生物素化抗体-链霉亲和素修饰金纳米微粒)检测系统中,5 nm和10 nm金纳米微粒测定IgG的线性范围分别为10~250 ng和1~250 ng;检出限分别为5 ng和1 ng。     

源内裂解液相色谱-质谱鉴别人参皂甙Rf和拟人参皂甙F11

研究了利用源内碰撞诱导解离(in-source collision-induced d issoc iation)的高效液相色谱-大气压化学电离质谱(HPLC-APC I/MS)获取人参和西洋参的化学标志物———人参皂甙R f和拟人参皂甙F11的特征结构信息及鉴别人参和西洋参的方法。在乙腈-水梯度洗脱反相液相色谱及源内碰撞诱导解离条件下,能获得人参皂甙R f和拟人参皂甙F11的母核离子及去糖基离子的源内碰撞诱导解离谱,从其差别能清楚区分这对同分异构体。本方法对人参皂甙R f和拟人参皂甙F11的检出限能达到10-7g柱上样量,简单、快速,单次质谱实验就能鉴别人参和西洋参。