Laser-assisted electron capture by a fast proton from a hydrogen atom

The first Born approximation is used to study the laser-assisted electron capture by a fast proton from a hydrogen atom. The laser modification on differential cross section peaks sharply in the forward direction. With the impact energy increasing, the change in integral cross section becomes notable. The more intense the laser, the greater the cross section is; the lower the frequency, the greater the cross section.     

氯化血红素催化新型荧光反应测定葡萄糖的研究

本文用流动注射分析了研究了过氧化物模拟酶催化过氧新型荧光底物（Ｎ，Ｎ－二氰甲基邻苯二胺，ＤＣＭＯＰＡ）的最优条件。结果表明，该系统可用于定量测定氧化氢及催化氯化血红素的浓度。     

An enantioselective synthesis of phomopsolide D

A short enantioselective route to the highly functionalized α,β-unsaturated δ-lactone natural product phomopsolide D and three of its stereoisomers, has been accomplished. All of the carbon atoms of phomopsolide D come from tiglic acid and 2-furyl-1-penta-1′,3′-dienylketone (furan plus hexadienal). This approach derives its asymmetry from the sequential use of two catalytic asymmetric reactions; these being a Sharpless dihydroxylation reaction and a Noyori furylketone reduction. The resulting furfuryl alcohols were stereoselectively transformed into α,β-unsaturated δ-lactones via a short highly diastereoselective oxidation and reduction sequence.     

Metallobiochemistry of current environmental levels of trace metals: A new method of cyclotron production of48V for toxicological studies

No-carrier-added⁴⁸V at 37 Mbq (mCi) levels was produced at the JRC-Ispra cyclotron by (, n) reactions on a scandium target and used to label environmental and physiological levels of vanadium for metallobiochemical investigations. The radiochemical separation of⁴⁸V from Sc is very simple and rapid and involves a single chromatographic step after fast dissolution of the bombarded target. The yield of the separation and the radioisotopic purity of the separated⁴⁸V were nearly 100% A summary of the main results concerning different metabolic investigations on rats including absorption, retention, transfer of⁴⁸V from mothers to newborns, binding with enzymes as well as uptake by cell culture system is reported.At the time of this study visiting scientists at the^4,5Radiochemistry and³Functional Materials Divisions of the JRC-Ispra.     

Preparation and Characterization of a Sol-Gel Prepared Ferroelectric Sandwich Structure

A novel silicon-based PbTiO₃/Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃/PbTiO₃ (PT/PZT/PT) sandwich structure has been prepared using a sol-gel method. The annealing temperature is greatly reduced compared with those structures without PT layers. Capacitance-voltage (C-V), leakage current-voltage (I-V), polarization-field (P-E), dielectric-frequency response and polarization fatigue of the sandwich structure are examined. The relative dielectric constant, the coercive field and the remanent polarization of the PZT films are measured to be about 900, 18 kV/cm and 16 C/cm² respectively. The current density is less than 5 × 10^–9 A/cm² below 200 kV/cm. The dielectric constant of the structure remains constant at low frequency, and decreases to some degree at high frequency. The retained polarization does not change significantly after 8 × 10⁹ read/write cycles. The PZT films are proved to have very good dielectric and ferroelectric properties. The new PT/PZT/PT sandwich structure can be valuable for memory devices and other applications.     

Hydrodynamic simulation of cell docking in microfluidic channels with different dam structures

The immobilization of biological cells in micro-devices requires high efficiency and easy control while maintaining cell viability. One approach for cell immobilization is to utilize constriction structures such as dams to trap cells in microfluidics. In this paper, we present a comprehensive hydrodynamic analysis of two different types of constriction structures for cell immobilization: dams either in perpendicular or in parallel to the main flow route. Various structural models and experimental conditions were compared for cell docking and alignment, and the pressure and velocity profiles of the flow in the micro-channels and the hydrodynamic force and shear stress on the docked cells were calculated based on fluid dynamic theory and numerical simulation. The effects of the dam structures and cell docking on the flow properties, the transportation efficiency, and the induced stress on the docked cells were analyzed. Improved hydraulic pressure profiles in the auxiliary inlets were discussed for the modulation of the flow characteristics and attenuation of hydrodynamic forces exerted on the cells. Furthermore, a new design combining the advantages of perpendicular and parallel dam structures was proposed for cell-based microfluidics.     

Chemical Reactions and Kinetics of the Carbon Monoxide Coupling in the Presence of

The chemical reactions and kinetics of the catalytic coupling reaction of carbon monoxide to diethyl oxalate were studied in the presence of hydrogen over a supported palladium catalyst in the gaseous phase at the typical coupling reaction conditions. The experiments were performed in a continuous flow fixed-bed reactor. The results indicated that hydrogen only reacts with ethyl nitrite to form ethanol, and kinetic studies revealed that the rate-determining step is the surface reaction of adsorbed hydrogen and the ethoxy radical (EtO-). A kinetic model is proposed and a comparison of the observed and calculated conversions showed that the rate expressions are of rather high confidence.     

Sorption and desorption of neptunium(V) on calcareous soil and its solid components: A comparative study

The sorption and desorption isotherms of untreated calcareous soil and three treated soils to remove CaCO₃, organic matter (OM) and both CaCO₃ and OM were determined and analyzed with the Freundlich equation at pH 7.8, moderate concentrations of NpO₂ ⁺ (~10^-5mol/l), in the presence of 0.01 mol/l CaCl₂ and under ambient aerobic conditions. The relative contribution of CaCO₃ and OM to the neptunium(V) sorption on calcareous soil and the sorption/desorption hysteresis is discussed. The effects of adding fulvic acid (FA) and carbonate in to the solution on the sorption of neptunium(V) on the soils were also studied. The sorption and desorption characteristics of NpO₂ ⁺, Zn²⁺, Sr²⁺ and Cs⁺ on the soils are compared.     

Studies on the inactivation of bovine liver enoyl-CoA hydratase by (methylenecyclopropyl)formyl-CoA: elucidation of the inactivation mechanism and identification of cysteine-114 as the entrapped nucleophile

The inhibitory properties of (methylenecyclopropyl)formyl-CoA (MCPF-CoA), a metabolite derived from a natural amino acid, (methylenecyclopropyl)glycine, against bovine liver enoyl-CoA hydratase (ECH) were characterized. We have previously demonstrated that MCPF-CoA specifically targets ECHs, which catalyze the reversible hydration of alpha,beta-unsaturated enoyl-CoA substrates to the corresponding beta-hydroxyacyl-CoA products. Here, we synthesized (R)- and (S)-diastereomers of MCPF-CoA to examine the stereoselectivity of this inactivation. Both compounds were shown to be competent inhibitors for bovine liver ECH with nearly identical second-order inactivation rate constants (k(inact)/K(I)) and partition ratios (k(cat)/k(inact)), indicating that the inactivation is nonstereospecific with respect to ring cleavage. The inhibitor, upon incubation with bovine liver ECH, labels a tryptic peptide, ALGGGXEL, near the active site of the protein, where X is the amino acid that is covalently modified. Cloning and sequence analysis of bovine liver ECH gene revealed the identity of the amino acid residue entrapped by MCPF-CoA as Cys-114 (mature sequence numbering). On the basis of gHMQC (gradient heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence) analysis with [3-(13)C]-labeled MCPF-CoA, the ring cleavage is most likely induced by the nucleophilic attack at the terminal carbon of the exomethylene group (C(2)'). We propose a plausible inactivation mechanism that involves relief of ring strain and is consistent with examples found in the literature. In addition, these studies provide important clues for future design of more efficient and selective inhibitors to control and/or regulate fatty acid metabolism.     

DFT study on the geometric, electronic structure and Raman spectra of 5,15-diphenylporphine

The ground state geometric, electronic structure and Raman spectra of 5,15-diphenylporphine (H(2)DPP) have been studied using B3LYP/6-31G(d) method and compared with that of well-studied free base porphine (H(2)P) and meso-tetraphenylporphine (H(2)TPP). Calculation shows that 5,15-substitution causes remarkable in-plane distortion, whereas the resulting out-of-plane distortion is negligible. The calculated electronic structure of H(2)DPP is consistent with the absorption spectra compared with H(2)P and H(2)TPP. The calculated vibrational frequencies of H(2)DPP scaled with a single factor of 0.971 agree well with experimental data (the rms error is 8.0 cm(-1)). The assignment of experimental Raman bands of H(2)DPP was discussed on the basis of theoretical calculation and the comparison with that of H(2)P and H(2)TPP. The splitting of some vibrational modes involving the motion of C(m) atom, such as nu(1), nu(8), and nu(10), was observed and was attributed to the diversification of the environment around C(m) atoms. As the shift of absorption peaks, the shift of some structure-sensitive Raman bands of H(2)DPP form that of H(2)TPP and H(2)P was attributed to the in-plane nuclear reorganization (IPNR) induced by phenyl-substitution, though the contribution of nonplanarity mechanism could not be excluded completely.