Paper-based electrochemiluminescent 3D immunodevice for lab-on-paper, specific, and sensitive point-of-care testing

Recent research on microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) has shown that paper has great potential for the fabrication of low-cost diagnostic devices for healthcare and environmental monitoring applications. Herein, electrochemiluminescence (ECL) was introduced for the first time into μPADs that were based on screen-printed paper-electrodes. To further perform high-specificity, high-performance, and high-sensitivity ECL on μPADs for point-of-care testing (POCT), ECL immunoassay capabilities were introduced into a wax-patterned 3D paper-based ECL device, which was characterized by SEM, contact-angle measurement, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. With the aid of a home-made device-holder, the ECL reaction was triggered at room temperature. By using a typical tris(bipyridine)ruthenium-tri-n-propylamine ECL system, this paper-based ECL 3D immunodevice was applied to the diagnosis of carcinoembryonic antigens in real clinical serum samples. This contribution further expands the number of sensitive and specific detection modes of μPADs.     

A novel high selectivity chemiluminescence sensor for fenvalerate based on double-sided hollow molecularly imprinted materials

Novel fenvalerate double-sided hollow molecularly imprinted microspheres (fenvalerate-DHMIMs) were fabricated by in situ polymerization with the help of mesoporous silica microspheres (MSMs) in this paper for the very first time. Scanning electron microscope was employed to characterize the surface morphology of the fenvalerate-DHMIMs. Taking advantage of the quenching effect of fenvalerate on the luminol-H(2)O(2)-NaOH chemiluminescence system, a new model was established to determine fenvalerate by a highly selective flow injection chemiluminescence method. The traditional flow-through cell was replaced by a novel Y-shaped column. The chemiluminescence intensity was linear with fenvalerate concentration over the range of 5.0 × 10(-8) to 2.0 × 10(-5) g mL(-1) and the detection limit was 2.2 × 10(-8) g mL(-1). The relative standard deviation (RSD) for the determination of 2.0 × 10(-6) g mL(-1) fenvalerate was 1.4% (n = 11). The proposed method was applied to the determination of fenvalerate in real samples with satisfactory results.     

The impact of human activity patterns on asymptomatic infectious processes in complex networks

The study of the impact of human activity patterns on network dynamics has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. However, individuals’ knowledge of their own physical states has rarely been incorporated into modeling processes. In real life, for certain infectious processes, infected agents may not have any visible or physical signs and symptoms; therefore, they may believe that they are uninfected even when they have been infected asymptomatically. This infection awareness factor is covered neither in the classical epidemic models such as SIS nor in network propagation studies. In this article, we propose a novel infectious process model that differentiates between the infection awareness states and the physical states of individuals and extend the SIS model to deal with both asymptomatic infection characteristics and human activity patterns. With regards to the latter, we focus particularly on individuals’ testing action, which is to determine whether an individual is infected by an epidemic. The simulation results show that less effort is required in controlling the disease when the transmission probability is either very small or large enough and that Poisson activity patterns are more effective than heavy-tailed patterns in controlling and eliminating asymptomatic infectious diseases due to the long-tail characteristic.     

The influence of high dielectric constant core on the activity of core-shell structure electrorheological fluid

The core-shell structural dielectric particles are applied widely in the electrorheological (ER) fluids. The properties of the dielectric core are critical factors influencing their ER activity. In this paper, we successfully synthesized two kinds of core-shell hydroxyl titanium oxalate (TOC) particles with SiO(2) and TiO(2) as core, respectively. The obtained core-shell structural SiO(2)-TOC and TiO(2)-TOC particles were well-dispersed spherical nanoparticles with ideal morphology and a narrow size distribution. Under DC electric fields, the TiO(2)-TOC ER fluid showed notable ER activity with a yield stress of about 96 kPa (at 4 kV/mm), which is 3 times of that SiO(2)-TOC ER fluid and outclassed the yield stress of the TOC ER fluid. The dielectric spectra indicated that the higher dielectric constant of TiO(2) core induces the stronger interaction between the neighboring particles, which contribute to the enhancement of ER activity.     

Synthesis and antisense properties of fluoro cyclohexenyl nucleic acid (F-CeNA), a nuclease stable mimic of 2'-fluoro RNA

We report the design and synthesis of 2'-fluoro cyclohexenyl nucleic acid (F-CeNA) pyrimidine phosphoramidites and the synthesis and biophysical, structural, and biological evaluation of modified oligonucleotides. The synthesis of the nucleoside phosphoramidites was accomplished in multigram quantities starting from commercially available methyl-D-mannose pyranoside. Installation of the fluorine atom was accomplished using nonafluorobutanesulfonyl fluoride, and the cyclohexenyl ring system was assembled by means of a palladium-catalyzed Ferrier rearrangement. Installation of the nucleobase was carried out under Mitsunobu conditions followed by standard protecting group manipulations to provide the desired pyrimidine phosphoramidites. Biophysical evaluation indicated that F-CeNA shows behavior similar to that of a 2'-modified nucleotide, and duplexes with RNA showed slightly lower duplex thermostability as compared to that of the more rigid 3'-fluoro hexitol nucleic acid (FHNA). However, F-CeNA modified oligonucleotides were significantly more stable against digestion by snake venom phosphodiesterases (SVPD) as compared to unmodified DNA, 2'-fluoro RNA (FRNA), 2'-methoxyethyl RNA (MOE), and FHNA modified oligonucleotides. Examination of crystal structures of a modified DNA heptamer duplex d(GCG)-T*-d(GCG):d(CGCACGC) by X-ray crystallography indicated that the cyclohexenyl ring system exhibits both the (3)H(2) and (2)H(3) conformations, similar to the C3'-endo/C2'-endo conformation equilibrium seen in natural furanose nucleosides. In the (2)H(3) conformation, the equatorial fluorine engages in a relatively close contact with C8 (2.94 ?) of the 3'-adjacent dG nucleotide that may represent a pseudo hydrogen bond. In contrast, the cyclohexenyl ring of F-CeNA was found to exist exclusively in the (3)H(2) (C3'-endo like) conformation in the crystal structure of the modified A-form DNA decamer duplex [d(GCGTA)-T*-d(ACGC)](2.) In an animal experiment, a 16-mer F-CeNA gapmer ASO showed similar RNA affinity but significantly improved activity compared to that of a sequence matched MOE ASO, thus establishing F-CeNA as a useful modification for antisense applications.     

半导体激光器纵向泵浦准连续Cr:LiSAF激光器的实验研究

用波长为653.2nm的半导体激光器实现了纵向泵浦Cr:LiSAF激光器的准连续运转,晶体平均吸收功率为140mW时获得激光输出,在LD最大输出功率范围内,晶体平均吸收功率为680mW时,可获得最大平均输出功率32mW,斜效率5.6%.     

A laser flash photolysis study of amino acids and dipeptides using 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide as a photosensitizer: The pH dependence

The pH effects on the photochemical reaction of amino acids and related dipeptides with 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4NQO) as a photosensitizer have been investigated by laser flash photolysis. The obtained kinetic parameters show that the electron transfer from Tryptophan (Trp), Tyrosine (Tyr) as well as dipeptides containing Trp and/or Tyr residue to triplet 4NQO (^T4NQO) are efficient, but inefficient from methionine (Met) and dipeptides containing neither Trp nor Tyr. The result was supported by the calculated values of the free energy change from measured oxidation potentials for the electron transfer. It was demonstrated that Trp and Tyr residues are initial reaction sites with ^T4NQO, while Tyr/O^? radical may be final species for Trp-Tyr dipeptide. In acidic aqueous solutions, the self-quenching rate constants of ^T4NQO and the rate constants of electron transfer from amino acids to ^T4NQO decrease with decreasing pH. In alkaline solutions, amino acids are easily oxidized by 4NQO under irradiation of laser pulse, and no transient absorption signal was observed.     

低渗透油藏爆炸压裂产能分析及压裂改造区域优化设计

基于爆炸压裂裂缝分布规律,提出爆炸压裂缝网双重介质复合流动产能模型,应用Laplace变换Stehfest数值反演,得到了定压条件下封闭外边界低渗透油藏爆炸压裂生产井产能表达式。在模型正确性验证的基础上结合某低渗透油藏储层特征参数研究了爆炸压裂改造区域参数对封闭边界油藏产量的影响,同时对爆炸压裂改造改造体积优化设计进行了研究。研究结果表明,爆炸压裂改造区域半径主要影响生产中期产能,改造区域渗透率对生产早期和中期影响比较大,且对于实例油藏爆炸压裂改造比为0.1时效果最好。     

离子色谱法检测食品添加剂焦碳酸二甲酯中的氯离子

建立离子色谱法检测食品添加剂焦碳酸二甲酯（DMDC）中的杂质氯离子的方法。样品用水溶解超声定容后,采用SH-AC-1阴离子交换柱（250mm×4．6mm,5μm）分离,抑制电导法检测。考察了淋洗液种类、浓度对氯离子与干扰离子分离度的影响。最佳色谱条件：以0．005mol／L的四硼酸钠水溶液为淋洗液,流速1．0mL／min。在此条件下,样品中的氯离子可以和其它干扰离子分离,而且分离度达3．0以上,峰形对称。在氯离子浓度为0．1～5．0mg／L的范围内,可获得良好的线性关系,线性相关系数大于0．999;氯离子检出限（S／N=3）达0．007mg／L,加标回收率为97．5％～98．9％。该方法可以用于食品添加剂DMDC中氯离子的测定。     

PVA／PVP共混物的聚集态结构

热处理前后不同组份比二元共混物聚乙烯醇(PVA)和聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)的聚集态结构研究表明,热处理可明显提高共混物的结晶性。热处理前样品仅观察到(101)晶面衍射,热处理后可观察到4个以上衍射晶面。结晶度和微晶大小随共混物中PVP含量增加而降低。第二类晶格畸变则随PVP含量增加而增大。