聚苯胺-富勒烯复合膜的光电响应

通过溶液共混方法制备了聚苯胺（PANI）-富勒烯复合膜, 并用IR、XRD、UV-Vis等技术对其进行表征.红外光谱表明聚苯胺与C60之间存在相互作用且表现为掺杂态聚苯胺红外谱图样.X射线衍射表明复合体材料的结晶性能增强.光致发光谱表明聚苯胺与C60分子之间存在有效光诱导电荷分离现象.光电响应实验表明复合体薄膜的光吸收增强, 光电流增大, 说明聚苯胺-富勒烯复合膜受光照射后发生了光诱导电荷分离现象, C60掺杂聚苯胺有助于改善光伏特性.     

Splenectomy improves liver fibrosis via tumor necrosis factor superfamily 14 (LIGHT) through the JNK/TGF-β1 signaling pathway

Splenectomy has been reported to improve liver fibrosis in patients with cirrhosis and hypersplenism. However, the mechanisms remain unclear. Tumor necrosis factor superfamily 14 (TNFSF14; also known as LIGHT) is highly expressed in the context of fibrosis and promotes disease progression in patients with fibrotic diseases such as pulmonary and skin fibrosis. Here, we determined whether splenectomy controls the production of LIGHT to improve liver fibrosis. Splenectomy reduced serum LIGHT levels in cirrhotic patients with hypersplenism and a ConA-induced liver fibrosis mouse model. Blocking LIGHT resulted in the downregulation of TGF-β1 in RAW264.7 cells. LIGHT treatment of RAW264.7 and JS1 cells in coculture regulated transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) expression through the activation of JNK signaling. Small interfering RNA-mediated silencing of lymphotoxin β receptor (LTβR) in macrophages resulted in pronounced decreases in the levels of fibrosis and αSMA in JS1 cells. These results indicated that LIGHT bound to LTβR and drove liver fibrosis in vitro. Blocking TGF-β1 abolished the effect of LIGHT in vitro. Furthermore, the administration of recombinant murine LIGHT protein-induced liver fibrosis with splenectomy, while blocking LIGHT without splenectomy improved liver fibrosis in vivo, revealing that the decrease in fibrosis following splenectomy was directly related to reduced levels of LIGHT. Thus, high levels of LIGHT derived from the spleen and hepatic macrophages activate JNK signaling and lead to increased TGF-β1 production in hepatic macrophages. Splenectomy attenuates liver fibrosis by decreasing the expression of LIGHT.Subject terms: Tumour-necrosis factors, Liver fibrosis, Hepatic stellate cells, Liver cirrhosis, Experimental models of disease     

利用DPN技术直接构建磁性纳米图形

在纳米尺度下构建有序的磁性模板和图形是当前的研究热点之一 [1,2 ] .这种模板在生物样品的分离[1] 、磁电子学研究和信息存储 [2 ] 等领域具有重要意义 .目前 ,光刻 [3] 、微触点印刷 [4 ] 和自组装 [5] 等多项技术已被用来构建各种纳米模板 .1 999年 ,美国西北大学 Mirkin小组 [6 ]发明的 Dip- pen纳米刻蚀技术 (简称 DPN技术 )更在可控组装方面显示出巨大优越性 .这项技术是在一定驱动力作用下 ,使吸附在原子力显微镜 ( AFM)针尖上的分子“墨水”逐渐转移到基底表面上 ,实现纳米模板的可控构建 .与传统技术相比 ,DPN技术可在纳米尺…     

Photodynamic therapy based on organic small molecular fluorescent dyes

This review aims to provide a summary of the progress in organic small molecular fluorescent dyes for photodynamic therapy in recent years and it is classified according to the structures of dyes including cyanines, phthalocyanine, BODIPYs and other agents.     

An approach to the tricyclic core of madangamines based upon a biogenetic scheme

[reaction: see text] A short synthesis of intermediates possessing the tricyclic core of natural madangamines, bioactive alkaloids found in marine sponges, is described. The key reaction entails the condensation of the sodium salt of diethylacetonedicarboxylate with a dihydropyridinium salt derivative. This new approach is modeled on a biogenetic proposal linking madangamines to ircinals, related alkaloids occurring in sponges of the same order.     

Novel carboxylated oligothiophenes as sensitizers in photoelectric conversion systems

Novel carboxylated oligothiophenes with different thiophene units were designed and synthesized as photosensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) for efficient opto-electric materials. The introduction of -COOH into thiophene molecules can lead to a red shift of UV-visible absorption, increase light-harvesting efficiency, and enhance photoinduced charge transport by forming efficient covalent bonds to the substrate surface. A red shift of the absorption spectrum of oligothiophene is also achieved by the increase in the number of thiophene units. The DSSCs based on the oligomers have excellent photovoltaic performances. Under 100 mW cm(-2) irradiation a short-circuit current of 10.57 mA cm(-2) and an overall energy conversion efficiency of 3.36 % is achieved when pentathiophene dicarboxylated acid was used as a sensitizer. The incident photo-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) has a maximum as high as 80 %. In addition, photovoltage and photocurrent transients show that slow charge recombination in DSSCs is important for efficient charge separation and excellent photoelectric conversion properties of the oligomers. These initial and promising results suggest that carboxylated oligothiophenes are efficient photosensitizers.     

Reduction and reconstruction of Co3O4 nanocubes upon carbon deposition

We describe a synthetic investigation on the formation of carbon nanofibers using a preshaped free-standing metal-oxide catalyst (single-crystal cobalt oxide (Co(3)O(4)) nanocubes). In reacting with acetylene (C(2)H(2)) vapor, Co(3)O(4) nanocubes are reduced and reconstructed into metallic cobalt. The resultant metal catalyst with a 2-fold symmetry leads to a bilateral base growth for carbon nanofibers. Our findings indicate that an understanding of catalyst-assisted chemical vapor deposition (CVD) mechanisms can be acquired, when the shape, size, and crystal orientation of pristine metal catalysts are made known to the CVD process. By tracing their evolutional changes in structure and composition, the shape-designed model catalysts may offer new opportunities for mechanistic investigations on the chemical reactivity of nanoparticles, general catalyst-assisted material synthesis, and metal intercalation chemistry.     

EFFECT OF La_2O_3 AND CeO_2 ON CH_4-CO_2 REFORMING NICKEL CATALYST

IntroductionConsiderableattelltionisno\vbeillgpaidtotheCO7refonningof.etha..llto]forseveralreasonst(l)withthedevelopmentofindustrics.moreandnlorcCOZIsabettedintotheatmosphere,leadingto"greenhouseeffect",whichhasbroughtaboutgreatilltcreslallovertheworld.Th…     

多相催化剂的MOVS制备方法

介绍了非均匀相催化剂的ＭＯＶＳ制备方法，以该法制得的ＭｏＯ３催化剂在甲醇选择氧化制甲醛、ＣＯ加氢制高级和喹啉加氢脱氮中均显示出常规催化剂更为优异的催化性能，并探讨了ＭＯＶＳ催化剂的内在特性与催化性能的关系。     

药物分子与β—环糊精络合的光谱研究

环糊精能在水溶液中包络尺寸合宜的分子至其疏水性的环状腔体中,包络过程被用于增大有机分子的水溶性,用作酶的模拟,用于色谱学、荧光光度法和室温磷光法等。β-环糊精(β-CD)是最通用的一种,其内腔直径为0.7nm。