不同催化剂热解法制备硼碳氮纳米管过程中的影响

对以钴、镍、钴/镍、钴/二茂铁、镍/二茂铁和二茂铁为催化剂高温热解法制备的硼碳氮（BCN）纳米管的结构、产率等的影响进行了分析.实验中发现催化剂在BCN纳米管的生长过程中有重要作用.高分辨率透射电子显微镜图像显示在860℃时，以镍/二茂铁、钴/二茂铁为催化剂生成的BCN纳米管具有“竹节状”结构，且管壁较薄，镍、钴或镍/钴作催化剂生成的BCN纳米管不具有明显的“竹节状”结构，管壁较厚，且粗细不均匀，而以二茂铁作催化剂没有BCN纳米管生成.在所有生成的BCN纳米管中含有催化剂颗粒.通过对生成的BCN纳米管的结 关键词： BCN纳米管 热解 催化剂 拉曼光谱     

Control and Design Principles in Biological Mineralization

The control of crystal formation has been developed to a remarkable degree by many organisms. Oriented nucleation, control over crystal morphology, formation of unique composites of proteins and single crystals, and the production of ordered multicrystal arrays, are all well within the realm of biological capability. Understanding the control and design principles in biomineralization is a fascinating subject that may well contribute to the improved fabrication of synthetic materials on the one hand, and to the solution of many serious pathological problems involving mineralization, on the other.     

Aragonite Formation in the Chiton (Mollusca) Girdle

In the chitons (Polyplacophora, Mollusca), the body is not entirely protected by the shell. Mineralized spicules or scales often, but not always, decorate the exposed part of the girdle. Here, we report a study on the composition and ultrastructural organization of these mineralized skeletal parts in four different chiton species. In all specimens, the mineral component (97–98 wt‐%) is aragonite, and the organic matrix (2–3 wt‐%) consists of highly glycosylated proteins. X‐Ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy show that the organic matrix fibers are aligned, morphologically and crystallographically, with the prismatic aragonite crystals. Matrix and mineral are thus clearly related. The matrix–mineral composite bundles are, however, assembled in the various skeletal parts examined with widely different degrees of alignment and order. In the same organism, the crystals are aligned within a range of ±15° in one type of spicule, while they are randomly oriented in another type. The wide heterogeneity in shape, density, and ultrastructure suggests that the girdle mineralized tissues do not fulfill a fundamental role necessary for the survival of the organism. This, together with the lack of chitin in the organic matrix, supports the hypothesis that they evolved separately from the other chiton mineralized tissues, namely the shell plates and teeth.     

Photothermal sensitization of amelanotic melanoma cells by Ni(II)-octabutoxy-naphthalocyanine

Incubation of B78H1 amelanotic melanoma cells with a potential photothermal sensitizer, namely, liposome-incorporated Ni(II)-octabutoxy-naphthalocyanine (NiNc), induces an appreciable cellular accumulation of the naphthalocyanine, which is dependent on both the NiNc concentration and the incubation time. No detectable decrease in cell survival occurs upon red-light irradiation (corresponding to the longest-wavelength absorption bands of NiNc) in a continuous-wave (c.w.) regime of the naphthalocyanine-loaded cells. On the other hand, 850 nm irradiation with a Q-switched Ti:sapphire laser operating in a pulsed mode (30 ns pulses, 10 Hz, 200 mJ/pulse) induces an efficient cell death. Thus, ca. 98% decrease in cell survival is obtained upon 5 min irradiation of cells that have been incubated for 48 h with 5.1 microM NiNc. The efficiency of the photoprocess is strongly influenced by the NiNc cell incubation time prior to irradiation. Photothermal sensitization with NiNc appears to open new perspectives for therapeutic applications, as suggested by preliminary in vivo studies with C57/BL6 mice bearing a subcutaneously implanted amelanotic melanoma.     

Polylysine-porphycene conjugates as efficient photosensitizers for the inactivation of microbial pathogens

Porphycenes are electronic isomers of porphyrins which, when neutral, display no appreciable photosensitizing action towards Gram-negative bacteria. The covalent binding of oligomeric polylysine moieties, which are cationic at physiological pH values, endows porphycenes with a significant phototoxic activity against Gram-negative bacteria while retaining their photoefficiency against a variety of microbial pathogens, including Gram-positive bacteria, fungi and mycoplasmas. The effect of the polylysine moiety is dependent on both the polylysine concentration and the degree of oligomerization. A suitable interplay among the various parameters opens the possibility to obtain either a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity or a selective action toward a specific pathogen while minimizing the damage to human fibroblasts.     

TYPE I AND TYPE II MECHANISMS IN THE PHOTOOXIDATION OF L-TRYPTOPHAN AND TRYPTAMINE SENSITIZED BY HEMATOPORPHYRIN IN THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF SODIUM DODECYL SULPHATE MICELLES

Abstract— Oxygenated aqueous solutions (pH 10) of L-tryptophan or tryptamine containing hematopor-phyrin and/or specific quenchers of the possible reactive intermediates were irradiated with visible light in the presence and in the absence of dispersions of sodium dodecyl sulphate micelles. The rate of loss of the indole derivatives was followed over several min. In the absence of dispersed micelles, indole derivatives appeared to be photooxidized largely by a type I mechanism involving electron transfer from triplet hematoporphyrin to the indole moiety. A type II (^lO₂-involving) mechanism was of minor importance. The presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate micelles, where the porphyrin was solubilized in a monomeric state, exerted only a slight influence on the competition between the two reaction pathways described above in the case of tryptophan, which was essentially all present in the aqueous phase. On the other hand, tryptamine, when dissolved within micelles, underwent photooxidative attack exclusively by ¹O₂ which was generated within a micelle, diffused through the aqueous phase and penetrated into another (tryptamine-containing) micelle; the reduced efficiency of the latter photoprocess was probably a consequence of the low probability of ¹O₂ penetration into charged micelles.     

全保护RGD三肽的合成方法研究

以两条路线、多种偶联试剂(DCC，EDCI，CDI，EEDQ)合成了全保护三肽Arg- Gly-Asp(RGD)．Boc-Arg(Tos)-OH经上述偶联剂短时活化，于合适条件下与Ts0H- G1y-OBzl缩合，均获得良好收率(43％-97％)．经Pd(OH)2／H2还原得到的Boc-Arg (Tos)-G1y-0H于22-27℃与HCl·Asp(OcHex)-OBzl偶联得到全保护三肽Boc-Arg (Tos)-Gly-Asp(OcHex)-OBzl(TM)，反应收率分别为76．4％(DCC／HOSu)，64．7％ -78．3％(DCC／HOBt)，66．7％-77．9％(EDCI／HOBt)．Boc-Gly-OH和HCl·Asp- (OcHex)-OBzl经DCC／HOBt或CDI活化，可得到碳端二肽Boc-Gly-Asp(OcHex)-OBzl (收率分别为81．2％，89．5％)，该二肽脱Boc后与Boc-Asp(Tos)-OH反应，经DCC ／HOBt，EDCI／HOBt，CDI，DCC／HOSu活化，均可生成目标分子TM，其反应收率分 别为40．4％，73．8％，67．8％，84．4％．     

Preparation and characterization of alumina supported silicalite membranes by sol–gel hydrothermal method

Two types of unsupported zeolites (silicalite-1 and silicalite-2) and porous alumina discs supports were prepared by the hydrothermal sol–gel synthesis method. The influence of the raw materials used as SiO₂ source, the temperature of the thermal treatment and the presence of the ceramic support on the crystallization of zeolites were studied. The reaction products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), IR spectroscopy (IR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies. The SiO₂ source had a significant effect on the final zeolite obtained: the use of colloidal silica sol (ZCS) as SiO₂ source in the synthesis led to ZSM-11 (silicalite-2) crystals, while the sodium silicate solution (ZSS) produced the ZSM-5 (silicalite-1) type. The presence of the alumina support influences the crystallization process of ZSM-5, as it improves nucleation and the ordering of the crystals.     

Electronic integrated multisensor tongue applied to grape juice and wine analysis

An integrated multisensor composed by six ISFET devices selective to common ions and heavy metals combined with a flow injection analysis (FIA) system has been applied as an electronic tongue to grape juice and wine sample analysis. The data obtained for several grape and wine variety samples analysis have been treated using multiparametric tools like principal component analysis (PCA) and soft independent modelling class analogy technique (SIMCA) for the patterning recognition and classification of samples and partial least squares (PLS) regression for quantification of several parameters of interest in wine production. The results obtained have demonstrated the potential of using those multisensors as electronic tongues not only for distinguishing the samples according to the grape variety and the vintage year but also for quantitative prediction of several sample parameters.     

Planning and scheduling of selective harvest with management zones delineation

This paper considers an integrated approach to two common problems in a precision agriculture framework: management zone delineation and selective harvest scheduling. Our model minimizes the total costs of harvest operations, establishing planning and scheduling for selective harvest of each selected management zone. Therefore, this tool provides important information for decision making of farmers in the field. Our integrated model is contrasted with the hierarchical approach commonly used in the literature for these cases, where the result of zoning problem is an input to schedule the harvest problem. Both problems were solved through a complete enumeration of all the potential management zones and demonstrated the advantages of our proposed model over the hierarchical approach. Our model reached an average reduction of 10% in harvest operations costs for different instances in a case study.