Machine-Learning Adsorption on Binary Alloy Surfaces for Catalyst Screening

Over the last few years, machine learning is gradually becoming an essential approach for the investigation of heterogeneous catalysis. As one of the important catalysts, binary alloys have attracted extensive attention for the screening of bifunctional catalysts. Here we present a holistic framework for machine learning approach to rapidly predict adsorption energies on the surfaces of metals and binary alloys. We evaluate different machine-learning methods to understand their applicability to the problem and combine a tree-ensemble method with a compressed-sensing method to construct decision trees for about 60000 adsorption data. Compared to linear scaling relations, our approach enables to make more accurate predictions lowering predictive root-mean-square error by a factor of two and more general to predict adsorption energies of various adsorbates on thousands of binary alloys surfaces, thus paving the way for the discovery of novel bimetallic catalysts.     

Synthesis and relaxivity of polyamide paramagnetic metal complexes for magnetic resonance imaging

A new class of paramagnetic macromolecular magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents has been developed. Eight new polyamide ligands were synthesized by copolymerization of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid dianhydride or diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid dianhydride and diamine monomers. Their gadolinium(III), manganese(II) and iron(III) complexes were also synthesized. All polyamide ligands and metal complexes were characterized by ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared spectra and elemental analyses. Relaxivity studies showed that the polyamide paramagnetic metal complexes had obviously higher relaxation effectiveness as compared to corresponding simple monomeric paramagnetic metal complexes.     

医疗保险索赔数据的广义Pareto分布拟合

How to choose an optimal threshold is a key problemin the generalized Pareto distribution (GPD) model.This paper attains the exactthreshold by testing for GPD,and shows that GPD model allows the actuary to easily estimate high quantiles and the probable maximum loss from the medical insurance claims data.     

Single-Step Hydrothermal Synthesis of Biochar from H3PO4-Activated Lettuce Waste for Efficient Adsorption of Cd(II) in Aqueous Solution

Developing an ideal and cheap adsorbent for adsorbing heavy metals from aqueous solution has been urgently need. In this study, a novel, effective and low-cost method was developed to prepare the biochar from lettuce waste with H₃PO₄ as an acidic activation agent at a low-temperature (circa 200 °C) hydrothermal carbonization process. A batch adsorption experiment demonstrated that the biochar reaches the adsorption equilibrium within 30 min, and the optimal adsorption capacity of Cd(II) is 195.8 mg∙g⁻¹ at solution pH 6.0, which is significantly improved from circa 20.5 mg∙g⁻¹ of the original biochar without activator. The fitting results of the prepared biochar adsorption data conform to the pseudo-second-order kinetic model (PSO) and the Sips isotherm model, and the Cd(II) adsorption is a spontaneous and exothermic process. The hypothetical adsorption mechanism is mainly composed of ion exchange, electrostatic attraction, and surface complexation. This work offers a novel and low-temperature strategy to produce cheap and promising carbon-based adsorbents from organic vegetation wastes for removing heavy metals in aquatic environment efficiently.     

泌尿系统尿酸结石研究中的化学基础

尿酸结石是指尿酸及其盐在泌尿系统的异常矿化和积聚。本文从尿酸结石研究中涉及的化学问题入手,讨论了pH、过饱和度、尿大分子抑制剂和基因突变等方面对尿酸结石形成的分子机理,从抑制尿酸结石成核、生长和聚集的角度,讨论了尿酸结石的化学模型和动物实验模型。     

异价阳离子替代实现的金属卤化物CsCdCl3的明亮宽带绿色发光

全无机金属卤化物灵活多变的结构及优异的发光性能使其在固态光电子领域显示出重要的应用前景。本研究采用异价阳离子取代策略,用三价锑离子部分取代CsCdCl₃中的二价镉离子,促进自陷激子的产生,使CsCdCl₃∶Sb³⁺产生了明亮的宽带绿色发光,中心波长为530 nm。机理研究结果表明,CsCdCl₃∶Sb³⁺中相邻SbCl₆八面体被孤立,形成了低维电子构型,促进了Sb³⁺局域化,实现了量子效率最高为95.5%的高效发光。此外,尽管CsCdCl₃和RbCdCl₃均属于ACdCl₃(A为碱金属家族),但它们的晶体结构明显不同。RbCdCl₃属于正交晶系,空间群为Pnma;CsCdCl₃属于六方晶系,空间群为P6₃/mmc。CsCdCl₃的结构对称性大于RbCdCl₃,其...     

质谱技术研究儿茶素及儿茶素-锗多聚体特性

采用HPLC-ESI-Q-TOF和MALD I-TOF质谱技术分析儿茶素组成与结构,发现儿茶素中的表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯(EGCG)具有多聚体特性。有机化学法合成EGCG-Ge4 化合物,并经HPLC进一步分离纯化。红外光谱和质谱技术分析并证实EGCG不仅能形成多聚体,而且还能络合金属锗(包括其他金属离子),成为EGCG-Ge4 和EGCG-Ge4 多聚体。EGCG-Ge4 抑制肺癌细胞生长速率明显高于EGCG,其提高幅度约为30%~40%左右。     

一维光子晶体缺陷模激光器的放大特性

光子晶体中引入缺陷后将形成缺陷模,这些缺陷模在增益介质中将被放大形成激光。基于麦克斯韦方程和速率方程相结合的模型,用时域有限差分法(FDTD)计算和分析了一维单缺陷光子晶体激光器中缺陷模的空间分布和频谱特性,以及这些缺陷模的放大特性,主要研究了缺陷层的厚度、晶体层数对缺陷模放大特性的影响。模拟结果显示,类似于传统激光腔的腔模,这些缺陷模能够被放大,形成激光。调整缺陷层的厚度、晶体层数等结构参量,将改变缺陷模的谐振,激射频率以及空间分布,这将直接影响激射阈值和饱和特性。增加晶体的层数,激光器的阈值将降低,饱和值将增加,但晶体层数增加到一定限度时,这种增减趋势变弱。模拟结果证明了有效层数的存在。     

Discovery of Novel Non-Oxime Reactivators Showing In Vivo Antidotal Efficiency for Sarin Poisoned Mice

A family of novel efficient non-oxime compounds exhibited promising reactivation efficacy for VX and sarin inhibited human acetylcholinesterase was discovered. It was found that aromatic groups coupled to Mannich phenols and the introduction of imidazole to the ortho position of phenols would dramatically enhance reactivation efficiency. Moreover, the in vivo experiment was conducted, and the results demonstrated that Mannich phenol L10R1 (30 mg/kg, ip) could afford 100% 48 h survival for mice of 2*LD₅₀ sarin exposure, which is promising for the development of non-oxime reactivators with central efficiency.     

Carbon Encapsulation of High Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles with Extraordinary Coercivity and Saturation at Room Temperature

Owing to their unique properties and technological potential, high entropy alloys (HEAs) have become the subject of great interest in the materials science community. HEAs consist of more than four principle elements in equimolar ratio so their configurational entropy is intrinsically greater than one-principle element based. The increasing surface energy and chemical tendency toward clustering of like atoms at low dimension, however, make production of HEA-nanoparticles (HEA-NPs) extremely difficult. A facile production of HEA-NPs inside carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles is demonstrated in this work. Electron microscopic and elemental analyses confirm encapsulated to be solution phase; some embrace carbides and form multidomains with chemical composition ranging from quaternary to quinary phase. Multidomains and nonmagnetic centers create hardening thus promoting coercivity significantly at room temperature. Alloying induces electron redistribution into high spin states, accounting for observed high saturation. Configurational entropy of encapsulated HEA-NPs lies on a range comparable with bulk.