Construction of Organelle-Like Architecture by Dynamic DNA Assembly in Living Cells

The design of controllable dynamic systems is vital for the construction of organelle-like architectures in living cells, but has proven difficult due to the lack of control over defined topological transformation of self-assembled structures. Herein, we report a DNA based dynamic assembly system that achieves lysosomal acidic microenvironment specifically inducing topological transformation from nanoparticles to organelle-like hydrogel architecture in living cells. Designer DNA nanoparticles are constructed from double-stranded DNA with cytosine-rich stick ends (C-monomer) and are internalized into cells through lysosomal pathway. The lysosomal acidic microenvironment can activate the assembly of DNA monomers, inducing transformation from nanoparticles to micro-sized organelle-like hydrogel which could further escape into cytoplasm. We show how the hydrogel regulates cellular behaviors: cytoskeleton is deformed, cell tentacles are significantly shortened, and cell migration is promoted.     

Metal–Organic Framework Membrane Nanopores as Biomimetic Photoresponsive Ion Channels and Photodriven Ion Pumps

Biological ion channels and ion pumps with sub‐nanometer sizes modulate ion transport in response to external stimuli. Realizing such functions with sub‐nanometer solid‐state nanopores has been an important topic with wide practical applications. Herein, we demonstrate a biomimetic photoresponsive ion channel and photodriven ion pump using a porphyrin‐based metal–organic framework membrane with pore sizes comparable to hydrated ions. We show that the molecular‐size pores enable precise and robust optoelectronic ion transport modulation in a broad range of concentrations, unparalleled with conventional solid‐state nanopores. Upon decoration with platinum nanoparticles to form a Schottky barrier photodiode, photovoltage across the membrane is generated with “uphill” ion transport from low concentration to high concentration. These results may spark applications in energy conversion, ion sieving, and artificial photosynthesis.     

金属有机框架材料的研究进展

金属有机框架(metal-organic frameworks,MOFs)材料是一类由有机配体与金属中心经过自组装形成的具有可调节孔径的材料。与传统无机多孔材料相比,MOFs材料具有更大的比表面积,更高的孔隙率,结构及功能更加多样,因而已经被广泛应用于气体吸附与分离、传感器、药物缓释、催化反应等领域中。新兴材料的出现极大地促进了各个学科间的相互发展,本文综述了近年来MOFs材料的研究发展,包括MOFs材料自身的特点、国内外发展现状、应用领域以及复合MOFs材料的研究热点,并对今后的发展进行了展望。     

红紫素-18的胺解反应及其叶绿素类二氢卟吩衍生物的合成

以红紫素-18甲酯为原料,与脂肪胺或者苯胺在加热回流和微波促进的条件下进行胺解反应,分别得到单酰胺化、双酰胺化和羰基亚胺化产物;同时,沿着N21-N23轴向对所得红紫素-18酰亚胺实施化学修饰,分别得到难以分离的具有阻旋异构和差向异构特征的红紫素-18酰亚胺混合物.新的二氢卟吩类衍生物均经UV,IR,1H NMR光谱、质谱及元素分析证明其结构,并对相应的胺解反应提出了可能的反应机理.     

A study of the interaction between enantiomers of zolmitriptan and hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin by capillary electrophoresis

The enantioresolution of zolmitriptan was performed using cyclodextrin (CD)-modified capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) with hydroxypropyl-β-CD (HP-β-CD) as the chiral selector. The influence of experimental conditions on the enantioseparation of zolmitriptan, such as pH, temperature, applied voltage, and concentrations of running electrolyte and CD, was systematically investigated, obtaining a baseline separation of two enantiomers by the use of a 25 mM sodium dihydrogen phosphate (SDPH) running electrolyte (pH 2.4) containing 30 mM HP-β-CD at 15 °C. Binding constants for each enantiomer–HP-β-CD pair at different temperatures, as well as thermodynamic parameters for binding, were calculated. A nonlinear van’t Hoff plot was obtained, indicating that the thermodynamic parameters of complexation were temperature-dependent for zolmitriptan enantiomers. The significant contribution of the enthalpy difference to the Gibbs free energy change suggested a stereomeric barrier mechanism for chiral recognition. Figure Resolution of zolmitriptan enantiomers was achieved by using CD-modified CZE Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

场发射冷阴极微栅孔阵列制备技术

实现了一种采用聚苯乙烯纳米球自组装技术和微机械制造技术加工的场发射阴极用亚微米栅极微孔阵列。设计了一套完整的工艺实验方案,首先采用微球自组装技术获得了亚微米级金属网孔掩膜,然后通过反应离子刻蚀技术获得了亚微米栅极孔阵列,从而实现了集成度高、分布均匀的周期性亚微米孔洞阵列的制备,微孔集成度达到108cm-2。实验研究了氧气刻蚀聚苯乙烯微球的规律。采用金属掩膜,四氟化碳干法刻蚀二氧化硅,获得了深度为500 nm的微孔。实验结果证明该工艺方案是一种获得大面积、均匀分布、集成度高的场发射冷阴极栅孔阵列的有效方法。     

Simultaneous Determination of Main Bioactive Components in Rosa multiflora Thunb. and Their Fragmentation Study by LC–MS

Five naturally bioactive compounds, belonging to the representative flavonoid and pentacyclic triterpenoid types, were separated by liquid chromatography and analyzed on-line with negative ion ESI–MS. Rutin, quercetin, and oleanolic acid in the extracts of Rosa multiflora Thunb. of China were identified by the comparison of their retention times and mass spectrometric data with those of authentic standards, and their contents were 0.22, 3.8, and 45 µg g^?1 of dry weight in rose hips, respectively. Five standards, including rutin, quercetin, kaempferol, lysionotin, and oleanolic acid were investigated by MS³, which facilitate further understanding of their structures.     

Two-Phase Image Segmentation by Nonconvex Nonsmooth Models with Convergent Alternating Minimization Algorithms

Two-phase image segmentation is a fundamental task to partition an image into foreground and background. In this paper, two types of nonconvex and nonsmooth regularization models are proposed for basic two-phase segmentation. They extend the convex regularization on the characteristic function on the image domain to the nonconvex case, which are able to better obtain piecewise constant regions with neat boundaries. By analyzing the proposed non-Lipschitz model, we combine the proximal alternating minimization framework with support shrinkage and linearization strategies to design our algorithm. This leads to two alternating strongly convex subproblems which can be easily solved. Similarly, we present an algorithm without support shrinkage operation for the nonconvex Lipschitz case. Using the Kurdyka-Łojasiewicz property of the objective function, we prove that the limit point of the generated sequence is a critical point of the original nonconvex nonsmooth problem. Numerical experiments and comparisons illustrate the effectiveness of our method in two-phase image segmentation.     

饱和铁芯型超导限流器对距离保护的影响

饱和铁芯型超导限流器SCFCL(Saturated Core Superconducting Fault Current Limiter)是一种较为理想的高电压限流器,利用其技术特点可以实现无时限的明显限流作用,有着广泛的运用前景。距离保护能够很好的满足高电压复杂网络快速、精确切除故障的要求,其主要元件阻抗继电器是现阶段普遍应用的高性能继保装置。SCFCL在高压输电网络的接入会对距离保护产生很大影响,运用PSCAD搭建500kV输电线路模型,详细分析限流器接入前后不同短路故障类型及故障距离对线路距离保护的影响。     

Facile assembly of mesoporous silica nanoparticles with hierarchical pore structure for CO2 capture

In the work, we propose an efficient one-pot approach for synthesis of a new type of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs). That can be successfully realized by using tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and N-[3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl]ethylenediamine (TSD) as the silica precursors and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as the structure-directing agent through a facile assembly process. The as-synthesized MSNs possess a spherical morphology with about 230 nm, a relatively high surface area of 133 m²/g, and a hierarchical pore size distribution. When applied as the sorbents, the amine-functioned MSNs demonstrate the enhanced adsorption capacity for CO₂ capture (at 1 bar, 15 vol% CO₂, up to 80.5 mg/g at 75 °C), high selectivity, and good cycling durability, benefiting from the suitable modification of polyethyleneimine.