Isolation and purification of recombinant human plasminogen Kringle 5 by liquid chromatography and ammonium sulfate salting‐out

In this work, a novel method was established to isolate and purify Human plasminogen Kringle 5 (HPK5) as a histidine‐tagged fusion protein expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). This method consisted of sample extraction using a Ni‐chelated Sepharose Fast‐Flow affinity column, ammonium sulfate salting‐out and Sephadex G‐75 size‐exclusion column in turn. The purity analysis by SDS–PAGE, high‐performance size‐exclusion and reversed‐phase chromatographies showed that the obtained recombinant fusion HPK5 was homogeneous and its purity was higher than 96%; the activity analysis by chorioallantoic membrane model of chicken embryos revealed that the purified recombinant HPK5 exhibited an obvious anti‐angiogenic activity under the effective range of 5.0–25.0 µg/mL. Through this procedure, about 19 mg purified recombinant fusion HPK5 can be obtained from 1 L of original fermentation solution. Approximate 32% of the total recombinant fusion HPK5 can be captured and the total yield was approximately 11%. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fabrication of quasi-periodic micro-voids in fused silica by single femtosecond laser pulse

We demonstrate that quasi-periodic void structure can be self-formed in transparent materials by single femtosecond laser pulse. Compared to the multiple-pulse induced structures, the single-pulse induced void structures are very short and may contain absent voids. The formation mechanisms have been discussed comparatively in detail. Based on this, a technique for high-speed and large-area fabrication of micro-void arrays in transparent materials has been presented. The experimental results show that 3D micro-void structures which contain over several hundred thousand voids in micrometer scales are produced in areas of square millimeters within a few minutes, and the periods of micro-void structures can be easily varied by processing parameters. This work has potential applications in 3D optical storage, photonic crystal and integrated optics, and provides novel insight into the interaction between the single femtosecond pulse and the transparent materials.     

An ultra-narrow band eight-pole dual-mode HTS patch filter

An ultra-narrow band eight-pole dual-mode HTS patch filter was designed and fabricated. The filter is constructed by four corner-cut square patches, each of which has two resonating modes. The influence of the change of the corner-cut position on the filter response was investigated by simulations. Four small rectangle patches were added in the topology of the filter as tuning tools. By employing this unique tuning structure, the simulated filter responses and current density distributions on the patches have been greatly improved. The filter was fabricated using double sided YBCO films on a 3 in. LaAlO₃ substrate. The measured results showed satisfactory performance with center frequency 2.494 GHz, fractional bandwidth 0.2%, return loss in passband better than 16 dB, and out-of-band rejection of the filter better than 90 dB at 15 MHz away from its center frequency.     

Photoluminescence investigation of ZnO:P nanoneedle arrays on InP substrate by pulsed laser deposition

Phosphorus-doped ZnO nanoneedle arrays were prepared by phosphorus diffusion from InP substrate using a pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique. The optical properties of ZnO nanoneedle were investigated by photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Low-temperature photoluminescence spectrum measurements exhibited five acceptor-related emission peaks. The excitation intensity and temperature dependent photoluminescence spectra confirmed that the emission peaks corresponded to neutral-acceptor bound exciton, free electron to acceptor, donor-acceptor pairs, and their first and second photon replicas transitions. Acceptor-binding energy was determined to be 135-167 meV, which agrees well with the best-fitting result of the temperature dependent photoluminescence measurements and is reasonable in terms of theoretic prediction in ZnO.     

First-principles calculations of hydrogen molecule adsorption on Ti (0 0 0 1)-(2 × 1) surface

Adsorption of H₂ molecule on the Ti (0 0 0 1)-(2 × 1) surface was studied by density functional theory with generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The parallel and vertical absorption cases were investigated in detail by adsorption energy and electronic structure analysis, we obtained three stable configurations of FCC-FCC (the two H atoms adsorption on the two adjacent fcc sites of Ti (0 0 0 1) surface, respectively), HCP-HCP (the two H atoms adsorption on the two adjacent hcp sites of Ti (0 0 0 1) surface, respectively) and FCC-HCP (the one H atom adsorption on the fcc site and the other adsorption on the near hcp site) based on the six different parallel adsorption sites after the H₂ molecule dissociates. However, all the end configurations of four vertical adsorption sites were unstable, H₂ molecule was very easy to desorb from Ti surface. The H-H bond breaking and Ti-H bond forming result from the H₂ molecule dissociation. H-H bond breaking length ranges from 1.9 Å to 2.3 Å for different adsorption configurations due to the strong Ti-H bond forming. The H₂ dissociative approach and the end stable configurations formation in parallel adsorption processes are attributed to the quantum mechanics steering effects.     

心率变异性基本尺度熵的多尺度化研究

将基本尺度熵的方法在时间上做多尺度化的扩展,并将其应用到心跳间隔序列的分析研究中.研究发现,健康人的心率变异性是小时间尺度下的模式特定性与大时间尺度下的模式丰富性相结合的,而充盈性心衰患者则正好相反.这说明充盈性心衰患者在小时间尺度下心脏动力系统的控制不力,导致随机性增加,而在大时间尺度下对外界环境变化反应又不够丰富,从而导致生命更容易受威胁.据此提出了以小时间尺度下的基本尺度熵值相对于大时间尺度下平台区基本尺度熵值的变异参数δ作为区分健康人和充盈性心衰患者的诊断依据.通过对72例健康人和44例充盈性心衰患者的计算,发现两组样本差异显著,证明了参数δ的有效性. 关键词： 多尺度化的基本尺度熵 心跳间隔序列 心率变异性 充盈性心衰     

Shape transition and propulsive force of an elastic rod rotating in a viscous fluid

The deformation of an elastic rod rotating in a viscous fluid is considered, with applications related to flagellar motility. The rod is tilted relative to the rotation axis, and experiments and theory are used to study the shape transition when driven either at constant torque or at constant speed. At low applied torque, the rod bends gently and generates small propulsive force. At a critical torque, the rotation speed increases abruptly, and the rod forms a helical shape with increased propulsive force. We find good agreement between theory and experiment. A simple physical model is presented to capture and explain the essential behavior.     

采用阶梯形弹性基底的磁致伸缩/压电复合结构磁电响应研究

利用阶梯形变幅杆的应变放大作用,构造了磁致伸缩/阶梯形弹性基底/压电复合结构. 采用等效电路法分析了沿长度方向振动复合结构的一阶磁电响应. 计算了Terfenol-D/阶梯形铍青铜基底/PZT-5H复合结构的磁电响应,并与实际结构的磁电响应进行了比较,由于理论分析中忽略了胶层产生的损耗,理论值和实验结果的变化规律相似,但是谐振频率点和磁电电压转换系数有一定的差异. 同时比较了阶梯形基底和等截面杆基底复合结构,分析表明前者具有更高的磁电电压转换系数. 研究了阶梯形弹性基底长度比及层厚比对复合结构纵振动一阶模 关键词： 磁电效应 磁致伸缩/压电复合结构 磁电响应     

理想气体一维不定常流自模拟运动的基本微分方程

将一维不定常流自模拟函数推广到一般形式，结合量纲理论和流体力学基本运动方程，导出总能量为常数情况下的理想气体一维不定常流自模拟运动基本微分方程组.该理论模型表明，由流体速率u和自模拟面速率r·〖DD)]组成一个无量纲特性参数L，用L作自变量时理想气体一维不定常流自模拟运动的规律具有常微分方程的最简数学形式.该模型克服了点爆炸Taylor自模拟温度函数原点附近趋于无穷大的问题，具有重要意义. 关键词： 理想气体 自模拟运动 Taylor模型     

近红外波段CO高灵敏检测的稳定性研究

本文采用中心波长1566.64 nm的DFB激光器, 结合光程长度为56.7 m 的多次反射池, 对不同浓度的CO气体进行了长时间测量, 分析了系统的稳定性和线性度. 通过计算Allan方差, 预测了在积分时间为30 s时, 系统检测极限为0.25 ppmv, 基本上实现了在近红外波段CO的高灵敏检测. 关键词： 可调谐半导体激光吸收光谱 多次反射池 CO检测 Allan方差