Subdivisions of K5 in Graphs Embedded on Surfaces With Face‐Width at Least 5

We prove that if G is a 5‐connected graph embedded on a surface Σ (other than the sphere) with face‐width at least 5, then G contains a subdivision of K₅. This is a special case of a conjecture of P. Seymour, that every 5‐connected nonplanar graph contains a subdivision of K₅. Moreover, we prove that if G is 6‐connected and embedded with face‐width at least 5, then for every v ∈ V(G), G contains a subdivision of K₅ whose branch vertices are v and four neighbors of v.     

Optical study of H2O ice to 120 GPa: dielectric function, molecular polarizability, and equation of state

The refractive index of H2O ice has been measured to 120 GPa at room temperature using reflectivity methods. The refractive index increases significantly with pressure on initial compression and exhibits small changes with pressure at previously identified phase transitions. Pressure dependencies of the molecular polarizability show changing slopes in different pressure regions. A general molar refractivity analysis of this change in slope reveals features at 60 GPa due to the onset of the ice VII-X transition. Band gap closure in H2O ice is constrained by the dispersion data using a single oscillator dielectric model. Sample thickness measurements obtained from interference patterns yield pressure-volume relations in excellent agreement with those measured by x-ray diffraction.     

Homogeneous crystal nucleation triggered by spinodal decomposition in polymer solutions

We report dynamic Monte Carlo simulations of polymer crystal nucleation initiated by prior spinodal decomposition in polymer solutions. We observed that the kinetic phase diagrams of homogeneous crystal nucleation appear horizontal in the concentration region below their crossovers with the theoretical liquid-liquid spinodal. When the solution was quenched into the temperature beneath this horizontal boundary, the time evolution of structure factors demonstrated the spinodal decomposition at the early stage of crystal nucleation. In comparison with the case without a prior liquid-liquid demixing, we found that the prior spinodal decomposition can regulate the nanoscale small polymer crystallites toward a larger population, more uniform sizes, and a better spatial homogeneity, whereas chain folding in the crystallites seems little affected.     

Compressional, temporal, and compositional behavior of H2-O2 compound formed by high pressure x-ray irradiation

X-ray irradiation was found to convert H(2)O at pressures above 2 GPa into a novel molecular H(2)-O(2) compound. We used optical Raman spectroscopy to explore the behavior of x-ray irradiated H(2)O samples as a function of pressure, time, and composition. The compound was found to be stable over a period of two years, as long as high pressure conditions (>2 GPa) were maintained. The Raman shifts for the H(2) and O(2) vibrons behaved differently from pure H(2) and O(2) as pressure was increased on the compound up to 70 GPa, indicating that it remains a distinct, molecular compound. Based on spectra taken from different locations in a single sample, it appears that multiple forms of the H(2)-O(2) compound exist. The structure and composition of the starting material plays an important role in compound formation, as we found that hydrogen-filled ice clathrate C(2) (H(2))H(2)O did not undergo the same dissociation as observed in ice VII upon x-ray irradiation until pressure was increased to above 10 GPa.     

饮用水含氮消毒副产物N-亚硝基二甲胺前体物研究进展

N-亚硝基二甲胺(NDMA)作为一种新发现的饮用水消毒副产物,由于其具有高致癌风险,已逐渐成为水环境化学研究领域的一个热点。本文介绍了NDMA的相关背景,阐明了NDMA在水中的形成机制,主要包括亚硝化和非对称二甲肼氧化两种途径,评述了关于NDMA前体物的相关研究及去除NDMA前体物的各工艺性能。     

荧光二氧化硅纳米颗粒的制备、修饰及细胞成像分析

在微乳液体系中合成荧光二氧化硅纳米颗粒(FSNPs),然后对其表面进行氨基修饰,之后再连接抗体,应用高分辨透射电镜(HR-TEM),原子力显微镜(AFM),Zeta-电位分析仪,IR,荧光显微镜及激光共聚焦显微镜等多种表征工具对合成的颗粒和后续的修饰进行了系统分析.研究表明,FSNPs在溶液中呈现单分散状态,但是在表面...     

Synthesis and properties of novel ferroelectric liquid crystalline polyacetylenes containing terphenyl mesogens with chiral groups

Abstract  

Novel ferroelectric liquid crystalline (FLC) polyacetylenes, namely, “side-end-fixed” type of PAM ₆ OTPhOR* and “side-on-fixed” type of PAM ₃ OCO(TPh)OR* were designed and synthesized in high yields (89.3 and 62.0%), respectively, where the terphenyl was linked at the different positions. The thermal stability of PAM ₃ OCO(TPh)OR* is better than PAM ₆ OTPhOR* owing to the “jacket effect” from terphenyl pendant linked at the waist position well protecting the main chain from the perturbations. The PAM ₃ OCO(TPh)OR* shows enantiotropic chiral smectic A phase (SmA*), but it is noteworthy that the PAM ₆ OTPhOR* exhibits enantiotropic chiral smectic C phase (SmC*) responsible for ferroelectric liquid crystallinity. Compared to “side-end-fixed” type of polymer, the “side-on-fixed” type shows better light emitting property, ascribed to the mesogen linked at the waist position has stronger tendency to enhance the main-chain coplanarity. Furthermore, the circular dichroism (CD) spectra demonstrate that the asymmetric force field generated by the chiral center affects the secondary structure of PAM ₃ OCO(TPh)OR*.     

荧光光谱法研究共存碳纳米管对牛血清白蛋白与加替沙星相互作用的影响

在模拟生理条件下,用荧光光谱法研究了碳纳米管对牛血清白蛋白和加替沙星荧光光谱特性的影响以及有无碳纳米管共存时加替沙星对牛血清白蛋白荧光光谱特性的影响.实验结果表明,加替沙星和碳纳米管都可以使牛血清白蛋白的荧光强度发生静态猝灭.在碳纳米管的存在下,加替沙星与牛血清白蛋白的结合作用有所减弱.Stern-Volmer荧光猝灭...     

Ti原子与氮掺杂金刚石(001) 界面结合强度的第一性原理研究

摘 要：金属钛原子在金刚石表面的结合强度直接影响金刚石真空介电窗口的使用性能和寿命. 本文通过基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法研究了Ti原子与不同氮掺杂位置的金刚石（001）界面的结合能、电荷分布和稳态几何结构. 结果表明：Ti原子与N原子取代掺杂在第二层C原子处金刚石表面的结合能比未掺杂和掺杂在第三层的结合能都高,达到-7.293 eV,使得金刚石表面形成的界面结构更加稳定,结合强度更好;通过电荷分布分析,N原子掺杂在第二层金刚石表面的Ti原子上的电荷转移最明显,对金刚石表面碳原子吸附最强,也具有更好的结合强度. 与未掺杂金刚石表面形成的Ti-C键键长相比,N掺杂在第二层和第三层C原子处金刚石表面形成的Ti-C键键长比前者分别长0.051 Å和0.042 Å,略有增加.     

Lycopodium Alkaloids from Huperzia serrata

Three new lycopodium alkaloids, huperserramines A–C ( 1 – 3 , resp.), along with 15 known ones, lycopodine‐6α,11α‐diol ( 4 ), lycoposerramine H ( 5 ), lycoposerramine I ( 6 ), lycopodine‐6α‐ol ( 7 ), lycoposerramine M ( 8 ), diphaladine A ( 9 ), lycoposerramine K ( 10 ), lycoposerramine W ( 11 ), huperzine M ( 12 ), luciduline ( 13 ), phlegmariuine N ( 14 ), huperzine A ( 15 ), huperzine B ( 16 ), lycodine ( 17 ), and lycoposerramine R ( 18 ), were isolated from the whole plant of Huperzia serrata. Their structures were established by spectroscopic methods, including 2D‐NMR and MS analyses. All the isolates were evaluated for their inhibitory effects on acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and α‐glucosidase. As a result, lycopodine‐6α,11α‐diol ( 4 ) exhibited more potent α‐glucosidase inhibitory activity (IC₅₀ 148±5.5 μM ) than the positive control acarbose (IC₅₀ 376.3±2.7 μM ).