Synthesis, Characterization, Spectroscopic Properties of 2-（4-Dimethylaminophenyl）-5-fluoro-6-（morpholin-4-yl）-1H-benzimidazole and its Interaction with Calf Thymus DNA

Benzimidazole compounds have attracted a renewed interest recently owing to theirpotential applications in high-performance composite materials, electronic chemicals,photosensitive materials, and their special potentials in biological and/or medicinalapplication1,2. Typically, aromatic compounds with near planar structures and contain-ing hydrogen-donor groups or groups, which are capable of being protonated, havespecial interactions with DNA via intercalation, hydrogen-bonding, and so on3.Me…     

光谱法研究核壳量子点CdTe/CdS与牛血清白蛋白的相互作用

应用荧光光谱、圆二色光谱和紫外吸收光谱等技术研究核壳量子点CdTe/CdS与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)相互作用的结果表明,CdTe/CdS对BSA的荧光猝灭机理为静态猝灭。根据不同温度下量子点对BSA的荧光猝灭作用计算了结合常数、热力学参数,证明了量子点与BSA相互作用力主要是范德华力或氢键作用力。探讨了量子点对BSA构象的影响。     

Activatable Type I Photosensitizer with Quenched Photosensitization Pre and Post Photodynamic Therapy

The phototoxicity of photosensitizers (PSs) pre and post photodynamic therapy (PDT), and the hypoxic tumor microenvironment are two major problems limiting the application of PDT. While activatable PSs can successfully address the PS phototoxicity pre PDT, and type I PS can generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) effectively in hypoxic environment, very limited approaches are available for addressing the phototoxicity post PDT. There is virtually no solution available to address all these issues using a single design. Herein, we propose a proof-of-concept on-demand switchable photosensitizer with quenched photosensitization pre and post PDT, which could be activated only in tumor hypoxic environment. Particularly, a hypoxia-normoxia cycling responsive type I PS TPFN-AzoCF₃ was designed to demonstrate the concept, which was further formulated into TPFN-AzoCF₃ nanoparticles (NPs) using DSPE-PEG-2000 as the encapsulation matrix. The NPs could be activated only in hypoxic tumors to generate type I ROS during PDT treatment, but remain non-toxic in normal tissues, pre or after PDT, thus minimizing side effects and improving the therapeutic effect. With promising results in in vitro and in vivo tumor treatment, this presented strategy will pave the way for the design of more on-demand switchable photosensitizers with minimized side effects in the future.     

Quantification of luminally released serotonin in rat proximal colon by capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection

Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) plays vital roles in regulating gastrointestinal functions. Thus, the detection of 5-HT in the gastrointestinal tract is of great importance for biomedical research, medical diagnosis, and pharmaceutical therapy. This paper presents a simple, sensitive, and fast method for the quantification of luminally released serotonin in the feces and tissues of the rat proximal colon by means of capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection. 5-Carboxyfluorescein N-succinimidyl ester was used for precolumn derivatization of serotonin. The optimal separation and detection conditions were obtained with an electrophoretic buffer containing 60 mM borate (pH 8.90) and an air-cooled argon-ion laser (excitation at 488 nm, emission at 520 nm). The serotonin concentrations in the feces and tissues of proximal colons were analyzed with this method, and the average values of serotonin in the feces samples were 1.951 ± 0.446 ng/mg (male) and 2.095 ± 0.533 ng/mg (female) and 1.397 ± 0.267 ng/mg in rat proximal colon tissues. The results demonstrate that this method can accurately determine luminally released 5-HT in rats.     

Diversified Excited-State Relaxation Pathways of Donor–Linker–Acceptor Dyads Controlled by a Bent-to-Planar Motion of the Donor

Herein, we introduce the cyclic 8π-electron (C8π) molecule N,N′-diaryl-dihydrodibenzo[a,c]phenazine ( DPAC ) as a dual-functional donor to establish a series of new donor–linker–acceptor (D–L–A) dyads DLA1 – DLA5 . The excited-state bent-to-planar dynamics of DPAC regulate the energy gap of the donor, while the acceptors A1 – A5 are endowed with different energy gaps and HOMO/LUMO levels. As a result, the rate and efficiency of the excited-state electron transfer vs. energy transfer can be finely harnessed, which is verified via steady-state spectroscopy and time-resolved emission measurements. This comprehensive approach demonstrates, for the first time, the manifold of excited-state properties governed by bifunctional donor-based D–L–A dyads, including bent-to-planar, photoinduced electron transfer (PET) from excited donor to acceptor (oxidative-PET), fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), bent-to-planar followed by electron transfer (PFET), and PET from donor to excited acceptor (reductive-PET).     

Preparation of a novel carboxyl stationary phase by “thiol‐ene” click chemistry for hydrophilic interaction chromatography

A novel carboxyl‐bonded silica stationary phase was prepared by “thiol‐ene” click chemistry. The resultant Thiol‐Click‐COOH phase was evaluated under hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) mobile phase conditions. A comparison of the chromatographic performance of Thiol‐Click‐COOH and pure silica columns was performed according to the retention behaviors of analytes and the charged state of the stationary phases. The results indicated that the newly developed Thiol‐Click‐COOH column has a higher surface charge and stronger hydrophilicity than the pure silica column. Furthermore, the chromatographic behaviors of five nucleosides on the Thiol‐Click‐COOH phase were investigated in detail. Finally, a good separation of 13 nucleosides and bases, and four water‐soluble vitamins was achieved.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of an imidazolate-bridged dicopper tris(2-aminoethyl)amine complex

The [Cu(tren)(Im)Cu(tren)](ClO4)3·MeCN complex [tren=tris(2-aminoethyl)amine; Im=imidazolate anion] has been synthesized and characterized spectrally. The X-ray crystal structure analysis reveals that the imidazolate anion serves as a bridge to form a noncentrosymmetric dimeric structure in the complex. The co-ordination geometry about each copper(II) ion is a distorted trigonal bipyramid with three primary amine groups of the tren ligand forming the equatorial plane. The tertiary amine group and the imidazolate anion are in the axial positions. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Polyisobutylene-supported N-heterocyclic carbene palladium catalysts

This paper describes how the nonpolar polymer polyisobutylene (PIB) can be used as a handle to prepare PIB-bound NHC ligands that are soluble in monophasic mixtures of mixed solvents but phase separable when such solvent systems are perturbed to be biphasic. The results here show that such PIB-bound NHC ligands can be used to synthesize useful palladium catalysts. In this paper, both PIB-bound analogs of an N,N′-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl) heterocyclic carbene and simpler N,N′-dialkyl heterocyclic carbene ligand were prepared and were successfully used to form palladium cross-coupling catalysts. The reactivity, recycling and reusability of these catalysts has been examined.     

圆柱形锂电池液冷热管理实验研究

对92根加热棒组成的等效电池组的液冷热管理进行了实验研究,波浪形扁管穿插入电池组构成冷却通道。结果表明：电池组的最高温度和最大温差均随着冷却液流量的增大而降低,但降幅逐渐减小,冷却液泵功随着流量的增大而快速增长,综合考虑10 L/h为冷却液最佳流量;电池组的最高温度随着冷却液进口温度的降低而降低,但电池组温度的均匀性随着冷却液温度的降低而恶化;四种不同冷却液相比,体积分数为50%乙二醇溶液的电池组温度最高,均匀性最差,去离子水居中,由于石蜡的相变潜热和颗粒的微对流效应,体积分数为2%和5%相变微胶囊悬浮液对电池组的冷却效果最佳,且悬浮液浓度越高,电池组温度越低,均匀性越好。     

基于波尔兹曼方法研究幂律流体的椭圆柱绕流

基于格子波尔兹曼方法(lattice Boltzmann method) 和幂律流体本构方程, 建立二维流动模型, 将充分发展的速度分布与理论解进行对比, 吻合良好. 对幂律流体的圆柱绕流进行模拟, 采用了反弹格式的无滑移圆柱边界, 并使用应力积分法计算阻力系数, 分析了稳态圆柱绕流时, 阻力系数随幂律指数n 以及雷诺数Re 的变化规律. 分析了椭圆横轴/纵轴长度比和幂律指数n, 对压力系数Cp 和黏度系数Cv 的影响. 得到的变化规律与有限元方法规律一致, 验证了格子波尔兹曼模型的可行性.