Asymmetrical-flow field flow fractionation (AFFF) separates constituents based on hydrodynamic size and is emerging as a powerful
tool for obtaining high-resolution information on the size, molecular weight, composition, and stability of nanoscale particles
in liquid media. We employ a customized AFFF system combining on-line detectors for multi-angle light scattering, dynamic
light scattering, and UV–Vis absorption. Our objective is to develop optimized measurement protocols for the characterization
of gold nanoparticles (GNPs), which are widely utilized in biomedical research and other nanotechnology applications. Experimental
conditions have been optimized by controlling key parameters, including injection volume and solids concentration, mobile
phase composition, membrane type and pore size, and ratio of channel-to-cross-flow rates. Individual citrate-stabilized GNP
components (nominally 10, 20, 30, 40, and 60 nm) and GNPs functionalized with polyethylene glycol were separated from multicomponent
GNP mixtures by AFFF and subsequently characterized. We discuss the effects due to variations in measurement parameters and
GNP surface modification on observed retention, recovery, and peak resolution. 相似文献
We describe a spectroscopic comparative analysis based on the optoacoustic technique over the wavelength range from 410nm to 1000nm using a Q-switched Nd:YAG pumped optical parametric oscillator tunable source on a gold nanostructure solution located within a highly scattering medium. The advantages of this method over standard spectroscopy techniques are the possibility to localize and monitor the spectroscopic response of absorbing materials located within turbid media. The operation is confirmed using a comparative analysis with the spectroscopic results obtained from a reference measurement scheme, based on a highly sensitive collimated optical transmission setup in parallel and under the same experimental conditions as the optoacoustic technique. 相似文献
We report a simple, compact electronic speckle-pattern interferometer (ESPI) incorporating holographic optical elements (HOEs) for the study of out-of-plane vibration. Reflection and transmission HOEs provide reference and object beams in the interferometer. The alignment difficulties with conventional ESPI systems are minimized using HOEs. The time-average ESPI subtraction method is used to generate the fringe pattern and remove background speckle noise by introducing a phase shift between consecutive images. The amplitude and phase maps are obtained using path-difference modulation. 相似文献
We report on experiments performed with a cladding-pumped single-mode Er:Yb-codoped single-frequency fiber amplifier simultaneously seeded by a distributed-feedback diode at 1556 nm and a tunable external-cavity diode laser emitting at a wavelength of about 1 μm wavelength. The influence of the output wavelength of the external-cavity laser on amplification and reabsorption behavior of the Yb emission as well as the amplifier performance at a wavelength of 1556 nm is examined experimentally. 相似文献
Both the formation energy and the diffusive activation energy of a single vacancy migrating in the first four atomic layers intra- and inter-layer near Cu Σ = 9 [110] twist GB have been investigated by using the MAEAM. The formation of the vacancy is favorable on the first layer (1L) near the GB plane and is spontaneous on sites ‘2’–‘5’ especially ‘2’ and ‘4’. The effects of the GB on the intra- as well as inter-layer migration are mainly for 1L–1L as well as for 1L–1L′, 2L–1L and 3L–1L related to the 1L, respectively. Furthermore, the vacancy in 1L is favorable to migrate in 1L (intra-layer) or through GB plane to 1L′, the one in either 2L or 3L is favorable to migrate to 1L. So the vacancy tends to converge to the first layer near the GB plane. 相似文献
The true ground state of 1 is a matter of debate, but for clarity and convenience the allene resonance form 1 a , is the most appropriate. The arguments for aromaticity made by Christl and Engels are shown to be incorrect.
Alcohol oxidation and self‐assembly: the in situ oxidation of hydroxyl functional groups to quinone groups promotes the formation of enhanced hydrogen bonds and allows reorganization of the resulting supramolecular self‐assemblies, which evolve from a weakly bound dense phase to a strongly bound nanoporous open structure (see picture).
A new receptor, the bisTTF-calix[2]thiophene[2]pyrrole derivative 3, has been prepared from the Lewis acid-catalyzed condensation of 2,5-bis(1-hydroxymethylethyl)thiopheno-TTF and pyrrole.
This new system is found to form complexes with the electron-deficient guests, trinitrobenzene (TNB) and picric acid (PA),
which serve as models for nitroaromatic explosives. The binding phenomenon, which has been studied in organic solution using
proton nuclear magnetic resonance and absorption spectroscopies, results in an easy-to-visualize color change in chloroform
that is independent of the presence of chloride anion, a known interferant for an earlier tetrakisTTF-calix[4]pyrrole TNB
chemosensor. Support for the proposed binding mode comes from a preliminary solid state structure of the complex formed from
TNB, namely TNB⊂3. A color change is also observed when dichloromethane solutions of chemosensor 3 are added to solvent-free samples of TNB, PA, and 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene supported on silica gel.
Figure A new bis-tetrathiafulvalene calix[2]thiophene[2]pyrrole derivative has been prepared that gives rise to an easy-to-visualize
color change in the presence of the model nitroaromatic explosives trinitrobenzene and picric acid.
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The asymptotic behavior of a subcritical Branching Process in Random Environment (BPRE) starting with several particles depends on whether the BPRE is strongly subcritical (SS), intermediate subcritical (IS) or weakly subcritical (WS). In the (SS+IS) case, the asymptotic probability of survival is proportional to the initial number of particles, and conditionally on the survival of the population, only one initial particle survives a.s. These two properties do not hold in the (WS) case and different asymptotics are established, which require new results on random walks with negative drift. We provide an interpretation of these results by characterizing the sequence of environments selected when we condition on the survival of particles. This also raises the problem of the dependence of the Yaglom quasistationary distributions on the initial number of particles and the asymptotic behavior of the Q-process associated with a subcritical BPRE. 相似文献