Exosome-Coated Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Nanoparticles for Intracellular Detection of ATP

The intracellular delivery of metal-organic frameworks(MOFs)encapsulated with functional biomolecules represents a promising av-enue in the field of biomedicine...     

An all-organic aqueous potassium dual-ion battery

Benefiting from the environmental friendliness of organic electrodes and the high security of aqueous electrolyte,an all-organic aqueous potassium dual-ion full...     

合肥光源逐束团相位测量及纵向不稳定性诊断

为了研究储存环束流多束团纵向运动特性,在合肥光源（HLS-II）上研制了一套逐束团相位测量系统。该系统利用示波器直接采集BPM和信号,采用过零点检测法、时间差分（Temporal Difference, TD）法相结合的方法从BPM和信号中提取出逐束团相位。介绍了逐束团相位测量系统的系统构架、相位提取方法以及在HLS-II上的一些实验结果。通过对该系统记录的5 ms时间长度的逐束团多圈相位数据的离线分析,得到多束团纵向运动的同步振荡的频率、纵向工作点、束团振荡的模式信息以及振荡模式增长率等特征信息,诊断出HLS-II在top-off恒流运行期间存在2个较强的纵向耦合束团不稳定模式,并提取出了2个振荡模式的增长率。该系统的逐束团相位测量结果及相关纵向不稳定性分析可为机器研究、纵向反馈系统调试评估及高频RF系统的性能评估等提供参考。     

中国散裂中子源准直控制网数据处理方法

以中国散裂中子源CSNS的直线加速器控制网为例,对其数据处理方法进行研究,采用平面与高程二维平差以及三维定向平差两种方式对准直控制网进行处理分析。同时,为了使准直数据处理更加简易便利,提出利用激光跟踪仪的测量软件SA实现三维定向平差的方法。通过不同软件及不同数据处理方法的对比,验证准直控制网数据处理的正确性,最终200 m长直线控制网点位精度优于0.2 mm,这为准直控制网的数据处理提供了指导。     

Metabolomics reveals hippocampal metabolic fluctuations of postoperative fatigue syndrome and anti‐fatigue effect of Carthamus tinctorius L. extract in rat model

Postoperative fatigue syndrome (POFS) is a common clinical complication following almost every major abdominal surgery. There is not a full explanation of the etiology of POFS, especially its central mechanism. Carthamus tinctorius L. is a classic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) which could exert ananti‐fatigue effect on POFS. However, its mechanism is still lacking. Here, ultra‐high performance liquid chromatography coupled with a quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC‐Q‐TOFMS) based metabonomic approach was used to characterize hippocampal metabolic fluctuations of POFS in a rat model induced by partial hepatectomy, and to evaluate the anti‐fatigue effect of C. tinctorius L. extract (CTLE). With partial least‐squares discriminant analysis for classification and selection of biomarkers, 15 hippocampal metabolites related to POFS were identified, primarily involving alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism, valine, leucine and isoleucine degradation, purine metabolism, phenylalanine metabolism, tryptophan metabolism, phospholipid metabolism and fatty acid metabolism. With these altered metabolic pathways as possible drug targets, we systematically analyzed the protective effect of CTLE, which showed that CTLE could provide an anti‐fatigue effect on POFS through partially regulating the perturbed metabolic pathways. This study indicated that UHPLC‐Q‐TOFMS‐based metabolomics provided a powerful tool to reveal hippocampal metabolic fluctuations of POFS and study the mechanism of TCM. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Seed‐Mediated Synthesis of Gold Tetrahedra in High Purity and with Tunable,Well‐Controlled Sizes

We report a facile synthesis of Au tetrahedra in high purity and with tunable, well‐controlled sizes via seed‐mediated growth. The success of this synthesis relies on the use of single‐crystal, spherical Au nanocrystals as the seeds and manipulation of the reaction kinetics to induce an unsymmetrical growth pattern for the seeds. In particular, the dropwise addition of a precursor solution with a syringe pump, assisted by cetyltrimethylammonium chloride and bromide at appropriate concentrations, was found to be critical to the formation of Au tetrahedra in high purity. Their sizes could be readily tuned in the range of 30–60 nm by simply varying the amount of precursor added to the reaction solution. The current strategy not only enables the synthesis of Au tetrahedra with tunable and controlled sizes but also provides a facile and versatile approach to reducing the symmetry of nanocrystals made of a face‐centered cubic lattice.     

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer between cerium ion(III) and levofloxacin in micellar solution and its analytical application to the determination of levofloxacin

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer between cerium ion(III) and levofloxacin is studied in a micellar solution of cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide. A non-fluorescent 1:2 complex was formed between excited cerium ion(III) and ground state levofloxacin. The fluorescence of cerium ion(III) is quenched by levofloxacin with the quenching in accordance with the Stern–Volmer relation. The analytical relationship was established between the ratio of the fluorescence of levofloxacin present and absent cerium ion (III) and the concentration of levofloxacin, which helped to estimate the content of levofloxacin directly.