Effect of hexanol on the reversed micelles of Span 85 modified with Cibacron Blue F-3GA for protein solubilization

Sorbitan trioleate (Span 85) modified with Cibacron Blue F-3GA (CB) was used as an affinity surfactant (CB-Span 85) to form affinity-based reversed micelles in n-hexane. It was found that the addition of hexanol to the reversed micellar system resulted in a significant increase in water content and hydrodynamic radius of the affinity-based reversed micelles. Moreover, the reversed micelles with hexanol revealed broader aggregation number distribution and larger average aggregation number than the reversed micelles without hexanol addition. This is considered to be due to the decreases in the micellar curvature and rigidity of the micellar interfacial layer and the increase in the micellar interfacial fluidity. Consequently, the solubilization capacity of lysozyme increased about 70% in the reversed micellar solution with 3 vol% hexanol. On the other hand, the capacity of BSA was only 30% increased under the same conditions due to its larger molecular size than lysozyme. Kinetic analysis revealed that the increase in the micellar interfacial fluidity in the presence of hexanol resulted in faster release of lysozyme from the micelles, thus leading to an increase of the overall volumetric mass transfer coefficient in the back extraction.     

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy in China

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy （LIBS） has been regarded as a future superstar for chemical analysis for years due to its unique features such as little or no sample preparation, remote sensing, and fast and multi-element analysis. Chinese LIBS comnmnity is one of the most dynamically developing communities in the World. The aim of the work is to inspect what have been done in China for LIBS development and, based on the understanding of the overall status, to identify the challenges and opportunities for the future development. In this paper, the scientific contributions from Chinese LIBS comlnunity are reviewed for the following four aspects： fimdamentals, instrumentation, data processing and modeling, and applications; and the driving force of LIBS development in China is analyzed, the critical issues for successful LIBS application are discussed, and in our opinion, the potential direction to improve the technology and to realize large scale commercialization in China is proposed.     

Wavefront correction of Ti:sapphire terawatt laser with varying precision of phase conjugation between deformable mirror and wavefront sensor

The phase conjugation between the deformable mirror and the wavefront sensor in the aberration correction of a terawatt Ti:sapphire laser is studied experimentally and theoretically in this paper. At varying values of phase-conjugation precision, we focus the corresponding beams into spots of the same size of 5.1 μm×5.3 μm with a f/4 parabola in the 32 TW/36 fs Ti:sapphire laser system. The results show that the precision of conjugation can induce an intensity modulation but does not significantly affect the wavefront correction.     

Effect of initial-state target polarization on single ionization of helium by 1-keV electron impact

We report new results of triple differential cross sections for the single ionization of helium by 1-KeV electron impact at the ejection energy of 10 eV. Investigations have been made for both the perpendicular plane and the plane perpendicular to the momentum transfer geometries. The present calculation is based on the three-Coulomb wave function. Here we have also incorporated the effect of target polarization in the initial state. A comparison is made between the present calculation with the results of other theoretical methods and a recent experiment [D黵r M, Dimopoulou C, Najjari B, Dorn A, Bartschat K, Bray I, Fursa D V, Chen Z, Madison D H and Ullrich J 2008 Phys. Rev. A 77 032717]. At an impact energy of 1 KeV, the target polarization is found to induce a substantial change of the cross section for the ionization process. We observe that the effect of target polarization plays a dominant role in deciding the shape of triple differential cross sections.     

The influence of thermally assisted tunneling on the performance of charge trapping memory

We evaluate the influence of the thermally assisted tunneling (TAT) mechanism on charge trapping memory (CTM) cell performance by numerical simulation, and comprehensively analyse the effects of the temperature, trap depth, distribution of trapped charge, gate voltage and parameters of TAT on erasing/programming speed and retention performance. TAT is an indispensable mechanism in CTM that can increase the detrapping probability of trapped charge. Our results reveal that the TAT effect causes the sensitivity of cell performance to temperature and it could affect the operational speed, especially for the erasing operation. The results show that the retention performance degrades compared with when the TAT mechanism is ignored.     

含钼(钨)锡键的四元金属有机杂环化合物的合成与反应研究

通过三苯基锡基-双(3,5-二甲基吡唑)甲烷与羰基钼的反应合成了钼锡键合的四元金属杂环化合物CH(3,5- Me₂Pz)₂Mo(CO)₃SnPh₃ (Pz＝1-吡唑基). 当用叔丁基异腈处理该化合物及其钨类似物时, 伴随着有机锡结构单元的丢失, 金属钼(钨)上发生还原消除并分解得到化合物CH₂(3,5-Me₂Pz)₂M(CO)₃(CNBu-t) (M为Mo或W). 另外, 该化合物与三苯基膦或亚磷酸甲酯及异丙酯反应时, 只发生羰基取代反应得到化合物CH(3,5-Me₂Pz)₂Mo(CO)₂(PR₃)SnPh₃ (R为苯基、甲氧基及异丙氧基). 而用亚磷酸苯酯与之反应, 除得到羰基取代产物外, 还伴随着P-O/C键的交换, 得到金属钼上还原消除的产物(PhO)₂PCH(3,5-Me₂Pz)₂Mo(CO)₃.     

自适应非凸稀疏正则化下自适应光学系统加性噪声的去除

自适应光学系统可以实时测量并校正波前信息,但是系统中大量的噪声严重影响了系统的探测精度.自适应光学系统中一般为加性噪声,本文提出一种全新的变分处理模型去除加性噪声,该模型采用自适应非凸正则项.非凸正则项在保持图像细节上较凸正则项具有更好的效果,能更好地保持点源目标的完整性.另外,根据不同区域的噪声水平自适应地构建正则化参数,使不同区域的像素点受到不同程度的噪声抑制,可以更好地保持目标的边缘细节.在算法实现上,为了解决非凸正则项收敛性较差的缺陷,采用分裂Bregman算法及增广拉格朗日对偶算法进行计算.实验及数值仿真结果都表明,该方法能够较好地去除系统中的加性噪声,且光斑信号保存得较为完整,处理后的质心探测精度及信噪比较高.     

学习任务驱动“探究浓度对化学反应速率影响”教学

在“探究浓度对化学反应速率影响”化学学习任务的教学实施过程中,引导学生寻找解决问题的突破口,设计并实施探究实验,形成认知。呈现资料卡片,引发学生认知冲突,产生质疑;师生协作,重新寻找解决问题的突破口,进一步发展学生对“浓度对化学反应速率影响”的认识水平。在教学实践中激发学生的质疑精神,塑造学生的必备品格,提升学生的关键能力。     

Investigation of strain effect on the hole mobility in GOI tri-gate pFETs including quantum confinement

The strain impact on hole mobility in the GOI tri-gate pFETs is investigated by simulating the strained Ge with quantum confinement from band structure to electro-static distribution as well as the effective mobility. Lattice mismatch strain induced by HfO2 warps and reshapes the valence subbands, and reduces the hole effective masses. The maximum value of hole density is observed near the top comers of the channel. The hole density is decreased by the lattice mismatch strain. The phonon scattering rate is degraded by strain, which results in higher hole mobility.     

碳点修饰多孔ZnO纳米棒增强光催化性能

Porous ZnO nanorods that displayed excellent photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants (RhB and phenol) were prepared via a solvent thermal method followed by surface modification with carbon dots (C-dots) using a deposition method. The photocatalysts were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy. The degradation of the organic pollutants using the nanorods was tested under Xe-light illumination and was enhanced following C-dot modification. Nanorods that were modified by the C-dots at a mass fraction of 1.2% (CZn1.2) exhibited the highest photocatalytic activity for the degradation of RhB, which was 2.5 times of the pure porous ZnO nanorods. Additionally, the modified nanorods with strangely oxidation ability could catalyze the degradation of phenol by open-rings reaction under Xe-light illumination. The improved photocatalytic activity was attributed to the effective separation of the photogenerated electrons and holes, in which the C-dots served as the receptor of the photogenerated electrons.