Effects of Variety and Growing Location on Physicochemical Properties of Starch from Sweet Potato Root Tuber

Three sweet potato varieties with purple-, yellow-, and white-fleshed root tubers were planted in four growing locations. Starches were isolated from their root tubers, their physicochemical properties (size, iodine absorption, amylose content, crystalline structure, ordered degree, lamellar thickness, swelling power, water solubility, and pasting, thermal and digestion properties) were determined to investigate the effects of variety and growing location on starch properties in sweet potato. The results showed that granule size (D[4,3]) ranged from 12.1 to 18.2 μm, the iodine absorption parameters varied from 0.260 to 0.361 for OD620, from 0.243 to 0.326 for OD680 and from 1.128 to 1.252 for OD620/550, and amylose content varied from 16.4% to 21.2% among starches from three varieties and four growing locations. Starches exhibited C-type X-ray diffraction patterns, and had ordered degrees from 0.634 to 0.726 and lamellar thicknesses from 9.72 to 10.21 nm. Starches had significantly different swelling powers, water solubilities, pasting viscosities, and thermal properties. Native starches had rapidly digestible starch (RDS) from 2.2% to 10.9% and resistant starch (RS) from 58.2% to 89.1%, and gelatinized starches had RDS from 70.5% to 81.4% and RS from 10.8% to 23.3%. Two-way ANOVA analysis showed that starch physicochemical properties were affected significantly by variety, growing location, and their interaction in sweet potato.     

周期量级激光脉冲在不同密度的原子介质中传播行为的比较(英文)

利用不含慢变包络近似和旋波近似的全波Maxwell-Bloch方程组的数值解,研究了周期量级超短激光脉冲在Ladder型三能级原子介质中的传播行为并与在相应的稀疏介质中的情况进行了比较.我们发现,在传播过程中,超短脉冲在稠密介质中的时间演化规律与在稀疏介质中明显不同,而且这种差别将随初始脉冲面积的增大而加大.当初始脉冲面积较小时,在传播过程中,脉冲形状在稀疏介质中只有小的改变而在稠密介质中却有显著的变化.当初始脉冲面积足够大时,在稠密介质中在不同的传播距离处脉冲分裂为不同数量和形状的亚脉冲;在稀疏介质中脉冲形状在传播过程中仍然只有小的改变。产生以上差别的原因在于稠密原子介质中近偶极-偶极(NDD)相互作用导致的局域场修正(LFC)及比稀疏原子介质更强的极化电场的影响.其中,更强的极化电场的影响起着主要的作用,但局域场修正的作用也不能忽略,而极化电场的增强是由于原子密度的增加.     

Mass transfer characteristics in an axisymmetric wavy-walled tube for pulsatile flow with backward flow

Under the pulsatile flow with backward flow (PFBF) conditions, flow mixing and mass transfer characteristics are experimentally investigated in an axisymmetric wavy-walled tube at a net flow Reynolds number from 50 to 1,000. An electrochemical technique is employed to measure the mass transfer rate. An optimal Strouhal number corresponding to the peak value of the mass transfer enhancement factor is observed, which is independent of the oscillatory fraction of the flow rate, but decreases with the increasing net flow Reynolds number. It was found that the mass transfer enhancement under PFBF has the similar characters of resonant enhancement in two-dimensional (2-D) channels, but there also exists an essential difference since no self-sustained oscillation occurs in the wavy-walled tube.     

变压器寄生参数和负载特性对高压脉冲波形的影响

构建了输出电压幅值为0～20 kV、脉冲重复频率为0.25～20 kHz的双极性高压脉冲电源实验平台,研究了变压器寄生参数与负载特性对输出脉冲波形的影响。采用等效电路复频域解析方法,分析了变压器寄生参数对输出脉冲波形的上升沿、平顶及下降沿的影响规律,并通过改变变压器绕线方案间接验证。发现变压器分布电容和漏感越大,输出脉冲波形上升沿与下降沿越平缓,过冲电压幅值越大,并采用脉冲变压器二次侧均匀密绕、一次侧均匀疏绕、高匝数的方案进行优化。进一步分析了纯阻性、阻容性或阻感性负载特性对输出高压脉冲波形的影响规律,发现电阻值增大（5～50 kΩ）,过冲电压幅值增大,脉冲上升沿和下降沿变陡;当负载电阻回路串联小电容时,过冲电压幅值显著增大,而电容值高于一定值时输出脉冲波形恢复至与纯电阻波形一样;当负载电阻回路串联电感时,输出脉冲波形下降沿变平缓。     

SXDG-1型汽车前照灯全自动检测仪的微机控制

SXDG—1型汽车前照灯全自动检测仪是用于检测汽车前照大灯光轴的偏斜情况及发光强度并进行定量检验的专用设备。它可以自动测出有关参数,并予以数字显示和打印输出。本文介绍了该仪器的主要性能、工作原理及微机控制系统(包括硬件结构和软件设计思想等)。     

Definitive assignments of the visible-near-IR bands of porphyrin-naphthalocyanine rare-earth sandwich double- and triple-decker compounds by magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy

A series of heteroleptic rare-earth sandwich complexes [M(Nc)(OEP)] (M = La, Nd, Eu, Dy, and Lu; Nc = 2,3-naphthalocyaninate; OEP = octaethylporphyrinate) have been investigated by electronic absorption and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy. The electronic absorption spectra of the neutral forms showed two characteristic transitions (bands I and II) in the near-IR region, both of which were systematically shifted depending on the size of their central metal. In the MCD spectra, a relatively intense Faraday A term and a significantly weak Faraday B term have been observed corresponding to bands II and I, respectively. The spectral features were successfully interpreted using a simple MO model by considering the relevant interactions of Gouterman's four orbitals of the constituent chromophores. The model succeeded in assigning the MCD spectra of the related compounds, the oxidized and reduced forms of the dimer ([M(Nc)(OEP)]+ and [M(Nc)(OEP)]-), and neutral forms of the triple-decker compounds (M2(Nc)(OEP)2, M = Nd, Eu). DFT calculations of the dimers supported the validity of this model.     

YbB6的能带结构和光电导率谱的解析

用密度泛函（GGA＋U）方法研究YbB6晶体的电子结构。采用FLAPW方法进行计算,获得了比较精确的能带结构信息。分析了YbB6能带结构的特征与Yb-B6簇间成键情况的联系。在此基础上计算YbB6的反射率、介电函数、光电导率和能量损失函数等光学常数,结果与实验值符合比较好。对其光电导率（实部）和能量损失函数谱进行详细分析,对谱峰作出指认,阐明了各谱峰与能带间电子跃迁的联系,证实了前人对谱峰所作经验指认的合理部分,补充和纠正了前人经验指认的不足和不准确之处。     

Catalytic epoxidation of alkenes over supported manganese oxide with hydrogen peroxide: effect of supports and manganese loading

Manganese oxides supported on γ-Al₂O₃, amorphous SiO₂, MCM-41, and TiO₂ prepared by an impregnation method were used as heterogeneous catalysts for epoxidation of alkenes with 30 % H₂O₂ in the presence of NaHCO₃ aqueous solution. The effect of support and manganese loading on their activity was studied. The 1.3-MnO _x /γ-Al₂O₃ exhibited superior epoxidazing activity of styrene, compared with other supported MnO _x . Hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction, UV–vis and ESR analyses suggested that Mn²⁺ (catalytic activity species) dominated in 1.3 % MnO _x /γ-Al₂O₃ due to a strong interaction between MnO _x and γ-Al₂O₃. Recycling studies showed the catalyst was a heterogeneous one and retained its activity after recycling four times.     

Asymmetric Synthesis of Contact Sex Pheromone of Tetropium fuscum and Its Enantiomer

Tetropium fuscum is a harmful forest pest and attacks spruces. The contact sex pheromone of this pest, (S)-11-methyl-heptacosane, and its enantiomer were synthesized via Evans’ chiral auxiliaries. The key steps of this approach included acylation of carboxylic acid, diastereoselective methylation of oxazolidinone amide, and Wittig coupling of the aldehyde with chiral phosphonium salt. The synthetic pheromones would have potential utility in the control of this pest.     

Study on the preparation and mechanical properties of alumina ceramic coating reinforced by graphene and multi-walled carbon nanotube

The paper investigates preparation and mechanical performances of a composite ceramic coating reinforced by graphene and multi-walled carbon nanotube. The carbon nanotube is functionalized with the carboxyl functional group (–COOH) and un-functionalized with sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS). The structure of the functionalized and hybrid-functionalized carbon nanotube is identified using infrared spectroscopy (FTIR analysis). The coating is brushed on the matrix and then cures under temperature lower than 250°C. The morphological and cross section features are studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The distributions of hardness and fracture toughness are determined using a microhardness tester. The adhesive strength is evaluated using a universal tensile tester. The tribological properties are detected using friction wear testing machine. The experimental results show that the structure of the composite coating is compact, and both graphene and hybridtreated carbon nanotube are well dispersed. Addition of 0.2 wt % graphene and 0.2 wt % hybrid-functionalized carbon nanotube results in a prominent increase in hardness and fracture toughness. Meanwhile, the adhesive strength between the composite coating and the metallic substrate is well improved due to the high tensile strength of both graphene and carbon nanotube. Compared with pure alumina coating, the friction coefficient as well as the wear depth and width of grinding crack of the composite coating is much lower.