Benzothiadiazole-based Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cells

Benzothiadiazole(BT) is an electron-deficient unit with fused aromatic core, which can be used to construct conjugated polymers for application in organic solar cells(OSCs). In the past twenty years, huge numbers of conjugated polymers based on BT unit have been developed,focusing on the backbone engineering(such as by using different copolymerized building blocks), side chain engineering(such as by using linear or branch side units), using heteroatoms(such as F, O and S atoms, and CN group), etc. These modifications enable BT-polymers to exhibit distinct absorption spectra(with onset varied from 600 nm to 1000 nm), different frontier energy levels and crystallinities. As a consequence, BT-polymers have gained much attention in recent years, and can be simultaneously used as electron donor and electron acceptor in OSCs, providing the power conversion efficiencies(PCEs) over 18% and 14% in non-fullerene and all-polymer OSCs. In this article, we provide an overview of BTpolymers for OSCs, from donor to acceptor, via selecting some typical BT-polymers in different periods. We hope that the summary in this article can invoke the interest to study the BT-polymers toward high performance OSCs, especially with thick active layers that can be potentially used in large-area devices.     

Promising Chemotherapy for Malignant Pediatric Brain Tumor in Recent Biological Insights

Brain tumors are the most widespread malignancies in children around the world. Chemotherapy plays a critical role in the treatment of these tumors. Although the current chemotherapy process has a remarkable outcome for a certain subtype of brain tumor, improving patient survival is still a major challenge. Further intensive treatment with conventional non-specific chemotherapy could cause additional adverse reactions without significant advancement in survival. Recently, patient derived brain tumor, xenograft, and whole genome analysis using deep sequencing technology has made a significant contribution to our understanding of cancer treatment. This realization has changed the focus to new agents, targeting the molecular pathways that are critical to tumor survival or proliferation. Thus, many novel drugs targeting epigenetic regulators or tyrosine kinase have been developed. These selective drugs may have less toxicity in normal cells and are expected to be more effective than non-specific chemotherapeutics. This review will summarize the latest novel targets and corresponding candidate drugs, which are promising chemotherapy for brain tumors according to the biological insights.     

Rapid Detection of Five Estrogens Added Illegally to Dietary Supplements by Combining TLC with Raman Imaging Microscope

Estrogens added illegally to dietary supplements are hazardous to human health. Traditional detection and analysis methods have many limitations, and we have developed an assay that combines thin-layer chromatography with Raman imaging microscopy (TLC-RIM). The five estrogens (estrone, estradiol, estriol, ethinyl estradiol, and diethylstilbestrol) were initially separated by TLC, then detected by area scanning Raman imaging with a 532 nm laser under a microscope. Raman spectra were obtained for each estrogen, which were used for detecting estrogen illegally added to botanical dietary supplements. The LOD of each estrogen was 0.4, 1.0, 0.8, 0.2, and 0.2 mg/mL, respectively. The matrix in the real sample did not interfere with the detection of estrogens. The method was fast, sensitive, stable, specific, and reliable.     

Impact of the Acetaldehyde-Mediated Condensation on the Phenolic Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Vitis vinifera L. Cv. Merlot Wine

Acetaldehyde is a critical reactant on modifying the phenolic profile during red wine aging, suggesting that the acetaldehyde-mediated condensation can be responsible for the variation of antioxidant activity during the aging of this beverage. The present study employs exogenous acetaldehyde at six levels of treatment (7.86 ± 0.10–259.02 ± 4.95 mg/L) before the bottle aging of Merlot wines to encourage phenolic modification. Acetaldehyde and antioxidant activity of wine were evaluated at 0, 15, 30, 45, 60 and 75 days of storage, while monomeric and polymeric phenolics were analyzed at 0, 30 and 75 days of storage. The loss of acetaldehyde was fitted to a first-order reaction model, the rate constant (k) demonstrated that different chemical reaction happened in wines containing a different initial acetaldehyde. The disappearance of monomeric phenolics and the formation of polymeric phenolics induced by acetaldehyde could be divided into two phases, the antioxidant activity of wine did not alter significantly in the first phase, although most monomeric phenolics vanished, but the second phase would dramatically reduce the antioxidant activity of wine. Furthermore, a higher level of acetaldehyde could shorten the reaction time of the first phase. These results indicate that careful vinification handling aiming at controlling the acetaldehyde allows one to maintain prolonged biological activity during wine aging.     

Variational Problems of Surfaces in a Sphere

Let x : M → S~(n+p)(1) be an n-dimensional submanifold immersed in an(n + p)-dimensional unit sphere S~(n+p)(1).In this paper, we study n-dimensional submanifolds immersed in S~(n+p)(1) which are critical points of the functional S(x) =∫_M~S~((n/2) dv), where S is the squared length of the second fundamental form of the immersion x.When x : M → S~(2+p)(1) is a surface in S~(2+p)(1), the functional S(x) =∫_M~(S~(n/2) dv) represents double volume of image of Gaussian map.For the critical surface of S(x), we get a relationship between the integral of an extrinsic quantity of the surface and its Euler characteristic.Furthermore, we establish a rigidity theorem for the critical surface of S(x).     

深圳城市气溶胶物理光学特性的观测研究

气溶腔是影响气候变化和空气污染的重要因子,在深圳地区展开气溶胶观测实验,可以获得可靠的光学物理特征,进而有助于准确评估气溶胶在新型超极城市区域的气像和环境效应,本文利用2010年12月至2011年8月太阳光度计、黑碳和浊度计等气溶胶观测资料,分析了新型超级城市深圳地区的气溶胶物理光学特性,深圳地区气溶胶呈明显季节变化,冬、春季由于城市污染性气溶胶的影响,气溶胶光学厚度和Angstrom波长指数都较大,夏季受海盐气溶胶的影响,光学厚度较小Angstrom波长指数也较小,光学厚度与Angstrom波长指数对比表明城市综合性污染是引起深圳气溶胶高光学厚度的主要原因,深圳地区气溶胶的散射系数、吸收系数的平均值(标准偏差)分别为178.7×10-6 m-1 (126.6×10-6m-1和32.5×1O-6m 1 (18.1×10-6m1),均低于珠三角腹地多年观测平均值的二分之一和国内其他大型城市观测值,而单次散射反照率为0.81,与珠三角其他地区得到的结果接近.此外,气溶胶吸收、散射和单次散射反照率呈明显日变化,可能主要受大气边界层变化的影响.     

Improvement of the Performance of an Acousto-Optical Q-Switched Nd:YAG 946 nm Laser Using a Convex–Plane Cavity

We improve the performance of an acousto-optical Q-switched Nd:YAG 946 nm laser using a convex–plane cavity. We obtain the highest output average power of 2.3 W with a pulse width of 15.3 ns in a 10 kHz 946 nm laser with a convex–plane cavity. The maximum peak power 15.0 kW is about three times higher than that in a plane–plane cavity. Also we investigate the output performances of the pulsed 946 nm laser with the convex–plane cavity at 20 and 50 kHz.     

Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloids with Promoting Neurite Growth from Tabernaemontana divaricata

Main observation and conclusion Phytochemical investigations on Tabernaemontana divaricata led to the isolation of seven undescribed monoterpenoid indole alka-l...     

单层2H-MoTe2光电效应的理论研究

材料的禁带宽度是影响光电探测器探测范围的重要因素.单层2H-MoTe2因具有合适的禁带宽度引起了科研人员广泛的研究兴趣.本文基于非平衡态格林函数-密度泛函理论,采用第一性原理方法,研究了单层2H-MoTe2的光电效应.结果表明:在线性偏振光照射下,MoTe2产生的光电流函数与唯象理论相吻合;在光子能量范围1.6～1.8...     

异戊醇萃取-原子荧光光谱法间接测定中草药中铜含量

提出了一种原子荧光光谱法间接测定中草药中铜含量的方法。在弱酸性介质中,CuI与HgI42-反应生成稳定的Cu2HgI4,经异戊醇萃取分离后,通过用原子荧光光谱法测定有机相中剩余的汞量,间接换算成铜含量。铜的质量浓度在0.01～0.1mg.L-1范围内与荧光强度呈线性关系,方法的检出限(3S/N)为3.5μg.L-1。方法用于国家标准物质黄芪(GSB-19)、茶叶(GSB-7)和柑橘叶(GSB-11)的分析,测定值与认定值相符,测定值的相对标准偏差(n=9)在0.8%～2.4%之间。