Facile Assembly of Benzo[b]naphtho[2,3‐d]azocin‐6(5 H)‐ones by a Palladium‐Catalyzed Double Carbometalation

The palladium‐catalyzed reaction of 2‐alkynylanilines with 2‐(2‐bromobenzylidene)cyclobutanone as an efficient route to 7,8‐dihydrobenzo[b]naphtho[2,3‐d]azocin‐6(5 H)‐ones was developed. The fused eight‐membered ring was constructed conveniently. During the reaction process, double carbometalation was involved, which resulted in excellent selectivity with the formation of three new bonds. This transformation is highly efficient and leads to fused polycycles in good to excellent yields with good functional group tolerance.     

Molecular Orbital Controlling Donor Moiety for High‐Efficiency Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent Emitters

A new donor moiety, 7,7,13,13‐tetramethyl‐7,13‐dihydro‐5H‐indeno[1,2‐b]acridine (IAc), was developed to control the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) dispersion of thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) emitters. The IAc unit expanded the HOMO dispersion of the emitters and increased the quantum efficiency of the TADF devices up to 20.9 %.     

Mineral formation on dentin induced by nano-bioactive glass

The object of this study was to evaluate the effect of bioactive glass (BG) size on mineral formation on dentin surfaces. Totally demineralized dentin discs were treated using BG suspensions with different particle sizes:i.e., microscale bioactive glass (m-BG), submicroscale bioactive glass (sm-BG) and nanoscale bioactive glass (n-BG). Field-emission scanning electron microscopy and 3D profile measurement laser microscopy were used to observe the surface morphology and roughness. It was found that all BG particles could promoted mineral formation on dentin surfaces, while plug-like depositions were observed on the dentin discs treated by n-BG and they were more acid-resistant. The present results may imply that n-BG has potential clinical application for dentin hypersensitivity treatment.     

Co‐templating Ionothermal Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a New Layered Aluminophosphate from a Protic Deep Eutectic Solvent

Protic deep eutectic mixtures are usually composed of organic amine hydrochloride salts and hydrogen bond donors in a specific molar ratio. Ionothermal synthesis of aluminophosphate as an example, herein, was reported for the first time from an urea‐based protic eutectic mixture, consisting of diethylammonium chloride (DEACl) and 1,3‐dimethyl urea (DMU). As a result, a new two dimensional aluminophosphate with 4.8‐network, [CH₃NH₃]₂[(C₂H₅)₂NH₂]Al₃(PO₄)₄, has been successfully synthesized by co‐templating the DEA and methylamine in situ generated from the decomposition of DMU in the absence of HF. Compared to alkyl quaternary ammonium salts with more alkyl‐group connected with N atom, this kind of organic amine salts are more likely as the structure‐directing agents to synthesize aluminophosphates in urea‐based deep eutectic mixtures. It was also found that HF is crucial to the phase selectivity, a known compound with chain‐like structure was obtained with the single methylamine as a structure‐directing agent in the presence of HF. These materials were characterized by powder XRD, SEM, TG‐DSC, ¹³C CP‐MAS NMR and CHN analyses.     

肺部超声B线数目与血管外肺水的相关性分析

目的探讨肺部超声监测B线数目在老年脓毒症患者液体复苏过程中评估血管外肺水的价值。方法在老年脓毒症患者液体复苏过程中应用肺部超声动态监测患者双侧胸骨旁、锁骨中线、腋前线及腋中线B线数目,同时应用脉波指示剂连续心排血量法（pulseindicatorcontinuouscardiacoutput,PiCCO）监测血管外肺水指数（extravascularlungwaterindex,EVLWI）对比,对B线数目与EVLWI进行Pearson相关性分析。结果共纳入28例患者,采集95组数据,B线数目和EVLWI呈正相关（r=0.92,P＜0.01）,同时发现B线数目与肺血管通透性指数（pulmonaryvascularpenetrationindex,PVPI）呈正相关（r=0.80,P＜0.01）。结论B线数目与EVLWI相关性良好,在老年脓毒症液体复苏过程中应用无创肺部超声可实时、动态地进行肺水监测,以早期发现肺水肿。     

Dry Sintering Meets Wet Silver‐Ion “Soldering”: Charge‐Transfer Plasmon Engineering of Solution‐Assembled Gold Nanodimers From Visible to Near‐Infrared I and II Regions

Achieving highly tunable and localized surface plasmon resonance up to near infrared (NIR) regions is a key target in nanoplasmonics. In particular, a self‐assembly process capable of producing highly uniform and solution‐processable nanomaterials with tailor‐made plasmonic properties is lacking. We herein address this problem through a conjunctive use of wet Ag⁺ soldering and dry thermal sintering to produce nanodimer‐derived structures with precisely engineered charge‐transfer plasmon (CTP). The sintered dimers are water soluble, featuring gradually shifted CTP spanning an 800 nm wavelength range (up to NIR II). Upon silica removal, the products are grafted by DNA to offer surface functionality. This process is also adaptable to DNA‐linked AuNP dimers toward plasmonic meta‐materials via DNA‐guided soldering and sintering.     

Dissolution of chitin in aqueous KOH

Our NMR experiments show that chitin can dissolve well in aqueous KOH through a freeze-thawing process, and the dissolution power of the alkali solvent systems is in the order of KOH > NaOH > LiOH aqueous solution, which is totally contrary to that of cellulose in the alkali aqueous solution (i.e., LiOH > NaOH ? KOH). In this work, we systematically study the dissolution process in KOH and KOH/urea aqueous solutions. Chitin has good solubility (solubility ~80 %) in 8.4–25 wt% KOH aqueous solution at ?30 °C. The role of urea also has been investigated: unlike aqueous chitin-NaOH solutions, urea indeed enhances the solubility of chitin in KOH aqueous solutions, but the increased degree becomes unobtrusive with decreasing temperature and increasing dissolution time; the DA decline curves of chitin-KOH and chitin-KOH/urea aqueous solutions are nearly overlapping, indicating that the effect of the urea on the degree of acetylation of chitin in KOH aqueous solutions is small, similar to the NaOH/urea solvent.     

Determination of photoinitiator 4‐methylbenzophenone in milk by cloud point extraction

An efficient and easy sample pretreatment methodology was proposed for the detection of photoinitiator 4‐methylbenzophenone from milk before high‐performance liquid chromatography. Appropriate conditions for demulsification were studied. The parameters affecting cloud point extraction, such as concentration of Tween‐20, electrolyte salt, equilibration temperature, and time, have been investigated. When the spiked level was 200–1000 μg/kg, the average addition standard recovery was 99.14–105.98% with the optimum cloud point extraction conditions (concentration of Tween‐20, 138 g/L; mass of anhydrous sodium sulfate, 0.75 g; equilibration temperature, 65°C; equilibration time, 30 min). To decrease the detection limits, further work about the organic solvent, shaking time, and ultrasonic parameters was carried. When the spiked level was 10–100 μg/kg, the average addition standard recovery was 70.40–106.91% with the optimum cloud point extraction and enrichment conditions (optimum cloud point extraction conditions; volume of cyclohexane, 30 mL; shaking time, 20 min; time of ultrasonic, 20 min; temperature of ultrasonic bath, 45°C).     

First separation of four aromatic acids and two analogues with similar structures and polarities from Clematis akebioides by high‐speed counter‐current chromatography

In this paper, we report an efficient method by high‐speed counter‐current chromatography for the first separation of four aromatic acids and two analogs with similar structures and polarities from Clematis akebioides. First, the ethyl acetate extract was treated by silica gel column chromatography to enrich the target compounds. And then the fraction with target compounds were purified by high‐speed counter‐counter chromatography using a two‐phase solvent system consisting of chloroform/acetonitrile/water (10:6:4, v/v). The results showed high‐speed counter‐current chromatography could be a powerful technology for the separation of compounds with similar structures and polarities. Besides, it was found acetonitrile could be a good methanol substitute when a chloroform/methanol/water system could not provide a good separation factor. This study provides a reference for the separation of compounds from Clematis akebioides.     

Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Turn-on Detection of DNA Based on Riboflavin-Modulated Manganese Doped Zinc Sulfide Quantum Dots

A sensitive phosphorescent sensor based on riboflavin (RF)-modulated mercaptopropionic acid (MPA)-capped Mn-doped ZnS quantum dots (QDs) was developed and utilized as room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) sensor for DNA detection. The RTP of the MPA-capped Mn-doped ZnS QDs was stored via photoinduced electron transfer by RF, and formed an electrochemically nonactive QDs/RF nanohybrids through electrostatic attraction. In the presence of DNA, RF could bind with DNA, which has a double helical structure, via electrostatic interaction and intercalation. RF can be removed from the surface of the QDs, thus releasing the RTP of the QDs. On the basis of this principle, an RTP sensor for DNA detection was developed. Under optimal conditions, the detection limit for DNA was 15 μg mL^?1, the relative standard deviation was 1.9 %, and the method recovery ranged from 97 % to 103 %. The proposed method was applied to biological fluids, in which satisfactory results were obtained.