Anomalous dispersion and group velocity properties in subwavelength uniaxial metamaterial waveguide with metal cladding

We investigate propagation behavior of electromagnetic waves in a slab uniaxial metamaterial waveguide with metal cladding and discuss the dispersion relation, group velocity and energy flux distribution of transverse electric guided modes in two kinds of uniaxial metamaterial waveguides with different orientations of optical axis in detail. The numerical results show that there exist anomalous dispersion properties such as backward modes existing in low-frequency range, and the group velocity can be negative or approach zero. If the orientation of optical axis is selected properly, each guided mode has two dispersion curves—one is normal dispersion and another belongs to anomalous dispersion and shows a transition from a backward mode to a forward one with the angular frequency increasing. In addition, the condition of the existence of cutoff frequency is clarified. These properties may have potential applications in optical information storage, optical communication, integrated optics and nanophotonic devices.     

Application of multi-walled carbon nanotubes modified carbon ionic liquid electrode for electrocatalytic oxidation of dopamine

A simple, sensitive, and reliable method based on a multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) modified carbon ionic liquid electrode (CILE) has been successfully developed for determination of dopamine (DA) in the presence of ascorbic acid (AA). The acid-treated MWNTs with carboxylic acid functional groups could promote the electron-transfer reaction of DA and inhibit the voltammetric response of AA. Due to the good performance of the ionic liquid, the electrochemical response of DA on the MWNTs/CILE was better than that of other MWNTs modified electrodes. Under the optimum conditions a linear calibration plot was obtained in the range 5.0×10(-8) to 2.0×10(-4) mol L(-1) and the detection limit was 1.0×10(-8) mol L(-1).     

城镇化进程中洛阳市人口发展的数学建模探讨

针对城镇化进程中洛阳市的人口发展规律,建立了人口发展的一元线性回归模型、指数增长模型以及阻滞增长的Logistic模型来预测洛阳市人口的发展,并与ARIMA模型进行了对比,为城镇化进程中人口发展趋势提供参考,为政策的制定者提供理论指导和决策参考。     

Discovery of a Cryptic Intermediate in Late Steps of Mithramycin Biosynthesis

MtmOIV and MtmW catalyze the final two reactions in the mithramycin (MTM) biosynthetic pathway, the Baeyer–Villiger opening of the fourth ring of premithramycin B (PMB), creating the C3 pentyl side chain, strictly followed by reduction of the distal keto group on the new side chain. Unexpectedly this results in a C2 stereoisomer of mithramycin, iso‐mithramycin (iso‐MTM). Iso‐MTM undergoes a non‐enzymatic isomerization to MTM catalyzed by Mg²⁺ ions. Crystal structures of MtmW and its complexes with co‐substrate NADPH and PEG, suggest a catalytic mechanism of MtmW. The structures also show that a tetrameric assembly of this enzyme strikingly resembles the ring‐shaped β subunit of a vertebrate ion channel. We show that MtmW and MtmOIV form a complex in the presence of PMB and NADPH, presumably to hand over the unstable MtmOIV product to MtmW, yielding iso‐MTM, as a potential self‐resistance mechanism against MTM toxicity.     

特尔康口服液对气虚动物治疗的药效学研究

特尔康口服液由β－羧乙基锗倍半氧化物和益补的中药精制而成，用它治疗气虚造型小鼠并作了药效观察。结果表明，特尔康口服液可提高气虚造型小鼠的耐寒能力和游泳的耐力；对细胞免疫功能有促进作用；并对气虚所致小鼠免疫器官胸腺，脾脏萎缩有一定的保护作用。     

浅谈计量/检测技术机构样品收发管理

介绍计量/检测技术机构样品收发标准化管理,从样品流转方式、样品收发、原始记录证书与报告收发、印章管理等几个方面,详细叙述了计量/检测技术机构样品收发标准化管理具体方法和要求。     

Model calculations for the base-pairing specificity of mutagenic exocyclic DNA adduct 1,N 6-ethenoadenine

1,N ⁶-ethenoadenine (εA) has been studied more extensively due to highly fluorescent and mutagenic nature. We report the model calculations for the base-pairing specificity of mutagenic 1,N ⁶-ethenoadenine adduct. To shed insight into mutagenic process of DNA damage based on geometrical characteristics, electronic properties, B3LYP, M06, B97D, and wB97XD methods have been employed for these model calculations. Single point energy calculation at MP2/6-311++G** levels on corresponding B3LYP, M06, B97D, wB97XD-optimized geometries have also been carried out to better estimate the hydrogen-bonding strengths. The polarisable conductor calculation model (CPCM-UAKS) that accounts for the overall polarizability of the solvent has also been employed. The computed reaction enthalpy values concluded that both guanine and thymine are most favorable candidates to be misincorporated to 1,N ⁶-ethenoadenine adduct, which also in good agreement to experimental report (Leonard, Biochemistry 33: 4755–4761, 79).     

K3Ln(AsS4)2 (Ln = Nd, Sm, Gd): the first rare earth thioarsenate compounds with infinite straight (1)infinity[Ln(AsS4)2]3- chains

The structures of the novel compounds K3Ln(AsS4)2 (Ln = Nd, Sm, Gd) contain infinite straight (1)infinity[Ln(AsS4)2]3- anionic chains which are composed of interconnected LnS8 polyhedra and AsS4 tetrahedra. The compounds were synthesized via reactions of Ln metals with in-situ-formed potassium polythioarsenate fluxes.     

ASb2(SO4)2(PO4) (A = H3O+, K,Rb): Layered Structure Containing Ordered Sulfate and Phosphate Anions

Three compounds ASb₂(SO₄)₂(PO₄) (A = H₃O⁺, K, Rb) were obtained from the reactions of Sb₂O₃, A₂CO₃ (A = Li, Rb) or K₂SO₄ and NH₄H₂PO₄ in H₂SO₄ (98 %) at 220–250 °C. Their structures were determined by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. All compounds crystallize in the triclinic space group P$\bar{1}$ (no.2) and are isostructural. The crystal structures consist of two‐dimensional ²_∞[Sb₂(SO₄)₂(PO₄)]^– anionic layers and alkali cations, which are located between anionic layers. The anionic layers are composed of [SbO₄] ψ‐trigonal bipyramids, [SbO₅] ψ octahedra, [SO₄] tetrahedra, and [PO₄] tetrahedra. All compounds are characterized by solid state UV/Vis/NIR diffuse reflectance spectra, FT‐IR spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy.     

钇对Mg-9Al-1Si合金蠕变抗力和微观组织的影响

研究了Mg-9Al-1Si-xY合金的高温蠕变性能及其微观组织与力学性能的关系。该合金中的主要强化相Mg2Si呈粗大的汉字状，分布在晶界的周围，在受到应力时，这种汉字状相与基体的界面处易产生微裂纹，降低合金的抗拉强度、塑性等力学性能。在Mg-9Al-1Si合金中加入微量的Y以后，合金的组织得到明显的细化，Mg2Si强化相形貌由粗大的汉字状转变为细小、弥散分布的颗粒状。显微组织的改善，使得Mg-9Al-1Si合金的室温和高温力学性能均有一定的提高，并明显改善了Mg-9Al-1Si的抗蠕变性能。