Copper-thioguanine metallodrug with self-reinforcing circular catalysis for activatable MRI imaging and amplifying specificity of cancer therapy

For chemotherapy, drug delivery systems often suffer from the inefficient drug loading capability, which usually cause systems toxicity and extra burden to excrete carrier itself. Moreover, the cancer therapeutic efficacy is also greatly limited by the specificity of tumor microenvironment for reactive oxygen species(ROS) based cancer therapeutic strategy(e.g., chemodynamic therapy). Herein, we have developed metal-drug coordination nanoplatform that can not only be responsive to tumor microenvironment but also modulate it, so as to achieve efficient treatment of cancer. Excitingly, by employing small molecule drug(6-thioguanine) as ligand copper ions, we achieve a high drug loading rate(60.1%) and 100% of utilization of metal-drug coordination nanoplatform(Cu-TG). Interestingly, Cu-TG possessed high-efficiently horseradish peroxidase-like, glutathione peroxidase-like and catalase-like activity. Under the tumor microenvironment, Cu-TG exhibited the self-reinforcing circular catalysis that is able to amplify the cellular oxidative stress, inducing notable cancer cellular apoptosis. Moreover, Cu-TG could be activated with glutathione(GSH) and facilitated for GSH triggered 6-TG release, higher selective therapeutic effect toward cancer cells, and GSH activated T_1 weight-magnetic resonance imaging. Based on the above properties, Cu-TG exhibited magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) guiding, efficient and synergistic combination of chemodynamic and chemotherapy with self-reinforcing therapeutic outcomes in vivo.     

Stochastic response and reliability of electromagnetic energy harvester with mechanical impact and Coulomb friction

Nonlinear Dynamics - Combining the complex factors of mechanical impact, Coulomb friction, harmonic excitation, and Gaussian white noise, an electromagnetic energy harvesting system is analytically...     

Compensation method for complex hysteresis characteristics on piezoelectric actuator based on separated level-loop Prandtl–Ishlinskii model

Nonlinear Dynamics - Piezoelectric ceramic actuators show nonlinear hysteresis characteristics due to material properties. In order to modify the inverse piezoelectric effect as an ideal linear...     

Oxidation of methanol catalyzed by silica-supported polystannazane–copper complex

Silica-supported polystannazane–copper complex has been prepared and used as a catalyst for the oxidation of methanol. The results showed that the catalyst could catalyze the oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde at a high yield and selectivity at 30°C and under 1 atm mild conditions. The N/Cu mole ratio in the complex, temperature and the amount of NaOH additive had much influence on the catalytic activity. The complex was stable during the reaction and could be used repeatedly.     

A New Molecular Crystal: Urea Tartrate

Urea tartrate, CO(NH₂)₂(+)C₄H₆O₆ (hereafter abbraviated as UT) is reported for the first time. Large Single Crystals have been grown by the cooling method from aqueous solution. Some of its physical properties have been measured. The second harmonic generation of powder specimens is about three times larger than that of KH₂PO₄.     

冰盘管密度对蓄冷槽取冷特性影响的实验研究

通过构建高密度直接蒸发式冰盘管实验台,研究了不同冰盘管密度对取冷特性的影响。实验结果表明:随着蓄冷槽中冰盘管密度的增大,可使直接蒸发式蓄冰槽取冷水温进一步降低,取冷速率进一步提高,从而能更好地满足低温送风空调系统的要求及空调高峰负荷变化的需要。     

适用于雷达系统的高温超导窄带滤波器

对雷达系统,通过在接收前端安置高Q、窄带、高带外抑制的滤波器,可以有效减少信号间的干扰,由此可见高性能的滤波器对于雷达系统来说,具有重要作用.与常规滤波器相比,高温超导滤波器具有带边陡峭、插入损耗小、带外抑制高、可以设计极窄带等特点.在本文中,我们设计加工了一种高性能的12阶切比雪夫(Chebyshev)高温超导带通滤波器,其中心频率为1341兆赫兹、带宽为5.035兆赫兹,可用于雷达系统.在滤波器设计中,我们用Sonnet软件对滤波器进行了仿真计算.最后滤波器在以氧化镁为衬底的双面超导薄膜上制作,衬底直径为2英寸、厚度为0.5毫米.测试结果表明,该滤波器符合设计要求,具有很好的选择性和带外抑制.     

Facilely prepared aggregation-induced emission (AIE) nanocrystals with deep-red emission for super-resolution imaging

Organic nanocrystals (NCs) with high brightness are highly desirable for biological imaging. However, the preparation of NCs by a facile and fast method is still challenging. Herein, an aggregation-induced emission (AIE) luminogen of 4,4′-(5,6-difluorobenzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole-4,7-diyl)bis(N,N-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)aniline) (DTPA-BT-F) in the deep-red region is designed with intensive crystalline features to obtain NCs by kinetically controlled nanoprecipitation. The prepared AIE NCs with high brightness and good photo-stability are then applied in super-resolution imaging via stimulated emission depletion (STED) nanoscopy. As observed, the nanostructures in lysosomes of both fixed and live cells are well visualized with superior lateral resolutions under STED nanoscopy (full width at half maximum values, 107 and 108 nm) in contrast to that in confocal imaging (548 and 740 nm). More importantly, dynamic monitoring and long-term tracking of lysosomal movements in live HeLa cells, such as lysosomal contact, can also be carried out by using DTPA-BT-F NCs at a superior resolution. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of AIE NCs prepared by nanoprecipitation for STED nanoscopy, thus providing a new strategy to develop high performance imaging agents for super-resolution imaging.

AIE nanocrystals with high brightness in the deep-red region were facilely prepared by kinetically controlled nanoprecipitation. These nanocrystals were then applied in super-resolution cellular imaging via STED nanoscopy.