The structure of invertible substitutions on a three-letter alphabet

We study the structure of invertible substitutions on three-letter alphabet. We show that there exists a finite set of invertible substitutions such that any invertible substitution can be written as I_wσ₁σ₂σ_k, where I_w is the inner automorphism associated with w, and for 1jk. As a consequence, M is the matrix of an invertible substitution if and only if it is a finite product of non-negative elementary matrices.     

Relationship between paddy soil adhesion to steel and to rubber

Forty-three pairs of samples concerning adhesion of paddy soil to steel and to rubber are used to identify the relationship between these two groups of variables. Results show that there is no significant difference between them, implying that they are roughly equal to each other in engineering practice.     

Design of a novel bioreactor and application in vascular tissue engineering

Endothelial cells (ECs) detachment under high shear stress at the early period of transplantation resulted in thrombosis and occlusion. To solve this problem, we developed a novel bioreactor. The bioreactor mimicked the formation of pulsatile flow in physiological conditions. Human umbilical vein ECs were seeded onto the lumen of living tissue conduits grown within dog peritoneal cavity. The shear stress generated by the bioreactor was increased step by step from 1.5 ± 0.8 dyn/cm² to 5.3 ± 2.4 dyn/cm², and was applied to ECs after static culture for 2 days. The results showed that completely confluent monolayer ECs were elongated, and were oriented parallel to the flow direction. The bioreactor could provide good environment for formation of endothelium. Stepwise increase shear stress could strengthen cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix. The flow conditions of the bioreactor play a key role to determine the quality of the ECs lining.     

Stochastic Resonance of a Periodically Driven Bistable System with Two Different Kinds of Time Delays

In this paper, we study the phenomenon of stochastic resonance (SR) in a periodically driven bistable system with correlations between multiplicative and additive white noise terms when there are two different kinds of time delays existed in the deterministic and fluctuating forces, respectively. Using the small time delay approximation and the theory of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in the adiabatic limit, the expression of SNR is obtained. The effects ofthe delay time τ in the deterministic force, and the delay time θ in the fluctuating force on SNR are discussed. Based on the numerical computation, it is found that: (i) There appears a reentrant transition between one peak and two peaks and then to one peak again in the curve of SNR when the value of the time delay θ is increased. (ii) SR can be realized by tuning thetime delay τ or θ with fixed noise, i.e., delay-inducedstochastic resonance (DSR) exists.     

深度热处理ZnO压敏陶瓷的晶界缺陷模型

对650～900℃之间深度热处理ZnO压敏陶瓷的研究表明,在直流偏置电压作用下,漏电流随时间的蠕变曲线呈现峰值,正向伏安特性非但没有退化,反而得到改进.设想是由于热处理时,耗尽层中Zn_i^?向外扩散速度快,以致耗尽层中Zn_i^?浓度迅速降低,结果扩散进入晶界的氧以O′o形式得以在界面积累;原来主要由V''_Zn构成的界面负电荷转变为主要由V''_Zn和O′o共同构成,在偏压作用下O′o发生迁移所致.提出一个适用于深度热处理下改进的晶界缺陷模型,并由正电子寿命谱的实验数据中得到验证.     

Preparation and evaluation of n-octadecylphosphonic acid-modified magnesia-zirconia stationary phases for reversed-phase liquid chromatography

Three n-octadecylphosphonic acid-modified magnesia-zirconia reversed stationary phases (C₁₈PZM) are prepared via the strong Lewis base interactions between organophosphonate and magnesia-zirconia composite. And two of them are end-capped by using trimethylchlorosilane as end-capping agent in different procedures. Stability studies at extreme high pH conditions (pH 9-12) show that both the non-endcapped and endcapped columns are quite stable at pH 12 mobile phase. The reversed-phase liquid chromatographic behavior of three C₁₈PZM stationary phases are comparatively investigated in detail using a variety of basic compounds as probes. The retention of basic compounds on the three phases is studied over a wide range of pHs. And the possible retention mechanisms of basic compounds on the three stationary phases are discussed. The results show that the basic solutes retain by a hydrophobic and cation-exchange interaction mixed mechanism on three stationary phases when they are operated in eluents at pH values near to the pK_a of the Brönsted conjugate acid form of the analyte, suggesting that inherent zirconol groups on ZM are not expected to interact with bases via cation-exchange interaction at lower pH. Nonetheless, the non-endcapped phase differs markedly from the edncapped ones in retention and selectivity of basic solutes using eluents at pH 4.1, implying a complex retention mechanism at this pH. The cation-exchange sites under such conditions are more likely due to the adsorbed Lewis base anionic buffer constituents (acetate) on accessible ZM surface sites than the chemisorbed phosphonate. Although the three phases exhibit very similar chromatographic behavior with eluents at pH 10.1, and show in general satisfactory separation of basic compounds and alkaloids studied, the performance for a specific analyte, however, differs largely from column to column.     

Quantum-dot-labeled DNA probes for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in the microorganism Escherichia coli.

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) as a kind of nonisotopic biological labeling material have many unique fluorescent properties relative to conventional organic dyes and fluorescent proteins, such as composition- and size-dependent absorption and emission, a broad absorption spectrum, photostability, and single-dot sensitivity. These properties make them a promising stable and sensitive label, which can be used for long-term fluorescent tracking and subcellular location of genes and proteins. Here, a simple approach for the construction of QD-labeled DNA probes was developed by attaching thiol-ssDNA to QDs via a metal-thiol bond. The as-prepared QD-labeled DNA probes had high dispersivity, bioactivity, and specificity for hybridization. Based on such a kind of probe with a sequence complementary to multiple clone sites in plasmid pUC18, fluorescence in situ hybridization of the tiny bacterium Escherichia coli has been realized for the first time.     

聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯包覆(CH3NH3) PbBr3纳米晶静电纺丝膜的制备及对氨气的荧光传感

采用原位合成法制备了聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯包覆MAPbBr₃纳米晶（MAPbBr₃@PMMA,MA=甲铵离子）静电纺丝膜。当氨气（NH₃）通入MAPbBr₃@PMMA纤维膜时与MAPbBr₃中的MA发生取代,能显著降低MAPbBr₃@PMMA纤维的荧光强度,以此构建了基于MAPbBr₃@PMMA纤维荧光猝灭的NH₃传感器。通过扫描电镜、透射电镜、粉末X射线衍射和红外对静电纺丝膜的形貌和结构进行表征,通过紫外可见光谱、荧光光谱对其光学特性进行表征。结果表明,传感器的荧光强度与NH₃浓度在8~90 mg·L^-1之间呈现出良好的线性关系（r=0.995 9）,NH₃的检出限低（3 mg·L^-1）,且具有良好的重现性和选择性。在实际样品气体的测定中,加标回收率为92.2%~102.1%,相对标准偏差（RSD）为1.8%~3.2%。     

与794nm飞秒激光精确同步的无直流背底的1064nm脉冲光的产生

基于非共线光参量放大(NOPA)，以宽带794nm飞秒激光的倍频光为抽运光，以连续的He-Ne激光为信号光，产生了与宽带794nm飞秒激光精确同步的无直流背底的1064nm的脉冲光.实验结果显示该1064nm的光脉冲可作为光参量啁啾脉冲放大系统的抽运激光链的种子光，从而实现用全光学方法实现OPCPA系统抽运光和信号光的精确同步.还将非共线光参量放大器置于经特殊设计的He-Ne激光腔内，也同样成功得到了无直流背底的1064nm的光脉冲.经一次光参量放大后所得到的1064nm光的光谱和空间啁啾特性与非共线光参量放大器置于He-Ne激光腔外时得到的1064nm的光脉冲相同，而其单脉冲能量约为腔外NOPA的10倍. 关键词： 非线性光参量放大 光参量啁啾脉冲放大 时间同步