三元脂肪酸/膨胀石墨复合相变材料的制备、包覆定形及热性能

采用癸酸、 月桂酸和棕榈酸的三元共晶混合物作为相变材料, 以膨胀石墨为基体, 通过膨胀石墨多孔结构的毛细吸附和复合涂饰剂的包覆定形, 将多元相变材料固定在膨胀石墨的孔道结构中, 制备出结构稳定、 密封性能优异、 热稳定性好和高导热的新型三元脂肪酸/膨胀石墨复合定形相变材料. 膨胀石墨具有膨胀疏松的多孔结构和良好的吸附性能; 其熔融潜热为95.6 J/g, 结晶焓为82.8 J/g, 说明其具有很好的相变蓄热特性和热循环稳定性; 材料的导热性能可增加至0.738 W/(m·K), 与脂肪酸相比得到大幅度提高.     

Modification of spontaneous emission rate of micrometer-sized light sources using hollow-core photonic crystal fibers

We investigate numerically and experimentally the modification of the spontaneous emission rate for micrometer-sized light sources embedded in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HCPCF). The diameter of the light source is deliberately chosen such that they could be easily introduced into the central hole of the hollow-core photonic crystal fiber by capillary force. The photoluminescence from the microparticles is measured by using an inverted microscope in combination with a spectrometer. The modification of the spontaneous emission rate is observed in a wavelength region where there is no band gap. The experimental observations are consistent with the simulation results obtained by the plane wave expansion and finite-difference time-domain techniques.     

Synthesis of 3-Aryl-1,3,5-pentanetricarboxylic acid trialkylesters via a Tandem Addition-Rearrangement-Addition Reaction

 In the presence of anhydrous potassium carbonate as base, triethylbenzylammonium chloride as phase transfer catalyst, and dimethylformamide as solvent, 4-nitrophenylsulfonylacetate was treated with alkyl acrylate at 70°C to afford the unexpected 3-aryl-1,3,5-pentanetricarboxylic acid trialkylesters via a tandem addition-rearrangement-addition reaction. A possible mechanism was suggested.     

A new strategy for the detection of adenosine triphosphate by aptamer/quantum dot biosensor based on chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer

We designed an aptasensor for the detection of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) based on chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer (CRET). An adenosine aptamer was cut into two pieces of ssDNA, which were attached to quantum dots (QDs) and horse radish peroxidase (HRP), respectively. They could reassemble into specific structures in the presence of ATP and then decrease the distance of HRP and QDs. ATP detection can be easily realized according to the fluorescent intensity of QDs, which is excited by CRET between luminol and QDs. Results show that the concentration of ATP is linear relation with the fluorescent intensity of the peak of QDs emission and the linear range for the linear equation is from 50 μM to 231 μM and the detection limit was 185 nM. When the concentration of ATP was 2 mM, the efficiency of CRET is 13.6%. Good specificity for ATP had been demonstrated compared to thymidine triphosphate (TTP), cytidine triphosphate (CTP) and guanosine triphosphate (GTP), when 1 mM of each was added, respectively. This method needs no external light source and can avoid autofluorescence and photobleaching, and ATP can be detected selectively, specifically, and sensitively in a low micromolar range, which means that the strategy reported here can be applicable to the detection of several other target molecules.     

Heat capacities and thermodynamic properties of M(HBTC)(4,4′-bipy)·3DMF (M?=?Ni and Co)

Two metal?Corganic frameworks (MOFs) of M(HBTC)(4,4??-bipy)·3DMF [M?=?Ni (for 1) and Co (for 2); H₃BTC?=?1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid (1,3,5-BTC); 4,4??-bipy?=?4,4??-bipyridine; DMF?=?N,N??-dimethylformamide] were synthesized by a one-pot solution reaction and a solvothermal method, respectively, and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction and FT-IR spectra. The low-temperature molar heat capacities of M(HBTC)(4,4??-bipy)·3DMF were measured by temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry (TMDSC) for the first time. The thermodynamic parameters such as entropy and enthalpy relative to reference temperature 298.15?K were derived based on the above molar heat capacity data. Moreover, the thermal stability and the decomposition mechanism of M(HBTC)(4,4??-bipy)·3DMF were investigated by thermogravimetry analysis (TGA). The experimental results through TGA measurement demonstrate that both of the two compounds have a three-stage mass loss in air flow.     

A modified transfer matrix method for the study of the bending vibration band structure in phononic crystal Euler beams

We introduce a modified transfer matrix (MTM) method for the calculation of the bending vibration band structure of one-dimensional phononic crystal (PC) Euler beams. A particular combination of hyperbolic functions and triangular functions is introduced to transform the state parameters of the transfer matrix (TM) method into four initial parameters, which have the explicit meanings of the displacement, rotation angle, bending moment and shear force at one beam end. The method is used to calculate the band structures of two PC Euler beams constructed from aluminum–Lucite and 100 kinds of materials. The effectiveness and high efficiency of the MTM method are demonstrated by the results. Several advantages make it a proper choice for the calculation of the bending vibration band structure of PC Euler beams.