High-efficiency solution processable electrophosphorescent iridium complexes bearing polyphenylphenyl dendron ligands

We report the synthesis and electrophosphorescent behavior of a series of novel iridium complex materials (Complexes A–F), which are composed of ligands bearing polyphenylphenyl dendron groups and acetylacetonate. Yellow to saturated red organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on these newly developed Ir complexes were fabricated through solution process by doping the complex materials into polyvinyl carbazole (PVK)/2-(4-biphenylyl)-5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole (PBD) matrices. The emission wavelengths of the materials could be effectively tuned from 549 nm to 640 nm by changing the conjugation of the ligands either through incorporating additional aromatic segment (e.g. phenyl or fluorenyl group) onto the basic dendron ligand or fusing two of the phenyl rings on the polyphenylphenyl dendron group. High performance devices with the configuration of ITO/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonic acid) (PEDOT:PSS) (50 nm)/PVK:PBD (40%):Ir complex (6%) (70 nm)/2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BCP) (12 nm)/Alq₃ (20 nm)/Mg:Ag (150 nm) have been demonstrated. For example, when Complex B was used as the emissive layer, maximum current efficiency of 34.0 cd/A and external quantum efficiency of 10.3% have been achieved. When 1,3,5-tris(N-phenylbenzimidazol-2-yl) benzene (TPBI) was used as the block layer, the efficiencies can be further improved to 46.3 cd/A and 13.9%, respectively. These solution processed OLED devices demonstrated quite stable EL efficiencies over a large range of current density, which indicated that triplet–triplet annihilation in electrophosphorescence could be effectively suppressed by incorporation of the polyphenylphenyl dendron structure into iridium complexes.     

A Sensitive LC–ESI–MS–MS Method for the Determination of Huperzine A in Human Plasma: Method and Clinical Applications

A sensitive and specific liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization–tandem mass spectrometry method has been developed and validated for the quantification of huperzine A in human plasma. After the addition of trimetazidine, the internal standard (IS) and sodium hydroxide, plasma samples were extracted using 5 mL ethyl acetate. The compounds were separated on an Agilent Zorbax SB C₁₈ column (100 mm × 2.1 mm ID, dp 3.5 μm) using an elution system of 10 mM ammonium acetate solution–methanol–formic acid (18:82:0.1, v/v) as the mobile phase. The quantification of target compounds was obtained by using multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) transitions: m/z 243.1, 210.1 and 267.2, 166.0 were measured in positive mode for huperzine A and IS. Linearity was established for the range of concentrations 0.01–4.0 ng mL^?1 with a coefficient of correlation (r) of 0.9991. The lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) was identifiable and reproducible at 0.01 ng mL^?1. The method has been successfully applied to study the pharmacokinetics of huperzine A in healthy male Chinese volunteers.     

火花直读光谱法对铝合金中各元素含量测量结果的不确定度评定

分析了火花直读光谱法测定铝合金中Si、Fe、Cu、Mg、Mn、Zn、Cr、Ti元素含量测量结果的不确定度来源,对不确定度分量进行了评定与计算,Si、Fe、Cu、Mg、Mn、Zn、Cr、Ti测量结果的相对扩展不确定度分别为2. 9%、2. 5%、2. 6%、2. 7%、2. 6%、2. 6%、2. 5%、2. 7%(包含因子k均为2).     

Synthesis, crystal and band structures, and optical properties of a new supramolecular complex: [Hg6Sb4](InBr6)Br

A new supramolecular complex [Hg₆Sb₄](InBr₆)Br (1) has been prepared by the solid-state reaction of HgBr₂ with elemental In and Sb at 450 °C. The crystal structure of 1 features a three-dimensional [Hg₆Sb₄]⁴⁺ framework with cavities of two different sizes occupied by different kinds of guest anions. The bigger cavities are filled with the octahedral InBr₆³⁻ ions, while the smaller cavities trap Br⁻ ions. The optical properties were investigated in terms of the diffuse reflectance and infrared spectra. The electronic band structure along with density of states (DOS) calculated by DFT method indicates that the present compound is semiconductor, and the optical absorption is mainly originated from the charge transitions from Sb-5p and Br-4p to In-5s and Hg-6s states.     

Solution‐Based Evolution and Enhanced Methanol Oxidation Activity of Monodisperse Platinum–Copper Nanocubes

Shape‐controlled catalysis : High‐quality Pt–Cu nanocubes with an average size of about 8 nm (see picture, scale bar=20 nm) were synthesized from a high‐temperature organic solution system in the presence of various capping ligands. These cubic Pt–Cu nanocrystals terminated with {100} facets demonstrated a superior catalytic activity towards methanol oxidation compared to similar sized Pt–Cu and Pt nanospheres.

     

A Bahri–Lions theorem revisited

In 1988, A. Bahri and P.L. Lions [A. Bahri, P.L. Lions, Morse-index of some min–max critical points. I. Application to multiplicity results, Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 41 (1988) 1027–1037] studied the following elliptic problem:

where Ω is a bounded smooth domain of , 2<p<(2N−2)/(N−2) and f(x,u) is not assumed to be odd in u. They proved the existence of infinitely many solutions under an appropriate growth restriction on f. In the present paper, we improve this result by showing that under the same growth assumption on f the problem admits in fact infinitely many sign-changing solutions. In addition we derive an estimate on the number of their nodal domains. We also deal with the corresponding fourth order equation Δ²u=|u|^p−2u+f(x,u) with both Dirichlet and Navier boundary conditions, as well as with strongly coupled elliptic systems.     

Corrigendum to: “Oscillation criteria for first-order impulsive differential equations with positive and negative coefficients” [J. Comput. Appl. Math. 217 (1) (2008) 28–37]

This communication gives the corrigendum to the paper “Oscillation criteria for first-order impulsive differential equations with positive and negative coefficients” (JCAM (2007), doi:10.1016/j.cam.2007.06.016).     

Analysis of linear and quadratic simplicial finite volume methods for elliptic equations

This paper is devoted to analysis of some convergent properties of both linear and quadratic simplicial finite volume methods (FVMs) for elliptic equations. For linear FVM on domains in any dimensions, the inf-sup condition is established in a simple fashion. It is also proved that the solution of a linear FVM is super-close to that of a relevant finite element method (FEM). As a result, some a posterior error estimates and also algebraic solvers for FEM are extended to FVM. For quadratic FVM on domains in two dimensions, the inf-sup condition is established under some weak condition on the grid.     

粉末注射成形坯孔隙度的分形模型

粉末注射成形坯是一种具有分形特性的典型的多孔介质,借助于多孔介质孔隙结构的分形理论,对粉末注射成形坯孔隙率的分形模型进行推导。首先分析了粉末注射成形坯孔隙结构的双重分形特性,介绍了粉末注射成形坯孔隙分布分形维数和孔隙迂曲分形维数,然后推导出粉末注射成形坯孔隙度的分形模型。     

Design of open-framework germanates by combining different building units

Open-framework germanates with extra-large channels are built from two different types of clusters. The two different clusters are connected in such a way to form a pseudo-body-centered cluster aggregate (PBCCA). The different packing of PBCCAs resulted in different 3D open-framework germanates.