Optimization of mobile phase for the determination of Esomeprazole and related compounds and investigation of stress degradation by LC–MS

In this study, the objective was to investigate the degradation behavior of Esomeprazole under different recommended stress conditions according to International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use [1] by HPLC. Our research showed that the effect of mobile phase species on separation was significant for the determination of Esomeprazole and its related compounds. Successful separation of the drug from its related impurities and degradation products formed under different stress conditions was achieved using ammonium acetate buffer/ACN by a gradient elution. Compared with phosphate buffer/ACN, ammonium acetate buffer/ACN under same pH and gradient showed a great improvement in resolution due to the change of elution order. The drug was subjected to stress conditions including acidic, alkaline, oxidative, photolytic, and thermal conditions. Extensive degradation occurred in acidic and oxidative conditions, while mild degradation was observed in alkaline and photolytic conditions. Besides, it turned out the drug was extremely stable under thermal condition. The stability‐indicating LC–UV method was validated with respect to linearity, precision, accuracy, specificity, and robustness. The LC–MS method was also adopted for the characterization of degradation products. Based on the m/z values and fragmentation patterns, the degradation pathway of the drug has been proposed.     

Microalgae separation by inertia-enhanced pinched flow fractionation

To improve the accuracy and efficiency of ships’ ballast water detection, the separation of microalgae according to size is significant. In this article, a method to separate microalgae based on inertia-enhanced pinched flow fractionation (iPFF) was reported. The method utilized the inertial lift force induced by flow to separate microalgae according to size continuously. The experimental results show that, as the Reynolds number increases, the separation effect becomes better at first, but then stays unchanged. The best separation effect can be obtained when the Reynolds number is 12.3. In addition, with the increase of the flow rate ratio between sheath fluid and microalgae mixture, the separation effect becomes better and the best separation effect can be obtained when the flow rate ratio reaches 10. In this case, the recovery rate of Tetraselmis sp. is about 90%, and the purity is about 86%; the recovery rate of Chlorella sp. is as high as 99%, and the purity is about 99%. After that, the separation effect keeps getting better but very slowly. In general, this study provides a simple method for the separation of microalgae with different sizes, and lays a foundation for the accurate detection of microalgae in the ballast water.     

确定性矩阵可分离压缩成像

针对可分离压缩传感使用的可分离随机正交矩阵在处理大尺度图像等高维信号感知时难度太大或成本过高的问题,引入确定性测量矩阵,提出确定性矩阵可分离压缩传感,可将如托普利兹矩阵及循环矩阵等具有确定性结构的矩阵作为可分离压缩传感的左、右可分离矩阵.该方案可以降低独立元素的数目,从而显著降低前端物理实现的难度与成本.数值模拟实验分别评估了该方法在不同采样率及不同图像尺寸下的压缩重建性能,结果表明该方法在独立元素非常少的情形下得到与原随机正交矩阵相近的重建质量,证明了其可行性.     

DFT study the interaction of β‐cyclodextrin with benzyl azide and phenyl acetylene in synthesis of 1,2,3‐triazoles

The phenyl acetylene and benzyl azide cycloaddition reaction in water in the presence of β‐cyclodextrin (β‐CD) as a phase transfer catalyst (PTC) can get a better yield in a shorter time. The interaction between β‐CD and phenyl acetylene or benzyl azide plays an important role in this reaction. This paper studies the complexes of β‐CD with phenyl acetylene and benzyl azide using density functional theory (DFT) method. In order to find out the orientations of guests in the cavity of β‐CD, binding energy and deformation energy are investigated, and the calculated results are confirmed by ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance (¹HNMR). The data from single point energy indicate that the inclusion complexes can improve the solubilities of phenyl acetylene and benzyl azide in water. The ¹³C and ¹⁵N spectra show that the most obvious variation concentrates on C₆ and C₈ of phenyl acetylene and N₁₅ of benzyl azide in complexes. Mulliken charge and frontier orbital are employed for revealing the charge distribution. The effect of β‐CD is discussed in terms of the calculated parameters. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于压缩全息和空分复用的多彩色图像加密

针对现有光学加密方法进行彩色图像加密时加密容量低、解密图像失真度高等问题,提出一种基于压缩全息和空分复用的多彩色图像加密方法.在光学加密阶段,结合改进的Mach-Zehnder干涉仪与空分复用技术,通过不同的随机相位掩膜对多幅彩色图像进行同时加密,仅需单次曝光即可得到由多幅彩色图像加密的全息图.在解密过程中,由于记录全息图的过程可建模为压缩感知过程,使用两步迭代收缩/阈值算法即可求解.实验结果表明,提出的加密系统加密容量大,解密重建图像质量高,结合压缩感知理论,有效地消除了同轴全息中平方场项对解密重建性能的影响,解密图像平均峰值信噪比仅下降约2～5dB;密钥安全性高,随机相位掩膜与传播距离均起到密钥的作用,在随机相位掩膜错误或传播距离仅偏移0.25%时,便无法解密出原始彩色图像;且对噪声与遮挡性攻击具有良好的鲁棒性,解密重建性能随噪声增大下降趋势缓慢,加密全息图80%信息受到遮挡性攻击时,仍可取得良好的解密重建结果.     

Polyimide separators for rechargeable batteries

Separators are indispensable components of modern electrochemical energy storage devices such as lithium-ion batteries (LIBs).They perform the critical function...     

Superheating of confined Pb thin films

In this work we report, for the first time, an experimental observation of a superheating phenomenon in metal thin films. By means of cold rolling, Pb thin films of about 20 nm thick were sandwiched by Al layers, and between them semicoherent epitaxial Pb/Al interfaces were formed. In situ x-ray diffraction analysis indicated that the confined Pb thin films could be superheated for at least 6 degrees C. Thermodynamic analysis indicated that such a substantial superheating in the confined two-dimensional thin films may originate from suppression of growth of the molten droplets by the epitaxial Al/Pb/Al confinement, instead of suppression of melt nucleation for the confined particle superheating.     

高压下β-FeOOH纳米固体结构转变的研究

 以化学水解法合成的β-FeOOH纳米微粉（平均粒径在12 nm左右）为原料，分别在0.0~4.5 GPa和200~350 ℃的压力和温度范围进行冷压和热压处理。实验结果表明，冷压对β-FeOOH纳米固体的结构没有明显影响，但却使它的热致相变（从β-FeOOH相到α-Fe₂O₃相）温度从常压下的203.8 ℃提高到4.5 GPa压力下的274 ℃，接近常规体相材料的相变温度。而在一定的热压条件处理下，首次发现了从β-FeOOH相到α-FeOOH相的结构转变，并在4.5 GPa、200 ℃的热压条件下得到了转变过程中的一个新的亚稳相。从压力和温度对纳米微粒的作用角度，对上述实验结果进行了讨论。