Green Tea (Camellia sinensis): A Review of Its Phytochemistry,Pharmacology, and Toxicology

Objectives Green tea (Camellia sinensis) is a kind of unfermented tea that retains the natural substance in fresh leaves to a great extent. It is regarded as the second most popular drink in the world besides water. In this paper, the phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicology of green tea are reviewed systematically and comprehensively. Key findings Green tea has been demonstrated to be good for human health. Nowadays, multiple pharmacologically active components have been isolated and identified from green tea, including tea polyphenols, alkaloids, amino acids, polysaccharides, and volatile components. Recent studies have demonstrated that green tea shows versatile pharmacological activities, such as antioxidant, anticancer, hypoglycemic, antibacterial, antiviral, and neuroprotective. Studies on the toxic effects of green tea extract and its main ingredients have also raised concerns including hepatotoxicity and DNA damage. Summary Green tea can be used to assist the treatment of diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, oral cancer, and dermatitis. Consequently, green tea has shown promising practical prospects in health care and disease prevention.     

基于函数调用图的静态数据分配

在许多嵌入式设计中,数据存储器是稀缺资源.如何基于静态分配方案,用最少的内存空间来存储程序数据成为嵌入式设计中一个非常重要的问题.如果两个函数之间不存在直接或者间接的调用关系的话,这两个函数的局部变量的生命期就没有重叠.这样的两个函数的局部变量可以共用存储空间而不会影响程序的正确性.基于这个思路,本文提出一种基于函数调用图的拓扑排序的最优静态分配算法(TBA)并证明了该分配算法的最优性.该分配算法通过静态分析技术,构建函数调用图(FCG),基于FCG的拓扑排序,计算每个函数的私有数据段的全局地址以及段内每个符号的全局地址,并根据重定位表更新对这些符号的引用.实验结果表明该算法优于前人提出的启发式算法.     

一种有场旋转和集中功能的新型多功能电磁器件的设计与研究

基于变换光学理论设计了一种新型的多功能电磁器件—旋转集中器.它以特殊的方式引导电磁波使其传播方向在器件核心区发生指定角度的旋转,并同时实现电磁场能量向该核心区的集中.针对提出的三种等效的旋转集中器结构,分别推导了相应的本构参数表达式,并利用有限元软件对三种结构分别进行了全波仿真.仿真结果验证了本构参数表达式的正确性.这三种不同的结构中,前两种结构由三层介质构成,后一种简化为两层介质.对于给定的任意旋转角度和能量集中率,三种结构可以使电磁场发生等效的传播方向旋转和能量集中两种效果.这些结果有助于对旋转器和集中器机理的进一步理解,并为复合功能器件的设计奠定了更充分的理论基础.本文提出的旋转集中器在设计高效率接收天线和特殊电路封装互联器件等方面都有潜在的应用前景.     

Result of search for low velocity exotic particles

The L3＋C experiment, taking advantage of the L3 muon magnetic spectrometer, measured the spatial tracks of charged cosmic ray particles to obtain rigidity as well as velocity. One possible low velocity exotic particle is observed. The existing uncertainties are discussed, and the flux upper limit of the low velocity exotic particles from this observation is deduced based on the assumption of a null observation. The result is 6.2×10^-10 cm^-2·s^-1·sr^-1 at 90% confidence level in the velocity range from 0.04c to 0.5c.     

基于最小二乘支持向量机回归的背景偏振光谱二向反射分布建模分析

详细分析了土壤背景偏振光谱二向反射分布函数与探测角及探测方位角之间关系.提出了基于最小二乘支持向量机回归的偏振光谱二向反射分布函数建模,将有限实验观测条件下测量得到的少数偏振光谱二向反射分布函数扩展到2π空间范围内任意入射及观测条件.通过模型结果和实验结果分析比较,表明该模型能很好地满足准确度要求.     

飞秒强激光场中水分子的电离激发

本文运用含时密度泛函理论和分子动力学非绝热耦合的方法, 研究了水分子在不同极化方向的激光场中的电离和动力学行为. 计算结果表明, 对应相同的极化方向, 随着激光强度的增加, 水分子的电离增强; 对于相同强度的激光, 当激光极化方向沿水分子对称轴方向时, 水分子的电离最强, 当激光极化方向垂直水分子对称轴方向时, 水分子电离受到最大程度的抑制. 对水分子偶极矩的研究表明, 当分子处于线性响应区域时, x方向的激光只能激发起x方向的偶极振动而y方向的激光只能激发起y方向的偶极振动. 对水分子的键长和键角的研究表明, 在激光场中水分子的键长变长, 键角变大, 但变化幅度随着激光极化角的增大而减小. 此外, 研究还发现, 虽然在不同极化方向的激光脉冲的驱动下, 水分子OH键的振动频率与激光频率相当, 在脉冲关闭后, 振动频率减小, 但激光场的极化方向对水分子振动模式具有选择性. 关键词： 含时密度泛函理论 分子动力学 水分子 电离     

Benzothiadiazole-based Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cells

Benzothiadiazole(BT) is an electron-deficient unit with fused aromatic core, which can be used to construct conjugated polymers for application in organic solar cells(OSCs). In the past twenty years, huge numbers of conjugated polymers based on BT unit have been developed,focusing on the backbone engineering(such as by using different copolymerized building blocks), side chain engineering(such as by using linear or branch side units), using heteroatoms(such as F, O and S atoms, and CN group), etc. These modifications enable BT-polymers to exhibit distinct absorption spectra(with onset varied from 600 nm to 1000 nm), different frontier energy levels and crystallinities. As a consequence, BT-polymers have gained much attention in recent years, and can be simultaneously used as electron donor and electron acceptor in OSCs, providing the power conversion efficiencies(PCEs) over 18% and 14% in non-fullerene and all-polymer OSCs. In this article, we provide an overview of BTpolymers for OSCs, from donor to acceptor, via selecting some typical BT-polymers in different periods. We hope that the summary in this article can invoke the interest to study the BT-polymers toward high performance OSCs, especially with thick active layers that can be potentially used in large-area devices.     

Rapid Detection of Five Estrogens Added Illegally to Dietary Supplements by Combining TLC with Raman Imaging Microscope

Estrogens added illegally to dietary supplements are hazardous to human health. Traditional detection and analysis methods have many limitations, and we have developed an assay that combines thin-layer chromatography with Raman imaging microscopy (TLC-RIM). The five estrogens (estrone, estradiol, estriol, ethinyl estradiol, and diethylstilbestrol) were initially separated by TLC, then detected by area scanning Raman imaging with a 532 nm laser under a microscope. Raman spectra were obtained for each estrogen, which were used for detecting estrogen illegally added to botanical dietary supplements. The LOD of each estrogen was 0.4, 1.0, 0.8, 0.2, and 0.2 mg/mL, respectively. The matrix in the real sample did not interfere with the detection of estrogens. The method was fast, sensitive, stable, specific, and reliable.     

Variational Problems of Surfaces in a Sphere

Let x : M → S~(n+p)(1) be an n-dimensional submanifold immersed in an(n + p)-dimensional unit sphere S~(n+p)(1).In this paper, we study n-dimensional submanifolds immersed in S~(n+p)(1) which are critical points of the functional S(x) =∫_M~S~((n/2) dv), where S is the squared length of the second fundamental form of the immersion x.When x : M → S~(2+p)(1) is a surface in S~(2+p)(1), the functional S(x) =∫_M~(S~(n/2) dv) represents double volume of image of Gaussian map.For the critical surface of S(x), we get a relationship between the integral of an extrinsic quantity of the surface and its Euler characteristic.Furthermore, we establish a rigidity theorem for the critical surface of S(x).     

Efficient and stable wireless power transfer based on the non-Hermitian physics

As one of the most attractive non-radiative power transfer mechanisms without cables,efficient magnetic resonance wireless power transfer(WPT)in the near field has been extensively developed in recent years,and promoted a variety of practical applications,such as mobile phones,medical implant devices and electric vehicles.However,the physical mechanism behind some key limitations of the resonance WPT,such as frequency splitting and size-dependent efficiency,is not very clear under the widely used circuit model.Here,we review the recently developed efficient and stable resonance WPT based on non-Hermitian physics,which starts from a completely different avenue(utilizing loss and gain)to introduce novel functionalities to the resonance WPT.From the perspective of non-Hermitian photonics,the coherent and incoherent effects compete and coexist in the WPT system,and the weak stable of energy transfer mainly comes from the broken phase associated with the phase transition of parity-time symmetry.Based on this basic physical framework,some optimization schemes are proposed,including using nonlinear effect,using bound states in the continuum,or resorting to the system with high-order parity-time symmetry.Moreover,the combination of non-Hermitian physics and topological photonics in multi-coil system also provides a versatile platform for long-range robust WPT with topological protection.Therefore,the non-Hermitian physics can not only exactly predict the main results of current WPT systems,but also provide new ways to solve the difficulties of previous designs.