单色仪转角重复精度的相位板衍射准直方法测量

为准确测量上海光源软X射线谱学显微光束线采用的变包含角平面光栅单色仪的转角重复精度,提出了一种新的基于相位板衍射准直技术的测量方法.该方法将半导体激光单模光纤和相位板衍射准直技术结合起来,利用面阵CCD采集图像,通过测量光斑的位移变化确定平面镜和光栅的角度变化.实验表明.该方法可以测量掠入射情况下单色仪联动时的转角重复精度,测量精度可达士0.1",此测量精度优于同等实验条件下的商用ELCOMAT 3000自准直仪的测量精度.     

汽车尾气颗粒物的STXM和NEXAFS研究

为了研究汽车尾气颗粒物的结构和氮的种态,使用扫描透射X射线显微成像(STXM)技术研究了桑塔纳3000和高尔汽车尾气颗粒物.STXM表明单颗粒物的粒径为500nm,颗粒物质量分布不均匀,有中间空洞.比较汽车尾气颗粒物和(NH4)2SO4和NaNO3中N的1sX射线近边吸收精细结构谱(NEXAFS),铵盐在406eV有显著的σ*吸收峰,有肩部结构;汽车尾气颗粒物和NaNO3中N的近边吸收谱在412eV和418.5eV有明显的σ吸收峰;(NH4)2SO4中N的近边吸收谱在413.5eV和421.8eV更宽的σ吸收峰.硝酸盐是汽车尾气颗粒物中的N化学种态的主要存在形式.在395—418eV能量范围内对桑塔纳3000汽车尾气颗粒物进行堆栈扫描,经过主成分分析和聚类分析,发现其表层主要为硝酸盐,内部有少量铵盐.     

Surface tension and aggregation properties of novel cationic gemini surfactants with diethylammonium headgroups and a diamido spacer

A series of novel cationic gemini surfactants with diethylammonium headgroups and a diamido spacer were synthesized, and their surface and bulk properties were investigated by surface tension, electrical conductivity, fluorescence, viscosity, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) measurements. An interesting phenomenon, that is, the obvious decline in surface tension upon increasing concentration above the critical micelle concentration (cmc), was found in these gemini surfactant solutions, and two explanations were proposed. This surface tension behavior could be explained by the rapid increase in the counterion activity in the bulk phase or the continued filling of the interface with increasing surfactant concentration above the cmc. More interestingly, not only vesicles but also the surfactant-concentration-induced vesicle to larger aggregate (spongelike aggregate) transition and the salt-induced vesicle and spongelike aggregate to micelle transition were found in the aqueous solutions of these gemini surfactants. The spongelike aggregate that is first reported in the cationic gemini surfactant-water binary system is probably caused by the adhesion and fusion of vesicles at high surfactant concentration.     

Dynamic and Quantitative Control of the DNA‐Mediated Growth of Gold Plasmonic Nanostructures

Reproducible and controllable growth of nanostructures with well‐defined physical and chemical properties is a longstanding problem in nanoscience. A key step to address this issue is to understand their underlying growth mechanism, which is often entangled in the complexity of growth environments and obscured by rapid reaction speeds. Herein, we demonstrate that the evolution of size, surface morphology, and the optical properties of gold plasmonic nanostructures could be quantitatively intercepted by dynamic and stoichiometric control of the DNA‐mediated growth. By combining synchrotron‐based small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) with transmission electron microscopy (TEM), we reliably obtained quantitative structural parameters for these fine nanostructures that correlate well with their optical properties as identified by UV/Vis absorption and dark‐field scattering spectroscopy. Through this comprehensive study, we report a growth mechanism for gold plasmonic nanostructures, and the first semiquantitative revelation of the remarkable interplay between their morphology and unique plasmonic properties.     

C3N6H6(H3BO3)2的合成及晶体结构

以三聚氰胺和硼酸为原料在水溶液中反应合成出了一种新的BCN化合物先驱体C3N6H6(H3BO3)2。XRD表征结果表明三聚氰胺和硼酸的最佳配比为1∶3(物质的量比)。用单晶X-射线衍射分析法测定了该化合物的晶体结构。该化合物属单斜晶系,空间群为P21/C,晶胞参数为a=0.3597(7)nm,b=2.0105(4)nm,c=1.4112(3)nm,α=90,°β=92.07(3),°γ=90,°V=1.0199(3)nm3,Z=4,D c=1.627g.cm-3,μ(MoKα)=0.144mm-1,F(000)=520。晶体结构经全矩阵最小二乘法修正,最终可靠因子R1=0.0519,wR2=0.1361。该化合物是由C3N6H6分子和H3BO3分子通过氢键加合组装形成的三维超分子结构化合物。     

Synergistic effects of cerium phosphate and intumescent flame retardant on EPDM/PP composites

An intumescent flame retardant system composed of ammonium polyphosphate (APP) and pentaerythritol (PER) was used for flame retarding ethylene–propylene–diene‐modified elastomer (EPDM)/polypropylene (PP) blends. Cerium phosphate (CeP) was synthesized and the effect on flame retardancy and thermal stability of EPDM/PP composites based on intumescent flame retardant (IFR) were studied by limiting oxygen index (LOI), UL‐94, and thermogravimetic analysis (TGA), respectively. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR) were used to analyze the morphological structure and the component of the residue chars formed from the EPDM/PP composites, and the mechanical properties of the materials were also studied. The addition of CeP to the EPDM/PP/APP/PER composites gives better flame retardancy than that of EPDM/PP/APP/PER composites. TGA and RT‐FTIR studies indicated that an interaction occurs among APP, PER, and EPDM/PP. The incorporation of CeP improved the mechanical properties of the materials. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Synthesis, Characterization, Spectroscopic Properties of 2-（4-Dimethylaminophenyl）-5-fluoro-6-（morpholin-4-yl）-1H-benzimidazole and its Interaction with Calf Thymus DNA

Benzimidazole compounds have attracted a renewed interest recently owing to theirpotential applications in high-performance composite materials, electronic chemicals,photosensitive materials, and their special potentials in biological and/or medicinalapplication1,2. Typically, aromatic compounds with near planar structures and contain-ing hydrogen-donor groups or groups, which are capable of being protonated, havespecial interactions with DNA via intercalation, hydrogen-bonding, and so on3.Me…     

Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions to a Class of Systems of Delay Differential Equations

The authors investigate the asymptotic behavior of solutions to a class of systems of delay differential equations. It is shown that every bounded solution of such a class of systems tends to a constant vector as t→∞. Our results improve and extend some corresponding ones already known.     

Coupling Reaction of 4-Chloro-7-H-Pyrrolo[2,3-d]Pyrimidine with 2,3,5-Tri-O-Acetyl-β-D-Ribofuranosyl Chloride

Tubercidin (4-amino-7--D-riobofuranosyl-7-H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine) 1, an antibio-tic substance produced in the culture broth of Streptomyces tubericidus1, is an adenosine analog in which N-7 is replaced by a carbon atom. It has attracted much attention due to the biological activities for the growth inhibition of certain tumors, and many derivatives of tubercidin have been synthesized2-5.For the synthesis of tubercidin analogs, 4-chloro-7-H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2,3,5-tri-O-acetyl--D-r…     

Indirect measurements of streamwise solid fraction variations of granular flows accelerating down a smooth rectangular chute

In this study, we detail a method for estimating the flux-averaged solid fraction of a steady granular flows moving down an inclined rectangular chute using velocity measurements from along the perimeter cross section, combined with knowledge of the mass flow rate through the cross section. The chute is 5 cm wide and 150 cm long with an adjustable inclination angle. Four inclination angles, from 27° to 36° at 3° intervals, are tested. This angle range overlaps the internal friction angle of the glass beads, which are 4 mm nominal in diameter. Two slender mirrors are installed at the top and the bottom of the transparent chute to reflect images of the flow down the chute of the two surfaces. This allows photographic recording of the flow with a PIV imaging system and measurement of the flow depth. The mass flow rate can be calibrated simultaneously by collecting the accumulated mass at the chute exit. A linear interpolation scheme is proposed to interpolate the volume flow rate in each section of the chute. Sensitivity analysis suggests that the relative standard deviation of this scheme is about ±6%, i.e., the resultant solid volume fraction is only moderately dependent on the interpolation scheme for the tested cases. This is further confirmed by a direct intercepting method. Compared to the sophisticated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or the radioactive positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) methods, the present method is verified as a cost-effective and nonhazardous alternative for ordinary laboratories. Two distinct groups of streamwise dependence of the solid fractions are found. They are separated by the inclination angle of the chute and agreed with the internal friction angle. In the experiments using the two smaller inclination angles, the solid fraction ratios are found to be linear functions of the streamwise distance, while for the two larger inclination angles, the ratios have a nonlinear concave shape. All decrease with growing downstream distance.