Ultrasonic resonance regulated near-field scanning optical microscope and laser induced near-field optical-force interaction

We have developed a novel sample-tip regulation for a near-field optical microscope: an ultrasonic resonance regulation method. The regulation range is from 0 to 50 nm. It shows not only stability, simplicity in construction, but also versatility in vacuum, magnetic field, and low temperature environments. The main advantage of this technique is that it is a non-optical detecting scheme, which is very important for near-field spectroscopy. Such construction can also be used as a force microscope to study the topography of insulating samples. The laser light induced force interaction in the near-field range has been observed for the first time, showing that aided by laser radiation, the shear force between sample and tip can be changed depending on the type of sample. This can be interpreted as the light induced optical tip-sample interaction of light pressure effect. The van der Waals dispersion energy and the optical binding energy induced by laser beam between dielectric tip and samples play important role. The effect confirms a theoretical prediction. This new technique and phenomenon will add new aspects to near-field optics.     

飞秒脉冲激光对YAG晶体的辐照作用的研究

采用波长为800nm，脉冲宽度为120fs的飞秒激光对提拉法和温梯法生长的YAG晶体进行辐照。并对辐照后的样品进行吸收光谱及电子顺磁共振谱(EPR)的检测。结果表明，提拉法的晶体在经过辐照后，255nm吸收峰减弱，同时在370nm处产生新的宽峰吸收，其产生原因是由于样品内部分Fe^3 转化成Fe^2 ，并有少量F^ 心生成。对比两种不同方法生长的晶体，温梯法生长的YAG晶体的抗激光辐照能力略优于提拉法生长的晶体。     

用余震数据研究震区应力状态的一种计算机处理方法

使用全面搜索和优化处理相结合的方法,由一组余震的P波初动解资料可以推断出余震区的构造应力的主轴方向,应力主值的相对大小(1),并同时确定了余震的两个P波节面中的断层面。对1976年唐山地震相1966年邢台地震的余震资料的计算处理,都给出了余震区的主压应力为水平东西向,主张应力为近水平南北向的结果。因此可以认为,本方法对于用地震资料研究应力场是一个有用的工具。     

Study on the Phase Behavior of Supercritical CO2／Dynol—604／Water System and Solubilization of Methyl Orange in the Microemulsions

It was found that Dynol-604, a non-fluorous and no silicon-containing nonionic surfactant,was soluble in supercritical (SC) CO2. The phase behavior of SC CO2/Dynol-604/water system was studies. The results showed that one-phase water-in-CO2 microemulsions could be fromed. The solubilization of methyl orange in the microemulsions proved further the existence of water domain in the microemulsions.     

Kinetics of the Esterification Reaction Catalyzed by Lipase in W／O Microemulsions of Alkyl Polyglucoside

A novel kinetic mechanism of esterification reaction of 1-hexanoic acid with 1-butanol,catalyzed by lipase, was studied in water-in-oil microemulsions. The microemulsions were formed by alkyl polyglucoside C10G1.54/1-butanol/cyclohexane/phosphate buffer solution. The restult shows that when the ratio of mol concentration of 1-butanol to 1-hexanoic acid is about 3.0,the initial rate V0 get the maximum values. This phenomenon was explained by the modified fishlike phase diagrams.     

Exploring new chemical space by stereocontrolled diversity-oriented synthesis

Natural products that act as highly specific, small-molecule protein-binding agents and as modulators of protein-protein interactions are highly complex and exhibit functional groups with three-dimensional and stereochemical diversity. The complex three-dimensional display of chiral functional groups appears to be crucial for exhibiting specificity in protein binding and in differentiating between closely related proteins. The development of methods that allow a high-throughput access to three-dimensional, skelatally complex, polycyclic compounds having few asymmetric diversity sites is essential and a highly challenging task. In the postgenomic chemical biology age, in which there is a great desire to understand protein-protein interactions and to dissect protein networking-based signaling pathways by small molecules, the need for developing "stereocontrolled, diversity-oriented synthesis" methods to generate natural product-like libraries is of utmost importance.     

Biodegradation of a medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate in tropical river water

The medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA_MCL) produced by Pseudomonas putida PGA1 using saponified palm kernel oil as the carbon source could degrade readily in water taken from Kayu Ara River in Selangor, Malaysia. A weight loss of 71.3% of the PHA film occurred in 86 d. The pH of the river water medium fell from 7.5 (at d 0) to 4.7 (at d 86), and there was a net release of CO₂. In sterilized river water, the PHA film also lost weight and the pH of the water fell, but to lesser extents. The C8 monomer of the PHA was completely removed after 6 d of immersion in the river water, while the proportions of the other monomers (C10, C12, and C14) were reversed from that of the undegraded PHA. By contrast, the monomer composition of the PHA immersed in sterilized river water did not change significantly from that of the undegraded PHA. Scanning electron microscopy showed physical signs of degradation on the PHA film immersed in the river water, but the film immersed in sterilized river water was relatively unblemished. The results thus indicate that the PHA_MCL was degraded in tropical river water by biologic as well as nonbiologic means. A significant finding is that shorter-chain monomers were selectively removed throughout the entire PHA molecule, and this suggests enzymatic action.     

High resolution AFM images of the single-crystal alpha-Al2O3(0001) surface in water

The (0001) surface of alpha-Al(2)O(3) single crystals has been imaged by atomic force microscopy in water. The observed hexagonal lattice arrangement has a period of 4.7 A, in good agreement with the known bulk unit cell. The sample cleaning procedure was found to be crucial in obtaining clean terraces and achieving lattice resolution.