Diffusion-induced Spatio-temporal Oscillations in an Epidemic Model with Two Delays

We investigate a diffusive, stage-structured epidemic model with the maturation delay and freelymoving delay. Choosing delays and diffusive rates as bifurcation parameters, the only possible way to destabilize the endemic equilibrium is through Hopf bifurcation. The normal forms of Hopf bifurcations on the center manifold are calculated, and explicit formulae determining the criticality of bifurcations are derived. There are two different kinds of stable oscillations near the first bifurcation: ...     

锗钨酸分子间化合物的合成和结构研究

以锗钨酸和4-甲基吡啶为原料合成了分子间化合物H₄GeW₁₂O₄₀·5C₆H₇N·CH₃CN。单晶X-射线分析表明，属正交晶系，空间群P2₁2₁2₁, 晶胞参数a=13.533(5),b=20.835(5), c=21.859(7)?，V=6164(3)?³。Dc=3.650 Mg/m³, Z=4。对3934个可观察到的衍射点进行全矩阵最小二乘法修正后，可靠性因子R=0.0534。     

Self-repairing polymers: poly(dioxaborolane)s containing trigonal planar boron

The molecular weight of poly(dioxaborolane)s can be controlled during the polymerization reaction or through post-polymerization processing in such a manner that hydrolytic damage to these materials may be repaired, thereby regenerating the polymer.     

尼龙—6／丙烯酸接枝膜的结构与性能

应用ＩＲ确定了尼龙－６与丙烯酸接枝反应的接枝点位于尼龙大分子酰胺键的Ｎ原子上，用Ｘ射线衍射研究了接枝膜的结晶状况，探讨了接枝率对接枝膜的电阻、离子交换容量、强度等性能的影响．     

Electronic structure and intrinsic redox properties of [2Fe-2S]+ clusters with tri- and tetracoordinate iron sites

Using potentially bidentate ligands (-SC2H4NH2), we produced [2Fe-2S]+ species of different coordination geometries by fission of [4Fe-4S]2+ complexes. Even though the ligands are monodentate in the cubane complexes, both mono- and bidentate complexes were observed in the [2Fe] fission products through self-assembly because of the high reactivity of the tricoordinate iron sites. The electronic structure of the [2Fe] species was probed using photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional calculations. It was found that tetracoordination significantly decreases the electron binding energies of the [2Fe] complexes, thus increasing the reducing capability of the [2Fe-2S]+ clusters.     

Tracking the optical mass centroid of single electroactive nanoparticles reveals the electrochemically inactive zone

The inevitable microstructural defects, including cracks, grain boundaries and cavities, make a portion of the material inaccessible to electrons and ions, becoming the incentives for electrochemically inactive zones in single entity. Herein, we introduced dark field microscopy to study the variation of scattering spectrum and optical mass centroid (OMC) of single Prussian blue nanoparticles during electrochemical reaction. The “dark zone” embedded in a single electroactive nanoparticle resulted in the incomplete reaction, and consequently led to the misalignment of OMC for different electrochemical intermediate states. We further revealed the dark zones such as lattice defects in the same entity, which were externally manifested as the fixed pathway for OMC for the migration of potassium ions. This method opens up enormous potentiality to optically access the heterogeneous intraparticle dark zones, with implications for evaluating the crystallinity and electrochemical recyclability of single electroactive nano-objects.

The schematic of single cubic-shaped Prussian blue (PB) mesocrystals formed by the oriented aggregation of small nanocrystals. The dark-field images of single PB nanoparticle at PB and Prussian white (PW) states, respectively.