Highly fluorescent carbon polymer dots prepared at room temperature,and their application as a fluorescent probe for determination and intracellular imaging of ferric ion

Carbon polymer dots (CPDs) were prepared by a one-pot aqueous synthetic route from ascorbic acid and diethylenetriamine at room-temperature. The CPDs under 350-nm excitation exhibit blue fluorescence peaking at 430 nm with a quantum yield of 47%. Other features include an average diameter of 5 nm, a fluorescence that is independent of the excitation wavelength, good water dispersibility and photostability, and excellent biocompatibility. The CPDs are shown to be viable fluorescent probes for ferric ion which acts as a strong quencher. The response to Fe(III) is linear in the 0.2 to 10 μM concentration range, and the detection limit is 0.1 μM. The probe was applied to the determination of Fe(III) in environmental waters and to intracellular imaging of ferric ions in HeLa cells.

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Graphical abstract Carbon polymer dots (CPDs) are prepared from ascorbic acid and diethylenetriamine (DETA) at room-temperature (RT). The RT-CPDs exhibit excellent optical performance, biocompatibility and selectivity of quenching by ferric ions. This can be applied for determination and intracellular imaging of ferric ion.

     

Aharonov-Carmi effect and energy shift of valence electrons in rotating C60 molecules

The molecular Aharonov-Carmi (A-C) effect is considered for C60 molecules. It is shown that the valence electrons in rapidly rotating C60 molecules acquire an A-C phase shift, which is proportional to the molecular angular velocity flux enclosed by the valence-electron matter wave on the C60 molecular shell. The energy shift of the valence electrons due to both the molecular rapid rotation and the molecular A-C phase shift is calculated.     

Silver(I)-catalyzed addition of zirconocenes to glycal epoxides. A new synthesis of alpha-C-glycosides

[reaction: see text] Hydrozirconation of terminal alkynes, followed by AgClO4-catalyzed in situ addition of the resultant alkenylzirconocenes to 1,2-anhydrosugars (glycal epoxides) leads to alpha-C-glycosides in moderate to high yields.     

Hybrid optoelectronic bistability in a fiber Bragg grating by use of a tunable fiber laser

We report the observation of hybrid optoelectronic bistability in a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) by use of an electro-optically tuned cw fiber laser in which another wavelength-matched FBG is employed to constitute a tunable resonant cavity. The potential application of such a device as a fiber-optic sensor is also discussed.     

Analysis of planar waveguides with index discontinuity or index slope discontinuity

In this paper, we propose a novel analytic transfer matrix method (ATMM) to the analysis of planar waveguides with index discontinuity or index slope discontinuity, for the cases when the conventional WKB method is no longer valid. We also analyze the physical insight of the approximations in WKB theory, and according to our research, the phase shift at the turning point is not /2, but exactly . Test calculations are done for an index profile with a known solution and the comparison shows that our method gives extremely accurate propagation constant.     

Electrochemical studies of the effect of lanthanide ions on the activity of glutamate dehydrogenase

Using the electrochemical method based on the "diffusion" layer concept of the convective system, the effect of lanthanide ions La3+ and Eu3+ on the activity of glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) has been determined. In suitable concentrations, the lanthanide ions La3+ and Eu3+ can activate the GLDH in the reductive amination of alpha-Ketoglutarate (alpha-KG). The activation mechanism would be that the lanthanide ions could interrupt the binding of NAD+ to GLDH by combining preferentially to NAD+. This mechanism was proposed by the voltammetric studies.     

MOSFET辐照诱生界面陷阱形成过程的1/f噪声研究

基于界面陷阱形成的氢离子运动两步模型和反应过程的热力学平衡假设,推导了金属-氧化物-半导体-场效应晶体管(MOSFET)经历电离辐照后氧化层空穴俘获与界面陷阱形成间关系的表达式.利用初始1/f噪声功率谱幅值与氧化层空穴俘获之间的联系,建立了辐照前的1/f噪声幅值与辐照诱生界面陷阱数量之间的半经验公式,并通过实验予以验证.研究结果表明,由于辐照诱生的氧化层内陷阱通过与分子氢作用而直接参与到界面陷阱的建立过程中,从而使界面陷阱生成数量正比于这种陷阱增加的数量,因此辐照前的1/f噪声功率谱幅值正比于辐照诱生的界面陷阱数量.研究结果为1/f噪声用作MOSFET辐照损伤机理研究的新工具,对其抗辐照性能进行无损评估提供了理论依据与数学模型.     

Preconcentration of trace elements from natural water with palladium precipitation

Palladium salts can be used as a coprecipitation carrier for the preconcentration of trace elements from natural water prior to their measurement by atomic spectrometry (AAS). The palladium is subsequently reduced by the introduction of hydrogen gas into the sample solution. The procedure is applied to the determination of Cu, Pb and Cd in seawater (enrichment factor 50) and synthetic water samples. Operating conditions have been optimized for the analysis of real samples. With the technique established an enrichment factor (500 fold) is feasible in synthetic samples. The recoveries of Cu, Cd and Pb from seawater are 95, 103 and 100%, respectively. This simple and rapid method can be applied in a wide pH-range and with complex matrices.