The mutual responses of higher plants to environment: physiological and microbiological aspects

Higher plants are different from animals in many aspects, but the important difference may be that plants are more easily influenced by environment. Plants have a series of fine mechanisms for responding to environmental changes, which has been established during their long-period evolution and artificial domestication. The relationship between higher plants and environment is influenced mutually. The component in environment provides higher plants with nutrients for shaping themselves and higher plants simultaneously bring photosynthetic products and metabolites to surroundings, which is the most important part of natural circle. Photosynthetic products are realized mainly by physiological mechanisms, and microbiological aspects in environment (for instance, soil environment) impact the above processes greatly. The complete understanding of the relationship will extremely promote the sustainable utilization of plant resources and make the best use of its current potential under different scales.     

Mixed symmetry states and electromagnetic transition in the N=Z nucleus ^28Si

The interacting boson model with isospin （IBM-3） has been used to study mixed symmetry states and electromagnetic transitions at low-lying states for a ^28Si nucleus. The theoretical calculations show that the 24^＋ state is the lowest mixed symmetry state in ^28Si and the 43＋ state is also a mixed symmetry state.     

Isospin structure in 68Ge

The interacting boson model-3(IBM-3) has been used to study the low-energy level structure and electromagnetic transitions of 68Ge nucleus. The main components of the wave function for some states are also analyzed respectively. The theoretical calculations are in agreement with experimental data, and the 68Ge is in transition from U(5) to SU(3).     

Towards understanding the carbon trapping mechanism in copper by investigating the carbon-vacancy interaction

We propose a vacancy trapping mechanism for carbon-vacancy (C-V) complex formation in copper (Cu) according to the first-principles calculations of the energetics and kinetics of C-V interaction. Vacancy reduces charge density in its vicinity to induce C nucleation. A monovacancy is capable of trapping as many as four C atoms to form CnV (n=1,2,3,4) complexes. A single C atom prefers to interact with neighboring Cu at a vacancy with a trapping energy of 0.21 eV. With multiple C atoms added, they are preferred to bind with each other to form covalent-like bonds despite of the metallic Cu environment. For the CnV complexes, C2V is the major one due to its lowest average trapping energy (1.31 eV). Kinetically, the formation of the CnV complexes can be ascribed to the vacancy mechanism due to the lower activation energy barrier and the larger diffusion coefficient of vacancy than those of the interstitial C.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Novel Ion-pair Compound Consisting of 1-（4-Bromobenzyl）pyridinium Cation and 7,7,8,8-Tetracyanoquinodimethanide Anion

The title compound [BrBzPy][TCNQ] （BrBzPy^＋=1-（4-bromobenzyl）pyridinium cation, TCNQ = 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethanide anion） was synthesized by the reaction of [BrBzPy]Br and LiTCNQ in ethanol solution and its structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal belongs to monoclinic, space group P21/c with a = 14.067（3）, b = 7.3089（14）, c = 23.796（4）A, β = 122.011（9）°, V= 2074.6（7）A^3, Z = 4, C24H15BrN5, Mr = 453.32, Dc = 1.451 g/cm^3,μ = 2.002 mm^-1, S = 1.047, F（000） = 916, R = 0.0398 and wR = 0.0921. The most prominent structural features are the completely segregated stacking columns of the TCNQ- anions and [BrBzPy]^＋ cations. In a TCNQ column, the centroid-to-centroid distances of the neighboring anions of TCNQ are 3.2693 and 4.9464 A, respectively.     

Investigation on the relationship of proline with wheat anti-drought under soil water deficits

Proline (content) is closely with plant anti-drought, especially under soil water deficits. Many reports from crops and other plants have proved this. Wheat is the second important crop on the globe, whose research in this aspect of importance for food quality, safety, and yield in field. The related difference in physiological indicators and proline content for different soil water treatments among wheat with different genotypes is not clear, which has limited deep study of wheat anti-drought molecular biology and related anti-drought biotechnological breeding. Our current study was focused on the physiological relationship of proline and different genotype wheat anti-drought under soil water deficits. Main results showed that different wheat genotype had different soil water stress threshold. Pro content had closed relationship with soil water stress threshold and wheat anti-drought. Developmental course also impacted Pro content for different wheat genotypes.     

Substituting group induced structural transformation from 1D zigzag chain to 2D grid network in cyano-bridged dimetallic complexes derived from Mn(Schiff-base) and [Cr(CN)5NO]: Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties

Two cyano-bridged dimetallic complexes derived from Mn^III(Schiff-base) and [Cr^I(CN)₅NO]³⁻, [Mn(3-CH₃)salen]₃[Cr(CN)₅NO]·2.5H₂O (1) and [Mn(5-CH₃)salen]₆[Cr(CN)₅NO]₂·2CH₃OH·16H₂O (2) [salen = N,N′-ethylenebis (salicylideneiminato)dianion] were synthesized and characterized. The reaction conditions of the two complexes are identical. The substituting group (CH₃-) in the salen-type ligands gives different assembly styles for the two complexes, 1D zigzag chain for 1 while 2D grid network for 2. The magnetic investigation indicates the dominant antiferromagnetic interactions between the Mn(III) and Cr(I) mediated by the CN bridge. Due to the weak interchain antiferromagnetic interactions, no magnetic ordering phase was observed in complex 1. Interestingly, complex 2 showed the long range ferrimagnetic magnetic ordering with T_c = 9 K, in contrast to 1. Furthermore, the hysteresis loop confirms the nature of complex 2 as soft ferrimagnet.     

新型Sr（NO3）2的水热合成及其晶体结构

本文以Sr（NO₃）₂和水为原料,采用水热法合成了一种新型的Sr（NO₃）₂结构。利用X-射线单晶衍射对其结构进行了测定,结果表明:该晶体属于立方晶系,Pa-3空间群,α=b=c=0.77402（7）nm,α=β=γ=90.00°,V=0.46372（7）nm³,Z=4,Dc=3.031g/cm³,F（000）=400,R_gt（F）=0.0287,wR_ref（F²）=0.0888。     

Si1-xGex合金半导体中CiCs和CiOi缺陷随Ge含量的变化

采用从头计算(ab initio)的方法对Si和Si1-xGex合金半导体材料中CiCs 缺陷的性质进行探讨,同时也对比调查了CiOi 缺陷在Si和Si1-xGex合金中的性质. 在不同Ge含量的Si1-xGex合金中CiCs和CiOi缺陷的结构都具有较好的稳定性;从能量学角度,Ge原子不能与C或O原子直接成键. CiCs缺陷的A型和B型结构在Si1-xGex合金中表现出的行为基本类似,但是A型结构随着Ge含量的增加形成能逐渐减小,结构越来越稳定,而B型结构的形成能先有所下降后逐渐增加;A型和B型结构的能量差值随着Ge含量的增加先在小范围内变化后迅速下降. CiOi缺陷形成能的变化特征较为复杂. 纯Si体系在1000K及以上温度的等温退火过程中,CiCs缺陷的A型结构会向B型结构转变;Si1-xGex合金在进行等温退火时CiCs缺陷的A型结构的变化特征与退火温度、Ge含量和Ge取代的位置等因素有关.     

Electro-optical detection based on large Kerr effect in polymer-stabilized liquid crystals

In this Letter, polymer-stabilized liquid crystals with experimentally observed large electro-optic effect are introduced to the electro-optical detection to improve the voltage sensitivity. The Kerr constant of materials prepared in this study reached as high as 7.2×10(-9) m/V(2), increasing by 1000 times the sensitivity of the conventional electro-optical materials. The noncontact detection configuration, using a laser beam as a probe, enables quick two-dimensional scanning measurements.