Novel biodegradable poly(1,8-octanediol malate) for annulus fibrosus regeneration

A novel elastic scaffold that simulates the deformability of annulus fibrosus (AF) and has good biocompatibility was developed. The scaffold was formed of a malic acid-based polyester poly(1,8-octanediol malate) (POM), which was synthesized by direct polycondensation. The tensile strength of POM gradually increased with the extension of the polymerization time, while the degradation rate decreased. Rat AF cells proliferated on the POM films and maintained their phenotype. The 3D scaffold also supported the growth of the AF cells, as confirmed by Safranin-O and type II collagen staining. POM also demonstrated a good biocompatibility in an in vivo foreign body response assay, an important prerequisite for tissue engineering applications. This study suggests that elastic POM scaffold may be an ideal candidate for AF tissue engineering.     

消偏光纤陀螺的理论和实验研究

本文首次在理论上导出消偏型光纤陀螺的零漂和标度因子表达式,并得出以下两个结论:1)在使用约 40 dB偏振器时,导致陀螺漂移的主要因素是强度误差而并不是振幅误差;2)由光学标度因子与各种器件参量关系表明开环解调时陀螺的线性误差较大.试验样机证明了以上结果,并找出减小漂移的方法.     

ZrO2晶相对ZnO/ZrO2+SAPO-34双功能催化剂上合成气制烯烃反应的影响

烯烃是重要的化工原料,目前主要通过石油催化裂化得到.随着石油资源的消耗以及人们对烯烃需求的日益增长,开发非石油路线制取烯烃势在必行.合成气可以从煤、天然气和生物质等获得,由合成气作为重要的C1平台分子一步制取烯烃(STO)的过程受到了广泛关注.将合成气制甲醇/二甲醚的金属催化剂与甲醇制烯烃的分子筛催化剂耦合得到的混合双...     

AIEgens/Nucleic Acid Nanostructures for Bioanalytical Applications

DNA occupies significant roles in life processes, which include encoding the sequences of proteins and accurately transferring genetic information from generation to generation. Recent discoveries have demonstrated that a variety of biological functions are correlated with DNA′s conformational transitions. The non‐B form has attained great attention among the diverse forms of DNA over the past several years. The main reason for this is that a large number of studies have shown that the non‐B form of DNA is associated with gross deletions, inversions, duplications, translocations as well as simple repeating sequences, which therefore causes human diseases. Consequently, the conformational transition of DNA between the B‐form and the non‐B form is important for biology. Conventional fluorescence probes based on the conformational transitions of DNA usually need a fluorophore and a quencher group, which suffers from the complex design of the structure and tedious synthetic procedures. Moreover, conventional fluorescence probes are subject to the aggregation‐caused quenching (ACQ) effect, which limits their application toward imaging and analyte detection. Fluorogens exhibiting aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) have attracted tremendous attention over the past decade. By taking advantage of this unique behavior, plenty of fluorescent switch‐on probes without the incorporation of fluorescent quenchers/fluorophore pairs have been widely developed as biosensors for imaging a variety of analytes. Herein, the recent progress in bioanalytical applications on the basis of aggregation‐induced emission luminogens (AIEgens)/nucleic acid nanostructures are presented and discussed.     

Phase Estimation and Compensation for Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution

Phase estimation and compensation is one of the enabling functionalities in continous-variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD). Recently, a novel CVQKD scheme has been independently proposed to combat the local oscillator (LO) side channel attacks. Furthermore, we have carried out a proof-of-principle experimental study on the feasibility of the CVQKD without sending a LO. However, this scheme contains a serious weakness: The phase noise caused by the two different lasers between the sender and the receiver would severely destroy the quantum signal and finally reduce the secure distance. In this paper, we investigate the optical phase noise and explore the optimal approach to estimate and compensate such kind of noise with appropriate data overhead. Numerical simulations show that our scheme can successfully reconstruct the phase drifts even at low signal-to-noise ratio conditions. We also suggest that a higher accuracy of phase estimation could be achieved by using the frequency division multiplexing scheme. This opens an opportunity to employ advanced pilot-aided phase estimation techniques in quantum communication system.

     

A chiral long-period grating fabrication method based on axis-offset rotating optical fiber

Optical and Quantum Electronics - In this paper, different optimal designs of Yagi–Uda nano-antennas (NAs) are introduced and analyzed based on different element shapes to maximize the...     

含参广义集值向量均衡问题有效解映射下半连续的最优条件

在实Hausdorff拓扑向量空间中研究一类含参广义集值向量均衡问题弱有效解与有效解映射的下半连续性. 在近似锥-次类凸的条件下, 运用标量化的方法得到弱有效解的标量化结果. 在适当条件下, 得到含参广义集值向量均衡问题弱有效解与有效解映射下半连续性定理.     

碳离子辐照对神经胶质瘤干细胞杀伤的研究

虽然重离子束治癌已经被证明有着射程精确、入口坪区剂量小、相对生物学效应高等显著优点,但重离子辐照对肿瘤干细胞所产生的辐射生物学效应特性依旧不明确。本研究使用人源神经胶质瘤干细胞来研究在面对肿瘤干细胞时,重离子相对于传统X射线是否有明显的生物学优势。实验结果证明,在神经胶质瘤干细胞中,2 Gy碳离子造成的DNA损伤的修复率比X射线造成的损伤修复率要低;MTT实验则证明经过碳离子辐照的肿瘤干细胞活力要比X射线辐照的肿瘤干细胞低得多。综上所述,面对神经胶质瘤干细胞,碳离子能更有效地靶向肿瘤干细胞从而相对于传统X射线有明显的生物学优势。这些发现对于更好地理解重离子束治癌相关的生物学效应有重要的作用。Though heavy-ion therapy has demonstrated significant benefits such as well-defined range, small entrance dose and high relative biological effectiveness, the characteristics of radio-biological effects on cancer stem cells induced by heavy-ion treatment is not completely clear. In this paper, we used human glioma cancer stem cells to investigate whether heavy ions offered a biological advantage, by effectively targeting cancer stem cells, in comparison to conventional X-rays. Our results showed that the repair rate of DNA damage generated by 2 Gy of carbon ions was lower than that generated by X-rays in glioma stem cells. MTT assay showed that the viability of cancer stem cells irradiated by carbon ions was significant lower than that irradiated by X-rays. Taken together, carbon ions showed a biological advantage over X-rays by effectively targeting glioma cancer stem cells. These findings have significant importance in understanding the biological effects related to heavy-ion therapy.     

Synthesis of LiMn2O4 Nano-wires via Flux Method and Their Usage as Cathode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries

LiMn₂O₄ nano-wires with ideal size distribution were readily synthesized by flux method. Samples prepared conventionally were used as the comparison references to investigate the effect of flux. The structural, morphological and electrochemical properties of nano-sized materials were examined by powder X-ray diffraction(XRD) analysis, scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and charge-discharge cycling analysis. Results from galvanostatic charge-discharge analysis show that the samples prepared at 700℃ via flux method(FM-700) afford the highest initial discharge capacity of 125.5 mA·h/g between 3.0 to 4.3 V at a rate of 0.2 C. After 50 cycles, a cycling retention of 89.6% is evident. Overall, the LiMn₂O₄ nano-wires developed in this work seem to be promising cathode materials for lithium ion batteries suitable to different energy-saving settings.