Comprehensive characterization of natural organic matter by MALDI- and ESI-Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

Natural organic matter (NOM) is a complex and non-uniform mixture of organic compounds which plays an important role in environmental processes. Due to the complexity, it is challenging to obtain fully detailed structural information about NOM. Although Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS) has been demonstrated to be a powerful tool for providing molecular information about NOM, multiple ionization methods are needed for comprehensive characterization of NOM at the molecular level considering the ionizing selectivity of different ionization methods. This paper reports the first use of matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) method coupled with FT-ICR-MS for molecular characterization of NOM within a mass range of 200–800 Da. The mass spectral data obtained by MALDI were systematically compared with data generated by electrospray ionization (ESI). It showed that complementary molecular information about NOM which could not be detected by ESI, were provided by MALDI. More unsaturated and aromatic constituents of NOM with lower O/C ratio (O/C ratio < 0.5) were preferentially ionized in MALDI negative mode, whereas more polar constituents of NOM with higher O/C ratio were preferentially ionized in ESI negative mode. Molecular anions of NOM appearing at even m/z in MALDI negative ion mode were detected. The results show that NOM molecules with aromatic structures, moderate O/C ratio (0.7 > O/C ratio > 0.25) and lower H/C ratio were liable to form molecular anions at even m/z, whereas those with higher H/C ratio are more likely to form deprotonated ions at odd m/z. It is speculated that almost half of the NOM molecules identified by MALDI may be aromatic or condensed aromatic compounds with special groups which are liable to absorb electron from other molecules to generate free radical anions during MALDI ionization.     

General and selective copper-catalyzed reduction of tertiary and secondary phosphine oxides: convenient synthesis of phosphines

Novel catalytic reductions of tertiary and secondary phosphine oxides to phosphines have been developed. Using tetramethyldisiloxane (TMDS) as a mild reducing agent in the presence of copper complexes, PO bonds are selectively reduced in the presence of other reducible functional groups (FGs) such as ketones, esters, and olefins. Based on this transformation, an efficient one pot reduction/phosphination domino sequence allows for the synthesis of a variety of functionalized aromatic and aliphatic phosphines in good yields.     

Directed partial orders on the field of generalized complex numbers with $$1not >0$$ 1 ≯ 0

Positivity - Let F be a non-archimedean o-field and $$C=F(i)$$ be the field of generalized complex numbers over F. In Ma et al. (Order 35:461–466, 2018), all directed partial orders on C with...     

一锅法制备1T/2H-WS2/WO3异质结用于紫外可见光催化的CO2还原

采用一锅水热法制备了1T/2H-WS2/WO3异质结,并利用XRD、SEM、XPS等对所制备的光催化材料进行了系统微结构表征。研究发现该异质结催化剂可以水蒸汽作为电子供体,利用可见光催化还原CO2,以3.87 μmol g-1 h-1的速率高选择性的生成唯一产物CO。在紫外-可见光辐照下,表现出更优异的催化活性（34.39 μ mol g-1 h-1）。经4次循环实验,仍然表现出稳定的光催化二氧化碳还原效率,证明其具有优异的稳定性。     

Study of HfSiO film prepared by electron beam evaporation for high-k gate dielectric applications

The purpose of this paper is to report some experimental results with HfSiO films formed on silicon substrates by electron beam evaporation (EB-PVD) and annealed at different temperatures. The images of atomic force microscope (AFM) indicated that HfSiO film annealed at 900 °C was still amorphous, with a surface roughness of 0.173 nm. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis revealed that the chemical composition of the film was (HfO₂)₃(SiO₂) and Hf-Si-O bonds existed in the annealed film. Electrical measurements showed that the equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) was 4 nm, the dielectric constant was around 6, the breakdown voltage was 10 MV/cm, the fixed charge density was −1.2 × 10¹² cm⁻², and the leakage current was 0.4 μA/cm² at the gate bias of 2 V for 6 nm HfSiO film. The annealing after deposition effectively reduced trapping density and the leakage current, and eliminated hysteresis in the C-V curves. Annealing also induced SiO₂ growth at the interface.     

沉积物内多氯联苯测定中有机氯农药的排除及质量控制/质量保证研究

报道了沉积物样品中多氯联苯(PCBs)的分析方法及质量控制/质量保证(QA/QC)研究,结果表明多级复合硅胶柱对有机氯农药去除效果良好.采用25种PCBs同族体标样PCB25对分析方法进行了QA/QC研究,PCBs的平均回收率在97%～118%之间.用本方法测定25种多氯联苯同族体的检测限范围在0.5～1.4ng/g之间.     

Lewis Acid Promoted Ruthenium(II)‐Catalyzed Etherifications by Selective Hydrogenation of Carboxylic Acids/Esters

Ethers are of fundamental importance in organic chemistry and they are an integral part of valuable flavors, fragrances, and numerous bioactive compounds. In general, the reduction of esters constitutes the most straightforward preparation of ethers. Unfortunately, this transformation requires large amounts of metal hydrides. Presented herein is a bifunctional catalyst system, consisting of Ru/phosphine complex and aluminum triflate, which allows selective synthesis of ethers by hydrogenation of esters or carboxylic acids. Different lactones were reduced in good yields to the desired products. Even challenging aromatic and aliphatic esters were reduced to the desired products. Notably, the in situ formed catalyst can be reused several times without any significant loss of activity.     

反向开关晶体管结构优化与特性测试

对半导体脉冲功率开关反向开关晶体管 (RSD)的结构进行了优化,在RSD中引入缓冲层,建立器件数值模型并作仿真分析,结果表明:缓冲层结构起到了截止电场的作用,使得器件基区得以减薄,较传统结构RSD阻断电压升高而开通电压降低。针对RSD的特殊工作方式,提出了RSD开通电压、关断时间等关键参数的测试方案并进行了实验测量。进行了RSD大电流开通试验,直径7.6 cm的堆体在12 kV主电压下成功通过峰值电流173 kA,传输电荷32 C。     

Essential extensions and radical classes of lattice-ordered groups

In this paper the relationship between essential extensions and radical classes of lattice-ordered groups is discussed. It is proved that the polar radical classes of lattice-ordered groups are exactly essentially closed classes.Received May 7, 1999; accepted in final form September 23, 2004.     

Network connectivity entropy and its application on network connectivity reliability

The network structure entropy has served as one of the index measuring network heterogeneity, but it gives no considerations to the impact of isolated nodes on the network structure. In addition, the all-terminal reliability is zero and is unable to compare it between disconnected networks. Therefore, the concept of network connectivity entropy is suggested to remove the current bottleneck and helps facilitate new index in terms of network connectivity reliability. This study fully proves the rules as follows: when the edges of network are diminishing, the newly-established network connectivity reliability will remain unchanged or become weaker; conversely, when the edges of network are increasing, the network connectivity reliability will remain unchanged or become stronger. Thus, the proposed index of network connectivity reliability is proved reasonable. Furthermore, the impaired metro network of Nanjing city is exemplified to demonstrate the validity and practicability of network connectivity reliability. The result shows that this new approach is in good position to compute network connectivity reliability quickly and effectively, and also to compare it between different networks.