Direct electrochemistry and electrochemical catalysis of immobilized hemoglobin in an ethanol–water mixture

Hemoglobin (Hb) was immobilized on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) surface by konjac glucomannan (KGM). KGM hydrogel films on GCE have relatively high stabilities in aqueous–ethanol mixtures. The entrapped hemoglobin undergoes fast direct electron transfer reactions in aqueous–organic solvent mixtures. The peak current is bigger, the peak-to-peak separation smaller and the formal potential observed in the cyclic voltammogram is more negative for Hb–KGM/GCE in ethanol–PBS compared to Hb–KGM/GCE in PBS. The electrochemical properties of the Hb in aqueous–organic solution are almost unchanged from with those observed for the purely aqueous solution, suggesting that water pools in the KGM hydrogel play an important role in preventing changes in conformation and making proteins unreactive with polar organic solvents. The immobilized Hb was able to catalyze the reduction of nitric oxide, peroxides (hydrogen peroxide, cumene hydroperoxide, t-butyl hydroperoxide, 2-butanone peroxide), and the dehalogenation of haloethanes (hexachloroethane, pentachloroethane, tetrachloroethane, etc.). The stability and reproducibility of the modified electrode meant that it could be used to determine these substances.      

Ionic conduction and chemical bonds of Li ion in La4/3−yLi3yTi2O6

The electronic state of La_4/3−yLi_3yTi₂O₆ (y=0.21) was studied by the DV-Xα cluster method. Four model clusters were used to calculate the density of state (DOS), the bond overlap population (BOP) and the net charge (NC). A Li ion in the model cluster was moved from 1b site to another 1b site along the x axis, and the BOP and the NC calculated were discussed. Furthermore, we calculated the potential energy with the movement of the Li ion along the x axis. Paper presented at the Patras Conference on Solid State Ionics - Transport Properties, Patras, Greece, Sept. 14 – 18, 2004.     

Zeros of the Bessel and spherical Bessel functions and their applications for uniqueness in inverse acoustic obstacle scattering

Some novel interlacing properties of the zeros for the Besseland spherical Bessel functions are first presented and thenapplied to prove an interesting uniqueness result in inverseacoustic obstacle scattering. It is shown that in the resonanceregion, the shape of a sound-soft/sound-hard ball in R³ or asound-soft/sound-hard disc in R² is uniquely determined by asingle far-field datum measured at some fixed spot correspondingto a single incident plane wave.     

The Characterizations of Weighted H^p（w）Spaces on the Certain Groups

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The study of diffraction radiation oscillation

Theoretical and experimental study of Diffraction Radiation Oscillator (DRO) is reported in this paper, it is the first work done in P. R. China. The sphere-cylindrical open cavity used in the DRO has been analysed, the method for testing the field profile and the cold measurement of the open cavity have been worked out. The experimental device was manufactured in our lab. and the theoretical analysis and experimental study of the device have been carried out. The main experimental results are: from 2000 V to 4000 V, the tube operates in the 60–87 GHz band, and the maximum output power is about 800 mW.     

Phase-matched second-harmonic generation in poled polymer waveguide based on a main chain polymer

The electric field-induced dynamic phase-matching of second harmonic generation (SHG) waveguide was demonstrated by using a main chain polyarylamine. The linear and nonlinear optical properties of this polymer are presented. The optimum phase-matching thickness was controlled by applying an electric field to the polymer waveguide. The effective phase-matching thickness variation induced by poling is about 0.025 μm that is six times larger than full width at the half-maximum (FWHM) of phase-matching thickness in conventional slab waveguide. The efficient phase-matched SHG was observed from a taperless slab wave-guide. The optical loss of poled polymer on glass substrate at 632.8 nm was 2.7 dB/cm. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Co-Existence of Chaos and Stable Periodic Orbits in a Simple Discrete Neural Network

We show that a simple discrete network of two identical neurons can demonstrate chaotic behavior near the origin. This is complementary to the results in Wu and Zhang (Disc. Contin. Dynam. Syst. Series B, 4 (2004), 853-865), where it was shown that the same system can have a large capacity of stable periodic orbits in a region away from the origin.     

Paradoxical effect of a GnRH agonist on steroidogenesis in cultured monkey granulosa cells.

In this study we demonstrate: (i) The GnRH agonist exerts a direct dose-dependent stimulative effect on the aromatase activity and progesterone production in cultured monkey granulosa cells; (ii) the stimulative effect on steroidogenesis can be completely blocked by concomitant treatment with a GnRH antagonist, suggesting that the actions of GnRH are mediated through stringent stereospecific recognition sites; (iii) in addition to the stimulative effect, the GnRH agonist in the presence of gonadotropins also exerts an inhibitory effect, even though the peptide by itself is more effective in the stimulation of steroidogenesis, and the stimulation of gonadotropin on steroidogenesis could be gradually restored by decreasing the concentration of the GnRH agonist in the culture; and (iv) paradoxical effect can also be observed in the presence of cAMP-inducing agents, suggesting that the inhibitory action of the peptide on gonadotropin-induced steroidogenesis is localized at a step distal to the stringent recognition sites.