甲醇选择氧化金属氧化物催化剂的结构与其催化性能的关系

甲醇是一个重要的平台分子, 实现其高效转化为能源和化学品的关键是揭示相关反应过程中催化剂的结构与催化性能之间的关系和反应机理. 围绕这个关键问题, 以甲醇选择氧化为探针反应, 本文总结了负载氧化钼、负载氧化钒和杂多酸等典型催化剂体系以及近年来发展的氧化铼、氧化钌等新催化剂体系在认识催化活性中心结构和反应机理, 进而调控它们的氧化中心和酸中心等方面所取得的进展. 这些认识将有助于设计制备性能优异的新催化剂和实现甲醇到目标氧化产物的定向转化.     

Synthesis and cytotoxic activity of novel curcumin analogues

Five novel curcumin analogues bearing different substituents at 4-position of phenyl group were synthesized. Their structures were confirmed by NMR and HRMS spectrum. Their cytotoxic activities against six tumor cell lines were tested by the standard MTT assay in vitro. The results indicated that four analogues （1A-1C, 1E） with solubilizing moieties showed selective potent cytotoxicity against HepG2, HeLa and CT26 cell lines, and analogue 1A and 1C exhibited more potent cytotoxicity than curcumin against CT26 cell line. It was suggested that introduction of appropriate substituents to 4-position of phenyl group might be a potential option for structural modification of curcumin.     

The Elastic Continuum Limit of the Tight Binding Model

The authors consider the simplest quantum mechanics model of solids,the tight binding model,and prove that in the continuum limit,the energy of tight binding model converges to that of the continuum elasticity model obtained using Cauchy-Born rule.The technique in this paper is based mainly on spectral perturbation theory for large matrices.