Integrating a Luminescent Porous Aromatic Framework into Indicator Papers for Facile,Rapid, and Selective Detection of Nitro Compounds

Porous aromatic framework materials with high stability, sensitivity, and selectivity have great potential to provide new sensors for optoelectronic/fluorescent probe devices. In this work, a luminescent porous aromatic framework material (LNU-23) was synthesized via the palladium-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling reaction of tetrabromopyrene and 1,2-bisphenyldiborate pinacol ester. The resulting PAF solid exhibited strong fluorescence emission with a quantum yield of 18.31%, showing excellent light and heat stability. Because the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of LNU-23 was higher than that of the nitro compounds, there was an energy transfer from the excited LNU-23 to the analyte, leading to the selective fluorescence quenching with a limit of detection (LOD) ≈ 1.47 × 10⁻⁵ M. After integrating the luminescent PAF powder on the paper by a simple dipping method, the indicator papers revealed a fast fluorescence response to gaseous nitrobenzene within 10 s, which shows great potential in outdoor fluorescence detection of nitro compounds.     

Chemical Properties of Peanut Oil from Arachis hypogaea L. ‘Tainan 14’ and Its Oxidized Volatile Formation

Arachis hypogaea L. ‘Tainan 14’ has purple skin characteristics. This study investigated the effects of different materials (shelled or unshelled peanuts) and temperatures (120 or 140 °C) on the properties of extracted peanut oil. The results show that its antioxidant components (total flavonoid, α–tocopherol, and γ-tocopherol) and oxidative stability were mainly affected by the roasting temperature (p < 0.05). Fifty-eight volatile compounds were identified by peanut oil oxidation and divided into three main groups during the roasting process using principal component analysis. The volatile formation changes of different materials and temperatures were assessed by agglomerative hierarchical clustering analysis. These results provide useful reference information for peanut oil applications in the food industry.     

Preparation of Nitrogen and Sulfur Co-Doped Fluorescent Carbon Dots from Cellulose Nanocrystals as a Sensor for the Detection of Rutin

The poor water solubility, large particle size, and low accessibility of cellulose, the most abundant bioresource, have restricted its generalization to carbon dots (CDs). Herein, nitrogen and sulfur co-doped fluorescent carbon dots (N, S-CDs) were hydrothermally synthesized using cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) as a carbon precursor, exhibiting a small particle size and excellent aqueous dispersion. Thiourea was selected as a nitrogen and sulfur dopant to introduce abundant fluorescent functional groups into N, S-CDs. The resulting N, S-CDs exhibited nanoscale size (6.2 nm), abundant functional groups, bright blue fluorescence, high quantum yield (QY = 27.4%), and high overall yield (16.2%). The excellent optical properties of N, S-CDs endowed it to potentially display a highly sensitive fluorescence “turn off” response to rutin. The fluorescence response for rutin allowed a wide linear range of 0–40 mg·L⁻¹, with a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.02 μM, which revealed the potential of N, S-CDs as a rapid and simple sensing platform for rutin detection. In addition, the sustainable and large-scale production of the N, S-CDs in this study paves the way for the successful high-value utilization of cellulose.     

By-Product of the Red Ginseng Manufacturing Process as Potential Material for Use as Cosmetics: Chemical Profiling and In Vitro Antioxidant and Whitening Activities

Red ginseng (RG), which is obtained from heated Panax ginseng and is produced by steaming followed by drying, is a valuable herb in Asian countries. Steamed ginseng dew (SGD) is a by-product produced in processing red ginseng. In the present study, phytochemical profiling of extracts of red ginseng and steamed ginseng dew was carried out using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and rapid resolution liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (RRLC-Q-TOF-MS) analysis. Additionally, antioxidant activities (DPPH, ·OH, and ABTS scavenging ability) and whitening activities (tyrosinase and elastase inhibitory activity) were analyzed. Phytochemical profiling revealed the presence of 66 and 28 compounds that were non-saponin components in chloroform extracts of red ginseng and steamed ginseng dew (RG-CE and SGD-CE), respectively. Meanwhile, there were 20 ginsenosides identified in n-butanol extracts of red ginseng and steamed ginseng dew (RG-NBE and SGD-NBE). By comparing the different polar extracts of red ginseng and steamed ginseng dew, it was found that the ethyl acetate extract of red ginseng (RG-EAE) had the best antioxidant capacity and whitening effect, the water extract of steamed ginseng dew (SGD-WE) had stronger antioxidant capacity, and the SGD-NBE and SGD-CE had a better whitening effect. This study shows that RG and SGD have tremendous potential to be used in the cosmetic industries.     

Effects of Different Extraction Methods on Vanilla Aroma

To establish the analytic conditions for examining the aroma quality of vanilla pods, we compared different extraction methods and identified a suitable option. We utilized headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME), steam distillation (SD), simultaneous steam distillation (SDE) and alcoholic extraction combined with gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to identify volatile components of vanilla pods. A total of 84 volatile compounds were identified in this experiment, of which SDE could identify the most volatile compounds, with a total of 51 species, followed by HS-SPME, with a total of 28 species. Ten volatile compounds were identified by extraction with a minimum of 35% alcohol. HS-SPME extraction provided the highest total aroma peak areas, and the peak areas of aldehydes, furans, alcohols, monoterpenes and phenols compounds were several times higher than those of the other extraction methods. The results showed that the two technologies, SDE and HS-SPME, could be used together to facilitate analysis of vanilla pod aroma.     

Isolation of a carbon nanohoop with M(o)bius topology

Carbon nanohoop,a class of constrained molecular architecture consisting of linked arene units,has attracted considerable interest from both experimental and th...     

基于电热模型的SNSPD响应过程模拟与时间抖动分析

超导单光子探测器(SNSPD)具有高探测效率,低时间抖动、低暗计数率、高计数率等优点.文章通过对纳米线电热过程的建模,分析了纳米线的电热响应过程,探讨了负载电阻、偏置电流和动态电感对SNSPD响应时间的影响,结合蒙特卡洛方法来模拟研究了纳米线空间不均匀性对于SNSPD时间抖动的影响,结果表明随着纳米线空间不均匀性的增加,纳米线的时间抖动不断增加,并求出了典型的时间抖动约为7.73 ps.     

高功率盒形窗内次级电子倍增效应

以S波段高功率盒型窗为对象,采用Monte Carlo模拟方法对盒型窗内的次级电子倍增效应进行研究,探索次级电子的倍增规律。模拟得到了盒型窗内TE11模和TM11模共同作用下,两种陶瓷窗片表面次级电子倍增活跃的区域随传输功率的变化特点。在低传输功率下,次级电子仅在未镀膜窗片表面被激励,并以双面倍增的方式在金属法兰与镀膜窗片相对应的区域增长;在较高的传输功率下,窗片表面的次级电子将以单面倍增的方式活跃在窗片表面与波导口相对的区域。传输功率的升高使得镀膜窗片表面的次级电子倍增活跃区域转移到矩形波导窄边对应的区域,并加剧了未镀膜窗片表面的局部倍增效应。     

点火靶尺度聚苯乙烯空心微球的球形度

为提高惯性约束聚变（ICF）点火靶尺度（约2 mm）聚苯乙烯（PS）空心微球的球形度,研究了油相与外水相界面张力、初始油相质量分数和固化旋转流场转速对PS微球球形度的影响。结果表明,将双重乳液体系外水相中的表面活性剂聚乙烯醇（PVA）替换为聚丙烯酸（PAA）后,油相与外水相之间的界面张力增大了约10倍,PS空心微球的球形度显著提高,球形偏离度小于1 m的微球比例由5%增加至约50%;但是,在较宽范围内改变油相初始质量分数及旋转固化流场转速,对PS微球球形度的影响并不显著,球形偏离度值小于1 m的PS微球比例介于40%~60%之间。     

FCC辐照金属铜材料中氦泡平衡内压的分子模拟及其尺度效应

氦泡内的氦密度及其内压对含氦泡辐照材料的力学性能具有重要影响,论文采用分子模拟方法系统地研究了面心立方金属铜材料内氦泡平衡内压及其尺度效应、温度效应和引起的应力场.基于能量最小原理与应力平衡准则,提出了确定平衡内压的方法,研究发现:(1)采用能量最低原理与应力平衡准则所获得的平衡内压是自洽的;(2)存在一个临界尺度,当氦泡孔径小于该临界尺度时,平衡内压出现反常尺度效应,即当氦泡孔径小于3 nm时,平衡内压并不随孔径减小而明显增大,甚至出现减小的异常现象;(3)传统采用基于球形孔洞的理论公式估算严重高估了氦泡平衡内压,引起的误差随氦泡孔径减小而显著增大,如孔径为3 nm时,误差超过63%;(4)由于纳米孔洞多面体特性和材料的各向异性,即使在平衡内压条件下,基体铜材料内仍存在一定的应力分布,该应力体现出显著的局域特征,即随着距孔洞中心距离的增加而快速下降.此外,论文还提出采用时间平均叠加区域平均来减小热涨落对应力场的影响,取得了较好的效果.