A Class of Activatable NIR-II Photoacoustic Dyes for High-Contrast Bioimaging

Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is emerging as one of the important non-invasive imaging techniques in biomedical research. Small molecule- second near-infrared window (NIR-II) PA dyes combined with imaging data can provide comprehensive and in-depth in vivo physiological and pathological information. However, the NIR-II PA dyes usually exhibit “always-on” properties due to the lack of a readily optically tunable group, which hinders the further applications in vivo. Herein, a novel class of dyes GX have been designed and synthesized as an activatable NIR-II PA platform, in which the absorption/emission wavelength of GX-5 extends up to 1082/1360 nm. Importantly, the GX dyes have a strong tissue penetration depth and high-resolution for the mouse vasculature structures in NIR-II PA 3D imaging and high signal-to-noise ratio in NIR-II fluorescence (FL) imaging. Furthermore, to demonstrate the applicability of GX dyes, the first NIR-II PA probe GX-5-CO activated by carbon monoxide (CO) was engineered and employed to reveal the enhancement of the CO levels in the hypertensive mice by high-contrast NIR-II PA and FL imaging. We expect that many derivatives of GX dyes will be developed to afford versatile NIR-II PA platforms for designing a wide variety activatable NIR-II PA probes as biomedical tools.     

Novel zinc fluorescent probe bearing dansyl and aminoquinoline groups

A novel fluorescent chemosensor (L) demonstrates a remarkable selectivity and sensitivity for zinc(II) ion as evidenced from the solution characterisations and in vitro experiments using Hela cell lines.     

Growth, thermal and spectral properties of Nd-doped NaGd(MoO4)2 crystal

Nd³⁺-doped NaGd(MoO₄)₂ crystal with dimensions were grown by Czochralski method. Nd³⁺:NaGd(MoO₄)₂ crystal melts at 1182 °C. The hardness of Nd³⁺:NaGd(MoO₄)₂ crystal is 334 VDH. The specific heat is 72.6 cal/mol K. The thermal expansion coefficients are for c-axis and for a-axis, respectively. The absorption cross-sections of Nd³⁺:NaGd(MoO₄)₂ crystal are with a FWHM of 9 nm at the 804 nm for π-polarization and with a FWHM of 17 nm at 807 nm for σ-polarization, respectively. The emission cross-section σ_em are at 1063 nm for π-polarization and 1.94×10^-20 at 1070 nm cm² for σ-polarization, respectively. The fluorescence lifetime τ_f is 93.9 μs at room temperature.     

Enantioseparation of Hydrobenzoin and Structurally Related Compounds on <Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-Cyclodextrin and Hydroxypropyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-cyclodextrin Bonded Chiral Stationary Phases

A β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and a hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) bonded chiral stationary phase (CSP) were prepared. Comparative evaluations of these two CSPs for the enantioseparation of hydrobenzoin, benzoin and α-phenethyl alcohol by reversed-phase liquid chromatography were presented. The effects of buffer composition in the mobile phase on the retention and enantioseparation were investigated. The borate buffer had a significant influence on the retention and enantioseparation of hydrobenzoin. Linear solvent strength retention model was used to fit the chromatographic data. Good linearity existed between the logarithm of retention factor (k) and the volume fraction of organic modifier (φ). Another retention model, stoichiometric displacement theory for retention, was also tried to fit the chromatographic data. The results showed that not only acetonitrile, but also water molecules participated in the displacing process of the solute.     

Bagley-Torvik型分数阶微分方程和包含非局部积分边值问题

In this article,we consider the Bagley-Torvik type fractional differential equation ~cD~(ν1) l(t)-a~cD~(ν2) l(t) = g(t, l(t)) and differential inclusion ~cD~(ν1) l(t)-a~cD~(ν2) l(t) ∈ G(t, l(t)),t ∈(0, 1) subjecting to l(0) = l_0,and■ ds where 1 ν_1 ≤ 2, 1 ≤ν_2 ν_1,0 ω≤ 1, χ = ν_1-ν_2 0, a, λ′are given constants. By using Leray-Schauder degree theory and fixed point theorems, we prove the existence of solutions. Our results extend the existence theorems for the classical Bagley-Torvik equation and some related models.     

Mazur交性质

主要考虑关于Mazur交性质的问题．我们通过赋范半群的对偶,给出了一个赋范空间只有平凡Mazur集白々等价刻画．另外,我们还讨论乘积空间对Mazur交性质的继承性,对Sersouri和Roy的结论作了一定的改进,将范数推广至更一般的情形．     

催化动力学光度法测定痕量铂的研究

利用痕量铂在稀硫酸介质中对溴酸钾氧化酸性铬蓝Ｋ的催化作用，建立了催化动力学光度法测定痕量铂的新方法。方法的线性范围为０－０．８μｇ／２５ｍＬ，检出限为７．９３×１０＾－１１ｇ／ｍＬ。用于合成样品及含铂催化剂中铂的测定，结果满意。     

Correction and supplements to “Scattering matrices and scattering geodesics of locally symmetric spaces”

This note corrects and complements our paper entitled “Scattering matrices and scattering geodesics of locally symmetric spaces” (Ann. Sci. Éc. Norm. Sup. 34 (2001) 441-469).     

The integral Novikov conjectures for linear groups containing torsion elements

In this paper, we show that for any global field k, the generalizedintegral Novikov conjecture in both K- and L-theories holdsfor every finitely generated subgroup of GL(n, k). This impliesthat the conjecture holds for every finitely generated subgroupof , where is the algebraic closure of . We also show that for every linear algebraicgroup defined over k, every S-arithmetic subgroup satisfiesthis generalized integral Novikov conjecture. We note that theintegral Novikov conjecture implies the stable Borel conjecture,in particular, the stable Borel conjecture holds for all theabove torsion-free groups. Most of these subgroups are not discretesubgroups of Lie groups with finitely many connected components,and some of them are not finitely generated. When the fieldk is a function field such as , and the k-rank of is positive, many of these S-arithmeticsubgroups such as donot admit cofinite universal spaces for proper actions. Received February 15, 2007.