Parallel-oriented fibrogenesis of a beta-sheet forming peptide on supported lipid bilayers

Peptide self-assembly on substrates is currently an intensively studied topic that provides a promising strategy for fabrication of soft materials and is also important for revealing the surface chemistry of amyloidogenic proteins that aggregate on cell membranes. We investigated the fibrogenesis of a beta-sheet forming peptide Abeta(26-35) on supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) by in situ atomic force microscopy (AFM), circular dichroism (CD), and attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. The results show that the Abeta(26-35) nanofilaments' growth is oriented to a specific direction and formed a highly ordered, large-scale, parallel-oriented surface pattern on membranes. The parallel-oriented fibrogenesis of Abeta(26-35) was able to occur on different lipid membranes rather than on solid substrates. It implies that the parallel-oriented fibrogenesis was associated with the distinct properties of lipid membranes, such as the fluid nature of lipid molecules on membranes. The membrane fluidity may allow the peptide assemblies to float at the water-membrane interface and easily orient to an energetically favorable state. These results provide an insight into the surface chemistry of peptide self-assembly on lipid membranes and highlight a possible way to fabricate supramolecular architectures on the surface of soft materials.     

应用混频超声检测微小缺陷

高端飞行器的可靠性往往受限于其发动机内部盘、板等构的结构强度和使用寿命,因此对这类部件的无损检测在制造业上具有巨大需求。超声检测作为一种应用广泛、高效、环保的检测方法,常常被应用于这类构件的检测中。但是,大厚度盘、板类构件内的微小缺陷反射能力弱,常规超声脉冲反射法无法进行有效检测。为实现大厚度盘、板类构件内部微小缺陷的识别和定位,采用共线异侧纵波混频法,通过和差频信号特征识别微小缺陷;研究缺陷埋深变化对混频效果的影响,通过测量和差频信号幅值变化,实现微小缺陷的深度定位。结果表明：该方法可有效识别7075铝合金中埋深80 mm的?0.2 mm横孔微缺陷,且可实现微小缺陷的深度定位。     

Airy加速光束的局域空间频率及其在光束设计中的应用

Airy加速光束是近年来备受关注的一种新型无衍射光束. 它所具有的自由加速、无衍射及自恢复特性使其在光学微操纵、非线性光学、 电子加速等诸多领域显示出重要的应用价值. 因此, 如何方便高效地生成加速光束成为近年来的一个热点研究内容. 本文对Airy加速光束复振幅分布的空间振荡特性进行了分析, 建立了利用局域空间频率描述其加速特性的理论. 提出了利用零点坐标计算加速光束局域空间频率的方法, 通过非线性拟合给出了可以精确描述Airy光束局域空间频率的解析公式; 确定了加速光束的局域空间频率函数与加速轨迹之间的定量关系, 给出了由给定加速轨迹计算相应的局域空间频率以及加速光束的纯相位函数的一种简单计算方法. 将上述分析结果用于设计产生具有给定加速轨迹的加速光束所需的相位函数, 成功求出了能够产生圆弧形加速轨迹的新型加速光束的纯相位函数的解析表达式. 基于该相位函数设计的纯相位衍射光学元件的模拟衍射结果证明了上述方法的可行性. 关键词： 衍射光学 加速光束 局域空间频率     

Thin plate spline radial basis functions for vibration analysis of clamped laminated composite plates

A meshless method based on thin plate spline radial basis functions and higher-order shear deformation theory are presented to analyze the free vibration of clamped laminated composite plates. The singularity of thin plate spline radial basis functions is eliminated by adding infinitesimal to the zero distance. Convergence characteristics of the present thin plate spline radial basis functions for the vibration analysis of the clamped laminated plates are investigated. The frequencies computed by the present method agree well with the available published results.     

红外光学材料折射率均匀性的测量不确定度评定

基于多样品多型号仪器的测试信息及其GUM和MCM方法,讨论了四步干涉法测量红外光学材料折射率均匀性的测量范围及其测量不确定度评定。红外干涉测量的绝对灵敏度和准确度虽不及可见激光干涉仪,但采用了四步干涉测量的方法,消除了干涉仪的固有系统误差,有利于实现对红外光学材料折射率均匀性的高准确度测量。实际测试表明,该测量范围覆盖110-5～510-3,测量相对标准不确定度为210-1～210-2。     

Electron and hole injection in metal-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon structures

The kinetics of electron and hole accumulation in metal-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor structures is studied. Experimental data are compared with a theoretical model that takes into account tunnel injection, electron and hole capture by traps in amorphous silicon nitride SiN_x, and trap ionization. Agreement between experimental and calculated data is obtained for the bandgap width E _g = 8.0 eV of amorphous SiO₂, which corresponds to the barrier for holes Φ_h = 3.8 eV at the Si/SiO₂ interface. The tunneling effective masses for holes in SiO₂ and SiN_x are estimated at m _h ^* ≈ (0.4–0.5)m ₀. The parameters of electron and hole traps in SiN_x are determined within the phonon-coupled trap model: the optical energy W _opt = 2.6 eV and the thermal energy W _T = 1.3 eV.     

Clifford分析中奇异积分的Poincaré-Bertrand置换公式

借助于多元复分析的思想，本文证明了Ｃｌｉｆｏｒｄ分析中奇异积分的Ｐｏｉｎｃａｒé－Ｂｅｒｔｒａｎｄ置换公式．     

Initial study on the structure and photoluminescence properties of SiC films doped with Al

SiC films doped with aluminum (Al) were prepared by the rf-magnetron sputtering technique on p-Si substrates with a composite target of a single crystalline SiC containing several Al pieces on the surface. The as-deposited films were annealed in the temperature range of 400-800 °C under nitrogen ambient. The thin films have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results show that the introduction of Al into films hinders crystalline formation process. And with the increase of annealing temperature, more Si particles are formed in the films, which strongly affect the optical absorption properties. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the samples show two peaks at 370 nm and 412 nm. The intensities of the PL peaks are evidently improved after Al doped. We attribute the origin of the two PL peaks to a kind of Si-related defect centres. The obtained results are expected to have important applications in modern optoelectronic devices.     

Practical Security Analysis of Self-Referenced CV-QKD System in the Presence of Polarization Aberration

How to remove local oscillator (LO) side channel attacks has been a notoriously hard problem in continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD). In the self-referenced CV-QKD schemes, the LO signal is locally generated at the receiver by an independent laser so that it is not co-transmitted with the quantum signal. This simple solution removes all LO side channels. However it also introduces some other practical vulnerabilities. Especially the polarization states of the quantum signal and LO signal may not be identical across the detector because of the presence of the polarization aberrations. Thus, the detection efficiency which is arguably the most critical experiment parameter of the practical implementation will be impaired. In this paper, we analyze the impact of polarization aberrations on the detection efficiency for CV-QKD and propose a self-referenced CV-QKD scheme in the presence of polarization aberrations by using an off-axis optical system. In the proposed scheme, the polarization states of the quantum signal would change with the off-axis optical system, thus impairing the heterodyne efficiency. Our security analysis shows a gap between the theory and practice of CV-QKD.

     

Design,Synthesis and Herbicidal Activity of Novel Sulfonylureas Containing Tetrahydrophthalimide Substructure

To develop novel sulfonylurea herbicides, a series of chlorsulfuron derivatives was designed and synthesized through introducing tetrahydrophthalimide substructure taken from protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase(PPO) inhibitors onto the critical 5-position of the classical benzene ring. The structures of title compounds were confirmed by infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet spectroscopy, ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectrometry, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. In addition, the crystal structure of compound II-5 was further determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. Bioassay results showed that individual compounds exhibited good herbicidal activities, especially compound II-8, which displayed 100% inhibition rate against Echinochloa crusgalli at 150 g/ha(1 ha=10⁴ m²) with the method of foliage spray in the pot experiment.