Impact of the Acetaldehyde-Mediated Condensation on the Phenolic Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Vitis vinifera L. Cv. Merlot Wine

Acetaldehyde is a critical reactant on modifying the phenolic profile during red wine aging, suggesting that the acetaldehyde-mediated condensation can be responsible for the variation of antioxidant activity during the aging of this beverage. The present study employs exogenous acetaldehyde at six levels of treatment (7.86 ± 0.10–259.02 ± 4.95 mg/L) before the bottle aging of Merlot wines to encourage phenolic modification. Acetaldehyde and antioxidant activity of wine were evaluated at 0, 15, 30, 45, 60 and 75 days of storage, while monomeric and polymeric phenolics were analyzed at 0, 30 and 75 days of storage. The loss of acetaldehyde was fitted to a first-order reaction model, the rate constant (k) demonstrated that different chemical reaction happened in wines containing a different initial acetaldehyde. The disappearance of monomeric phenolics and the formation of polymeric phenolics induced by acetaldehyde could be divided into two phases, the antioxidant activity of wine did not alter significantly in the first phase, although most monomeric phenolics vanished, but the second phase would dramatically reduce the antioxidant activity of wine. Furthermore, a higher level of acetaldehyde could shorten the reaction time of the first phase. These results indicate that careful vinification handling aiming at controlling the acetaldehyde allows one to maintain prolonged biological activity during wine aging.     

Efficient and stable wireless power transfer based on the non-Hermitian physics

As one of the most attractive non-radiative power transfer mechanisms without cables,efficient magnetic resonance wireless power transfer(WPT)in the near field has been extensively developed in recent years,and promoted a variety of practical applications,such as mobile phones,medical implant devices and electric vehicles.However,the physical mechanism behind some key limitations of the resonance WPT,such as frequency splitting and size-dependent efficiency,is not very clear under the widely used circuit model.Here,we review the recently developed efficient and stable resonance WPT based on non-Hermitian physics,which starts from a completely different avenue(utilizing loss and gain)to introduce novel functionalities to the resonance WPT.From the perspective of non-Hermitian photonics,the coherent and incoherent effects compete and coexist in the WPT system,and the weak stable of energy transfer mainly comes from the broken phase associated with the phase transition of parity-time symmetry.Based on this basic physical framework,some optimization schemes are proposed,including using nonlinear effect,using bound states in the continuum,or resorting to the system with high-order parity-time symmetry.Moreover,the combination of non-Hermitian physics and topological photonics in multi-coil system also provides a versatile platform for long-range robust WPT with topological protection.Therefore,the non-Hermitian physics can not only exactly predict the main results of current WPT systems,but also provide new ways to solve the difficulties of previous designs.     

基于第一性原理的锂空气电池钌掺杂石墨烯正极 氧还原反应机理研究

双电解液锂空气电池因其高理论能量密度受到广泛研究,但电池正极侧氧还原反应(ORR)速率低,其反应速率是限制锂空气电池发展的主要因素之一.本文提出了以钌(Ru)掺杂单层石墨烯作为正极ORR催化剂,采用第一性原理计算nRu (n=1～3)掺杂石墨烯的电子结构和氧气在Ru掺杂石墨烯表面的吸附性能,并以过渡态搜索方法获得ORR反应路径,研究碱性溶液中Ru掺杂单层石墨烯作用下的ORR机理.研究结果表明,经Ru原子掺杂后,石墨烯能够获得稳定的掺杂结构,且电导率显著提升.同原始单层石墨烯相比,Ru掺杂石墨烯增强了对O₂的吸附能力.在三Ru(n=3)掺杂石墨烯表面进行的ORR无需克服任何能垒.此外,三Ru掺杂石墨烯表面对OH基团的吸附能最低,有利于ORR的连续进行.研究表明三Ru掺杂石墨烯有望成为一种新型的ORR催化剂以提高双电解液锂空气电池的性能.     

Prospective study on observations of γ-ray sources in the Galaxy using the HADAR experiment

The High Altitude Detection of Astronomical Radiation (HADAR) experiment is a refracting terrestrial telescope array based on the atmospheric Cherenkov imaging technique. It focuses the Cherenkov light emitted by extensive air showers through a large aperture water-lens system for observing very-high-energy γ-rays and cosmic rays. With the advantages of a large field-of-view (FOV) and low energy threshold, the HADAR experiment operates in a large-scale sky scanning mode to observe galactic sources. This study presents the prospects of using the HADAR experiment for the sky survey of TeV γ-ray sources from TeVCat and provids a one-year survey of statistical significance. Results from the simulation show that a total of 23 galactic point sources, including five supernova remnant sources and superbubbles, four pulsar wind nebula sources, and 14 unidentified sources, were detected in the HADAR FOV with a significance greater than 5 standard deviations (σ). The statistical significance for the Crab Nebula during one year of operation reached 346.0 σ and the one-year integral sensitivity of HADAR above 1 TeV was ~1.3%–2.4% of the flux from the Crab Nebula.     

ComBn(m+n≤6)团簇的结构，电子特性和磁性研究

基于密度泛函理论和卡里普索结构预测方法,系统研究了ComBn(m+n≤6)团簇的结构,电子特性和磁性。首先,通过卡里普索结构预测方法获得了体系的基态和亚稳态结构。基于基态结构,利用HOMO-LUMO能隙,垂直电离势,垂直电子亲和势和化学硬度分析了掺杂体系的稳定性。最后,研究了基态结构对应的自然布局分布,自然电子组态等电子特性和磁性。     

CeO_2和Y_2Ba_1Cu_1O_(5-δ)共同掺杂对Y_1Ba_2Cu_3O_(7-δ)的超导电性及其晶格结构的影响

采用固相反应法成功制备出一批Y123与Y211的摩尔比为1∶0.47的混合物,并在此混合物的基础上掺入CeO2,掺入的比例x分别为0.5wt%、1.0wt%、2.0wt%、3.0wt%、4.0wt%。采用了X-射线衍射仪对样品的晶格结构进行了分析,测量结果表明:x=1.0wt%时掺杂效果最好,同时也充分说明Y123的晶格结构与其超导电性之间存在着一种内在的必然关联。并通过对其测试临界转变温度以及转变宽度,测量结果也充分验证了上述结论。     

Structural and electronic properties of cobalt carbide Co2C and its surface stability: Density functional theory study

Density functional theory calculations have been performed to investigate the structural and electronic properties of bulk Co₂C and the stability of low index Co₂C surfaces. We found that the formation of Co₂C is exothermic with the formation energy of ? 0.81 eV/Co₂C with respect to Co under the presence of syngas (mixture of CO and H₂). While formed Co₂C can be decomposed further to metal Co and graphite carbon with modest energy gain of 0.37 eV/Co₂C. This suggests that Co₂C is only metastable in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis, which agrees well with experimental findings. The density of states (DOSs) reveals that the Co₂C is paramagnetic and strong metallic-like. The difference of charge density analysis indicates that the bond of Co₂C is of the mixtures of metallic, covalent, and ionic properties. A variety of low index Co₂C surfaces with different terminations are studied. We find that the surface energy of low index stoichiometric Co₂C highly relies on the surface area, the number of coordination of surface atoms and the surface dipole, with the decreased stability order of (101) > (011) > (010) > (110) > (100) > (001) = (111). Our results indicate that under Co-poor condition, the formation of non ? stoichiometric surface (011) and (111) without terminated cobalt is energetically more favorable, while under Co-rich condition the formation of non ? stoichiometric (111) surface with cobalt overlayer are preferential.     

Effects of Organic Acids on the Release of Fruity Esters in Water: An Insight at the Molecular Level

It is well known that organic acids (OAs) could affect the flavour of fruit juices and beverages. However, the molecular mechanism of aroma release is still unclear. In this study, the effects of citric acid (CA), L-(-)-malic acid (MA) and L-lactic acid (LA) on the release of six selected esters and their sensory perception were investigated by means of HS-GC-MS analyses and odour detection threshold determination, respectively. Meanwhile, the density functional theory (DFT) calculation was employed to explore the interaction modes between esters and OAs. HS-GC-MS analyses showed that the concentration and the type of OAs regulated the release of esters. The results were basically consistent with the detection threshold change of those esters. The DFT calculation suggested that the main intermolecular interaction was hydrogen bonds, and several esters could form a ternary ring structure with OAs through hydrogen bonds. The interactions can induce the different release behaviours of esters in OAs water solution. The number of carboxyl functional groups in OAs and the spatial conformation of esters appeared to influence the magnitude of the interaction. The above results demonstrated the mechanism of OAs affecting the release of esters and indicated a possible flavour control way by using different OAs and OA concentrations.     

Base-Promoted Formylation and N-Difluoromethylation of Azaindoles with Ethyl Bromodifluoroacetate as a Carbon Source

Main observation and conclusion We reported for the first time that ethyl bromodifluoroacetate directly reacts with azaindole without transition metal catalysis...