Homogeneous,Low-volume,Efficient, and Sensitive Quantitation of Circulating Exosomal PD-L1 for Cancer Diagnosis and Immunotherapy Response Prediction

Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment, but its efficacy is severely hindered by the lack of effective predictors. Herein, we developed a homogeneous, low-volume, efficient, and sensitive exosomal programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1, a type of transmembrane protein) quantitation method for cancer diagnosis and immunotherapy response prediction (HOLMES-Exo_PD-L1). The method combines a newly evolved aptamer that efficiently binds to PD-L1 with less hindrance by antigen glycosylation than antibody, and homogeneous thermophoresis with a rapid binding kinetic. As a result, HOLMES-Exo_PD-L1 is higher in sensitivity, more rapid in reaction time, and easier to operate than existing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-based methods. As a consequence of an outstanding improvement of sensitivity, the level of circulating exosomal PD-L1 detected by HOLMES-Exo_PD-L1 can effectively distinguish cancer patients from healthy volunteers, and for the first time was found to correlate positively with the metastasis of adenocarcinoma. Overall, HOLMES-Exo_PD-L1 brings a fresh approach to exosomal PD-L1 quantitation, offering unprecedented potential for early cancer diagnosis and immunotherapy response prediction.     

五年制专科小学教育专业的教学大纲和教材与小学科学课程标准和教材的对比

对小学科学课程标准与五年制专科小学教育专业“科学·化学”教学大纲中对化学知识内容的要求,以及小学《科学》和高等专科学校《科学·化学》教材中涉及的化学知识内容进行了对比。同时就五年制专科层次小学教育专业化学课程存在的问题进行了讨论,并提出了选择合适的课程教学内容、加强化学实验和化学教材建设、建立理论课程和实验教学新体系模块等建议。     

A novel heterogeneous Co(II)-Fenton-like catalyst for efficient photodegradation by visible light over extended pH

Science China Chemistry - A novel CoII-Fenton-like heterogeneous catalyst, (H3O)2[CoII(phen)(H2O)2]2[MoVI5O15(PO4)2]·4H2O (phen=1,10-phenanthroline, C12N2H8) (1), is synthesized and utilized...     

二氧化硅表面的APTS修饰

3-氨丙基三乙氧基硅烷（APTS）修饰的二氧化硅在生物化学、分析、催化、电子学等领域具有重要的应用前景。本文对近年来APTS修饰二氧化硅的研究进展进行了简要的概述,介绍了APTS修饰二氧化硅的典型方法和APTS修饰层的表征手段,探讨了不同修饰方法可控性及对所形成的APTS层结构及稳定性的影响。     

天然气管道泄漏可调谐二极管激光遥感探测的研究

天然气管道泄漏不仅造成经济损失而且是危险之源。传统的天然气管道泄漏检测技术效率低、速度慢,难以满足实际应用的需要。近年来以近红外二极管激光吸收光谱为基础的光学传感器由于具有灵敏度高、体积小、重量轻和无需维护等优点而得到了广泛的应用。文章以可调谐二极管激光吸收光谱和谐波探测技术为基础进行天然气管道泄漏遥感探测技术的研究,采用二次谐波与一次谐波信号的比值作为系统浓度标定,结果显示浓度与比值之间具有较好的一致性。文章还就不同地形散射体对探测结果的影响进行了测量和分析,实验结果表明二次谐波与一次谐波信号比值标定技术对便携式二极管激光光学测量能够很好的满足实际应用的需要。     

Theoretical study on the catalytic properties of single-atom catalyst stabilised on silicon-doped graphene sheets

ABSTRACT

The stable configurations, electronic structures and catalytic activities of single-atom metal catalyst anchored silicon-doped graphene sheets (3Si-graphene-M, M?=?Ni and Pd) are investigated by using density functional theory calculations. Firstly, the adsorption stability and electronic property of different gas reactants (O₂, CO, 2CO, CO/O₂) on 3Si-graphene-M substrates are comparably analysed. It is found that the coadsorption of O₂/CO or 2CO molecules is more stable than that of the isolated O₂ or CO molecule. Meanwhile, the adsorbed species on 3Si-graphene-Ni sheet are more stable than those on the 3Si-graphene-Pd sheet. Secondly, the possible CO oxidation reactions on the 3Si-graphene-M are investigated through Eley–Rideal (ER), Langmuir–Hinshelwood (LH) and new termolecular Eley–Rideal (TER) mechanisms. Compared with the LH and TER mechanisms, the interaction between 2CO and O₂ molecules (O₂?+?CO → CO₃, CO₃?+?CO → 2CO₂) through ER reactions (< 0.2?eV) are an energetically more favourable. These results provide important reference for understanding the catalytic mechanism for CO oxidation on graphene-based catalyst.     

Influence of Electron–Phonon Interaction on the Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Single-Crystal Si

Lattice thermal conductivity can be reduced by introducing point defect, grain boundary, and nanoscale precipitates to scatter phonons of different wave-lengths, etc. Recently, the effect of electron–phonon (EP) interaction on phonon transport has attracted more and more attention, especially in heavily doped semiconductors. Here the effect of EP interaction in n-type P-doped single-crystal Si has been investigated. The lattice thermal conductivity decreases dramatically with increasing P doping. This reduction on lattice thermal conductivity cannot be explained solely considering point defect scattering. Further, the lattice thermal conductivity can be fitted well by introducing EP interaction into the modified Debye–Callaway model, which demonstrates that the EP interaction can play an important role in reducing lattice thermal conductivity of n-type P-doped single-crystal Si.     

稀土元素(La,Y)掺杂GaN的第一性原理计算

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理赝势平面波方法,对稀土元素La,Y单掺杂和La和Y共掺杂GaN的晶格常数、电子结构及光学性质进行了计算与分析.计算结果表明:掺杂改变了GaN的能带结构,未掺杂和Y掺杂形成导带底和价带顶位于G点的直接带隙半导体,而La掺杂和La和Y共掺杂形成导带底位于G点,价带顶位于Q点的间接带隙半导体.可以通过掺杂元素来调制GaN的禁带宽度和带隙类型,掺杂均提高GaN在低能区的静态介电常数、反射率、折射率,使光子的跃迁强度增大,说明稀土元素La,Y掺杂可有效调制GaN的光电性质.     

Harmonically pump a femtosecond optical parametric oscillator to 1.13 GHz by a femtosecond 515 nm laser

We demonstrate a harmonically pumped femtosecond optical parametric oscillator(OPO)laser using a frequency-doubled mode-locked Yb:KGW laser at a repetition rate of 75.5 MHz as the pump laser.Based on a bismuth borate nonlinear crystal,repetition rates up to 1.13 GHz are realized,which is 15 times that of the pump laser.The signal wavelength is tunable from 700 nm to 887 nm.The maximum power of the signal is 207 m W at the central wavelength of 750 nm and the shortest pulse duration is 117 fs at 780 nm.The beam quality(M^2 factor)in the horizontal and vertical directions of the output beam are 1.077 and 1.141,respectively.     

Strong Pauli paramagnetic effect in the upper critical field of KCa2Fe4As4F2

Recently, 12442 system of Fe-based superconductors has attracted considerable attention owing to its unique double-Fe As-layer structure. A steep increase in the in-plane upper critical field with cooling has been observed near the superconducting transition temperature, Tc, in KCa2Fe4As4F2 single crystals. Herein, we report a high-field investigation on upper critical field of this material over a wide temperature range, and both out-of-plane(H∥c, Hc2c) and in-plane(H∥ab, Hc2ab ) directions have been measured.A sublinear temperature-dependent behavior is observed for the out-of-plane Hc2c , whereas strong convex curvature with cooling is observed for the in-plane Hc2ab . Such behaviors could not be described by the conventional Werthamer-Helfand-Hohenberg(WHH) model. The data analysis based on the WHH model by considering the spin aspects reveals a large Maki parameter α=9,indicating that the in-plane upper critical field is affected by a very strong Pauli paramagnetic effect.