Luminescence-Based Optical Fiber Chemical Sensors

Abstract

A scheme for the simultaneous determination of temperature and analyte concentration for application in luminescence-based chemical sensors is proposed. This scheme is applied to an optical oxygen sensor, which is based on the quenching of the fluorescence of a ruthenium complex. Temperature measurement is performed using the excitation radiation and an absorption long-pass filter. Preliminary results are presented that show the viability of an oxygen measurement that is independent of temperature and optical power level. The possibility of self-referenced temperature measurements with semiconductor nanoparticles is also investigated. In order to optimize the sensor design, several different optical fiber probe geometries for oxygen sensing are tested and compared, including different methods of coupling radiation into the optical fiber system. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polyacrylamide membranes are tested as supports for sensor immobilization in fiber-optical pH sensing devices in aqueous solution. Some results are presented that show the feasibility of using fiber-optical pH indicators for remote monitoring.     

Modelling the metabolic action of human and rat CYP1A2 and its relationship with the carcinogenicity of heterocyclic amines

Cytochrome P450 (CYP) is a family of enzymes responsible for organism detoxification. However, some of the members of the CYP1A subfamily also catalyse the activation of heterocyclic amines (HAs), present in cooked meat, to carcinogenic compounds which have been shown to increase the risk of breast, colorectal and lung cancer. In humans, CYP1A2 is the enzyme with the most significant action in HA metabolism but in rodents CYP1A1 is also important in this biotransformation. Understanding the metabolic action of these enzymes is essential to predict the factors that enable the formation of the carcinogenic products. We have built two models of CYP1A2, one for the human enzyme and one for the rat homologue. The templates chosen include the only X-ray structure published to date for a mammal CYP, a quimeric C2A5 from rabbit, as well as CYPs belonging to Bacillus megaterium (CYPBm-3), Pseudomonas putida (CYPcam), Pseudomonas sp. (CYPterp), and Saccharopolyspora erythraea (CYPeryf). Two HAs, MeIQ (2-amino-3,4-dimethylimidazo[4,5-?]quinoline) and MeIQx (2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-?]quinoxaline), known substrates of human and rat CYPIA2, were docked in the active site of the models, providing information regarding the different catalytic rates associated with the metabolisms in both enzymes. This is important for analysing the behaviour of animal models concerning the testing of anticancer drugs.     

An adaptive algorithm for strongly chirped pulses propagating in optical fibers

Chirp, especially strong chirp, can be used to control the pulses in optical fibers, but it makes numerical simulation difficult by using the time-domain beam propagation method (TD-BPM) because of more sampling data requirements. In this paper, we present a modified beam propagation method (M-BPM) to efficiently simulate the propagation of strongly chirped pulses along an optical fiber. The validity of the M-BPM is demonstrated both theoretically and numerically. Numerical simulations show that the number of samples in time necessary to simulate the chirped pulse propagation by the TD-BPM varies linearly with the initial chirp parameter, but that of the M-BPM is the same one would need to simulate the propagation of the envelope without the initial chirp. In addition, the closer the propagation distance is to the temporal focal length, the more efficient the M-BPM comparing with the TD-BPM is.     

Equivalent properties of single event burnout induced by different sources

The experimental results of single event burnout induced by heavy ions and 252Cf fission fragments in power MOSFET devices have been investigated. It is concluded that the characteristics of single event burnout induced by 252Cf fission fragments is consistent to that in heavy ions. The power MOSFET in the "turn-off" state is more susceptible to single event burnout than it is in the "turn-on" state. The thresholds of the drain-source voltage for single event burnout induced by 173 MeV bromine ions and 252Cf fission fragments are close to each other, and the burnout cross section is sensitive to variation of the drain-source voltage above the threshold of single event burnout. In addition, the current waveforms of single event burnouts induced by different sources are similar. Different power MOSFET devices may have different probabilities for the occurrence of single event burnout.     

Equivalent properties of single event burnout induced by different sources

The experimental results of single event burnout induced by heavy ions and 252Cf fission fragments in power MOSFET devices have been investigated. It is concluded that the characteristics of single event burnout induced by 252Cf fission fragments is consistent to that in heavy ions. The power MOSFET in the ＂turn-off＂ state is more susceptible to single event burnout than it is in the ＂turn-on＂ state. The thresholds of the drain-source voltage for single event burnout induced by 173 MeV bromine ions and ^252Cf fission fragments are close to each other, and the burnout cross section is sensitive to variation of the drain-source voltage above the threshold of single event burnout. In addition, the current waveforms of single event burnouts induced by different sources are similar. Different power MOSFET devices may have different probabilities for the occurrence of single event burnout.     

基于MEMS姿态传感器的声矢量传感器设计

针对声矢量传感器姿态变化难以准确测量导致目标测向精度低的现状,设计一种微型MEMS姿态传感器,并将其封装在声矢量传感器内部,实现基于MEMS姿态传感器的声矢量传感器设计。首先根据声矢量传感器姿态测量与校正原理,采用四元数姿态解算方法及扩展卡尔曼滤波器设计MEMS姿态传感器,并对其进行姿态精度测试;然后基于MEMS姿态传感器进行声矢量传感器样机设计、制作、参数测试;最后对样机进行了海上实验,结果表明,通过姿态校正后声矢量传感器目标方位估计精度与GPS推算方位精度一致,验证了利用MEMS姿态传感器设计声矢量传感器的可行性。     

浅海舰船噪声声强流的垂直方向性

浅海环境中,确定性声源的多途声信号干涉使得接收点处声强流的方向发生改变,不再与声源位置处的声强流方向一致。只测量声场的标量声强时,无法得到接收点处声强流的垂直方向性,而基于简正波矢量场建模和仿真,可获得理想条件下宽带点声源激发声场声强流的垂直方向性。本文采用单矢量水听器进行海上实验,获得了海洋环境噪声和干扰条件下舰船噪声声强流的垂直方向性。仿真和实验结果表明:远场条件下,浅海干涉现象引起接收点处声强流的方向(极角)随频率和距离变化,其时间-频率分布呈现与LOFAR谱干涉条纹相似的条纹,声强流的极角值主要分布在70?～110?范围内。     

加磁场对GZO薄膜结构及光电性能的影响

采用射频磁控溅射法在玻璃基底上制备了Ga掺杂ZnO (GZO)薄膜,在传统磁控溅射系统中引入外加磁场,探究了磁场强度变化对GZO薄膜晶体结构和光电性能的影响.结果表明:所制得的GZO薄膜结构均为六角纤锌结构且在[002]方向沿C轴择优取向;外加磁场强度对薄膜的光电性能具有较大影响,在可见光范围内,薄膜的平均透光率超过93;,并出现了Moss-Burstein效应;薄膜的电学性能得到提升,其电阻率从4.96×10-3 Ω·cm降至3.17×10-4Ω·cm,霍尔迁移率从7.36cm2 ·V-1 ·S-1增至9.53 cm2·V-1·S-1.     

香豆素类化合物的一种新合成方法

香豆素类化合物是一类重要的有生物活性的天然产物,也可用作香料、阻凝剂和三线态光敏剂。用 Meldrum 酸合成该类化合物,已有一些报道。我们在研究 Meldrum 酸系列     

全局特征及弱尺度融合策略的小样本语音情感识别

语音是一种短时平稳时频信号,因此大多数的研究者都通过分帧来提取情感特征。然而,分帧后提取的特征为局部特征,无法准确反应情感语音动态特性,故单纯采用局部特征往往无法构建鲁棒的情感识别系统。针对这个问题,先在不分帧的语音信号里通过多尺度最优小波包分解提取语句级全局特征,分帧后再提取384维的语句级局部特征,并利用Fisher准则进行降维,最后提出一种弱尺度融合策略来将这两种语句级特征进行融合,再利用SVM进行情感分类。基于柏林情感库的实验结果表明本文方法较单纯使用语句级局部特征最后识别率提高了4.2%到13.8%,特别在小样本的情况下,语音情感识别率波动较小。