Rational design of iridium–porphyrin conjugates for novel synergistic photodynamic and photothermal therapy anticancer agents

Near-infrared (NIR) emitters are important probes for biomedical applications. Nanoparticles (NPs) incorporating mono- and tetranuclear iridium(iii) complexes attached to a porphyrin core have been synthesized. They possess deep-red absorbance, long-wavelength excitation (635 nm) and NIR emission (720 nm). TD-DFT calculations demonstrate that the iridium–porphyrin conjugates herein combine the respective advantages of small organic molecules and transition metal complexes as photosensitizers (PSs): (i) the conjugates retain the long-wavelength excitation and NIR emission of porphyrin itself; (ii) the conjugates possess highly effective intersystem crossing (ISC) to obtain a considerably more long-lived triplet photoexcited state. These photoexcited states do not have the usual radiative behavior of phosphorescent Ir(iii) complexes, and they play a very important role in promoting the singlet oxygen (¹O₂) and heat generation required for photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT). The tetranuclear 4-Ir NPs exhibit high ¹O₂ generation ability, outstanding photothermal conversion efficiency (49.5%), good biocompatibility, low half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC₅₀) (0.057 μM), excellent photothermal imaging and synergistic PDT and PTT under 635 nm laser irradiation. To our knowledge this is the first example of iridium–porphyrin conjugates as PSs for photothermal imaging-guided synergistic PDT and PTT treatment in vivo.

Iridium–porphyrin conjugates assembled in nanoparticles are photosensitizers that exhibit excellent photothermal imaging and synergistic PDT and PTT in vivo.     

EicC对撞光学设计

EicC是中国科学院近代物理研究所计划建造的中国电子-离子对撞机装置,该对撞机质心能位于20 GeV附近,是研究海夸克的最佳能量窗口,同时还可研究胶子和价夸克。EicC对撞粒子为高极化率质子和电子束团,质子环pRing采用八字环设计方案,可以更好地保持极化质子束团极化率,电子环eRing采用跑道形环设计方案,可以更好地利用隧道空间。该装置电子束流能量中心值为3.5 GeV,电子束RMS发射度为水平方向60 nm·rad,垂直方向60 nm·rad,对撞点b函数为水平方向0.4 m,垂直方向0.12 m;质子束流能量中心值20 GeV,质子束RMS发射度为水平方向300 nm·rad,垂直方向180 nm·rad,对撞点b函数为水平方向0.08 m,垂直方向0.04 m,设计亮度2×1033 cm–2s–1。EicC采用双对撞区非对称光学设计,通过对EicC不同色品补偿方案的研究,最终确定了弧区加短直线节共同补偿的色品补偿方案;通过研究对撞点处b函数以及对撞点间相移对动力学孔径的影响,最终得到pRing动力学孔径大于8 s(s为束团RMS尺寸)、eRing动力学孔径大于20 s,满足大于束团尺寸6 s的要求。     

An improved evaluation of the neutron background in the PandaX-Ⅱ experiment

In dark matter direct detection experiments,neutron is a serious source of background,which can mimic the dark matter-nucleus scattering signals.In this paper,we present an improved evaluation of the neutron background in the PandaX-II dark matter experiment by a novel approach.Instead of fully relying on the Monte Carlo simulation,the overall neutron background is determined from the neutron-induced high energy signals in the data.In addition,the probability of producing a dark-matter-like background per neutron is evaluated with a complete Monte Carlo generator,where the correlated emission of neutron(s)andγ(s)in the(α,n)reactions and spontaneous fissions is taken into consideration.With this method,the neutron backgrounds in the Run 9(26-ton-day)and Run 10(28-ton-day)data sets of PandaX-II are estimated to be(0.66±0.24)and(0.47±0.25)events,respectively.     

Anisotropic phononic crystal structure with low-frequency bandgap and heat flux manipulation

This study presents a two-dimensional phononic crystal with heat flux manipulation and wide bandgaps of out-of-plane modes within the low-frequency range. The anisotropic matrix made of spiral-multilayered materials with different thermal conductivities, and the coating layer inserted with metal are designed for heat flux manipulation. Rubber-coated metal cylinders are periodically embedded in the anisotropic matrix to obtain the low-frequency bandgaps of out-of-plane modes. Numerical simulation is carried out to validate the heat and elastic characteristics of the spiral-multilayered anisotropic structure and reveal the effects of the laying angle and temperature on the bandgaps. Subsequently, a spiral-multilayered plate with periodic structures is studied, which shows an obvious vibration attenuation in the frequency ranges of the bandgaps and a deflected heat flux from the initial propagation direction. In the experimental investigation, the multi-phase spiral-multilayered anisotropic plate is simplified to a single-phase anisotropic plate made of aluminum. The characteristics of this type of anisotropic phononic crystal structure may pave the way for the design of a new kind of thermo-acoustic metamaterial serving in combined thermal and acoustic environments.     

Quantum chemical study on the abstraction reaction of alkylidenegermylene with oxirane and thiirane

The mechanisms of theion reaction of alkylidenegermylene with oxirane and thiirane have been characterized detail in using density functional theory, as well as ab initio method, including geometry optimization and vibrational analysis for the involved stationary points on the potential energy surface. Energies were calculated by CCSD(T)/6-311G(d)//B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) method for the involved conformations. The results show that the reaction pathways for both reactions consist of two ways: (1) the reactants can yield bent products (P1; P4) by syn-isomers; (2) the reactants can also yield three-membered products (P2; P5) by anti-isomers, which then further react with oxirane and thiirane to form the ultimate products (P3-1, P3-2; P6). Furthermore, a comparison with alkylidenecarbene, oxirane, and thiirane was done.     

疏水色谱法的进展及其在生化研究中的应用

着重评述了疏水色谱法的理论研究及疏水固定相中无机填料、有机填料、非多孔填料以及大孔膜的新发展,并对疏水色谱法在生物大分子的分离、纯化和生化研究中的应用,包括在蛋白质复性、折叠和分子构象变化等方面的应用作了介绍,全文包括６２篇文献和一张表格。     

碳酸二苯酯中微量杂质的高效液相色谱分析

碳酸二苯酯和双酚A产生酯交换和缩聚反应,制得聚碳酸酯.聚碳酸酯耐压、透明性好,在机械制造、电子电器、军事及照明工业.安全与医疗器械等许多方面有着广泛的用途,是一种性能优良的工程塑料.聚碳酸酯的色泽与许多因素有关.由于原料碳酸二苯酯在制造过程中,一些沸点与之相近的杂质极易残留在产品里.要想得到高质量的聚碳酸酯,必须使其每一种杂质含量控制在100μg/g以下.至今未见报道同时检测碳酸二苯酯中3种微量杂质的分析方法.因此,本文结合单位工艺研究建立了一种用液相色谱进行分析的方法.     

二氢嘧啶并[4,5-d]嘧啶类衍生物作为集落刺激因子-1受体激酶抑制剂的分子对接和定量构效关系研究

集落刺激因子-1受体激酶（CSF-1R）属于Ⅲ型受体酪氨酸激酶家族成员,其在调控单核巨噬细胞系中发挥重要作用。CSF-1R及其配体异常表达与肿瘤发展过程密切相关。因此,CSF-1R信号传导可成为抗肿瘤治疗的有吸引力的靶标。本文用比较分子场分析法（CoMFA）和比较分子相似性指数分析法（CoMSIA）研究了54个二氢嘧啶并[4,5-d]嘧啶类CSF-1R激酶抑制剂的三维定量构效关系（3D-QSAR）。基于配体叠合,CoMFA和CoMSIA模型的交叉验证系数（q2）分别为0.725和0.636,拟合验证系数（r2）分别为0.960和0.958,结果表明这两种模型均具有较好的预测能力。所建模型的等势图能直观反映分子不同取代基对活性的影响,其中立体场和疏水场对活性的贡献较大。通过分子对接研究显示,氨基酸残基Cys666、Asp796在配体和受体结合过程中产生作用,分子对接的结合模式与3D-QSAR得到的结果一致。这些信息为进一步优化CSF-1R激酶抑制剂提供了理论基础。     

漩涡辅助-分散液液微萃取-高效液相色谱法测定沉积物中的多环芳烃

建立了漩涡辅助萃取(VAE)分散液液微萃取(DLLME)高效液相色普法(HPLC)测定水系沉积物中多环芳烃(PAHs)的方法。对萃取剂和分散剂的种类及体积、萃取时间、盐效应及pH值等参数进行了优化。在优化条件下,方法检出限为2.3～6.8 ng/g,线性范围为10～2100 ng/g,相关系数0.9986～0.9994,低、中、高3个浓度水平的平均加标回收率分别为85.2%±4.7%,85.0%±5.0%和85.0%±5.1%,平均相对标准偏差(RSD)分别为5.7%,6.1%和5.7%。采用本方法对实际沉积物样品中PAHs进行分析,所有沉积物样品中均检出PAHs,3组不同采样深度沉积物样品中PAHs平均含量分别为73.3,49 8和28.3 ng/g,平均加标回收率分别为84.8%±4.8%,83.1%±4.7%和84.6%±4.6%。     

Rapid Sample Pretreatment,Identification and Determination of Active Constitutents in Water‐soluble Radix isatidis Extract via MAE,ESI‐MS and RODWs‐HPLC

In this study, we successfully studied water‐soluble extract from Radix isatidis. Optimized conditions of MAE were listed, the sample can be extracted completely in 10 minutes under microwave power of 400W and solid/liquid ratio of 1:80. Active compounds in water‐soluble extract from R. isatidis were identified with HPLC‐DAD/ESI‐MS, these compounds followed by cytidine, uridine, guanosine, (R,S)‐goitrin and adenosine. RODWs–HPLC as a new sensitive chromatography were also first proposed and investigated, we favoringly used this method for simultaneous determination of these active constitutents in water‐soluble R. isatidis extract. Chromatographic separation was performed on a Diamonsil C18 column (5 μm, 150 mm × 4.6 mm) with a mobile phase gradient consisting of methanol and water at a flow‐rate of 1.0 mL/min, detection wavelengths 240, 250, 260 and 270 nm, the retention times of the tested five compounds were about 4.2, 5.8, 11.1, 14.2 and 20.8 min respectively, the limits of detection were 15, 12, 20, 5.8 and 24 ng/mL for cytidine, uridine, guanosine, (R,S)‐goitrin and adenosine respectively, their linear ranges were between 0.045 and 350 μg/mL with correlation coefficient (R) of 0.9998‐0.9999. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) of intra‐day and inter‐day assays were 0.30‐2.36% and 0.86‐2.54% respectively. Extraction recoveries were 94.25‐106.21%. This novel analytical method was shown to be simple, low‐cost, sensitive and reliable for multiple components in complex or undeveloped materials via MAE, ESI‐MS and RODWs‐HPLC.