Synthesis of Cu3Sn Alloy Nanocrystals through Sequential Reduction Induced by Gradual Increase of the Reaction Temperature

Cu₃Sn alloy nanocrystals are synthesized by sequential reduction of Cu and Sn precursors through a gradual increase of the reaction temperature. By transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (EDS), UV/Vis spectroscopy, and X‐ray diffraction (XRD) analyses, the alloy formation mechanism of Cu₃Sn nanocrystals has been studied. The incremental increase of the reaction temperature sequentially induces the reduction of Sn, the diffusion of Sn into the preformed Cu nanocrystals, resulting in the intermediate phase of Cu–Sn alloy nanocrystals, and then the formation of Cu₃Sn alloy nanocrystals. We anticipate that the synthesis of Cu₃Sn alloy nanocrystals encourages studies toward the synthesis of various alloy nanomaterials.     

一种扫描行负反馈法克服交叉干扰的研究与应用

通过采用扫描行负反馈法，提高了选通电压差，使对比度得到提高。相对于同样对比度的情况下，克服了交叉干扰。     

Analyzing GPS signals to investigate path diversity effects of non‐geostationary orbit satellite communication systems

The concept behind path diversity is that a user who can access several satellites simultaneously will be able to communicate more effectively than a user who could only access one. The success of this method depends on the environment, the satellite constellation, and diversity combining technology. This paper explores the path diversity effects of non‐geostationary orbit (NGO) satellite personal communication services, for different degrees of user mobility, under various scenarios, using the constellation of the global positioning system (GPS). Measurements are taken near downtown Taipei. Three types of mobilities (fixed‐point, pedestrian, and vehicular) are examined, and the switch diversity and maximum ratio combining method are applied to determine the path diversity gain and calculate bit error probability. The error probability performance of applying diversity schemes in coherent binary phase shift keying (BPSK) and non‐coherent differential phase shift keying (DPSK) modulations over Rician fading channels are also analysed and evaluated by using the characteristic function method. The results show that fading can be significantly reduced and diversity greatly increased. A significant diversity gain and improvement in bit error rate (BER) can be expected in all cases by simply applying switch diversity scheme. Besides, for the maximum ratio combining method, the results imply that summing two satellite signals suffices to increase diversity and improve the bit error rate performance. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

二苯醚烷基化反应中酸性离子液体的循环使用

使用酸性离子液体催化二苯醚与十二烯烷基化反应,考察了离子液体的失活原因,提出了循环使用离子液体的解决办法.在二苯醚与十二烯烷基化反应中, Lewis酸性离子液体不能多次循环使用的原因是离子液体与二苯醚相互作用导致具有催化活性的Al2Cl72－分解、流失.改变离子液体的阳离子不能从本质上解决其与二苯醚间的相互作用.适时补加损失量的AlCl3使离子液体的Lewis酸性得以恢复,可以解决体系中酸性离子液体循环使用问题,循环使用8次后产物产率仍保持90％左右.     

A fluorophore's electron-deficiency does matter in designing high-performance near-infrared fluorescent probes

The applications of most fluorescent probes available for Glutathione S-Transferases (GSTs), including NI3 which we developed recently based on 1,8-naphthalimide (NI), are limited by their short emission wavelengths due to insufficient penetration. To realize imaging at a deeper depth, near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probes are required. Here we report for the first time the designing of NIR fluorescent probes for GSTs by employing the NIR fluorophore HCy which possesses a higher brightness, hydrophilicity and electron-deficiency relative to NI. Intriguingly, with the same receptor unit, the HCy-based probe is always more reactive towards glutathione than the NI-based one, regardless of the specific chemical structure of the receptor unit. This was proved to result from the higher electron-deficiency of HCy instead of its higher hydrophilicity based on a comprehensive analysis. Further, with caging of the autofluorescence being crucial and more difficult to achieve via photoinduced electron transfer (PET) for a NIR probe, the quenching mechanism of HCy-based probes was proved to be PET for the first time with femtosecond transient absorption and theoretical calculations. Thus, HCy2 and HCy9, which employ receptor units less reactive than the one adopted in NI3, turned out to be the most appropriate NIR probes with high-sensitivity and little nonenzymatic background noise. They were then successfully applied to detecting GST in cells, tissues and tumor xenografts in vivo. Additionally, unlike HCy2 with a broad isoenzyme selectivity, HCy9 is specific for GSTA1-1, which is attributed to its lower reactivity and the higher effectiveness of GSTA1-1 in stabilizing the active intermediate via H-bonds based on docking simulations.

An abnormal and intriguing phenomenon that the fluorophore''s electron-deficiency could affect a probe''s performance is now revealed for the first time.     

Mushroom tyrosinase inhibition activity of some chromones

Currently, aloesin is used in the cosmetic industry as a whitening agent because it inhibits tyrosinase activity. Aloesin is a C-glycosylated chromone compound isolated from aloe, and it is difficult to synthesize because of C-glycosyl moiety in the molecule. The purpose of this study is to search for a new chromone compound which is easy to synthesize and which posesses stronger tyrosinase inhibitory activity than aloesin. Fourteen chromone derivatives were synthesized and screened for their mushroom-tyrosinase inhibitory activity. 5-Methyl-7-methoxy-2-(2'-benzyl-3'-oxobutyl)chromone (15) showed the strongest activity among tested compounds. Its activity was not only stronger than aloesin, but also stronger than arbutin and kojic acid. The kinetic analysis revealed a competitive inhibition of 15 with tyrosinase for the L-tyrosine binding site.     

碳酸二甲酯法制备1,5-萘二氨基甲酸甲酯中间产物的结构表征

研究发现,由碳酸二甲酯与1,5-萘二胺合成1,5-萘二氨基甲酸甲酯的反应是一个经过中间产物的串联反应。关于这个中间产物,在目前现有的各种文献中未见报道。本文利用萃取、结晶等分离手段提纯出了该中间产物,并通过质谱、元素分析、红外光谱以及核磁共振谱等分析方法对其组成和结构进行了测定,结果表明该中间产物的分子量为216,组成为C12H12N2O2,结构为5-氨基-萘基-1-氨基甲酸甲酯。     

新型絮凝剂F－717对抗生素M－90发酵液预处理研究

本文设计了九种有机、无机絮凝剂对新抗Ｍ—９０发酵液预处理的方法研究，探索了以新型絮凝剂Ｆ－７１７与ＺｎＳＯ４、ＡｌＣｌ３等各种絮凝剂的加入量对发酵液滤速，光密度与效价的关系。     

几种固态芳烃与银离子配合物形成常数的测定

作者曾报道用溶质蒸气循环方式制备液态芳烃的饱和溶液,测出苯、甲苯、二甲苯、卤代苯等液态芳烃在水和硝酸银体系中的溶解度,并计算了上述芳烃与Ag~+配合物的形成常数。 具有C=C双键的许多固态芳烃也象液态芳烃一样可与银离子形成配合物,我们设计了溶质蒸气循环方式制备固态芳烃的装置,该法的最大特点是固态溶质和溶剂不直接接触,可以避免固态溶质颗粒在溶剂中的分散和容器壁上的吸附现象,因此用本法测定的溶解度和配合物的形成常数数据可靠、精确。