Tetraaquabis[5‐(3‐pyridyl‐κN)pyrimidine]zinc(II) bis(trifluoromethanesulfonate): a novel cationic complex and three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded network

The title compound, [Zn(C₉H₇N₃)₂(H₂O)₄](CF₃O₃S)₂, contains an octahedral [ZnL₂(H₂O)₄]²⁺ cationic complex with trans geometry (Zn site symmetry ), and each 5‐(3‐pyridyl)pyrimidine (L) ligand is coordinated in a monodentate fashion through the pyridine N atom. In the extended structure, these complexes, with both hydrogen‐bond acceptor (pyrimidine) and donor (H₂O) functions, are linked to each other by intermolecular water–pyrimidine O—H...N hydrogen‐bonding interactions, resulting in a double chain along the crystallographic a axis. The trifluoromethanesulfonate anions are integrated into the chains via O—H...O hydrogen bonds between the coordinated water and sulfonate O atoms. These double chains are associated into a novel three‐dimensional network through interchain water–pyrimidine O—H...N hydrogen bonds. The asymmetric ligand plays an important role in constructing this unusual supramolecular structure.     

周期性多孔材料等效剪切模量与尺寸效应研究

提出了以圆筒扭转力学模型为基础, 预测周期性多孔材料等效剪切模量及其研究尺寸效 应的一种简单有效计算方法. 以方形孔和圆形孔两种典型多孔材料为例进行了数值计算求解; 同时, 建立了几何参数随体胞尺寸缩放因子$n$的解析关系, 证明了两种构型的周期性多孔材 料的等效剪切模量均随尺寸缩放因子$n$的增大而减小. 当$n \to \infty $时, 即体胞尺寸相对整体结构无限小时, 多孔材料的等效剪切模量趋近收敛于一个恒定值; 当体胞的材料体分比增大时, 多孔材料等效剪切模量也随之增大. 此外, 依据周 期性多孔材料的结构对称特性, 使用体胞子结构有限元计算模型进行等效剪切模量及其尺寸 效应的预测, 极大地提高了计算效率.     

Fabrication and characterization of Ce_(0.7)Zr_( 0.3)O_2 nanorods having high specific surface area and large oxygen storage capacity

Nanorod-like Ce 0.7 Zr 0.3 O 2 solid solutions were synthesized by a sodium dodecyl sulfate-assisted precipi- tation method. The samples were characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and specific surface area measurement. Typical Ce 0.7 Zr 0.3 O 2 nanorods were 40 nm in average diameter and 450 nm in length, with specific surface area and oxygen storage capacity of 194 m 2 /g and 374 mol/g, respectiv...     

Multi-valued solutions to Hessian equations

In this paper, we use the Perron method to prove the existence of bounded multi-valued viscosity solutions to Hessian equations and interior Lipschitz continuity of the multi-valued solutions.     

硫系玻璃微纳光器件研究进展

微纳光器件是指尺寸在微纳米量级的光学器件,具有体积小、可靠性高、耦合效率高、重量轻、设计灵活、易于集成等优点。硫系玻璃作为一种新型的微纳光器件基质材料,具有优良的红外透过性能、极高的非线性系数、较小的双光子吸收系数、超短的非线性响应时间以及组分可调等优势。近年来硫系微纳光器件研究备受关注。回顾了硫系玻璃微纳光器件的研究历程,综述了硫系微纳光纤、微球、光子晶体、微环等几种微纳光器件的研究和发展状况,并对其发展前景进行了展望。     

Highly Conductive Microfiber of Graphene Oxide Templated Carbonization of Nanofibrillated Cellulose

Microfibers with conductivity of 649 ± 60 S/cm are introduced through a carbonization of well‐aligned graphene oxide (GO) – nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) hybrid fibers. GO acts as a template for NFC carbonization, which changes the morphology of carbonized NFC from microspheres to sheets while improving the carbonization of NFC. Meanwhile, the carbonized NFC repairs the defects of reduced GO (rGO) and links rGO sheets together. The GO templated carbonization of NFC as well as the alignment of the building blocks along the fiber direction leads to excellent conductivity. Conductive microfibers are evaluated as lithium ion battery anodes, which can be applied in wearable electronics. This approach to make conductive microfibers and the low cost raw materials used in this work may be applied to other carbon based conductive structures.     

Robust partially mode‐dependent H∞ filtering for discrete‐time nonhomogeneous Markovian jump neural networks with additive gain perturbations

This paper studies the robust partially mode‐dependent H_∞ filtering for nonhomogeneous Markovian jump neural networks with additive gain perturbations. The discrete time‐varying jump transition probability matrix is considered to be a polytope set. A partially mode‐dependent filter with additive gain perturbations is constructed to increase the robustness of the filter, which is subjects to H_∞ performance index. Based on the Lyapunov function approach, sufficient conditions are established such that the filtering error system is robustly stochastically stable. The efficiency of the new technique is illustrated by an illustrative example and a biological network example.     

Spreading and vanishing in a diffusive intraguild predation model with intraspecific competition and free boundary

This paper is concerned with the spreading and vanishing phenomena in a diffusive intraguild (IG) predation model with intraspecific competition and free boundary in one dimensional space. The main objective is to obtain the asymptotic behavior of spread of an invasive or new IG prey species via a free boundary. In two cases, we prove a spreading‐vanishing dichotomy for this model, specifically, the IG prey species either successfully spreads to infinity as t→∞ at the front and survives in the new environment or spreads within a bounded area and dies out in the long run. The long time behavior of (R,N,P) and criteria for spreading and vanishing are also obtained. And then, we estimate the asymptotic spreading speed of the free boundary when spreading happens. Besides, two numerical examples are given to illustrate the impacts of initial occupying area and expanding capability on the free boundary.     

Ultrasmall Graphene Oxide Supported Gold Nanoparticles as Adjuvants Improve Humoral and Cellular Immunity in Mice

Adjuvants play an important role in vaccines. Alum and MF59 are two dominant kinds of adjuvants used in humans. Both of them, however, have limited capacity to generate the cellular immune response required for vaccines against cancers and viral diseases. It is desirable to develop new and efficient adjuvants with the aim of improving the cellular immune response against the antigen. Here, the feasibility and efficiency of ultrasmall graphene oxide supported gold nanoparticles (usGO‐Au) as a new immune adjuvant to improve immune responses are explored. usGO‐Au is obtained from reduction of chloroauric acid using usGO and then decorated with ovalbumin (OVA, a model antigen) through physical adsorption to construct usGO‐Au@OVA. As the results show, the as‐synthesized usGO‐Au@OVA can efficiently stimulate RAW264.7 cells to secrete tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α), a mediator for cellular immune response. In vivo studies demonstrate that usGO‐Au@OVA can also promote robust OVA specific antibody response, CD8⁺ T cells proliferation, and different cytokines secretion. The results indicate that using usGO‐Au as an adjuvant can stimulate potent humoral and cellular immune responses against antigens, which may promote better understanding of cellular immune response and facilitate potential applications for cancer and viral vaccines.