荧光光谱法研究胆红素与牛血清白蛋白的相互作用

在模拟生理条件下,利用荧光光谱法研究了胆红素BR和牛血清白蛋白的相互作用。实验结果表明胆红素BR对牛血清白蛋白有较强的荧光猝灭作用,两者形成了新的复合物,属于静态荧光猝灭,发生分子内的非辐射能量转移。根据荧光猝灭法得到胆红素与牛血清白蛋白的结合常数和结合位点数。根据Foster非辐射能量传递理论确定了胆红素BR和牛血清白蛋白间的结合距离。此外,利用同步荧光光谱分析胆红素BR对牛血清白蛋白构象的影响。     

Infrared-to-visible up-conversion luminescence and energy transfer of RE3+/Yb3+(RE = Ho,Tm) co-doped SrIn2O4

Near-infrared excited up-conversion phosphors of RE³⁺/Yb³⁺(RE = Ho, Tm) co-doped SrIn₂O₄ were synthesized by a solid-state reaction method. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed the phase composition of those samples, and the up-conversion spectroscopic properties were studied in terms of up-conversion emission spectra. Under 980 nm near-infrared laser excitation, strong green emission with the peak at 546 nm was observed in SrIn₂O₄: Ho³⁺/Yb³⁺, which can be assigned to the characteristic ⁵S₂(⁵F₄) → ⁵I₈ transition of Ho³⁺. Furthermore, SrIn₂O₄: Tm³⁺/Yb³⁺ showed bright blue emission with the peak at 486 nm, which is associated with the ¹G₄ → ³H₆ transition of Tm³⁺. The UC power studies indicated that the luminescence of SrIn₂O₄: Ho³⁺/Yb³⁺ and SrIn₂O₄: Tm³⁺/Yb³⁺ are attributed to two-photon and three-photon process, respectively. The possible UC luminescence mechanism and energy transfer in SrIn₂O₄: RE³⁺/Yb³⁺ were discussed.     

六方相LaOF纳米体系中Sm3+/Eu3+的能量转移效应

为了探讨Sm3+/Eu3+共掺体系的荧光光谱特性和能量转移机理,采用水热-烧结法制备了Sm3+/Eu3+共掺LaOF纳米晶体颗粒,并用X射线衍射和透射电子显微镜对纳米晶体颗粒进行了表征.结果显示,所制备的纳米晶体颗粒呈六方相,均匀性和分散性良好,平均粒径为70 nm左右.通过442 nm连续光激发,在六方相LaOF:Sm3+/Eu3+纳米体系中实现了Sm3+离子向Eu3+离子的能量转移,观测到了因能量转移效应而产生的Eu3+离子5D0能级的荧光发射谱线.光谱学研究发现,能量转移源于Sm3+离子4G5/2能级向Eu3+离子5D0能级的弛豫过程,并且随着受主离子Eu3+浓度的增加,能量转移效率也随之提高.     

Improving time-efficiency in blocking expanding ring search for mobile ad hoc networks

We propose a new strategy for reducing the amount of latency and energy consumption in Blocking Expanding Ring Search (BERS) and enhanced Blocking Expanding Ring Search (BERS*) for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). BERS and BERS* are respectively energy and energy–time efficient route discovery protocols for MANETs as compared to conventional Expanding Ring Search (ERS). In this study, we identify unnecessary waiting time caused by a STOP/END instruction in BERS/BERS* and explore the potential of further improvement of their time efficiency. This leads to tBERS and tBERS*, the improved BERS and BERS* respectively. In tBERS/tBERS*, a route node may also issue the STOP/END instruction to terminate flooding. We implement this idea in algorithms, conduct analysis, and achieve further latency reduction in both tBERS and tBERS* as well as the energy saving in tBERS*.     

Numerical optimization of tuned mass absorbers attached to strongly nonlinear Duffing oscillator

We investigate the dynamics of the vertically forced Duffing oscillator with suspended tuned mass absorber. Three different types of tuned mass absorbers are taken into consideration, i.e., classical single pendulum, dual pendulum and pendulum-spring. We numerically adjust parameters of absorbers to obtain the best damping properties with the lowest mass of attached system. The modification of classical case (single pendulum) gives the decrease of Duffing system amplitude. We present strategy of parameters tuning which can be easily applied in a large class of systems.     

Stress and fracture analysis in delaminated orthotropic composite plates using third-order shear deformation theory

The third-order shear deformable plate theory is applied in this work to calculate the stresses and energy release rates in delaminated orthotropic composite plates with straight crack front. The delaminated parts are modeled by the general third-order plate theory, while a double-plate model with interface constraint is developed for the uncracked portion of the plate. The governing equations of the uncracked part are formulated by considering the equilibrium and the displacement continuity along the interface. As an example, a simply-supported delaminated orthotropic plate subjected to a point force is solved adopting Lévy plate formulation and the state-space approach. The mode-II and mode-III energy release rate distributions along the crack front were calculated by the J-integral. To verify the analytical results the 3D finite element model of the plate was constructed and the energy release rates were calculated by the virtual crack-closure technique. A previous second-order plate theory solution was also utilized in the course of the comparison. The results indicate a good agreement between analysis and numerical computation and that third-order theory is better in some cases than the second-order approximation.     

A New Energy Inversion for Parameter Identification in Saddle Point Problems with an Application to the Elasticity Imaging Inverse Problem of Predicting Tumor Location

The primary objective of this work is a detailed theoretical and computational study of the elasticity imaging inverse problem for tumor identification within the human body. Apart from this inverse problem's important and interesting application, it also poses noteworthy mathematical challenges since the underlying mathematical model is a system of elasticity involving incompressibility. This gives rise to the “locking” effect and special treatment is necessary for both the direct and inverse problems. To study the inverse problem in an optimization framework, we introduce a general computational scheme for handling parameter identification in saddle point problems along with the introduction and analysis of a new energy output least-squares objective functionals. We also present a treatment of the identification of discontinuous elasticity coefficients using the total variation regularization method. General formulas for the computation of the coefficient-to-solution map and a complete convergence analysis are given for the continuous problem as well as for its discrete analogue. Discrete formulas and implementation issues are discussed in detail and numerical examples for smooth and discontinuous coefficients are given.     

p-Laplacian boundary value problems on exterior regions

This paper treats some variational principles for solutions of inhomogeneous p  -Laplacian boundary value problems on exterior regions U?R^N$U?{\mathbb{R}}^N$ with dimension N?3$N?3$. Existence-uniqueness results when p∈(1,N)$p\in (1,N)$ are provided in a space E^1,p(U)$E^{1,p}(U)$ of functions that contains W^1,p(U)$W^{1,p}(U)$. Functions in E^1,p(U)$E^{1,p}(U)$ are required to decay at infinity in a measure theoretic sense. Various properties of this space are derived, including results about equivalent norms, traces and an L^p$L^p$-imbedding theorem. Also an existence result for a general variational problem of this type is obtained.     

Cholesterol-based dimesogenic bidentate ligands and their Cu(II) and Pd(II) metallomesogens

The synthesis and evaluation of the liquid crystalline properties of non-conventional liquid crystals, consisting of two non-identical mesogenic segments interconnected via a paraffinic chain spacer, are of considerable current interest. In particular, chiral dimesogens possessing a cholesteryl ester unit as the chiral entity joined to other aromatic mesogens through a polymethylene spacer have shown unique and interesting thermal behaviour. In continuation of our investigations on this topic, here we present the synthesis and characterization of the first examples of cholesterol-based unsymmetrical dimesogenic bidentate ligands and their Cu(II) and Pd(II) metal-organic systems (metallomesogens). Our studies reveal that the dimesogenic bidentate ligands exhibit multiple mesophases, whereas their metal complexes stabilize only the mesophase.