One-pot synthesis of gold nanorods via autocatalytic growth of sonochemically formed gold seeds: The effect of irradiation time on the formation of seeds and nanorods

A one-pot synthesis for gold nanorods was developed using sonochemical reduction of gold ions in an aqueous solution in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, silver nitrate, and ascorbic acid, where we focused on the autocatalytic growth of gold seeds formed by ultrasonic irradiation for short times. In growth experiments with these sonochemically formed gold seeds, sigmoidal shape growth curves were observed, and the induction period before growth began was longer for shorter irradiation times. This result indicated that the number of sonochemically formed gold seeds increased with increasing irradiation time. The average aspect ratio of the gold nanorods produced changed from 2.0 at an irradiation time of 0.5 min to 3.6 at 15 min. The gold nanorods produced were longer and wider when the irradiation time was shorter.     

高压对小麦种子发芽和幼苗生长的影响初探

 以豫麦18号小麦种子为材料，初步探索了不同压力和时间对不同处理的小麦种子发芽的影响，并对95 MPa压力、不同时间处理下发芽种子幼苗的生长情况进行测定。结果表明：在50~95 MPa压力下，直接真空包装的小麦种子均丧失发芽能力；在不同压力和时间下处理直接加水包装的小麦种子，种子发芽受到显著抑制；将水浸6 h再加水包装的小麦种子在95 MPa压力下处理4 h，能抑制小麦种子的发芽势和发芽率，但抑制强度较弱，也表明水可以有效降低高压对小麦种子的损伤。在95 MPa压力下、不同时间处理的直接加水包装的小麦种子幼苗的平均苗高和幼苗鲜重均大于对照。     

Ultrasonication as an innovative approach to tailor the apple seed proteins into nanosize: Effect on protein structural and functional properties

In this study, protein was extracted from the apple seed flour using alkali-acid precipitation method. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of ultrasonication on structural and techno-functional properties of apple seed protein. Both native (N-protein) and ultra-sonicated protein (US-protein) were characterized for size, zeta potential, structure, protein pattern, crystallinity, thermal stability and functional properties. The results revealed that the hydrodynamic diameter of N-protein and US-protein was 1.2 µm and 484 nm while zeta potential was −11 and −19 mV, respectively. Fourier transform infrared-spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis showed change in the conformational characteristics and functional groups of proteins after nano-reduction. SEM revealed change in the surface morphology of protein molecule upon ultrasonication. Differential scanning calorimetry showed decreased denaturation temperature for US-protein compared to N-protein . SDS-PAGE depicted no change in protein pattern upon ultrasonication. Ultrasonicated protein exhibited increased functional properties like emulsification, foaming, hydrophobicity and oil absorbing properties and hence can be efficiently used as functional ingredient in food and nutraceutical industry.     

Inclusion of interactions in mathematical modelling of implant assisted magnetic drug targeting

Drug delivery technologies are an important area within biomedicine. Targeted drug delivery aims to reduce the undesired side effects of drug usage by directing or capturing the active agents near a desired site within the body. This is particularly beneficial in, for instance, cancer chemotherapy, where the side effects of general (systemic) drug administration can be severe.One approach to targeted drug delivery uses magnetic nanoparticles as the constituents of carriers for the desired active agent. Once injected into the body, the behaviour of these magnetic carriers can be influenced and controlled by magnetic fields. In implant assisted magnetic drug targeting systems a magnetic implant, typically a stent, wire or spherical seed can be used to target sites deep within the body as the implant acts as a focus for the resulting magnetic force. This can be easily understood as the force depends on the gradient of the magnetic field and the gradient near the implant is large.In designing such a system many factors need to be considered including physical factors such as the size and nature of the implants and carriers, and the fields required. Moreover, the range of applicability of these systems in terms of the regions of the vasculature system, from low blood velocity environments, such as capillary beds to higher velocity arteries, must be considered. Furthermore, assessment criteria for these systems are needed. Mathematical modelling and simulation has a valuable role to play in informing in vitro and in vivo experiments, leading to practical system design.Specifically, the implant assisted magnetic drug targeting systems of Avilés, Ebner and Ritter are considered within this review, and two dimensional mathematical modelling is performed using the open source C++ finite volume library OpenFOAM. In the first system treated, a large ferromagnetic particle is implanted into a capillary bed as a seed to aid collection of single domain nanoparticles (radius 20-100 nm). The Langevin function is used to calculate the magnetic moment of the particles, and the model is further adapted to treat the agglomeration of particles known to occur in these systems. This agglomeration can be attributed to interparticle interactions and here the magnetic dipole-dipole and hydrodynamic interactions for two mutually interacting nanoparticles are modelled, following Mikkelsen et al. who treated two particle interactions in microfluidic systems, with low magnetic field (0.05 T). The resulting predicted performance is found to both increase and decrease significantly depending on initial positions of the particles. Secondly, a ferromagnetic, coiled wire stent is implanted in a large arterial vessel. The magnetic dipole-dipole and hydrodynamic interactions for multiple particles are included. Different initial positions are considered and the system performance is assessed. Inclusion of these interactions yields predictions that are in closer agreement with the experimental results of Avilés et al. We conclude that the discrepancies between the non interacting theoretical predictions and the corresponding experimental results can (as suggested by Avilés et al.) be largely attributed to interparticle interactions and the consequent agglomeration.     

离子液体对β-糖苷酶催化合成红景天苷的影响(英文)

研究了混合溶剂体系中阴离子分别为BF4-,PF6-,Cl-,Br-和I的14种离子液体对来源于黑布林糖苷酶催化合成红景天苷反应的影响.结果表明,在最佳反应条件下,β-糖苷酶的反应初速度和红景天苷的产率分别为3.3mmol/(L·h)和24.5%.离子液体咪唑阳离子的烷基链长(C2~C10)对β-糖苷酶的活性影响较大,当烷基链长为C6时,糖苷酶表现出较高的催化活性.     

基于高光谱图像的玉米种子特征提取与识别

玉米种子的形态特征是玉米品种识别的重要因素之一.采用高光谱成像系统获取9个品种共432粒玉米种子的高光谱反射图像,对图像进行校正和预处理,提取每个样本在563.6～911.4nm共55个波段范围内的形状特征.分别利用单波段、多波段和全波段下的玉米种子形状特征结合偏最小二乘判别法进行模型分类.结果显示,全波段范围内训练集和测试集的平均正确识别率达到98.31%和93.98%,均优于多波段和单波段的正确识别率.研究表明,该方法能充分利用高光谱图像中可见光和近红外区域的有效特征信息,较准确地鉴别玉米品种,为玉米品种的自动识别领域提供了一种新方法.     

种子注入环形腔人眼安全KTP参变振荡器的研究

利用电光调Q的Nd:YAG激光器抽运非临界相位匹配(θ=90°,φ=0°)环形腔KTP光学参变振荡器(OPO),实现了高能量人眼安全波段的1.57μm激光输出。理论与实验结果表明,减小谐振腔长度和注入种子源激光可以有效降低阈值,提高输出能量。当Nd:YAG激光器抽运能量为88mJ时,注入种子源功率由0mW增加到6mW,输出能量由8.8mJ增加到14mJ。当抽运能量为167.7mJ,注入种子源功率达到6mW时,最大输出能量达到46mJ,峰值功率7.44MW。     

Some discussions about the variable separating method for solving nonlinear models

Through analysing the exact solution of some nonlinear models, the role of the variable separating method in solving nonlinear equations is discussed. We find that rich solution structures of some special fields of these equations come from the nonzero seed solution. However, these nonzero seed solutions is likely to result in the divergent phenomena for the other field component of the same equation. The convergence and the signification of all field components should be discussed when someone solves the nonlinear equation using the variable separating method.     

GC/MS 法测定超临界 CO2 萃取茼蒿籽油

利用GC/MS分析了超临界CO2萃取茼蒿籽油的成分组成,共检出32种成分。茼蒿籽油主要由亚油酸（含量68.32%)、棕榈酸（10.80%)、油酸(6.39%)和长碳链脂肪酸组成;茼蒿籽油还含甾类（4.76%)和丰富的维生素E（3.9mg/g);研究了茼蒿籽油的理化特征。     

苦豆籽中总生物碱的含量测定

苦豆籽系槐科植物苦豆子 (Ｓｏｐｈｒａａｌｏｐｅｃａｒｏｉｄｅｓ)的成熟种子。从苦豆籽中分离得到了 2 0余种生物碱[1 ] ,具有广泛的生理活性 ,药用价值很高。苦豆子总生物碱的含量测定有重量法[2 ] ,酸碱滴定法[3] ,因苦豆子生物碱结构多属于喹啉联啶类衍生物 ,可在ｐＨ7.6缓冲液中与溴麝香草酚蓝形成离子对 ,经氯仿提取后于 42 0ｎｍ进行比色测定。我们采用这种酸性染料分光光度法[4] 进行了苦豆籽胶囊中总生物碱的含量测定 ,为其质量标准的测定提供了依据。1　实验部分1 .1　仪器 ,药品72 1型分光光度计、ＰＨ 2Ｓ型酸度计 ,槐果碱(Ｃ…