金属表面硅烷试剂膜结构及性能表征方法

综述了用硅烷试剂处理金属表面而形成的保护膜性能及结构的表面分析方法。详述了X射线光电子能谱、红外光谱、次级离子质谱、椭圆光谱、电化学阻抗谱等方法在硅烷处理金属表面过程中的应用 ,通过对膜形成的机制、膜的键合方式、膜结构、膜厚度以及膜的耐蚀性等方面的研究分析 ,探讨了它们对膜性能的影响 ,并用各种不同的参数表征了金属基材上硅烷膜的特性。同时指出了所述各种表面分析方法用于金属表面硅烷膜分析和检测的优点和不足之处 ,讨论了将各种表面分析技术联用起来以期得到更多有用的化学信息 ,以此可以指导硅烷化金属表面处理工艺过程。此外还提到了其他可用于金属表面硅烷膜性能的表征的分析技术 ,展望了金属表面硅烷膜分析的研究。     

Electron holography of biological samples

In this paper, we summarise the development of off-axis electron holography on biological samples starting in 1986 with the first results on ferritin from the group of Tonomura. In the middle of the 1990s strong interest was evoked, but then stagnation took place because the results obtained at that stage did not reach the contrast and the resolution achieved by conventional electron microscopy.

To date, there exist only a few (12) publications on electron holography of biological objects, thus this topic is quite small and concise. The reason for this could be that holography is mostly established in materials science by physicists. Therefore, applications for off-axis holography were powerfully pushed forward in the area of imaging, e.g. electric or magnetic micro- and nanofields. Unstained biological systems investigated by means of off-axis electron holography up to now are ferritin, tobacco mosaic virus, a bacterial flagellum, T5 bacteriophage virus, hexagonal packed intermediate layer of bacteria and the Semliki Forest virus. New results of the authors on collagen fibres and surface layer of bacteria, the so-called S-layer 2D crystal lattice are presented in this review. For the sake of completeness, we will shortly discuss in-line holography of biological samples and off-axis holography of materials related to biological systems, such as biomaterial composites or magnetotactic bacteria.     

Water stability of cobalt doped ZIF-8: a quantitative study using optical analyses

Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), in particular ZIF-8 (made of Zn²⁺ and 2-methyilimidazolate) and cobalt-doped-ZIF-8, are found important for many energy and environmental applications. It was reported that ZIFs show excellent structural stability in water and thus ideal for aqueous applications. However, recent studies also found some evidence that ZIF-8 undergoes hydrolysis in water. Despite the importance of ZIF's stability in many aqueous applications, the extent of ZIFs' degradation in water is still not yet fully understood. In this study, we report a quantitative study of the water stability of 0–100 at% cobalt-doped ZIF-8, using a new combination of analytical tools. The study demonstrated the importance of analyzing both filtered powders and the filtrate liquid systematically, in particular by using UV–Vis spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The combination of analytical tools allowed the study on the effects of ZIF concentrations in water, cobalt doping levels, and amounts of ligands in water on the water stability of ZIF samples. The effect of cobalt-doping was investigated by using ZIF particles with identical sizes (200–400 nm), in order to eliminate the effects of particle size on hydrolysis. Unlike other synthesis methods, a mechanochemical ball milling method allowed the production of nano-scale ZIF-8 particles with similar sizes, independent of cobalt-doping levels. The proposed combination of analytical tools including UV–Vis spectroscopy can be applied to the study of the water stability of other MOF materials.     

Examining the possibilities of applying high pressure to preserve yoghurt supplemented with probiotic bacteria

Natural yoghurt was subject to pressures of 200 and 250 MPa/4 and 18°C/15 min, after which milk-activated inocula of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium sp. were added. The yoghurts were stored for 4 weeks at refrigeration temperature. After preparation and each week of storage, the count of bacteria, acidity, antibacterial property and an organoleptic assessment was determined. The highest survival rate was demonstrated by the bacteria of Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus and Bifidobacterium sp. in the yoghurt pressurised 200 MPa/15min at 4°C. Acidity increases in the control yoghurts were higher than in the pressurised ones. Pressurised yoghurts demonstrated weaker antibacterial effect in comparison to control yoghurts. Slight changes in the smell and taste were observed after pressurisation. Yoghurts pressurised at 18°C were characterised by more favourable organoleptic properties. Better conciseness of the curd and lower whey seep out were observed in pressurised yoghurt.     

基于表面增强拉曼技术的致病菌及其耐药性检测研究进展

随着抗菌药物广泛应用于临床,细菌耐药日益严重.实现快速、高灵敏、准确的细菌及其药物敏感性检测是缓解细菌耐药的关键环节.表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)具有快速、灵敏、无损等优点,可直接获取分子指纹信息,它已成为一种有效的细菌及其耐药性检测技术.不同种类细菌的分子组成和结构存在差异、抗生素处理前后细菌的特征拉曼信号会发生变化...     

Mixed Fano-SP resonant absorption of THz electromagnetic waves in a photonic resonator contacting with a metal film

In terahertz frequency region, we have investigated theoretically the correlation between spectra of a free photonic structure and that deposited on a metal for several models of metal. It was found that for quasi-normal incidence of p-polarized electromagnetic field the presence of metal generates narrow spectral wells in the middle of reflection windows existing in a free photonic crystal. Quite another manifestation of metal-resonator inter-influence takes place at incident angles exceeding the Brewster angle when reflection spikes coincide with modes of photonic crystal resonator and they are absent throughout the stopband areas. The effects are strongly depended on polarization, number of periods and angle of incidence.     

Rectifying resistance switching behaviors of SnO2 microsphere films modulated by top electrodes

Based on the bipolar resistive switching (RS) characteristics of SnO₂ films, we have fabricated a new prototypical device with sandwiched structure of Metal/SnO₂/fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO). The SnO₂ microspheres film was grown on FTO glass by template-free hydrothermal synthesis, which was evaporated with various commonly used electrodes such as aluminium (Al), silver (Ag), and gold (Au), respectively. Typical self-rectifying resistance switching behaviors were observed for the RS devices with Al and Au electrodes. However, no obvious rectifying resistance switching behavior was observed for the RS device with Ag electrode. Above results were interpreted by considering the different interface barriers between SnO₂ and top metal electrodes. Our current studies pave the ways for modulating the self-rectifying resistance switching properties of resistive memory devices by choosing suitable metal electrodes.     

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering effect of gold nanoparticle arrays: The influence of annealing temperature,excitation power and array thickness

Gold nanoparticle arrays are fabricated for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and the effect of the annealing temperature, the thickness of nanoparticle array and the exciting power on the SERS signals are investigated. The particle distribution and particle size are dense and uniform on the glass substrate when the 10 nm gold film was annealed at 250 °C and strong SERS signals for Rhodamine 6G were achieved via a 532 nm excitation with a 10 mW power. The SERS signal at 1650 cm⁻¹ is enhanced more than 10 times as compared to that of the gold film without annealing. The strong SERS behavior of gold nanoparticle arrays may broaden the SERS applications in biomedical and analytical chemistry.     

Optical transmission through an interface between subwavelength slits

This paper studies optical transmission through an interface between two slits with different widths in a sheet composed of an ideal conductor. Such a structure is of potential use in fabricating optical diode and may be the simplest one compared to other designs. Our calculations show that there is a critical wavelength. When the light wavelength is below the critical wavelength, the transmissivity is unidirectional. The expression of the stable transmissivity as a function of the ratio of the widths of the two slits was obtained analytically. Particularly, at the critical wavelength, the transmissivities are zero. This phenomenon has great potential for application in the manufacture of wavelength blockers.     

Anomalous heat evolution of deuteron implanted al upon electron bombardment III - try to observe the nuclear d-d reaction

In previous papers, one of the authors (K. K.) has observed the anomalous melting of the surface layer of deuteron implanted Al, containing so-called "tunnel structures", on the electron bombardment in transmission electron microscope. In the present paper, we intended to observe the evidence of the d-d nuclear reaction, expecting neutron emission, associated with the melting phenomenon. However, the result was rather unexpected. The melting phenomenon was certainly observed under the same experimental conditions as before. But, in spite of the melting, neutron emission associated with the nuclear reaction was not observed. And, more unexpectedly, X-ray emission of energy less than roughly 400 v keV was observed when specimens with a bubble structure, which never showed melting, were bombarded with electron beams. Several conceivable mechanisms are discussed which, however, are all not convincing to explain the melting. The melting is attributed to some excess energy generation. The error estimation of the radiation measurements was undertaken.