Infrared Absorption Intensity Analysis as a New Tool for Investigation of Salt Effect on Proteins

通过观测红外光谱的强度变化研究了在不同温度下盐离子对谷氨酸和三种水溶性蛋白质(细胞色素C、DsbC和DsbC-G49R)的影响. 证实了Onsager反应场理论. 区分并且定义了随温度变化的蛋白质盐效应盐溶过程和解离过程. 同时利用Van't Hoff关系式对实验结果进行线性拟合,获得了蛋白质及其二级结构在上述两个过程中的热力学常数.     

Non-reciprocal transmission via phase conjugation in multimode optical fibres

We demonstrate phase conjugate correction of modal distortion of a single mode beam on double-passing a passive highly multimode fibre. Phase conjugation is achieved in a self-pumped photorefractive BaTiO₃ crystal which conjugates only the e-polarised input component. We show that only a small fraction of the multimode fibre output is required to faithfully conjugate the single mode input beam. This technique enables the demonstration of a novel non-reciprocal transmission device, which for example has immediate application in gain-grating holographic resonator designs with multimode fibres as the active gain medium.     

Influence of air pollution and site conditions on trends of carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in tree ring cellulose

Oxygen and carbon isotopic compositions of tree ring cellulose (δ¹³C_cell and δ¹⁸O_cell) were measured for pines growing at four sites in east Germany. Three sites differed markedly in soil water availability within a short distance and the fourth site served as a reference. The choice of the sites was guided by the desire to detect effects of air pollution on the long-term trend of isotopic compositions and to examine the influence of soil water availability on the relationship between the carbon and oxygen isotope ratios. Locations in east Germany are particularly well suited for the study of pollution effects because there was a steady increase in environmental contamination until the German Reunification in 1990, followed by a sharp decline due to the implementation of stricter environmental standards.

The long-term trend of δ¹³C_cell showed an extraordinary increase in the period 1945–1990 and a rapid decrease after 1990, whereas δ¹⁸O_cell remained nearly constant. The increase of δ¹³C_cell is explained by secondary fractionation caused by phytotoxicity of SO₂. Two effects are mainly responsible for the secondary fractionation under SO₂ exposure: increase of dark respiration, and changes in photosynthate allocation and partitioning. Both effects do not influence δ¹⁸O_cell. Furthermore, a significant positive correlation between the year-to-year variations of carbon and oxygen isotope ratios (δ¹³C_resid and δ¹⁸O_resid) has been found for all sites. The slopes of the relationship between δ¹³C_resid and δ¹⁸O_resid differ insignificantly. It is concluded that this relationship is not influenced by soil water availability but by climatic variables.     

Are linear algorithms always good for linear problems?

We exhibit linear problems for which every linear algorithm has infinite error, and show a (mildly) nonlinear algorithm with finite error. The error of this nonlinear algorithm can be arbitrarily small if appropriate information is used. We illustrate these examples by the inversion of a finite Laplace transform, a problem arising in remote sensing.     

On the periodic points of a two-parameter family of maps of the plane

We study the dynamics of a two-parameter family of noninvertible maps of the plane, derived from a model in population dynamics. We prove that, as one parameter varies with the other held fixed, the nonwandering set changes from the empty set to an unstable Cantor set on which the map is topologically equivalent to the shift endomorphism on two symbols. With the help of some numerical work, we trace the genealogies of the periodic points of the family of period 5, and describe their stability types and bifurcations. Among our results we find that the family has a fixed point which undergoes fold, flip and Hopf bifurcations, and that certain families of period five points are interconnected through a codimension-two cusp bifurcation.     

磺胺二甲嘧啶钠的二阶导数差示脉冲极谱法定量研究

建立了磺酸二甲嘧啶钠的二阶导数差示脉冲极谱定量分析方法,磺胺二甲嘧啶钠在乙醇－（硼酸－氯化钾缓冲液）－水（体积比７０：２：２８）的底液中,于－１．５６０Ｖ（ｖｓ．Ａｇ／ＡｇＣｌ）处出现一良好的二阶导数差示脉冲极谱峰,磺胺二甲嘧啶钠浓度与其峰幅值在０．０６～０．６ｍｍｏｌ．Ｌ＾－１范围内呈非常显著的线性关系（Ｐ〈０．０１）,检出限为９．２ｎｍｏｌ．Ｌ＾－１,已用于注射液中磺酸二甲嘧啶钠的测定。     

应用圆二色光谱研究电场对超氧化物歧化酶二级结构的影响

超氧化物歧化酶经不同强度的电场作用,采用圆二色光谱研究了不同强度的电场对超氧化物歧化酶二级结构的影响.结果表明：在1.0kV/cm～6.0kV/cm范围,不同强度的电场对超氧化物歧化酶的α-螺旋、β-折叠、β-转角及无规卷曲相对含量的影响程度不同.与对照组相比,处理组的β-折叠和β-转角含量降低,降幅范围分别为2.5%～15.1和0.9%～3.5%;α-螺旋和无规卷曲含量增加,增幅范围分别为3.1%～18.8%和1.0%～8.9%.电场作用具有使超氧化物歧化酶的二级结构中β-折叠、β-转角向α-螺旋及无规卷曲转化的趋势.     

基于正常色散玻璃二级光谱的校正

利用正常色散玻璃校正二级光谱理论,给出了单个折射面二级光谱的计算法则,并应用此算法进行光学系统设计,给出了两个设计实例.系统仅使用正常色散玻璃组合,采用三组型设计结构,由三个大空气间隔的分离透镜组构成,很好地校正了二级光谱.     

影响异戊二烯大气光解形成二次有机气溶胶的环境因素研究

通过自制的烟雾腔系统研究羟基启动的异戊二烯光解形成二次有机气溶胶（SOA）过程中环境因素的影响.使用气溶胶粒径光谱仪测量了SOA的粒径分布,通过光解实验研究了光照时间、反应物浓度以及CH3ONO浓度对异戊二烯光解形成SOA的影响.结果表明,异戊二烯光解形成的SOA空气动力学直径在0.4mm~1.4mm之间,这些粒子的直径小于2.5μm的微细粒子很容易沉积在人体肺泡内,对人体健康产生很大危害;不管是SOA粒子的粒子数浓度还是质量数浓度都随着反应时间的增长、光照强度的增强和反应物浓度的增加而增加.该研究为大气颗粒物排放源的外场测量提供了非常有用的信息.