Electrical and chemical characteristics of nano-meter gold encapsulated in mesoporous and microporous channels and cages of FSM-16 and Y zeolites

The dc and ac conductivities as well as the dielectric constant () were measured for different zeolites encapsulated gold (AuCl₃) samples at different temperatures (300-500 K) and various frequencies (5 kHz-1 MHz). The conductivity was found to change in the order Au/FSM-27>Au/NaY>Au/FSM-47. Sorbed water contained inside zeolites assists greatly the proton mobility (zeolite protons) and the ion mobility (Na⁺ and Au⁺) and hence enhance the electric conduction in the temperature range 300-373 K. Raising the temperature over 373 K induces dehydration effect that assists the metallic gold formation and thus a dramatic loss in conductivity was revealed. The conduction mechanism was expected to be partially ionic and partially electronic. The IR study showed that the exposure of Au zeolites to CO gas produced a characteristic band of Au⁺-CO at 2180 cm⁻¹ that tends to decrease with temperatures and even vanishes at 376 K in favor of Au⁰-CO at 2128 cm⁻¹. Similarly, a phase transition at 338 K, that occurs in the range 300-376 K, was confirmed by DTA to further emphasize the temperature regions of either Au⁺ cations (338 K) or Au⁰ (376 K) formation.     

One-dimensional integral imaging based on parallax barrier

One-dimensional integral imaging (1DII) which only has horizontal disparity is a practical solution of high resolution in the vertical direction, low-cost, easy-viewable three-dimensional (3D) display. A 1DII based on a parallax barrier is proposed in this paper. The 1DII consists of a parallax barrier and a display panel. The operation principle and parameter calculation of the 1DII are described in detail. Two prototypes of the proposed 1DII and conventional 1DII based on a lenticular lens array are developed. The proposed 1DII improves the quality of the 3D image and provides larger viewing angle than that based on a lenticular lens array, and it is simpler and has lower cost than that based on a lenticular lens array.     

基于tri-PLS模型的油类混合物三维荧光光谱及其成分的研究

提出了一种光谱重叠的多种矿物油混合物组分含量测定的新方法。将偏最小二乘方法(PLS)推广至三维扩展(tri-PLS),不需要解决特征值问题。利用该方法对柴油、汽油和煤油混合物的三维荧光光谱进行研究,根据样本序列、激发波长、发射波长构造出三维数据矩阵,结合浓度矩阵应用tri-PLS法建立校正模型,对实验样本进行预测,实验结果表明tri-PLS方法的建模精度比常用的平行因子法优越。     

Recognition and elimination of diversified pathogens in insect defense systems

Summary The elimination of infectious non-self by the host defense systems of multicellular organisms requires a variety of recognition and effector molecules. The diversity is generated in somatic cells or encoded in the germ-line. In adaptive immunity in jawed vertebrates, the diversity of immunoglobulins and antigen receptors is generated by gene rearrangements in somatic cells. In innate immunity, various effector molecules and pattern recognition receptors, such as antimicrobial peptides and peptidoglycan recognition proteins, are encoded in the germ-line of multicellular organisms, including insects and jawed vertebrates. In the present review, we discuss how insect host defense systems recognize and eliminate a multitude of microbes via germ-line-encoded molecules, including recent findings that a Drosophila member of the immunoglobulin superfamily is extensively diversified by alternative splicing in somatic immune cells and participates in the elimination of bacteria.     

Unified Solution of the Expected Maximum of a Discrete Time Random Walk and the Discrete Flux to a Spherical Trap

Two random-walk related problems which have been studied independently in the past, the expected maximum of a random walker in one dimension and the flux to a spherical trap of particles undergoing discrete jumps in three dimensions, are shown to be closely related to each other and are studied using a unified approach as a solution to a Wiener-Hopf problem. For the flux problem, this work shows that a constant c = 0.29795219 which appeared in the context of the boundary extrapolation length, and was previously found only numerically, can be derived analytically. The same constant enters in higher-order corrections to the expected-maximum asymptotics. As a byproduct, we also prove a new universal result in the context of the flux problem which is an analogue of the Sparre Andersen theorem proved in the context of the random walker's maximum.     

金属原子修饰石墨烯体系催化性能的理论研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法研究了单个CO 和O2气体分子在金属原子修饰石墨烯表面的吸附和反应过程. 结果表明: 空位缺陷结构的石墨烯能够提高金属原子的稳定性, 金属原子掺杂的石墨烯体系能够调控气体分子的吸附特性. 通入混合的CO和O2作为反应气体, 石墨烯表面容易被吸附性更强的O2分子占据, 进而防止催化剂的CO 中毒. 此外, 对比分析两种催化机理(Langmuir-Hinshelwood和Eley-Rideal)对CO氧化反应的影响. 与其它金属原子相比, Al原子掺杂的石墨烯体系具有极低的反应势垒(< 0.4 eV), 更有助于CO氧化反应的迅速进行.     

铝和银在铱（111）宽范围吸附的稳定性、原子构型及电子特性研究

利用第一性原理密度泛函理论研究了铝和银在铱的111面的宽范围吸附特性。基于密度泛函理论计算了覆盖度在0.11ML到2.00ML的结构稳定性、原子构型及平均结合能。对于铝原子在铱111面的吸附,最稳定的结构是铝原子覆盖度为0.5ML位于密堆六方空位（hcp-hollow）,相应的结合能为-4.68eV;对于亚层铝原子的吸附,最稳定结构是铝原子覆盖度为1.00ML时位于octahedral位置,相应的结合能为-5.28eV。对于覆盖度为2.00ML的满覆盖度混合结构的表层及亚层吸附,最稳定结构是Al位于六方密堆及八方密堆位置,相应的结合能为-4.70eV。这意味着当铝原子以满覆盖度吸附在铱的111面上时,趋向于在铱的111面的亚层形成化学键,而非吸附于表层。相比于铝吸附在铱111面,银的吸附特性呈现出很大的不同,面心位置更为稳定,在覆盖度为0.25ML时其结合能为3.89eV,略微高出密堆六方位置处3.88eV的结合能。     

B、N掺杂对钠在石墨烯上吸附性能的影响

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法,研究了本征石墨烯及缺陷石墨烯对Na原子的吸附行为.主要研究了三种石墨烯:本征石墨烯、B掺杂的石墨烯和N掺杂的石墨烯.结果表明,与本征石墨烯相比,B掺杂的石墨烯和N掺杂的石墨烯在吸附能、电荷密度、态密度和储钠量方面表现出很大的差异.B掺杂的石墨烯对Na原子的吸附能是-1.93 e V,约为本征石墨烯对Na原子吸附能的2.7倍;与本征石墨烯相比,N掺杂的石墨烯对Na原子的吸附能明显增大.态密度计算结果表明,Na原子与B掺杂的石墨烯中的B原子发生轨道杂化,而本征石墨烯和N掺杂的石墨烯中不存在轨道杂化现象.B掺杂的石墨烯对Na原子的吸附量是3个,与本征石墨烯相比显著提高.因此,B掺杂的石墨烯有望成为一种新型的储钠材料.     

蛋白质INSM1中的锌指结构域ZF (4-5)的表达、纯化与表征

胰岛素瘤相关蛋白1（INSM1）是一类转录调节蛋白,通过其C-端的锌指结构域（氨基酸250-510）来识别序列特异性的DNA分子.INSM1的C-端包含有5个串联的锌指结构域,然而这些结构域的结构及其如何识别DNA的分子机制目前仍不清楚.通过重组构建的质粒pET-32m-INSM1（424-497）表达的蛋白质（氨基酸424-497）包含了最后两个锌指结构域4和5,简称为ZF（4-5）.该文详细研究了蛋白质ZF（4-5）的诱导表达条件,得到了较高产率的纯化蛋白.核磁共振（NMR）谱和圆二色谱（CD）揭示了Zn²⁺对稳定锌指蛋白结构的必要性,以及C2H2-Zn²⁺结合的组氨酸呈现为δ-异构方式.     

A density functional theory study on the adsorption of CO and O₂ on Cu-terminated Cu₂O（111） surface

The adsorptions of CO and O2 molecules individually on the stoichiometric Cu-terminated Cu2O(111) surface are investigated by first-principles calculations on the basis of the density functional theory.The calculated results indicate that the CO molecule preferably coordinates to the Cu2 site through its C atom with an adsorption energy of -1.69 eV,whereas the O2 molecule is most stably adsorbed in a tilt type with one O atom coordinating to the Cu2 site and the other O atom coordinating to the Cu1 site,and has an adsorption energy of -1.97 eV.From the analysis of density of states,it is observed that Cu 3d transfers electrons to 2π orbital of the CO molecule and the highest occupied 5σ orbital of the CO molecule transfers electrons to the substrate.The sharp band of Cu 4s is delocalized when compared to that before the CO molecule adsorption,and overlaps substantially with bands of the adsorbed CO molecule.There is a broadening of the 2π orbital of the O2 molecule because of its overlapping with the Cu 3d orbital,indicating that strong 3d-2π interactions are involved in the chemisorption of the O2 molecule on the surface.