光化学烧孔及其在频域光存储中的应用

光化学光谱烧孔是近年来发展起来的一种高新技术,在超高密度光学存储中有着光明的应用前景。本文着重从材料科学的角度介绍了其基本原理、材料特性及其在频域光存储技术中应用的最新进展情况。     

pH和钙离子协同控制的纳米流体门控器件

生命体内的钙离子通道在各种生物功能调节过程及生命活动中起着至关重要的作用. 模仿生物体中钙离子通道的各种功能性, 构建人工智能通道, 并研究通道中的钙离子输运性能成为一项非常重要的研究课题. 通过重粒子轰击技术及径迹刻蚀方法在高分子聚合物薄膜上设计并制备了一种非对称的锥形多孔纳米通道. 并且通过在锥形纳米通道内壁修饰功能分子O-磷酸基L-络氨酸(OPLT)使纳米通道具有pH与钙离子协同响应的功能. 此体系模仿了生物体中钙离子响应的离子通道的离子输运行为, 及类似二极管的离子整流特性, 并表现出了稳定的离子门控特性及可逆性. 当pH为5时, 通道内壁修饰的OPLT中的氨基使通道内壁显正电性, 通道表现为选择阴离子, 而排斥阳离子的离子选择输运性能, 加入钙离子后离子电流并无明显变化, 此时纳米通道不具有钙离子响应性质; 当pH为9时, OPLT中的磷酸根基团使通道内壁呈现负电性, 通道表现出选择阳离子, 而排斥阴离子的离子选择输运性能, 此时向纳米系统中加入钙离子, 钙离子与磷酸根离子络合, 离子电流改变. 即OPLT修饰的纳米通道具有pH与钙离子协同响应的性能.     

0.22 THz高效率行波管的互作用计算

利用CST Microwave Studio 计算双排矩形梳状慢波结构的色散并据此确定了0.22 THz左右频段（D波段）行波管用慢波结构的尺寸参数。将相速再同步技术应用于基于双排矩形梳状慢波结构的D波段行波管中,用CST PIC模拟计算了4例具有不同周期构型的D波段行波管。结果证实：对于无集中衰减器的D波段行波管,在218~232 GHz范围内,相速再同步技术使得输出功率从10~13 W提高到19~28 W,电子效率从1.4%~2.2%提高到2.6%~3.9%;对于具有集中衰减器D波段行波管,在218~232 GHz范围内,相速再同步技术使得输出功率从8~16.8 W提高到32~41 W,电子效率从1.5%~2.8%提高到4.4%~5.7%。此外,无论行波管有无集中衰减器,相速再同步技术都明显改善了行波管的增益平坦度。     

无光栅频率分辨光学开关行迹分析

从无光栅频率分辨光学开关(GRENOUILLE)的测量原理出发,分析了不均匀的光束空间轮廓导致行迹畸变的原因,并通过数值方法模拟了GRENOUILLE内部存在的数据一致性校验机制对这种影响的抑制作用。结果表明:不均匀光束空间轮廓对GRENOUILLE测量结果的影响并不显著;实际测量中更应避免的是使用过小的光束口径,它将导致行迹不完整,从而显著影响时间波形的测量结果。     

Time evolution of the solvated and conformationally relaxed emissive excited state of the anionic form of salophen,a Schiff base

Salophen is a weakly fluorescent Schiff base which forms emissive co-ordination complexes with Zn²⁺ and Al³⁺. The complex with Al³⁺ is significantly more fluorescent than that with Zn²⁺, presumably because the dimeric complex with Zn²⁺ is associated with additional nonradiative channels. This contention has been put to test, through a careful investigation of excited state dynamics of the anionic form of salophen (Sal²⁻), which is the form in which the ligand exists in the complexes. The emissive excited state of the anion (Sal²⁻) has been found to be solvated and conformationally relaxed, over tens of picosecond. It is significantly more fluorescent than the neutral compound, with fluorescence lifetime that is longer by almost two orders of magnitude. Fluorescence lifetime of the anion is in fact longer than that of the complex with Zn²⁺ and slightly less than that of the complex with Al³⁺. So, the earlier hypothesis about additional nonradiative deactivation pathways in the Zn²⁺ complex gains credence from the present study.     

Kramers-type elastic ratchet model for ATP gating during kinesin’s mechanochemical cycle

ATP binding, acting as a gate, plays an important role in kinesin stepping. To understand the physical mechanism of the ATP gate, we propose a Kramers-type elastic ratchet model in which the free head undergoes a biased diffusive search. By first passage time analysis, we investigate the dependence of the mean dwell time on the load force for forward steps of kinesin and find that the forward dwell time varies exponentially with the backward load force which is consistent with the data of Carter and Cross, Nature 435 (2005) 308. Our work suggests that the gating mechanism triggered by ATP binding involves both Kramers-type elastic ratchet mechanism and power stroke movement.     

KcsA钾通道的多级开放过程:靶向分子动力学模拟

钾离子通道是一种能开放或闭合孔道而控制钾离子跨膜流动的膜蛋白。Kv1.2结构是一种开式构型的钾通道结构,也是迄今获得的唯一一种来自真核细胞的钾通道结构。尽管导致Kv1.2结构内螺旋弯曲的PVP序列在KcsA等原核细胞钾通道中不存在,KcsA结构的直式内螺旋闭合构型仍常被作为Kv1.2等真核细胞钾通道的闭式模版。本文在靶向分子动力学模拟中迫使Kv1.2钾通道闭合为KcsA构型,我们发现Kv1.2无法适应KcsA的闭合构型,松弛后内螺旋恢复PVP铰链弯曲,在孔道的腔-门区域形成上下大中间小的沙漏状闭合构型。此构型使开闭构型转换效率更高,可能是钾通道从原核细胞的甘氨酸铰链进化到真核细胞的PXP铰链的原因所在。     

主动成像系统距离选通实验方案设计

 距离选通技术是克服大气后向散射，提高主动成像系统信噪比的有效方法。分析了距离选通的技术要求，分别使用电源调制和机械调制的方法获得了适合用于主动成像系统脉冲光源,并进行了距离选通实验，机械调制方法适用于大功率连续半导体激光器。使用氙灯泵浦YAG激光器实现了对675 m和1 509 m距离目标的主动成像，详细分析了几种方案的利弊并提出了改进方法。     

Neuron model with conductance-resistance symmetry

This paper is to derive a mathematical model for neuron by imposing only a principle of symmetry that two modelers must obtain the same model when one models the conductances of ion channels and the other models the channels' resistances. Conductance-voltage characteristics for ion transport channels and protein gating channels are both derived. They are expressed as products of maximal conductances and opening probabilities for both types of channel. It gives an explanation to the role of spontaneous firing of individual channel pores and to the origin of leak current. The model has a better fit to a classical data than the Hodgkin-Huxley model does. It can also be reduced to a 2-dimensional model qualitatively similar to the FitzHugh-Nagumo equation and be expanded to a model of three ion channels capable of spike bursts.     

Effect of gating currents of ion channels on the collective spiking activity of coupled Hodgkin-Huxley neurons

Based on the coupled stochastic Hodgkin-Huxley neurons, we numerically studied the effect of gating currents of ion channels, as well as coupling and the number of neurons, on the collective spiking rate and regularity in the coupled system. It was found, for a given coupling strength and with a relatively large number of neurons, when gating currents are applied, the collective spiking regularity decreases; meanwhile, the collective spiking rate increases, indicating that gating currents can aggravate the desynchronization of the spikings of all neurons. However, gating currents caused hardly any effect in the spiking of any individual neuron of the coupled system. This result, different from the reduction of the spiking rate by gating currents in a single neuron, provides a new insight into the effect of gating currents on the global information processing and signal transduction in real neural systems. Supported by the Science Foundation of Ludong University (Grant Nos. 23140301, L20072805)