Development of Improved High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Method for the Determination of Residual Caprylic Acid in Formulations of Human Immunoglobulins

Quality control of human immunoglobulin formulations produced by caprylic acid precipitation necessitates a simple, rapid, and accurate method for determination of residual caprylic acid. A high-performance liquid chromatography method for that purpose was developed and validated. The method involves depletion of immunoglobulins, the major interfering components that produce high background noise, by precipitation with acetonitrile (1:1, v/v). Chromatographic analysis of caprylic acid, preserved in supernatant with no loss, was performed using a reverse-phase C18 column (2.1 × 150 mm, 3 μm) as a stationary phase and water with 0.05% TFA–acetonitrile (50:50, v/v) as a mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.2 mL/min and run time of 10 min. The developed method was successfully validated according to the ICH guidelines. The validation parameters confirmed that method was linear, accurate, precise, specific, and able to provide excellent separation of peaks corresponding to caprylic acid and the fraction of remaining immunoglobulins. Furthermore, a 2⁴⁻¹ fractional factorial design was applied in order to test the robustness of developed method. As such, the method is highly suitable for the quantification of residual caprylic acid in formulations of human immunoglobulins for therapeutic use, as demonstrated on samples produced by fractionation of convalescent anti-SARS-CoV-2 human plasma at a laboratory scale. The obtained results confirmed that the method is convenient for routine quality control.     

Silver Nanowires and Silanes in Hybrid Functionalization of Aramid Fabrics

New functionalization methods of meta- and para-aramid fabrics with silver nanowires (AgNWs) and two silanes (3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES)) and diethoxydimethylsilane (DEDMS) were developed: a one-step method (mixture) with AgNWs dispersed in the silane mixture and a two-step method (layer-by-layer) in which the silanes mixture was applied to the previously deposited AgNWs layer. The fabrics were pre-treated in a low-pressure air radio frequency (RF) plasma and subsequently coated with polydopamine. The modified fabrics acquired hydrophobic properties (contact angle Θ_W of 112–125°). The surface free energy for both modified fabrics was approximately 29 mJ/m², while for reference, meta- and para-aramid fabrics have a free energy of 53 mJ/m² and 40 mJ/m², respectively. The electrical surface resistance (R_s) was on the order of 10² Ω and 10⁴ Ω for the two-step and one-step method, respectively. The electrical volume resistance (R_v) for both modified fabrics was on the order of 10² Ω. After UV irradiation, the Rs did not change for the two-step method, and for the one-step method, it increased to the order of 10¹⁰ Ω. The specific strength values were higher by 71% and 63% for the meta-aramid fabric and by 102% and 110% for the para-aramid fabric for the two-step and one-step method, respectively, compared to the unmodified fabrics after UV radiation.     

基于Z箍缩装置的实验室天体物理研究

大型高功率脉冲装置广泛应用于高能量密度物理的实验室中,随着诊断技术和流体力学模拟技术水平的提高,基于此类装置,实验室天体物理方向取得一些新的重要进展,文章主要介绍帝国理工大学Z箍缩结构的MAGPIE 脉冲功率装置上开展的关于磁重联和喷流的实验进展,在磁重联实验中,发现重联电流片中电子温度和离子温度远高于入流等离子体的温度,必然有其他效应导致电子和离子的异常高温;喷流实验中观察到弓形激波和锥形激波的产生。最后对Z 箍缩装置实验室天体物理学的未来发展做一些展望。     

Dust Self‐Organized Structures II. Solutions of Master Equations for Small Diffusion

Master equations for spherical dust structures are solved numerically using the asymptotic solutions at the center of the structures for the case of absence of external ionization and small diffusions. The structures are determined by a single parameter, the external plasma flux at the surface of the structure. The equilibrium states that are possible in a limited range of this parameter are investigated numerically. It is demonstrated that in the range of existence of equilibria the structures are changing their shapes and type of distributions inside the structures. For large external fluxes the ion and dust distributions can have peaks inside the structures while for low external fluxes the dust distribution has a single maximum at the structure center. The lower is the external flux supporting the structure the larger is its size. An increase of the external flux decreases the accumulation of dust and ions at the center. The total number of dust confined by the structure is larger for larger size structures. Estimates of dust crystallization inside structures are given. The role of diffusion is calculated by perturbations and is shown to be small in all structure regions except the structure edges. In the perturbation theory we use the exact expressions of the diffusion coefficients calculated previously numerically. The regions with dust density peaks inside the structures have been calculated with two order of magnitude larger precision that allows to resolve the structure parameter dependencies inside the peaks. It is shown that although in peaks the gradients of all parameters are increased the diffusion flux is still small and that the continuity and hydrodynamic approach are applicable within an accuracy about several %‐s (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Large transverse momentum dilepton Production in heavy ion collisions with two-photon processes

The cold component of large transverse momentum dilepton production via semi-coherent two-photon interaction is calculated.The cold contribution is essential to the dilepton spectra in the soft region for different mass bins.The results are compared with the PHENIX experimental data at RHIC,and we find that the modification of semi-coherent two-photon processes is more evident with the rising dilepton mass bins.     

电离层与卫星通信

利用电子流体动力学方程和麦克斯韦方程组推导了等离子体的特征频率、折射率，并讨论了电磁波在等离子体中传播的基本条件，从而得出了卫星通信的基本电磁学条件．     

Leakage current and sub-bandgap photo-response of oxygen-plasma treated GaN Schottky barrier diodes

The effect of oxygen plasma treatment on the performance of GaN Schottky barrier diodes is studied. The GaN surface is intentionally exposed to oxygen plasma generated in an inductively coupled plasma etching system before Schottky metal deposition. The reverse leakage current of the treated diodes is suppressed in low bias range with enhanced diode ideality factor and series resistance. However, in high bias range the treated diodes exhibit higher reverse leakage current and corresponding lower breakdown voltage. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis reveals the growth of a thin GaO_x layer on GaN surface during oxygen plasma treatment. Under sub-bandgap light illumination, the plasma-treated diodes show larger photovoltaic response compared with that of untreated diodes, suggesting that additional defect states at GaN surface are induced by the oxygen plasma treatment.     

高纯氧化镨样品ICP摄谱分析时光谱干扰校正方法的研究

本文提出了Pr_6O_(11)样品ICP摄谱分析时干扰系数法校正光谱干扰的方法和相应的计算机软件系统。建立了Pr基体对14种稀土杂质元素24条灵敏分析线的干扰系数表(KCT),利用所提出的方法分析了Pr_6O_(11)合成样品,由91个实验点所得回收结果可知,回收率在90～110%之间的占93.4%。可见校正是相当有效和十分必要的。     

斜入射激光等离子体堵口时空特性研究

在“星光II”上首次利用X光12分幅相机(XFC)成功地观测到了1.053 μm激光以45°方向斜入射孔靶和半腔靶等离子体堵口的时间和二维空间图象,获得了等离子体堵口速度,同时通过一维模型给出了斜入射条件下的等离子体堵口速度。实验结果表明：相同参数条件下半腔靶与孔靶相比,等离子体喷射速度高约15%。一维模型给出的等离子体喷射速度与XFC测出的等离子体喷射速度在实验误差范围内是一致的。     

Transverse Wave Propagation in Relativistic Two-Fluid Plasmas around Reissner–Nordström Black Hole

We investigate transverse electromagnetic waves propagating in a plasma influenced by the gravitational field of the Reissner–Nordström black hole. Applying 3+1 spacetime split we reformulate the relativistic two-fluid equations to take account of gravitational effects due to the event horizon and describe the set of simultaneous linear equations for the perturbations. Using a local approximation we investigate the one-dimensional radial propagation of Alfvén and high frequency electromagnetic waves. We derive the dispersion relation for these waves and solve it for the wave number k numerically.