Controlled Release of the Dithiocarbamate Ligand From A Polypyrrole Polymer. A Basis For On-Line Electrochemicalycontrolled Derivatisation

Abstract

The development of a novel on-line derivatisation scheme is described. the scheme involves use of a conducting polymeric material into which the derivatising agent is incorporated. the properties of the polymer enable electrochemical controlled release of the reagent into flowing solutions.     

Multi-reference configuration-interaction calculations on multiply charged ions of carbon monosulfide

The potential energy curves for neutrals and multiply charged ions of carbon monosulfide are computed with highly correlated multi-reference configuration interaction wavefunctions.The correlations of inner-shell electrons with the scalar relativistic effects are included in the present computations.The spectroscopic constants,dissociation energies,ionization energies for ground and low-lying excited states together with corresponding electronic configurations of ions are obtained,and a good agreement between the present work and existing experiments is found.No theoretical evidence is found for the adiabatically stable CSq+(q>2) ions according to the present ab initio calculations.The calculated values for 1st-6th ionization energies are 11.25,32.66,64.82,106.25,159.75,and 224.64 eV,respectively.The kinetic energy release data of fragments are provided by the present work for further experimental comparisons.     

On‐chip stimulated Brillouin Scattering for microwave signal processing and generation

Demonstration of continuously tunable delay, low‐noise lasers, dynamically controlled gratings, and optical phase shifting using the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) process has lead to the emergence of SBS as a promising technology for microwave photonics. On‐chip realization of SBS enables photonic integration of microwave photonic signal processing and offers significantly enhanced performance and improved efficiency. On‐chip stimulated Brillouin scattering is reviewed in the context of slow‐light based tunable delay, low‐noise narrow linewidth lasers and filtering for integrated microwave photonics. A discussion on key material and device properties, necessary to enable on‐chip Brillouin scattering using both the single‐pass and resonator geometry, is presented along with an outlook for photonic integration of microwave signal processing and generation in other platforms.     

Polycaprolactone biopolymer thin films obtained by matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation

We report the successful deposition of polycaprolactone polymer by MAPLE using a KrF* excimer laser (λ = 248 nm, τ = 7 ns). According to FTIR spectra the deposited films have similar chemical structure to the dropcast material. The fluence plays a key role in optimizing the performances of MAPLE-synthesized polycaprolactone structures. We demonstrated that MAPLE allows for controlling the morphology of films to the level required in targeted drug delivery of pharmacologic agents.     

Bursting and spiking due to additional direct and stochastic currents in neuron models

Neurons at rest can exhibit diverse firing activities patterns in response to various external deterministic and random stimuli, especially additional currents. In this paper, neuronal firing patterns from bursting to spiking, induced by additional direct and stochastic currents, are explored in rest states corresponding to two values of the parameter $V_{\rm K}$ in the Chay neuron system. Three cases are considered by numerical simulation and fast/slow dynamic analysis, in which only the direct current or the stochastic current exists, or the direct and stochastic currents coexist. Meanwhile, several important bursting patterns in neuronal experiments, such as the period-1 ``circle/homoclinic" bursting and the integer multiple ``fold/homoclinic" bursting with one spike per burst, as well as the transition from integer multiple bursting to period-1 ``circle/homoclinic" bursting and that from stochastic ``Hopf/homoclinic" bursting to ``Hopf/homoclinic" bursting, are investigated in detail.     

Physiochemical and cytotoxicity study of TPGS stabilized nanoemulsion designed by ultrasonication method

The main aim of the present work was to prepare TPGS stabilized D-α-Tocopherol, lemon oil, tween-80, and water nanoemulsion by low cost and highly effective sonication method. The prepared nanoemulsion showed good stability for 60 days at variable temperature conditions i.e. 4, 25 and 37 °C. The tolerance of the prepared nanoemulsion to salt (50 mM–500 mM) and pH (pH 2–pH 7.4) was also studied. The morphology and droplet size of pure and quinine loaded nanoemulsion was characterized with transmission electron microscopy. The prepared formulation was transparent and the obtained average particle size ranged between 25 nm and 35 nm. The nanoemulsion was found to be non toxic. The cell viability study of pure nanoemulsion carried out on Hep G2 cells revealed that the cell viability was 100%. The formulation further exhibited high quinine loading and release capacity with cumulative release up to 76 ± 2% and 65 ± 2% at pH 7.4 and pH 5.5 respectively. The interaction between quinine and vitamins (riboflavin, thiamine and biotin) was also carried out (aqueous medium). The study revealed that riboflavin had strong interaction with quinine and vitamins vis-à-vis thiamine and biotin.     

二维等离子体填充金属光子晶体腔体特性

设计了等离子体填充的二维金属光子晶体特殊开放腔体结构,并采用粒子模拟技术(PIC)建立了基于等离子体填充腔体结构物理模型,分析了等离子体填充下二维腔体的各模式场分布特性,以及等离子体的引入对腔体内各模式工作频率、电场幅值的影响。结果表明:腔体内各模式的电场强度随等离子体密度的增加而减弱,模式频率随背景等离子体归一化频率的提高而增加,工作模式的产生与激励方式密切相关。     

环中环结构谐振腔中的耦合谐振透明特性研究

在考虑耦合器插入损耗的情况下,理论分析了环中环结构谐振腔的耦合谐振透明效应.利用迭代法推导了整个结构的透过系数和有效相移,从而得到考虑了插入损耗的该结构的色散.研究表明,整个结构的有效相移,群速度和带宽,可通过耦合器的插入损耗、环中环结构中环与环周长之间的倍数以及环的个数来控制,这在旋转传感、光学时延线、光缓存、滤波等方面的应用有重要意义. 关键词： 环中环结构 耦合谐振透明 色散 慢光