Combinational Chemotherapy and Photothermal Therapy Using a Gold Nanorod Platform for Cancer Treatment

Multimodal approaches combined with various nanomaterials and advanced techniques have been developed for synergistic cancer treatment. Among various therapies, conventional chemotherapy (CHT) is a direct cancer treatment that can produce unintended side effects due to nonspecific action on both the tumor and normal cells; patient-friendly photothermal therapy (PTT) may be able to treat embedded tumors in vital regions with minimal invasion but does not guarantee complete removal of cancers. However, the combination of CHT-PTT may provide a promising tool for direct cancer treatment with minimal side effects. In this regard, nanostructured materials, such as gold nanorods with tuned size and surface characteristics, are key components designed to enhance the heating capacity and active or passive delivery of drugs to the tumor site. In this review, the pioneering work synergizing CHT and PTT is summarized, and the current state-of-the-art in the development of inorganic and organic nanocomposites for combinational therapy is described.     

Recent Advances in Synergistic Antitumor Effects Exploited from the Inhibition of Ataxia Telangiectasia and RAD3-Related Protein Kinase (ATR)

As one of the key phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-related kinases (PIKKs) family members, ataxia telangiectasia and RAD3-related protein kinase (ATR) is crucial in maintaining mammalian cell genomic integrity in DNA damage response (DDR) and repair pathways. Dysregulation of ATR has been found across different cancer types. In recent years, the inhibition of ATR has been proven to be effective in cancer therapy in preclinical and clinical studies. Importantly, tumor-specific alterations such as ATM loss and Cyclin E1 (CCNE1) amplification are more sensitive to ATR inhibition and are being exploited in synthetic lethality (SL) strategy. Besides SL, synergistic anticancer effects involving ATRi have been reported in an increasing number in recent years. This review focuses on the recent advances in different forms of synergistic antitumor effects, summarizes the pharmacological benefits and ongoing clinical trials behind the biological mechanism, and provides perspectives for future challenges and opportunities. The hope is to draw awareness to the community that targeting ATR should have great potential in developing effective anticancer medicines.     

电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法测定烧结增效剂中三氧化二硼和二氧化锰

提出了电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法测定烧结增效剂中主成分三氧化二硼和二氧化锰含量的方法。用盐酸-硝酸混合溶液溶解样品,选择波长257.610,249.773 nm两条谱线分别作为测定硼和锰的分析线,采用背景校正来扣除干扰。方法用于烧结增效剂样品分析,测定结果与化学法测定值相一致。     

低温等离子体与MnO_x/γ-Al_2O_3协同催化降解正己醛

研究了在低温等离子体和催化剂共同作用下低浓度正己醛的降解反应.结果表明,等离子体与γ-Al2O3之间产生了很好的催化协同作用,在低放电功率(2.8W)和低温(80℃)下,干燥空气气氛中,γ-Al2O3对0.12%正己醛的去除率为87.1%;当γ-Al2O3负载7.5%MnOx后,正己醛去除率达到96.5%,其效果与Pt/γ-Al2O3相当.7.5%MnOx/γ-Al2O3在实验条件下连续使用50h,其催化活性未见下降.     

PCB酸性蚀刻液中缓蚀剂对厚铜线路制作的影响

以2-巯基苯并噻唑(2-MBT)、 苯并三氮唑(BTA)和苯氧基乙醇(MSDS)作为缓蚀剂, 研究了其加入在酸性蚀刻液后对PCB厚铜线路的缓蚀效果。通过接触角测试、电化学测试和蚀刻因子得出缓蚀状态,并结合扫描电子显微镜观察铜表面形貌。通过分子动力学计算和量子化学模拟分析缓蚀剂在铜表面的吸附机理。结果表明,2-MBT + MSDS与BTA + MSDS的分子结构可有效地平行吸附在铜表面,且吸附能高于单一缓蚀剂。加入了2-MBT + MSDS的蚀刻液,对厚度约为33 μm铜线路进行刻蚀,铜线路的蚀刻因子提高到6.59,可有效应用于PCB厚铜线路制作。     

半导体芯片化学机械抛光过程中材料去除机理研究进展

就国内外关于集成电路芯片化学机械抛光(CMP)材料去除机理研究的现状和进展进行了评述，总结了集成电路芯片常用介电材料二氧化硅以及导电互连材料钨、铝及铜的化学机械抛光研究现状和进展，进而分析了化学机械抛光过程中化学作用同机械作用的协同效应，指出关于芯片化学机械抛光的材料去除机理尚存在争议，因此有必要在CMP研究领域引入原子力显微镜和电化学显微镜等先进分析测试设备和相关技术，以便在深入揭示CMP过程中材料去除机理的基础上，为更好地控制CMP过程和提高CMP效率提供科学依据．     

A Facile and Highly Efficient Approach to Obtain a Fluorescent Chromogenic Porous Organic Polymer for Lymphatic Targeting Imaging

Porous organic polymers have an open architecture, excellent stability, and tunable structural components, revealing great application potential in the field of fluorescence imaging, but this part of the research is still in its infancy. In this study, we aimed to tailor the physical and chemical characteristics of indocyanine green using sulfonic acid groups and conjugated fragments, and prepared amino-grafted porous polymers. The resulting material had excellent solvent and thermal stability, and possessed a relatively large pore structure with a size of 3.4 nm. Based on the synergistic effect of electrostatic bonding and π–π interactions, the fluorescent chromogenic agent, indocyanine green, was tightly incorporated into the pore cavity of POP solids through a one-step immersion method. Accordingly, the fluorescent chromogenic POP demonstrated excellent imaging capabilities in biological experiments. This preparation of fluorescent chromogenic porous organic polymer illustrates a promising application of POP-based solids in both fluorescence imaging and biomedicine applications.     

1H NMR探究空间效应对表面活性剂复配体系中协同作用的影响

通过核磁共振氢谱（¹H NMR）实验测量了温度为298.0 K时3种表面活性剂——十六烷基三甲基溴化铵（CTAB）、辛基苯基聚氧乙烯醚（TX-100）和十二烷基硫酸钠（SDS）组成的复配体系CTAB/TX-100、SDS/TX-100和CTAB/TX-100/SDS中各组分的化学位移,得到了各混合体系中CTAB、TX-100和SDS的临界胶束浓度（CMC）.对不同体系中各组分CMC随摩尔分数的变化曲线进行比较,发现了空间效应对表面活性剂复配体系中协同作用的影响在一定的情况下并不逊于静电相互作用：表面活性剂分子的截面积越大,对体系中其他组分的协同作用越强;当组分间存在弱的静电相互作用时,空间效应对协同作用起到更主要的影响.