Ultrafast Excited State Dynamics of Biliverdin Dimethyl Ester Coordinate with Zinc Ions

As one of the biological endogenous pigments, biliverdin (BV) and its dimethyl ester (BVE) have extremely weak fluorescence in solution with quantum yield less than 0.01%. However, the situation reverses with the addition of zinc ions. The strength for fluorescence of BVE-Znbegin{document}$ ^{2+} $end{document} complex is greatly enhanced and fluorescence quantum yield can increase to begin{document}$ sim $end{document}5%. Herein, we studied ultrafast excited state dynamics of BVE-Znbegin{document}$ ^{2+} $end{document} complex in ethanol, begin{document}$ n $end{document}-propanol, and DMSO solutions in order to reveal the mechanism of fluorescence quantum yield enhancement. The results show that BVE can form a stable coordination complex with zinc with 1:1 stoichiometry in solution. BVE is structurally and energetically more stable in the complex. Using picosecond time-resolve fluorescence and femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, we show that smaller non-radiative rate constant of BVE-Znbegin{document}$ ^{2+} $end{document} complex in DMSO is the key to increasing its fluorescence quantum yield and the excited state decay mechanism is also revealed. These results provide valuable information about the fluorescence property change after BVE binding to metal ions and may provide a guidance for the study of phytochromes or other fluorescence proteins in which BV/BVE acts as chromophores.     

A novel synthetic strategy for preparing semi‐aromatic components modified polyamide 6 polymer

In this work, a novel synthetic path for preparing semi‐armotic components modified polyamide 6 was developed by caprolactam as solvent of purified terephthalic acid and 1,6‐hexanediamine. First, the ring opening reaction and poly‐addition of caprolactam were initiated by 1,6‐hexanediamine to generate a prepolymer containing amino groups in both ends, then followed by the poly‐condensation reaction with purified terephthalic acid, a long chain copolymer was produced, which the reaction time was reduced by 4 h compared with conventional hydrolytic ring‐opening polymerization of pure caprolactam. By varying the ratio of terephthalic acid and 1,6‐hexanediamine, a series of copolymers with different number average molecular weight and physical properties were prepared. Analytical results showed that the conversion percentage of caprolactam is significantly increased by the proposed method. Furthermore, this new copolymers exhibited excellent transparence and high decomposition temperature. Besides, the copolymers with average molecular weight ≥15,000 present good mechanical properties, making it a potentially useful application in plastics, textile yarn, and membranes. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2018 , 56, 959–967     

Load-Carrying Capacity of Circular Plates Made of a Fiber-Reinforced Composite

The load-carrying capacity of circular plates made of a fiber-reinforced composite and loaded with axisymmetric transverse forces under axisymmetric boundary conditions is investigated. The plates can be freely supported or clamped along their contour. To the known yield condition used, in the plane of main bending moments, there correspond irregular hexagons, which depend on the mechanical properties of composite constituents and some characteristic geometrical parameters. It is shown that, depending on the ratio of ultimate radial and circumferential bending moments, in the plastic state, the circular plates (the central part of the clamped plates) take the form of a cone or a frustum of cone. For each of the cases, the limit load is found, which is a function of the above-mentioned mechanical parameters. The statically allowable fields of bending moments and the corresponding allowable fields of deflection rates are determined. The solutions found are exact. Special cases for the freely supported plates are analyzed, and the results obtained are presented in the form of graphs.__________Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 177–192, March–April, 2005.     

用于位置灵敏型中子探测器的6LiF/ZnS（Ag）闪烁体性能研究

研究了掺杂6LiF的ZnS(Ag)闪烁体对中子、γ射线的发光特性和EJ426闪烁体样品的热中子探测效率、出射光产额和γ灵敏度。EJ426的热中子探测效率为32.4%,出射光产额为8.01×103光子/中子,70 mV阈值时的γ灵敏度小于10-7,表明EJ426是较理想的闪烁体型位置灵敏中子探测器材料。     

超二代像增强器多碱阴极光电发射特性研究

通过测量超二代像增强器多碱阴极的光谱反射率和透射率,根据能量守恒定律计算得到了多碱阴极的光谱吸收率.结果表明,只有当光子的能量大于1.333 eV以后,多碱阴极的吸收率才开始快速增大.这说明多碱阴极的光谱吸收存在一个1.333 eV的长波吸收限,入射光的光子能量如果小于该吸收限,多碱阴极将不吸收.在多碱阴极的表面电子亲合势进一步降低的情况下,多碱阴极光电发射的长波理论阈值由长波吸收限所决定.多碱阴极在吸收光子之后的电子跃迁过程中,跃迁电子的能量增加小于所吸收入射光子的能量,即存在一个"能量损失".光子的能量越高,所激发的跃迁电子所处的能级越高,能量损失越大.同时光子的能量越高,跃迁电子所处的能级越高,电子跃迁的几率越低.多碱阴极的量子效率由吸收率、跃迁几率和跃迁能级、扩散过程中的能量损失等因素共同决定,因此多碱阴极的量子效率存在长波阈的同时也存在短波阈.多碱阴极的量子效率在2.11 eV达到最大值之后,随着光子能量的增加而单调减小,在3.6 eV时,量子效率减小到零.多碱阴极在3.6 eV时的吸收系数仍然很高,但由于电子跃迁的几率低,同时电子扩散过程中的能量损失大,导致尽管多碱阴极对短波具有较高的吸收系数,但量子效率仍然较低.因此对多碱阴极所吸收的光子能量中,转换成为光电导、晶格热振动等其他非光电发射形式能量的比例而言,短波较长波高,对光电发射的贡献率而言,短波较长波低.     

硅酸铋(BSO)晶体闪烁性能研究

报道对BSO晶体闪烁性能研究的若干结果. 包括晶体的激发光谱和荧光光谱、光产额、发光衰减时间和抗辐照能力等特性.     

Localization and quantification of radical production in cavitating flows with luminol chemiluminescent reactions

Hydrodynamic cavitation experiments in microfluidic systems have been performed with an aqueous solution of luminol as the working fluid. In order to identify where and how much reactive radical species are formed by the violent bubble collapse, the resulting chemiluminescent oxidation reaction of luminol was scrutinized downstream of a constriction in the microchannel. An original method was developed in order to map the intensity of chemiluminescence emitted from the micro-flow, allowing us to localize the region where radicals are produced. Time averaged void fraction measurements performed by laser induced fluorescence experiments were also used to determine the cavitation cloud position. The combination void fraction and chemiluminescence two-dimensional mapping demonstrated that the maximum chemiluminescent intensity area was found just downstream of the cavitation clouds. Furthermore, the radical yield can be obtained with our single photon counting technique. The maximum radical production rates of 1.2*10⁷ OH/s and radical production per processed liquid volume of 2.15*10¹⁰ HO/l were observed. The proposed technique allows for two-dimensional characterisation of radical production in the microfluidic flow and could be a quick, non-intrusive way to optimise hydrodynamic cavitation reactor design and operating parameters, leading to enhancements in wastewater treatments and other process intensifications.     

A study on anomalous yield drop behaviour in modified beta titanium alloys

ABSTRACT

The yield drop phenomenon observed in the Ti–15V-3Al–3Sn-3Cr (Ti–15–3) beta-titanium alloy and its anomalous behaviour in the boron and carbon added Ti–15–3 alloys have been studied. While the base and the carbon containing alloys exhibit yield drop, the boron containing alloy with smaller grain size than base alloy does not appear to show this phenomenon. Tensile tests were interrupted at different stress levels followed by analyses of slip lines and sub-structural characteristics using scanning and transmission electron microscopes to understand this anomalous yield point phenomenon. Infrared thermal imaging technique was used to map the strain localisation and the spatiotemporal evolution of deformation along the gauge length of the specimens during the tensile tests. Deformation in these alloys initiates only in a few grains. Pile-up of dislocations in these grains subsequently triggers the formation of dislocations in other grains and their rapid multiplications. The spreading of deformation by the generation of dislocations from pile up dislocations in one grain to neighbouring un-deformed grains and their rapid multiplication to new regions influence the yield drop phenomenon and its characteristics. It is shown in this study that microscopic instability in the grain level is a necessary, but not the sufficient condition for the manifestation of macroscopic instability during tensile deformation in polycrystalline materials. The presence of boride particles at grain boundaries restricts the slip transfer across the grains as well as the spreading of deformation to new regions, which causes the suppression of yield drop in the boron containing alloy.     

Which stresses affect the glide of screw dislocations in bcc metals?

By direct application of stress in molecular statics calculations we identify the stress components that affect the glide of 1/2?111? screw dislocations in bcc tungsten. These results prove that the hydrostatic stress and the normal stress parallel to the dislocation line do not play any role in the dislocation glide. Therefore, the Peierls stress of the dislocation cannot depend directly on the remaining two normal stresses that are perpendicular to the dislocation but, instead, on their combination that causes an equibiaxial tension-compression (and thus shear) in the plane perpendicular to the dislocation line. The Peierls stress of 1/2?111? screw dislocations then depends only on the orientation of the plane in which the shear stress parallel to the Burgers vector is applied and on the magnitude and orientation of the shear stress perpendicular to the slip direction.     

不同动能的~(129)Xe~(26+)与Au表面作用产生的X射线谱

测量了动能为350—600 keV和1.8—3.9 MeV的129Xe26+入射Au表面产生的X射线谱.结果表明,350—600 keV的Xe26+仅激发出了Au的Mα特征X射线,而1.8—3.9 MeV的Xe26+可激发出Au的Mζ,Mα,Mγ和Mδ特征X射线.分析了X射线强度和产额比与入射离子动能的关系,并估计了Xe26+激发Xe的L-X射线的动能阈值.