Superfluidity with and without a condensate in two and three dimensions

The recent study of He and You [P.-S. He and W.-L. You, Int. J. Mod. Phys. B26, 1250107 (2012)] on the relation between superfluid and condensate densities in a two-dimensional weakly interacting Boson system assumed a δ(x???x′) interaction between two particles at sites x and x′. The main purpose of this article is to point out the sensitivity of the conclusions of He and You to the choice of interaction. Thus, it is known for logarithmic interactions that one can have superfluidity without a condensate. Finally, some related ideas are mentioned in relation to superfluidity in liquid ⁴ He at exceedingly low temperatures.     

激光解吸电离质谱新型液相基质研究

选用包括纳米粒子在内的多种基质化合物,构成了多种不同组成的液相基质.以多肽、蛋白、大环寡糖和有机小分子等数种类型化合物为样品,系统地考察了不同液相基质在基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱(MALDI-TOF)分析中的应用情况,探讨了与固体制样方法的异同点.实验结果表明,有些液相基质对多类化合物具有较好的通用性,而有些液相基质对某些特定类型化合物的分析特别有效.     

铬系乙烯齐聚和聚合催化剂

综述了近年来国内外铬系催化剂的最新研究进展。介绍了该类催化剂齐聚和合的性能研究和应用，讨论了该催化剂长期引起争议的活性中心，活性价态，以及反应机理，并同时预测了铬系催化剂在工业和纳米技术方面的发展趋势。     

一种新型双亚胺吡啶铁系催化剂的乙烯低聚研究

线性α 烯烃广泛地应用于洗涤剂、增塑剂、润滑油等精细化学品的合成以及作为共单体制备线性低密度聚乙烯 (ＬＬＤＰＥ) .目前工业上主要是应用ＳＨＯＰ法[1] 、Ｃｈｅｖｒｏｎ工艺和Ａｍｏｃｏ工艺[2 ] 通过乙烯低聚制备 .近些年发展起来的新型高活性后过渡金属乙烯低聚催化剂能够高选择性地制备线性α 烯烃[3 ,4] .Ｂｒｏｏｋｈａｒｔ等[4] 的研究表明 ,对于双亚胺吡啶铁系乙烯聚合催化剂而言 ,配体上苯基的邻位取代基位阻减小可以实现乙烯低聚 ,并具有高活性、高选择性以及理想的低聚产物分布 .本文的工作是从配体的空间位阻效应对催化剂…     

丁苯、丁腈基聚氨酯的形态与性能

用示差扫描量热法 (DSC)、红外分光光度计 (FTIR)和原子力显微镜 (AFM)研究了端羟基聚丁二烯 苯乙烯共聚物 (HTBS)、端羟基聚丁二烯 丙烯腈共聚物 (HTBN)和端羟基聚丁二烯 (HTPB)与甲苯二异氰酸酯、1 ,4 丁二醇构成的溶液法聚二烯烃基聚氨酯 (PU)的形态结构 .结果表明HTPB和HTBS基PU的相分离程度很大 ,而HTBN基PU的相分离程度小 .这可能归因于HTBS软段的极性低 ,不能与硬段形成氢键 ,而HTBN软段中的腈基具有很强的极性 ,且可以与硬段形成氢键作用 ,增加了软硬段间的相容性 ,相分离程度明显降低 .AFM表明HTBN PU随着硬段含量提高 ,表面粗糙度增大 ,由软段为连续相逐渐过渡到双连续结构 .在硬段含量 6 3%时 ,HTBN和HTPB基PU均呈双连续结构 ,而HTBS PU中硬段为连续相 .HTBN PU软段的相区尺寸在1 2nm左右 ,表面粗糙度较大 ,HPBS PU软段的相区尺寸在 1 1nm左右 ,表面粗糙度最小 ,HTPB PU存在 1 4nm和 5 0nm大小不等的软段相区尺寸 .力学性能表明 ,在软段中引入苯乙烯和丙烯腈结构 ,可使聚氨酯抗张强度分别提高 1 5和 2倍 ,模量和断裂伸长率也明显提高     

煤基腐植酸对久效磷的增效作用研究

水溶性煤基酸分为从含有水溶性煤基酸的低价煤中抽提得到的水溶性煤基酸和从不含有水溶性煤基酸的低阶煤中氧化得到的水溶性煤基酸。考察了从武川风化煤和霍林河风化褐煤通过两步催化氧化法得到的水溶性煤基酸和从晋城风化煤中得到的水溶性煤基酸对高效、高毒性的杀虫剂--久效磷生物活性的影响。结果表明：（1）三种煤基酸都能增加久效磷的生物活性;（2）所用水溶性煤基酸的理想浓度为0.0025％;（3）根据毒力曲线,久效磷、武川煤基酸-久效磷和霍林河-久效磷的致死中浓度为9.94g/ha,5.99g/ha,6.62g/ha,相对毒力系数分别为：100,165.9,150.2;（4）大田实验结果证实了水溶性煤基酸对久效磷的增效作用。     

A new sample preparation method for determination of acidic drugs in sewage sludge applying microwave assisted solvent extraction followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

This paper presents a new sample preparation procedure for determination of selected acidic pharmaceuticals (ibuprofen, naproxen, ketoprofen, and diclofenac) in sewage sludge using microwave assisted solvent extraction, dispersive matrix extraction (DME) followed by the conventionally applied solid phase extraction (SPE), derivatization, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The recoveries calculated from analytical data of spiked sludge samples changed in the range of 80-105% ± 15% for the four pharmaceuticals in mixed and activated sludge depending on the efficiency of the clean-up procedure. The measured concentration values of ibuprofen and naproxen were identical in the mixed and the activated sludge samples. However, ketoprofen and diclofenac showed about twice as high concentration in activated sludge than in the mixed one independently of the applied extraction method. The typical concentration ranges of ibuprofen, naproxen, ketoprofen and diclofenac in sewage sludge were 10-30 ng/g, 30-50 ng/g, 50-130 ng/g, and 50-140 ng/g respectively.     

Open tubular capillary electrochromatography: A useful microreactor for collagen I glycation and interaction studies with low-density lipoprotein particles

Diabetes, a multifunctional disease and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the industrialized countries, strongly associates with the development and progression of atherosclerosis. One of the consequences of high level of glucose in the blood circulation is glycation of long-lived proteins, such as collagen I, the most abundant component of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in the arterial wall. Glycation is a long-lasting process that involves the reaction between a carbonyl group of the sugar and an amino group of the protein, usually a lysine residue. This reaction generates an Amadori product that may evolve in advanced glycation end products (AGEs). AGEs, as reactive molecules, can provoke cross-linking of collagen I fibrils. Since binding of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) to the ECM of the inner layer of the arterial wall, the intima, has been implicated to be involved in the onset of the development of an atherosclerotic plaque, collagen modifications, which can affect the affinity of native and oxidized LDL for collagen I, can promote the entrapment of LDLs in the intima and accelerate the progression of atherosclerosis.In this study, open tubular capillary electrochromatography is proposed as a new microreactor to study in situ glycation of collagen I. The kinetics of glycation was first investigated in a fused silica collagen I-coated capillary. Dimethyl sulphoxide, injected as an electroosmotic flow marker, gave information about the charge of coating. Native and oxidized LDL, and selected peptide fragments from apolipoprotein B-100, the protein covering LDL particles, were injected as marker compounds to clarify the interactions between LDLs and the glycated collagen I coating. The method proposed is simple and inexpensive, since only small amounts of collagen and LDL are required. Atomic force microscopy images complemented our studies, highlighting the difference between unmodified and glycated collagen I surfaces.     

Beyond labels: A review of the application of quantum dots as integrated components of assays, bioprobes, and biosensors utilizing optical transduction

A comprehensive review of the development of assays, bioprobes, and biosensors using quantum dots (QDs) as integrated components is presented. In contrast to a QD that is selectively introduced as a label, an integrated QD is one that is present in a system throughout a bioanalysis, and simultaneously has a role in transduction and as a scaffold for biorecognition. Through a diverse array of coatings and bioconjugation strategies, it is possible to use QDs as a scaffold for biorecognition events. The modulation of QD luminescence provides the opportunity for the transduction of these events via fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET), charge transfer quenching, and electrochemiluminescence (ECL). An overview of the basic concepts and principles underlying the use of QDs with each of these transduction methods is provided, along with many examples of their application in biological sensing. The latter include: the detection of small molecules using enzyme-linked methods, or using aptamers as affinity probes; the detection of proteins via immunoassays or aptamers; nucleic acid hybridization assays; and assays for protease or nuclease activity. Strategies for multiplexed detection are highlighted among these examples. Although the majority of developments to date have been in vitro, QD-based methods for ex vivo biological sensing are emerging. Some special attention is given to the development of solid-phase assays, which offer certain advantages over their solution-phase counterparts.     

From a Network of Computed Reaction Enthalpies to Atom‐Based Thermochemistry (NEAT)

A simple and fast, weighted, linear least‐squares refinement protocol and code is presented for inverting the information contained in a network of quantum chemically computed 0 K reaction enthalpies. This inversion yields internally consistent 0 K enthalpies of formation for the species of the network. The refinement takes advantage of the fact that the accuracy of computed enthalpies depends strongly on the quantum‐chemical protocol employed for their determination. Different protocols suffer from different sources of error; thus, the reaction enthalpies computed by them have “random” residual errors. Since it is much more natural for quantum‐chemical energy and enthalpy results, including reaction enthalpies, to be based on the electronic ground states of the atoms and not on the historically preferred elemental states, and since these two possible protocols can be converted into each other straightforwardly, it is proposed that first‐principles thermochemistry should employ the ground electronic states of atoms. In this scheme, called atom‐based thermochemistry (AT), the enthalpy of formation of a gaseous compound corresponds simply to the total atomization energy of the species; it is always positive, and it reflects the bonding strength within the molecule. The inversion protocol developed and based on AT is termed NEAT, which represents the fact that the protocol proceeds from a network of computed reaction enthalpies toward atom‐based thermochemistry, most directly to atom‐based enthalpies of formation. After assembling a database that consisted of 361 ab initio reactions and reaction enthalpies involving 188 species, collected from 31 literature sources, the following dependable 0 K atom‐based enthalpies of formation, Δ_f${H{{{\rm AT}\hfill \atop 0\hfill}}}$ , all in kJ mol^?1, have been obtained by means of NEAT: H₂=432.07(0), CH=334.61(15), NH=327.69(25), OH=425.93(21), HF=566.13(31), CO=1072.08(28), O₂=493.51(34), CH₂=752.40(21), H₂O=918.05(20), HO₂=694.53(32), CO₂=1597.77(40), CH₃=1209.64(29), NH₃=1157.44(33), C₂H₂=1625.78(40), and CH₄=1641.68(40), in which the uncertainty values given in parentheses represent 95 % confidence intervals. The average deviation of these values from the well‐established active thermochemical tables (ATcT) values is a mere 0.25 kJ mol^?1, with a maximum deviation of 0.7 kJ mol^?1. This shows that the use of a large number of ab initio reaction enthalpies within a NEAT‐type protocol has considerable advantages over the sequential utilization of the ab initio information.