Influence of the variable wall thickness of the sample tubes and a quartz Dewar on the EPR signal intensity in a single TE102 and double TE104 rectangular cavity

The response of a single TE₁₀₂ and double TE₁₀₄ rectangular cavity to the insertion of samples contained in tubes with variable wall thickness and a quartz Dewar into the cavity has been analyzed. A direct, indirect, and concurrent (positive or negative) “lens effect” inside the double TE₁₀₄ rectangular cavity is discussed. The experimental dependence of the EPR signal intensity on the wall thickness of the sample tube, δ, for the line-like samples with identical length of the sample material column, L=30 mm, recorded in the microwave cavity showed a directly proportional increase of the relative “lens effect” with the increase of the wall thickness of the tube in the interval, δ∈<0.1 mm, >0.5 mm. The insertion of the variable-temperature double-wall quartz Dewar (home-built, resonant frequency shift, ca. −300 MHz) into the single TE₁₀₂ rectangular cavity showed the same relative “lens effect”, with ca. 1.5-time increase of the EPR signal intensity, for a point-like sample and the line-like samples with material columns of diameter of 1 and 1.3 mm, and wall thickness of the sample tubes, δ∈<0.1 mm, >0.5 mm. The increased effect of the Dewar arises because the active volume of the quartz Dewar tube walls is always much more larger than the active volume of the sample tube wall. In the case of the double TE₁₀₄ rectangular cavity, the insertion of the quartz Dewar: (i) into the same cavity, in which the sample is present, caused a direct “lens effect”, with ca. 1.8-fold increase of the EPR signal intensity; however, (ii) into the complementary cavity, in which the sample is absent, caused an indirect “lens effect”, with ca. 0.6-fold decrease of the EPR signal intensity. With the Dewar and sample in one cavity and a large empty sample tube in the complementary cavity, a concurrent (positive or negative) “lens effect” can be observed. Thus, the possible increase/decrease of the EPR signal intensity depends on the volume ratio of the quartz Dewar tube walls and large sample tube wall inserted into the double TE₁₀₄ rectangular cavity. Each of the above phenomena may be a significant source error in quantitative EPR spectrometry unless the samples to be compared in the quantitative EPR analysis are contained in sample tubes having the same wall thickness and each EPR spectra should be recorded inside an identical quartz Dewar.     

腔长失调对光腔衰荡法测量精度的影响

 只考虑腔长失调因素下建立了反射率模拟测量的理论模型。根据高斯光束传输规律分析了腔长失调对衰荡腔模式耦合的影响，推导了腔长失调与谐振腔输出脉冲信号、衰荡信号与反射率之间的关系，模拟了腔长失调在±10mm范围内的光脉冲衰荡现象。结果表明：对于光敏面直径为0.2mm的高速探测器，为了保证10^-6的测量精度，腔长的失调量应控制在±1mm之间。在光路调节中采用具有对数变换功能的示波器和动态范围较大的探测器，可以提高测量精度。     

回旋速调管放大器输出腔的特性研究

 利用变截面波导的耦合模理论，根据输出腔中电场幅值分布函数所满足的微分方程组，编写了具有自动优化功能的计算程序，分析研究了不同渐变角度、考虑腔体损耗前后和输出腔与外电路失配时，谐振频率、腔体品质因数和高频场幅值沿轴分布的变化情况，为进一步研究高频场与电子注的互作用和输出腔奠定了基础。     

A comparison of best fit lines for data with outliers

Three techniques for determining a straight line fit to data are compared. The methods are applied to a range of datasets containing one or more outliers, and to a specific example from the field of chemistry. For the method which is the most resistant to the presence of outliers, a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, as well as two Matlab routines, are included which can be used to determine the slope and intercept estimates.     

Arm‐first synthesis of star polymers with polywedge arms using ring‐opening metathesis polymerization and bifunctional crosslinkers

This work presents a two‐step, one‐pot process to make star polymers with polywedge arms. In a one‐pot reaction, after the polywedge arms are synthesized, crosslinker species are added to the reaction, rapidly forming star polymers. Crosslinker species with different degrees of conformational freedom were designed and synthesized and their capacity to generate star polymers was evaluated. Mass conversions up to 92% and stars with up to 17 arms were synthesized with the most rigid crosslinker. The effects of arm molecular weight and molar ratio of crosslinker to arm on mass conversion and arms per star were explored further. Finally, the size‐molecular weight scaling relationship for polywedges with linear and star architectures was compared, corroborating theoretical results regarding star polymers with arms much larger than their core. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2018 , 56, 732–740     

Y,Zr,Nb掺杂SnO_2电子结构的第一性原理研究

本文基于第一性原理方法研究了Y,Zr,Nb在Sn位掺杂SnO_2的键长变化、稳定性、能带结构以及态密度.结果表明:Y,Zr,Nb在Sn位掺杂SnO_2使附近的键长发生改变,改变量最大是Y掺杂SnO_2体系;掺杂体系的杂质替换能都为负值,表明体系为稳定结构;掺杂使SnO_2能级增多,能较好的调节带隙值;而Y掺杂SnO_2体系价带顶端有一条能级越过了费米线表明该体系呈现出半导体的特征;同时,Y,Zr,Nb掺杂SnO_2使导带底端的能级出现分离;在低能区的态密度仍主要由Sn、O的s轨道贡献;在高能区态密度的掺杂体系出现sp杂化的现象; Zr掺杂SnO_2的态密度能量向低能区移动.     

利用单参数Lie群组的一种可解性求自治系统首次积分的方法

讨论了自治系统接受的单参数Lie群组具有一种可解性的情况下求系统的一个首次积分的具体方法.对于n阶自治系统,给出相应参数的一组确定取值,求得系统首次积分；对于三阶自治系统,当系统接受的单参数Lie群组可解时,验证求得首次积分的条件一定成立.     

Lattice Boltzmann simulation of two-sided lid-driven flow in a staggered cavity

In this article, the lattice Boltzmann method is employed in order to explore incompressible fluid flow inside a two-sided lid-driven staggered cavity. Results of the lattice Boltzmann simulation for antiparallel motion of lids are compared with the data from existing literature. For parallel motion of lids, the characteristics of flow pattern for a variety of Re numbers (50–3200) are presented. An asymmetric steady-state flow pattern for parallel motion of lids is obtained.     

Improved RP‐HPLC method for determination of bovine lactoferrin and its proteolytic degradation in simulated gastrointestinal fluids

The objective of this study was to qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate bovine lactoferrin (bLf) and its stability using a rapid RP‐HPLC method. bLf could be rapidly detected within 20 min and quantitated at levels down to 5 µg/mL, and the equation of linearity was y = 86.10x + 178.31 with the correlation coefficient (r²) 0.9997. Quantitative data obtained in the present study proved the improved RP‐HPLC method to be a sensitive and accurate analytical tool for bLf determination. The proteolytic cleavage of bLf in simulated human gastrointestinal fluids was further analyzed by RP‐HPLC, and found to follow pseudo‐first‐order kinetics. The typical equation obtained by pepsin was log₁₀ [A_t]/[A₀] = ?0.03x (r² = 0.85), and log₁₀ [A_t]/[A₀] = ?0.01x (r² = 0.81) for trypsin and chymotrypsin combination. Pepsinolysis of bLf in simulated gastric fluid was relatively fast with the half‐life t_1/2 23.1 min. The digestion of bLf in simulated intestinal fluid was slower with about a 3‐fold increase in half‐life (69.3 min). After the complete proteolysis of bLf, small cleaved peptide fragments were fully separated and identified by RP‐HPLC. The proteolytic study indicated that this validated RP‐HPLC was able to evaluate bLf stability though monitoring the derivatization products. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.