Gelation Kinetics-Structure Analysis of pH-triggered Low Molecular Weight Hydrogelators

Properties such as shear modulus, gelation time, structure of supramolecular hydrogels are strongly dependent on self-assembly, gelation triggering mechanism and processes used to form the gel. In our work we extend reported rheology analysis methodologies to pH-triggered supramolecular gels to understand structural insight using a model system based on N−N’ Dibenzoyl-L-Cystine pH-triggered hydrogelator and Glucono-δ-Lactone as the trigger. We observed that Avrami growth model when applied to time-sweep rheological data of gels formed at lower trigger concentrations provide estimates of fractal dimension which agree well compared with visualization of the microstructure as seen via Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, for a range of gelator concentrations.     

Spatially Resolved Confocal Resonant Raman Microscopic Analysis of Anode‐Grown Geobacter sulfurreducens Biofilms

When grown on the surface of an anode electrode, Geobacter sulfurreducens forms a multi‐cell thick biofilm in which all cells appear to couple the oxidation of acetate with electron transport to the anode, which serves as the terminal metabolic electron acceptor. Just how electrons are transported through such a biofilm from cells to the underlying anode surface over distances that can exceed 20 microns remains unresolved. Current evidence suggests it may occur by electron hopping through a proposed network of redox cofactors composed of immobile outer membrane and/or extracellular multi‐heme c‐type cytochromes. In the present work, we perform a spatially resolved confocal resonant Raman (CRR) microscopic analysis to investigate anode‐grown Geobacter biofilms. The results confirm the presence of an intra‐biofilm redox gradient whereby the probability that a heme is in the reduced state increases with increasing distance from the anode surface. Such a gradient is required to drive electron transport toward the anode surface by electron hopping via cytochromes. The results also indicate that at open circuit, when electrons are expected to accumulate in redox cofactors involved in electron transport due to the inability of the anode to accept electrons, nearly all c‐type cytochrome hemes detected in the biofilm are oxidized. The same outcome occurs when a comparable potential to that measured at open circuit (?0.30 V vs. SHE) is applied to the anode, whereas nearly all hemes are reduced when an exceedingly negative potential (?0.50 V vs. SHE) is applied to the anode. These results suggest that nearly all c‐type cytochrome hemes detected in the biofilm can be electrochemically accessed by the electrode, but most have oxidation potentials too negative to transport electrons originating from acetate metabolism. The results also reveal a lateral heterogeneity (x–y dimensions) in the type of c‐type cytochromes within the biofilm that may affect electron transport to the electrode.     

新型显微成像光谱仪系统中线阵针孔离焦研究

显微成像光谱仪技术是最近新兴的一种生物组织检测方法,它可以广泛应用在生物医学检测,疑难病症分析、预防、诊断中,已经成为当今生物组织检测领域研究的热点。提出了一种新型的基于线阵针孔阵列的激光扫描共焦显微成像光谱仪系统LP-LSCMIS方案,介绍了其工作原理及优点,讨论了该装置中线阵针孔阵列离焦对系统性能的影响,分析了离焦对生物组织荧光图像的光谱分辨和自体荧光光谱的调制深度的影响。推导出了光谱分辨和调制深度与离焦量的关系式。结果表明,离焦对仪器的性能有较大的影响,因此在装置装调时要求有更高精度的调整机构。     

高分辨率微型星载相机光学系统的设计及应用

为了克服太空环境的复杂性,满足航天工程的空间使用要求,研制一款2 500万像素宽光谱共焦成像的微型星载相机光学系统。该系统适应卫星发射和在轨道运行的恶劣环境,具有抗冲击震动、耐太空高温差强辐射,体积小,质量轻等优点。设计的系统可在450 nm～800 nm的谱段内清晰成像,焦距181 mm,入瞳口径45 mm,视场角10.4°,边缘相对照度0.81,轴上点MTF:0.57@55 lp/mm,0.33@110 lp/mm,畸变1.2%,镜头质量622 g,外形尺寸Φ58.3 mm×117 mm,抗辐照性能≥5 krad。通过温度适应性的模拟和优化,用户进行?30 ℃～+70 ℃光学镜头热真空试验,可正常工作。该系统已成功应用于天宫二号伴飞卫星相机中,获得的图像清晰稳定,为空间遥感实验观测发挥了重要的作用。     

可视化分析方法在薄膜基材料荧光传感中的应用

随着光学成像技术的不断突破,荧光可视化已经从简单的肉眼观察逐步向宽场显微、共聚焦显微、超分辨成像等方向发展.然而,荧光可视化在薄膜基材料中的传感应用依然以肉眼观察以及少量的宽场显微为主要分析手段.同时,薄膜基材料结构和性质的可视化分析研究也滞后于荧光可视化技术的发展.基于此,结合本课题组近几年的研究成果,本文系统评述了荧光共聚焦显微技术在薄膜基材料体相分散状态和表面性质的可视化分析中的应用进展,并对当前薄膜基荧光传感材料面临的问题和可能的解决方案进行了简要探讨.     

Confocal Microscopy Studies of Trypsin Immobilization on Porous Glycidyl Methacrylate Beads

The immobilization of trypsin on porous glycidyl methacrylate (GMA–GDMA) beads has been investigated. In particular, the distribution within the beads of trypsin and of dextran used for hydrophilizing the bead surface prior to protein immobilization was investigated with confocal microscopy. For the system investigated, the fluorescence intensity profiles obtained when using borate buffer as an ambient solution displayed a distinct minimum at the center of the beads, irrespective of the observation depth. However, by reduction of the refractive index difference between the solution and the beads through the addition of glucose to the aqueous solution, artifacts relating to optical length differences could be reduced. For both low molecular weight fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), FITC-labeled trypsin, and FITC-labeled dextran, an essentially homogeneous distribution throughout the beads was observed. This simple “contrast matching” method seems therefore to be an interesting tool when investigating the distribution of immobilized protein in porous chromatography media.     

共焦波导结构回旋行波管的设计与仿真

针对0.14 THz大气窗口,利用CST微波工作室和3维粒子模拟软件,对共焦波导结构的太赫兹回旋行波管进行了冷腔色散和注波互作用的模拟研究。以TE06模式作为互作用工作模式,在电压为35 kV、电流为2 A、横纵速度比为0.85的电子束参数下,当输入信号为1 W时,得到最高2 kW的微波功率输出,3 dB带宽为3.5 GHz,增益为30 dB。