Ordered nano-structure of a stamped self-organized protein layer on a HOPG surface using a HFB carrier

A groundbreaking method for ordered molecular layer preparation on a solid surface employing the drop-stamp method has been developed by us taking advantage of the characteristics of the HFB molecule as a self-organizer/adsorption carrier. It is a smart method which can be used to prepare a self-organized protein layer on a solid surface without unspecific adsorption or defects. In our previous report, we clarified the self-organizing nature of HFB-tagged protein molecules on a surface of a solution droplet. In this report, a protein layer was prepared on a HOPG surface by using the drop-stamp method with a maltose binding protein (MBP)-tagged HFBII molecule. The structure of the stamped protein layer was investigated using frequency modulation atomic force microscopy (FM-AFM) in a liquid condition. The FM-AFM images show that the drop-stamp method can prepare an ordered protein layer on a solid surface smartly. The drop-stamp method using a HFB carrier is a practical method which can be used to prepare an ordered protein layer on a solid substrate surface without unspecific adsorption defects.     

室温合成金红石TiO2及其在染料敏化太阳能电池中的应用

以钛酸四丁酯为前驱体, 在室温下通过水解沉淀法合成了金红石型TiO₂纳米粒子; 用X射线衍射(XRD)研究了反应温度、酸度以及酸的种类对形成TiO₂晶型的影响. 实验结果表明, 高酸度、低温度以及Cl-有助于金红石相的生成. 在相同条件下加入一定量P105 (EO₃₇PO₅₆EO₃₇)三嵌段聚合物制备出一种金红石型粗糙聚集球. 扫描电子显微镜(SEM)结果表明这种粗糙聚集球直径大约350 nm, 比表面积测试(BET)及紫外漫反射测试发现粗糙球在保持较大比表面积的同时有散射效应. 此粗糙球与20 nm TiO₂粒子以质量比1:4混合作为工作电极的散射层并应用于染料敏化太阳能电池, 电池效率达到7.27%, 较不加粗糙球的效率提高17%; 我们认为这是因为在保持工作电极染料吸附量基本不变的条件下粗糙球提高光散射性能.     

硒蒸气浓度对制备CIGS薄膜的影响

采用“预制层硒化法”制备CuIn_1-xGa_xSe₂ (CIGS)薄膜. 基于自主设计的“双层管式硒化装置”, 通过控制硒蒸气浓度优化退火工艺, 研究硒蒸气浓度对薄膜光电性能的影响. 利用俄歇电子能谱(AES)和X射线衍射分析(XRD)等手段对不同硒浓度氛围下生成的CIGS薄膜的成分和物相进行表征, 并在AM1.5、1000 W·m^-2的标准光照条件下比较相应CIGS电池器件的输出性能. 实验结果表明: 饱和硒蒸气下退火得到的样品, 基底钼膜遭到严重腐蚀破坏, 失去背电极功能; 在低浓度硒气氛下退火不能有效消除CIGS薄膜的偏析和缺陷, 以致光电转换效率低; 而在无硒惰性氛围下退火的样品, 生成了物相均一化的CIGS薄膜, 由此制备的CIGS电池取得了8.5%的转换效率.     

Microproteomic analysis of 10,000 laser captured microdissected breast tumor cells using short-range sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and porous layer open tubular liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Precise proteomic profiling of limited levels of disease tissue represents an extremely challenging task. Here, we present an effective and reproducible microproteomic workflow for sample sizes of only 10,000 cells that integrates selective sample procurement via laser capture microdissection (LCM), sample clean-up and protein level fractionation using short-range SDS-PAGE, followed by ultrasensitive LC-MS/MS analysis using a 10 μm i.d. porous layer open tubular (PLOT) column. With 10,000 LCM captured mouse hepatocytes for method development and performance assessment, only 10% of the in-gel digest, equivalent to ～1000 cells, was needed per LC-MS/MS analysis. The optimized workflow was applied to the differential proteomic analysis of 10,000 LCM collected primary and metastatic breast cancer cells from the same patient. More than 1100 proteins were identified from each injection with >1700 proteins identified from three LCM samples of 10,000 cells from the same patient (1123 with at least two unique peptides). Label free quantitation (spectral counting) was performed to identify differential protein expression between the primary and metastatic cell populations. Informatics analysis of the resulting data indicated that vesicular transport and extracellular remodeling processes were significantly altered between the two cell types. The ability to extract meaningful biological information from limited, but highly informative cell populations demonstrates the significant benefits of the described microproteomic workflow.     

Semi-synthetic polysaccharide sulfates as anticoagulant coatings for PET, 1--cellulose sulfate

In the present study, blood-compatible PET surfaces were prepared by coating with anticoagulant cellulose sulfates that were synthesized homogeneously in ionic liquids. The adsorption behavior of polysaccharides on PET films was investigated using QCM-D. It was demonstrated that pre-coating with different amino-group-containing polysaccharides improves the affinity toward cellulose sulfate. Moreover, the effect of different degrees of sulfation on the adsorption process was evaluated. Based on these results, several layer-by-layer coated PET foils were prepared that showed significantly improved blood compatibility compared to the initial untreated material.     

Layer-by-layer assembled multilayer films of methoxypoly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(α,l-glutamic acid) and chitosan with reduced cell adhesion

A methoxypoly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(α,L-glutamic acid) (mPEGGA) diblock copolymer is synthesized. Using QCM measurements, it is shown that (CS/mPEGGA)(n) film construction takes place over two build-up stages (exponential-to-linear). UV-vis spectra reveal the regular increase of the multilayer film growth at different molecular weights of mPEGGA. Contact angle and surface morphology investigation prove that the hydrophilicity of CS/mPEGGA multilayer film-modified substrate becomes better and the surface becomes rough. Significantly reduced cell adhesion is observed on the CS/mPEGGA multilayer film coated surface.     

On a rational differential quadrature method in irregular domains for problems with boundary layers

A rational differential quadrature method in irregular domains (RDQMID) is investigated to deal with a kind of singularly perturbed problems with boundary layers. Through a transformation, the boundary layer, which may be not straight, is transformed into a segment of a line parallel to one of the Cartesian axes. The rational differential quadrature method (RDQM) is applied to discretize the governing equation. Finally, a direct expansion method of the boundary conditions (DEMBC) is raised to deal with the boundary conditions. Numerical experiments show that RDQMID is of high accuracy, efficiency and easy to programme.     

Approximate analytical solutions of a class of boundary layer equations over nonlinear stretching surface

Third order nonlinear ordinary differential equations, subject to appropriate boundary conditions arising in fluid dynamics, are solved using three different methods viz., the Dirichlet series, method of stretching of variables, and asymptotic function method. Similarity transformations are used to convert the governing partial differential equations into nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The numerical results obtained from the above methods for various problems are given in terms of skin friction. Our study revealed that the results obtained from these methods agree well with those of direct numerical simulation of ordinary differential equations. Also, these methods have advantages over pure numerical methods in obtaining derived quantities such as velocity profile accurately for various values of the parameters at a stretch.     

Frictionless elliptical contact of thin viscoelastic layers bonded to rigid substrates

A three-dimensional unilateral contact problem for thin viscoelastic layers bonded to rigid substrates shaped like elliptic paraboloids is considered. Two cases are studied: (a) Poisson’s ratios of the layer materials are not very close to 0.5 and (b) the layer materials are incompressible with Poisson’s ratio of 0.5. Poisson’s ratios are assumed to be time independent. In the present paper we derive the general solutions to the problems of elliptical contact between thin compressible or incompressible layers of arbitrary viscoelastic materials. The approach is based on the analytical method developed by the authors for the elliptical contact of thin biphasic cartilage layers. The obtained analytical solution is valid for monotonically increasing loading conditions.     

转捩边界层中次生流向涡演化的数值研究

采用高精度直接数值模拟方法和高效的特征无反射边界条件,进行可压缩流转捩边界层中出现的次生流向涡演化的数值研究.精细的数值模拟结果清楚地揭示了转捩边界层的复杂流场中次生流向涡的形成和演化过程,探讨它对转捩至关重要的环状涡生成的影响,发现次生流向涡和主流向涡的共同作用形成环状涡的一种新机理.