A New Cycloartane from Sphaerophysa salsula

A novel cycloartane,named sphaerophysone A,9,19-cycloart-7β,24β,25-triol-1-en-3-one,was isolated from the ethanol extract of Sphaerophysa salsula DC.The structure was elucidated on the basis of spectral evidences and confirmed by X-ray analysis,the stereochemistry of the compound was also defined by X-ray analysis.     

Self-assembly of Carboxyl Functionalized Polystyrene Nanospheres into Close-packed Monolayers via Chemical Adsorption

The polyacrylic acid functionalized polystyrene nanospheres were synthesized and self-assembled into irregular, densely packed monolayers in non-aqueous media. The polymer nanoparticles were chemically adhered to substrates. The morphologies of the resulting films were investigated. The impact of the volume fraction of alcohol in the mixed solvents on the particle adsorption and fabrication of nanosphere assembled films was examined.     

164Lu的三轴超形变核态的研究

利用TRS方法对双奇核¹⁶⁴Lu的位能面进行了计算,确认了¹⁶⁴Lu核的一条三轴超形变带,结果与实验较好地符合,同时指出了三轴超形变带的一个具体的组态     

Electron Spin Resonance Studies of Mn^2＋ in Freshwater Snail Shells： Pomacea Canaliculata Lamarck and Fossilized Snail Shell

We study paramagnetic Mn^2 ions present in the nowadays shells of univalve freshwater snails of Pomacea canaliculata lamarck (PCL) and the fossilized freshwater snail (FFS), Viviparus. All these shells are abundant in Thailand. The PCL shells were ground into fine powder. A set of seven samples were then separately annealed for 2 h in air atmosphere at different annealing temperatures while the FFS powder was characterized as-received. The PCL shells mainly consist of aragonite and a fraction of calcite. The heat treatments of the PCL powder samples at temperature higher than 450℃ resulted in an irreversible phase transformation from aragonite to calcite. However, it is found that the FFS shell is mainly made of calcite, with a minor fraction of aragonite. The crystal structure of the high-temperature-annealed PCL samples are quite similar to that of FFS, which indicates that the metamorphosis (aragonite→calcite) in the FFS shell had occurred but was not yet completed, although it had remained under the pressure and temperature of the Earth‘s crusts over millions of years. Our detailed ESR spectral analyses of PCL and FFS show that Mn^2 ions enter the Ca^2 sites during a biomineralization process. Simulated ESR parameters of PCL-500 of Mn^2 at a uniaxial site of calcite are reported. It is surprising to And that the ratio of Mn^2 concentration present in FFS to those in PCL shells evaluated from ESR spectra is as much as 10:1.     

用光来操纵活性生物分子

 现在展示在你面前的照片是一个红血球细胞(图1上)以及它被拉伸而变形的情形(图1下)。这是奥斯汀德克萨斯大学的一个研究组进行的研究细胞弹性的实验。他们用激光作工具,利用光进入细胞时产生的对细胞的作用力使细胞拉长,拉伸程度与激光的强度有关。由于细胞被癌病侵害后其弹性会发生改变,用这个办法能够筛选出有病细胞的数量。德克萨斯大学的这个实验也成功地证明了,如果一束激光照到一个完整的生物细胞上,在光进入细胞时对细胞有一个与进入方向相反的作用力,在光射出细胞时对细胞有一个与射出方向相同的作用力。那么这力是怎样产生的呢?其原理实际上并不很深奥。