Optimization of magnetic field sweep and field modulation amplitude for continuous-wave EPR oximetry

For continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, what settings of magnetic field sweep width and field modulation amplitude yield the best accuracy in estimated linewidth? Statistical bounds on estimation error presented in this work provide practical guidance: set the sweep width and modulation amplitude to 8 and 4 times the half-width half-maximum linewidth, Γ, respectively. For unknown linewidths in the range [Γ(min),Γ(max)] the worst-case estimation error is minimized by using settings designed for Γ(max). The analysis assumes a Lorentzian lineshape and a constant modulation amplitude across the extent of the irradiated paramagnetic probe. The analytical guidelines are validated using L-band spectroscopy with a particulate LiNc-BuO probe.     

Site-specific ϕ- and ψ-torsion angle determination in a uniformly/extensively 13C- and 15N-labeled peptide

A solid-state rotational-echo double resonance (REDOR) NMR method was introduced to identify the ?- and ψ-torsion angle from a ¹H–¹⁵N or ¹H–¹³C′ spin system of alanine-like residues in a selectively, uniformly, or extensively ¹⁵N-/¹³C-labeled peptide. When a C_α(i) or a ¹⁵N peak is site-specifically obtainable in the NMR spectrum of a uniformly ¹⁵N/¹³C-labeled sample system, the ψ- or ?-torsion angle specified by the conformational structure of peptide geometry involving ¹⁵N(i)–¹H_αi–¹⁵N(i + 1) or ¹³C′(i − 1)–¹H^Ni–¹³C′(i) spin system can be identified based on ¹³C_α- or ¹⁵N-detected ¹H_α–¹⁵N or ¹H_N–¹³C REDOR experiment. This method will conveniently be utilized to identify major secondary motifs, such as α-helix, β-sheet, and β-turn, from a uniformly ¹⁵N-/¹³C-labled peptide sample system. When tested on a ¹³C-/¹⁵N-labeled model system of a three amino acid peptide Gly–[U–¹³C, ¹⁵N]Ala–[U–¹³C, ¹⁵N]Leu, the ψ-angle of alanine obtained experimentally, ψ = −40 ± 30°, agreed reasonably well with the X-ray determined angle, ψ = −39°.     

Conformational analysis of 4,4‐dimethyl‐4‐silathiane and its S‐oxides

4,4‐Dimethyl‐4‐silathiane and its S‐oxides [n = 0 ( 1 ), 1 ( 2 ), 2 ( 3 )] were studied experimentally by variable temperature dynamic NMR spectroscopy down to 103 K and the frozen ring inversion was revealed for all three compounds. The barriers for the degenerate ring inversion in 1 and 3 were measured to be 4.8 and 5.0 kcal/mol at the coalescence temperatures of 111 and 116 K, respectively, and practically coincide with the calculated barriers of 4.60 kcal/mol in 1 and 4.46 kcal/mol in 3 . The frozen equilibrium mixture 2‐ax/2‐eq contains 37% of the 2‐ax and 63% of the 2‐eq conformer. The ring inversion barrier proved to be ca. 4.8 kcal/mol. Calculations at the B3LYP/6‐311+G(d,p) level of theory showed the 2‐ax conformer to be 0.90 kcal/mol more stable than the 2‐eq conformer in the gas phase whereas in solution the relative stability of the conformers calculated using the PCM model at the same level of theory is inverted to become 0.19 (in CHCl₃) or 0.36 kcal/mol (in DMSO) in favor of the 2‐eq conformer. The chair–chair interconversion mechanism of sulfoxide 2 includes two intermediate energetically equivalent 1,4‐twist forms and the 2,5‐boat transition state: 2‐ax (chair) ? 2 (1,4‐twist) ? [ 2 (2,5‐boat)]^≠ ? 2 (1,4‐twist) ? 2‐eq (chair). The calculated ring inversion barriers are 5.1 ( 2‐ax → 2‐eq ) and 4.2 kcal/mol ( 2‐eq → 2‐ax ) in the gas phase, and 4.03 and 4.22 kcal/mol, respectively, in chloroform. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于GaSe和GaSe0.7S0.3单晶的单脉冲CO2激光倍频器

描述了使用电感储能发生器和半导体转换开关泵浦的工作波长为10.6μm的高效CO2激光器。给出了激光泵浦的非线性晶体GaSe和GaSe0.7S0.3的二次谐波振荡的实验数据和理论估算结果。结果显示,GaSe晶体在输入能量为180mJ时,最大能量转换效率为0.38%,倍频激光的峰值功率为8 kW。     

N9H9链状异构体的结构与稳定性的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)B3LYP方法,在6-311＋＋G**基组水平上对N9H9可能存在的链状构型进行了几何优化,得到46种稳定链状异构体。应用自然键轨道理论NBO和分子中的原子理论AIM分析了这些化合物的成键特征和相对稳定性,G3MP2方法计算了各异构体的精确能量及在298K时的生成热ΔfHө(298K),并计算了由Peter Politzer等人所介绍的相对比冲量。研究结果表明：各异构体中N原子孤对电子与N＝N形成了p→π共轭作用是影响双键相邻的N－N键长变化的主要原因,并且对异构体的稳定性起着重要作用。所有异构体中N＝N位于链端的稳定性较差,其中B9最稳定, B6稳定性最差;C5是所有异构体中生成热最大的,也是相对比冲量最大的。     

Hadron interactions in lattice QCD

Progress on the potential method, recently proposed to investigate hadron interactions in lattice QCD, is reviewed. The strategy to extract the potential in lattice QCD is explained in detail. The method is applied to extract NN potentials, hyperon potentials and the meson–baryon potentials. A theoretical investigation is made to understand the origin of the repulsive core using the operator product expansion. Some recent extensions of the method are also discussed.