绒面ZnO透明导电薄膜

采用孪生ZnO (Al2 O3 ∶2 % )对靶直流磁控溅射制备高透过率、高电导率的平面ZnO薄膜 (迁移率为 5 .5 6cm2 /V·s,载流子浓度为 4 .5 7× 10 2 0 cm-3 ,电阻率为 2 .4 6× 10 -3 Ω·cm ,可见光范围 (380～ 80 0nm)平均透过率大于 85 % )。用酸腐蚀的方法 ,可以获得绒面效果 ,而反应气压对绒面效果没有影响 ,薄膜的电学特性没有变化 ,绒面对光散射作用增强 ,导致相对于平面ZnO薄膜的透过率要低一些 (可见光范围平均透过率大于 80 % )。     

The Mechanical and Biological Performance of Photopolymerized Gelatin-Based Hydrogels as a Function of the Reaction Media

From the first experiments with biomaterials to mimic tissue properties, the mechanical and biochemical characterization has evolved extensively. Several properties can be described, however, what should be essential is to conduct a proper and physiologically relevant characterization. Herein, the influence of the reaction media (RM) and swelling media (SM)–phosphate buffered saline (PBS) and Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) with two different glucose concentrations–is described in gelatin methacrylamide (GelMA) hydrogel mechanics and in the biological behavior of two tumoral cell lines (Caco-2 and HCT-116). All scaffolds are UV-photocrosslinked under identical conditions and evaluated for mass swelling ratio and stiffness. The results indicate that stiffness is highly susceptible to the RM, but not to the SM. Additionally, PBS-prepared hydrogels exhibited a higher photopolymerization degree according to high resolution magic-angle spinning (HR-MAS) NMR. These findings correlate with the biological response of Caco-2 and HCT-116 cells seeded on the substrates, which demonstrated flatter morphologies on stiffer hydrogels. Overall, cell viability and proliferation are excellent for both cell lines, and Caco-2 cells displayed a characteristic apical-basal polarization based on F-actin/Nuclei fluorescence images. These characterization experiments highlight the importance of conducting mechanical testing of biomaterials in the same medium as cell culture.     

Hydrogel Complex Containing the Antimicrobial Peptide HX-12C Accelerates Healing of Infected Wounds

Bacterial infections of the wound surface can be painful for patients, and traditional dressings do not effectively address this problem. In this study, an antimicrobial wound dressing is prepared using a novel antimicrobial peptide, HX-12C. This hydrogel system is based on the natural biomaterials sodium alginate and gelatin, utilizing calcium carbonate as a source of Ca²⁺, and ionic cross-linking is facilitated by lowering the solution pH. The resulting sodium alginate/gelatin HX-12C-loaded hydrogel (CaAGEAM) has good mechanical and adhesion properties, biocompatibility and in vitro degradability. Its extraordinary antibacterial efficacy (>98%) is verified by an antibacterial experiment. More importantly, in vivo experiments further demonstrate its healing-promotion effect, with a 95% wound healing rate by day 9. Tissue staining demonstrates that the hydrogel containing antimicrobial peptides is effective in suppressing inflammation. The dressing promotes wound healing by stimulating the deposition of skin appendages and collagen. The results of this study suggest that composite hydrogels containing antimicrobial peptides are a promising new type of dressing to promote the healing of infected wounds.     

Light-Based 3D Printing of Gelatin-Based Biomaterial Inks to Create a Physiologically Relevant In Vitro Fish Intestinal Model

To provide prominent accessibility of fishmeal to the European population, the currently available, time- and cost-extensive feeding trials, which evaluate fish feed, should be replaced. The current paper reports on the development of a novel 3D culture platform, mimicking the microenvironment of the intestinal mucosa in vitro. The key requirements of the model include sufficient permeability for nutrients and medium-size marker molecules (equilibrium within 24 h), suitable mechanical properties (G' < 10 kPa), and close morphological similarity to the intestinal architecture. To enable processability with light-based 3D printing, a gelatin-methacryloyl-aminoethyl-methacrylate-based biomaterial ink is developed and combined with Tween 20 as porogen to ensure sufficient permeability. To assess the permeability properties of the hydrogels, a static diffusion setup is utilized, indicating that the hydrogel constructs are permeable for a medium size marker molecule (FITC-dextran 4 kg mol⁻¹). Moreover, the mechanical evaluation through rheology evidence a physiologically relevant scaffold stiffness (G' = 4.83 ± 0.78 kPa). Digital light processing-based 3D printing of porogen-containing hydrogels results in the creation of constructs exhibiting a physiologically relevant microarchitecture as evidenced through cryo-scanning electron microscopy. Finally, the combination of the scaffolds with a novel rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) intestinal epithelial cell line (RTdi-MI) evidence scaffold biocompatibility.     

基于keystone变换的噪声调频连续波雷达高速目标探测

针对目标高速运动导致严重多普勒色散的问题,提出基于keystone变换的距离徙动校正方法。根据噪声调频连续波无周期性的特点,对回波信号采用等间隔重叠分段法进行频域相关处理。结合快速离散时间尺度变换算法,能够实现高效的长时间相参积累。无需先验知识,能处理多目标场景。通过仿真实验验证了该方法的有效性,并与传统时域相关法进行了比较和分析。当目标未出现距离徙动时,该文方法和时域相关法对目标输出信噪比的提升效果基本一致。当目标出现距离徙动后,时域相关法的输出信噪比迅速下降,恶化程度与徙动严重程度成正比,而该文方法经距离徙动校正后的输出信噪比则基本不受目标速度的影响,且仍随积累时间的增加而增大。     

基于Zheng签密和SK签密的改进方案

近年来针对孤立目标的微动特征提取技术已较为成熟,但针对群目标的分辨与微动特征提取技术尚有待深入研究。以空间自旋微动群目标为例,提出了一种基于正弦调频傅里叶变换的自旋微动群目标分辨方法。建立了自旋微动群目标的回波模型,在此基础上采用正弦调频傅里叶变换来提取回波中的微多普勒特征分量。针对正弦调频傅里叶变换在分析多分量正弦调频信号时所特有的交叉项问题,提出了一种有效的交叉项抑制方法。结合交叉项抑制方法,利用正弦调频傅里叶变换处理自旋群目标微动信号,实现了对自旋微动群目标的分辨,并准确地提取出各子目标自旋频率特征。     

Anticancer Gold(III) Porphyrins Target Mitochondrial Chaperone Hsp60

Identification of the molecular target(s) of anticancer metal complexes is a formidable challenge since most of them are unstable toward ligand exchange reaction(s) or biological reduction under physiological conditions. Gold(III) meso‐tetraphenylporphyrin ( gold‐1 a ) is notable for its high stability in biological milieux and potent in vitro and in vivo anticancer activities. Herein, extensive chemical biology approaches employing photo‐affinity labeling, click chemistry, chemical proteomics, cellular thermal shift, saturation‐transfer difference NMR, protein fluorescence quenching, and protein chaperone assays were used to provide compelling evidence that heat‐shock protein 60 (Hsp60), a mitochondrial chaperone and potential anticancer target, is a direct target of gold‐1 a in vitro and in cells. Structure–activity studies with a panel of non‐porphyrin gold(III) complexes and other metalloporphyrins revealed that Hsp60 inhibition is specifically dependent on both the gold(III) ion and the porphyrin ligand.     

Electrospun Gelatin Fibers with a Multiple Release of Antibiotics Accelerate Dermal Regeneration in Infected Deep Burns

Electrospun fibers of hydrophilic polymers meet challenges in a rapid degradation of fiber matrices and discharge of antibiotics to comply with requirements of infection control as a dermal regeneration template. In the current study, a pH conversion process is initially developed to ensure fluent electrospinning, an efficient in situ cross‐linking of electrospun gelatin fibers with oxidized alginate and simultaneous loading of gentamicin sulfate (GS) and hydrophobic ciprofloxacin into fibers. The dual drug‐loaded fibers indicate a complete release of GS during 6 d and a sustained release of ciprofloxacin for over three weeks, and the antibiotics release indicates significant growth inhibitions on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus epidermidis. The wound healing efficacy is evaluated on a deep burn model infected with 10⁸ CFU of P. aeruginosa. Compared with fibers with loaded individual drugs, the concomitant release of GS and ciprofloxacin significantly reduces the bacteria numbers in wound and livers, at around 2.30 × 10⁵ and 1.25 × 10³ CFU after 3 d, respectively. The wound re‐epithelization, blood vessel formation, collagen deposition, and tissue remodeling process are accelerated with a complete healing observed after 21 d. This study provides a feasible strategy to design cross‐linked hydrophilic fibers with an extended drug release for biomedical applications.

     

Gelatin Nanoparticles with Enhanced Affinity for Calcium Phosphate

Gelatin nanoparticles can be tuned with respect to their drug loading efficiency, degradation rate, and release kinetics, which renders these drug carriers highly suitable for a wide variety of biomedical applications. The ease of functionalization has rendered gelatin an interesting candidate material to introduce specific motifs for selective targeting to specific organs, but gelatin nanoparticles have not yet been modified to increase their affinity to mineralized tissue. By means of conjugating bone‐targeting alendronate to biocompatible gelatin nanoparticles, a simple method is developed for the preparation of gelatin nanoparticles which exhibit strong affinity to mineralized surfaces. It has been shown that the degree of alendronate functionalization can be tuned by controlling the glutaraldehyde crosslinking density, the molar ratio between alendronate and glutaraldehyde, as well as the pH of the conjugation reaction. Moreover, it has been shown that the affinity of gelatin nanoparticles to calcium phosphate increases considerably upon functionalization with alendronate. In summary, gelatin nanoparticles have been developed, which exhibit great potential for use in bone‐specific drug delivery and regenerative medicine.