Studies on laser–plasma interaction physics for shock ignition

We realized a series of experiments to study the physics of laser–plasma interaction in an intensity regime of interest for the novel “Shock Ignition” approach to Inertial Fusion. Experiments were performed at the Prague Asterix Laser System laser in Prague using two laser beams: an “auxiliary” beam, for pre-plasma creation, with intensity around 7?×?10¹³?W/cm² (250?ps, 1ω, λ?=?1315?nm) and the “main” beam, up to 10¹⁶?W/cm (250?ps, 3ω, λ?=?438?nm), to launch a shock. The main goal of these experiments is to study the process of the formation of a very strong shock and the influence of hot electrons in the generation of very high pressures. The shock produced by the ablation of the plastic layer is studied by shock breakout chronometry. The generation of hot electrons is analyzed by imaging Kα emission.     

Click‐Tag and Amine‐Tag: Chemical Tag Approaches for Efficient Protein Labeling In Vitro and on Live Cells using the Naturally Split Npu DnaE Intein

Protein labeling with synthetic moieties remains in many cases a technically challenging or unresolved task. Two new and simple concepts are presented. In both approaches, a very short tag of only a few amino acids is prepared with the desired chemical modification and, in a second step, it is transferred to the protein of interest by protein trans‐splicing. For the amine‐tag, a recombinant intein fragment free of lysine residues was generated such that the amine group of the N terminus could be selectively modified with regular amine‐reactive reagents. Thus, standard bioconjugation procedures without any chemical synthesis could be applied without modification of lysines in the protein of interest. For the click‐tag, protein trans‐splicing was combined with unnatural amino acid mutagenesis and subsequent bioorthogonal side chain modification, as demonstrated for click chemistry using p‐azidophenylalanine. By the two‐step strategy, exposure of the protein of interest to the copper catalyst was avoided.     

Salt,Shake, Fuse—Giant Hybrid Polymer/Lipid Vesicles through Mechanically Activated Fusion

Large (200 nm) poly(ethylene oxide)‐b‐poly(butadiene) polymer vesicles fuse into giant (>1 μm) vesicles with mild agitation in dilute aqueous NaCl solutions. This unusual effect is attributed to the salt‐induced contraction of the poly(ethylene oxide) corona, reducing steric resistance between vesicles and, with agitation, increasing the probability of contact between the hydrophobic cores of adjacent membranes. In addition, NaCl and agitation facilitated the creation of giant hybrid vesicles from much smaller homogeneous polymersomes and liposomes. Whereas lipid vesicles do not readily fuse with each other under the same circumstances, they did fuse with polymersomes to produce hybrid polymer/lipid vesicles.     

Determinants for Fusion Speed of Biomolecular Droplets

Biomolecular droplets formed through phase separation have a tendency to fuse. The speed with which fusion occurs is a direct indicator of condensate liquidity, which is key to both cellular functions and diseases. Using a dual-trap optical tweezers setup, we found the fusion speeds of four types of droplets to differ by two orders of magnitude. The order of fusion speed correlates with the fluorescence of thioflavin T, which in turn reflects the macromolecular packing density inside droplets. Unstructured protein or polymer chains pack loosely and readily rearrange, leading to fast fusion. In contrast, structured protein domains pack more closely and have to break extensive contacts before rearrangement, corresponding to slower fusion. This molecular interpretation for disparate fusion speeds provides mechanistic insight into the assembly and aging of biomolecular droplets.     

Stable meso–meso‐Linked 2NH‐Corrole Radical Dimers as a Key Intermediate to Corrole Tape

While oxidation of 5,5′,15,15′‐tetramesityl‐10‐10′‐linked 3NH‐corrole dimer with DDQ gave the corresponding triply linked 2NH‐corrole tape, the use of an equimolar amount of p‐chloranil as a milder oxidant resulted in the formation of a 10‐10′‐linked neutral 2NH‐corrole radical dimer as a stable product. The stability of this peculiar product is ascribed largely to strong antiferromagnetic interaction of the two spins. Further oxidation of this diradical produced corrole tape, suggesting its involvement as a reaction intermediate to the corrole tape. Oxidation of 10‐10′‐linked bis‐pyridine‐coordinated Co^III corrole dimer with DDQ produced a cobalt corrole radical dimer and a doubly linked corrole dimer both as stable compounds bearing pyridine and cyanide axial ligands. This type of oxidative transformation involving neutral diradical intermediates is a unique reaction mechanism specific for corrole dimers.     

椎弓根钉系统复位固定椎间融合治疗11例多节段腰椎滑脱

目的:探讨椎弓根钉系统复位固定椎间植骨融合治疗多节段腰椎滑脱的临床价值和相关问题。方法:11例多节段腰椎滑脱患者,男6例,女5例,年龄43~58岁,平均52.5岁,均为L4、5椎体滑脱,采用后路椎弓根螺钉系统复位固定,椎管减压,神经根松解,椎间植骨融合手术。术前、术后行腰腿痛视觉模拟评分(VAS),使用Os-westry功能障碍指数(OD I)问卷调查表评价临床功能恢复情况,并通过影像学检查观察滑脱恢复情况、椎间孔高度、植骨融合情况综合评价临床疗效。结果:11例患者均获随访,随访时间1~5年,平均3年2个月,VAS评分术后(1.0±1.0)分及末次随访(1.0±0.5)分,较术前(8.0±1.5)分均有显著性差异(P<0.005);OD I术后(22.13±13.40)及末次随访(20.31±13.27),较术前(64.80±15.68)均有显著差异(P<0.005)。术后椎间隙、椎间孔高度术后较术前明显增高,无内固定松动或断钉断棒;所有病例复位满意,所有患者植骨融合良好,无假关节形成。结论:后路椎弓根钉系统复位固定,椎管减压,神经根松解,椎间植骨融合治疗多节段腰椎滑脱效果满意,该术式具有复位良好,固定牢靠,...     

基于案例推理和数据融合的煤与瓦斯突出预测

为了实现对煤与瓦斯突出快速、准确和动态预测,确保煤矿安全生产,考虑影响煤与瓦斯突出多种因素,提出了一种基于案例推理和数据融合技术的煤与瓦斯突出预测方法.利用基于均值的分批估计融合方法对判别煤与瓦斯突出指标的多传感器数据进行处理以获取更为准确、可靠的数据以提高预测准确性,以获得的多种判别煤与瓦斯突出指标数据为输入利用案例...     

红外/毫米波复合制导信息处理方法及MPSoC实现

针对共口径红外/毫米波复合制导应用需求,提出一种基于自回归(AR)谱估计和扩展卡尔曼滤波的信息融合处理新方法,基于此方法构建了实现红外/毫米波复合制导信息处理的多处理器片上系统(multiprocessor SoC,MPSoC),该系统采用主/从流水线结构,解决了基于此系统框架的多核通信、系统同步等问题.所提多处理器片上系统在单片FPGA上实现,FPGA实测结果表明,目标融合预测轨迹和真实轨迹基本重合,误差不超过10-2 rad,航向角融合精度远高于毫米波雷达和红外的精度,取得了比较好的融合效果;在100MHz的时钟下,整个红外/毫米波复合制导的信号处理的处理时间不超过2ms,满足复合制导对系统的实时性要求.     

大型高功率激光装置下装系统的碰撞检测

分析了大型高功率激光装置在线可替换单元装校过程的特殊性,建立了基于区域划分的下装系统的方向包围盒,在包围盒的计算中引入闵可夫斯基和的概念,并在其基础上对分离轴的选择进行优化组合,结合碰撞的局部性原理,构建了一种动态的OBB(Oriented Bounding Box)层次树检测方法,经过中国大型高功率激光装置下装系统的装校仿真实践,结果表明这种划分区域的连续检测方法高效可靠。