Tunable coupling of a hybrid plasmonic waveguide consisting of two identical dielectric cylinders and a silver film

The propagation length of surface plasmon polaritons(SPPs) is intrinsically limited by the metallic ohmic loss that is enhanced by the strongly confined electromagnetic field. In this paper, we propose a new class of hybrid plasmonic waveguides(HPWs) that can support long-range SPP propagation while keeping subwavelength optical field confinement. It is shown that the coupling between the waveguides can be well tuned by simply varying the structural parameters. Compared with conventional HPWs, a larger propagation length as well as a better optical field confinement can be simultaneously realized. The proposed structure with better optical performance can be useful for future photonic device design and optical integration research.     

1,3-取代吲唑类低氧诱导因子l抑制剂的设计合成及其抗肝癌活性

低氧诱导因子l(HIF-1)与肿瘤细胞的生长、侵袭和耐药密切相关,在肿瘤细胞内HIF-1高度表达,因此新型的HIF-1抑制剂可作为潜在的抗肿瘤药物。 本文合成了9个1,3-取代吲唑衍生物。 通过蛋白质印迹(Western Blot)法及实时定量荧光PCR(Real time-PCR)等方法检测了其对HIF-1及其靶基因血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)表达水平的影响,并以3-(5'-羟甲基-2'-呋喃基)-1-苯甲基吲唑(YC-1)为阳性对照药物初步评价了其体外抗肝癌细胞增殖的生物活性。 实验发现化合物7b可显著抑制HIF-1及其下游靶基因VEGF的表达,且体外抗肝癌增殖生物活性优于YC-1,半抑制浓度(IC₅₀)值为10.37 μmol/L。 研究结果表明,3-(5'-羟甲基-2'-呋喃)-1-(1″-对甲苯磺酰基)吲唑具有靶向抑制HIF及良好的抗肝癌活性作用。