Interaction potential between two 16O nuclei derived from the Skyrme interaction

The energy functional for the Skyrme density-dependent force is used to calculate the interaction potential between two ¹⁶O nuclei. A two-centre harmonic oscillator potential is employed to construct the density and kinetic energy density of the ground state of the combined system and of the separated nuclei. The antisymmetrization effects are investigated. The relative motion of the nuclei is taken approximately into account and the energy dependence of the potential derived from the Skyrme force is presented.     

A 'Sleeping Trojan Horse' which transports metal ions into cells, localises in nucleoli, and has potential for bimodal fluorescence/PET imaging

A rhenium polypyridine-based molecular vessel is membrane impermeant when empty, but, upon loading with metal ions, the cationic form is taken up by MCF-7 cells, localising in nucleoli. The luminescence of the vessel and its copper binding ability suggest potential as a bimodal fluorescence/PET imaging agent.     

Biologically compatible, phosphorescent dimetallic rhenium complexes linked through functionalized alkyl chains: syntheses, spectroscopic properties, and applications in imaging microscopy

A range of luminescent, dimetallic complexes based upon the rhenium fac-tricarbonyl diimine core, linked by aliphatic chains of varying lengths and functionality, have been synthesized and their photophysical properties examined. Each complex displays characteristic (3)M(Re)L(diimine)CT emission in aerated acetonitrile solution, with long lifetimes in the range of 129-248 ns and corresponding quantum yields in the range 3.2-8.0%. In aqueous solution, as opposed to acetonitrile, the complexes generally show a small hypsochromic shift in λ(em) and an extension of the (3)MLCT lifetime, attributed to a hydrophobically driven association of the alkyl chains with the rhenium-bound diimine units. In live cell imaging experiments using MCF7 cells the complexes all show good uptake by non-energy dependent mechanisms without endosomal entrainment, and with varying propensity to localize in organelles. The degrees of uptake and localization properties are discussed in terms of the length and chemical nature of the linkers, and in terms of the likely interactions between these and the various cellular components encountered.     

Syntheses,structural studies and spectroscopic characterisation of pyridyl–phthalimide complexes of fac-(CO)3ReI-diimines

The mono-dentate ligands, 3-aminomethyl-N-phthalimido-pyridine (L¹) and 3-amino-N-phthalimido-pyridine (L²), were synthesised using a solvent-free melt method. These ligands were then used to access three pairs of functionalised luminescent Re^I complexes of the generic type fac-{Re(CO)₃(diimine)(Lⁿ)}(BF₄) [where diimine = 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine (dmb); 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy); 1,10-phenanthroline (phen)]. X-ray crystallography has been used to structurally characterise five of the complexes showing that in the cases of the L¹ species the phthalimide unit is adjacent to and co-planar with the coordinated diimine ligand. Solution state UV–Vis absorption, electrochemistry and IR studies confirm that the proposed formulations and coordination modes exist in solution. The photophysical studies show that the visible emission from each of the six complexes is ³MLCT at room temperature. Within each pair of complexes the precise energy of the emission was subtly dependent upon the axial ligand, Lⁿ with luminescence lifetimes in the range 121–288 ns.     

Classical trajectory calculations with time-dependent forces in heavy-ion collisions

The applicability of a phenomenological time-dependent nucleus-nucleus potential to deep inelastic collisions is studied. We present its general shape and make a particular choice of the diabatic and adiabatic parts. From trajectory calculations we find that the angle-energy correlation is well described when a time-dependent friction force is used. We also compare our results to some TDHF calculations.     

PRODUCTION OF PIGMENT NANOPARTICLES USING A WET STIRRED MILL WITH POLYMERIC MEDIA

Pigment nanoparticles with a size range of 10-100 nm were produced from large agglonmerates via a stirred media mill operating in the wet-batch mode and using polymeric media,The effects of several operating variables such as the surfactant concentration,polystyrene media loading.and media size on the pigment size distribution of the product were studied.The process dynamics was also investigated.Dynamic light scattering and electron microscopy were used as the characerization techniques.The polymeric grinding media are found to be effective for the production of pigment nanoparticles.The experimental results suggest the existence of an optimum media size and surfactant concentration,A population balance model of the process reveals a transition from first-order breakage kinetice for rela-large agglomerates split in a first-order kinetics,with a delay period,for the smaller particles.The model implies that large agglomerates split in a first-order fashion whereas the breakage of individual naoparticles may depend on induced fatigue of the particles.     

超声速化学反应流动中燃料预喷研究述评

研制基于超声速燃烧的高效吸气式推进装置(运行Mach数在3.5以上)需要寻求改善混合效率的有效机制, 这对于采用常规碳氢燃料(特别是可以增加密度的液体燃料)的装置尤为重要. 延长混合时间的一种途径是在飞行器燃料室的上游喷入部分燃料. 壁面喷射一直是超声速气动力学最具挑战性的课题, 这里包括使比冲损失最小、改善燃料-空气的混合、减少入口段/燃烧室的相互作用以及增进火焰稳定性等. 综述了超声速入口段或燃烧室的隔离器中液体燃料(个别情况下为气体燃料)喷射的研究进展. 在这些研究中, 燃料都是从后掠型细支架尾迹中的壁面处喷射出来的, 动压比很低($q_{\rm {jet}}/q_{\rm {air}}$=0.6$\sim$1.5). 它们涉及入口段和燃烧室的隔离器中单个支架/喷射器的几何结构及其组合方式、各种各样的喷射条件、不同的引射剂, 并且评估了这些因素对于燃料羽流喷散、比冲损失以及混合效率的影响. 述评引用了46篇参考文献.     

Editorial for Focus Issue on Enabling Science and Technology for High-Speed Optical Communications

<正>Fiber optics underpins the communications infrastructure for the information society today. Cables consisting of hair-like fibers speed data around the globe in the form of rapid pulses of light. Modern telecom     

Copper coordination polymers from cavitand ligands: hierarchical spaces from cage and capsule motifs,and other topologies

The cyclotriveratrylene-type ligands (±)-tris(iso-nicotinoyl)cyclotriguaiacylene L1 (±)-tris(4-pyridylmethyl)cyclotriguaiacylene L2 and (±)-tris{4-(4-pyridyl)benzyl}cyclotriguaiacylene L3 all feature 4-pyridyl donor groups and all form coordination polymers with Cu^I and/or Cu^II cations that show a remarkable range of framework topologies and structures. Complex [Cu^I ₄Cu^II _1.5(L1)₃(CN)₆]·CN·n(DMF) 1 features a novel 3,4-connected framework of cyano-linked hexagonal metallo-cages. In complexes [Cu₃(L2)₄(H₂O)₃]·6(OTf)·n(DMSO) 2 and [Cu₂(L3)₂Br₂(H₂O)(DMSO)]·2Br·n(DMSO) 3 capsule-like metallo-cryptophane motifs are formed which linked through their metal vertices into a hexagonal 2D network of (4³.12³)(4².12²) topology or a coordination chain. Complex [Cu₂(L1)₂(OTf)₂(NMP)₂(H₂O)₂]·2(OTf)·2NMP 4 has an interpenetrating 2D 3,4-connected framework of (4.6².8)(6².8)(4.6².8²) topology with tubular channels. Complex [Cu(L1)(NCMe)]·BF₄·2(CH₃CN)·H₂O 5 features a 2D network of 6³ topology while the Cu^II analogue [Cu₂(L1)₂(NMP)(H₂O)]·4BF₄·12NMP·1.5H₂O 6 has an interpenetrating (10,3)-b type structure and complex [Cu₂(L2)₂Br₃(DMSO)]·Br·n(DMSO) 7 has a 2D network of 4.8² topology. Strategies for formation of coordination polymers with hierarchical spaces emerge in this work and complex 2 is shown to absorb fullerene-C₆₀ through soaking the crystals in a toluene solution.     

Fully Collapsed Imploded Cryptophanes in Solution and in the Solid State

Cryptophanes with flexible linkers derived from (±)-tris-(4-formyl-phenyl)-cyclotriguaiacylene with either bisoxydi(ethylamine) or bis(aminopropyl)ether were isolated as single crystals, the crystal structures of which showed the proposed, but previously uncharacterised, out-in conformation, in which both cyclotriguaiacylene fragments adopt a crown conformation with one crown sitting inside the other. The usual cage-like out-out conformation of the cryptophanes was observed when crystals were dissolved upon heating, and the molecules collapsed back to the out-in isomers over time. In contrast, a cryptophane also derived from (±)-tris-(4-formyl-phenyl)-cyclotriguaiacylene but with rigid dibenzalhydrazine linkers was isolated as the more usual out-out isomer.