On the molecular mechanism of ion specific Hofmeister series

Hofmeister series ranks the ability of salt ions in influencing a variety of properties and processes in aqueous solutions.In this review,we reexamine how these ions and some other small molecules affect water structure and thermodynamic properties,such as surface tension and protein backbone solvation.We illustrate the difficulties in interpreting the thermodynamic information based on structural and dynamic arguments.As an alternative,we show that the solvation properties of ions and proteins/small molecules can be used to explain the salt effects on the thermodynamic properties of the solutions.Our analysis shows that the often neglected cation-anion cooperativity plays a very important role in these effects.We also argue that the change of hydrogen donor/acceptor equilibrium by added cosolutes/cosolvents can be used to explain their effects on protein secondary structure denaturation/protection:those increase hydrogen donor concentrations such as urea and salts with strongly solvated cations/weakly hydrated anions tend to dissolve protein backbone acting as secondary structure denaturants,whereas those lack of hydrogen donors but rich in acceptors have the opposite effect.     

Applications of the representative points in statistical simulations

The paper gives a new approach to statistical simulation and resampling by the use of number-theoretic methods and representative points. Resempling techniques take samples from an approximate population. The bootstrap suggests to use a random sample to form an approximate population. We propose to construct some approximate population distribution by the use of two kinds of representative points, and samples are taken from these approximate distributions. The statistical inference is based on those samples. The statistical inference in this paper involves estimation of mean, variance, skewness, kurtosis, quantile and density of the population distribution. Our results show that the new method can significantly improve the results by the use of Monte Carlo methods.     

Effect of chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) additive on phenothiazine dyes sensitized photovoltaic performance

The effects of chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) in a dye solution as a co-adsorbent on the photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on two organic dyes containing phenothiazine and triarylamine segments (P1 and P2) were investigated.It was found that the coadsorption of CDCA can hinder the formation of dye aggregates and improve electron injection yield and thus Jsc.This has also led to a rise in photovoltage,which is attributed to the decrease of charge recombination.The DSSC based ...     

Preparation of Molecular Sieve Catalyst and Application in the Catalytic Oxidation Treatment of Waste Water

Citric acid is an important additive in foods, cosmetics, medicine and so on, but it discharges about 10 ton of factory effluent when 1 ton of citric acid is produced. The COD of the factory effluent is near 20000 mg/L. The treatment of citric acid factory effluent is a serious problem in environmental chemistry. It is found that molecular sieve support metal complexes have high catalytic activity in aerobic oxidation of alkene [1,2]. In this paper, a kind of molecular sieve catalyst was prepared. The catalyst was used for the treatment of citric acid factory effluent by method of catalytic oxygen oxidation.     

Basic function method A new numerical method on unstructured grids

A new numerical method-basic function method is proposed. This method can directly discrete differential operators on unstructured grids. By using the expansion of basic function to approach the exact function, the central and upwind schemes of derivative are constructed. By using the polynomial as basic function, applying the technique of flux splitting method and the combination of central and upwind schemes, the non-physical fluctuation near the shock wave is suppressed. The first-order basic function scheme of polynomial type for solving inviscid compressible flow numerically is constructed in this paper. Several numerical results of many typical examples for one-, two- and three-dimensional inviscid compressible steady flow illustrate that it is a new scheme with high accuracy and high resolution for shock wave. Especially, combining with the adaptive remeshing technique, the satisfactory results can be obtained by these schemes.     

Preparation, characterization of Mo, Ag-loaded BiVO4 and comparison of their degradation of methylene blue

Two types of metal-loaded visible-light-driven photocatalysts,Mo-BiVO4and Ag-BiVO4,were synthesized by wet impregnation method.Material poperties were characterized by UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy,X-ray diffraction,field emission scanning electron microscopy,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and low temperature nitrogen adsorption-desorption.Photocatalytic activity of the obtained materials was investigated through degrading methylene blue(MB) solution under visible-light irradiation.The results reveal that both metal loaded-BiVO4catalysts have monoclinic scheelite structure.Mo and Ag exist as oxides on the surface of the particles.The changes of absorption in visible-light region,band gap(E g) and specific surface area(A BET) caused by loading Ag are more obvious than those caused by loading Mo.But the isoelectric point of Ag-BiVO4decreases less than that of Mo-BiVO4does.Both catalysts show higher photocatalytic activity than pure BiVO4,resulting in the significantly improved efficiency of degradation of MB.And the degradation efficiency of these two metal-loaded BiVO4photocatalysts is similar to each other.However,mechanisms of such enhancement are different.The decrease of isoelectric point helps Mo-BiVO4improve the degradation efficiency.As for Ag-BiVO4,the augmentation of absorption in visible-light region as well as the abatement of E g plays more important roles.     

Facet-dependent electrochemiluminescence spectrum of nanostructured ZnO

A facet-dependent electrochemiluminescence (ECL) behavior was found for nanostructured ZnO with different dominant exposing planes.The ECL spectrum of nanostructured ZnO was recorded by the emission scan mode with a fluorescence spectrometer and applied to investigate the difference of surface state for different crystal planes.Electronic structure calculations based on density functional theory were used to study the effect of crystal plane on the band structure and density of states.It revealed that the ECL emission was originated primarily from the recombination of electrons from Zn 4s and the hole from O 2p,which could be utilized to study the physical and chemical properties of surface structures of as-prepared nanostructured ZnO.A physical model was suggested to elucidate the differences of ECL spectra.A concept was proposed that the energy released as photons during ECL process of nanocrystalline semiconductor materials will be correlated with the energy level of active sites located at different crystal planes.     

某些常微分方程的亚纯解表示与应用

本文运用Nevanlinna值分布理论研究了某些常微分方程亚纯解的存在性. 对于某些具有控制项的常系数常微分方程, 本文得到了亚纯解的表示, 并且给出了求相应偏微分方程精确解的一种方法.作为例子, 本文运用此方法得到了著名的KdV方程的所有亚纯行波精确解. 结果显示该方法比其他方法简单.     

基于碳点荧光恢复法测定生物巯基化合物

碳点(CDots)是一种新型荧光纳米材料,Cu2+可以有效猝灭其荧光;而当有生物巯基化合物存在时,碳点-Cu2+体系的荧光可以恢复.基于此原理,我们成功地构建了检测生物体内总巯基化合物的新方法.该方法具有很好的选择性,常见氨基酸和金属离子对谷胱甘肽(GSH)、半胱氨酸(Cys)和高半胱氨酸(Hcy)的检测无影响.最佳实验条件下,谷胱甘肽、半胱氨酸、高半胱氨酸的浓度在6.0×10-6mol/L～1.0×10-4mol/L与相对荧光强度呈线性,R>0.996,检出限为2.0×10-6mol/L.该体系成功用于血清样品中总巯基化合物的检测.     

The surface rubbing effect on morphologies of LC droplets and electro-optic properties of flexible PDLC films

The flexible polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) film with threshold voltage V ₁₀ and saturation driving voltage V ₉₀ as low as 0.34 V/μm and 0.77 V/μm, respectively, has been prepared successfully by polymerization induced phase separation (PIPS). The surface rubbing effect on morphologies of liquid crystals (LC) droplets and electro-optic properties of PDLC films has been studied experimentally and theoretically. We use a CVC (Color Video Camera) and a SEM (Scan Electron Microscope) to detect and characterize morphologies of LC droplets in the net of polymer. The result reveals that almost all the smaller LC droplets exhibit in the rubbing direction uniformly, and the texture of PDLC is similar to that of H-PDLC. Meanwhile, compared with the sample of the non-rubbing disposal, the response time declines evidently by 11.2 ms (i.e., the rising time τ_rise) and 27.2 ms (i.e., the decaying time τ_down), and the contrast ratio is improved from 18.5 to 35.9. Such a result can be attributed to the surface rubbing effect.