Tween 20-stabilized gold nanoparticles combined with adenosine triphosphate-BODIPY conjugates for the fluorescence detection of adenosine with more than 1000-fold selectivity

This study describes the development of a simple, enzyme-free, label-free, sensitive, and selective system for detecting adenosine based on the use of Tween 20-stabilized gold nanoparticles (Tween 20-AuNPs) as an efficient fluorescence quencher for boron dipyrromethene-conjugated adenosine 5′-triphosphate (BODIPY-ATP) and as a recognition element for adenosine. BODIPY-ATP can interact with Tween 20-AuNPs through the coordination between the adenine group of BODIPY-ATP and Au atoms on the NP surface, thereby causing the fluorescence quenching of BODIPY-ATP through the nanometal surface energy transfer (NSET) effect. When adenosine attaches to the NP surface, the attached adenosine exhibits additional electrostatic attraction to BODIPY-ATP. As a result, the presence of adenosine enhances the efficiency of AuNPs in fluorescence quenching of BODIPY-ATP. The AuNP-induced fluorescence quenching of BODIPY-ATP progressively increased with an increase in the concentration of adenosine; the detection limit at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3 for adenosine was determined to be 60 nM. The selectivity of the proposed system was more than 1000-fold for adenosine over any adenosine analogs and other nucleotides. The proposed system combined with a phenylboronic acid-containing column was successfully applied to the determination of adenosine in urine.     

单核锇配合物的合成、晶体结构及其与DNA的作用

使用溶剂热合成法,以p-bitmb配体(1,4-二(1-咪唑基-亚甲基)-2,3,5,6-四甲基苯)与[(η6-cymene)Os(μ-Cl)Cl]2或[(η6-bip)Os(μ-Cl)Cl]2为原料,合成了2种单核芳基锇配合物,并利用核磁、质谱、元素分析和X射线单晶衍射等手段对配合物进行了表征。配合物1属于单斜晶系,P21/c空间群,为一个单核锇的结构。中心锇原子与2个配体p-bitmb上的氮原子以及氯原子进行配位,2个配体的另一个咪唑基团通过一个亚甲基碳原子进行连接形成咪唑嗡离子,形成一个类似"碗"状的结构。一个氯离子通过氢键装载在结构的空腔内。利用核磁共振氢谱研究了结构中亚甲基的来源,并研究了配合物在缓冲溶液中的稳定性。用紫外吸收光谱、圆二色谱以及粘度法研究了配合物与DNA的相互作用,结果表明,配合物中的亚甲基来自于溶剂二氯甲烷。配合物以嵌入的方式与CT-DNA相互作用,结合常数分别为3.222×10~4 L·mol-1 (1)和1.53×10~4 L·mol-1 (2),同时配合物会减弱DNA的碱基堆积作用并可以使DNA发生解旋。     

Transition Metal Halide Salts of 1,3-bis(4-Pyridyl)propane: Synthesis and Structural Characterization

The resulting salts of (H₂bpp)MX₄ · n H₂O (M = Zn, X = Cl, n = 1, 1; M = Cd, X = Br, n = 0, 2; M = Hg, X = Cl, n = 1, 3; M = Cu, X = Cl, n = 0, 4; M = Cu, X = Br, n = 1, 5; M = Pt, X = Cl, n = 1, 6) were crystallized from the reaction mixture prepared by adding MX₂ to the HX solution of 1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)propane (bpp), while the salt of colorless (H₂bpp)SnCl₆, 7, was crystallized from the reaction mixture prepared by adding SnCl₂ to the HCl solution of bpp. Their structures have been determined by X-ray crystallography. All the compounds show supramolecular structures in the solid state by intermolecular hydrogen bondings and aromatic – interactions. The H₂bpp²⁺ cations in these metal salts adopt the gauche–gauche and anti–anti conformations with different dihedral angles for the two pyridyl rings.     

Understanding molecular mechanism of higher plant plasticity under abiotic stress

Higher plants play the most important role in keeping a stable environment on the earth, which regulate global circumstances in many ways in terms of different levels (molecular, individual, community, and so on), but the nature of the mechanism is gene expression and control temporally and spatially at the molecular level. In persistently changing environment, there are many adverse stress conditions such as cold, drought, salinity and UV-B (280-320 mm), which influence plant growth and crop production greatly. Plants differ from animals in many aspects, but the important may be that plants are more easily influenced by environment than animals. Plants have a series of fine mechanisms for responding to environmental changes, which has been established during their long-period evolution and artificial domestication. These mechanisms are involved in many aspects of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, genetics, development, evolution and molecular biology, in which the adaptive machinery related to molecular biology is the most important. The elucidation of it will extremely and purposefully promote the sustainable utilization of plant resources and make the best use of its current potential under different scales. This molecular mechanism at least include environmental signal recognition (input), signal transduction (many cascade biochemical reactions are involved in this process), signal output, signal responses and phenotype realization, which is a multi-dimensional network system and contain many levels of gene expression and regulation. We will focus on the molecular adaptive machinery of higher plant plasticity under abiotic stresses.     

Optimal tool replacement for processes with low fraction defective

Tool wear is a frequent and natural part in many machining processes and is a systematic assignable cause. The fraction of defectives would rise as the tool deteriorates. When the fraction defective reaches a certain level, the tool must be replaced. To minimize the defective parts and the overall tool costs, the optimal tool replacement time needs to be determined. Process capability indices (PCIs) have been effectively used in the manufacturing industry to measure the fraction of defectives. Conventional methods of capability measurement become inaccurate since the process data is contaminated by the assignable cause variation. In order to determine the optimal tool replacement time to maintain maximum product quality, conventional capability calculation must be modified. Considering process capability changes dynamically, an estimator of C_pmk is investigated. We obtain an exact form of the sampling distribution in the presence of a systematic assignable cause. This study provides an effective management policy for optimal tool replacement under low fraction of defectives. To illustrate the application of this procedure, a case study involving the tool wear problem is presented.     

In Situ Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Cobalt-Phthalocyanine-Catalyzed CO2 Reduction Reaction

We report a molecular investigation of a cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc)-catalyzed CO₂ reduction reaction by electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (ECSTM). An ordered adlayer of CoPc was prepared on Au(111). Approximately 14 % of the adsorbed species appeared with high contrast in a CO₂-purged electrolyte environment. The ECSTM experiments indicate the proportion of high-contrast species correlated with the reduction of Co^IIPc (−0.2 V vs. saturated calomel electrode (SCE)). The high-contrast species is ascribed to the CoPc-CO₂ complex, which is further confirmed by theoretical simulation. The sharp contrast change from CoPc-CO₂ to CoPc is revealed by in situ ECSTM characterization of the reaction. Potential step experiments provide dynamic information for the initial stage of the reaction, which include the reduction of CoPc and the binding of CO₂, and the latter is the rate-limiting step. The rate constant of the formation and dissociation of CoPc-CO₂ is estimated on the basis of the in situ ECSTM experiment.     

飞秒激光所致金纳米粒子析出的玻璃非线性吸收

依据Z-scan技术,使用波长532nm的纳秒脉冲,研究了通过聚焦的飞秒脉冲诱导并辅以热处理得到的金纳米粒子析出的玻璃的非线性吸收.观察到金纳米粒子析出的玻璃具有饱和吸收特性.根据局域场效应,对实验结果拟合,得到在接近表面等离子体共振激发情况下,金纳米粒子三阶极化率虚部分别为Imχ(3)m=57×10-7esu.玻璃样品中金纳米粒子的非线性响应主要起源于热电子贡献. 关键词： 带内跃迁 带间跃迁 热电子贡献