Based on the local equilibrium assumption, coarsening behavior of M23C6 carbide at 700℃ in H13 steel was simulated by DICTRA software. The results from the calculations were compared with transmission electron micros...Based on the local equilibrium assumption, coarsening behavior of M23C6 carbide at 700℃ in H13 steel was simulated by DICTRA software. The results from the calculations were compared with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations. The results show the interracial energy for M23C6 in H13 steel at 700℃ is thus probably 0.7J·m^-2, which fits the experiments well. The influence of composition and temperature on the coarsening rate was also investigated by simulations. Simulations show a decrease in the coarsening rate when V/Mo ratio is increased, while the coarsening rate increases with increasing temperature.展开更多
Cryogenic treatment has been increasingly applied to enhance the hardness, antiwear ability and fatigue performance of die steel. On the basis of reading a large number of research papers and references across the wor...Cryogenic treatment has been increasingly applied to enhance the hardness, antiwear ability and fatigue performance of die steel. On the basis of reading a large number of research papers and references across the world, the author makes a detailed analysis and brief summary of the influence of cryogenic treatment on microstructure after quenching process or quenching plus tempering process, on first and second carbides, on content of retained austenite, on surface hardness, on mechanical properties and antiwear ability of die steels. It’s proved that cryogenic treatment on die steel significantly improves its hardness, antiwear capacity and service life. It’s the cryogenic process to make die steel have higher hardness, better antiwear ability, better ductility and longer service life because cryogenic process actually has a good influence on die steel of its microstructure, retained austenite volume and amount and size of the second carbide.展开更多
Nanozymes,as a novel form of enzyme mimics,have garnered considerable interest.Despite overcoming the main disadvantages of their natural analogs,they still face challenges such as restricted mimic types and low subst...Nanozymes,as a novel form of enzyme mimics,have garnered considerable interest.Despite overcoming the main disadvantages of their natural analogs,they still face challenges such as restricted mimic types and low substrate specificity.Herein,we introduce a reactive ligand modification strategy to diversify enzyme mimic types.Specifically,we have utilized helical plasmonic nanorods(HPNRs)modified with para-nitrothiophenol(4-NTP)to create an oxygen-sensitive nitroreductase(NTR)with light-controllability.HPNRs act as a light-adjustable source of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide/nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate(NAD(P)H),providing photon-generated energetic electrons to adsorbed 4-NTP molecules.In the presence of O_(2),the activated 4-NTP transfers the captured electron to the adsorbed O_(2),mimicking the electron transfer process in its natural counterpart.This enhanced O_(2)activation notably boosts the oxidative coupling of para-aminothiophenol(4-ATP).Density functional theory(DFT)calculations reveal that hot electrons injected into the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital(LUMO)energy level of 4-NTP can be transferred to that of molecular oxygen.In conclusion,our findings underline the potential of the reactive ligand modification strategy in developing new types of enzyme reactions,which opens up promising avenues for the enhancement and diversification of nanozyme functionalities.展开更多
Herein,a new strategy is proposed for achieving dynamic chiral controls in self-assembly systems of plasmonic nanorods based on temperature-modulation.Via enlarging Au{100}side facets of Au nanorod(AuNR)building block...Herein,a new strategy is proposed for achieving dynamic chiral controls in self-assembly systems of plasmonic nanorods based on temperature-modulation.Via enlarging Au{100}side facets of Au nanorod(AuNR)building block and changing surface ligand from often-used cetyltrimethylammonium bromide(CTAB)to cetylpyridinium chloride(CPC),inversion of chiroptical signal in side-by-side(SS)oligomers is realized.Under the guide of chiral cysteine(Cys),Au{100}side facet-linked SS rods twist in the opposite direction compared with Au{110}side facet-linked counterparts.At high CPC concentration,by controlling the incubation temperature of chiral Cys,the dominant twist mode can be regulated.Finite-difference time-domain(FDTD)simulations indicate the key role of the twisting dihedral angle of the oligomers in driving chiral signal inversion.At low CPC concentration,a temperature-sensitive chiral switching is observed owing to the conformation change of the CPC ligand layer.The temperature-modulated chiral responses are based on the interactions of chiral molecules,achiral surface ligands,and exposed facets of the building block.The rich dynamic tunability of chiroptical responses of plasmonic assemblies may find applications in stimulus-responsive nanodevices.展开更多
To assess the operational safety risk of long-term evolution for the metro(LTE-M)communication system more accurately,the guide maintenance strategy,the improved evidence theory and the multi-attribute ideal reality c...To assess the operational safety risk of long-term evolution for the metro(LTE-M)communication system more accurately,the guide maintenance strategy,the improved evidence theory and the multi-attribute ideal reality comparative analysis(MAIRCA)approaches are proposed.According to the features of LTE-M system,the risk evaluation system is established.The enhanced structural entropy weight method is used to obtain the weight.Furthermore,it is combined with nine-element fuzzy mathematics to transform the degree of membership,modifying the conflict and fusion rules to solve the confidence degree clashed problem of evidence theory.Then,the system risk grade assessment result is obtained.For the purpose of forming the ranking of indicator importance,the MAIRCA is introduced and the ranking is three-dimensional.The operational state of the metro line is used as the data source in various ways the obtained risk grade increased by 7.12%.It is verified that MAIRCA can be applied to the field of urban rail transit because it has based on the test and calculation.The results show that the method is effective;compared with others,the confidence degree of excellent stability and the ranking result of risk factors is reasonable.The influencing indicator with the highest importance is the'equipment failure rate".展开更多
The robust guarantee of train control on-board equipment is inextricably linked to the safe functioning of a high-speed train.A fault diagnostic model of on-board equipment is built utilizing the integrated learning X...The robust guarantee of train control on-board equipment is inextricably linked to the safe functioning of a high-speed train.A fault diagnostic model of on-board equipment is built utilizing the integrated learning XGBoost(eXtreme Gradient Boosting)algorithm to help technicians assess the malfunction category of high-speed train control on-board equipment accurately and rapidly.The XGBoost algorithm iterates multiple decision tree models to improve the accuracy of fault diagnosis by lifting the predicted residual and adding regular terms.To begin,the text features were extracted using the improved TF-IDF(Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency)approach,and 24 fault feature words were chosen and converted into weight word vectors.Secondly,considering the imbalanced fault categories in the data set,the ADASYN(Adaptive Synthetic sampling)adaptive synthetically oversampling technique was used to synthesize a few category fault samples.Finally,the data samples were split into training and test sets based on the fault text data of CTCS-3train control on-board equipment recorded by Guangzhou Railway Group maintenance personnel.The XGBoost model was utilized to realize the automatic fault location of the test set after optimized parameter tuning through grid search.Compared with other methods,the evaluation index of the XGBoost model was significantly improved.The diagnostic accuracy reached 95.43%,which verifies the effectiveness of the method in text fault diagnosis.展开更多
Aiming at the current problems of high failure rate and low diagnostic efficiency of railway point machines(RPMs)in the railway industry,a short-time method of fault diagnosis is proposed.Considering the effect of noi...Aiming at the current problems of high failure rate and low diagnostic efficiency of railway point machines(RPMs)in the railway industry,a short-time method of fault diagnosis is proposed.Considering the effect of noise on power signals in the data acquisition process of the railway centralized signaling monitoring(CSM)system,this study utilizes wavelet threshold denoising to eliminate interference.The results show that the accuracy of fault diagnosis can be improved by 4.4% after denoising the power signals.Then in order to attain a lighter weight and shorten the running time of the diagnosis model,Mallat wavelet decomposition and artificial immune algorithm are applied to RPM fault diagnosis.Finally,voluminous experiments using veritable power signals collected from CSM are introduced,which show that combining these methods can procure higher precision of RPMs and curtail fault diagnosis time.This substantiates the validity and feasibility of the presented approach.展开更多
Heterostructures from two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides MX_2 have emerged as a hot topic in recent years due to their various fascinating properties. Here, we investigated the temperature dependent Rama...Heterostructures from two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides MX_2 have emerged as a hot topic in recent years due to their various fascinating properties. Here, we investigated the temperature dependent Raman and photoluminescence(PL) spectra in vertical stacked WS_2/MoS_2 monolayer heterostructures. Our result shows that both E_(2g)~1 and A_(1g) modes of WS_2 and MoS_2 vary linearly with temperature increasing from 300 to 642 K. The PL measurement also reveals strong temperature dependencies of the PL intensity and peak position. The activation energy of the thermal quenching of the PL emission has been found to be equal to 69.6 meV. The temperature dependence of the peak energy well follows the bandgap shrinkage of bulk semiconductor.展开更多
The biodistribution of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) is closely related to toxicological effects and is of great concern because of their potential application in diverse biomedical areas. However, with the discovery o...The biodistribution of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) is closely related to toxicological effects and is of great concern because of their potential application in diverse biomedical areas. However, with the discovery of novel anatomic and histological structures for fluid transport, the underlying mechanisms involved in the in vivo transport and biodistribution of AuNPs require further in-depth investigations. In the current study, we investigated the biodistribution of 10-nm AuNPs in rats after intervaginal space injection (ISI) in the tarsal tunnel, where a focal point of tendons, vessels, and nerve fibers may optimally connect to other remote connective tissues. The intravenous injection (IVI) of AuNPs served as a control. The blood and organs were collected at 5, 15, and 30 min and at 1, 4, 12, and 24 h after injection for quantitative analysis of Au distribution with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). IVI and ISI yielded significantly different results: The AuNP content in the blood after ISI was much lower than that after IVI; was similar in the lungs, heart, and intestines; and was higher in the skin and muscle. These findings were supported by the ratios of AuNP content and relative organ AuNP distribution proportions. Our results demonstrated a fast, direct, and the circulation-independent AuNP-organ transport pathway, which may improve our understanding of physiological and pathological biodistribution processes in biological systems. Furthermore, these results provide novel insights into the in vivo transport and biodistribution of AuNPs, which may lead to novel and efficient therapeutic and administration strategies.展开更多
Gold nanostructures are among the noble metal nanomaterials being intensely studied due to their good biocompatibility, tunable localized surface plasmon resonance (SPR), and ease of modification. These properties g...Gold nanostructures are among the noble metal nanomaterials being intensely studied due to their good biocompatibility, tunable localized surface plasmon resonance (SPR), and ease of modification. These properties give gold nano- structures many potential chemical and biomedical applications. Herein, we demonstrate the critical role of oxygen activation during the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide (H202) in the presence of photoexcited gold nanorods (AuNRs) by using electron spin resonance (ESR) techniques. Upon SPR excitation, 02 is activated first, and the resulting reactive intermediates further activate H202 to produce ,OH. The reactive intermediates exhibit singlet oxygen-like (102-1ike) reactivity, indicated by 102-specific oxidation reaction, quenching behaviors, and the lack of the typical 102 ESR signal. In addition, by using the antioxidant sodium ascorbate (NaA) as an example, we show that hydroxyl radicals from H202 activation can induce much stronger NaA oxidation than that in the absence of H202. These results may have significant biomedical implications. For example, as oxidative stress levels are known to influence tumorigenesis and cancer progression, the ability to control redox status inside tumor microenvironments using noble metal nanostructures may provide new strategies for regulating the metabolism of reactive oxygen species and new approaches for cancer treatment.展开更多
The aspect ratio(AR)is one of the most intriguing parameters of gold nanorods(GNRs),which plays an important role in determining localized surface plasmon(LSPR)properties.Instead of conventional imaging techniques,the...The aspect ratio(AR)is one of the most intriguing parameters of gold nanorods(GNRs),which plays an important role in determining localized surface plasmon(LSPR)properties.Instead of conventional imaging techniques,the optical extinction spectroscopy(OES)method has been developed for allowing fast statistically measuring the average AR under static approximation.In this work,combining with the previous achievements in spectroscopic technique,we further analyze the effects of gold dielectric function and near distance dielectric sensitivity.The former may reflect possible dielectric loss of real Au samples from ideal single crystalline.The latter reflects the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide(CTAB)adsorption on the surface of GNR induces different LSPR shifts below and above critical micelle concentration(CMC).However,their effect on the determination of AR has not been evaluated in OES method.The average AR measurements as a function of absorbance of CTAB-GNRs and LSPR maximum below the CMC were studied.Our results indicate that after considering these factors,the mean ARs obtained from spectroscopic techniques are closer to those obtained from imaging techniques.展开更多
Nowadays,nanoparticles(NPs)are considered to be ideal tools for bioimaging and drug delivery.Although increasing research has focused on NP biodistribution,transportation in the interstitial architecture has been negl...Nowadays,nanoparticles(NPs)are considered to be ideal tools for bioimaging and drug delivery.Although increasing research has focused on NP biodistribution,transportation in the interstitial architecture has been neglected.The entire body is connected by the interstitial architecture,which can provide a long-range and direct pathway for NP biodistribution in a nonvascular system.In this study,we report that 10-nm gold NPs injected directly into the interstitial architecture of the tarsal tunnel of rats(intervaginal space injection(ISI))were delivered to the brain without crossing the blood-brain barrier.Furthermore,NaGdF4 nanoparticles were used to explore the transportation route by magnetic resonance imaging.The results demonstrated that,after ISI,the NaGdF4 nanoparticles were transported through the perivascular interstitial space of the carotid arteries and brain vessels to the brain.This is a special nonvascular transportation route like a stream based on the interstitial architecture that provides an alternative pathway for NP biodistribution.展开更多
Pt and its based alloy nanoparticles(NPs)have been reported to demonstrate novel enzyme-like activities.Varying composition is very important to realize the optimization of their functions through the tuning of electr...Pt and its based alloy nanoparticles(NPs)have been reported to demonstrate novel enzyme-like activities.Varying composition is very important to realize the optimization of their functions through the tuning of electronic structure.In this paper,our effort is focused in this direction by tailoring the electronic structure of Pt NPs via alloying with copper.Using gold nanorod(Au NR)as core,a simple method to prepare PtCu alloy shell is developed(termed as Au@PtCu NR).The introduction of copper could result in endcap-preferred growth mode owing to the lattice mismatch between alloy shell and the Au core.The variation in the electronic structure changes the substrate affinity,and enhanced affinity was found for H2O2.Besides,the designed Au@PtCu nanostructures have realized spatial separation of catalytic and recognition sites.Binding of recognition antibodies had negligible effect on their catalytic activity.Based on their peroxidaselike activity,a highly sensitive detection of human immunoglobulin G(IgG)was demonstrated in a direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)mode.The detection limit can be as low as 90 pg/mL.展开更多
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), as a noninvasive therapeutic method, has been actively explored recently for cancer treatment. However, owing to the weak absorption in the optically transparent windows of biological tis...Photodynamic therapy (PDT), as a noninvasive therapeutic method, has been actively explored recently for cancer treatment. However, owing to the weak absorption in the optically transparent windows of biological tissues, most com- mercial photosensitizers (PSs) exhibit low singlet oxygen (^1O2) quantum yields when excited by light within this window. Finding the best way to boost ^1O2 production for clinical applications using light sources within this window is, thus, a great challenge. Herein, we tackle this problem using plasmon resonance energy transfer (PRET) from plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) to PSs and demonstrate that the formation of plasmon quenching dips is an effective way to enhance ^1O2 generation. The combination of the photosensitizer chlorin e6 (Ce6) and gold nanorods (AuNR) was employed as a model system. We observed a clear quenching dip in the longitudinal surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) band of the AuNRs when the LSPR band overlaps with the Q band of Ce6 and the spacing between Ce6 and the rods is within the acting distance of PRET. Upon irradiation with 660 nm continuous-wave laser light, we obtained a seven-fold enhancement in the ^1O2 signal intensity compared with that of a non-PRET sample, as determined using the ^1O2 electron spin resonance probe 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidine (TEMP). Furthermore, we demonstrated that the PRET effect is more efficient in enhancing ^1O2 yield than the often-employed local field enhancement effect. The effectiveness of PRET is further extended to the in vitro level. Considering the flexibility in manipulating the localized SPR properties of plasmonic nanoparticles/nanostructures, our findings suggest that PRET-based strategies may be a general way to overcome the deficiency of most commercial organic PSs in biological optically transparent windows and promote their applications in clinical tumor treatments.展开更多
文摘Based on the local equilibrium assumption, coarsening behavior of M23C6 carbide at 700℃ in H13 steel was simulated by DICTRA software. The results from the calculations were compared with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations. The results show the interracial energy for M23C6 in H13 steel at 700℃ is thus probably 0.7J·m^-2, which fits the experiments well. The influence of composition and temperature on the coarsening rate was also investigated by simulations. Simulations show a decrease in the coarsening rate when V/Mo ratio is increased, while the coarsening rate increases with increasing temperature.
文摘Cryogenic treatment has been increasingly applied to enhance the hardness, antiwear ability and fatigue performance of die steel. On the basis of reading a large number of research papers and references across the world, the author makes a detailed analysis and brief summary of the influence of cryogenic treatment on microstructure after quenching process or quenching plus tempering process, on first and second carbides, on content of retained austenite, on surface hardness, on mechanical properties and antiwear ability of die steels. It’s proved that cryogenic treatment on die steel significantly improves its hardness, antiwear capacity and service life. It’s the cryogenic process to make die steel have higher hardness, better antiwear ability, better ductility and longer service life because cryogenic process actually has a good influence on die steel of its microstructure, retained austenite volume and amount and size of the second carbide.
基金supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China(No.2021YFA1202803)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.22072032)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB36000000)。
文摘Nanozymes,as a novel form of enzyme mimics,have garnered considerable interest.Despite overcoming the main disadvantages of their natural analogs,they still face challenges such as restricted mimic types and low substrate specificity.Herein,we introduce a reactive ligand modification strategy to diversify enzyme mimic types.Specifically,we have utilized helical plasmonic nanorods(HPNRs)modified with para-nitrothiophenol(4-NTP)to create an oxygen-sensitive nitroreductase(NTR)with light-controllability.HPNRs act as a light-adjustable source of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide/nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate(NAD(P)H),providing photon-generated energetic electrons to adsorbed 4-NTP molecules.In the presence of O_(2),the activated 4-NTP transfers the captured electron to the adsorbed O_(2),mimicking the electron transfer process in its natural counterpart.This enhanced O_(2)activation notably boosts the oxidative coupling of para-aminothiophenol(4-ATP).Density functional theory(DFT)calculations reveal that hot electrons injected into the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital(LUMO)energy level of 4-NTP can be transferred to that of molecular oxygen.In conclusion,our findings underline the potential of the reactive ligand modification strategy in developing new types of enzyme reactions,which opens up promising avenues for the enhancement and diversification of nanozyme functionalities.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.22072032)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB36000000)the National Key Basic Research Program of China(No.2021YFA1202803).
文摘Herein,a new strategy is proposed for achieving dynamic chiral controls in self-assembly systems of plasmonic nanorods based on temperature-modulation.Via enlarging Au{100}side facets of Au nanorod(AuNR)building block and changing surface ligand from often-used cetyltrimethylammonium bromide(CTAB)to cetylpyridinium chloride(CPC),inversion of chiroptical signal in side-by-side(SS)oligomers is realized.Under the guide of chiral cysteine(Cys),Au{100}side facet-linked SS rods twist in the opposite direction compared with Au{110}side facet-linked counterparts.At high CPC concentration,by controlling the incubation temperature of chiral Cys,the dominant twist mode can be regulated.Finite-difference time-domain(FDTD)simulations indicate the key role of the twisting dihedral angle of the oligomers in driving chiral signal inversion.At low CPC concentration,a temperature-sensitive chiral switching is observed owing to the conformation change of the CPC ligand layer.The temperature-modulated chiral responses are based on the interactions of chiral molecules,achiral surface ligands,and exposed facets of the building block.The rich dynamic tunability of chiroptical responses of plasmonic assemblies may find applications in stimulus-responsive nanodevices.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61661027)the Gansu Provincial Department of Education:Excellent Postgraduate‘Innovation Star’Project(Grant No.2022CXZX-619).
文摘To assess the operational safety risk of long-term evolution for the metro(LTE-M)communication system more accurately,the guide maintenance strategy,the improved evidence theory and the multi-attribute ideal reality comparative analysis(MAIRCA)approaches are proposed.According to the features of LTE-M system,the risk evaluation system is established.The enhanced structural entropy weight method is used to obtain the weight.Furthermore,it is combined with nine-element fuzzy mathematics to transform the degree of membership,modifying the conflict and fusion rules to solve the confidence degree clashed problem of evidence theory.Then,the system risk grade assessment result is obtained.For the purpose of forming the ranking of indicator importance,the MAIRCA is introduced and the ranking is three-dimensional.The operational state of the metro line is used as the data source in various ways the obtained risk grade increased by 7.12%.It is verified that MAIRCA can be applied to the field of urban rail transit because it has based on the test and calculation.The results show that the method is effective;compared with others,the confidence degree of excellent stability and the ranking result of risk factors is reasonable.The influencing indicator with the highest importance is the'equipment failure rate".
基金supported by the Science and Tec hnology Research and Development Plan Contract of China National Railway Group Co.,Ltd(Grant No.N2022G012)the Railway Science and Technology Research and Development Center Project(Project No.SYF2022SJ004).
文摘The robust guarantee of train control on-board equipment is inextricably linked to the safe functioning of a high-speed train.A fault diagnostic model of on-board equipment is built utilizing the integrated learning XGBoost(eXtreme Gradient Boosting)algorithm to help technicians assess the malfunction category of high-speed train control on-board equipment accurately and rapidly.The XGBoost algorithm iterates multiple decision tree models to improve the accuracy of fault diagnosis by lifting the predicted residual and adding regular terms.To begin,the text features were extracted using the improved TF-IDF(Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency)approach,and 24 fault feature words were chosen and converted into weight word vectors.Secondly,considering the imbalanced fault categories in the data set,the ADASYN(Adaptive Synthetic sampling)adaptive synthetically oversampling technique was used to synthesize a few category fault samples.Finally,the data samples were split into training and test sets based on the fault text data of CTCS-3train control on-board equipment recorded by Guangzhou Railway Group maintenance personnel.The XGBoost model was utilized to realize the automatic fault location of the test set after optimized parameter tuning through grid search.Compared with other methods,the evaluation index of the XGBoost model was significantly improved.The diagnostic accuracy reached 95.43%,which verifies the effectiveness of the method in text fault diagnosis.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61661027)the Project Fund of China National Railway Group Co.,Ltd(Grant No.N2022G012).
文摘Aiming at the current problems of high failure rate and low diagnostic efficiency of railway point machines(RPMs)in the railway industry,a short-time method of fault diagnosis is proposed.Considering the effect of noise on power signals in the data acquisition process of the railway centralized signaling monitoring(CSM)system,this study utilizes wavelet threshold denoising to eliminate interference.The results show that the accuracy of fault diagnosis can be improved by 4.4% after denoising the power signals.Then in order to attain a lighter weight and shorten the running time of the diagnosis model,Mallat wavelet decomposition and artificial immune algorithm are applied to RPM fault diagnosis.Finally,voluminous experiments using veritable power signals collected from CSM are introduced,which show that combining these methods can procure higher precision of RPMs and curtail fault diagnosis time.This substantiates the validity and feasibility of the presented approach.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2015CB932403)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11674012, 61422501, 11374023, 11304054 and 61521004)+2 种基金Beijing Natural Science Foundation (L140007)Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China (201420)National Program for Support of Top-notch Young Professionals
文摘Heterostructures from two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides MX_2 have emerged as a hot topic in recent years due to their various fascinating properties. Here, we investigated the temperature dependent Raman and photoluminescence(PL) spectra in vertical stacked WS_2/MoS_2 monolayer heterostructures. Our result shows that both E_(2g)~1 and A_(1g) modes of WS_2 and MoS_2 vary linearly with temperature increasing from 300 to 642 K. The PL measurement also reveals strong temperature dependencies of the PL intensity and peak position. The activation energy of the thermal quenching of the PL emission has been found to be equal to 69.6 meV. The temperature dependence of the peak energy well follows the bandgap shrinkage of bulk semiconductor.
基金This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Nos. 2015CB5545507 and 2013CB933700) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21305024).
文摘The biodistribution of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) is closely related to toxicological effects and is of great concern because of their potential application in diverse biomedical areas. However, with the discovery of novel anatomic and histological structures for fluid transport, the underlying mechanisms involved in the in vivo transport and biodistribution of AuNPs require further in-depth investigations. In the current study, we investigated the biodistribution of 10-nm AuNPs in rats after intervaginal space injection (ISI) in the tarsal tunnel, where a focal point of tendons, vessels, and nerve fibers may optimally connect to other remote connective tissues. The intravenous injection (IVI) of AuNPs served as a control. The blood and organs were collected at 5, 15, and 30 min and at 1, 4, 12, and 24 h after injection for quantitative analysis of Au distribution with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). IVI and ISI yielded significantly different results: The AuNP content in the blood after ISI was much lower than that after IVI; was similar in the lungs, heart, and intestines; and was higher in the skin and muscle. These findings were supported by the ratios of AuNP content and relative organ AuNP distribution proportions. Our results demonstrated a fast, direct, and the circulation-independent AuNP-organ transport pathway, which may improve our understanding of physiological and pathological biodistribution processes in biological systems. Furthermore, these results provide novel insights into the in vivo transport and biodistribution of AuNPs, which may lead to novel and efficient therapeutic and administration strategies.
文摘Gold nanostructures are among the noble metal nanomaterials being intensely studied due to their good biocompatibility, tunable localized surface plasmon resonance (SPR), and ease of modification. These properties give gold nano- structures many potential chemical and biomedical applications. Herein, we demonstrate the critical role of oxygen activation during the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide (H202) in the presence of photoexcited gold nanorods (AuNRs) by using electron spin resonance (ESR) techniques. Upon SPR excitation, 02 is activated first, and the resulting reactive intermediates further activate H202 to produce ,OH. The reactive intermediates exhibit singlet oxygen-like (102-1ike) reactivity, indicated by 102-specific oxidation reaction, quenching behaviors, and the lack of the typical 102 ESR signal. In addition, by using the antioxidant sodium ascorbate (NaA) as an example, we show that hydroxyl radicals from H202 activation can induce much stronger NaA oxidation than that in the absence of H202. These results may have significant biomedical implications. For example, as oxidative stress levels are known to influence tumorigenesis and cancer progression, the ability to control redox status inside tumor microenvironments using noble metal nanostructures may provide new strategies for regulating the metabolism of reactive oxygen species and new approaches for cancer treatment.
基金supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2011CB932802)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11304054)+1 种基金VAMAS Project (TWA 34 project #5)Public Welfare Research Project (201210284)
文摘The aspect ratio(AR)is one of the most intriguing parameters of gold nanorods(GNRs),which plays an important role in determining localized surface plasmon(LSPR)properties.Instead of conventional imaging techniques,the optical extinction spectroscopy(OES)method has been developed for allowing fast statistically measuring the average AR under static approximation.In this work,combining with the previous achievements in spectroscopic technique,we further analyze the effects of gold dielectric function and near distance dielectric sensitivity.The former may reflect possible dielectric loss of real Au samples from ideal single crystalline.The latter reflects the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide(CTAB)adsorption on the surface of GNR induces different LSPR shifts below and above critical micelle concentration(CMC).However,their effect on the determination of AR has not been evaluated in OES method.The average AR measurements as a function of absorbance of CTAB-GNRs and LSPR maximum below the CMC were studied.Our results indicate that after considering these factors,the mean ARs obtained from spectroscopic techniques are closer to those obtained from imaging techniques.
基金the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.ZDKYYQ20190002)。
文摘Nowadays,nanoparticles(NPs)are considered to be ideal tools for bioimaging and drug delivery.Although increasing research has focused on NP biodistribution,transportation in the interstitial architecture has been neglected.The entire body is connected by the interstitial architecture,which can provide a long-range and direct pathway for NP biodistribution in a nonvascular system.In this study,we report that 10-nm gold NPs injected directly into the interstitial architecture of the tarsal tunnel of rats(intervaginal space injection(ISI))were delivered to the brain without crossing the blood-brain barrier.Furthermore,NaGdF4 nanoparticles were used to explore the transportation route by magnetic resonance imaging.The results demonstrated that,after ISI,the NaGdF4 nanoparticles were transported through the perivascular interstitial space of the carotid arteries and brain vessels to the brain.This is a special nonvascular transportation route like a stream based on the interstitial architecture that provides an alternative pathway for NP biodistribution.
基金supported by the National NaturalScience Foundation of China(21173056)the National Key BasicResearch Program of China(2012CB934001,2011CB932802)
文摘Pt and its based alloy nanoparticles(NPs)have been reported to demonstrate novel enzyme-like activities.Varying composition is very important to realize the optimization of their functions through the tuning of electronic structure.In this paper,our effort is focused in this direction by tailoring the electronic structure of Pt NPs via alloying with copper.Using gold nanorod(Au NR)as core,a simple method to prepare PtCu alloy shell is developed(termed as Au@PtCu NR).The introduction of copper could result in endcap-preferred growth mode owing to the lattice mismatch between alloy shell and the Au core.The variation in the electronic structure changes the substrate affinity,and enhanced affinity was found for H2O2.Besides,the designed Au@PtCu nanostructures have realized spatial separation of catalytic and recognition sites.Binding of recognition antibodies had negligible effect on their catalytic activity.Based on their peroxidaselike activity,a highly sensitive detection of human immunoglobulin G(IgG)was demonstrated in a direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)mode.The detection limit can be as low as 90 pg/mL.
基金This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Nos. 2016YFA0200903 and 2011CB932802), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 91127013 and 21173056).
文摘Photodynamic therapy (PDT), as a noninvasive therapeutic method, has been actively explored recently for cancer treatment. However, owing to the weak absorption in the optically transparent windows of biological tissues, most com- mercial photosensitizers (PSs) exhibit low singlet oxygen (^1O2) quantum yields when excited by light within this window. Finding the best way to boost ^1O2 production for clinical applications using light sources within this window is, thus, a great challenge. Herein, we tackle this problem using plasmon resonance energy transfer (PRET) from plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) to PSs and demonstrate that the formation of plasmon quenching dips is an effective way to enhance ^1O2 generation. The combination of the photosensitizer chlorin e6 (Ce6) and gold nanorods (AuNR) was employed as a model system. We observed a clear quenching dip in the longitudinal surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) band of the AuNRs when the LSPR band overlaps with the Q band of Ce6 and the spacing between Ce6 and the rods is within the acting distance of PRET. Upon irradiation with 660 nm continuous-wave laser light, we obtained a seven-fold enhancement in the ^1O2 signal intensity compared with that of a non-PRET sample, as determined using the ^1O2 electron spin resonance probe 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidine (TEMP). Furthermore, we demonstrated that the PRET effect is more efficient in enhancing ^1O2 yield than the often-employed local field enhancement effect. The effectiveness of PRET is further extended to the in vitro level. Considering the flexibility in manipulating the localized SPR properties of plasmonic nanoparticles/nanostructures, our findings suggest that PRET-based strategies may be a general way to overcome the deficiency of most commercial organic PSs in biological optically transparent windows and promote their applications in clinical tumor treatments.