Observation on the modifying activity of the protein from Elytrzgia repens rhizome for ice crystal

In winter, spring and summer, the rhizome of wild Elytrzgia repens of Heilongjiang Province was selected to extract the soluble which whole protein and the apoplastic protein, and analyzed by SDS-PAGE. The result indicated that there were two specific polypeptides in two types protein from winter; their relative molecular weight were identified as 52 ku and 26 ku by analyzing software; the apoplastic protein from winter had the ability of modifing the growth of ice crystal which appeared hexagonal in shape observed with the phase-contrast photomicroscope. So the apoplastic protein from winter has the antifreeze characters and the 52 ku protein is more likely the antifreeze protein

Influence of crystal-transforming agent on the performance and mechanism ofα-high-strength gypsum prepared from FGD gypsum

This paper investigates the impact of flue gas desulfurization(FGD)gypsum's crystal modifier on the characteristics and microcosmic mechanism ofα-high strength gypsum.The results demonstrate that all three crystal modifiers can convert FGD gypsum toα-high-strength gypsum.Citric acid(CA)has the most significant influence onα-high-strength gypsum,and the preparedα-high-strength gypsum is short columnar,with an aspect ratio in the range of 1-3,and has a faster setting time,a larger specific surface area,and a smaller standard consistency,higher compressive strength,greater surface hardness,and smaller crystal particle size.The initial setting time of theα-high-strength gypsum manufactured with CA crystal modifier was decreased by 36%compared to the blank sample,the final setting time was lowered by 37.5%,and the water consumption of the standard consistency was reduced by 8%.The maximum strength is 32 MPa after 2 h,the absolute dry compressive strength is up to 38 MPa,and the surface hardness is improved by 24.43%.

Controllable synthesis of a large TS-1 catalyst for clean epoxidation of a C=C double bond under mild conditions

Development of a titanium silicalite-1(TS-1)catalyst with good crystallinity and a four-coordinate Ti framework is critical for efficient catalytic oxidation reaction under mild conditions.Herein,a size-controlled TS-1 zeolite(TS-10.1ACh(acetylcholine))was synthesized via steam-assisted crystallization by introducing acetylcholine as a crystal growth modifier in the preparation process,and TS-10.1ACh was also employed in epoxidations of different substrates containing C=C double bonds.The crystalline sizes of the as-synthesized TS-10.1ACh catalysts were controlled with the acetylcholine content,and characterization results showed that the particle sizes of highly crystalline TS-10.1ACh zeolite reached 3.0μm with a good Ti framework.Throughout the synthetic process,the growth rate of the crystals was accelerated by electrostatic interactions between the connected hydroxyl groups of the acetylcholine modifier and the negatively charged skeleton of the pre-zeolites.Furthermore,the TS-10.1ACh catalyst demonstrated maximum catalytic activity,good selectivity and high stability during epoxidation of allyl chloride.Importantly,the TS-10.1ACh catalyst was also highly versatile and effective with different unsaturated substrates.These findings may provide novel,easily separable and large TS-1 catalysts for efficient and clean industrial epoxidations of C=C double bonds.

A review:Synthesis,modification and photocatalytic applications of ZnIn_(2)S_(4)

Solar energy is an ideal energy source for solving energy shortages and serious environmental problems.In the past few decades,photocatalytic technology which uses solar energy to deal with the above problems has caused great interest.ZnIn_(2)S_(4),as a layered ternary metal chalcogenide compound,has a series of advantages such as the wide light absorption range and adjustable bandgap.It has been applied in the different fields of photocatalysis in recent years.This review introduced the crystal structures and growth mechanism of ZnIn_(2)S_(4)and summarized the preparation methods of ZnIn_(2)S_(4).Also,the promoted strategies of ZnIn_(2)S_(4)based photocatalytic system and their applications in the pollutant removal,hydrogen evolution,reduction of CO_(2),nitrogen fixation,and chemical synthesis was summarized.Furthermore,the challenges and development directions of the current ZnIn_(2)S_(4)based photocatalytic system were proposed.It is hoped that this review will help researchers design a better ZnIn_(2)S_(4)based photocatalytic system.

Liquid modified photonic crystal fiber for simultaneous temperature and strain measurement

A liquid modified photonic crystal fiber(PCF)integrated with an embedded directional coupler and multi-mode interferometer is fabricated by infiltrating three adjacent air holes of the innermost layer with standard 1.48 refractive index liquids.The refractive index of the filled liquid is higher than that of background silica,which can not only support the transmitting rod modes but also the"liquid modified core"modes propagating between the PCF core and the liquid rods.Hence,the light propagating in the liquid modified core can be efficiently coupled into the satellite waveguides under the phase-matching conditions,resulting in a dramatic decrease of the resonant wavelength intensity.Furthermore,there is a multi-mode interference produced by modified core modes and rod modes.Such a compact(~0.91 cm)device integrated with an embedded coupler and interferometer is demonstrated for high-sensitivity simultaneous temperature(~14.72 nm∕℃)and strain(~13.01 pm∕με)measurement.

A High Order Adaptive Time-Stepping Strategy and Local Discontinuous Galerkin Method for the Modified Phase Field Crystal Equation

In this paper,we will develop a first order and a second order convex splitting,and a first order linear energy stable fully discrete local discontinuous Galerkin(LDG)methods for the modified phase field crystal(MPFC)equation.In which,the first order linear scheme is based on the invariant energy quadratization approach.The MPFC equation is a damped wave equation,and to preserve an energy stability,it is necessary to introduce a pseudo energy,which all increase the difficulty of constructing numerical methods comparing with the phase field crystal(PFC)equation.Due to the severe time step restriction of explicit timemarchingmethods,we introduce the first order and second order semi-implicit schemes,which are proved to be unconditionally energy stable.In order to improve the temporal accuracy,the semi-implicit spectral deferred correction(SDC)method combining with the first order convex splitting scheme is employed.Numerical simulations of the MPFC equation always need long time to reach steady state,and then adaptive time-stepping method is necessary and of paramount importance.The schemes at the implicit time level are linear or nonlinear and we solve them by multigrid solver.Numerical experiments of the accuracy and long time simulations are presented demonstrating the capability and efficiency of the proposed methods,and the effectiveness of the adaptive time-stepping strategy.

Efficient linear and unconditionally energy stable schemes for the modified phase field crystal equation

In this paper,we construct efficient schemes based on the scalar auxiliary variable block-centered finite difference method for the modified phase field crystal equation,which is a sixth-order nonlinear damped wave equation.The schemes are linear,conserve mass and unconditionally dissipate a pseudo energy.We prove rigorously second-order error estimates in both time and space for the phase field variable in discrete norms.We also present some numerical experiments to verify our theoretical results and demonstrate the robustness and accuracy.

Thermo-optic characterization of KDP single crystals by a modified Snarmont setup for electro-optic modulation system

For our KDP crystal orientation, various tbermo-optic （TO） and relevant temperature-dependence param- eters are defined, presented, and studied in the framework of a transverse and a longitudinal electro-optic （EO） modulation systems. This study is based on the concept of the so-called opto-electrical bias （~） ap- plied to the system. For both of the above EO-modulation systems, a set of original equations is extracted and investigated with regard to each of the more important TO or temperature coefficients. Using these equations, for these parameters the role of the transverse configuration is examined in comparison with its corresponding longitudinal configuration. A comparison is done with other orientation of the same KDP crystal.