Study on γ-ray source from the resonant reaction ^19F(p,αγ)^16O at Ep=340 keV

High energyγ-ray can be used in many fields,such as nuclear resonant fluorescence,nuclear medicine imaging.One of the methods to generate high-energyγ-ray is nuclear resonant reaction.The 19F(p,αγ)16O reaction was used to generate 6.13-MeVγ-ray in this work.The angular distribution of 6.13-MeVγ-ray was measured by six LaBr3 detectors.The thick-target yield curve of 6.13-MeVγ-ray had been measured.The maximum yield was determined to be(1.85±0.01)×10^-8γ/proton,which was measured by HPGe detector and LaBr3 detector.The absolute efficiency of all the detectors was calibrated using 60Co and 27Al(p,γ)^28Si reaction at Ep=992 keV.The cross section and total resonant width of the reaction were determined to be 95.1±1.0 mb(1 b=10^-24 cm^2)andΓCM=2.21±0.22 keV,respectively.

Direct measurement of the resonance strengths and branching ratios of low-energy(p,γ)reactions on Mg isotopes

Proton capture reactions on Mg isotopes are significant in the Mg-Al cycle in stellar H-burning.In particular,the resonance strengths and branching ratios of low-energy resonances in 23Mg(p,γ)26Al reactions determine the production of which is one of the most important long-lived radioactive nuclei in nuclear astrophysics.In this article,we report our first experiment using the intense proton beam of approximately 2 mA provided by the JUNA accelerator ground laboratory and a new technique that can minimize the composition change of targets under intense beam irradiation.The resonance strengths and branching ratios of E=214,304,and 326 keV resonances in the reactions of 2~4Mg(p,γ)25Al,25Mg(p,γ)26Al,and 26Mg(p,γ)27Al,respectively,were measured with high accuracy.The success of this experiment provides a good calibration for the nuclear astrophysical experiment at the Jinping underground laboratory.

THE ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE STUDY ON PRIMARY PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION OF HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE

The rate of oxygen consumption and the yield of free radical anion of hematoporphyrin derivative (HPD) in aqueous solutions of HPD and pyrocatechol were measured by the probe 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl4-piperidone-1-oxyl.It has been found that both singlet oxygen and free radical mechanisms exist simultaneously in primary photochemical reactions, and there is a competition between both mechanisms. When the oxygen concentration in solutions comes down to 12-14% of the stanting level, the predominant mechanism can be changed from the singlet oxygen to the free radical.Whether HPD exists in aggregation state is very important to photosensitization mechanisms.In the presence of the aggregation state of HPD, the predominant mechanism is the free radical,and photosensitization effects of HPD are all the better.

Matryoshka-caged gold nanorods： Synthesis, plasmonic properties, and catalytic activity

Matryoshka-caged gold nanorods （mCGNRs） were successfully synthesized by alternating between a seed-mediated silver-coating method and galvanic replacement reactions （GRRs）. As the number of matryoshka layers of the mCGNRs increased, the plasmon resonance peak broadened and was red-shifted, and the catalytic activity towards the reduction of 4-nitrophenol （4-NTP） increased. When mCGNRs with 6 layers were used as nanocatalysts in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol, the reaction rate coefficient was 5.2- and 3.7-times higher than that of the gold-nanorod- and caged-gold-nanorod-catalyzed reductions of 4-nitrophenol, respectively. In addition, the surface-plasmon-resonance-based absorption of light enhanced the catalytic performance of the mCGNRs. With the support of a polyurethane foam, the mCGNRs synthesized in this study can be applied as recydable heterogeneous catalysts for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol.