Enhancement of Photophosphorylation and Photosynthesis in Rice by Low Concentrations of NaHSO_3 Under Field Conditions

Spraying 1-2 mmol/L solution of NaHSO 3 on rice ( Oryza sativa L.) leaves resulted in the enhancement of net photosynthetic rate for more than three days. It was also observed that NaHSO 3 application caused increases both in ATP content in leaves and the millisecond_delayed light emission of leaves. The increase in net photosynthetic rate caused by NaHSO 3 treatment was similar to that by PMS (phenazine methosulfate) treatment. The grain yield of treated rice was enhanced approximately by 10% after duplicated application of NaHSO 3 in milk_ripening stage. It is suggested that the enhancement of photosynthesis by NaHSO 3 treatment resulted from the effect of increasing ATP supplement. Concomitant with an increase in the photosynthetic rate and ATP content in leaves, the transient increase in chlorophyll fluorescence after the termination of actinic light, which could be used as an index of the cyclic electron flow, was also enhanced by low concentration of NaHSO 3 treatment. Basing on these results it is proposed that the increase in rice photosynthesis caused by low concentrations of NaHSO 3 could be due to the stimulation of the cyclic electron flow around PSⅠ which in turn the enhancement of the coupled photophosphorylation and photosynthesis.

Cyclic M（S02） （M=Zn, Cd） and its Anions： Matrix Infrared Spectra and DFT Calculations

Reaction of laser ablated zinc and cadmium atoms with SO2 molecules was studied by low temperature matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy. Cyclic M（SO2） and anion M（SO2）-（M=Zn, Cd） were produced in excess argon and neon, which were identified by 34SO2 and S18O2 isotopic substitutions. The observed infrared spectra and molecular structures were confirmed by density functional theoretical calculations. Natural charge distributions indicated significant electron transfer from s orbitals of zinc or cadmium metal atom to S02 ligand and cyclic M（SO2） complexes favored ＂ion pair＂ M＋（SO2）-formation, which were trapped in low temperature matrices. In addition Zn-O or Cd-O bond in M（SO2） exhibited strong polarized covalent character. Reaction of Hg atom with SO2 was also investigated, but no reaction product was observed, due to the relativistic effect that resulted in the contraction of 6s valence shell and high ionization potential of Hg atom.

Pyropia yezoensis can utilize CO_2 in the air during moderate dehydration

Pyropia yezoensis, an intertidal seaweed, experiences regular dehydration and rehydration with the tides. In this study, the responses of P. yezoensis to dehydration and rehydration under high and low CO2 concentrations （（600-700）×10^-6 and （40-80）×10^-6, named Group I and Group II respectively） were investigated. The thalli of Group I had a significantly higher effective photosystem II quantum yield than the thalli of Group II at 71% absolute water content （AWC）. There was little difference between thalli morphology, total Rubisco activity and total protein content at 100% and 71% AWC, which might be the basis for the normal performance of photosynthesis during moderate dehydration. A higher effective photosystem I quantum yield was observed in the thalli subjected to a low CO2 concentration during moderate dehydration, which might be caused by the enhancement of cyclic electron flow. These results suggested that P. yezoensis can directly utilize COz in ambient air during moderate dehydration.

Conversion of methanol to propylene over SAPO-14:Reaction mechanism and deactivation

Methanol to olefins(MTO)reaction as an important non-oil route to produce light olefins has been industrialized,and received over 80% ethylene plus propylene selectivity.However,to achieve high single ethylene or propylene selectivity towards the fluctuated market demand is still full of challenge.Small-pore SAPO-14 molecular sieve is a rare MTO catalyst exhibiting extra-high propylene selectivity.It provides us a valuable clue for further understanding of the relationship between molecular sieve structure and MTO catalytic performance.In this work,a seconds-level sampling fixed-bed reactor was used to capture real-time product distributions,which help to achieve more selectivity data in response to very short catalytic life of SAPO-14.Changes in product distribution,especially during the low activity stage,reflect valuable information on the reaction pathway.Combined with in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier-transform spectroscopy,in situ ultraviolet Raman measurements and ^(12)C/^(13)C isotopic switch experiments,a reaction pathway evolution from dual cycle to olefins-based cycle dominant was revealed.In addition,the deactivation behaviors of SAPO-14 were also investigated,which revealed that polymethylbenzenes have been the deactivated species in such a situation.This work provides helpful hints on the development of characteristic methanol to propylene(MTP)catalysts.

AlGaInP发光二极管内量子效率测量分析

采用两种方法对650nm AlGaInP LED内量子效率进行测量分析。一是考虑光子循环利用的影响,建立取光效率模型,使用光线追迹法模拟计算取光效率,进而反推出内量子效率。另一方法是变温L-I-V测量分析,在降温过程测量外量子效率随温度的变化,测量出一定温度范围内外量子效率出现最大值且稳定,并根据LED内部的复合机制,从而确定内量子效率值。最后分析两种测量方法,并给出了影响测量的因素。

Note on Higgs Decay into Two Photons H → γγ

The Higgs decay H →γγ due to the virtual W-loop effect is revisited in the unitary gauge by using the symmetry-preserving and divergent-behavior-preserving loop regularization method, which is realized in the fourdimensional space-time without changing original theory. Though the one-loop amplitude of H →γγ is finite as the Higgs boson in the standard model has no direct interaction with the massless photons at tree level, it involves both tensor-type and scalar-type divergent integrals which can in general destroy the gauge invariance without imposing a proper regularization scheme to make them well-defined. As the loop regularization scheme can ensure the consistency conditions between the regularized tensor-type and scalar-type divergent irreducible loop integrals to preserve gauge invariance, we explicitly show the absence of decoupling in the limit Mw /MH → 0 and obtain a result agreeing exactly with the earlier one in the literature. We then clarify the discrepancy of the earlier result from the recent one obtained by R. Castmans, S.L. Wu and T.T. Wu. The advantage of calculation in the unitary gauge becomes manifest in that the non-decoupling arises from the longitudinal contribution of the W gauge boson.