仿生超浸润界面传感技术在生物分析中的应用

仿生超浸润界面材料是构建高灵敏度、高特异性生物传感器的一类新兴材料,广泛适用于环境监测、生物医药、食品分析等领域。本文介绍了4种典型的超浸润界面,包括超疏水界面、超亲水界面、超润滑界面以及图案化浸润性界面,总结了界面浸润性调控在电化学、荧光、可视化、表面增强拉曼和可穿戴检测器件等技术中的研究和最新进展,阐述了传感器构建机理和检测机制。最后,对仿生超浸润界面传感技术在生命分析应用中存在的问题和现存的挑战进行了总结和讨论。

核酸探针及其在生物分析中的应用

核酸探针由于具有结构可变,合成简单和易于修饰等特点,被广泛应用于酶、蛋白质、生物小分子、金属离子、核酸以及细胞等生物分析物的检测,成为生物分析领域中不可或缺的一种研究工具。基于核酸探针发展起来的核酸信号放大策略为检测低丰度的物质提供了重要平台,提高了核酸探针检测的灵敏度,对于生物医学研究,分子诊断和药物基因组学至关重要。对核酸探针的类型、核酸信号放大方法以及核酸探针在生物分析领域的应用进行了介绍,对核酸探针的发展进行了总结与展望。

Homotopy Analysis Method for Solving Biological Population Model

In this paper,the homotopy analysis method (HAM) is applied to solve generalized biological populationmodels.The fractional derivatives are described by Caputo's sense.The method introduces a significant improvementin this field over existing techniques.Results obtained using the scheme presented here agree well with the analyticalsolutions and the numerical results presented in Ref.[6].However,the fundamental solutions of these equations stillexhibit useful scaling properties that make them attractive for applications.

Research of the Application of Nanometer Materials in Sports Engineering and the Biological Safety

In the modern material engineering, the use of nanometer materials has entered the highly and intensively utilized stage, so new nanometer materials have been continuously found to replace the traditional ordinary materials. The so-called nanometer materials have the size within l - 100nm in thickness, which originates from the 1980s. At that time, nanometer materials didn＇t have a proper development due to the economic level. t towever, with the support of science and technology, this technology has undergone tremendous changes in the related fields. There have been increasing expansion in the kinds and the width in use of the nanometer materials, so have the research of nanometer materials. In this paper, we will briefly analyze the application ofnanometer materials in the sports engineering.

An Evaluation Method for the Potential of Old Apartment Buildings＇ Rehabilitation in Brazil

The rehabilitation of older buildings for residential use that started in the last few decades of the 20th century has become recurrent in some Brazilian cities. In Sao Paulo, for instance, this subject is within the context of the revitalization of its downtown area with the reintroduction of residential occupancy in the region as a consequence of actions taken by public and private groups. However, older buildings were designed based on the technologies and regulations available in the past and applied to meet the lifestyles of the time of their construction. This paper presents a method for the analysis of older apartment buildings, diagnosing their strengths and limitations in adapting to both the new Brazilian regulatory and legislative requirements, and the contemporary domestic demands. Requirements, criteria and methods for evaluation were studied, and defined as well as procedures for the application of a method which allows for a physical and systematic analysis of old apartment buildings. It was found that the proposed method can be an important support tool at the moment of studying the feasibility of rehabilitation processes, guiding and providing grounds for the design and building decisions of the professionals involved in these processes.

Fluorescent nanoparticles for chemical and biological sensing

Fluorescent nanoparticles (NPs), including quantum dots (QDs), dye-doped NPs, and rare earth-based NPs, etc., have been a major focus of research and development during the past decade. The impetus behind such endeavors can be attributed to their unique chemical and optical properties, such as bright fluorescence, high photostability, large Stocks shift and flexible processability. The introduction of fluorescent NPs into analytical chemistry has opened up new venues for fluorescent analysis. In this review, we focus on the developments and analytical applications of fluorescent NPs in the chemical and biological sensing of pH, ions, organic compounds, small biological molecules, nucleic acids, proteins, virus and bacteria. The review also points out the in vitro and in vivo imaging application of fluorescent NPs at the cell and body levels. Meanwhile, the ad- vantages of NPs brought field of sensing and signal transductions are also discussed.

Progress in the development of techniques based on light scattering for single nanoparticle detection

Nanoparticles have recendy attracted extensive attention in view of their great potential in biomedicine and bioanalytical applications. Single particle detection via light scattering offers a simple and efficient approach for the size, size distribution, and concentration analysis of nanoparticles. In particular, intrinsic heterogeneity or rare events masked by ensemble averaging can be revealed. However, the sixth power dependence of Rayleigh scattering on particle size makes it very challenging to detect individual nanoparficles of small sizes. This article is intended to provide an overview of recent progress in the development of techniques based on light scattering for the detection of single nanoparticles.

Surface modification of hydrophobic NaYF_4:Yb,Er upconversion nanophosphors and their applications for immunoassay

β-NaYFa：Yb,Er upconversion nanophosphor （UCNP） is known as one of the most efficient NIR-to-visible upconversion mate- dais, which shows great potential in bioanalytical chemistry and bioimaging. However, its applications are greatly limited due to its low water dispersibility and thus poor biocompatibility. In this paper, poly（acrylic acid） （PAA）-based ligand exchange strategies are carded out to modify oleic acid-capped hydrophobic β-NaYF4：Yb,Er UCNPs into hydrophilic ones. After efficient surface modification, the presence of free carboxylic acid groups on the surfaces of UCNPs results in high solubility in water, and also allows further conjugation with NH2-containing biomolecules. Facilitated by the covalent linkage between the -COOH groups on UCNPs surfaces and -NHz groups in antigen/antibody, a sensitive immunosensor is constructed by using PAA-functionalized β-NaYFa：Yb,Er UCNPs as biolabels. Through monitoring the upconversion fluorescence intensity or fluorescent imaging of the final immunocomplexes, high sensitivity is achieved for the proposed immunoassay and as low as 0.1 ng/mL goat anti-human immunoglobulin G （IgG） can be detected, which suggests that PAA-modified UCNPs may serve as an ideal candidate for use as bioanalysis and bioimaging probes.

Applications of next-generation sequencing to the study of biological invasions

Through the widespread implementation of next-generation sequencing （NGS）, analyses of the whole genome （the entire DNA content） and the whole transcriptome （the genes being expressed） are becoming commonplace. NGS enables the analysis of a vast amount of previously unattainable genetic information. Despite this potential, NGS has yet to be widely imple- mented in genetic studies of biological invasions. The study of the genomic causes and consequences of biological invasions al- lows a deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms underpinning the invasion process. In this review, we present a brief introduction to NGS followed by a synthesis of current research in the genomics and transcriptomics of adaptation and coloniza- tion. We then highlight research opportunities in the field, including： （1） assembling genomes and transcriptomes of non-model organisms, （2） identifying genomic regions and candidate genes underlying evolutionary processes, and （3） studying the adaptive role of gene expression variation. In particular, because introduced species face a broad range of physiological and biotic chal- lenges when colonizing novel and variable environments, transcriptomics will enable the study of gene regulatory pathways that may be responsible for acclimation or adaptation. To conclude, we identify a number of research approaches that will aid our fu- ture understanding of biological invasions

Rational design and functional evolution of targeted peptides for bioanalytical applications

The complicated, highly dynamic and diverse nature of biosystems brings great challenges to the specific analysis of molecular processes of interest. Nature provides antibodies for the specific recognition of antigens, which is a straight-forward way for targeted analysis. However, there are still limitations during the practical applications due to the big size of the antibodies, which accelerate the discovery of small molecular probes. Peptides built from various optional building blocks and easily achieved by chemical synthetic approaches with predictable conformations, are versatile and can act as tailor-made targeting vehicles.In this mini review, we summarize the recent developments in the discovery of novel peptides for bioanalytical and biomedical applications. Progresses in peptide-library design and selection strategies are presented. Recent achievements in the peptide-guided detection, imaging and disease treatment are also focused.