A series of “H-shaped” organic dimers (azobenzene derivatives) exhibit linear absorption red shift compared with their corresponding monomers experimentally. Dipolar interaction model is not appropriate for the az...A series of “H-shaped” organic dimers (azobenzene derivatives) exhibit linear absorption red shift compared with their corresponding monomers experimentally. Dipolar interaction model is not appropriate for the azobenzene derivatives due to the small distance between two “D-π-A” chains. Energy transfer model is suggested for explanation of the absorption red shift. Two necessary conditions for energy transfer were verified. In addition, bi-exponential florescence-delay behavior of the dimer as well as Bella's quantum chemistry calculation shows evidence of energy transfer.展开更多
Coccolithophorid is unicellular marine microalgae with a global distribution in temperate and sub-temperate oceanic regions and has the ability to produce 'the coccoliths'. It is considered to be the second most pro...Coccolithophorid is unicellular marine microalgae with a global distribution in temperate and sub-temperate oceanic regions and has the ability to produce 'the coccoliths'. It is considered to be the second most productive calcifying organism on earth and becoming an important factor in the global carbonate cycle. Emiliania huxleyi is one of the only two bloom-forming coccolithophores and becomes a species crucial to the study of global biogeochemical cycles and climate modeling. Coccolithoviruse is a recently discovered group of viruses infecting the marine coceolithophorid E. huxleyi. They are a major cause of coceolithophore bloom termination, and DMSP concentration is increasing in the process of viral lysis. Phylogenetic evidences support that some genes are functional both in E. huxleyi and its virus (EhV). Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of multiple functionally coupled enzymes occurs in E. huxleyi and its DNA virus EhV has been confirmed, which contributes to the diversification and adaptation of plankton in the oceans and also critically regulates virus-host infection by allowing viruses to control host metabolic pathways for their repli- cation. Therefore, it is of particular interest to understand this host-virus interaction. On this issue, we have made a minireview of coeeolithoviruses focusing on the basic characteristics, phylogenesis, horizontal gene transfer and the interaction between the host and its viruses, as well as its important role in global biogeochemical cycling.展开更多
We propose a scheme for realizing a controlled geometric phase gate for two neutral atoms.We apply thestimulated Raman adiabatic passage to transfer atoms from their ground states into Rydberg excited states, and use ...We propose a scheme for realizing a controlled geometric phase gate for two neutral atoms.We apply thestimulated Raman adiabatic passage to transfer atoms from their ground states into Rydberg excited states, and use theRydberg interaction induced energy shifts to generate geometric phase and construct quantum gates.展开更多
Cyano substitution has been established as a viable approach to optimize the performance of all-small-molecule organic solar cells.However,the effect of cyano substitution on the dynamics of photo-charge generation re...Cyano substitution has been established as a viable approach to optimize the performance of all-small-molecule organic solar cells.However,the effect of cyano substitution on the dynamics of photo-charge generation remains largely unexplored.Here,we report an ultrafast spectroscopic study showing that electron transfer is markedly promoted by enhanced intermolecular charge-transfer interaction in all-small-molecule blends with cyanided donors.The delocalized excitations,arising from intermolecular interaction in the moiety of cyano-substituted donor,undergo ultrafast electron transfer with a lifetime of∼3 ps in the blend.In contrast,some locally excited states,surviving in the film of donor without cyano substitution,are not actively involved in the charge separation.These findings well explain the performance improvement of devices with cyanided donors,suggesting that manipulating intermolecular interaction is an efficient strategy for device optimization.展开更多
Plasma like concept of ions in electrolyte solutions is accepted as a basis for development of equation mobility for transfer processes (viscosity, diffusion, thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity). The e...Plasma like concept of ions in electrolyte solutions is accepted as a basis for development of equation mobility for transfer processes (viscosity, diffusion, thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity). The examples of isomorphism of dissipative processes are given in the article. The integrated assessment equation of transfer properties is developed based on the ion-dipole, dipole-dipole and ion-ion interactions and the force of liquid dielectric resistance to oscillating solvated particles. It is shown that the estimated magnitude of viscosity, diffusion, electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity are comparable with the current knowledge and experimental values in a wide range of electrolyte concentrations.展开更多
Iron porphyrins have high activity and selectivity for electrocatalytic CO_(2)reduction reaction(CO_(2)RR)in nonaqueous solutions,but they usually display poor or moderate selectivity for CO_(2)RR in aqueous solutions...Iron porphyrins have high activity and selectivity for electrocatalytic CO_(2)reduction reaction(CO_(2)RR)in nonaqueous solutions,but they usually display poor or moderate selectivity for CO_(2)RR in aqueous solutions because of the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction.Using water as the electrocatalytic reaction solvent is more favored because not only it is cheap,green and abundant but also it can sufficiently provide protons required for CO_(2)RR.Therefore,developing Fe porphyrins as electrocatalysts for efficient and selective CO_(2)RR in aqueous solutions is of both fundamental and practical significance.Herein,we report the design and synthesis of Fe porphyrin 1 with an appended guanidyl group and its electrocatalytic features for CO_(2)RR in both nonaqueous and aqueous solutions.In acetonitrile,Fe porphyrin 1 and its guanidyl-free analogue,tetrakis(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)porphyrin 2,are both efficient for electrocatalytic CO_(2)-to-CO conversion,but the turnover frequency with 1(3.9´10^(5)s^(-1))is one order of magnitude larger than that with 2(1.7´10^(4)s^(-1)),showing the critical role of the appended guanidyl group in improving electrocatalytic CO_(2)RR activity.More importantly,in 0.1 mol L^(-1)KHCO_(3)aqueous solutions,1 showed very high selectivity for electrocatalytic CO_(2)-to-CO conversion with a Faradaic efficiency of 96%,while 2 displayed a Faradaic efficiency of 65%for the CO_(2)-to-CO conversion.This work is of significance to show the effect of appended guanidyl group on improving both activity and selectivity of Fe porphyrins for CO_(2)RR electrocatalysis.展开更多
Objective: Angiogenesis is a crucial step for tumor growth and progression. Changes of liver angiogenesis (without metastatic invasion) in response to primary tumors are not known. The aim of the study was to investig...Objective: Angiogenesis is a crucial step for tumor growth and progression. Changes of liver angiogenesis (without metastatic invasion) in response to primary tumors are not known. The aim of the study was to investigate the liver angiogenesis in non-metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). Methods: Human colorectal adenocarcinoma tumors were grown subcutaneously in nude mice. All animals showed tumor growth locally without macroscopic or microscopic evidence of liver metastases. Livers were investigated for their microvessel density (MVD) at different stages of tumor growth (as small, medium, and large-sized tumors). Normal non-tumor-bearing mice served as controls. To assess MVD, two endothelial cell markers (anti-CD34 and -CD31 antibodies), image analysis, and immunofluorescent technique were utilized. Enumeration of positive stained endothelial cells revealed the MVD. Results: Non-metastatic livers showed increased levels of MVD vs. control. Moreover, levels of MVD were higher in small and medium-sized tumor groups versus large sized tumor groups. Conclusion: The present data indicate that angiogenesis in the liver is induced in early-stages of CRC. However, this effect is suppressed with advanced tumor growth. These results provide an additional rationale for including antiangiogenic therapy in the treatment of early stages of CRC.展开更多
A predominant benefit of social living is the ability to share knowledge that cannot be gained through the information an individual accumulates based on its personal experience alone. Traditional computational models...A predominant benefit of social living is the ability to share knowledge that cannot be gained through the information an individual accumulates based on its personal experience alone. Traditional computational models have portrayed sharing knowledge through interactions among members of social groups via dyadic networks. Such models aim at understanding the percolation of information among individuals and groups to identify potential limitations to successful knowledge transfer. How- ever, because many real-world interactions are not solely pairwise, i.e., several group members may obtain information from one another simultaneously, it is necessary to understand more than dyadic communication and learning processes to capture their full complexity. We detail a modeling framework based on the simplicial set, a concept from algebraic topology, which allows elegant encapsulation of multi-agent interactions. Such a model system allows us to analyze how individual information within groups accumulates as the group's collective set of knowledge, which may be different than the simple union of individually contained information. Furthermore, the simplicial modeling approach we propose allows us to investigate how information accumulates via sub-group interactions, offering insight into complex aspects of multi-way communication systems. The fundamental change in modeling strategy we offer here allows us to move from portraying knowledge as a "token", passed from signaler to receiver, to portraying knowledge as a set of accumulating building blocks from which novel ideas can emerge. We provide an explanation of relevant mathematical concepts in a way that promotes accessibility to a general audience [Current Zoology 61 (1): 114--127, 2015].展开更多
An investigation is performed to study the convective heat transfer performance under dual piezoelectric fans. Three main aspects are involved in the current study. Firstly, vibration tests for dual specific piezoelec...An investigation is performed to study the convective heat transfer performance under dual piezoelectric fans. Three main aspects are involved in the current study. Firstly, vibration tests for dual specific piezoelectric fans actuating at the first-mode resonant frequency are conducted to illustrate the influence roles of vibrating phase difference and fan-to-fan pitch on the piezoelectric fan vibration amplitude. Secondly, heat transfer measurements are made to compare the heat transfer among single fan, dual fans in-phase and dual fans out-of-phase. Thirdly, three-dimensional numerical simulations are conducted to reveal the influence mechanism of dual piezoelectric fans on heat transfer. The results show that, the vibrating phase difference of dual fans has nearly no influence on the displacement velocity and amplitude of piezoelectric fan related to single fan once the dimensionless pitch(P/W) is beyond 1.2. The dual piezoelectric fans produce nearly the same peak heat transfer coefficient as that of single fan case.Of particular is that the dual fans operating in-phase produce more favorable heat transfer than the dual fans operating out-of-phase,especially in the gap zone between dual fans. Due to the interaction between dual fans, the streaming flow induced by one vibrating fan suffers the action of sweeping flow of another vibrating fan when they operate out-of-phase. While for the dual fans operating in-phase, the streaming flows induced by vibrating fans merge together to form stronger wall jet flow in the region between two fans.展开更多
文摘A series of “H-shaped” organic dimers (azobenzene derivatives) exhibit linear absorption red shift compared with their corresponding monomers experimentally. Dipolar interaction model is not appropriate for the azobenzene derivatives due to the small distance between two “D-π-A” chains. Energy transfer model is suggested for explanation of the absorption red shift. Two necessary conditions for energy transfer were verified. In addition, bi-exponential florescence-delay behavior of the dimer as well as Bella's quantum chemistry calculation shows evidence of energy transfer.
基金funded by the Chinese Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean (No. 201305027)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 40930847, 41376119)+1 种基金Funds of China Southern Oceano-graphic Research Center (No. 14GZP71NF35)Funds of Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Enzyme Engineering (No. M20140910)
文摘Coccolithophorid is unicellular marine microalgae with a global distribution in temperate and sub-temperate oceanic regions and has the ability to produce 'the coccoliths'. It is considered to be the second most productive calcifying organism on earth and becoming an important factor in the global carbonate cycle. Emiliania huxleyi is one of the only two bloom-forming coccolithophores and becomes a species crucial to the study of global biogeochemical cycles and climate modeling. Coccolithoviruse is a recently discovered group of viruses infecting the marine coceolithophorid E. huxleyi. They are a major cause of coceolithophore bloom termination, and DMSP concentration is increasing in the process of viral lysis. Phylogenetic evidences support that some genes are functional both in E. huxleyi and its virus (EhV). Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of multiple functionally coupled enzymes occurs in E. huxleyi and its DNA virus EhV has been confirmed, which contributes to the diversification and adaptation of plankton in the oceans and also critically regulates virus-host infection by allowing viruses to control host metabolic pathways for their repli- cation. Therefore, it is of particular interest to understand this host-virus interaction. On this issue, we have made a minireview of coeeolithoviruses focusing on the basic characteristics, phylogenesis, horizontal gene transfer and the interaction between the host and its viruses, as well as its important role in global biogeochemical cycling.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.10974028 the Doctoral Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China under Grant No.20093514110009+1 种基金 the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province under Grant No.2009J06002Funds from the State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Photocatalysis,Fuzhou University
文摘We propose a scheme for realizing a controlled geometric phase gate for two neutral atoms.We apply thestimulated Raman adiabatic passage to transfer atoms from their ground states into Rydberg excited states, and use theRydberg interaction induced energy shifts to generate geometric phase and construct quantum gates.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFA0209100 and No.2017YFA0303703)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21922302,No.21873047,No.91850105,and No.91833305)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.020414380126)Chun-feng Zhang acknowledges financial support from the Tang Scholar Program。
文摘Cyano substitution has been established as a viable approach to optimize the performance of all-small-molecule organic solar cells.However,the effect of cyano substitution on the dynamics of photo-charge generation remains largely unexplored.Here,we report an ultrafast spectroscopic study showing that electron transfer is markedly promoted by enhanced intermolecular charge-transfer interaction in all-small-molecule blends with cyanided donors.The delocalized excitations,arising from intermolecular interaction in the moiety of cyano-substituted donor,undergo ultrafast electron transfer with a lifetime of∼3 ps in the blend.In contrast,some locally excited states,surviving in the film of donor without cyano substitution,are not actively involved in the charge separation.These findings well explain the performance improvement of devices with cyanided donors,suggesting that manipulating intermolecular interaction is an efficient strategy for device optimization.
文摘Plasma like concept of ions in electrolyte solutions is accepted as a basis for development of equation mobility for transfer processes (viscosity, diffusion, thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity). The examples of isomorphism of dissipative processes are given in the article. The integrated assessment equation of transfer properties is developed based on the ion-dipole, dipole-dipole and ion-ion interactions and the force of liquid dielectric resistance to oscillating solvated particles. It is shown that the estimated magnitude of viscosity, diffusion, electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity are comparable with the current knowledge and experimental values in a wide range of electrolyte concentrations.
文摘Iron porphyrins have high activity and selectivity for electrocatalytic CO_(2)reduction reaction(CO_(2)RR)in nonaqueous solutions,but they usually display poor or moderate selectivity for CO_(2)RR in aqueous solutions because of the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction.Using water as the electrocatalytic reaction solvent is more favored because not only it is cheap,green and abundant but also it can sufficiently provide protons required for CO_(2)RR.Therefore,developing Fe porphyrins as electrocatalysts for efficient and selective CO_(2)RR in aqueous solutions is of both fundamental and practical significance.Herein,we report the design and synthesis of Fe porphyrin 1 with an appended guanidyl group and its electrocatalytic features for CO_(2)RR in both nonaqueous and aqueous solutions.In acetonitrile,Fe porphyrin 1 and its guanidyl-free analogue,tetrakis(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)porphyrin 2,are both efficient for electrocatalytic CO_(2)-to-CO conversion,but the turnover frequency with 1(3.9´10^(5)s^(-1))is one order of magnitude larger than that with 2(1.7´10^(4)s^(-1)),showing the critical role of the appended guanidyl group in improving electrocatalytic CO_(2)RR activity.More importantly,in 0.1 mol L^(-1)KHCO_(3)aqueous solutions,1 showed very high selectivity for electrocatalytic CO_(2)-to-CO conversion with a Faradaic efficiency of 96%,while 2 displayed a Faradaic efficiency of 65%for the CO_(2)-to-CO conversion.This work is of significance to show the effect of appended guanidyl group on improving both activity and selectivity of Fe porphyrins for CO_(2)RR electrocatalysis.
文摘Objective: Angiogenesis is a crucial step for tumor growth and progression. Changes of liver angiogenesis (without metastatic invasion) in response to primary tumors are not known. The aim of the study was to investigate the liver angiogenesis in non-metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). Methods: Human colorectal adenocarcinoma tumors were grown subcutaneously in nude mice. All animals showed tumor growth locally without macroscopic or microscopic evidence of liver metastases. Livers were investigated for their microvessel density (MVD) at different stages of tumor growth (as small, medium, and large-sized tumors). Normal non-tumor-bearing mice served as controls. To assess MVD, two endothelial cell markers (anti-CD34 and -CD31 antibodies), image analysis, and immunofluorescent technique were utilized. Enumeration of positive stained endothelial cells revealed the MVD. Results: Non-metastatic livers showed increased levels of MVD vs. control. Moreover, levels of MVD were higher in small and medium-sized tumor groups versus large sized tumor groups. Conclusion: The present data indicate that angiogenesis in the liver is induced in early-stages of CRC. However, this effect is suppressed with advanced tumor growth. These results provide an additional rationale for including antiangiogenic therapy in the treatment of early stages of CRC.
文摘A predominant benefit of social living is the ability to share knowledge that cannot be gained through the information an individual accumulates based on its personal experience alone. Traditional computational models have portrayed sharing knowledge through interactions among members of social groups via dyadic networks. Such models aim at understanding the percolation of information among individuals and groups to identify potential limitations to successful knowledge transfer. How- ever, because many real-world interactions are not solely pairwise, i.e., several group members may obtain information from one another simultaneously, it is necessary to understand more than dyadic communication and learning processes to capture their full complexity. We detail a modeling framework based on the simplicial set, a concept from algebraic topology, which allows elegant encapsulation of multi-agent interactions. Such a model system allows us to analyze how individual information within groups accumulates as the group's collective set of knowledge, which may be different than the simple union of individually contained information. Furthermore, the simplicial modeling approach we propose allows us to investigate how information accumulates via sub-group interactions, offering insight into complex aspects of multi-way communication systems. The fundamental change in modeling strategy we offer here allows us to move from portraying knowledge as a "token", passed from signaler to receiver, to portraying knowledge as a set of accumulating building blocks from which novel ideas can emerge. We provide an explanation of relevant mathematical concepts in a way that promotes accessibility to a general audience [Current Zoology 61 (1): 114--127, 2015].
基金supported by the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Research Funding(Grant No.NS2014018)
文摘An investigation is performed to study the convective heat transfer performance under dual piezoelectric fans. Three main aspects are involved in the current study. Firstly, vibration tests for dual specific piezoelectric fans actuating at the first-mode resonant frequency are conducted to illustrate the influence roles of vibrating phase difference and fan-to-fan pitch on the piezoelectric fan vibration amplitude. Secondly, heat transfer measurements are made to compare the heat transfer among single fan, dual fans in-phase and dual fans out-of-phase. Thirdly, three-dimensional numerical simulations are conducted to reveal the influence mechanism of dual piezoelectric fans on heat transfer. The results show that, the vibrating phase difference of dual fans has nearly no influence on the displacement velocity and amplitude of piezoelectric fan related to single fan once the dimensionless pitch(P/W) is beyond 1.2. The dual piezoelectric fans produce nearly the same peak heat transfer coefficient as that of single fan case.Of particular is that the dual fans operating in-phase produce more favorable heat transfer than the dual fans operating out-of-phase,especially in the gap zone between dual fans. Due to the interaction between dual fans, the streaming flow induced by one vibrating fan suffers the action of sweeping flow of another vibrating fan when they operate out-of-phase. While for the dual fans operating in-phase, the streaming flows induced by vibrating fans merge together to form stronger wall jet flow in the region between two fans.