Materials with low thermal conductivity are applied extensively in energy management,and breaking the amorphous limits of thermal conductivity to solids has attracted widespread attention from scientists.Doping is a c...Materials with low thermal conductivity are applied extensively in energy management,and breaking the amorphous limits of thermal conductivity to solids has attracted widespread attention from scientists.Doping is a common strategy for achieving low thermal conductivity that can offer abundant scattering centers in which heavier dopants always result in lower phonon group velocities and lower thermal conductivities.However,the amount of equivalent heavyatom single dopant available is limited.Unfortunately,nonequivalent heavy dopants have finite solubility because of charge imbalance.Here,we propose a charge balance strategy for SnS by substituting Sn2+with Ag^(+)and heavy Bi^(3+),improving the doping limit of Ag from 2%to 3%.Ag and Bi codoping increases the point defect concentration and introduces abundant boundaries simultaneously,scattering the phonons at both the atomic scale and nanoscale.The thermal conductivity of Ag0.03Bi0.03Sn0.94S decreased to 0.535 W·m^(−1)·K^(−1)at room temperature and 0.388 W·m^(−1)·K^(−1)at 275°C,which is below the amorphous limit of 0.450 W·m^(−1)·K^(−1)for SnS.This strategy offers a simple way to enhance the doping limit and achieve ultralow thermal conductivity in solids below the amorphous limit without precise structural modification.展开更多
A lipid_depleted cytochrome b 6f (Cyt b 6f) preparation was obtained from spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts. Upon reconstitution of this preparation with the membrane lipids purified from spinach thylakoid...A lipid_depleted cytochrome b 6f (Cyt b 6f) preparation was obtained from spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts. Upon reconstitution of this preparation with the membrane lipids purified from spinach thylakoid, the effects of different membrane lipids on the electron transfer activity were studied. The results show that the electron transfer activity of Cyt b 6f is obviously stimulated to different extents, respectively, by monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG), digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (SQDG), and that the extents of stimulation may be closely related to the charge of the membrane lipids. The stimulation of non_charged lipids (MGDG, DGDG) and neutrally_charged lipid (PC) was high with a maximum enhancement of 89%, 75% and 77%, respectively; but the stimulation of two kinds of negatively_charged lipid (PG and SQDG) was relatively low with a maximum enhancement of 43% and 26%, respectively.展开更多
Texture and grain boundary character distribution of Cu interconnects with different line width for as-deposited and annealed conditions were measured by EBSD. All specimens appear mixed texture and (111) texture is...Texture and grain boundary character distribution of Cu interconnects with different line width for as-deposited and annealed conditions were measured by EBSD. All specimens appear mixed texture and (111) texture is the dominate component.As-deposited interconnects undergo the phenomenon of self-annealing at RT,in which some abnormally large grains are found. Lower aspect ratio of lines and anneal treatment procured larger grains and stronger (111) texture. Meanwhile, the intensity proportion of other textures with lower strain energy to (111) texture is decreased. As-deposited specimens reveal (111)(112? and (111) (231) components, (111) (110) component appeared and (111) (112? and (111) (231) components were developed during the annealing process. High angle boundaries are dominant in all specimens, boundaries with a misorientation of 55°-60° and ∑3 ones in higher proportion, followed by lower boundaries with a misorientation of 35°-40° and 29 boundaries. As the aspect ratio of lines and anneal treatment increase,there is a gradual in- crement in ∑3 boundaries and a decrease in ∑9 boundaries.展开更多
A microelectronic circuit is used to regenerate the neural signals between the proximal end and the distal end of an injured nerve.An experimental scheme is designed and carried out to verify the feasibility of the so...A microelectronic circuit is used to regenerate the neural signals between the proximal end and the distal end of an injured nerve.An experimental scheme is designed and carried out to verify the feasibility of the so-called microelectronic neural bridge(MNB).The sciatic signals of the source spinal toad which are evoked by chemical stimuli are used as source signals to stimulate the sciatic of the controlled spinal toad.The sciatic nerve signals of the source spinal toad,the regenerated sciatic signals in the controlled spinal toad,and the resulting electromyography(EMG)signals associated with the gastrocnemius muscle movements of the controlled spinal toad are displayed and recorded by an oscilloscope.By analyzing the coherence between the source sciatic nerve signals and the regenerated sciatic nerve signals and the coherence between the regenerated nerve signals and the EMG signals,it is proved that the regenerated sciatic nerve signals have a relationship with the source sciatic nerve signals and control shrinkage of the leg of the controlled toad.展开更多
A novel complex process of electrodeposition and biofilm is utilized to treat organic wastewater containing Cr 3+, and its purifying mechanism is also described in this article. In details, organic materials in was...A novel complex process of electrodeposition and biofilm is utilized to treat organic wastewater containing Cr 3+, and its purifying mechanism is also described in this article. In details, organic materials in wastewater are consumed as nutritious source by biofilm composed of microorganism and EPS (extracellular polysaccharide substance). While one part of heavy metal ions, such as Cr 3+, is removed by electrodeposition, the other part is adsorbed on biofilm. In contrast, experimental data of single electrodeposition or biofilm process are listed. Further, the kinetic curves of microbes cultivated or microbes acclimated by Cr 3+ to degrade glucose are provided,too. In conclusion, the experimental results indicate that initial wastewater consists of C 6H 12O 6 (500 mg·L -1), Cr 3+ (10 mg·L -1), after treated with the complex process, concentrations of C 6H 12O 6 and Cr 3+ are on the scale of 15-20 mg·L -1, and less than 1 mg·L -1, respectively. Purified water can meet the standards of industrial reused water.展开更多
Pentachlorophenol, a widespread environmental pollutant that is possibly carcinogenic to humans, is metabolically oxidized to tetrachloroquinone (TCBQ) which can result in DNA damage. We have investigated the photoc...Pentachlorophenol, a widespread environmental pollutant that is possibly carcinogenic to humans, is metabolically oxidized to tetrachloroquinone (TCBQ) which can result in DNA damage. We have investigated the photochemical reaction dynamics of TCBQ with two pyrimidine type nucleobases (thymine and uracil) upon UVA (355 ran) excitation using the technique of nanosecond time-resolved laser flash photolysis. It has been found that 355 nm excitation populates TCBQ molecules to their triplet state 3TCBQ*, which are highly reactive towards thymine or uracil and undergo two parallel reactions, the hydrogen abstraction and electron transfer, leading to the observed photoproducts of TCBQH. and TCBQ.- in transient absorption spectra. The concomitantly produced nucleobase radicals and radical cations are expected to induce a series of oxidative or strand cleavage damage to DNA afterwards. By characterizing the photochemical hydrogen abstraction and electron transfer reactions, our results provide potentially important molecular reaction mechanisms for understanding the carcinogenic effects of pentachlorophenol and its metabolites TCBQ.展开更多
A novel complex process of electrodeposition and biofilm is utilized to treat organic wastewater containing Cr 3+, and its purifying mechanism is also described in this article. In details, organic materials in was...A novel complex process of electrodeposition and biofilm is utilized to treat organic wastewater containing Cr 3+, and its purifying mechanism is also described in this article. In details, organic materials in wastewater are consumed as nutritious source by biofilm composed of microorganism and EPS (extracellular polysaccharide substance). While one part of heavy metal ions, such as Cr 3+, is removed by electrodeposition, the other part is adsorbed on biofilm. In contrast, experimental data of single electrodeposition or biofilm process are listed. Further, the kinetic curves of microbes cultivated or microbes acclimated by Cr 3+ to degrade glucose are provided,too. In conclusion, the experimental results indicate that initial wastewater consists of C 6H 12O 6 (500 mg·L -1), Cr 3+ (10 mg·L -1), after treated with the complex process, concentrations of C 6H 12O 6 and Cr 3+ are on the scale of 15-20 mg·L -1, and less than 1 mg·L -1, respectively. Purified water can meet the standards of industrial reused water.展开更多
基金supported by the CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research(YSBR-070)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21925110,21890750,U2032161,12147105)+8 种基金the USTC Research Funds of the Double First-Class Initiative(YD2060002004)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFA1203600,2022YFA1203601,2022YFA1203602)the Natural Science Foundation of China-Anhui Joint Fund(U23A20121)the Outstanding Youth Foundation of Anhui Province(2208085J14)the Anhui Provincial Key Research and Development Project(202004a050200760)the Key R&D Program of Shandong Province(2021CXGC010302)the Users with Excellence Project of Hefei Science Center CAS(2021HSC-UE004)the Fellowship of the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M710141)the open foundation of the Key Laboratory of the Engineering Research Center of Building Energy Efficiency Control and Evaluation,Ministry of Education(AHJZNX-2023-04).
文摘Materials with low thermal conductivity are applied extensively in energy management,and breaking the amorphous limits of thermal conductivity to solids has attracted widespread attention from scientists.Doping is a common strategy for achieving low thermal conductivity that can offer abundant scattering centers in which heavier dopants always result in lower phonon group velocities and lower thermal conductivities.However,the amount of equivalent heavyatom single dopant available is limited.Unfortunately,nonequivalent heavy dopants have finite solubility because of charge imbalance.Here,we propose a charge balance strategy for SnS by substituting Sn2+with Ag^(+)and heavy Bi^(3+),improving the doping limit of Ag from 2%to 3%.Ag and Bi codoping increases the point defect concentration and introduces abundant boundaries simultaneously,scattering the phonons at both the atomic scale and nanoscale.The thermal conductivity of Ag0.03Bi0.03Sn0.94S decreased to 0.535 W·m^(−1)·K^(−1)at room temperature and 0.388 W·m^(−1)·K^(−1)at 275°C,which is below the amorphous limit of 0.450 W·m^(−1)·K^(−1)for SnS.This strategy offers a simple way to enhance the doping limit and achieve ultralow thermal conductivity in solids below the amorphous limit without precise structural modification.
基金The State Key Basic Research and Development Plan(G1998010100)Innovative Foundation of Laboratory of Photosynthesis Basic Research Insitute of Botany,The Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘A lipid_depleted cytochrome b 6f (Cyt b 6f) preparation was obtained from spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts. Upon reconstitution of this preparation with the membrane lipids purified from spinach thylakoid, the effects of different membrane lipids on the electron transfer activity were studied. The results show that the electron transfer activity of Cyt b 6f is obviously stimulated to different extents, respectively, by monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG), digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (SQDG), and that the extents of stimulation may be closely related to the charge of the membrane lipids. The stimulation of non_charged lipids (MGDG, DGDG) and neutrally_charged lipid (PC) was high with a maximum enhancement of 89%, 75% and 77%, respectively; but the stimulation of two kinds of negatively_charged lipid (PG and SQDG) was relatively low with a maximum enhancement of 43% and 26%, respectively.
文摘Texture and grain boundary character distribution of Cu interconnects with different line width for as-deposited and annealed conditions were measured by EBSD. All specimens appear mixed texture and (111) texture is the dominate component.As-deposited interconnects undergo the phenomenon of self-annealing at RT,in which some abnormally large grains are found. Lower aspect ratio of lines and anneal treatment procured larger grains and stronger (111) texture. Meanwhile, the intensity proportion of other textures with lower strain energy to (111) texture is decreased. As-deposited specimens reveal (111)(112? and (111) (231) components, (111) (110) component appeared and (111) (112? and (111) (231) components were developed during the annealing process. High angle boundaries are dominant in all specimens, boundaries with a misorientation of 55°-60° and ∑3 ones in higher proportion, followed by lower boundaries with a misorientation of 35°-40° and 29 boundaries. As the aspect ratio of lines and anneal treatment increase,there is a gradual in- crement in ∑3 boundaries and a decrease in ∑9 boundaries.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.90307013,90707005)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK2008032)+1 种基金Special Foundation and Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics of Southeast UniversityNantong Planning Project of Science and Technology(No.K2009037)
文摘A microelectronic circuit is used to regenerate the neural signals between the proximal end and the distal end of an injured nerve.An experimental scheme is designed and carried out to verify the feasibility of the so-called microelectronic neural bridge(MNB).The sciatic signals of the source spinal toad which are evoked by chemical stimuli are used as source signals to stimulate the sciatic of the controlled spinal toad.The sciatic nerve signals of the source spinal toad,the regenerated sciatic signals in the controlled spinal toad,and the resulting electromyography(EMG)signals associated with the gastrocnemius muscle movements of the controlled spinal toad are displayed and recorded by an oscilloscope.By analyzing the coherence between the source sciatic nerve signals and the regenerated sciatic nerve signals and the coherence between the regenerated nerve signals and the EMG signals,it is proved that the regenerated sciatic nerve signals have a relationship with the source sciatic nerve signals and control shrinkage of the leg of the controlled toad.
文摘A novel complex process of electrodeposition and biofilm is utilized to treat organic wastewater containing Cr 3+, and its purifying mechanism is also described in this article. In details, organic materials in wastewater are consumed as nutritious source by biofilm composed of microorganism and EPS (extracellular polysaccharide substance). While one part of heavy metal ions, such as Cr 3+, is removed by electrodeposition, the other part is adsorbed on biofilm. In contrast, experimental data of single electrodeposition or biofilm process are listed. Further, the kinetic curves of microbes cultivated or microbes acclimated by Cr 3+ to degrade glucose are provided,too. In conclusion, the experimental results indicate that initial wastewater consists of C 6H 12O 6 (500 mg·L -1), Cr 3+ (10 mg·L -1), after treated with the complex process, concentrations of C 6H 12O 6 and Cr 3+ are on the scale of 15-20 mg·L -1, and less than 1 mg·L -1, respectively. Purified water can meet the standards of industrial reused water.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.20903104, No.2107320L and No.20733005) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
文摘Pentachlorophenol, a widespread environmental pollutant that is possibly carcinogenic to humans, is metabolically oxidized to tetrachloroquinone (TCBQ) which can result in DNA damage. We have investigated the photochemical reaction dynamics of TCBQ with two pyrimidine type nucleobases (thymine and uracil) upon UVA (355 ran) excitation using the technique of nanosecond time-resolved laser flash photolysis. It has been found that 355 nm excitation populates TCBQ molecules to their triplet state 3TCBQ*, which are highly reactive towards thymine or uracil and undergo two parallel reactions, the hydrogen abstraction and electron transfer, leading to the observed photoproducts of TCBQH. and TCBQ.- in transient absorption spectra. The concomitantly produced nucleobase radicals and radical cations are expected to induce a series of oxidative or strand cleavage damage to DNA afterwards. By characterizing the photochemical hydrogen abstraction and electron transfer reactions, our results provide potentially important molecular reaction mechanisms for understanding the carcinogenic effects of pentachlorophenol and its metabolites TCBQ.
文摘A novel complex process of electrodeposition and biofilm is utilized to treat organic wastewater containing Cr 3+, and its purifying mechanism is also described in this article. In details, organic materials in wastewater are consumed as nutritious source by biofilm composed of microorganism and EPS (extracellular polysaccharide substance). While one part of heavy metal ions, such as Cr 3+, is removed by electrodeposition, the other part is adsorbed on biofilm. In contrast, experimental data of single electrodeposition or biofilm process are listed. Further, the kinetic curves of microbes cultivated or microbes acclimated by Cr 3+ to degrade glucose are provided,too. In conclusion, the experimental results indicate that initial wastewater consists of C 6H 12O 6 (500 mg·L -1), Cr 3+ (10 mg·L -1), after treated with the complex process, concentrations of C 6H 12O 6 and Cr 3+ are on the scale of 15-20 mg·L -1, and less than 1 mg·L -1, respectively. Purified water can meet the standards of industrial reused water.