A cascade of in situ conversion of bicarbonate to CO_(2) and CO_(2) electroreduction in a flow cell with a Ni-N-S catalyst

Combination of CO_(2) capture using inorganic alkali with subsequently electrochemical conversion of the resultant HCO_(3)^(-)to high-value chemicals is a promising route of low cost and high efficiency.The electrochemical reduction of HCO_(3)^(-)is challenging due to the inaccessible of negatively charged molecular groups to the electrode surface.Herein,we adopt a comprehensive strategy to tackle this challenge,i.e.,cascade of in situ chemical conversion of HCO_(3)^(-)to CO_(2) and CO_(2) electrochemical reduction in a flow cell.With a tailored Ni-N-S single atom catalyst(SACs),where sulfur(S)atoms located in the second shell of Ni center,the CO_(2)electroreduction(CO_(2)ER)to CO is boosted.The experimental results and density functional theory(DFT)calculations reveal that the introduction of S increases the p electron density of N atoms near Ni atom,thereby stabilizing^(*)H over N and boosting the first proton coupled electron transfer process of CO_(2)ER,i.e.,^(*)+e^(-)+^(*)H+^(*)CO_(2)→^(*)COOH.As a result,the obtained catalyst exhibits a high faradaic efficiency(FE_(CO)~98%)and a low overpotential of 425 mV for CO production as well as a superior turnover frequency(TOF)of 47397 h^(-1),outcompeting most of the reported Ni SACs.More importantly,an extremely high FECOof 90%is achieved at 50 mA cm^(-2)in the designed membrane electrode assembly(MEA)cascade electrolyzer fed with liquid bicarbonate.This work not only highlights the significant role of the second coordination on the first coordination shell of the central metal for CO_(2)ER,but also provides an alternative and feasible strategy to realize the electrochemical conversion of HCO_(3)^(-)to high-value chemicals.

Association between NOD2/CARD15 gene polymorphisms and Crohn's disease in Chinese Zhuang patients

AIM: To assess the relationship between the P268S, JW1 and N852S polymorphisms and Crohn’s disease (CD) susceptibility in Zhuang patients in Guangxi, China.

Synchronization of two 3-scroll hyperchaotic attractors using wavelet transform

The synchronization of two 3-scroll hyperchaotie attractors is realized based on wavelet transform and single variables＇ feedstock. In the transmitter, one signal is decomposed by wavelet transform and the detailed information is removed, then the component with low frequency is reconstructed and sent into the channel In the receiver, the received signal is used as the feedback signal to realize the synchronization of two chaotic systems. Using this synchronous method, the transmitting signal is transported in compressible way, the system resource is saved, furthermore, because the transported signal is not a whole chaotic signal, the performance of security of the system is improved.

Integrated Control System of Vehicle ABS/ASR/ACC Based onMC9S12DP256

The integrated control system of vehicle ABS/ASR/ACC has been developed using the MC9S12DP256 single chip, which is the new Motorola 16-bit product in HSC12 family. The system including the main control module, the data collection module and the drive and fault diagnosis module is demonstrated and its data collection function is presented in detail. The system designed by the modularization can supervise the data, drive the valves and pump. The program can be debugged on line, which is steady and reliable validated by the large numbers of vehicle road tests.

Construction Finishes on World's Largest Single Dish Radio Telescope

After more than five years of construction,the world’s biggest single-dish radio telescope was finally ready to open its eye.On September 25,2016,the Fivehundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope(FAST)was officially put into use in a mountainous region of southwest China's Guizhou Province.With a total collecting area equivalent to the size of 30 soccer fields,FAST is expected to accomplish large scale

Intersubband transitions in Al_(0.82)In_(0.18)N/GaN single quantum well

The influence of the width of a lattice-matched A10.82In0.18N/GaN single quantum well （SQW） on the absorption coefficients and wavelength of the intersubband transition （ISBT） has been investigated by solving the Schr5dinger and Poisson equations self-consistently. The wavelength of 1-2 ISBT increases with L, the thickness of the single quantum well, ranging from 2.88 ~m to 3.59 ~.m. The absorption coefficients of 1-2 ISBT increase with L at first and then decrease with L, with a maximum when L is equal to 2.6 nm. The wavelength of 1-3 ISBT decreases with L at first and then increases with L, with a minimum when L is equal to 4 nm, ranging from approximately 2.03 p^m to near 2.11 p.m. The absorption coefficients of 1-3 ISBT decrease with L. The results indicate that mid-infrared can be realized by the A10.s2In0.1sN/GaN SQW. In addition, the wavelength and absorption coefficients of ISBT can be adjusted by changing the width of the SQW.

Thermo-optic characterization of KDP single crystals by a modified Snarmont setup for electro-optic modulation system

For our KDP crystal orientation, various tbermo-optic （TO） and relevant temperature-dependence param- eters are defined, presented, and studied in the framework of a transverse and a longitudinal electro-optic （EO） modulation systems. This study is based on the concept of the so-called opto-electrical bias （~） ap- plied to the system. For both of the above EO-modulation systems, a set of original equations is extracted and investigated with regard to each of the more important TO or temperature coefficients. Using these equations, for these parameters the role of the transverse configuration is examined in comparison with its corresponding longitudinal configuration. A comparison is done with other orientation of the same KDP crystal.

The kinetics of force-dependent hybridization and strand-peeling of short DNA fragments

Deoxyribonucleic acid(DNA) carries the genetic information in all living organisms. It consists of two interwound single-stranded(ss) strands, forming a double-stranded(ds) DNA with a right-handed double-helical conformation. The two strands are held together by highly specific basepairing interactions and are further stabilized by stacking between adjacent basepairs. A transition from a dsDNA to two separated ssDNA is called melting and the reverse transition is called hybridization. Applying a tensile force to a dsDNA can result in a particular type of DNA melting, during which one ssDNA strand is peeled away from the other. In this work, we studied the kinetics of strand-peeling and hybridization of short DNA under tensile forces. Our results show that the force-dependent strand-peeling and hybridization can be described with a simple two-state model. Importantly, detailed analysis of the force-dependent transition rates revealed that the transition state consists of several basepairs dsDNA.

Specific detection and effective inhibition of a single bacterial species in situ using peptide mineralized Au cluster probes

Increasingly serious microbial infections call for the development of new simpler methods for the precise diagnosis and specific inhibition of such pathogens. In this work, a peptide mineralized Au cluster probe was applied as a new simplified strategy to both recognize and inhibit a single bacteria species of Staphylococcus aureus(S. aureus) simultaneously. The probes are composed of peptides and Au clusters. Moreover, the peptides specifically target S. aureus cells and the Au clusters provide fluorescent imaging and have an antibacterial effect. These new probes enable the simultaneous specific detection and effective destruction S. aureus cells in situ.

Stable error-free single channel 160-Gb/s OTDM 100-km transmission via high-precision dispersion management

A single channel with a 160-Gb/s optical time-division-multiplexing （OTDM） transmission over 100 km is fabricated. With the help of 500-GHz optical sampling oscilloscopes, the fiber length is adjusted to the order of 10 m, which corresponds to the accuracy of 0.4 ps for the dispersion compensation. The dispersion map is optimized for the 100-km transmission link. A completely error-free transmission with the power penalty of 3.6 dB is achieved for 2 h without using forward error correction.

Field Trial of 40 Gbit/s ETDM Prototype System over 219 km of Installed Single Mode Fiber

Transmission of 40Gbit/s NRZ signal was successfully demonstrated over 219km of installed SMF in KT's Daejeon area network. After transmission, the measured power penalty was 0.5dB for all the tributary channels.

Fuzzy adaptive tracking control within the full envelope for an unmanned aerial vehicle

Motivated by the autopilot of an unmanned aerial vehicle（UAV） with a wide flight envelope span experiencing large parametric variations in the presence of uncertainties, a fuzzy adaptive tracking controller（FATC） is proposed. The controller consists of a fuzzy baseline controller and an adaptive increment, and the main highlight is that the fuzzy baseline controller and adaptation laws are both based on the fuzzy multiple Lyapunov function approach, which helps to reduce the conservatism for the large envelope and guarantees satisfactory tracking performances with strong robustness simultaneously within the whole envelope. The constraint condition of the fuzzy baseline controller is provided in the form of linear matrix inequality（LMI）, and it specifies the satisfactory tracking performances in the absence of uncertainties. The adaptive increment ensures the uniformly ultimately bounded（UUB） predication errors to recover satisfactory responses in the presence of uncertainties. Simulation results show that the proposed controller helps to achieve high-accuracy tracking of airspeed and altitude desirable commands with strong robustness to uncertainties throughout the entire flight envelope.