简介:Inthispaper,wereportedamultiwavelengthpassivelyQ-switchedYb3+:GdAl3(BO3)4solid-statelaserwithtopologicalinsulatorBi2Te3asasaturableabsorber(SA)forthefirsttime,tothebestofourknowledge.Bi2Te3nanosheetswerepreparedbythefacilesolvothermalmethod.TheinfluenceofthreeBi2Te3densitiesonthelaseroperationwascompared.Themaximumaverageoutputpowerwasupto57mWwithapulseenergyof511.7nJ.Theshortestpulsewidthwasmeasuredtobe370nswith110kHzpulserepetitionrateand40mWaveragepower.Thelaseroperatedatthreewavelengthssimultaneouslyat1043.7,1045.3,and1046.2nm,ofwhichthefrequencydifferenceswerewithintheterahertzwaveband.OurworksuggeststhatsolvothermalsynthesizedBi2Te3isapromisingSAforsimultaneouslymultiwavelengthlaseroperation.
简介:Generally,ROSareregardedashostdefensemoleculesthatarereleasedbyneutrophilstodestroyexogenouspathogenssuchasbacteriaandtoactassecondarymessengersinsignaltransduction.However,increasedproductionofROSisalsoinvolvedininducingpathophysiologicalchangessuchasapoptosis,cellcycledisruption,andnecrosis.Forthisreason,inductionofROS-mediateddamageincancercellsbypharmacologicalagentsthateitherpromoteROSgenerationordisablethecellularantioxidantsystemisconsideredapotentialtherapeuticstrategyforpreferentiallykillingcancercells[1].
简介:Pt/WO3/CnanocompositeswithparallelWO3nanorodsweresynthesizedandappliedasthecathodecatalystforprotonexchangemembranefuelcells(PEMFCs).Electrochemicalresultsandsinglecelltestsshowthatanenhancedactivityfortheoxygenreductionreaction(ORR)isobtainedforthePt/WO3/CcatalystcomparedwithPt/C.ThehighercatalyticactivitymightbeascribedtotheimprovedPtdispersionwithsmallerparticlesizes.ThePt/WO3/Ccatalystalsoexhibitsagoodelectrochemicalstabilityunderpotentialcycling.Thus,thePt/WO3/CcatalystcanbeusedasapotentialPEMFCcathodecatalyst.
简介:Theshapeofnanostructurehasimportanteffectsontheirproperties,thereforeinthisstudy,wehavepreparedandcharacterizedthreedifferentmorphologiesofWO3nanostructuresi.e.nanorod,nanosphereandnanoplateforsurveyingshapeeffectontheirphotocatalyticpropertiestowarddegradationofRhodamineB(RhB)dye.ObtainedresultsshowthatnanoplateWO3incomparisonwithothershasthebestphotocatalyticactivity.AccordingtoSEM,andphotocatalyticdegradationresults,thereasonforthisbehavioristhesharpedgesandcornersofWO3nanoplates.Becauseoftheirlowcoordinationnumber,atomslocatedintheedgesandcornersoftheWO3nanoplateshavemoreactivity,adsorbmoreRhBandthereforegivemorephotocatalyticactivitytotheWO3nanoplates.UsingofdifferentscavengersshowedthathydroxylradicalsaremainlyresponsibleforphotocatalyticactivityofWO3nanoplatesandnanospheresbutforWO3nanorods,superoxideradicalsarethemainphotocatalyticdegradationagents.
简介:Grapheneanditsderivativeshaveattractedtremendousresearchinterestbecauseoftheiruniquecompositionandphysicochemicalproperties[1??3].However,thepotentialbiologicaltoxicityofGQDshasbecomeahealthriskbecauseoftheirinherentchemicalcompositionandnanoscaleproperties[4].Zebrafish(Daniorerio)isoneofthemostpromisinginvivomodelsystemsfortoxicitystudies[5].
简介:AsimpleandefficientcascadeMichael/cyclizationreactionof3-aminoindolin-2-oneswithenones/enalswasidentifiedforthesynthesisofpotentiallybiologicallyactive3’,4’-dihydrospiro[pyrrol-3,2’-oxindoles],usingDBUasanefficientcatalystandethyleneglycolasanenvironmentallybenignsolvent.Morediverse3’,4’-dihydrospiro[pyrrol-3,2’-oxindoles]analoglibrarieswerepreparedingoodyields(upto97%).Thestructureof3’,4’-dihydrospiro[pyrrol-3,2’-oxindoles]wasconfirmedbymassspectrometryanalysis,NMRanalysisandsinglecrystalX-raydiffraction.Themainadvantagesofthismethodincludetheavailabilityofstartingmaterials,simpleexperimentaloperation,shortreactiontime,aswellashighyieldsobserved.
简介:MalignanttumorsorcancershavebecomeoneofthemostfrequentcausesofdeathinChina;cancertherapiesareattractingmuchattention.Becauseofthenoninvasivenatureofradiationtherapy,lesserphysiologicalandpsychologicalburdenisplacedonpatientsthancomparedtothatresultingfromsurgicalorpharmaceuticaltreatments.Hadrontherapy(heavyiontherapyandprotontherapy)isconsideredsuperiorapproachforthetreatmentoftumorslocatedinhighlysensitivetissues(brain,neck,eyes),pediatriccancers,andalsotumorsthatareresistanttoradiotherapy.
简介:Wehavefoundthattheexcitedenergyfromthegroundstatewith1f7=2configurationtothefirstexcitedstatewith2p3=2configurationin37SisobviouslylowercomparedwiththatinnearbyN=21isotones35Si,39Arand41Ca(seeFig.1,Theinsertindicatestherelevantsingle-particleorbitsofprotonandneutron).ThisinterestingphenomenonmayresultfromthecollapseofN=28closure,whichgivesthesufficientvalencespaceforcollectivedeformationwhichcanbeenrevealedfromtheB(E2)value.Therefore,toobtaintheB(E2),weperformtheexperimentsformeasuringthelifetimeofthefirstexcitedstatein37S.
简介:Thevisualsystemisvitaltohumanhealth,andtheeffectsofionizingradiationonvisionhavereceivedincreasingattention.Usingazebrafishmodel,thisstudywasdesignedtoinvestigatetheapoptosisineyesinducedbycarbonionirradiation.Zebrafishembryosat12hpost-fertilization(hpf)wereirradiatedusing12C6+ionbeamsatdosesof2,4and8Gy.
简介:Intheprocessofoxidativephosphorylation,protonsarepumpedintotheintermembranespacetoestablishthemitochondrialmembranepotential(MMP).Relyingontheelectrochemicalgradient,protonscanreturntothematrixthroughtheATPsynthasecomplexwithATPgeneration.MitoQ,alipophiliccationdrug,canbebsorbedtotheinnermitochondrialmembranewiththecationicmoietystayingattheintermembranespace[1].
简介:TheexistenceandorbitalinstabilityofstandingwavesforthegeneralizedthreedimensionalnonlocalnonlinearSchr¨odingerequationsisstudied.Bydefiningsomesuitablefunctionalsandaconstrainedvariationalproblem,wefirstestablishtheexistenceofstandingwaves,whichrelysontheinnerstructureoftheequationsunderconsiderationtoovercomethedrawbackthatnonlocaltermsviolatethespace-scaleinvariance.Wethenshowtheorbitalinstabilityofstandingwaves.Theargumentsdependupontheconservationlawsofthemassandoftheenergy.