Nanogold and nanosilver composites with lignin-containing cellulose fibres

The formation of nanogold and nanosilver composites with cellulose paper fibres and the associated lignin component together with their antimicrobial properties are presented. This follows on from the proprietary technology of Johnston et al. [1] wherein they used nanogold and nanosilver entities in wool fibres to provide novel colourfast colourants in textiles with additional effective antimicrobial and catalytic properties. The nanogold and nanosilver are formed and bound directly onto the unbleached lignin-containing paper fibres without the use of an external linker molecule. For this, the lignin was found to play an essential role and hence the methodology presented is applicable only to cellulose in the form of unbleached kraft fibres and mechanical pulp. The phenol and possibly the aromatic methoxy groups of the lignin are considered to reduce Au³⁺ to Au⁰ and Ag⁺ to Ag⁰, respectively, and bind the nanogold and nanosilver to the fibre surface. SEM images and UV–Visible spectra confirm the formation of nanogold and nanosilver on the fibre surface. Changes in the IR spectra are consistent with the above role of the phenol and methoxy groups. The resulting nanogold—unbleached kraft fibres are purple and the nanosilver—unbleached kraft fibres are yellow due to the surface plasmon resonance effects of nanogold and nanosilver respectively. The nanogold—unbleached kraft fibres and particularly the nanosilver—unbleached kraft fibres exhibit very effective antimicrobial properties at low levels of gold and at very low levels of silver. In this way we have been able to produce novel nanogold paper and nanosilver paper fibres and products which collectively exhibit the properties of the nanomaterials and the fibre substrates in a synergistic way. This provides the opportunity for developing new functional paper products for antimicrobial packaging, medical dressings, and clothing.     

Nanogold plasmon resonance-based glucose sensing. 2. Wavelength-ratiometric resonance light scattering

Gold colloids are well known to display strong plasmon absorption bands due to electron oscillations induced by the incident light. When the colloids are in proximity, the plasmon absorption bands are often perturbed. This has enabled us recently to successfully develop a glucose sensing platform based on the disassociation of dextran-coated gold colloids, cross-linked with Con A, by glucose. However, a much more useful and simpler property of gold colloids, which has been ill explored with regard to sensing, is their ability to efficiently scatter excitation light. We have found that our nanogold sensing aggregates are indeed efficient light scatters around the nanogold plasmon absorption band. By measuring the ratio of scattered light intensities at two different arbitrary wavelengths, 560 and 680 nm, glucose concentrations can be readily determined from a few millimolar up to approximately 60 mM, using a simple white light LED and detection system. Further, by measuring the ratio of the scattered intensities, this sensing approach is independent of the total sensing aggregate concentration and the excitation and detection instrumentation fluctuations or drifts. This simplistic and low-cost approach to glucose sensing, coupled with the sensing aggreagates' ability to scatter red light, suggests the potential use of these aggregates for use in physiological transdermal glucose monitoring, either for implantable skin sensors or glucose sensing tattoos (discussed later).     

Boosting Interleukin‐12 Antitumor Activity and Synergism with Immunotherapy by Targeted Delivery with isoDGR‐Tagged Nanogold

The clinical use of interleukin‐12 (IL12), a cytokine endowed with potent immunotherapeutic anticancer activity, is limited by systemic toxicity. The hypothesis is addressed that gold nanoparticles tagged with a tumor‐homing peptide containing isoDGR, an αvβ3‐integrin binding motif, can be exploited for delivering IL12 to tumors and improving its therapeutic index. To this aim, gold nanospheres are functionalized with the head‐to‐tail cyclized‐peptide CGisoDGRG (Iso1) and murine IL12. The resulting nanodrug (Iso1/Au/IL12) is monodispersed, stable, and bifunctional in terms of αvβ3 and IL12‐receptor recognition. Low‐dose Iso1/Au/IL12, equivalent to 18–75 pg of IL12, induces antitumor effects in murine models of fibrosarcomas and mammary adenocarcinomas, with no evidence of toxicity. Equivalent doses of Au/IL12 (a nanodrug lacking Iso1) fail to delay tumor growth, whereas 15 000 pg of free IL12 is necessary to achieve similar effects. Iso1/Au/IL12 significantly increases tumor infiltration by innate immune cells, such as NK and iNKT cells, monocytes, and neutrophils. NK cell depletion completely inhibits its antitumor effects. Low‐dose Iso1/Au/IL12 can also increase the therapeutic efficacy of adoptive T‐cell therapy in mice with autochthonous prostate cancer. These findings indicate that coupling IL12 to isoDGR‐tagged nanogold is a valid strategy for enhancing its therapeutic index and sustaining adoptive T‐cell therapy.     

Estimation of Parameters of Universal Distribution of Moments of Failure of Products

A method is proposed for estimating the parameters of a mixture of exponential and Weibull distributions for which the accuracy of preliminary estimates obtained by graphical analysis is refined in accordance with the criterion of maximum likelihood. The efficiency of the proposed method is supported by the results of statistical modeling.     

空压机轴承箱蜗壳温度探头油封改造

由于空压机进气侧轴承箱蜗壳温度探头密封效果不好,使空压机及其后续管道受到油污染。后将温度探头的O形圈密封改为骨架油封,杜绝了轴承箱漏油问题。文章简介空压机的结构和技术参数,详细介绍了骨架油封的制作和优点。     

水三相点复现的不确定度评定

水三相点是开尔文热力学温度的唯一基准点，也是ITS-90国际温标重要的定义固定点。因此，水三相点不确定度分析对整个温标的建立、温度量值传递起着至关重要的作用。近3年来，中国计量科学研究院研制出一系列高质量的水三相点容器，加强了水三相点的研究，为不确定度的分析提供了更为可靠的实验依据。同时，不确定度的分析也是客观评价新研制容器性能的一个重要指标。因此，根据实验结果对新研制容器所复现的水三相点进行了不确定度评定。评定结果表明，其扩展不确定度为0．16mK(k=2．69，P=0．99)。     

Assurance of the Uniformity of Measurements of the Power of Laser Radiation

On the basis of an analysis of the principle underlying the construction of standards and systems designed for reproduction of the unit of mean power and energy of laser radiation, it is shown that these standards consist of unified subsystems that carry the principal metrological load. By means of such a division, it is possible to realize a systems-engineering synthesis of standards with preassigned error. __________ Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika, No. 11, pp. 20–23, November, 2005.     

方波幅度的测量不确定度

介绍了用众数法评价方波幅度时的不确定度分析和评价过程;讨论了主要的不确定度来源,包括众数判别区间的影响、波形测量系统幅度测量误差的影响等等;给出了减小不确定度的主要措施,并结合一个实例,给出了方波幅度的不确定度评价结果。     

Assurance of the Uniformity of Measurements of Energy of Short-Pulse Coherent Radiation

Ways of creating unified automatized reference (calibration) and standard measurement equipment for the purpose of developing a subsystem for the assurance of the uniformity of measurements of the energy of short-pulse laser radiation are considered. __________ Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika, No. 11, pp. 24–28, November, 2005.     

水线震荡对斜拉桥拉索风雨激振稳定性的作用

从理论和试验两个方面研究了水线震荡对斜拉桥拉索风雨激振稳定性的作用。建立了拉索和水线的运动方程，应用李雅普诺夫函数给出了水线不平衡角的判别公式。设计了一种新型的带有可运动人工水线的拉索模型，并进行了风洞试验。理论和试验结果表明，水线震荡是导致拉索风雨激振具有较大不稳定范围的主要原因。试验结果证明了理论模型和分析的结果是正确的。     

二硝基重氮酚重氮化反应机理再探

文中依据杂化理论分析了亚硝酸的结构特点，主要以分子结构理论为基础，从理论上指出在ＤＤＮＰ重氮化反应中，可能是氯化亚硝酰作为重氮反应的亲电试剂，其进攻发生在氨基的氮上，从而推测了获得ＤＤＮＰ的反应历程。     

逻辑分析仪部分参数测量结果的不确定度评定

介绍了逻辑分析仪部分参数测量结果的不确定度分析评定方法,评定过程及结论,可应用在对于计量标准进行相应指标的不确定度评定分析上。     

一起珠光砂堵塞过冷器的故障处理

在KDON-4500/4500-3型空分设备精馏塔大加温过程中发生管道断裂故障,珠光砂进入纯氮通道堵塞过冷器并造成空分设备停车。介绍为排除故障而对过冷器进行正、反向吹扫的管线流程。阐述了为避免同类故障再次发生,对冷箱内管道、支架所作的改进措施以及精馏塔加温吹扫的优化操作。     

Calculation of the Heat of Combustion of Hydrocarbon Components of Fuels

Development is continued of the empirical method for the calculation of the heat of combustion of organic compounds and, in particular, of hydrocarbons of different structures by the additive scheme based on their chemical structure.     

鲍鱼壳珍珠层无机文石片的层状微结构研究

贝壳珍珠层是软体动物壳的最内层,经过若干世纪的自然进化,贝壳珍珠层形成了优良的微结构,并使贝壳具有了相当高的强度、刚度及断裂韧性.本文利用扫描电镜(SEM)观察了鲍鱼贝壳珍珠层的主要微结构特征,发现其是由层状的无机文石片和有机胶原蛋白质组成的生物陶瓷复合材料.根据发现的贝壳珍珠层层状微结构特征,建立贝壳珍珠层三维有限元模型,并用此模型分析了珍珠层的拉伸屈服极限与无机文石片拉伸屈服极限及其厚度的关系,研究表明珍珠层的屈服极限随无机文石片屈服极限的增加和无机文石片厚度的减小而增加.     

秒表检定的测量不确定度评定

介绍了用标准时间间隔发生器检定秒表时,测量结果不确定度分析和评定过程;讨论了测量不确定度的几个主要来源;通过一组实例,给出了秒表检定不确定度的分析和评定结果,该过程和结论可应用在对于计量标准进行相应指标的不确定度分析上,也可用于估计秒表检定本身的不确定度。     

Analysis of the specific features of loading of the elements of landing gears of aircrafts aimed at the evaluation of the load-bearing capacity of the structure

We propose a computational scheme of the aircraft nose landing gear and perform the analysis of weak sections in the landing-gear lever by the finite-element method. We determine the loading modes in which the landing-gear lever is subjected to disproportional cyclic loads, which should be taken into account in the evaluation of the service life and determination of the properties of applied materials. __________ Translated from Problemy Prochnosti, No. 4, pp. 87–93, July–August, 2008.     

Analysis of the systematic errors of measurements of the caloricity of natural gas

A catalytic calorimeter is developed in explosion-protected form for precision measurements of the quality of natural gas. __________ Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 5, pp. 49–55, May, 2007.     

一起空分设备主换热器过冷故障的分析

在KDON-6000/3500型空分设备调试过程中,由于经验不足、操作不当,造成主换热器发生过冷故障。停运一台膨胀机,采用液氧返充操作使空分设备恢复正常工况。介绍故障发生经过和原因分析过程,以及防止同类故障再次发生的预防措施。