Detecting Cysteine in Bioimaging with a Near-Infrared Probe Based on a Novel Fluorescence Quenching Mechanism

Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probes are very significant for detecting cysteine in biological systems. Herein, we report a highly selective and sensitive NIR turn-on fluorescent probe (BDP-NIR) based on BODIPY with large Stokes shift (105 nm) for detecting Cys. We clarified the sensing mechanism based on the different thiol-induced S_NAr substitution/rearrangement reaction of the probe with cysteine and homocysteine/glutathione, which leads to the corresponding amino- and thiol-BODIPY dyes with distinct photophysical properties. Moreover, a novel mechanism of fluorescence quenching was demonstrated by density functional theory calculation. The reason for the fluorescence quenching of the probe might be intersystem crossing (from singlet to triplet excited state). Moreover, BDP-NIR had a high linear dynamic range of 0–500 μM, which was promising for detecting cysteine quantificationally. Significantly, BDP-NIR was capable of sensing endogenous cysteine in living cells and in vivo.     

Synthesis of Cellulose-Based Macromolecular Coupling Agent and its Utilization in Poly (butylene succinate)/Wood Flour Composites

A long fatty side chain was introduced into the macromolecule of hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) via esterification reaction. The hydrophobicity of hydroxyethyl cellulose lauric acid ester (HECLAE) was enhanced in comparison with HEC. The obtained HECLAE was used as macromolecular coupling agent in poly (butylene succinate)/wood flour composites and exhibited a positive influence on improving the mechanical performance of composites. Besides, HECLAE plays a role as a hydrophobic agent in composites. A significant increase in storage modulus (E’) was observed upon the incorporation of treated wood flour. SEM images showed that the dispersion of treated wood flour in PBS matrix was improved.     

应届化纤专业人才的工程实践能力培养与实践

随着时代的变化,聚酯化纤企业也在迅速地发生着变化,与此同时对化纤应届生人才需求也提出了新的变化。为了应对这种变化,大连工业大学对化纤人才培养主要体现在积极地针对化纤企业的工程特点去培养学生工程实践能力,以适应是时代的需求。在打造大连工业大学高分子材料与工程专业特色化纤品牌的同时,学生可以得到更好的就业机会与职业发展道路,企业可以得所需化纤人才。     

纳米银插层膨润土抗菌剂的性能研究

以膨润土片层结构做模板,将银氨溶液与改性膨润土进行离子交换反应,通过光还原法制备得到了纳米银插层膨润土抗菌剂。通过高分辨透射电镜、能谱分析测试表征纳米银插层膨润土抗菌剂的结构与成分,并测试抗菌性能和白度变化。结果表明:纳米银插层膨润土抗菌剂的膨润土片层中夹插有球形纳米银,纳米银颗粒的主要粒径为2-8 nm,其中小部分粒径为8-17 nm,这种独特的模板结构确保纳米银抗菌剂结构稳定和性能稳定。纳米银插层膨润土抗菌剂中纳米银含银量为1.04wt%,有优异的抗菌性能,对金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌的最小抑菌浓度(MIC)分别为50μg/mL。纳米银插层膨润土抗菌剂具有颜色稳定性和持久抗菌性。     

Sparse non-convex Lp regularization for cone-beam X-ray luminescence computed tomography

Cone-beam X-ray luminescence computed tomography (CB-XLCT) is an attractive hybrid imaging modality, and it has the potential of monitoring the metabolic processes of nanophosphors-based drugs in vivo. However, the XLCT imaging suffers from a severe ill-posed problem. In this work, a sparse nonconvex L_p (0?p?L₁ regularization. Further, an iteratively reweighted split augmented lagrangian shrinkage algorithm (IRW_SALSA-L_p) was proposed to efficiently solve the non-convex L_p (0?p?p-values (1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, 7/8) in both 3D digital mouse experiments and in vivo experiments. The results demonstrate that the proposed non-convex methods outperform L₂ and L₁ regularization in accurately recovering sparse targets in CB-XLCT. And among all the non-convex p-values, our L_p(1/4?p?相似文献