One‐Step Hydrothermal Synthesis of Nitrogen‐Doped Conjugated Carbonized Polymer Dots with 31% Efficient Red Emission for In Vivo Imaging

Carbon dots with long‐wavelength emissions, high quantum yield (QY) and good biocompatibility are highly desirable for biomedical applications. Herein, a green, facile hydrothermal synthesis of highly efficient red emissive nitrogen‐doped carbonized polymer dots (CPDs) with optimal emission at around 630 nm are reported. The red emissive CPDs possess a variety of superior properties including excellent water dispersibility, good biocompatibility, narrow bandwidth emission, an excitation‐independent emission, and high QY (10.83% (in water) and 31.54% (in ethanol)). Further studies prove that such strong red fluorescence is ascribed to the efficient conjugated aromatic π systems and hydrogen bonds of CPDs. And the fluorescence properties of CPDs can be regulated by adjusting the dosage of HNO₃ before the reaction. Additionally, the as‐prepared CPDs are successfully used as a fluorescent probe for bioimaging, both in vitro and in vivo. More importantly, biodistribution results demonstrate that most CPDs and their metabolites are not only excreted in urine but also excreted by hepatobiliary system in a rapid manner. Besides, the CPDs could easily cross the blood brain barrier, which may provide a valuable strategy for the theranostics of some brain diseases through real‐time tracking.     

A Microfluidic Strategy for Controllable Generation of Water‐in‐Water Droplets as Biocompatible Microcarriers

Droplet microfluidics has been widely applied in functional microparticles fabricating, tissue engineering, and drug screening due to its high throughput and great controllability. However, most of the current droplet microfluidics are dependent on water‐in‐oil (W/O) systems, which involve organic reagents, thus limiting their broader biological applications. In this work, a new microfluidic strategy is described for controllable and high‐throughput generation of monodispersed water‐in‐water (W/W) droplets. Solutions of polyethylene glycol and dextran are used as continuous and dispersed phases, respectively, without any organic reagents or surfactants. The size of W/W droplets can be precisely adjusted by changing the flow rate of dispersed and continuous phases and the valve switch cycle. In addition, uniform cell‐laden microgels are fabricated by introducing the alginate component and rat pancreatic islet (β‐TC6) cell suspension to the dispersed phase. The encapsulated islet cells retain high viability and the function of insulin secretion after cultivation for 7 days. The high‐throughput droplet microfluidic system with high biocompatibility is stable, controllable, and flexible, which can boost various chemical and biological applications, such as bio‐oriented microparticles synthesizing, microcarriers fabricating, tissue engineering, etc.     

Sculpting Extreme Electromagnetic Field Enhancement in Free Space for Molecule Sensing

A strongly confined and enhanced electromagnetic (EM) field due to gap‐plasmon resonance offers a promising pathway for ultrasensitive molecular detections. However, the maximum enhanced portion of the EM field is commonly concentrated within the dielectric gap medium that is inaccessible to external substances, making it extremely challenging for achieving single‐molecular level detection sensitivity. Here, a new family of plasmonic nanostructure created through a unique process using nanoimprint lithography is introduced, which enables the precise tailoring of the gap plasmons to realize the enhanced field spilling to free space. The nanostructure features arrays of physically contacted nanofinger‐pairs with a 2 nm tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta‐C) film as an ultrasmall dielectric gap. The high tunneling barrier offered by ta‐C film due to its low electron affinity makes an ultranarrow gap and high enhancement factor possible at the same time. Additionally, its high electric permittivity leads to field redistribution and an abrupt increase across the ta‐C/air boundary and thus extensive spill‐out of the coupled EM field from the gap region with field enhancement in free space of over 10³. The multitude of benefits deriving from the unique nanostructure hence allows extremely high detection sensitivity at the single‐molecular level to be realized as demonstrated through bianalyte surface‐enhanced Raman scattering measurement.     

氮流量比对磁控溅射(CoCrFeNi)Nx高熵合金薄膜的组织和性能的影响

采用直流磁控溅射法制备(CoCrFeNi)N_x高熵薄膜,研究了氮流量比对薄膜的力学性能和电磁性能的影响。结果表明,在不同氮流量比条件下制备的(CoCrFeNi)N_x薄膜,都具有致密的组织、简单的FCC结构并呈现(200)择优取向。随着氮流量比从10%提高到30%,薄膜的硬度和弹性模量随之增大,其最大值达到14 GPa和212 GPa;电阻率基本上呈增大的趋势,最大值达到138 μΩ?cm;饱和磁化强度和磁导率随之减小,薄膜饱和磁化强度最高为427.43 emu/cm³。薄膜的矫顽力约为0。     

钛合金双态组织高温拉伸行为的晶体塑性有限元研究

创建一个包含多变体结构特征的双态组织几何模型,提出一种变形协调性的评估方法,采用以率相关滑移为主的晶体塑性有限元本构关系,研究了具有不同组织特征的Ti-6Al-4V合金双态组织的高温拉伸行为。结果表明：在多晶变形过程中,α_p相承载了更多的应变;在变形后的样品中,出现了大致对称分布于拉伸方向两侧的高应变交叉条带;存在于α_p与β_T之间的包围结构特征,可加剧局域应变分配的差异;随着α_p相体积分数的升高应变量降低,整体应变协调性先较快降低而后平稳;随着α_s片层厚度的增加高应变条带特征弱化,整体应变协调系数升高;含双变体α_s片层团簇结构的β_T组织,其应变协调性低于含单变体和三变体的组织。     

A new insight into promotion action of Co2+ in Ni-diamond composite electrodeposition

A new insight into the promotion action of Co²⁺ on both particle and metal deposition in Ni-diamond composite electrodeposition system was analyzed according to electrochemical measurements. The results showed that the addition of Co²⁺ made particles content in deposits increased remarkably. The change of particles content in deposits was related inversely to the change of cathodic zero potential with the increase of the concentration of cobalt sulfate. Zero charge potential of cathode was shifted to much more negative region. The negative shift of the zero potential, combining with positive shift of the zeta potential, increased the electrostatic force between the particle-adsorbed metallic cations and the cathode. It not only benefits to the transportation of particles in solution towards cathode, but also shortens their residence time on cathodic surface. Meanwhile, entry of particles is also promoted. For metals deposition, reduction resistance of metallic cations rises greatly and deposition current at cathodic potentiodynamic polarization decreases after cobalt sulfate has been added into electrolyte. These factors are favorable for increasing particles content in deposits. In addition, physical model of diamond particles deposition state before and after the addition of Co²⁺ has been discussed.     

First-order indicators for the estimation of discrete fractures in porous media

Faults and geological barriers can drastically affect the flow patterns in porous media. Such fractures can be modelled as interfaces that interact with the surrounding matrix. We propose a new technique for the estimation of the location and hydrogeological properties of a small number of large fractures in a porous medium from given distributed pressure or flow data. At each iteration, the algorithm builds a short list of candidates by comparing fracture indicators. These indicators quantify at the first order the decrease of a data misfit function; they are cheap to compute. Then, the best candidate is picked up by minimization of the objective function for each candidate. Optimally driven by the fit to the data, the approach has the great advantage of not requiring remeshing, nor shape derivation. The stability of the algorithm is shown on a series of numerical examples representative of typical situations.     

一种纸浆模塑蜂窝板材缓冲性能的研究

目的 为了解决因技术水平制约,纸蜂窝材料芯纸构型单一、单层厚度受限等瓶颈问题,开发一种通用型缓冲结构板材。方法 以纸浆模塑为原材料,以六棱柱结构为例,设计并加工出一种通过正反插方式组合而成的蜂窝板材,并采用有限元方法进行仿真,得到关键结构参数和相关最优参数组合。结果 正反插结构的纸浆模塑板材具有较好的耦合效应,承载能力相较于单层板材大幅提高;结合极限载荷、比吸能等评价指标对板材性能进行定量分析,初始压缩载荷最大可达到73.7kN,满足托盘等重型包装器具的承载需求。通过极差和方差分析可知,各结构参数对板材承载性能和缓冲性能的影响程度,研究表明单元壁厚、中截面边长对该板材承载性能和缓冲性能影响显著。结论 正反插结构解决了现有纸蜂窝材料高度、厚度受限,构型单一等瓶颈问题,提高了纸浆模塑蜂窝板材的承载性能和缓冲性能,可以满足重载要求。与之相关的其他正多边形锥形薄壁管单元亦可以使用同样的正反插设计理念和研究方法。