Effect of microwave heating time on the gel properties of chicken myofibrillar proteins and their formation mechanism

The present work was conducted to illustrate the mechanism of gel formation of myofibrillar proteins (MPs) under different microwave heating times. The results showed that the denaturation enthalpy (ΔH) of the MPs significantly decreased when the heating time increased from 3 to 9 s and then completely disappeared as the heating time progressed, indicating that the MPs gradually denatured and subsequently aggregated with increasing heating time, which was further verified by the changes in the secondary structure, electrophoretic bands, and gel properties (e.g., water holding capacity and textural profiles) of the MPs. Microstructural images indicated that the MP gel formed under 12 s had the most compact network, indicating that extended microwave heating time could induce quality deterioration of MP gels. Moreover, the hydrophobic forces, electrostatic forces, and disulphide bonds of the MPs gradually intensified with increasing microwave heating time, suggesting that both non-covalent and covalent bonds could promote molecular denaturation and subsequent aggregation of MPs. In addition, correlation analysis revealed that the changes in the molecular conformation of MPs induced by different microwave heating times could effectively regulate the formation of MP gels and their related properties.     

Improving gelling properties of myofibrillar proteins incorporating with cellulose micro/nanofibres

The effects of cellulose microfibres (CMFs, Average size: 100 ± 5 μm) and cellulose nanofibres (CNFs, Average size: 60 ± 3 nm) on the properties of myofibrillar protein (MP) gels from duck breast meat were studied. The results demonstrated that CMFs and CNFs were mostly connected to MP by non-covalent bonds, the diffusion and cross-linking of MP molecules was promoted, and a denser and more complete gel network was formed. With the increases of CMFs and CNFs concentration (0–10%), the hardness was increased by 13.15% and 19.78% for CMFs10% and CNFs10% gels, respectively, and the elasticity was increased by 40% and 80%, respectively. At the same concentration (0–10%), the increase in gel hardness, viscoelasticity and immobilised water content was greater in the CNFs-MP group than in the CMFs-MP group. The CNFs-MP group had a tighter gel network, and CNFs had a better potential to improve the gelation performance of MP.     

Gelation via cationic chelation/crosslinking of acrylic‐acid‐based polymers

The gelation characteristics of acrylic‐acid‐based polymers in the presence of a range of cationic species, namely Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺ and Al³⁺, were investigated using in situ rheological measurements during photo‐polymerisation. Fourier transform mechanical spectroscopy was used to identify the gel point, using the Winter–Chambon criteria which allow the gel point to be pinpointed by establishing the sample spanning network and quantitatively determining stiffness, relaxation exponent, gel stiffness and fractal dimensions. The results showed that the gelation processes were greatly influenced by the type of cationic species that was used in the syntheses. At the gel point, more open network clusters were formed when Al³⁺ cations were used instead of Ca²⁺ cations or Mg²⁺ cations, all relating to chloride salts. Although the concentrations of the chelating/crosslinking aluminium species affected the kinetics of the gelation, the critical gel characteristics were hardly affected. Also the solubility of the chosen aluminium salt was shown to dictate the crosslinking rates and the properties of the critical gels. The extents of the reactions and the types of network formed at the gel point and beyond indicated that reactions between the Al³⁺ ions and COOH sites, from growing poly(acrylic acid) molecular chains, differ from those exhibited by Mg²⁺ and Ca²⁺ ions. All of the chelation/crosslinking reactions met the criteria of low mutation number (N_mu), such that in all cases N_mu ? 1. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry     

Scalable Yielding of Highly Stable Polyelectrolyte-Coated Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles by Flash Nanoprecipitation for Photothermal-Chemotherapeutics

Photothermal-chemotherapeutic nanoparticles (NPs) are attracting increasing attention and becoming more widely used for cancer therapy in the clinic due to their noninvasiveness, notable tissue penetration abilities, and low systemic adverse effects. However, functional ligands are conventionally modified onto photothermal NPs to well stabilize the inorganic particles suffering from complex chemical modifications, low productivity, and batch-to-batch inconsistencies, and thus significantly restricting their clinical applications. Herein, flash nanoprecipitation (FNP) is taken advantage of to afford rapid and uniform mixing for generating local supersaturated CuS clusters for small and highly stable CuS NPs effectively stabilized by polyacrylic acid through a continuous strategy. It greatly reduces the complexity for CuS NPs synthesis and functionalization in a facile intensified mixing process. These as-synthesized particles are high-drug loading, scalable, and most importantly, it is easy to control their sizes and charges through external conditions. Toxicity and tumor inhibition experiments confirm the high cell toxicity and good suppression of tumor growth under near-infrared irradiation indicating a promising prospect of FNP in the large-scale and continuous yielding of highly stable and high-performing photothermal-chemotherapeutic NPs for cancer therapy.     

可控中子及X射线源测井技术发展现状及趋势

随着核仪器技术的进步以及安全健康的工业发展需求，具有人工可控性的中子源及X射线源逐步在测井领域得到推广应用，为油气等矿产资源的勘探开发提供了关键技术手段。可控中子及X射线源测井技术是以中子发生器或X射线管产生的中子或X射线与地层物质作用，通过探测中子、伽马或X射线从而进行地层孔隙度、密度、油气饱和度和元素含量的测井技术。本文概述了可控中子及X射线源测井技术，回顾了其发展历程；介绍了可控中子及X射线测井技术在数值模拟、仪器研制及数据处理方法方面的研究现状及应用，并展望了可控中子及X射线源测井技术的发展前景，认为未来可控中子及X射线源测井技术可从以下三个方面开展研究：分析不同射线在能量、时间及空间的分布规律，开展探测理论基础研究；联合不同学科优势，开展多类型多模式的新型仪器研制；增强谱数据校正及解析方法研究，开展谱信息综合分析及应用。     

茶多酚对羊肉肌原纤维蛋白凝胶特性的影响

研究茶多酚对羊肉肌原纤维蛋白凝胶特性的影响，将不同添加量（0.00%、0.01%、0.05%、0.10%、0.50%、1.00%）的茶多酚加入到羊肉肌原纤维蛋白中，测定肌原纤维蛋白表面疏水性、乳化性能、保水性、质构特性，观察羊肉肌原纤维蛋白凝胶微观结构。结果表明，与对照组相比，茶多酚添加量为0.10%时，羊肉肌原纤维蛋白的表面疏水性最小，疏水基团暴露程度最轻，乳化活性指数达到最大（4.88 m2/g），乳化稳定性指数（86.54%）和保水性（95.22%）均达到最佳；随着茶多酚添加量的增加，羊肉肌原纤维蛋白凝胶的硬度、咀嚼度、胶着度均显著上升（P＜0.05），弹性、内聚性、回复性整体呈下降趋势（P＜0.05）。结论：添加适量茶多酚可以显著改善羊肉肌原纤维蛋白的凝胶特性，并且凝胶的微观结构更加致密、空隙更小、形状规则且分布均匀；茶多酚与肌原纤维蛋白的非共价结合和共价结合可能会影响蛋白质的功能特性，并且这种作用强度随着茶多酚添加量的变化而变化。     

不同粒度纳米碳酸钙的可控制备

不同粒度的纳米碳酸钙具有不同的特性和应用范围,目前不同粒度纳米碳酸钙的可控制备方法还未见报道。以氯化钙、碳酸铵为原料,以乙醇、柠檬酸和焦磷酸钠为分散剂,采用复分解法研究了不同制备条件对纳米碳酸钙粒径的影响规律,在此基础上制备出平均粒径为17~71 nm的碳酸钙,并对其进行了表征。实验结果表明,所制备的纳米碳酸钙均为球霰石型,纯度很高,而且形貌近似球形。制备条件对纳米碳酸钙的粒径有显著的影响：随着反应温度升高,纳米碳酸钙的粒径减小;随着氯化钙滴加时间的增加,纳米碳酸钙的粒径增大;随着反应物浓度的提高,纳米碳酸钙的粒径先减小后增大;当分散剂为柠檬酸和焦磷酸钠的混合溶液时所得纳米碳酸钙的粒径最小,当分散剂为乙醇和焦磷酸钠的混合溶液时所得纳米碳酸钙的粒径最大。利用这些影响规律通过控制制备条件可以实现所需粒径纳米碳酸钙的可控制备。     

5 000 t公务船调距桨桨叶数选型研究

针对国内外调距桨桨叶数选型依靠经验为主，对不同桨叶数对推进器整体性能的影响始终缺乏定量分析的现状，以某5 000 t公务船为目标船型，通过调距桨分别配置不同的桨叶数，分析不同桨叶数对目标船型综合性能的影响。总结了公务船调距桨桨叶数选型的方法，归纳了不同叶数调距桨的优劣，可为后续新造船桨叶数的选取提供参考。     

可控中子孔隙度测井仪器设计

源距与屏蔽体厚度是直接影响可控中子孔隙度测井仪器测量准确性的重要参数。源距不仅影响测井仪器的测量误差，还影响测井仪器对地层孔隙度的灵敏度。屏蔽体厚度是保障测井响应完全反映地层的重要参数。从灵敏度、屏蔽率以及误差3个方面确定可控中子孔隙度测井仪器的源距与屏蔽体厚度。研究结果表明:近探测器源距越小，测井仪器灵敏度越高；近远探测器的间距对测量误差的影响随间距的增大，先减小再增大；当屏蔽率在70%以上且屏蔽率随厚度的变化较为缓慢时的屏蔽体厚度可作为屏蔽体最低厚度。