Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Ethylene by Molecular Cu‐Complex Immobilized on Graphitized Mesoporous Carbon

The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO₂) to hydrocarbons is a challenging task because of the issues in controlling the efficiency and selectivity of the products. Among the various transition metals, copper has attracted attention as it yields more reduced and C2 products even while using mononuclear copper center as catalysts. In addition, it is found that reversible formation of copper nanoparticle acts as the real catalytically active site for the conversion of CO₂ to reduced products. Here, it is demonstrated that the dinuclear molecular copper complex immobilized over graphitized mesoporous carbon can act as catalysts for the conversion of CO₂ to hydrocarbons (methane and ethylene) up to 60%. Interestingly, high selectivity toward C2 product (40% faradaic efficiency) is achieved by a molecular complex based hybrid material from CO₂ in 0.1 m KCl. In addition, the role of local pH, porous structure, and carbon support in limiting the mass transport to achieve the highly reduced products is demonstrated. Although the spectroscopic analysis of the catalysts exhibits molecular nature of the complex after 2 h bulk electrolysis, morphological study reveals that the newly generated copper cluster is the real active site during the catalytic reactions.     

Approximate cutting pattern optimization of frame-supported and pneumatic membrane structures

International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design - A simple iterative method is presented for cutting pattern optimization of frame-supported and pneumatic membrane structures for...     

Within-class multimodal classification

Multimedia Tools and Applications - In many real-world classification problems there exist multiple subclasses (or clusters) within a class; in other words, the underlying data distribution is...     

Creating the brain and interacting with the brain: an integrated approach to understanding the brain

In the past two decades, brain science and robotics have made gigantic advances in their own fields, and their interactions have generated several interdisciplinary research fields. First, in the ‘understanding the brain by creating the brain’ approach, computational neuroscience models have been applied to many robotics problems. Second, such brain-motivated fields as cognitive robotics and developmental robotics have emerged as interdisciplinary areas among robotics, neuroscience and cognitive science with special emphasis on humanoid robots. Third, in brain–machine interface research, a brain and a robot are mutually connected within a closed loop. In this paper, we review the theoretical backgrounds of these three interdisciplinary fields and their recent progress. Then, we introduce recent efforts to reintegrate these research fields into a coherent perspective and propose a new direction that integrates brain science and robotics where the decoding of information from the brain, robot control based on the decoded information and multimodal feedback to the brain from the robot are carried out in real time and in a closed loop.     

碱蓬多糖SSP1-1的分离纯化及其抗肿瘤活性

目的:本实验对水溶性碱蓬(Suaeda salsa)多糖SSP1-1进行分离纯化并对其抗肿瘤活性进行初步研究。方法:采用水提醇沉法提取碱蓬粗多糖,通过DEAE-52纤维素柱和Sephadex G-75葡聚糖凝胶柱分离纯化碱蓬粗多糖,得到单一碱蓬多糖SSP1-1,利用高效凝胶渗透色谱法(HPGPC)对其纯度及分子量进行分析,利用MTT、Hoechst 33342染色,Western blot方法对碱蓬多糖SSP1-1的抗肿瘤活性进行研究。结果:SSP1-1分子量为60.32 kDa;SSP1-1具有时间-剂量依赖性抑制肿瘤细胞增殖作用,当SSP1-1浓度为500 μg/mL时,HepG2细胞在24和48 h的细胞活力分别为52.8%和50.2%,Hoechst 33342染色实验观察到SSP1-1可引起HepG2细胞核出现典型的细胞凋亡特征;Western blot证明SSP1-1可以降低Bcl-2的蛋白表达,提高Bax和Caspase-3的蛋白表达,各组蛋白含量与对照组相比均具有显著性(P<0.05)。结论:SSP1-1为均一组分多糖,并对肿瘤细胞具有显著的抑制作用,为进一步开发利用碱蓬多糖奠定了基础。     

低觉醒脑电识别与唤醒的可穿戴系统研究

为智能化地识别警戒作业人员出现的低觉醒、注意力下降的生理状态，本文介绍了一种基于FPGA和脑电信号处理的低觉醒状态检测与唤醒系统，系统通过传感器从大脑头皮采集脑电信号，转换为数字信号，经傅里叶变换获取了脑电信号的θ相对能量、α相对能量、重心频率、谱熵等4个特征量，由4个特征量表征低觉醒状态并运用支持向量机对低警戒状态进行识别，当识别出低觉醒状态时采用声音报警模块发出声音，唤醒警戒作业人员。设计系统能够较好地识别出低觉醒状态，识别率达90.8%，可为提高警戒作业工作绩效提供一种可穿戴的智能装备。     

碳基采暖电热材料研究进展

近几年,由于节能与环保的需求,电取暖的方式得到大力的推广,电热材料的研究与应用受到人们广泛的重视。非金属碳基电热材料是新型的节能型电热采暖材料,本文重点对影响非金属碳基电热材料中的炭黑基电热材料、碳纤维基电热材料、碳晶电热材料电热性能的因素及相关应用进行了综述。     

2A12铝合金化学铣切加工工艺探讨

为了精确加工2Al2铝合金,探讨了化铣时间和温度对其化铣速率及表面粗糙度的影响,采用现代技术对化铣工件的力学性能进行了测试与分析.结果表明:延长非化铣部位保护胶固化时间并使保护部位向非加工面位移3～5 mm可很好地解决未化铣区域的腐蚀问题;随化铣时间的延长,化铣速率降低,且化铣温度与化铣速率呈现正相关性;化铣表面的粗糙度随化铣时间的延长而增加,随化铣温度的升高呈先减小后增加的趋势;化铣后材料的抗拉强度和屈服强度均有所提高.