关于建立健全交通基础设施长寿命安全保障体系的战略思考

本文主要针对我国交通基础设施存在的结构病害严重、"短寿命"突出、"老龄化"日益凸显、长寿命安全服役面临严峻挑战等问题,借鉴发达国家的先进经验,提出了我国交通基础设施长寿命安全保障体系建设的总体目标、战略任务及相关建议,并开展了交通基础设施长寿命安全保障体系的系统研究和建设工作,对确保其长寿命安全服役和交通大动脉的安全畅通、支撑国民经济可持续发展、保障人民生活安稳有序、助力国家安全和社会稳定具有十分重要的战略意义。     

卫生经济学应用于慢性病防控决策的战略研究

为提高当前慢性病防控体系的效率,更好地遏制慢性病的流行,保护公众健康,2015年中国工程院设立了"卫生经济学应用于慢性病防控决策的战略研究"重大咨询项目。课题组调研发现,作为一种重要的卫生决策工具,卫生经济学在慢性病防控决策过程中尚处于初级应用阶段。对卫生经济学的重要性认识不足,对卫生经济学的方法的掌握和应用能力有限,制约了其在慢性病防控决策中的应用,因此建议建立多元主体参与的卫生经济学研究力量,加强卫生经济学应用于慢性病防控决策的大数据积累及应用研究,提出将卫生经济学应用于我国慢性病防控决策的战略框架。     

食品安全多功能快速检测仪应用调查

目的:了解市场上主流的食品安全快速检测仪器性能功效与适用范围。方法:用快速检测仪器对各类别影响食品安全的目标物进行检测。结果:食品快速检测仪在10-30分钟能定性检出农药、兽药、霉菌毒素和非法添加物以及食品添加剂,对农药残留,兽药残留的定性准确率达到100%,金属检测定量检测准确率为0%。结论:快速检测仪具备小型化、智能化、便携式的特点,适合基层部门日常监督及现场快速筛查检测的需求。     

Tungsten wires and porous NiAl prepared through directional solidification and selective dissolution

The combination of directional solidification and selective dissolution was applied to fabricate tungsten (W) wires and porous NiAl matrix. A NiAl–W pseudobinary eutectic alloy with 1.5?at.% tungsten was directionally solidified in a Bridgman-type oven at 1700°C. Results confirmed that the relationships of the growth rate with the interfibrous spacing and diameter of W fibrous phases in the directionally solidified samples are in accordance with the Jackson and Hunt (J?H) model. Afterward, the NiAl matrix was selectively dissolved in an HCl:H₂O₂ solution to reveal W wires, which present various three-dimensional (3D) morphologies at different growth rates. The W fibrous phases in the NiAl–W alloy samples were then selectively removed with a mixed etchant of ammonium acetate to form a porous NiAl matrix at a constant potential. Dynamic corrosion curves revealed that etching W from the NiAl matrix was inhibited after 2–3?h. The porous structures of NiAl after removing W phases are linked to the 3D morphologies of W fibrous phases embedded in the NiAl matrix. The aspect ratio of W wires and the structures of porous NiAl can be adjusted by selecting the process parameters of this combined technology.     

Ultrathin Co3O4 nanosheets highly dispersed on reduced graphene oxide: An efficient bi-functional catalyst for Li-O2 battery

Ultrathin Co₃O₄ nanosheets grown on the reduced graphene oxide (Co₃O₄/rGO) was synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method and was investigated as a cathode in a Li-O₂ battery. Benefited from the synergistic effect between Co₃O₄ and rGO, the hybrid exhibits a high initial capacity of 10,528 mAh g^?1 along with a high coulombic efficiency (84.4%) at 100 mA g^?1. In addition, the batteries show an enhanced cycling stability and after 113 cycles, the cut-off discharge voltage remains above 2.5 V. The outstanding performance is intimately related to the high surface area of rGO, which not only provide carbon skeleton for the uniform distribution of Co₃O₄ nanosheets but also facilitate the reversible formation and decomposition of insoluble Li₂O₂. The results of electrochemical tests confirm that the Co₃O₄/rGO hybrid is a promising candidate for the Li-O₂ batteries.     

Hydrothermal Synthesis of VO2 Polymorphs: Advantages,Challenges and Prospects for the Application of Energy Efficient Smart Windows

Vanadium dioxide (VO₂) is a widely studied inorganic phase change material, which has a reversible phase transition from semiconducting monoclinic to metallic rutile phase at a critical temperature of τ_c ≈ 68 °C. The abrupt decrease of infrared transmittance in the metallic phase makes VO₂ a potential candidate for thermochromic energy efficient windows to cut down building energy consumption. However, there are three long‐standing issues that hindered its application in energy efficient windows: high τ_c, low luminous transmittance (T_lum), and undesirable solar modulation ability (ΔT_sol). Many approaches, including nano‐thermochromism, porous films, biomimetic surface reconstruction, gridded structures, antireflective overcoatings, etc, have been proposed to tackle these issues. The first approach—nano‐thermochromism—which is to integrate VO₂ nanoparticles in a transparent matrix, outperforms the rest; while the thermochromic performance is determined by particle size, stoichiometry, and crystallinity. A hydrothermal method is the most common method to fabricate high‐quality VO₂ nanoparticles, and has its own advantages of large‐scale synthesis and precise phase control of VO₂. This Review focuses on hydrothermal synthesis, physical properties of VO₂ polymorphs, and their transformation to thermochromic VO₂(M), and discusses the advantages, challenges, and prospects of VO₂(M) in energy‐efficient smart windows application.     

Defect‐Laden MoSe2 Quantum Dots Made by Turbulent Shear Mixing as Enhanced Electrocatalysts

A high density of edge sites and other defects can significantly improve the catalytic activity of layered 2D materials. Herein, this study demonstrates a novel top‐down strategy to maximize catalytic edge sites of MoSe₂ by breaking up bulk MoSe₂ into quantum dots (QDs) via “turbulent shear mixing” (TSM). The ultrasmall size of the MoSe₂ QDs provides a high fraction of atoms in reactive edge sites, thus significantly improving the catalytic activities. The violent TSM further introduces abundant defects as additional active sites for electrocatalytic reactions. These edge‐proliferated and defect‐laden MoSe₂ QDs are found to be efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction, and useful as counter electrodes in dye‐sensitized solar cells. The work provides a new paradigm for creating edge‐proliferated and defect‐rich QDs from bulk layered materials.     

Epitaxial growth and thermal-conductivity limit of single-crystalline Bi2Se3/In2Se3 superlattices on mica

Nano Research - Thermal transport in superlattices is governed by various phonon-scattering processes. For extracting the phonon-scattering contribution of hetero-interfaces in chalcogenide...     

Targeting orthotopic gliomas with renal-clearable luminescent gold nanoparticles

A major clinical translational challenge in nanomedicine is the potential of toxicity associated with the uptake and long-term retention of non-degradable nanoparticles (NPs) in major organs.The development of inorganic NPs that undergo renal clearance could potentially resolve this significant biosafety concern.However,it remains unclear whether inorganic NPs that can be excreted by the kidneys remain capable of targeting tumors with poor permeability.Glioblastoma multiforme,the most malignant orthotopic brain tumor,presents a unique challenge for NP delivery because of the blood-brain barrier and robust blood-tumor barrier of reactive microglia and macroglia in the tumor microenvironment.Herein,we used an orthotopic murine glioma model to investigate the passive targeting of glutathione-coated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) of 3 nm in diameter that undergo renal clearance and 18-nm AuNPs that fail to undergo renal clearance.Remarkably, we report that 3-nm AuNPs were able to target intracranial tumor tissues with higher efficiency (2.3x relative to surrounding non-tumor normal brain tissues) and greater specificity (3.0x)than did the larger AuNPs.Pharmacokinetics studies suggested that the higher glioma targeting ability of the 3-nm AuNPs may be attributed to the longer retention time in circulation.The total accumulation of the 3-nm AuNPs in major organs was significantly less (8.4x) than that of the 18-nm AuNPs.Microscopic imaging of blood vessels and renal-clearable AuNPs showed extravasation of NPs from the leaky blood-tumor barrier into the tumor interstitium.Taken together,our results suggest that the 3-nm AuNPs,characterized by enhanced permeability and retention,are able to target brain tumors and undergo renal clearance.