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.     

Elemental partitioning,lattice misfit and creep behaviour of Cr containing γ′ strengthened Co base superalloys

Novel Cr containing Co-Al-W base superalloys were studied by atom probe tomography and neutron diffraction. Cr is found to predominantly partition to the γ matrix and decrease partitioning of W to γ′. Furthermore, Cr significantly enhances the γ′ volume fraction, decreases the γ/γ′ lattice misfit and deteriorates the creep resistance. Addition of Ni to the Cr containing alloys affects partitioning of W and Al, further decreases the lattice misfit and results in the formation of irregularly shaped precipitates. Al, W and Cr tend to occupy the ‘B'sublattice in the γ′-A₃B phase (L1₂ type), while Co and Ni reside in the ‘A' sublattice.     

接触触发式探头结构优化设计

设计了一种适用于微纳米三坐标测量机的高灵敏度接触触发式探头。介绍了该探头的结构和原理,建立了探头的灵敏度模型和刚度模型,依据三维方向等灵敏度和等刚度的原则,利用最优化方法得出了探头结构参数的最优解。对探头的刚度进行了仿真验证;分别对探头的刚度、分辨率以及稳定性进行了实验测试。实验结果表明:该探头在三维方向上的刚度均小于1 mN/μm,且近似相等;分辨率高于50 nm;当环境温度的波动范围小于±0.025℃时,探头在1.3 h内的漂移量为20nm。     

获取界面响应不可测数据的频响探针关键技术研究

目的针对传统逆子结构理论在求解过程中界面响应难以实测的问题,提出一种利用频响探针技术来获取该界面响应的关键技术。方法首先基于该频响探针的动力学微分方程,从理论上推导了该频响探针技术的理论公式,然后对建立的二级单点刚性耦合系统进行了有限元数值验证,将利用频响探针技术预测得到的难测原点频响函数与有限元计算值进行比较,并将该预测值代入逆子结构理论公式中,得到了部件频响函数的预测值,将该预测值与有限元计算值进行了对比验证。结果预测值与有限元计算值高度吻合,验证了该理论的准确性。结论该频响探针关键技术在获取界面响应不可测数据方面,有很好的应用价值。     

基于连续压导探针的炸药爆速和临界直径测试方法?

临界直径是确定炸药合理装药直径、预防炸药拒爆和不完全爆轰的重要指标,对炸药性能提高和高效利用有着十分重要的意义。设计了一种连续压导探针和楔形装药装置,在对炸药爆速进行测试的同时,利用炸药在临界直径不完全爆轰的特征,通过寻找爆轰波传播的拐点确定炸药临界直径。试验结果表明:装药密度为0.9g/cm3的铵油炸药爆速为3 261 m/s,临界直径为12.5 mm。提供了一种可同时测得炸药爆速和临界直径的方法,该方法简单,试验费用低,对炸药参数测试具有一定的指导意义。     

L-半胱氨酸辅助反相微乳法制备Ag_2S纳米晶

选用TX-100/环己烷/正己醇/水反相微乳体系,以Ag NO_3为Ag源、Na_2S·9H2O为S源、L-半胱氨酸为结构导向剂,室温下制备了高晶化度、直径为10—50 nm的Ag_2S纳米晶,并考察了影响其粒径大小的因素。紫外-可见吸收光谱表明,Ag_2S纳米晶在290 nm处呈现强吸收,与体相Ag2S(1 240 nm)相比,其吸收边发生了明显的蓝移。通过调控微乳体系中ω0(水与表面活性剂物质的量比)、Ag+与L-半胱氨酸的物质的量比、反应物浓度等可以实现对产物尺寸和形貌的调控。     

海藻酸钠纳米粒制备的研究进展

纳米粒药物载体能帮助药物靶向传输及可控释放,是生物医药领域的重要研究方向。海藻酸钠生物相容性好、易于修饰及加工形成微纳米颗粒,作为药物载体的应用研究日渐增多。综述了制备海藻酸钠纳米粒的4种方法,即离子交联法、乳化法、静电络合法和自组装法,并指出了4种方法的优缺点。     

Atom probe tomography of nanoscale architectures in functional materials for electronic and photonic applications

Microscopy has played a central role in the advancement of nanoscience and nanotechnology by enabling the direct visualization of nanoscale structure, leading to predictive models of novel physical behaviors. Electronic and photonic device technologies, whose features and performance are often improved through miniaturization, have particularly benefited from new capabilities in the characterization of material structure and composition. This paper reviews recent applications of atom probe tomography to semiconducting materials with nanoscale architectures that are designed to impart novel properties and device functionality by virtue of their shape and size. A review is necessary because rapid advances in atom probe instrumentation and analysis in the last decade have greatly expanded the utility of atom probe tomography to address scientific questions and technical questions in this area. The paper is organized in terms of the surface topologies of nanoscale architectures. We begin with nominally planar interfaces including thin film heterostructures and superlattices with open surfaces. Distinctive capabilities in the analysis of interfaces are introduced, as are challenges arising from measurement artifacts. We then discuss nanowires and nanowire heterostructures with surfaces that are closed along one dimension, for which atom probe tomography has provided unique and important understandings on the doping processes. Finally, we consider nanocrystals and quantum dots with completely closed surfaces. Along the way, current challenges and opportunities for atom probe tomography are highlighted, and the reader is directed to complementary reviews of more technical aspects of atom probe analysis.     

Monitoring the Dynamic Process of Formation of Plasmonic Molecular Junctions during Single Nanoparticle Collisions

The capability to study the dynamic formation of plasmonic molecular junction is of fundamental importance, and it will provide new insights into molecular electronics/plasmonics, single‐entity electrochemistry, and nanooptoelectronics. Here, a facile method to form plasmonic molecular junctions is reported by utilizing single gold nanoparticle (NP) collision events at a highly curved gold nanoelectrode modified with a self‐assembled monolayer. By using time‐resolved electrochemical current measurement and surface‐enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy, the current changes and the evolution of interfacial chemical bonding are successfully observed in the newly formed molecular tunnel junctions during and after the gold NP “hit‐n‐stay” and “hit‐n‐run” collision events. The results lead to an in‐depth understanding of the single NP motion and the associated molecular level changes during the formation of the plasmonic molecular junctions in a single NP collision event. This method also provides a new platform to study molecular changes at the single molecule level during electron transport in a dynamic molecular tunnel junction.