Visualizing Extracellular Vesicles and Their Function in 3D Tumor Microenvironment Models

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived nanostructures that mediate intercellular communication by delivering complex signals in normal tissues and cancer. The cellular coordination required for tumor development and maintenance is mediated, in part, through EV transport of molecular cargo to resident and distant cells. Most studies on EV-mediated signaling have been performed in two-dimensional (2D) monolayer cell cultures, largely because of their simplicity and high-throughput screening capacity. Three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures can be used to study cell-to-cell and cell-to-matrix interactions, enabling the study of EV-mediated cellular communication. 3D cultures may best model the role of EVs in formation of the tumor microenvironment (TME) and cancer cell-stromal interactions that sustain tumor growth. In this review, we discuss EV biology in 3D culture correlates of the TME. This includes EV communication between cell types of the TME, differences in EV biogenesis and signaling associated with differing scaffold choices and in scaffold-free 3D cultures and cultivation of the premetastatic niche. An understanding of EV biogenesis and signaling within a 3D TME will improve culture correlates of oncogenesis, enable molecular control of the TME and aid development of drug delivery tools based on EV-mediated signaling.     

不同晶型纳米二氧化锰制备及对亚甲基蓝吸附性能

以高锰酸钾（KMnO₄）为氧化剂、硫酸亚铁铵[（NH₄）₂Fe（SO₄）₂]为还原剂,用水热氧化还原反应制备了层状δ-二氧化锰和隧道型α-二氧化锰纳米材料。用X射线衍射（XRD）、扫描电镜（SEM）和氮气吸-脱附技术对产物的晶型、形貌及孔结构进行了表征。实验结果表明,δ-二氧化锰呈花状微球形貌,具有介孔结构（平均孔径为3.4 nm）,BET比表面积为219 m²/g;α-二氧化锰呈纳米线束形貌,具有部分介孔结构（平均孔径为35.7 nm和154.6 nm）,BET比表面积为26 m²/g。研究了不同晶型纳米二氧化锰对亚甲基蓝的吸附性能。实验结果表明,在相同条件下α-二氧化锰的吸附性能优于δ-二氧化锰,且在碱性环境下吸附效果较好。当反应时间达到120 min时,α-二氧化锰和δ-二氧化锰对亚甲基蓝的去除率分别为84.4%和82.9%。     

Structure and electronic properties of SiC thin-films deposited by RF magnetron sputtering

SiC thin-films were prepared by RF-magnetron sputtering technique(RMS) with the target of single crystalline SiC and then annealed. The surface morphology of thin-films was characterized by AFM. The result shows that the surface of the thin-films is smooth and compact; XRD analysis reveals that the thin-films are amorphous. The thickness, square-resistance and curves of resistance—temperature were measured. The results show that the curves of lnR versus 1/kT both before and after annealing satisfy the expression of lnR∝△W/kT, where ?W is electron excitation energy in the range of 0.014 2-0.018 5 eV, and it has a trend of increasing when the temperature is increased. After synthetical analysis we get the conclusion that the electronic mechanism of the thin-films is short distance transition between the localized states in the temperature range of 25-250 ℃. The resistivity is in the range of 2.4×10-3-4.4×10-3 Ω·cm and it has the same trend as electron excitation energy when annealing temperature is increased, which further confirms the electronic mechanism of thin-films and the trend of electron excitation energy versus annealing temperature.     

化学镀Ni-P镀层的组织形貌与耐蚀性

通过观察化学镀Ni－P镀层沉积过程形貌及形貌变化特征，研究了用不同镇液化学镀所获得的不同含磷量镀层的形貌变化，并指明在含磷量为（4．0～7．0）％范围内，镀层成胞状和菜花状的腐蚀破坏常常首先沿胞壁进行，且大胞中心易出现腐蚀裂纹和沟槽。若胞的大小均匀，凸凹不明显，胞表面光滑，含磷量均匀，则耐蚀性好。     

亚磷酸三苯酯在A3钢表面成膜特点和结构

用扫描电镜(SEM)分析了亚磷酸三苯酯在A3钢表面所 成膜的微观形貌特征.结果表明：亚磷酸三苯酯在A3钢表面所成的膜具有三维结构.经 红 外光谱(IR)指认亚磷酸三苯酯与铁离子在A3钢表面形成配合物，由此推断了配位化合物的可 能结构.     

Tensile behavior change depending on the varying tungsten content of W–Ni–Fe alloys

Tungsten heavy alloys (WHAs) are metal–metal composites consisting of nearly pure spherical tungsten particles embedded in a Ni–Fe–W or Ni–Co–W or Ni–Cu–W ductile matrix. In this dual phase alloy, there are several complicated relations between the ductile matrix and hard tungsten particles. The aim of this research was to examine the effect of varying tungsten content on the microstructure and mechanical properties of tungsten heavy alloys. The microstructural parameters (grain size, connectivity, contiguity and solid volume fraction) were measured and were found to have a significant effect on the mechanical properties of tungsten-based heavy alloys. The result shows that the binding strength between the W and the matrix phase has a major influence on the ductility of tungsten-based alloys. The larger this binding force is, the better the ductility is.     

超声参振对Al-Fe合金凝固过程的影响

在Al-Fe合金的凝固过程中引入不同功率的超声振动,利用受控凝固和受控振动相结合的实验装置和方法,研究了超声参振对Al-Fe合金熔体温度场以及组织形态和抗拉强度的影响.实验表明:熔体的温度场随振动功率的增加和振动时间的延长而升高,并趋于一个平衡的温度场;超声参振可以显著细化先共晶FeAl3相,Al-Fe合金生长的组织形态的差异主要取决于凝固速度;超声参振凝固的Al-Fe合金的热稳定性好,有良好的应用前景.     

热压变形对灰口铸铁石墨形态的影响

研究了灰口铸铁(HTl50)在900℃大压下量塑性变形后石墨的分布形态，结果表明：随着压下量的增加，石墨片逐渐趋于平行分布；变形过程中发生了碳的回溶，同时伴随着石墨片的断裂；石墨片体积分数及片间距随压下量的增加而逐渐减少。     

添加剂硫对Ni-Mn-Co粉末触媒合成金刚石的影响

本研究考察了高温高压条件下添加剂硫对Ni-Mn-Co粉末触媒合成金刚石的影响，并在此基础上，考察了含硫金刚石的机械性能。研究表明：硫对Ni70Mn25Co5粉末触媒合成金刚石的成核有明显的抑制作用，随着硫含量的增加，成核呈减少趋势；添加剂硫影响晶体的颜色和晶形，随添加剂含量的增加，晶体的颜色呈加深趋势，硫的添加使晶体的表面出现孔洞缺陷，当硫含量较低时，孔洞缺陷多分布在（100）晶面上，当硫含量较高时，（111）晶面上也出现孔洞，致使晶体的完整性受到制约；添加剂硫影响金刚石的机械性能，随着添加剂硫含量的增加，含硫金刚石的冷冲击强度（TI）和热冲击强度（TTI）呈明显的下降趋势。     

含Li的Al-Zn-Mg-Cu合金沉淀析出过程的定量分析

应用小角度X射线散射技术结合TEM分析定量的描述Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Li合金时效过程中析出相尺寸分布和形貌等信息。通过分析确定合金在几种时效状态下析出相为轴比在0．2～0．4之间的扁回转椭球形。确定了析出相特征尺寸的对数正态分布和质量依回转半径的Maxwell分布。并分析分布曲线随动力强度Ks的变化特征，可以看出，析出相尺寸和质量分布曲线基本满足随动力强度增加，几何平均值增加，分布范围变宽。