量子点标记及其在植物细胞生物学中的应用

量子点是一种直径在1-100 nm,能接受激发光产生荧光的半导体纳米晶粒,由于其独特的物理、化学特性,在生物学中的应用不断扩大。本文介绍了量子点的合成及功能方面的进展,同时也对其在细胞生物学中的应用进展,特别是对其在植物细胞生物学中的应用进行了评述。此外,对量子点在单分子检测、高分辨率细胞成像及活体动态长时追踪方面的应用前景进行了展望。     

太赫兹量子级联激光器

太赫兹技术近年来发展迅速,应用越来越广泛,是当前的热门研究领域。太赫兹量子级联激光器是产生太赫兹辐射的重要器件,对太赫兹量子级联激光器的发展,以及有源区和波导层的设计等进行了详细讨论。     

Assembly and Characterizations of Bifunctional Fluorescent and Magnetic Microneedles With One Decade Length Tunability

This report presents the fabrication of bifunctional magnetic and fluorescent microneedles (µNDs) made of a ternary mixture of magnetic nanoparticles (NPs), quantum dots (QDs), and polyelectrolyte. The assembly relies on the electrostatic complexation of negatively charged NPs with positively charged polymer strands and is controlled by the charge ratio between the nanoparticle building blocks and the polymer mortar. The resulting 1D objects can be actuated using an external magnetic field and can be imaged using fluorescence microscopy, thanks to the fluorescent and superparamagnetic properties inherited from their NP constituents. Using a combination of core and surface characterizations and a state‐of‐the‐art image analysis algorithm, the dependence of the brightness and length on the ternary composition is thoroughly investigated. In particular, statistics on hundreds of µNDs with a range of compositions show that the µNDs have a log‐lormal length distribution and that their mean length can be robustly tuned in the 5–50 µm range to match the relevant length scales of various applications in micromixing, bioassays or biomechanics.     

Highly Stable Colloidal “Giant” Quantum Dots Sensitized Solar Cells

Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are widely studied due to their promising optoelectronic properties. This study explores the application of specially designed and synthesized “giant” core/shell CdSe/(CdS)_x QDs with variable CdS shell thickness, while keeping the core size at 1.65 nm, as a highly efficient and stable light harvester for QD sensitized solar cells (QDSCs). The comparative study demonstrates that the photovoltaic performance of QDSCs can be significantly enhanced by optimizing the CdS shell thickness. The highest photoconversion efficiency (PCE) of 3.01% is obtained at optimum CdS shell thickness ≈1.96 nm. To further improve the PCE and fully highlight the effect of core/shell QDs interface engineering, a CdSe_x S_1?x interfacial alloyed layer is introduced between CdSe core and CdS shell. The resulting alloyed CdSe/(CdSe_x S_1?x )₅/(CdS)₁ core/shell QD‐based QDSCs yield a maximum PCE of 6.86%, thanks to favorable stepwise electronic band alignment and improved electron transfer rate with the incorporation of CdSe_x S_1?x interfacial layer with respect to CdSe/(CdS)₆ core/shell. In addition, QDSCs based on “giant” core/CdS‐shell or alloyed core/shell QDs exhibit excellent long‐term stability with respect to bare CdSe‐based QDSCs. The giant core/shell QDs interface engineering methodology offers a new path to improve PCE and the long‐term stability of liquid junction QDSCs.     

General Synthesis of Dual Carbon‐Confined Metal Sulfides Quantum Dots Toward High‐Performance Anodes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Sponge‐like composites assembled by cobalt sulfides quantum dots (Co₉S₈ QD), mesoporous hollow carbon polyhedral (HCP) matrix, and a reduced graphene oxide (rGO) wrapping sheets are synthesized by a simultaneous thermal reduction, carbonization, and sulfidation of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks@GO precursors. Specifically, Co₉S₈ QD with size less than 4 nm are homogenously embedded within HCP matrix, which is encapsulated in macroporous rGO, thereby leading to the double carbon‐confined hierarchical composites with strong coupling effect. Experimental data combined with density functional theory calculations reveal that the presence of coupled rGO not only prevents the aggregation and excessive growth of particles, but also expands the lattice parameters of Co₉S₈ crystals, enhancing the reactivity for sodium storage. Benefiting from the hierarchical porosity, conductive network, structural integrity, and a synergistic effect of the components, the sponge‐like composites used as binder‐free anodes manifest outstanding sodium‐storage performance in terms of excellent stable capacity (628 mAh g^?1 after 500 cycles at 300 mA g^?1) and exceptional rate capability (529, 448, and 330 mAh g^?1 at 1600, 3200, and 6400 mA g^?1). More importantly, the synthetic method is very versatile and can be easily extended to fabricate other transition‐metal‐sulfides‐based sponge‐like composites with excellent electrochemical performances.     

Facile Two‐Step Synthesis of All‐Inorganic Perovskite CsPbX3 (X = Cl,Br, and I) Zeolite‐Y Composite Phosphors for Potential Backlight Display Application

Recently developed CsPbX₃ (X = Cl, Br, and I) perovskite quantum dots (QDs) hold great potential for various applications owing to their superior optical properties, such as tunable emissions, high quantum efficiency, and narrow linewidths. However, poor stability under ambient conditions and spontaneous ion exchange among QDs hinder their application, for example, as phosphors in white‐light‐emitting diodes (WLEDs). Here, a facile two‐step synthesis procedure is reported for luminescent and color‐tunable CsPbX₃–zeolite‐Y composite phosphors, where perovskite QDs are encapsulated in the porous zeolite matrix. First zeolite‐Y is infused with Cs⁺ ions by ion exchange from an aqueous solution and then forms CsPbX₃ QDs by diffusion and reaction with an organic solution of PbX₂. The zeolite encapsulation reduces degradation and improves the stability of the QDs under strong illumination. A WLED is fabricated using the resulting microscale composites, with Commission Internationale de I'Eclairage (CIE) color coordinates (0.38, 0.37) and achieving 114% of National Television Standards Committee (NTSC) and 85% of the ITU‐R Recommendation BT.2020 (Rec.2020) coverage.     

一维波导中并置两原子的量子纠缠

在线性离散关系下研究了一维波导中两个并列放置的原子之间的量子纠缠.为调查两原子间的纠缠度,用实空间方法计算了透射和反射光谱振幅,讨论了单光子的散射特性和纠缠态的并发性.结果表明:通过改变原子偶极-偶极相互作用可产生Fano线型的散射光谱,偶极-偶极相互作用可作为导致光谱Fano共振的一种可能的工具.通过调控原子-波导的耦合强度,量子并发也会发生Fano共振,可通过观察Fano共振推断出最大量子纠缠.     

基于五粒子团簇态实现四粒子团簇态的概率隐形传态

为实现更经济的四粒子团簇态的概率隐形传输,提出了一种利用五粒子团簇态为量子信道的隐形传态方案.基于解纠缠-隐形传输-重构纠缠方法,发送者在发送信息之前对信息态进行一次控制非门操作和投影测量,将解纠缠的信息发送给接收者.在这个过程中发送者需要进行2次Bell基联合测量和1次单粒子测量,接收者根据发送者的测量结果进行相应操作,得出解纠缠的信息态.引入辅助粒子重构原始的未知信息态,信息传输成功的概率为4|a|2,提出的方案可以很好地应对一般窃听方式.     

超晶格量子阱光学双稳态系统的全局分叉与混沌行为

基于超晶格量子阱的双稳态效应,在经典力学框架内,把粒子的运动方程化为了具有阻尼项和受迫项的摆方程.利用Melnikov方法分析了系统的全局分叉与Smale马蹄变换意义上的混沌行为,给出了系统通过级联分叉进入混沌的临界值.结果表明,系统进入混沌的临界条件与它的参数有关,只需适当调节这些参数就可以避免或控制混沌,为光学双稳态器件的设计提供了理论分析.     

量子限制效应对限制在多量子阱中受主束缚能的影响

从实验和理论上,研究了量子限制效应对限制在GaAs/AIAs多量子阱中受主对重窄穴束缚能的影响.实验中所用的样品是通过分子束外延技术生长的一系列GaAs/AIAs多量子阱,量子阱宽度从3nm到20nm,并且在量子阱中央进行了浅受主铍(Be)原子的δ掺杂.在4,20,40,80和120K不同温度下,分别对上述系列样品进行了光致发光谱(PL)的测量,清楚地观察到了受主束缚激子从ls3/2(Г6)基态到同种宇称2s3/2(Г6)激发态的两空穴跃迁,并且从实验上测得了在不同量子阱宽度下受主的束缚能.理论上应用量子力学中的变分原理,数值计算了受主对重空穴束缚能随量子阱宽度的变化关系,比较发现理论计算和实验结果符合较好.