Observation of an Antimatter Hypernucleus

Nuclear collisions recreate conditions in the universe microseconds after the Big Bang. Only a very small fraction of the emitted fragments are light nuclei, but these states are of fundamental interest. We report the observation of antihypertritons-comprising an antiproton, an antineutron, and an antilambda hyperon-produced by colliding gold nuclei at high energy. Our analysis yields 70 +/- 17 antihypertritons (3/Lambda(H) over bar) and 157 +/- 30 hypertritons (H-3(Lambda)). The measured yields of H-3(Lambda) (3/Lambda(H) over bar) and He-3 ((3)(He) over bar) are similar, suggesting an equilibrium in coordinate and momentum space populations of up, down, and strange quarks and antiquarks, unlike the pattern observed at lower collision energies. The production and properties of antinuclei, and of nuclei containing strange quarks, have implications spanning nuclear and particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.

Longitudinal scaling property of the charge balance function in Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV

We present measurements of the charge balance function, from the charged particles, for diverse pseudorapidity and transverse momentum ranges in Au + Au collisions at root S-NN = 200 GeV using the STAR detector at RHIC. We observe that the balance function is boost-invariant within the pseudorapidity coverage vertical bar-1.3, 1.3 vertical bar. The balance function properly scaled by the width of the observed pseudorapidity window does not depend on the position or size of the pseudorapidity window. This scaling property also holds for particles in different transverse momentum ranges. In addition, we find that the width of the balance function decreases monotonically with increasing transverse momentum for all centrality classes. (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Ultrafast vibrational and thermal relaxation of dye molecules in solutions

Intra- and intermolecular relaxations of dye molecules are studied after the excitation to the high-lying excited states by a femtosecond laser pulse, using femtosecond time-resolved stimulated emission pumping fluorescence depletion spectroscopy (FS TR SEP FD). The biexponential decays indicate a rapid intramolecular vibrational redistribution (IVR) depopulation followed by a slower process, which was contributed by the energy transfer to the solvents and the solvation of the excited solutes. The time constants of IVR in both oxazine 750 and rhodamine 700 are at the 290-360 fs range, which are insensitive to the characters of solvents. The solvation of the excited solutes and the cooling of the hot solute molecules by collisional energy transfer to the surrounding takes place in the several picoseconds that strongly depend on the properties of solvents. The difference of Lewis basicity and states density of solvents is a possible reason to explain this solvent dependence. The more basic the solvent is, which means the more interaction between the solute and the neighboring solvent shell, the more rapid the intermolecular vibrational excess energy transfer from the solute to the surroundings and the solvation of the solutes are. The higher the states density of the solvent is, the more favorable the energy transfer between the solute and solvent molecules is.

干旱胁迫对杨树光合生理指标的影响

采用PEG模拟干旱胁迫的方法,利用气体交换法和叶绿素荧光技术,研究了干旱胁迫下小青杨(Populuspseudo-simonii)的光合生理变化.结果表明,干旱胁迫初期,小青杨的净光合速率(Pn)、蒸腾速率(Tr)、气孔导度(gs)和胞间CO2浓度(Ci)值均随干旱胁迫增强而下降,杨树Pn的下降主要是由于gs下降引起的;干旱胁迫后期,Ci值逐渐升高,非气孔限制成为光合作用的主要限制因子.干旱胁迫后期,PSⅡ原初光能转化效率(Fv/Fm)和PSⅡ潜在活性(Fv/Fo)明显下降,光抑制增强,光合电子传递受阻.POD酶的活性在胁迫初期升高,后期降低,说明干旱胁迫初期对保护系统酶活性升高有诱导作用,随着胁迫时间的延长,Fv/Fm和Fv/Fo降低,活性氧清除酶活性下降,活性氧代谢的平衡被打破,导致光合器官的伤害.由此表明,干旱胁迫后期Pn的降低与PSⅡ荧光参数及POD酶活性下降有关.

土壤养分对小偃22叶片光合特性影响的初步研究

在大田不同供肥条件下 ,于小麦灌浆后期对小麦旗叶光合特性参数进行了连续测定。结果表明 ,小麦叶片气体交换参数均有明显的日变化趋势 ,肥力条件对其日变化进程具有明显的调控作用。不施肥处理小麦叶片 Pn有明显午休现象 ,而低肥处理第一高峰不明显 ,没有明显午休现象 ;高肥处理的 Pn呈单峰曲线 ,峰值来得也较晚。养分条件可改善小麦叶片水分利用效率

黄土丘陵区柳枝稷光合生理生态特性的初步研究

研究了黄土丘陵区引种草种柳枝稷 ( Panicum virgatum)的光合生理生态特性 ,比较了不同叶位叶片光合速率 ( Pn)、蒸腾速率 ( Tr)、水分利用效率 ( WUE)的日变化以及环境因子的作用。结果表明 ,柳枝稷叶片 Pn日变化曲线为双峰型 ,中午“光合降低”主要是由于叶温过高导致呼吸高引起的净光合速率降低。叶龄增大 ,叶片 Pn日变化相对较平缓 ,其中壮龄叶Pn日变化最为平缓。幼龄叶 Tr的日变化为双峰型 ,随叶龄增大 (叶位下降 )而成为单峰型。WUE的日变化可划分为上午的降低和下午的波动 2个阶段 ,最上充分展开叶 (旗叶 )的WUE始终最高。

盐胁迫下水稻叶片光合参数对光强的响应

以耐盐性不同的两个水稻品种秋光和辽盐2号为试材,在设定条件下测定长时间NaCl胁迫下水稻剑叶的净光合速率(Pn)、蒸腾速率(Tr)、气孔导度(Gs)和胞间CO2浓度(Ci)在不同光照强度(PFD)诱导下的反应差异与水稻抗性的关系.结果表明,在不同浓度NaCl胁迫下,随着PFD的升高,两品种的Pn和Gs均呈上升趋势,与对照相比,耐盐品种辽盐2号的Pn增加了14.87%,而秋光的Pn则下降了17.91%.Ci、Ls及Pn/Gs比值的变化趋势表明,气孔因素和非气孔因素对辽盐2号的光合变化起到了积极作用,而气孔因素则是引起秋光光合变化的主要原因.

Real-time PCR microfluidic devices with concurrent electrochemical detection

Electrochemistry-based detection methods hold great potential towards development of hand-held nucleic-acid analyses instruments. In this work, we demonstrate the implementation of in situ electrochemical (EC) detection method in a microfluidic flow-through EC-qPCR (FTEC-qPCR) device, where both the amplification of the target nucleic-acid sequence and subsequent EC detection of the PCR amplicon are realized simultaneously at selected PCR cycles in the same device. The FTEC-qPCR device utilizes methylene blue (MB), an electroactive DNA intercalator, for electrochemical signal measurements in the presence of PCR reagent components. Our EC detection method is advantageous, when compared to other existing EC methods for PCR amplicon analysis, since FTEC-qPCR does not require probe-modified electrodes, or asymmetric PCR, or solid-phase PCR. Key technical issues related to surface passivation, electrochemical measurement, PCR inhibition by metal electrode, bubble-free PCR, were investigated. By controlling the concentration of MB and the exposure of PCR mixture to the bare metal electrode, we successfully demonstrated electrochemical measurement of MB in solution-phase, symmetric PCR by amplifying a fragment of lambda phage DNA.

Solvent effects on spectrophotometric titrations and vibrational spectroscopy of 5,10,15-triphenyl-20-(4-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrin in aqueoius DMF

The spectrophotometric titration by sodium hydroxide of 5,10,15-triphenyl-20-(4-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrin ((OH)(1)PH2) is studied as a function of solvent composition of DMF-H2O binary solvent mixture ([OH-] = 0.04 M). Combining the structure changes of the porphyrin and the "four orbital" model of Gouterman, many features of the optical spectra of this deprotonated para-hydroxy-substituted tetraphenylporphyrin in different composition of binary solvent mixtures can be rationalized. In highly aqueous solvents, the changes of the titration curves are shown to be mainly due to hydrogen-bonding of the oxygen of the phenoxide anion group by the hydroxylic solvent, Which decreases the energy of the phenoxide anion pi orbital. Thus the phenoxide anion pi orbital cannot cross over the porphyrin Tr orbital being a different HOMO. However, its energy is close to that of the porphyrin pi orbitals. As a result, in the visible region, no charge-transfer band is observed, while in the visible-near region, the Soret peak split into two components. In nonaqueous solvents, the changes are mainly attributed to further deprotonation of pyrrolic-Hs of (OH) 1PH2 by NaOH and coordination with two sodium ions to form the sodium complex of (OH) 1PH2, which turns hyperporphyrin spectra of deprotonated of phenolic-H of (OH)(1)PH2 into three-banded spectra of regular metalloporphyrin.

三氧杂环己烷的电化学特性

直接氧化一些有机小分子(如甲醇[1~9]和乙醇[10~14]等)的直接氧化燃料电池作为一种对环境友好的能源越来越引起人们的关注.三氧杂环己烷作为一种可再生的能源,可以从地球上存在的大量天然气中得到,来源广泛,价格低廉.三氧杂环己烷反应的基本结构如Scheme 1所示,相对乙醇而言,三氧杂环己烷不存在任何碳碳键,反应更易进行.目前广泛研究的直接氧化燃料电池均采用液体甲醇和S chem e 1 S tru ctu re of tr ioxane乙醇等作燃料,液体燃料的存储运输存在一定的安全隐患,一旦泄漏发生危险,后果非常严重,而三氧杂环己烷作为一种固体,可以有效地避免上述问题的发生,利于安全的储存和运输.Narayanan等[13]研究了三氧杂环己烷在Pt,Pt-Sn和Pt-Ru电极上的电化学行为及其在燃料电池中的应用.本文研究了三氧杂环己烷在不同浓度、不同温度和不同酸度时于光滑铂电极上的电化学行为,初步分析了三氧杂环己烷的反应机理.1实验部分1.1试剂与仪器采用Potentiostat/GalvanostatModel 273A恒电位仪(美国Princeton Applied Research公司),在传统的三...

Microstructure analysis of nylon 66 by WAXD and SAXS

The analysis of the small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) data was based upon particle characteristic function, one-dimensional electron-density correlation function and particle distribution function. The microstructure of nylon 66 with different degrees of crystallinity was studied by means of X-ray scattering method. The radius of gyration R-g, the Porod radius R-p, the thickness of crystalline region L-c the thickness of non-crystalline region L-n, the thickness of interphase region d(tr), the long period L, the semiaxises of particles (a, a, b), the distribution of the particle sizes and the scattering invariant were calculated. The results indicate that there was a significant interphase region between the crystalline region and the non-crystalline region. and its content (W-t,W-x) should not be neglected in comparison with that of crystalline region W-c,W-x. The morphology of nylon 66 prepared by isothermal crystallization at a high temperature was mainly a lamellar structure, while the spherical crystals dominated in the quenched sample. The size of the particles in the quenched sample was smaller than that of those in the isothermally crystallized sample. and the distribution of the particle sizes in the isothermally crystallized sample was wider.

Size-affected crystallization of trans-1,4-polybutadiene

By using different catalyst systems, two trans-1,4-polybutadiene (TPBD) samples with different tr trans-content and molecular weight were synthesized. The phase transition of two samples from monoclinic form to hexagonal phase was revealed by differential calorimeter scanning and X-ray, respectively. The small-angle X-ray scattering measurements showed the remarkable discrepancy of phase transition and melting point between the two samples was attributed to the different lamellar thickness of crystals: The crystals with different crystalline morphology and lamellar thickness were developed by casting different concentration TPBD solutions. Transmission electron microscopy morphology observations proved that annealing the specimen at the temperature above the phase transition point for different times resulted in the different lamellae thickening of monoclinic form. It means that annealing the TPBD in its hexagonal phase will also slightly favor the increase of both the phase transition temperature and melting point of hexagonal phase. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Novel sodium sulfonate-functionalized poly(ether ether ketone)s derived from 4,4 '-thiodiphenol

Novel sodium sulfonate-functionalized poly(ether ether ketone)s derived from 4,4'-thiodiphenol with degree of sulfonation up to 2.0 were synthesized by nucleophilic polycondensation of various amount of 5,5 '-carbonylbis(2-fluorobenzenesulfonate) (1) and 4,4'-difluorobenzophenone (2) with 4,4'-thiodipheno (3). Component and structure of the polymers were confirmed by TR, NMR and elemental analysis. Wide angle X-ray diffraction patterns indicated an amorphous structure of the polymers. All the polymers showed excellent thermal stability and poor solubility in water. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Preparation and characterization of DBSA doped polyaniline thin films

Stable monolayer of the polyaniline(PAn) doped with dodecyl benzenesulfonic acid(DBSA) can form on the pure water surface. The multilayer ultrathin film can be successfully deposited by Langmuir-Blodgett(LB) technique onto CaF2 substrate. The limiting mean molecular area and collapse pressure observed are 0.066 nm(2) and 35 mN m(-1), respectively. The multilayer LB film and casting film were all characterized by TR and UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopies.

Influence of interface on radiation effects of crystalline polymer - radiation effects on polyamide-1010 containing BMI

Aimed at saving the radiation dose required to crosslinking the polyamid-1010, BMI/PA1010 systems containing different amounts of difunctional crosslinking agent N,N'-bis-maleimide-4,4'-biphenyl methane (BMI) were prepared and the structure changes at the crystallographic and supermolecular levels before and after irradiation were studied by using WAXD, SAXS, and DSC techniques. It was found that by incorporation of BMI the microcrystal size L-100 is lowered due to the formation of hydrogen bond between the carbonyl oxygen of BMI and the amide hydrogen of PA1010 in the hydrogen bonded plane, and the overall crystallinity W-c is also decreased. The presence of BMI causes the crystal lamella thickness d(c) to decrease and greatly thickens the transition zone d(tr) between the crystalline and amorphous regions. As for the irradiated specimen, the maximum increments in the L-100 and W-c against dose curves decrease with BMI content, and the interception point D-i, at which the L-100 and W-c curves intercept their respective horizontal line of L-100/L-100(0) and W-c/W-c(0)=1, shift to lower dose with an increase in BMI concentration. In addition. the mechanism of the radiation chemical reactions in the three different phases under the action of BMI are discussed with special focus on the interface region. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.