Molecular Phylogeny of Geographical Isolates of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus: Implications on the Origin and Spread of this Species in China and Worldwide

The genetic diversity and phylogeny of 26 isolates of Bursaphelenchus xlophilus from China, Japan, Portugal and North America were investigated based on the D2/3 domain of 28S rDNA, nuclear ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequences, and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. The genetic diversity analysis showed that the D2/3 domain of 28S rDNA of isolates of B. xlophilus from China, Portugal, Japan and the US were identical and differed at one to three nucleotides compared to those from Canada. ITS sequences of isolates from China and Portugal were the same; they differed at one or two nucleotides compared to those of Japanese isolates and at four and 23 nucleotides compared to those front the US and Canada, respectively. The phylogenetic analysis indicated that Chinese isolates share a common ancestor with one of the two Japanese clades and that the Canadian isolates form a sister group of the clade comprised of isolates from China, Portugal,Japan, and the US. The relationship between Japanese isolates and those from China was closer than with the American isolates. The Canadian isolates were the basal group of B. xylophilus. This suggests that B. xlophilus originated in North America and that the B. xylphilus that occurs in China could have been first introduced from Japan. Further analysis based on RAPD analysis revealed that the relationship among isolates from Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shandong, Anhui provinces and Nanjing was the closest, which suggests that pine wilt disease in these Chinese locales was probably dispersed from Nanjing, where this disease first occurred in China.

火箭剩余推进剂排放过程的分析与模拟

为了减少空间碎片的产生，星箭分离后，需要在轨排放火箭末级贮箱内的剩余推进剂．分析表明，排放条件下的推进剂射流进入太空后，立即失稳破碎为大量液滴；液滴在高真空环境下扩散，它们的表面不断有气体分子蒸发，逐渐在箭体周围形成了一个由液滴和蒸气分子组成的羽流场．采取Lagrange方法追踪该流场中每个液滴的运动轨迹以及表面蒸发冷凝过程，利用直接模拟Monte Carlo方法计算蒸气分子的运动和碰撞，然后通过微观量的统计平均获得感兴趣的宏观流场、箭体表面的压力和剪应力分布等．为了检验稀薄蒸气算法、模型和程序，模拟了真空水射流周围水蒸气羽流场，获得的径向Pitot压力分布与Fuchs和Legge的实验数据的符合．在此基础上，分别模拟了CZ-4B火箭末级剩余燃料偏二甲肼在不同排放方式下的三维稀薄蒸气与液滴羽流场．计算表明：原排放方式的扰动力矩相当大，超出了火箭姿控范围，新排放方式的扰动力矩很小，处于火箭姿控范围之内．这些预测得到了飞行遥测数据的支持．

CONTINUUM-THEORIES OF OPTICAL PHONONS AND POLARITONS IN SUPERLATTICES - A BRIEF CRITIQUE - COMMENT

The so-called hydrodynamic (HD) model on optical-phonon modes in superlattices is critically examined. Contrary to the HD model, a comparison between TM polaritons and the Fuchs-Kliewer-type interface modes has shown that the Fuchs-Kliewer interface modes do possess Frohlich potentials.

Weak Epitaxy Growth of Copper Hexadecafluorophthalocyanine (F16CuPc) on p-Sexiphenyl Monolayer Film

Weak epitaxy growth (WEG) behavior and mechanism of copper hexadecafluorophthalocyanine (F16CuPc) on p-sexiphenyl (p-6P) monolayer film were investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM), selected area electron diffraction (SEAD), and wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD). High-quality F16CuPc films with high order, large size, and molecular-level smoothness were obtained successfully by WEG method. It was identified that there exists incommensurate epitaxial relation between highly oriented F16CuPc and p-6P films. The geometrical channels of p-6P monolayer surface induce the nucleation and growth of F16CuPc molecules.

Investigation into self-assembled monolayers of a polyether dendron thiol: Chemisorption, kinetics, and patterned surface

Different sizes of Frechet-type dendrons with a thiol group at the focal point were synthesized, well characterized, and used as building blocks for the preparation of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on metal surfaces. From the studies of the kinetic process of dendron thiol self-assembling on gold, it is shown that the dendron thiol assembling proceeds with different adsorption rates depending on the assembly time. In contrast to normal alkanethiols forming highly molecular structures on metal surfaces, the SAMs of polyether dendron form patterned surfaces with nanometer-sized features and in long-range order. It is found that the patterned stripes are closely related to the size of the dendron, and the patterned stripes can be improved by thermal annealing.