Catalytic Cleavage of Unactivated C(aryl)-P Bonds by Chromium.

We describe here the coupling to transform aryl phosphine derivatives by the cleavage of unactivated C(aryl)-P bonds with chromium catalysis, allowing us to achieve the reaction with alkyl bromides and arylmagnesium reagents under mild conditions. Mechanistic studies indicate that catalytic cleavage of unactivated C(aryl)-P bonds is due to the in situ formed reactive Cr, followed by transmetalation and coupling with alkyl bromides.

Generating ultraviolet perfect vortex beams using a high-efficiency broadband dielectric metasurface.

Due to the topological charge-independent doughnut spatial structure as well as the association of orbital angular momentums, perfect vortex beams promise significant advances in fiber communication, optical manipulation and quantum optics. Inspired by the development of planar photonics, several plasmonic and dielectric metasurfaces have been constructed to generate perfect vortex beams, instead of conventional bulky configuration. However, owing to the intrinsic Ohmic losses and interband electron transitions in materials, these metasurface-based vortex beam generators only work at optical frequencies up to the visible range. Herein, using silicon nitride nanopillars as high-efficiency half-wave plates, broadband and high-performance metasurfaces are designed and demonstrated numerically to directly produce perfect vortex beams in the ultraviolet region, by combining the phase profiles of spiral phase plate, axicon and Fourier transformation lens based on geometric phase. The conversion efficiency of the metasurface is up to 86.6% at the design wavelength. Moreover, the influence of several control parameters on perfect vortex beam structures is discussed. We believe that this ultraviolet dielectric generator of perfect vortex beams will find many significant applications, such as high-resolution spectroscopy, optical tweezer and on-chip communication.

Measurements of formation cross-sections of short-lived nuclei around the 14 MeV neutron induced reactions on 180Hf and 90Zr and theoretical calculation of excitation functions.

The cross sections of the 180Hf(n,p)180Lu and 90Zr(n,2n)89mZr reactions were measured around the neutron energies of 13.5-14.8 MeV by using the activation technique. The excitation functions of the above reactions in the neutron energies from the threshold to 20 MeV were calculated by using the nuclear theoretical model program system Talys-1.9 with the adjusted relevant parameters. The measured results were discussed and compared with previous experiments by other researchers and with the evaluated data of ENDF/B-VIII.0, CENDL-3.1, JEFF-3.3, JENDL-4.0u2, BROND-3.1 as well as the theoretical values based on Talys-1.9. The obtained experimental values at some neutron energies, within experimental error, are consistent with those of the fitting line of the results of previous experiments and are also consistent with those of theoretical excitation curve at the corresponding energies. The obtained theoretical excitation curves match well with most of the experimental data.

A pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine-based ratiometric fluorescent probe for sensing Cu2+ in cell.

Ratiometric fluorescent probes based on FRET mechanism have attracted great attention due to their large pseudo-Stokes shifts and built-in correction for environmental effects. However, most donors failed to meet the requirement that the emission of the donor must overlap well with the absorption of the acceptor. Therefore, searching for new fluorophore to construct FRET system is in great need. In this paper, a new fluorescent dye pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine was synthesized and used as a donor in the FRET system for ratiometric sensing of Cu2+. The probe is based on FRET and PET mechanism. It shows high selectivity and sensitivity toward Cu2+ (detection limit 30 nM). Furthermore, it was successfully used to detect Cu2+ in Glioma cells.

Measurements of the cross section for the (182)W(n,p)(182(m+g))Ta and (184)(n,p)(184)Ta reactions in the 14MeV energy range using the activation technique.

The cross section for the (182)W(n,p)(182(m+g))Ta and (184)W(n,p)(184)Ta reactions has been measured in the neutron energy range of 13.5-14.7MeV using the activation technique and a coaxial HPGe γ-ray detector. In our experiment, the fast neutrons were produced by the T(d,n)(4)He reaction at the ZF-300-II Intense Neutron Generator at Lanzhou University. Natural wolfram foils of 99.9% purity were used as target materials. The neutron flux was determined using the monitor reaction (93)Nb(n,2n)(92m)Nb and the neutron energies were determined using the method of cross-section ratio measurements employing the (90)Zr(n,2n)(89)Zr to (93)Nb(n,2n)(92m)Nb reactions. The results of this work are compared with experimental data found in the literature and the estimates obtained from a published empirical formula based on the statistical model with Q-value dependence and odd-even effects taken into consideration.

Improving working lifetime and efficiency of phosphor doped organic light-emitting diodes.

Long working lifetime and high efficient phosphorescent organic light-emitting diode (PHOLED) in which mixed host composed of wide-band-gap based 4, 7-diphenyl-1, 10-phenanthroline (Bphen) and (4,4'-bis(carbazol-9-yl)-biphenyl) (CBP) was demonstrated. The PHOLED with structure of ITO/MoO(3)/CBP:MoO(3) (15 v%, 30 nm)/CBP(10 nm)/([50v%:50v% CBP:Bphen]: 6v% Ir(ppy)(3))(30 nm)/Bphen (40 nm)/LiF (1 nm)/Al offers a peak power efficiency of 41.6 lm/W (a peak current efficiency of 39.8 cd/A)) at a low driving voltage of 3 V which increases by 55% and 27% compared to that of corresponding single-host (SH) and double emitting layer (DML) devices, respectively. Especially very long work lifetime (3530 hs) at an initial luminance of 500 cd/m(2) of the mixed hosted device is exhibited, rising by about 4.1 and 2.46 times relative to that of corresponding SH and DML devices. High efficiency and longer working lifetime was attributed to the absence of heterojunction and balanced charge carrier transport characteristics in the mixed host based OLED structure. The more detail mechanism was also presented.