Ni Single-Atoms Based Memristors with Ultrafast Speed and Ultralong Data Retention.

Memristor with low-power, high density, and scalability fulfills the requirements of the applications of the new computing system beyond Moore's law. However, there are still nonideal device characteristics observed in the memristor to be solved. The important observation is that retention and speed are correlated parameters of memristor with trade off against each other. The delicately modulating distribution and trapping level of defects in electron migration-based memristor is expected to provide a compromise method to address the contradictory issue of improving both switching speed and retention capability. Here, high-performance memristor based on the structure of ITO/Ni single-atoms (NiSAs/N-C)/Polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP)/Au is reported. By utilizing well-distributed trapping sites , small tunneling barriers/distance and high charging energy, the memristor with an ultrafast switching speed of 100 ns, ultralong retention capability of 106  s, a low set voltage (Vset ) of ≈0.7 V, a substantial ON/OFF ration of 103 , and low spatial variation in cycle-to-cycle (500 cycles) and device-to-device characteristics (128 devices) is demonstrated. On the premise of preserving the strengths of a fast switching speed, this memristor exhibits ultralong retention capability comparable to the commercialized flash memory. Finally, a memristor ratioed logic-based combinational memristor array to realize the one-bit full adder is further implemented.

Characterisation of the complete chloroplast genome of Fortunella Crassifolia Swingle and phylogenetic relationships.

In this study, we reported the complete chloroplast genome of Fortunella crassifolia Swingle using the HiSeq-4000 sequencing. The chloroplast genome size is 160,229 bp, which consists of a large single-copy region (87,774 bp), a small single-copy region (18,721 bp), and a pair of IR regions (26,867 bp). The chloroplast genome contains 114 unique genes, including 80 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNAs, and 4 rRNAs. Phylogenetic maximum likelihood analysis showed that F. crassifolia was closest to Hongkong kumquat (F. hindsii). The complete chloroplast genome would be subsequently used for citrus species researches.

Application of immunoaffinity purification technology as the pretreatment technology for traditional Chinese medicine: Its application to analysis of hesperidin and narirutin in traditional Chinese medicine preparations containing Citri reticulatae Pericarpium.

In the present study, the feasibility of immunoaffinity chromatography (IAC) as a purification technology for the analysis of bioactive components in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) was evaluated. IAC was used to analyze hesperidin (HP) and narirutin (NR) in TCM preparations containing Citri reticulatae Pericarpium (CRP, Chenpi in Chinese). An IAC column for the specific extraction and enrichment of HP and NR from TCM preparations containing CRP was developed and characterized. After HP reacted with carbonyl diimidazole and coupled to protein, it was used to immune mice for the generation of antibody. Through cell fusion, cloning and screening, monoclonal antibody was obtained. The IAC column was constructed by covalently coupling specific monoclonal antibody against HP and NR to CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B and packed into a common solid phase extraction cartridge. The extraction conditions including loading, washing and eluting, as well as flow rate for the extraction of HP and NR were optimized. Under optimal conditions, the maximum capacity, extraction recovery rate and stability of IAC column was also characterized. Results revealed that the maximum capacity of IAC column for HP and NR was approximately 16µg and the relative binding capacity per 1mL of the column volume was 27µg. The extraction recovery rate of IAC column for HP and NR at three spiked levels was in the range of 94.05-109.15%. After the repeated application for 5 times, no significant loss of specific recognition was observed. Using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) as an effective analytic tool, HP and NR could be successfully separated via IAC column without the inference from impurities, suggesting that the extraction of HP and NR using the prepared IAC column is feasible. The application of IAC can solve the problem of quantitative analysis due to severe interference or low content. Furthermore, pretreatment methods in different matrixes can be unified. The IAC purification procedure can be used as an alternative effective analytical method for the pretreatment of bioactive components in TCM.

New intrinsic mechanism on gum-like superelasticity of multifunctional alloys.

Ti-Nb-based Gum Metals exhibit extraordinary superelasticity with ultralow elastic modulus, superior strength and ductility, and a peculiar dislocation-free deformation behavior, most of which challenge existing theories of crystal strength. Additionally, this kind of alloys actually displays even more anomalous mechanical properties, such as the non-linear superelastic behavior, accompanied by a pronounced tension-to-compression asymmetry, and large ductility with a low Poisson's ratio. Two main contradictory arguments exist concerning the deformation mechanisms of those alloys, i.e., formation of reversible nanodisturbance and reversible martensitic transformation. Herein we used the in-situ synchrotron high-energy X-ray scattering technique to reveal the novel intrinsic physical origin of all anomalous mechanical properties of the Ti-24Nb-4Zr-8Sn-0.10O alloy, a typical gum-like metal. Our experiments provide direct evidence on two different kinds of interesting, stress-induced, reversible nanoscale martensitic transitions, i.e., the austenitic regions with B2 structure transform to α″ martensite and those with BCC structure transform to δ martensite.