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Zou CJ, Li Y, Xu JK, You JB, Png CE, Yang WL. Geometrical Bounds on Irreversibility in Squeezed Thermal Bath. Entropy (Basel) 2023; 25:128. [PMID: 36673269 PMCID: PMC9858152 DOI: 10.3390/e25010128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Irreversible entropy production (IEP) plays an important role in quantum thermodynamic processes. Here, we investigate the geometrical bounds of IEP in nonequilibrium thermodynamics by exemplifying a system coupled to a squeezed thermal bath subject to dissipation and dephasing, respectively. We find that the geometrical bounds of the IEP always shift in a contrary way under dissipation and dephasing, where the lower and upper bounds turning to be tighter occur in the situation of dephasing and dissipation, respectively. However, either under dissipation or under dephasing, we may reduce both the critical time of the IEP itself and the critical time of the bounds for reaching an equilibrium by harvesting the benefits of squeezing effects in which the values of the IEP, quantifying the degree of thermodynamic irreversibility, also become smaller. Therefore, due to the nonequilibrium nature of the squeezed thermal bath, the system-bath interaction energy has a prominent impact on the IEP, leading to tightness of its bounds. Our results are not contradictory with the second law of thermodynamics by involving squeezing of the bath as an available resource, which can improve the performance of quantum thermodynamic devices.
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- Chen-Juan Zou
- Research Center of Nonlinear Science, School of Mathematical and Physical Science, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Research Center of Nonlinear Science, School of Mathematical and Physical Science, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis, Singapore 138632, Singapore
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis, Singapore 138632, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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Zhou WJ, You JB, Xiong X, Lu YW, Ang LK, Liu JF, Wu L. Cavity spectral-hole-burning to boost coherence in plasmon-emitter strong coupling systems. Nanotechnology 2022; 33:475001. [PMID: 35981513 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac8aa3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Significant decoherence of the plasmon-emitter (i.e., plexcitonic) strong coupling systems hinders the progress towards their applications in quantum technology due to the unavoidable lossy nature of the plasmons. Inspired by the concept of spectral-hole-burning (SHB) for frequency-selective bleaching of the emitter ensemble, we propose 'cavity SHB' by introducing cavity modes with moderate quality factors to the plexcitonic system to boost its coherence. We show that the detuning of the introduced cavity mode with respect to the original plexcitonic system, which defines the location of the cavity SHB, is the most critical parameter. Simultaneously introducing two cavity modes of opposite detunings, the excited-state population of the emitter can be enhanced by 4.5 orders of magnitude within 300 fs, and the attenuation of the emitter's population can be slowed down by about 56 times. This theoretical proposal provides a new approach of cavity engineering to enhance the plasmon-emitter strong coupling systems' coherence, which is important for realistic hybrid-cavity design for applications in quantum technology.
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- Wen-Jie Zhou
- Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), 8 Somapah Road, Singapore 487372, Singapore
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis, Singapore 138632, Singapore
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis, Singapore 138632, Singapore
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, People's Republic of China
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- Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), 8 Somapah Road, Singapore 487372, Singapore
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- College of Electronic Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, People's Republic of China
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- Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), 8 Somapah Road, Singapore 487372, Singapore
- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis, Singapore 138632, Singapore
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Zhang W, You JB, Liu J, Xiong X, Li Z, Png CE, Wu L, Qiu CW, Zhou ZK. Steering Room-Temperature Plexcitonic Strong Coupling: A Diexcitonic Perspective. Nano Lett 2021; 21:8979-8986. [PMID: 34644095 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plexcitonic strong coupling between a plasmon-polariton and a quantum emitter empowers ultrafast quantum manipulations in the nanoscale under ambient conditions. The main body of previous studies deals with homogeneous quantum emitters. To enable multiqubit states for future quantum computing and network, the strong coupling involving two excitons of the same material but different resonant energies has been investigated and observed primarily at very low temperature. Here, we report a room-temperature diexcitonic strong coupling (DiSC) nanosystem in which the excitons of a transition metal dichalcogenide monolayer and dye molecules are both strongly coupled to a single Au nanocube. Coherent information exchange in this DiSC nanosystem could be observed even when exciton energy detuning is about five times larger than the respective line widths. The strong coupling behaviors in such a DiSC nanosystem can be manipulated by tuning the plasmon resonant energies and the coupling strengths, opening up a paradigm of controlling plasmon-assisted coherent energy transfer.
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- Wenbo Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 1 Fusionopolis Way, Connexis, Singapore 138632
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- College of Electronic Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 1 Fusionopolis Way, Connexis, Singapore 138632
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 1 Fusionopolis Way, Connexis, Singapore 138632
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 1 Fusionopolis Way, Connexis, Singapore 138632
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117583
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Haug T, Mok WK, You JB, Zhang W, Eng Png C, Kwek LC. Classifying global state preparation via deep reinforcement learning. Mach Learn : Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1088/2632-2153/abc81f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Quantum information processing often requires the preparation of arbitrary quantum states, such as all the states on the Bloch sphere for two-level systems. While numerical optimization can prepare individual target states, they lack the ability to find general control protocols that can generate many different target states. Here, we demonstrate global quantum control by preparing a continuous set of states with deep reinforcement learning. The protocols are represented using neural networks, which automatically groups the protocols into similar types, which could be useful for finding classes of protocols and extracting physical insights. As application, we generate arbitrary superposition states for the electron spin in complex multi-level nitrogen-vacancy centers, revealing classes of protocols characterized by specific preparation timescales. Our method could help improve control of near-term quantum computers, quantum sensing devices and quantum simulations.
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You JB, Xiong X, Bai P, Zhou ZK, Ma RM, Yang WL, Lu YK, Xiao YF, Png CE, Garcia-Vidal FJ, Qiu CW, Wu L. Reconfigurable Photon Sources Based on Quantum Plexcitonic Systems. Nano Lett 2020; 20:4645-4652. [PMID: 32364394 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A single photon in a strongly nonlinear cavity is able to block the transmission of a second photon, thereby converting incident coherent light into antibunched light, which is known as the photon blockade effect. Photon antipairing, where only the entry of two photons is blocked and the emission of bunches of three or more photons is allowed, is based on an unconventional photon blockade mechanism due to destructive interference of two distinct excitation pathways. We propose quantum plexcitonic systems with moderate nonlinearity to generate both antibunched and antipaired photons. The proposed plexcitonic systems benefit from subwavelength field localizations that make quantum emitters spatially distinguishable, thus enabling a reconfigurable photon source between antibunched and antipaired states via tailoring the energy bands. For a realistic nanoprism plexcitonic system, chemical and optical schemes of reconfiguration are demonstrated. These results pave the way to realize reconfigurable nonclassical photon sources in a simple quantum plexcitonic platform.
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- Jia-Bin You
- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16, Connexis, Singapore 138632
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16, Connexis, Singapore 138632
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16, Connexis, Singapore 138632
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16, Connexis, Singapore 138632
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- Departamento de Fisica Teorica de la Materia Condensada and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117583
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16, Connexis, Singapore 138632
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Dong SR, Jiang J, Wang YJ, Li CL, Shi Y, Yang Y, Yang Y, Li LH, Cai B, You JB, Jiang F, Jiang QW, Zhou YB. [Impact of water body environments on the microbial community of Oncomelania hupensis snails in marshlands around the eastern Dongting Lake]. Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi 2020; 32:132-139. [PMID: 32458601 DOI: 10.16250/j.32.1374.2019202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of water body environments on the microbial community of Oncomelania hupensis snails in marshlands of the eastern Dongting Lake where natural extinction of O. hupensis snails are found, so as to explore the correlation between the natural extinction of O. hupensis snails and the microbial community in snails. METHODS Snails were caged water bodies in the Qianliang Lake marshland (Qianliang Lake regions) where natural extinction of snails was found and in the Junshan Park marshland (Junshan Park regions) in the eastern Dongting Lake for 30 days, and then all snails were collected and identified for survival or death. DNA sequencing of the fungi and bacteria was performed in snails before and after immersion in waters, and the biodiversity and abundance were analyzed. RESULTS The survival rates of O. hupensis snails were 28.0% (70/250) and 64.8% (162/250) in Qianliang Lake regions and Junshan Park regions 30 days after immersion in waters, respectively (χ2 = 81.365, P < 0.01). The number of the fungal community and the biodiversity of the bacterial community were both greater in snails caged in Qianliang Lake regions post-immersion than pre-immersion, and there was a significant difference in the structure of the fungal and bacterial communities. The microbial community with a significant difference included Flavobacteriaceae,which was harmful to O. hupensis snails. CONCLUSIONS The water body environment affects the composition of the microbial community in O. hupensis snails in marshlands with natural snail distinction around the eastern Dongting Lake; however, further studies are required to investigate whether the natural distinction of snails is caused by water body environments-induced changes of the microbial spectrum in O. hupensis snails.
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- S R Dong
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Tropical Disease Research Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Junshan District Station for Schistosomiasis Control, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Tropical Disease Research Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Tropical Disease Research Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Tropical Disease Research Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Tropical Disease Research Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Tropical Disease Research Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Tropical Disease Research Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Junshan District Station for Schistosomiasis Control, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, China
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- Qianlianghu Station for Schistosomiasis Control, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Tropical Disease Research Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Tropical Disease Research Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Tropical Disease Research Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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You JB, Yang WL, Chen G, Xu ZY, Wu L, Png CE, Feng M. Optical signatures of Mott-superfluid transition in nitrogen-vacancy centers coupled to photonic crystal cavities: publisher's note. Opt Lett 2020; 45:665. [PMID: 32004279 DOI: 10.1364/ol.387652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This publisher's note contains corrections to Opt. Lett.44, 2081 (2019)OPLEDP0146-959210.1364/OL.44.002081.
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Zhang CN, Yu H, Wang XL, Wang PF, Feng CM, You JB, Wang CL, Xu GH, Zhang GH. Expression of CD63 in Lung Tissue of Guinea Pigs Dying of Anaphylactic Shock. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 35:396-401. [PMID: 31532145 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2019.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract Objective To study the protein expression of cluster of differentiation 63 (CD63) in lung tissues of guinea pigs that died of anaphylactic shock and discuss the diagnostic value of CD63 for death from anaphylactic shock. Methods Twenty guinea pigs were randomly divided into control group, anaphylactic shock immediate death group, cold storage group (4 ℃ for 48 h) and frozen group (-20 ℃ for 7 d). The animal model of guinea pigs that died of anaphylactic shock was established with human mixed serum injection. The expression changes of CD63 protein and CD63 mRNA in lung tissues were detected by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, immunohistochemical staining, Western blotting, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and real-time RT-PCR. Results HE staining results showed congestion, and edema of lung tissues, and eosinophil infiltration in the anaphylactic shock groups. Western blotting analysis results showed that the expression of CD63 protein in the lung tissues of guinea pigs that died of anaphylactic shock was significantly higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). Comparison between the anaphylactic shock groups was made, and the differences had no statistical significance. The results of immunohistochemical staining and real-time RT-PCR were consistent with that of Western blotting. ELISA results showed that CD63 protein expression in the immediate death group was higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion The expression of CD63 protein and CD63 mRNA in the lung tissues of guinea pigs that died of anaphylactic shock is significantly enhanced. Animal carcasses which were put in cold storage for 48 h and frozen for 7 d do not affect the examination of the above indicators. CD63 protein is expected to become an auxiliary diagnostic indicator of death from anaphylactic shock.
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- C N Zhang
- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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Plasmon-polaritons are among the most promising candidates for next-generation optical sensors due to their ability to support extremely confined electromagnetic fields and empower strong coupling of light and matter. Here we propose quantum plasmonic immunoassay sensing as an innovative scheme, which embeds immunoassay sensing with recently demonstrated room-temperature strong coupling in nanoplasmonic cavities. In our protocol, the antibody-antigen-antibody complex is chemically linked with a quantum emitter label. Placing the quantum-emitter-enhanced antibody-antigen-antibody complexes inside or close to a nanoplasmonic (hemisphere dimer) cavity facilitates strong coupling between the plasmon-polaritons and the emitter label resulting in signature Rabi splitting. Through rigorous statistical analysis of multiple analytes randomly distributed on the substrate in extensive realistic computational experiments, we demonstrate a drastic enhancement of the sensitivity up to nearly 1500% compared to conventional shifting-type plasmonic sensors. Most importantly and in stark contrast to classical sensing, we achieve in the strong-coupling (quantum) sensing regime an enhanced sensitivity that is no longer dependent on the concentration of antibody-antigen-antibody complexes down to the single-analyte limit. The quantum plasmonic immunoassay scheme thus not only leads to the development of plasmonic biosensing for single molecules but also opens up new pathways toward room-temperature quantum sensing enabled by biomolecular inspired protocols linked with quantum nanoplasmonics.
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- Nuttawut Kongsuwan
- The Blackett Laboratory , Imperial College London , Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ , United Kingdom
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) , 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis , Singapore 138632 , Singapore
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) , 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis , Singapore 138632 , Singapore
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) , 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis , Singapore 138632 , Singapore
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) , 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis , Singapore 138632 , Singapore
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) , 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis , Singapore 138632 , Singapore
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- The Blackett Laboratory , Imperial College London , Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ , United Kingdom
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You JB, Yang WL, Chen G, Xu ZY, Wu L, Png CE, Feng M. Optical signatures of Mott-superfluid transition in nitrogen-vacancy centers coupled to photonic crystal cavities. Opt Lett 2019; 44:2081-2084. [PMID: 30985816 DOI: 10.1364/ol.44.002081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Detecting optical signatures of quantum phase transitions (QPT) in driven-dissipative systems constitutes a new frontier for many-body physics. Here we propose a practical idea to characterize the extensively studied phenomenon of photonic QPT, based on a many-body system composed of nitrogen-vacancy centers embedded individually in photonic crystal cavities, by detecting the critical behaviors of mean photon number, photon fluctuation, photon correlation, and emitted spectrum. Our results bridge these observables to the distinct optical signatures in different quantum phases and serve as good indicators and invaluable tools for studying dynamical properties of dissipative QPT.
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Hou QZ, You JB, Yang WL, An JH, Chen CY, Feng M. Generation of multiqubit steady-state quantum correlation by squeezed-reservoir engineering. Opt Express 2018; 26:20459-20470. [PMID: 30119356 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.020459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Stationary quantum correlation among two-level systems (TLSs) in steady state is one of unique resources for applications in quantum information processing. Here we propose a scheme to generate such quantum correlation among the TLSs inside a lossy cavity. It is found that, by applying a broadband squeezed laser acting as a squeezed-vacuum reservoir to the cavity, a stable quantum correlation of the TLSs can be generated. By adiabatically eliminating the cavity field, we derive a reduced master equation of the TLSs in the bad-cavity limit. We show that the generated quantum correlation is essentially determined by the squeezing features transferred from the squeezed-vacuum reservoir via the cavity field as a quantum bus. We study the effect of the system parameters, such as the squeezing, the detuning, the coupling strength, and the decay rate of the TLSs, on the performance of the scheme. The feasibility of our proposal is supported by the application of currently available experimental techniques.
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You JB, Yang W. Characterizing real-space topology in Rice-Mele model by thermodynamics. Phys Rev E 2018; 97:012136. [PMID: 29448374 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.97.012136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The thermodynamic quantities which are related to energy-level statistics are used to characterize the real-space topology of the Rice-Mele model. Through studying the energy spectrum of the model under different boundary conditions, we found that the non-normalizable wave function for the infinite domain is reduced to the edge state adhered to the boundary. For the finite domain with symmetric boundary condition, the critical point for the topological phase transition is equal to the inverse of the domain length. In contrast, the critical point is zero for the semi-infinite domain. Additionally, the symmetry of the energy spectrum is found to be sensitive to the boundary conditions of the Rice-Mele model, and the emergence of the edge states as well as the topological phase transition can be reflected in the thermodynamic properties. A potentially practical scheme is proposed for simulating the Rice-Mele model and detecting the relevant thermodynamic quantities in the context of Bose-Einstein condensate.
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- Jia-Bin You
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.,Department of Electronics and Photonics, Institute of High Performance Computing, 1 Fusionopolis Way, 16-16 Connexis, Singapore 138632, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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Wang CL, Xia ZX, Zhang GH, You JB, Yu H, Wang LL, Zhang MZ, Yang HB, Gu JP, Jin YK. [Time-dependent Protein Expressions of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in Liver Contusion Rats after Impact]. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 33:581-586. [PMID: 29441762 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2017.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To observe the protein expression patterns of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 in the liver tissue of liver contusion rats at different time after impact. METHODS Fifty healthy adult male SD rats were randomly and evenly divided into control group and experimental groups (1 h, 3 h, 6 h, 12 h, 18 h, 24 h, 3 d, 5 d, 7 d after liver contusion). A rat liver contusion model was established by a free-falling device. The rats were killed at corresponding time, and the contused hepatic lobes were extracted. The protein expressions of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in contused liver tissue of the rats in each group were observed by immunohistochemical staining (SP method) and Western blotting. RESULTS After the liver contusion, the expression of positive cell and the protein semiquantitative result showed that the protein expression of MMP-2 enhanced at 6 h and peaked at 24 h, then decreased gradually at 3-5 d, and returned to normal levels at 7 d. The difference of expression between group and its previous adjacent group after 6 h (except 18 h) had statistical significance (P<0.05). The protein expression of MMP-9 rose obviously at 1 h after liver contusion and peaked at 18 h, then decreased gradually at 3-7 d which still higher than control group. The expression difference between group and its previous adjacent group (except 12 h and 24 h) had statistical significance (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS The protein expressions of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in contused liver tissue after impact show good time-dependent patterns, which may provide important reference indicators for the time estimation of liver contusion.
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- C L Wang
- People's Procuratorate of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110032, China.,School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- People's Procuratorate of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110032, China
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- People's Procuratorate of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 054002, China
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- Technical Information Center, Supreme People's Procuratorate, Beijing 100144, China
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Zhu ZL, Wang P, You JB, Yue Q, Wang PF, Wang XL, Zhang CN, Zhang GH. [Application of IMA and H-FABP in Forensic Diagnosis of Sudden Cardiac Death]. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 33:393-396. [PMID: 29219272 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2017.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Acute myocardial ischemia is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death. The diagnosis of early myocardial ischemia is a hot point in forensic medicine, which is also an early and important part for a prevention against myocardial infarction. This paper conducts a comprehensive discussion of the structure, function, clinical value and forensic medicine application prospect of ischemia modified albumin (IMA) and heart-type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP), aiming to determine whether the two proteins can be used as biochemical detection indicators of early myocardial ischemia for the diagnosis of sudden cardiac death in forensic medicine.
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- Z L Zhu
- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China.,Criminal Investigation Detachment, Shijingshan Branch of Beijing Public Security Bureau, Beijing 100043, China
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- Criminal Police Detachment, Tieling Public Security Bureau, Tieling 112000, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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- Criminal Police Detachment, Tieling Public Security Bureau, Tieling 112000, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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You JB, Shao XQ, Tong QJ, Chan AH, Oh CH, Vedral V. Majorana transport in superconducting nanowire with Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings. J Phys Condens Matter 2015; 27:225302. [PMID: 25984649 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/22/225302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The tunneling experiment is a key technique for detecting Majorana fermion (MF) in solid state systems. We use Keldysh non-equilibrium Green function method to study two-lead tunneling in superconducting nanowire with Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings. A zero-bias dc conductance peak appears in our setup which signifies the existence of MF and is in accordance with previous experimental results on InSb nanowire. Interestingly, due to the exotic property of MF, there exists a hole transmission channel which makes the currents asymmetric at the left and right leads. The ac current response mediated by MF is also studied here. To discuss the impacts of Coulomb interaction and disorder on the transport property of Majorana nanowire, we use the renormalization group method to study the phase diagram of the wire. It is found that there is a topological phase transition under the interplay of superconductivity and disorder. We find that the Majorana transport is preserved in the superconducting-dominated topological phase and destroyed in the disorder-dominated non-topological insulator phase.
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- Jia-Bin You
- Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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Gao Y, Zhang XW, Qu S, You JB, Yin ZG, Chen NF. Reduction of ordering temperature of self-assembled FePt nanoparticles by addition of Au and Ag. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2011; 11:10548-10552. [PMID: 22408945 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.4006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The [FePt]94Au6 and [FePt]90Ag10 nanoparticle arrays were synthesized on Si substrates by a reverse micellar method, combined with plasma treatment and in-situ deposition of a SiO2 overlayer, and the post annealing step was performed to drive the face-centered cubic to tetragonal phase transition. These FePt nanoparticles exhibit a quasi-hexagonal order with tailored inter-particle spacing and particle size. The effects of the Ag and Au on the structural and magnetic properties of FePt were investigated. The results indicate that both Au and Ag additives can remarkably enhance the coercivity and reduce the ordering temperature, however, the optimum composition is different for them. The optimum composition is determined to be [FePt]94Au6 and [FePt]90Ag10, respectively, for which the ordering temperature of FePt nanoparticles is reduced by -100 degrees C. After 600 degrees C annealing, the [FePt]94Au6 and [FePt]90Ag10 nanoparticles are totally ferromagnetic with apparent larger coercivities of -7.0 kOe, which is about 3.8 kOe larger than that of the pure FePt nanoparticles. The mechanism of the chemical ordering acceleration may be attributed to the defects and strains caused by the Au/Ag additives.
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- Y Gao
- Key Lab of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, PR China
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Dong JJ, Zhang XW, You JB, Cai PF, Yin ZG, An Q, Ma XB, Jin P, Wang ZG, Chu PK. Effects of hydrogen plasma treatment on the electrical and optical properties of ZnO films: identification of hydrogen donors in ZnO. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2010; 2:1780-1784. [PMID: 20499898 DOI: 10.1021/am100298p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Wurtzite ZnO has many potential applications in optoelectronic devices, and the hydrogenated ZnO exhibits excellent photoelectronic properties compared to undoped ZnO; however, the structure of H-related defects is still unclear. In this article, the effects of hydrogen-plasma treatment and subsequent annealing on the electrical and optical properties of ZnO films were investigated by a combination of Hall measurement, Raman scattering, and photoluminescence. It is found that two types of hydrogen-related defects, namely, the interstitial hydrogen located at the bond-centered (H(BC)) and the hydrogen trapped at a O vacancy (H(O)), are responsible for the n-type background conductivity of ZnO films. Besides introducing two hydrogen-related donor states, the incorporated hydrogen passivates defects at grain boundaries. With increasing annealing temperatures, the unstable H(BC) atoms gradually diffuse out of the ZnO films and part of them are converted into H(O), which gives rise to two anomalous Raman peaks at 275 and 510 cm(-1). These results help to clarify the relationship between the hydrogen-related defects in ZnO described in various studies and the free carriers that are produced by the introduction of hydrogen.
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- J J Dong
- Key Lab of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China
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You JB, Zhang XW, Dong JJ, Song XM, Yin ZG, Chen NF, Yan H. Localized-Surface-Plasmon Enhanced the 357 nm Forward Emission from ZnMgO Films Capped by Pt Nanoparticles. Nanoscale Res Lett 2009; 4:1121-1125. [PMID: 20596433 PMCID: PMC2893865 DOI: 10.1007/s11671-009-9366-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2009] [Accepted: 05/26/2009] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The Pt nanoparticles (NPs), which posses the wider tunable localized-surface-plasmon (LSP) energy varying from deep ultraviolet to visible region depending on their morphology, were prepared by annealing Pt thin films with different initial mass-thicknesses. A sixfold enhancement of the 357 nm forward emission of ZnMgO was observed after capping with Pt NPs, which is due to the resonance coupling between the LSP of Pt NPs and the band-gap emission of ZnMgO. The other factors affecting the ultraviolet emission of ZnMgO, such as emission from Pt itself and light multi-scattering at the interface, were also discussed. These results indicate that Pt NPs can be used to enhance the ultraviolet emission through the LSP coupling for various wide band-gap semiconductors.
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- JB You
- Key Lab of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, CAS, 100083, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, CAS, 100083, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, CAS, 100083, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Lab of Thin Film Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, 100022, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, CAS, 100083, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, CAS, 100083, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Lab of Thin Film Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, 100022, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Qu S, Zhang XW, Gao Y, You JB, Fan YM, Yin ZG, Chen NF. Composition deviation of arrays of FePt nanoparticles starting from poly(styrene)-poly(4-vinylpyridine) micelles. Nanotechnology 2008; 19:135704. [PMID: 19636158 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/13/135704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Ordered arrays of FePt nanoparticles were prepared using a diblock polymer micellar method combined with plasma treatment. Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy analyses reveal that the molar ratios of Fe to Pt in metal-salt-loaded micelles deviate from those when metal precursors are added, and that the plasma treatment processes have little influence upon the compositions of the resulting FePt nanoparticles. The results from Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy show that the maximum loadings of FeCl(3) and H(2)PtCl(6) inside poly(styrene)-poly(4-vinylpyridine) micelles are different. The composition deviation of FePt nanoparticles is attributed to the fact that one FeCl(3) molecule coordinates with a single 4-vinylpyridine (4VP) unit, while two neighboring and uncomplexed 4VP units are required for one H(2)PtCl(6) molecule. Additionally, we demonstrate that the center-to-center distances of the neighboring FePt nanoparticles can also be tuned by varying the drawing velocity.
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- S Qu
- Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China
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The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to identify mycobacterial DNA sequences in uncultured clinical specimens. Two oligonucleotide primers derived from the sequence of a gene that codes for the 65-kilodalton antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis amplified DNA from all 11 species of mycobacteria tested. Amplified DNAs of nontuberculosis mycobacteria were found to be approximately 20 to 40 bases shorter than those from M. tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis BCG. DNA equivalent to that present in as few as 40 M. tuberculosis cells either alone or in the presence of DNA equivalent to that in 10(6) human cells could be detected. Results from analysis of cultured bacteria and clinical specimens showed PCR was sensitive and specific both in detecting mycobacteria and in differentiating M. tuberculosis and BCG from other species of mycobacteria. The PCR method with the primers reported here may become a useful tool in the early and rapid detection of mycobacterial infections in uncultured clinical specimens.
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- C C Pao
- Department of Biochemistry, Chang Gung Medical College and Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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