Copper azide is a promising primary explosive with low toxicity and high energy density. However, due to the extreme electrostatic sensitivity, it does not have many practical applications in the miniaturized pyrotech...
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Copper azide is a promising primary explosive with low toxicity and high energy density. However, due to the extreme electrostatic sensitivity, it does not have many practical applications in the miniaturized pyrotechnics. In this work, we constructed an energetic composite, embedding in oriented carbon nanotubes (CNTs) arrays grown on a silicon substrate, which is compatible with the micmfabrication technique of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Since it has excellent electrical conductivity and mechanical strength, oriented CNTs, as nano-containers of Cu(N-3)(2), can availably reduce the electrostatic sensitivity and bring about the directional output of detonation energy. The oriented CNTs arrays were prepared by magnetron sputtering, anodization and chemical vapor deposition successively. Electrochemical deposition was used to deposit copper nanoparticles in the cavities of CNTs, which were converted into copper azide by subsequent in-situ azide reaction. The electrostatic sensitivity test, thermal performance analysis and laser ignition experiment were conducted on the energetic composite, respectively. The results show that the energetic composite kept safe under an electrostatic stimulation of 3.18 mJ, while original copper azide exploded when subjected to stimulation of 0.05 mJ. The energetic composite opens a new route of introducing hazardous primary explosives into micro-initiators and modern pyrotechnics.
Objectives Milletia speciosa Champ (MS), a traditional Chinese medicine, has the abilities of antistress, antifatigue, anti-oxidation and so on. In our previous study, MS was found to antidepression while the underlyi...
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Objectives Milletia speciosa Champ (MS), a traditional Chinese medicine, has the abilities of antistress, antifatigue, anti-oxidation and so on. In our previous study, MS was found to antidepression while the underlying mechanism of which needs further elucidation. Methods Here, a proton nuclear magnetic resonance (H-1-NMR)-based metabonomics combined network pharmacology research approach was performed to investigate the antidepressive mechanism of MS act on mouse with chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depression. Key findings Results showed that MS could alleviate the ethology of depression (including sucrose preference degree, crossing lattice numbers and stand-up times) and disordered biochemical parameters (5-hydroxytryptamine, norepinephrine and brain-derived neurotrophic factor). Metabonomics study and network pharmacology analysis showed that MS might improve depression through synergistically regulating five targets including Maoa, Maob, Ache, Ido1 and Comt, and three metabolic pathways such as tryptophan metabolism, synthesis of neurotransmitter and phospholipid metabolism. Conclusions This study for the first time preliminary clarified the potential antidepressive mechanism of MS and provided theoretical basis for developing MS into novel effective antidepressant.
Cutaneous melanoma is one of the aggressive cancers. Recent studies have shown that Photobiomodulation (PBM) can inhibit the proliferation of melanoma cells. However, it is not clear that the effect of PBM light mode ...
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Cutaneous melanoma is one of the aggressive cancers. Recent studies have shown that Photobiomodulation (PBM) can inhibit the proliferation of melanoma cells. However, it is not clear that the effect of PBM light mode on the inhibition of melanoma cells. Herein, we investigated the difference of influence between continuous wave (CW) and Pulse PBM on B16F10 melanoma cells. Our results suggested that Pulse mode had a more sig-nificant inhibition on the viability of B16F10 melanoma cells than CW mode under the PBM light parameter of wavelength, dose, and average irradiance at 457 nm, 1.14 J/cm(2), and 0.19 mW/cm(2). Besides, we revealed the differentially expressed genes of B16F10 melanoma cells under the various treatments of PBM light mode (not PBM treatment, CW mode, and Pulse mode) by RNA sequencing. Together, our data suggested that Pulse-PBM can improve the effect of PBM on cells significantly and there may be different molecular mechanisms be-tween Pulse and CW mode including anti-proliferative and cell necrosis. The study shed new light on investi-gating the molecular mechanisms of various PBM light modes on B16F10 melanoma cells.
With the further development of China's electricity reform, the consumption of renewable energy in a market-oriented way has become an important goal. The transfer of power generation rights has become the most im...
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