Polymer-protected metal nanoparticles (NPs) are recognized as a type of complex between a polymer and metal NPs, since the metal NPs are stabilized by coordination to the polymer. Thus, they can work as an effective c...
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Polymer-protected metal nanoparticles (NPs) are recognized as a type of complex between a polymer and metal NPs, since the metal NPs are stabilized by coordination to the polymer. Thus, they can work as an effective catalyst in a dispersed state due to their high surface area-to-volume ratio and high stability by protection with poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) (PVP). In this study, colloidal dispersions of PVP-protected and Au-containing bi- and trimetallic NPs were prepared and applied to the catalyst for the aerobic oxidation of glucose into gluconic acid in an alkaline solution. The AuAg and AuPt bimetallic NPs were more active than the Au NPs although the Ag and Pt NPs were less active than the Au NPs. The AuAgPt (Au/Ag/Pt = 7/2/1) trimetallic NPs were the most active catalyst for the same reaction. The high activity can be explained by electronic charge transfer from the Ag or Pt to the Au.
A novel imaging device with a localized illumination volume beyond the diffraction limit was fabricated by the high-aspect-ratio nanofabrication of a perfluoropolymer. The device had nanoimprinted perfluoropolymer ape...
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A novel imaging device with a localized illumination volume beyond the diffraction limit was fabricated by the high-aspect-ratio nanofabrication of a perfluoropolymer. The device had nanoimprinted perfluoropolymer apertures whose diameter and depth were 100 nm and 200 nm, respectively, and was used with a TIRFM. This device is applicable to single-molecule imaging at a high concentration of fluorescent molecules and free from electron leakage and thermal disturbance.
Introduction A high proportion of IL-17-producing gamma-delta T (gd17) cells was detected in joints of Il1rn −/− mice, a model of rheumatoid arthritis, whose development depends on IL-17 and T cells. However, their pa...
Introduction A high proportion of IL-17-producing gamma-delta T (gd17) cells was detected in joints of Il1rn −/− mice, a model of rheumatoid arthritis, whose development depends on IL-17 and T cells. However, their pathogenic roles are not well understood. Methods We assessed the effect of gdT cell or CD4 + T cell depletion in Il1rn −/− mice using a monoclonal antibodies. Then, we examined the pathogenic activity of gd17 cells by adoptive transfer. Results To clarify the roles of gdT cells and CD4 + T cells in the development of arthritis, gdT cells or CD4 + T cells were depleted in Il1rn −/− miceusing antibodies. The development of disease was suppressed in both cases, suggesting both gdT cells and CD4 + T cells were involved in the pathogenesis. Then, the pathogenic role of gd17 cells in the absence of Th17 cells was examined. We generated mice with gd17 cells, but without Th17 cells, by adoptively transferring Il17 −/− Il1rn −/− -CD4 + T cells into nu/nu mice in which gd17 cells are present. We found that these mice still developed arthritis and that only gdT cells produced IL-17. To corroborate that the development of arthritis in this transfer system is dependent on IL-17, we adoptively transferred Il17 −/− Il1rn −/− -CD4 + T cells into Il17 −/− - nu/nu mice. The development of arthritis was significantly suppressed in Il17 −/− - nu/nu mice transferred with Il17 −/− Il1rn −/− -CD4 + T cells compared with Il17 +/+ - nu/nu mice transferred with Il17 −/− Il1rn −/− -CD4 + T cells, suggesting that extrathymic gd17 cells are also important for the development of arthritis. Interestingly, Il1rn −/− mice on the nu/nu mice background, in which only gd17 cells but not thymus-derived T cells are present, also developed arthritis. Thus, gd17 cells alone can induce arthritis without involvement of CD4 + T cells only in Il1rn −/− background mice in which excess IL-1 signaling is introduced. In contrast, a combination of CD4 + T cells and gd17 cells was required for the devel
This paper proposes APTCC, Auto Parallelizing Translator from C to CUDA, a translator from C code to CUDA C without any directives. CUDA C is a programming language for general purpose GPU (GPGPU). CUDA C requires us ...
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This paper proposes APTCC, Auto Parallelizing Translator from C to CUDA, a translator from C code to CUDA C without any directives. CUDA C is a programming language for general purpose GPU (GPGPU). CUDA C requires us a special programming manner differently from C. Although there are several pieces of research to reduce this diffculty, the result of those researches still compels us to beware of GPU architecture. It is better however that we are able to concentrate on the algorithm. Hence we propose translation of C code into CUDA C optimized to the target GPU architecture without directives, where the complexity of the GPU hardware is transparent to the programmer. In translating a C code to a CUDA C code, two questions have to be answered. The first question is how to select the code fragments which should be translated into CUDA C, and the second question is how to translate the selected code fragments into CUDA C. To the first question, this paper proposes a heuristic selection scheme based on the loop structure of the source code. The current implementation of APTCC selects nested loops for the target of translation. To the second question, APTCC translate all the statements in the body of outermost loop into CUDA C. This paper explains the detailed implementation of APTCC and compares the results of performance comparison of a few experimental input source codes.
Magnetically recyclable Au/Co/Fe core-shell nanoparticles (NPs) have been successfully synthesized via a one-step in situ procedure. Transmission electron microscope (TEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopic (...
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Magnetically recyclable Au/Co/Fe core-shell nanoparticles (NPs) have been successfully synthesized via a one-step in situ procedure. Transmission electron microscope (TEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopic (EDS), and electron energy-loss spectroscopic (EELS) measurements revealed that the trimetallic Au/Co/Fe NPs have a triple-layered core-shell structure composed of a Au core, a Co-rich inter-layer, and a Fe-rich shell. The Au/Co/Fe core-shell NPs exhibit much higher catalytic activities for hydrolytic dehydrogenation of ammonia borane (NHBBH3, AB) than the monometallic (Au, Co, Fe) or bimetallic (AuCo, AuFe, CoFe) counterparts.
A relationship between hexagonal phases in the Zn-Mg-RE (RE=rare earth) system and icosahedral quasicrystalline phase is discussed. There are three hexagonal phases in the vicinity of Zn6Mg3RE1 which are related with ...
A relationship between hexagonal phases in the Zn-Mg-RE (RE=rare earth) system and icosahedral quasicrystalline phase is discussed. There are three hexagonal phases in the vicinity of Zn6Mg3RE1 which are related with a lattice parameters by a ratio 3:5:7 but with approximately the same c parameters. A structural model for the phase with medium a lattice parameter is proposed based on the structures of the other two phases recently determined. We also show a preliminary result of X-ray diffraction study of the Zn-Mg-Ho icosahedral phase.
A channel add-filtering function of a device based on defects in a two dimensional photonic crystal slab is investigated in addition to a channel drop-filtering function reported previously. It is considered that phot...
A channel add-filtering function of a device based on defects in a two dimensional photonic crystal slab is investigated in addition to a channel drop-filtering function reported previously. It is considered that photons irradiated to a point defect from free space are trapped by the point defect, are transferred to a line defect waveguide nearby, and are emitted from the waveguide edge. It is shown that the spectrum of the add-filtering function is almost same as that of the drop-filtering function, which demonstrates that photons can be not only dropped-from but also added-to a line-defect waveguide through the resonant trapping by point defects.
This paper reports the design and test results of a single-flux-quantum (SFQ) bit-serial adder, which we designed with a target-clock frequency of 100 GHz, to investigate several techniques for producing ultra-high-sp...
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We demonstrate a silicon DQPSK receiver, that is symbol-rate variable, fabricated by using CMOS-compatible process. It consists of Si-wire waveguides, splitters/couplers, heater-controlled Mach-Zehnder attenuators, ph...
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