Regulating the magnetic anisotropy by Hf thickness and heat treatment in Pt/Co/Hf films

Li Minghua,Zhang Shijie,Wang Shuanghai,Li Yongzeng,Liu Lu,Chen Yu,Shi Hui,Yu Guanghua 한국물리학회 2022 Current Applied Physics Vol.34 No.-

Pt/Co/Hf multilayers were prepared by magnetron sputtering, and the magnetic anisotropy was effectively regulated by Hf thickness and heat treatment in Pt/Co/Hf films. The interface microstructures were characterized. The influence of the interface microstructure on magnetic properties was studied. The results show that the magnetic anisotropy in Pt/Co/Hf films is closely related to the interface microstructure, which is influenced by Hf thickness and the heat treatment temperature. Microstructure analysis shows that after the Pt(3)/Co(1.5)/Hf (1) film is heat-treated, the CoOx content increases, more CoPt(111) forms, the interface is smoother and sharper, and the roughness of the Co/Hf interface decreases. Several factors work together to cause the magnetic anisotropy of the sample to change from in-plane magnetic anisotropy (IMA)to perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA).

MicroRNA-3200-5p Promotes Osteosarcoma Cell Invasion via Suppression of BRMS1

Li, Gen,Li, Li,Sun, Qi,Wu, Jiezhou,Ge, Wei,Lu, Guanghua,Cai, Ming Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology 2018 Molecules and cells Vol.41 No.6

Tumour metastasis is one of the most serious challenges of cancer as it is the major cause of mortality in patients with solid tumours, including osteosarcoma (OS). In this regard, anti-metastatic genes have potential for metastasis inhibition strategies. Recent evidence showed the importance of breast cancer metastasis suppressor 1 (BRMS1) in control of OS invasiveness, but the regulation of BRMS1 in OS remains largely unknown. Here, we used bioinformatics analyses to predict BRMS1-targeting microRNAs (miRNAs), and the functional binding of miRNAs to BRMS1 mRNA was evaluated using a dual luciferase reporter assay. Among all BRMS1-targeting miRNAs, only miR-151b, miR-7-5p and miR-3200-5p showed significant expression in OS specimens. Specifically, we found that only miR-3200-5p significantly inhibited protein translation of BRMS1 via pairing to the 3'-UTR of the BRMS1 mRNA. Moreover, we detected significantly lower BRMS1 and significantly higher miR-3200-5p in the OS specimens compared to the paired adjacent non-tumour bone tissues. Furthermore, BRMS1 and miR-3200-5p levels were inversely correlated to each other. Low BRMS1 was correlated with metastasis and poor patient survival. In vitro, overexpression of miR-3200-5p significantly decreased BRMS1 levels and promoted OS cell invasion and migration, while depletion of miR-3200-5p significantly increased BRMS1 levels and inhibited OS cell invasion and migration. Thus, our study revealed that miR-3200-5p may be a critical regulator of OS cell invasiveness.

Heterogeneous Fenton degradation of Orange II by immobilization of Fe3O4 nanoparticles onto Al-Fe pillared bentonite

Wenbing Li,Dong Wan,Guanghua Wang,Kun Chen,Qin Hu,Lulu Lu 한국화학공학회 2016 Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol.33 No.5

A novel catalyst, Fe3O4 nanoparticle decorated Al-Fe pillared bentonite (Fe3O4/Al-Fe-P-B), was prepared by in situ precipitation oxidization method. The catalyst was characterized by SEM, XRD and Raman spectroscopy. The Fe3O4 nanoparticles mainly exist on the surface or enter into the pore of bentonite, with better dispersing and less coaggregation. The catalytic activity of Fe3O4/Al-Fe-P-B was investigated in the degradation of Orange II (OII) by heterogeneous Fenton-like process. The effects of initial concentration of hydrogen peroxide, catalyst loading, temperature and initial pH on the degradation of OII were investigated. The Fe3O4/Al-Fe-P-B showed higher degradation efficiency of OII than bare Fe3O4 or Al-Fe-P-B in the degradation experiment. The enhanced catalytic activity of Fe3O4/Al-Fe-P-B in heterogeneous Fenton system was due to the synergistic effect between Al-Fe-P-B and Fe3O4. The novel catalyst can achieve solid-liquid separation easily by sample magnetic separation and has a good reusability and stability.

Comparative Analysis of Coreless Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator for Wind Power Generation

Zhu Jun,Li Guanghua,Cao Di,Zhang Zhenyi,Li Shuaihui 대한전기학회 2020 Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology Vol.15 No.2

A 90° Halbach permanent magnet array coreless axial fux permanent magnet synchronous generator for wind power generation is compared with a conventional axial fux permanent magnet generator with cut cake type permanent magnet. 2D analytic model of generator is established. The air gap magnetic felds of two generators are analyzed by analytical method, and the air gap magnetic density and harmonic content are analyzed. Then the infuence of diferent parameters on voltage total harmonic distortion is analyzed by changing the pole arc coefcient, air gap length, permanent magnet thickness and number of turns. Two prototypes of generators are manufactured, and the correctness of the simulation results is verifed by experiments.

Tensile Behavior of High-Strength Stainless Steel Wire Rope (HSSSWR)-Reinforced ECC

Xinling Wang,Guanghua Yang,Wenwen Qian,Ke Li,Juntao Zhu 한국콘크리트학회 2021 International Journal of Concrete Structures and M Vol.15 No.6

Engineered cementitious composites (ECC) show the distinguished characteristics of high post-cracking resistance and ductility. High-strength stainless steel wire rope (HSSSWR) has been successfully used for restoring or strengthening of existing structures. By combining the advantages of these two materials, a new composite system formed by embedding HSSSWR into ECC was proposed and expected to be a promising engineering material for repair or strengthening of structures. To investigate the tensile failure mechanism and mechanical properties of HSSSWR-reinforced ECC, an experimental study on 27 HSSSWR-reinforced ECC plates was conducted considering the effects of the reinforcement ratio of longitudinal HSSSWRs, formula of ECC and width of the plate. Test results revealed that HSSSWR-reinforced ECC exhibit superior post-cracking resistance, deformation capacity and crack-width control capacity. Increasing the reinforcement ratio of longitudinal HSSSWRs can effectively enhance the tensile strength, crack-width control capacity, deformation capacity and tensile toughness of HSSSWR-reinforced ECC. Adding thickener in ECC can significantly improve the crack-width control capacity and deformation capacity of HSSSWR-reinforced ECC due to enhancing uniform distribution of polyvinyl alcohol fibers, but would slightly reduce the cracking stress and maximum tensile stress by bringing small bubbles in the matrix. The tensile properties of HSSSWR-reinforced ECC plates are almost not affected by varying the plate width. Besides, a tensile constitutive model was developed for charactering the stress-strain relationship of HSSSWR-reinforced ECC in tension. Based on mechanical theories and failure characteristics of HSSSWR-reinforced ECC, the model parameters were determined, and calculation equations of cracking stress and tensile strength were proposed. The accuracy of the developed model and calculation equations was verified by test results.

Magnetic Field Calculation and Multi-objective Optimization of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator with Coreless Stator Windings

Zhu Jun,Li Shaolong,Song Dandan,Han Qiaoli,Li guanghua 대한전기학회 2018 Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology Vol.13 No.4

For the problem that the complexity of 3-D modeling and multi parameter optimization, as well as the uncertainty of the winding factor of axial flux permanent magnet generator with coreless windings. The complex 3-D model was simplified into 2-D analytic model, and an analytical formula for the winding factor that adapting different coreless stator winding is proposed in this paper. The analytical solution for air-gap magnetic fields, no-load back EMF, electromagnetic torque, and efficiency are calculated by using this method. The multiple objective and multivariable optimization of the maximum fundamental and the minimum harmonic content of back EMF are performed by using response surface methodology. The proposed optimum design method was applied to make a generator. The generator was tested and the calculated results are compared with the proposed method, which show good agreements.

De novo genome assembly and annotation of Holothuria scabra (Jaeger, 1833) from nanopore sequencing reads

Luo Honglin,Huang Guanghua,Li Jianbin,Yang Qiong,Zhu Jiajie,Zhang Bin,Feng Pengfei,Zhang Yongde,Yang Xueming 한국유전학회 2022 Genes & Genomics Vol.44 No.12

Background: Holothuria scabra is a costly gourmet and traditional Chinese tonic medicine. However, the lack of high-quality genome information hinders the genetic, phylogenetic, and bioactivator researches. Objective: To construct high-quality genomic data of H. scabra and conduct genome-wide phylogenetic analysis. Methods: The whole genome of a male H. scabra was sequenced based on Nanopore MinION platform, and the sequence was assembled by wtdbg2. Transcriptome sequencing was used to aid the gene annotation. Repeat sequences, non-coding RNA, pseudogene and gene functional annotation were analyzed. 750 single-copy gene families from ten species were applied to construct phylogenetic tree for evolutionary analysis by using the ML method. Results: The H. scabra genome of 1.18 Gb (N50 = 1557,492 bp) with 500.42 Mb of putative repetitive sequences was assembled from a male H. scabra individual, and 16,642 protein-coding genes, 951 pseudogenes, 1791 motifs and 45,400 domains from the generated assembly were identified. The divergence time between H. scabra and its ancestor was estimated approximately 192.6 million years ago. H. scabra and A. japonicas joined together while sea urchin and sea star diverged about 440 Mya ago. Some key genes involved in notochord and gill slits development, skeleton degeneration and nervous system, as well as homeobox genes differ between H. scabra and Apostichopus japonicas. Conclusion: We report the first whole genome of H. scabra with expectation that this will be a valuable resource for genetic, phylogenetic, breading, molecular biology and bioactivator studies of sea cucumbers and other invertebrates.

Comparative analysis of bovine maternal corpus luteum microRNAs with aberrant and normal developed cloned fetus at late gestation

Xiaohu Su,Shenyuan Wang,Guangqi Gao,Xinyu Zho,Lidong Han,Guanghua Su,Jiaqi Zhang,Wanfu Bai,Xiuying Wang,Guangpeng Li,Li Zhang 한국유전학회 2020 Genes & Genomics Vol.42 No.3

Background The development efficiency of cloned cattle is extremely low (< 5%), most of them were aborted at late gestation. Based on our previous studies, some recipient cows with a cloned fetus would present as engorged uterine vessels and enlarged umbilical vessels randomly. Abortion involves both maternal and fetal factors. Objective Our aim was to explore this phenomenon by microRNAs expression profile analysis of maternal corpus luteum (CL), which was related to pregnancy maintenance. Methods The present study provided the comparison of maternal CL miRNAs expression of abnormally and normally developed cloned bovine fetus at late gestation (~ 210 days) using RNA-Seq technology. Results We selected two abnormally pregnant cows (abnormal group, AG) and three normally pregnant cows (normal group, NG) and acquired valid reads of 9317,261–12,327,185 (~ 84.53–91.28%) from five libraries. In total, we identified 981 conserved miRNAs and 223 novel miRNAs. 1052 miRNAs were co-expressed, 124 miRNAs were uniquely expressed in AG, and 93 miRNAs were uniquely expressed in the NG. Compared with NG, 11 were significantly overexpressed, and 22 were downregulated (p < 0.05) at AG among 1052 co-expressed miRNAs. The differentially expressed miRNAs-targeted genes were further analyzed by Gene Ontology and KEGG pathway analysis. Notably, the steroid biosynthesis pathway was a significantly enriched term (p < 0.01), which may affect the secretion of progesterone. Conclusion Our research suggested that abnormal miRNAs expression of bovine maternal CL may affect the pregnant status at late gestation.

A community computational challenge to predict the activity of pairs of compounds

Bansal, Mukesh,Yang, Jichen,Karan, Charles,Menden, Michael P,Costello, James C,Tang, Hao,Xiao, Guanghua,Li, Yajuan,Allen, Jeffrey,Zhong, Rui,Chen, Beibei,Kim, Minsoo,Wang, Tao,Heiser, Laura M,Realubit Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan P 2014 Nature biotechnology Vol.32 No.12

Recent therapeutic successes have renewed interest in drug combinations, but experimental screening approaches are costly and often identify only small numbers of synergistic combinations. The DREAM consortium launched an open challenge to foster the development of in silico methods to computationally rank 91 compound pairs, from the most synergistic to the most antagonistic, based on gene-expression profiles of human B cells treated with individual compounds at multiple time points and concentrations. Using scoring metrics based on experimental dose-response curves, we assessed 32 methods (31 community-generated approaches and SynGen), four of which performed significantly better than random guessing. We highlight similarities between the methods. Although the accuracy of predictions was not optimal, we find that computational prediction of compound-pair activity is possible, and that community challenges can be useful to advance the field of in silico compound-synergy prediction.