The Influence of Epoxy Functionalized Acrylate Particles on the Properties of Plasticized PLA Blown Films

Ye Zhang,Yan Zhao,Hongwei Pan,Xianzhong Lang,Huili Yang,Huiliang Zhang,Huixuan Zhang,Lisong Dong 한국고분자학회 2016 폴리머 Vol.40 No.3

Polylactide (PLA) was plasticized with poly(diethylene glycol adipate) (PDEGA). The plasticized PLA was further blended with core-shell structured particles of glycidyl methacrylate-functionalized methyl methacrylate-butyl acrylate copolymer (GACR) using a twin-screw extruder, and the extruded samples were blown using the blown thin film technique. Both PDEGA and GACR significantly influenced the physical properties of the films. Compared to neat PLA, the elongation at break and tear strength of the films were significantly improved. The shear yielding induced by cavitation of GACR particles was the major tearing mechanism. GACR could act as a tear resistance modifier for PLA blown films. The spherulite size of the PLA/PDEGA/GACR films decreased with the addition of GACR. The biodegradability of the PLA/PDEGA/GACR films decreased slightly. These findings contributed new knowledge to the additive area and gave important implications for designing and manufacturing polymer packaging materials.

Research on a Method for the Optical Measurement of the Rifling Angle of Artillery Based on Angle Error Correction: Publisher Correction

Ye Zhang,Yang Zheng 한국광학회 2021 Current Optics and Photonics Vol.5 No.1

Membrane technologies for Li+/Mg2+ separation from salt-lake brines and seawater: A comprehensive review

Ye Zhang,Li Wang,Wei Sun,Yue-hua Hu,Honghu Tang 한국공업화학회 2020 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.81 No.-

Recent years have seen rapid improvement of technology and large-scale applications of lithium-ionbatteries, which leads to an increasing market demand for lithium. Since the land lithium resources arediminishing drastically, the sources of lithium extraction have shifted to the large amount of waterresources containing salt-lake brines and seawater. Among the varieties of aqueous recovery approaches,membrane technology seems to have huge development potential and good application prospect. This isbecause the membrane technologies exhibit excellent Li/Mg separation selectivity, with low energyconsumption and green process owing to no addition of chemicals. The present work reviews the latestadvances in various membrane technologies, including nanofiltration membrane, electrodialysis,membrane capacitive deionization approaches, solid electrolyte electrolysis-based technology, etc. Therecent developments in positively charged nanofiltration membrane are discussed in terms of thepreparation methods, membrane properties, and Li/Mg separation coefficient. In addition, the effects ofseveral factors on electrodialysis for lithium extraction and relevant mechanisms in both simple andactual saline systems are discussed, including applied voltage, VC/VD, and coexisting ions. Theapplications of electrodialysis with novel selective membrane involving nanofiltration membrane as wellas solid electrolyte membrane and perspectives for further investigation are proposed.

The influence of ultrasound and adenosine 5’-monophosphate marination on tenderness and structure of myofibrillar proteins of beef

Ye Zou,Heng Yang,Muhan Zhang,Xinxiao Zhang,Weimin Xu,Daoying Wang 아세아·태평양축산학회 2019 Animal Bioscience Vol.32 No.10

Objective: The aim was to investigate the influence of ultrasound and adenosine 5’-monophosphate (AMP) marination (UAMP) on tenderness and structure of myofibrillar proteins of beef. Methods: Five groups, the untreated meat (Control), deionized water marination (DW), ultrasound followed by DW (UDW), AMP marination (AMP), and ultrasound followed by AMP (UAMP) were studied. Myofibrillar fragmentation, cooking loss, shear force, thermograms, histological observation of meats and myofibrillar proteins properties were investigated in these different treatments. Results: The results showed that UAMP significantly increased myofibrillar fragmentation index from 152 (Control), 231 (AMP), and 307 (UDW) to 355 (p<0.05), respectively. The lowest cooking loss, shear force and peak denaturation temperature were observed in UAMP. In histological observation, UDW and UAMP had more fragmented muscular bundles than the others. Furthermore, a drastic increase in α-helix and decrease in β-sheet of myofibrillar proteins was observed in UAMP, implying the disaggregation of protein samples. The synchronous fluorescence spectra of myofibrillar proteins in UAMP suggested the combination of ultrasound and AMP could accelerate the unfolding molecular structure and destroying hydrophobic interactions. The results of circular dichroism and synchronous fluorescence spectra for myofibrillar proteins coincided with the microstructures of beef. Conclusion: The results indicate that ultrasound combined with AMP improved meat tenderness not only by disruption in muscle integrity, increasing water retention, but also altering their spatial structure of myofibrillar proteins.

High resolution reconstruction method of ghost imaging via SURF-NSML

Ye Hualong,Kang Yi,Wang Jian,Zhang Leihong,Sun Haojie,Zhang Dawei 한국물리학회 2022 THE JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY Vol.80 No.10

To meet the visual characteristics of human eyes, high resolution imaging technology came into being. In this paper, a high resolution reconstruction method of ghost imaging via SURF-NSML is proposed. Using the image registration method of Speeded Up Robust Features (SURF) and the fusion algorithm of New Sum of Modifed Laplacian (NSML), a series of low-resolution images obtained by the ghost imaging system were registered and fused to obtain high-resolution images. This high resolution image reconstruction method does not need the use of spectroscopic devices, flters and other devices, simplifying the experimental equipment; and it is received by a bucket detector, which greatly increases the utilization of experimental equipment. By the reconstruction analysis of images from natural scenes and from the medical feld, it is proved that this method combining the device platform with the language algorithm can reconstruct the target image with better visual characteristics and richer details, which has a good promotion efect on the research of image reconstruction.

Garcinol, an Acetyltransferase Inhibitor, Suppresses Proliferation of Breast Cancer Cell Line MCF-7 Promoted by 17β-Estradiol

Ye, Xia,Yuan, Lei,Zhang, Li,Zhao, Jing,Zhang, Chun-Mei,Deng, Hua-Yu Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.12

The acetyltransferase inhibitor garcinol, a polyisoprenylated benzophenone, is extracted from the rind of the fruit of Garcinia indica, a plant found extensively in tropical regions. Anti-cancer activity has been suggested but there is no report on its action via inhibiting acetylation against cell proliferation, cell cycle progression, and apoptosis-inhibtion induced by estradiol ($E_2$) in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. The main purposes of this study were to investigate the effects of the acetyltransferase inhibitor garcinol on cell proliferation, cell cycle progression and apoptosis inhibition in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells treated with estrogen, and to explore the significance of changes in acetylation levels in this process. We used a variety of techniques such as CCK-8 analysis of cell proliferation, FCM analysis of cell cycling and apoptosis, immunofluorescence analysis of NF-${\kappa}B$/p65 localization, and RT-PCR and Western blotting analysis of ac-H3, ac-H4, ac-p65, cyclin D1, Bcl-2 and Bcl-xl. We found that on treatment with garcinol in MCF-7 cells, $E_2$-induced proliferation was inhibited, cell cycle progression was arrested at G0/G1 phase, and the cell apoptosis rate was increased. Expression of ac-H3, ac-H4 and NF-${\kappa}B$/ac-p65 proteins in $E_2$-treated MCF-7 cells was increased, this being inhibited by garcinol but not ac-H4.The nuclear translocation of NF-${\kappa}B$/p65 in $E_2$-treated MCF-7 cells was also inhibited, along with cyclin D1, Bcl-2 and Bcl-xl in mRNA and protein expression levels. These results suggest that the effect of $E_2$ on promoting proliferation and inhibiting apoptosis is linked to hyperacetylation levels of histones and nonhistone NF-${\kappa}B$/p65 in MCF-7 cells. The acetyltransferase inhibitor garcinol plays an inhibitive role in MCF-7 cell proliferation promoted by $E_2$. Mechanisms are probably associated with decreasing ac-p65 protein expression level in the NF-${\kappa}B$ pathway, thus down-regulating the expression of cyclin D1, Bcl-2 and Bcl-xl.

Research on a Method for the Optical Measurement of the Rifling Angle of Artillery Based on Angle Error Correction

Ye Zhang,Yang Zheng 한국광학회 2020 Current Optics and Photonics Vol.4 No.6

The rifling angle of artillery is an important parameter, and its determination plays a key role in the stability, hit rate, accuracy and service life of artillery. In this study, we propose an optical measurement method for the rifling angle based on angle error correction. The method is based on the principle of geometrical optics imaging, where the rifling on the inner wall of the artillery barrel is imaged on a CCD camera target surface by an optical system. When the measurement system moves in the barrel, the rifling image rotates accordingly. According to the relationship between the rotation angle of the rifling image and the travel distance of the measurement system, different types of rifling equations are established. Solving equations of the rifling angle are deduced according to the definition of the rifling angle. Furthermore, we added an angle error correction function to the method that is based on the theory of dynamic optics. This function can measure and correct the angle error caused by the posture change of the measurement system. Thus, the rifling angle measurement accuracy is effectively improved. Finally, we simulated and analyzed the influence of parameter changes of the measurement system on rifling angle measurement accuracy. The simulation results show that the rifling angle measurement method has high measurement accuracy, and the method can be applied to different types of rifling angle measurements. The method provides the theoretical basis for the development of a high-precision rifling measurement system in the future.

Research on Camouflaged Encryption Scheme Based on Hadamard Matrix and Ghost Imaging Algorithm

Zhang Leihong,Wang Yang,Ye Hualong,Xu Runchu,Zhang Dawei 한국광학회 2021 Current Optics and Photonics Vol.5 No.6

A camouflaged encryption scheme based on Hadamard matrix and ghost imaging is proposed. In the process of the encryption, an orthogonal matrix is used as the projection pattern of ghost imaging to improve the definition of the reconstructed images. The ciphertext of the secret image is constrained to the camouflaged image. The key of the camouflaged image is obtained by the method of sparse decomposition by principal component orthogonal basis and the constrained ciphertext. The information of the secret image is hidden into the information of the camouflaged image which can improve the security of the system. In the decryption process, the authorized user needs to extract the key of the secret image according to the obtained random sequences. The real encrypted information can be obtained. Otherwise, the obtained image is the camouflaged image. In order to verify the feasibility, security and robustness of the encryption system, binary images and gray-scale images are selected for simulation and experiment. The results show that the proposed encryption system simplifies the calculation process, and also improves the definition of the reconstructed images and the security of the encryption system.

Analysis on Modeling and Motion Simulation Based on Manipulator End Executor of Small Satellite during the Grasping Process

Zhang Yuan,Shao Junpeng,Zhang Liyuan,Dai Ye,Lai Yinan 보안공학연구지원센터 2015 International Journal of Smart Home Vol.9 No.10

This paper introduces the components and functions of institution aiming at docking capture link of the small satellite manipulator end executor. Putting forward to Euler method and quaternion as the theoretical basis, kinetics of grasping institution the relative position and attitude are modeling and analyzed. The axial tilt grab conditions of the simulation analysis are finished by the ADAMS software. The results of the simulation analysis for the relative position and velocity and the hand-grasp collision force are concluded.

Mitigating Disturbance in Harmonic Voltage Using Grid‑side Current Feedback for Grid‑connected LCL‑fltered Inverter

Ye Zhang,Muqin Tian,Jiancheng Song,XiaoYu Zhang 대한전기학회 2020 Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology Vol.15 No.3

As the interface between new energy and power grid, the grid-connected LCL-fltered inverter plays a key role in energy conversion. However, it performs poor at rejecting grid background harmonics that distort the grid-side current and afect the quality of the output power of the inverter. Thus, a feedback strategy for the grid-side current employing the proportional integral and resonant controller (PI+HC) is used to mitigate the harmonics of the grid-side current and improves the quality of the output power of the grid-connected LCL-fltered inverter. Owing to the grid-side current feedback control system is unstable, improved High Pass Filter (HPF) active damping based on unit delay feedback is used to guarantee stability and efectiveness of PI+HC. The proposed method for mitigating grid-side current harmonics is validated by a detailed simulation and the results of experiments.