Medical isotopes are the foundation material for nuclear medicine and are primarily produced through in-reactor irradia-tion.Neutron spectrum regulation is the main technical approach for enhancing the production of m...Medical isotopes are the foundation material for nuclear medicine and are primarily produced through in-reactor irradia-tion.Neutron spectrum regulation is the main technical approach for enhancing the production of medical isotopes,and it requires determining the optimal neutron spectrum and quantifying the values of neutrons in different energy regions.We calculated the neutron energy region values for 20 medical isotopes(^(14)C,^(32)P,^(47)Sc,^(60)Co,^(64)Cu,^(67)Cu,^(89)Sr,^(90)Y,^(99)Mo,^(125)I,^(131)I,^(153)Sm,^(161)Tb,^(166)Ho,^(177)Lu,^(186)Re,^(188)Re,^(92)Ir,^(225)Ac,and ^(252)Cf).The entire energy range was divided into 238 energy regions to improve the energy spectrum resolution,and both fast and thermal reactors were simulated to enhance universal applicability.A dataset of neutron energy region values across the entire energy range was built,which identifies the positive and negative-energy regions and guides the neutron spectrum regulation process during in-reactor medical isotope produc-tion.We conducted neutron spectrum regulation based on this dataset,which effectively improved the production efficiency of medical isotopes and demonstrated the correctness and feasibility of the dataset.展开更多
How to regulate the supramolecular structures in the assembly of graphene quantum dots(GQDs)is still a great challenge to be overcome.Herein,the GQDs of 1-3 layers with high quality are synthesized from the new precur...How to regulate the supramolecular structures in the assembly of graphene quantum dots(GQDs)is still a great challenge to be overcome.Herein,the GQDs of 1-3 layers with high quality are synthesized from the new precursor m-trihydroxybenzene in a green method.More importantly,a strategy for designing the supramolecular structures of GQDs is demonstrated,and the novel supramolecular morphologies of GQDs have been constructed for the first time.Moreover,the supramolecular morphologies of GQDs can be well controlled by regulating the preparation conditions,and the formation mechanism of the branch-like supramolecular structure has been explained by the the diffusion-limited aggregation(DLA)model.This work not only develops a new precoursor to synthesize GQDs,but also opens up an effective route toform the polymorphic supermolecules,thus greatly facilitating their potential applications.展开更多
基金sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12305190)Lingchuang Research Project of China National Nuclear Corporation(CNNC).
文摘Medical isotopes are the foundation material for nuclear medicine and are primarily produced through in-reactor irradia-tion.Neutron spectrum regulation is the main technical approach for enhancing the production of medical isotopes,and it requires determining the optimal neutron spectrum and quantifying the values of neutrons in different energy regions.We calculated the neutron energy region values for 20 medical isotopes(^(14)C,^(32)P,^(47)Sc,^(60)Co,^(64)Cu,^(67)Cu,^(89)Sr,^(90)Y,^(99)Mo,^(125)I,^(131)I,^(153)Sm,^(161)Tb,^(166)Ho,^(177)Lu,^(186)Re,^(188)Re,^(92)Ir,^(225)Ac,and ^(252)Cf).The entire energy range was divided into 238 energy regions to improve the energy spectrum resolution,and both fast and thermal reactors were simulated to enhance universal applicability.A dataset of neutron energy region values across the entire energy range was built,which identifies the positive and negative-energy regions and guides the neutron spectrum regulation process during in-reactor medical isotope produc-tion.We conducted neutron spectrum regulation based on this dataset,which effectively improved the production efficiency of medical isotopes and demonstrated the correctness and feasibility of the dataset.
基金the work from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21805166)the 111 Project of Hubei Province(No.D20015)Foundation of Science and Technology Bureau of Yichang City(No.A18-302-a07).
文摘How to regulate the supramolecular structures in the assembly of graphene quantum dots(GQDs)is still a great challenge to be overcome.Herein,the GQDs of 1-3 layers with high quality are synthesized from the new precursor m-trihydroxybenzene in a green method.More importantly,a strategy for designing the supramolecular structures of GQDs is demonstrated,and the novel supramolecular morphologies of GQDs have been constructed for the first time.Moreover,the supramolecular morphologies of GQDs can be well controlled by regulating the preparation conditions,and the formation mechanism of the branch-like supramolecular structure has been explained by the the diffusion-limited aggregation(DLA)model.This work not only develops a new precoursor to synthesize GQDs,but also opens up an effective route toform the polymorphic supermolecules,thus greatly facilitating their potential applications.