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Opt Lett ; 48(18): 4837-4840, 2023 Sep 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37707915

ABSTRACT

The Gaussian-modulated coherent state (GMCS) is a well-known continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) protocol that is robust to incoherent background noise and can effectively suppress ambient light in free space. However, it is difficult to implement this protocol in free space using existing polarization coding schemes. In this Letter, we propose a polarization coding structure based on a self-compensating fiber Sagnac interferometer, which can reduce the required modulation voltage by two orders of magnitude and achieve fast and arbitrary polarization modulation, and experimentally demonstrate polarization coding-based GMCS CV-QKD for, it is believed, the first time. The proposed polarization modulation structure, which uses off-the-shelf fiber components, is compact, simple, and suitable for mobile terminals, such as flying lifts.

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Biomaterials ; 275: 120913, 2021 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34217020

ABSTRACT

Recent years have seen increasing interests in the use of ring-opening polymerization of α-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs) to prepare synthetic polypeptides, a class of biocompatible and versatile materials, for various biomedical applications. Because of their rich side-chain functionalities, diverse hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity profiles, and the capability of forming stable secondary structures, polypeptides can assemble into a variety of well-organized nano-structures that have unique advantages in drug delivery and controlled release. Herein, we review the design and use of polypeptide-based drug delivery system derived from NCA chemistry, and discuss the future perspectives of this exciting and important biomaterial area that may potentially change the landscape of next-generation therapeutics and diagnosis. Given the high significance of precise control over release for polypeptide-based systems, we specifically focus on the versatile designs of drug delivery systems capable of programmed release, through the changes in the chemical and physical properties controlled by the built-in molecular structures of polypeptides.


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Biocompatible Materials , Peptides , Amino Acids , Drug Delivery Systems , Polymerization
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Opt Lett ; 45(9): 2592-2595, 2020 May 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32356824

ABSTRACT

We proposed a data acquisition method to monitor local oscillator (LO) intensity in real time in unidimensional continuous-variable quantum key distribution protocol. Based on this proposed method, the influence of weather conditions on the average transmittance and excess noise is studied, such as relative wetness, visibility, and beam jitter.

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Nat Commun ; 10(1): 5470, 2019 11 29.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31784526

ABSTRACT

Enzymes provide optimal three-dimensional structures for substrate binding and the subsequent accelerated reaction. Such folding-dependent catalytic behaviors, however, are seldom mechanistically explored with reduced structural complexity. Here, we demonstrate that the α-helix, a much simpler structural motif of enzyme, can facilitate its own growth through the self-catalyzed polymerization of N-carboxyanhydride (NCA) in dichloromethane. The reversible binding between the N terminus of α-helical polypeptides and NCAs promotes rate acceleration of the subsequent ring-opening reaction. A two-stage, Michaelis-Menten-type kinetic model is proposed by considering the binding and reaction between the propagating helical chains and the monomers, and is successfully utilized to predict the molecular weights and molecular-weight distributions of the resulting polymers. This work elucidates the mechanism of helix-induced, enzyme-mimetic catalysis, emphasizes the importance of solvent choice in the discovery of new reaction type, and provides a route for rapid production of well-defined synthetic polypeptides by taking advantage of self-accelerated ring-opening polymerizations.


Subject(s)
Anhydrides/metabolism , Glutamates/metabolism , Polymers/metabolism , Protein Conformation, alpha-Helical , Amines/chemistry , Amines/metabolism , Anhydrides/chemistry , Catalysis , Enzymes/chemistry , Enzymes/metabolism , Glutamates/chemistry , Kinetics , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Methylene Chloride , Models, Molecular , Polymerization , Polymers/chemistry
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ACS Macro Lett ; 8(11): 1517-1521, 2019 Nov 19.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32775039

ABSTRACT

Multiblock copolypeptides have attracted broad interests because their potential to form ordered structures and possess protein-mimetic functions. Controlled synthesis of multiblock copolypeptides through the sequential addition of N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs), especially with the block number higher than five, however, is challenging and rarely reported due to competing side reactions during the polymerization process. Herein we report the unprecedented synthesis of block copolypeptides with up to 20 blocks, enabled by ultrafast polypeptide chain propagation in a water/chloroform emulsion system that outpaces side reactions and ensures high end-group fidelity. Well-defined multiblock copolypeptides with desired block numbers, block lengths, and block sequences as well as very low dispersity were readily attainable in a few hours. This method paves the way for the fast production of a large number of sequence-regulated multiblock copolypeptide materials, which may exhibit interesting assembly behaviors and biomedical applications.

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