One-step and rapid synthesis of composition-tunable and water-soluble ZnCdS quantum dots.

ZnCdS quantum dots have been successfully prepared at room temperature in aqueous solution with sodium hexametaphosphate as stabilizer and thioacetamide as the source of S. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra and UV-Vis absorption spectra of the ZnCdS quantum dots were determined on the basis of the initial Cd/Zn mole ratio (Cd/Zn = 8/0, 7/1, 6/2, 5/3, 4/4, 3/5, 2/6, 1/7 and 0/8) and the concentration of thioacetamide. The emission peaks first showed a red shift and then a blue shift with the increasing initial Zn concentration, which provided the evidence of formation of CdS/ZnCdS core/shell and ZnCdS alloyed quantum dots.

The mitochondrial genome of the butterfly Papilio xuthus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) and related phylogenetic analyses.

The nearly complete mitochondrial genome of the butterfly Papilio xuthus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) was sequenced for its nucleotide sequence of 13,964 bp. The genome has a typical gene order identical to other lepidopteran species. All tRNAs showed same stable canonical clover-leaf structure as those of other insects, except for tRNA(Ser) (AGN), in which the dihydrouracil arm (DHU arm) could not form stable stem-loop structure.