用铁氰化钾分光光度法测定头孢噻肟钠

建立了以铁氰化钾测定头孢噻肟钠的分光光度法。 在0.20 mol/L NaOH溶液中,头孢噻肟钠(CTX)于100 ℃水浴中降解生成的巯基化合物能将Fe(Ⅲ)(pH=3.0)还原为Fe(Ⅱ),根据Fe(Ⅱ)与K3[Fe(CN)6]反应生成可溶性普鲁士蓝(KFeⅢ[FeⅡ(CN)6])的吸光度,可以间接测定头孢噻肟钠的含量。 头孢噻肟钠在0.040~24 mg/L范围内与吸光度(A)呈线性关系,线性回归方程:A=0.05088+0.2166ρ(mg/L),相关系数R=0.9986,检出限为0.01 mg/L,相对标准偏差(RSD)为1.36%(n=11),表观摩尔吸光系数ε=2.3×105 L/(mol·cm)。 此方法可用于药物及血清中头孢噻肟钠含量的测定。     

Fabrication of prussian blue/multi-walled carbon nanotubes modified electrode for electrochemical sensing of hydroxylamine

We are presenting a sensor for hydroxylamine that is based on an glassy carbon electrode modified with nanoparticles of Prussian Blue and with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The sensing material was synthesized using a mixture of ferric chloride and potassium ferricyanide solution in the presence of MWCNTs under ambient conditions. Characterization was done by scanning electron microscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared absorption spectrum and cyclic voltammetry. The modified electrode showed two well-defined pairs of redox peaks and dramatic catalytic activity towards the electro-oxidation of hydroxylamine with a linear response ranging from 1.5 µM to 2.0 mM. In addition, tests show the sensor exhibited outstanding stability and reproducibility.     

普鲁士蓝膜修饰铂电极的现场拉曼光谱电化学表征(英文)

采用现场拉曼光谱电化学技术表征了普鲁士蓝膜修饰铂电极的循环伏安过程 .结果显示 ,随着修饰膜的微观结构由普鲁士蓝向普鲁士白或相反过程转化 ,表征两种不同结构的拉曼特征振动谱峰及其强度变化呈现出明显的可逆特征 .     

New reactions of nickel and cobalt with iron-cyanogen compounds and a new method of determination of ferricyan

Nickel ferrocyanide in presence of acids is oxidised by the oxygen of the air to nickel ferricyanide. Cobalt ferrocyanide is oxidised under the same conditions to a ultramarine blue substance with a slight grayish tinge. This substance is very similar to Prussian blue and to Turnbull's blue and could be called cobalt Prussian blue. This blue substance is also formed if mixtures of potassium ferrocyanide and potassium ferricyanide are precipitated with an excess of cobalt salt. This investigation led to the conclusion that the blue substance is probably not a mere mixture of cobalt ferrocyanide and cobalt ferricyanide. but the compound 6 Co₂[Fe(CN)₆]. Co₃[Fe(CN)₆]₂. A new method of the determination of ferricyan is described. Moreover, it was proved that some statements of former investigators on the reactions of nickel and cobalt with iron-cyanogen compounds are erroneous, and some iron-cyanogen compounds of nickel and cobalt described in the literature do not exist at all.     

New observations on the solubility of prussian blue

1. Alkali metaphosphates and alkali polyphosphates dissolve Prussian blue to potassium ferrocyanide and to the corresponding ferric alkali metaphosphates and polyphosphates. But smaller quantities peptize Prussian blue. The alkali metaphosphates and alkali polyphosphates are the first inorganic substances whose peptizing action on Prussian blue was observed. 2. The alkali salicylates and alkali β-resorcylates react in an analogous way with Prussian blue. They dissolve Prussian blue if sufficient quantities are present. But smaller quantities yield colloidal Prussian blue. 3. The statement in the literature that Turnbull's blue is not peptized by potassium oxalate is erroneous. Simultaneously, the conclusion had to be drawn that Turnbull's blue is an equimolecular mixture of Prussian blue and ferrous ferrocyanide. 4. Data given in the literature describing some reactions leading to colloidal Prussian blue and stating that Prussian blue does not react with hydrobromic acid are erroneous.     

Spectrophotometric determination of methimazole in pharmaceutical,serum and urine samples by reaction with potassium ferricyanide-Fe(III)

This paper describes a novel method to determine methimazole by spectrophotometry using a potassium ferricyanide-Fe(III) reaction. The study indicates that at pH 4.0 Fe(III) is reduced to Fe(II) by methimazole and in situ formed Fe(II) reacts with potassium ferricyanide to give soluble Prussian Blue which is characterized by means of XRD analysis. The absorbance of Prussian Blue is measured at the absorption maximum of 735 nm, and the amount of methimazole can be determined based on this absorbance. Beer’s law is obeyed in the range of methimazole concentrations of 0.02–6.00 μg/mL. The equation of the linear regression is A = −0.0058 + 0.49988c (μg/mL), with a correlation coefficient of 0.9998 and RSD of 0.80%. The detection limit (3σ/k) is 0.015 μg/mL, and the apparent molar absorption coefficient of indirect determination of methimazole is 5.7 ± 10⁴ L/mol cm. This method has been successfully applied to the determination of methimazole in pharmaceutical, serum and urine samples, and average recoveries are in the range of 98.6–102.4%. Analytical results obtained with this novel method are satisfactory.     

Oxidations and reductions of iron-cyanogen compounds of cobalt,nickel, cadmium and zinc

I. Cobalt ferrocyanide is oxidized by bromine water, by nitrous acid or by hydrogen peroxide in presence of acids to cobalt ferroferricyanide (cobalt Prussian blue), while cobalt ferricyanide is reduced by sulfurous acid to cobalt Prussian blue.II. Nickel ferrocyanide is oxidized by nitrous acid or by hydrogen peroxide in presence of acids to nickel ferricyanide.III. Nickel ferrocyanide and cadmium ferrocyanide are oxidized by bromine water to the ferricyanides.IV. The ferricyanides of nickel, cadmium and zinc are reduced by sulfurous acid to the ferrocyanides.     

Investigation of the Effect of Different Glassy Carbon Materials on the Performance of Prussian Blue Based Sensors for Hydrogen Peroxide

Three different kinds of glassy carbon (GC‐R, GC‐K, GC‐G) were equally pretreated, further modified with electrochemically deposited Prussian Blue and used as sensors for hydrogen peroxide at an applied potential of ?50 mV (vs. Ag|AgCl). Their performance was evaluated with respect to the following parameters: the coverage and electrochemistry of the electrodeposited Prussian Blue, the sensitivity and the lower limit of detection for hydrogen peroxide, and the operational stability of the sensors. GC‐R showed the best behavior concerning the surface coverage and the operational stability of the electrodeposited Prussian Blue. For this electrode the sensitivity for hydrogen peroxide (10 μM) was 0.25 A/M cm² and the detection limit was 0.1 μM. Scanning electron microscopy was used to study the surfaces of the three electrodes before and after the electrodeposition of Prussian Blue and to search for the reason for the three different behaviors between the different glassy carbon materials. The Prussian Blue modified GC‐R was also used for the construction of a glucose biosensor based on immobilizing glucose oxidase in Nafion membranes on top of electrodeposited Prussian Blue layer. The operational stability of the glucose biosensors was studied in the flow injection mode at an applied potential of ?50 mV (vs. Ag|AgCl) and alternatively injecting standard solutions of hydrogen peroxide (10 μM) and glucose (1 mM) for 3 h. For the GC‐R based biosensor a 2.8% decrease of the initial glucose response was observed.     

Studies on differential sensing of dopamine at the surface of chemically sensitized ormosil-modified electrodes

We report herein the preparation of few chemically sensitized organically modified sol–gel glass (ormosil) films and sensing of dopamine at the surface of the modified electrodes derived from these films. The chemical sensitization in ormosil-modified electrodes is introduced by incorporating: (a) potassium ferricyanide and (b) either Nafion, or dibenzo-18-crown-6 or in situ generated Prussian blue from potassium ferricyanide. Electrochemical sensing of dopamine on the surfaces of these modified electrodes have been investigated and found that: (i) the presence of dibenzo-18-crown-6 facilitate the magnitude of dopamine sensing, (ii) conversion of potassium ferricyanide into Prussian blue also enhances the magnitude of dopamine sensing as compared to that of control and Nafion sensitized modified electrodes, (iii) both dibenzo-18-crown-6 and Nafion sensitized ormosil-modified electrodes are found selective to dopamine in the presence of ascorbic acid present under physiological concentration range. These finding again directed our attention to investigate the sensing of dopamine: (a) on dibenzo-18-crown-6 incorporated within Prussian blue sensitized modified electrode and (b) in the presence of varying concentrations of dibenzo-18-crown-6 in the Prussian blue modified electrodes. The investigations made on these lines again suggested the following: (1) increase in dibenzo-18-crown-6 concentrations in the modified electrode increases the magnitude of dopamine sensing upto an optimum concentration of macrocycle; (2) the detection limit of dopamine sensing goes down to 30 nM as compared to that of dibenzo-18-crown-6 incorporated with potassium ferricyanide which was found to the order of 100 nM. Investigations of the interference of ascorbic acid revealed that the presence of dibenzo-18-crown-6 introduces selectivity in dopamine sensing in the presence such common interfering analyte like ascorbic acid.     

Photochemical synthesis of Prussian blue film from an acidic ferricyanide solution and application

We describe a novel photochemical method to synthesize compacted Prussian blue (PB) film from an acidic ferricyanide solution. The key step is the photochemical reduction of ferricyanide ion to ferrocyanide ion that subsequently coordinates with the free ferric ion dissociated from the ferricyanide in acidic medium to form Prussian blue on the illuminated electrode surface. The prepared PB film electrode shows high electrocatalytic activity towards the reduction of hydrogen peroxide and the amperometric responses show a linear dependence on the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in a range of 1.0 × 10⁻⁶ to 1.2 × 10⁻³ M with a detection limit down to 4 × 10⁻⁷ M. The present photochemical method provides a simple and promising route for the local fabrication of patterned molecular magnets, ion-selective sensors, and electro- or photochromic devices.     

Prussian Blue acts as a mediator in a reagentless cytokinin biosensor

An electrochemical biosensor for detection of the plant hormone cytokinin is introduced. Cytokinin homeostasis in tissues of many lower and higher plants is controlled largely by the activity of cytokinin dehydrogenase (CKX, EC 1.5.99.12) that catalyzes an irreversible cleavage of N⁶-side chain of cytokinins. Expression of Arabidopsis thaliana CKX2 from Pichia pastoris was used to prepare purified AtCKX2 as the basis of the cytokinin biosensor. Prussian Blue (PrB) was electrodeposited on Pt microelectrodes prior to deposition of the enzyme in a sol–gel matrix. The biosensor gave amperometric responses to several cytokinins. These responses depended on the presence of both the enzyme and the Prussian Blue. Thus Prussian Blue must act as an electron mediator between the FAD centre in CKX2 and the Pt surface.     

Electrochemical preparation and characterisation of bilayer films composed by Prussian Blue and conducting polymer

Preparation and electrochemical behaviour of bilayer films consisting of iron(III) hexacyanoferrate, well known as Prussian Blue, and of poly[4,4^′-bis(butylsulphanyl)-2,2^′-bithiophene], on a platinum electrode, are reported. The electrochemical features of the Prussian Blue/conducting polymer bilayer system are examined in aqueous and acetonitrile solutions. Cyclic voltammetric studies show that, in acetonitrile solvent, the inner layer Prussian Blue is electroactive to some extent, though the electrochemical response of the system is mainly accounted for by poly[4,4^′-bis(butylsulphanyl)-2,2^′-bithiophene] outer layer. On the other hand, in aqueous solution Prussian Blue exhibits good electroactivity. Under specific experimental conditions, the individual redox behaviour of each constituent of the bilayer is evidenced in the two solvents separately, i.e., that of PB and that of poly[4,4^′-bis(butylsulphanyl)-2,2^′-bithiophene] in aqueous and in organic solvent, respectively. However, interesting reciprocal influences are evident in the current/potential curves recorded under conditions which are discussed.     

Optical biosensors based on Prussian Blue films

Optical biosensing schemes based on enzymatically modified inorganic/organic transparent films predominately composed of Prussian Blue are demonstrated. The composite film, which is non-electrochemically deposited on a non-conducting support. is used as an optical transducer for flow-through biosensors based on hydrolases and oxidases. Urease and glucose oxidase are utilized as model enzymes. Action of the urea biosensor is based on optical pH sensitivity of Prussian Blue indicator. The glucose biosensor is acting as first-generation optical biosensor based on in situ generated Prussian White transducer for hydrogen peroxide. These simple, single-pass transmission optical biosensors exhibit sensitivity in the millimolar range of concentration. The biosensors are very stable owing to presence of a poly(pyrrolylbenzoic acid) network in the composite material. This organic polymer plays a dual role as a binding agent for inorganic material and as a functionalized support for strong covalent immobilization of enzyme molecules.     

Potentiodynamic deposition of Prussian blue from a solution containing single component of ferricyanide and its mechanism investigation

Potentiodynamic techniques were used for the direct electrodeposition of Prussian blue nano-clusters from an acidic solution of ferricyanide. Electrochemical, EQCM, IR, AFM, and UV/vis measurements were carried out to characterize deposited nano-sized Prussian blue and to explore the formation mechanism. Results showed that ferricyanide could partially dissociate to free ferric and cyanide ions. The driving force of this dissociation is the formation of PB and the evolution of HCN. The optimal potential window for the potentiodynamic formation of PB from an acidic solution (pH 1.6) is between –0.5 V and 0.4 V. In addition, the influence of surface adsorption of CN^- ions on the formation of PB was discussed.Dedicated to Professor W. Vielstich on the occasion of his 80th birthday.     

On the mechanism of H2O2 reduction at Prussian Blue modified electrodes

Prussian Blue deposited on the electrode surface under certain conditions is known to be a selective electrocatalyst of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) reduction in the presence of O₂. The electrocatalyst was stabilized at cathodic potentials preventing its loss from the electrode surface. Hydrodynamic voltammograms of H₂O₂ reduction indicated the transfer of two electrons per catalytic cycle. The operational stability of Prussian Blue in H₂O₂ reduction was highly dependent on the buffer capacity of the supporting electrolyte. Since Prussian Blue is known to be dissolved in alkaline solution, it was confirmed that in neutral aqueous solutions the product of H₂O₂ electrocatalytic reduction is OH⁻.     

Photomagnetic hybrid ultrathin films

Two novel types of photomagnetic hybrid ultrathin film (film A and B) of metal cyanides have been fabricated by means of the modified Langmuir–Blodgett method using a smectite clay mineral. Film A is composed of an amphiphilic azobenzene cation, a montmorillonite, and Prussian Blue in which photocontrol in the magnetization was realized by the photoisomerization of azobenzene chromophore. The observed photomagnetic efficiency was large (ca. 11%) due to the well-organized structure of the ultrathin film. Film B is composed of a quaternary ammonium salt, a montmorillonite, and Co–Fe Prussian Blue in which the photoinduced magnetization caused by the electron transfer exhibited an anisotropic response with regards to the direction of the applied magnetic field. This phenomenon is ascribed to the unique structure of Co–Fe Prussian Blue formed onto the clay layer. Contribution to special issue “Magnetic field effects in Electrochemistry”     

A Cholesterol Biosensor Based on Entrapment of Cholesterol Oxidase in a Silicic Sol‐Gel Matrix at a Prussian Blue Modified Electrode

A cholesterol biosensors fabricated by immobilization of cholesterol oxidase (ChOx) in a layer of silicic sol‐gel matrix on the top of a Prussian Blue‐modified glassy carbon electrode was prepared. It is based on the detection of hydrogen peroxide produced by ChOx at ?0.05 V. The half‐lifetime of the biosensor is about 35 days. Cholesterol can be determined in the concentration range of 1×10^?6?8×10^?5 mol/L with a detection limit of 1.2×10^?7 mol/L. Normal interfering compounds, such as ascorbic acid and uric acid do not affect the determination. The high sensitivity and outstanding selectivity are attributed to the Prussian Blue film modified on the sensor.     

Electroanalytical applications of Prussian Blue and its analogs

The applications of transition metal hexacyanoferrates in electroanalysis are surveyed. Prussian Blue (ferric hexacyanoferrate) is recognized as the most promising low-potential transducer for hydrogen peroxide reduction among all known systems. The advantages of Prussian Blue over platinum or peroxidase electrodes for hydrogen peroxide detection are discussed. Various types of biosensors based on transition metal hexacyanoferrates and oxidase enzymes are considered. Amperometric biosensors based on Prussian Blue-modified electrodes allow the detection of glucose and glutamate down to 10^–7 mol L^–1 in the flow-injection mode. The future prospects of Prussian Blue-modified electrodes in analytical chemistry for the monitoring of chemical toxic agents, in clinical diagnostics, and in food control are outlined.     

Polarized vibrational spectra of Prussian Blue films: Spectroscopic evidence of columnar growth

We describe the preparation of Prussian Blue films with several thicknesses, and their characterization by means of cyclic voltammetry and polarized reflection FTIR spectroscopy. The electrochemical experiments demonstrated a direct relationship between the film thickness and its intrinsic conductivity. The vibrational spectra showed asymmetrical bands in the vicinity of the cyanide stretching band. The s-polarization bands showed a shift to higher frequencies, while the p-polarization bands showed a downshift with increasing film thickness. The presence of shifted cyanide stretching bands in the s- and p-polarizations is attributed to the columnar shape of Prussian Blue grains formed in the growth process.     

Band gap variation in Prussian Blue via cation-induced structural distortion

The charge-transfer band gap of the iron cyanide framework material Prussian Blue and its dependence on the type and location of the charge-compensating interstitial cations (K(+), Rb(+), Cs(+)) are investigated via periodic density functional (DF) calculations. The calculated variation in the band gap magnitude with respect to cation type confirms recent experimental results on cation-induced spectral shifts. The role of both the cation interaction with the framework and the cation-induced lattice expansion are examined with respect to their influence on the band gap. The gap magnitude is related to the cation type but is found to be more strongly affected by cation-induced lattice distortion as the cation passes through the material. Our results support the possibility of engineering the electronic structure of Prussian Blue type materials through guest-induced host-framework distortion.