共聚焦显微拉曼光谱在木质纤维细胞壁预处理中的应用进展

在能源紧缺和环境恶化的双重压力下,利用农林生物质替代化石资源生产生物燃料、生物基化学品和材料逐步发展成为世界范围内的研究热点,而细胞壁中纤维素、半纤维素、木质素以及其他少量组分的空间分布不均一性和化学结构复杂性构成了天然抗降解屏障,严重阻碍生物质的转化效率,因此需要对木质纤维原料进行预处理,以期破坏细胞壁的宏观壁垒,实现生物质的低成本高效转化。在此过程中,全面了解木质纤维细胞壁的化学组成、结构特性及其在生物质转化过程中的解构机理是高效利用农林生物质的重要前提。由于拉曼光谱具有样品制备要求低、灵敏度高、且能在原位状态下对样品进行定性、定量分析等特点,使得拉曼光谱成为研究木质细胞壁结构的有力工具。尤其与显微技术相结合时,可以同时获得木质纤维细胞壁主要组分的微区分布与超分子结构信息,实现生物质转化过程中化学组分动态变化的可视化研究。首先介绍了拉曼光谱成像的工作原理,并对纤维素、半纤维素和木质素的拉曼特征信号进行了归属。其次,总结了近几年拉曼光谱在生物质转化领域内的应用与研究进展,综述了拉曼光谱在未处理状态下以及稀酸、水热、稀碱等不同预处理过程中的分析方法,对细胞壁主要组分的分布进行表征,以揭示预处理过程中各组分的溶出过程及迁移规律,为在细胞及亚细胞水平探究预处理诱导细胞壁主要组分动态溶解机制提供了有效路径。此外,针对检测中收集的光谱数量过多、分析难等问题,文章重点介绍了主成分聚类分析法和顶点成分分析法两种拉曼数据分析方法,用于提取特征信息并对光谱进行分类研究,以深入探究特定组分的空间分布和分子结构。最后,根据上述分析展望了拉曼光谱在生物质转化领域的研究趋势,为相关研究提供技术参考。     

结香纤维素与木素分布的显微激光拉曼光谱研究

显微激光拉曼光谱技术可以实现纤维素与木素在木材细胞壁中原位状态分布规律的观察研究。首先采用透射电子显微镜(TEM)研究了结香细胞壁的超微结构。进而采用显微激光拉曼光谱技术对细胞壁各层中纤维素与木素分布特点进行了原位分析测定,拉曼图像及光谱分析结果表明,纤维素与木素在细胞壁各形态区分布不均一,纤维素的分布情况与木素相反。     

拉曼光谱在植物细胞壁研究中的进展

在能源紧缺和环境恶化的双重压力下,农林生物质替代化石资源生产生物燃料、化学品及生物基材料的研究和开发,已成为国内外众多学者关注的热点。全面了解农林生物质原料的化学组成及其结构特性是高效利用农林生物质的基础。作为一种无损的检测技术,现代拉曼光谱能够在原位状态下提供植物细胞壁区域化学和主要组分结构特性信息。本文简述了拉曼光谱成像技术原理,概括了拉曼光谱在植物细胞壁主要组分的结构分析、纤维素和木质素的微区分布及其分子排列等方面的研究进展,以促进该技术在植物细胞壁研究中的应用。     

基于振动光谱成像技术的聚合物共混体系研究进展

振动光谱可以提供分子的振动信息,对于聚合物分子链的构象和链间的相互作用非常敏感。分子振动光谱成像作为一种原位无损检测技术,广泛应用于聚合物共混体系结晶、相态分布、界面扩散等性质的研究。本文综述了拉曼(Raman)光谱和红外(IR)光谱成像技术以及其衍生的具有高空间分辨率的红外-原子力联用技术(IR-AFM)、拉曼-原子力联用技术(Raman-AFM)以及针尖增强拉曼光谱技术(TERS)在聚合物共混体系研究中的最新应用进展,以探索并扩展振动光谱成像技术在高分子领域中的应用。     

用于远程探测的空间外差拉曼光谱技术研究

空间外差拉曼光谱技术是一种新型拉曼光谱探测技术,具有光通量大、高分辨率、无移动部件等技术优势,非常适用于行星探测任务中,对行星表面的矿物及有机物进行分析,探寻可能存在的生命标志物。作者将这一技术运用于远程拉曼光谱探测中,对远程空间外差拉曼光谱仪的光谱分辨率、光谱范围及信噪比等主要特性进行了分析与实验验证。文章对远程空间外差拉曼光谱探测的基本原理进行了简述,设计搭建了一套实验平台,并进行了定标,验证了其性能参数。在此基础上,获取了10 m处部分无机固体样品、有机样品及天然矿物的拉曼散射信号,对系统信噪比进行了估计。由于装调精度不高、光学器件缺陷等原因,系统远非理想。但测试结果表明,对于大部分样品的主要拉曼散射峰,系统信噪比优于5,基本可以满足清楚分辨典型拉曼谱峰的要求,依然可以证明这一技术的可行性。空间外差拉曼光谱技术可以弥补色散型光栅光谱仪与傅里叶变换型光栅光谱仪的主要技术缺陷,在行星表面物质探测与分析领域具有较大的应用前景。作者对于这一技术的研究一定程度上证明了空间外差拉曼光谱技术在远程探测方面的潜力,可为远程空间外差拉曼光谱仪的工程实现提供参考。     

基于共聚焦显微拉曼光谱揭示炭疽病侵染下茶叶细胞壁变化的研究

采用共聚焦显微拉曼技术研究了炭疽病感染所致茶叶细胞壁结构和化学成分的变化。对茶叶健康和染病组织细胞进行微米级空间分辨率的显微拉曼光谱扫描,并结合透射电镜观察炭疽病侵染所致的细胞超微结构变化,结果显示染病前后细胞壁的拉曼光谱位移和强度都有明显的差异,表明炭疽病侵染导致细胞壁中化学成分发生了较大的变化。其中由纤维素,果胶,酯类化合物产生的拉曼峰强度都有明显下降,说明细胞壁中这些物质的含量在染病后减少了;而木质素拉曼散射引起的拉曼峰强度有所上升,说明木质素的含量在染病后有所增加。随后基于纤维素的拉曼指纹波数和显微空间结构信息实现了茶叶健康组织和染病组织细胞壁中纤维素的化学成像分析,结果显示炭疽病侵染不仅导致细胞壁中纤维素的含量大大减少,而且纤维素的有序结构被破坏。由此得出结论：在无需对样本进行染色或复杂的化学处理的情况下,共聚焦显微拉曼可以揭示由炭疽病侵染引起的茶叶细胞壁化学成分和结构的变化,本研究是共聚焦显微拉曼技术首次用于植物病理学中寄主-病原物互作机制的研究,将为深入研究寄主-病原物在细胞层面上的互作机制开辟蹊径。     

拉曼光谱与拉曼效应的量子模型结构分析

散射光谱这种新谱线对应于散射分子中能级的跃迁,为研究分子结构提供了一种重要手段,引起学术界极大兴趣,拉曼也因此荣获1930年诺贝尔物理学奖。并称这种谱线为拉曼光谱。介绍了拉曼光谱的基本原理、拉曼光谱的应用以及其发展,由于拉曼光谱非常弱,实验要求比较高,最后介绍了实验仪器及利用拉曼光谱研究分子的结构。     

纤维素拉曼光谱的单体仿真方法研究

纤维素是由葡萄糖组成的大分子多糖,是世界上最丰富、最便宜、最容易获得的天然聚合物。纤维素作为最古老最丰富的天然高分子在研究中备受关注,纤维素的可控性取决于其分子量、大小和结构,而拉曼光谱具有“指纹特性”,可以对不同的纤维素纤维进行鉴别,也能对历史老化的纺织纤维材料进行鉴别。然而纤维素作为大分子多糖对其做理论仿真较为困难,该研究提出采用基本单元模拟大分子光谱这一方案,使用纤维素单体仿真拉曼光谱来分析纤维素大分子的光谱性质。使用Gaussian 16软件基于密度泛函理论,在B3LYP/6-31g(d, p)的基组条件下,计算了不同外电场(-0.01～0.03 a.u.)下的纤维素单体的拉曼光谱,以及纤维素双链节的拉曼光谱。研究表明,在无外电场作用下,纤维素单体的拉曼光谱主要在449、 597、 842、 1 127、 1 361、 1 395和3 005 cm^-1处有特征峰,对其做振动分析,结果表明这些拉曼峰分别是由环(C6—C4—O20)伸缩振动、 C—C—H扭曲振动、环(C4—O20—C2)伸缩振动、糖苷键(C2—O1—C8)的伸缩振动、 CH₂     

子宫病变组织的拉曼光谱研究

拉曼光谱方法可以从分子水平反映组织、细胞在化学成分及分子结构上的差异,现已在细胞、组织的结构、功能及病变等方面的研究工作中取得了重大进展.文章首次利用光纤拉曼光谱仪研究了子宫肌瘤、子宫内膜癌、子宫腺肌症等子宫病变组织的拉曼光谱,并与对应正常组织的拉曼光谱进行了比较.结果表明:子宫肌瘤组织中甲硫氨酸C-S键振动引起的拉曼峰分裂成为双峰,包括一个由色氨酸振动引起的峰,并出现了一个胡萝卜素引起拉曼峰,这在正常肌层组织中没有体现出来,子宫内膜癌组织在1 447 cm-1处对应着CH2-CH3的变形振动,表现出组织癌变的特征峰;子宫腺肌症组织在骨架α螺旋C-C键的伸缩振动引起的拉曼峰强度明显弱于正常组织,其由C-O键弯曲振动引起的拉曼峰由正常组织的1 160 cm-1移至1 173 cm-1.以上结果进一步证实了拉曼光谱技术能在分子水平有效鉴别不同的子宫病变,这不仅有助于子宫病变的早期诊断,同时,对子宫疾病的基础研究也是至关重要的.而基于光纤的拉曼光谱技术将有望发展成一种高灵敏的诊断技术.     

拉曼光谱技术在农产品质量安全检测中的应用

农产品的质量安全与我们老百姓的身体健康和生命安全密不可分。传统的化学检测方法具有需要样品前处理,操作过程复杂以及破坏样品等诸多缺陷。拉曼光谱技术作为一种分析、测试物质分子结构强有力的表征手段,可以快速实现样品的无损伤、定性定量检测分析。随着拉曼光谱技术的不断完善和应用范围的逐渐拓宽,拉曼光谱技术在农产品的质量安全检测中发挥着极其重要作用,并且具有广阔的应用前景。目前,已经有大量的基于拉曼光谱技术检测农产品质量安全的相关研究报道,为了解拉曼光谱技术的检测原理以及发展现状,并跟踪国内外最新研究进展,简述了拉曼光谱技术的基本原理及其发展、拉曼光谱检测装置,深入综述了拉曼光谱技术在果蔬、禽畜、粮食质量安全检测中的最新研究进展,指出了拉曼光谱技术应用在农产品质量安全检测中的现存的技术问题。另外,还简要介绍了国内外部分拉曼光谱仪的部分信息和便携式拉曼光谱仪专利申请状况,展望了该项技术的研究方向和应用前景。     

链长对苯乙烯基吡啶类液晶化合物的分子结构及相变行为的影响

在氢键诱导液晶化合物中,针对做为质子给体的苯乙烯基吡啶类液晶化合物,通过红外和拉曼光谱研究了链长对分子结构和相变行为的影响。末端链长的改变直接影响到相变次序和相转变温度,同时影响整个分子的排列方式。     

Fabrication of Cellulose Aerogels Using a Green/Clean Procedure

Developing biodegradable and biocompatible products to replace non-biodegradable petrochemical products is of great importance for supplementing rapidly diminishing oil resources and reducing environmental pollution. Based on this belief, the goal of this research was to introduce a green/clean procedure to prepare an aerogel using biodegradable cellulose as feedstock and renewable choline butyrate as solvent. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) were used to investigate the morphology, chemical structure and thermostability. The results indicated that the cellulose aerogel possessed a porous structure which was composed of randomly oriented cellulose sheets. The cellulose aerogel had an amorphous structure compared to the original cellulose (cellulose I), and displayed good thermal stability.     

Raman spectra and simulation of cis‐ and trans‐cyclooctene for conformational analysis compared to inelastic neutron scattering

Simulated and measured Raman spectra are used to determine the molecular conformation of trans ‐cyclooctene. This is the first reported Raman spectrum of this highly strained species. A crown structure results in a computed Raman spectrum, which is in good agreement with the experiment; a chair structure does not. Comparison is made with the case of cis ‐cyclooctene. The computed structure and limitations of the method of conformational analysis are discussed. In particular, the relative merits of Raman spectroscopy in comparison with infrared and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) are evaluated using computed spectra for all three methods and comparison of the observed INS for cis ‐cyclooctene with that computed for two conformations. It is concluded that the combination of computed and observed Raman spectra provides a useful method for conformational analysis for cases of this type. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

INFRARED AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY IN PAPER AND PULP ANALYSIS

Infrared and Raman spectroscopy are essential analytical tools for the structural analysis of paper and pulp chemistry. The studies of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, thermal- and photo-induced oxidation; cross-linking; and various chemical treatments of pulp and paper products are all made possible using these forms of molecular spectroscopy. In this review, containing 70 references, a broad range of applications into pulp and paper materials, components, and processes is described from recent and classic research over predominantly the past 20 years.     

Critical review on alterations in physiochemical properties and molecular structure of natural polysaccharides upon ultrasonication

Natural polymers, such as polysaccharides, cellulose, and starch, have been widely used in the chemical engineering, medicine, food, and cosmetics industries, which had a great many of biological activities. Natural polysaccharides origin from algae, fungi and plants were components of human diet since antique times. Ultrasonication achieved the breakage the polysaccharides reticulum in an ordered fashion. The factors of temperature, ratio of water/material, sonication frequency, time of exposure, pH of the sonication medium influenced the polysaccharide digestion. Sonication improved the enzyme catalysis over its substrate molecule. Positive health promoting slow digestive starch and resistant starch can be prepared quite easily by the sonication process. The aim of this review is to present the current status and scope of natural polymers as well as some emerging polymers with special characteristic. The physiochemical properties and molecular structure of natural carbohydrates under ultrasonic irradiation were also discussed. Moreover, Polysaccharide based films had industrial applications is formed by ultrasonication. Polysaccharide nanoparticles obtained by sonication had efficient water holding capacity. Sonication is an advanced method to improve the food quality. Hence, this review describes the effects of ultrasonication on physical, chemical, and molecular structure of natural polysaccharides.     

Remnant Features in Melt Crystallized Samples of Polyethylenes Originated from Reactor Powders

A series of reactor powders of ultrahigh molecular weight (UHMW) polyethylenes with different morphology was melted at 160°C for 5 min and cooled in ice water. Low‐frequency Raman spectroscopy was used to characterize the straight‐chain‐segment (SCS) length distribution of both initial and melt‐crystallized materials. A bimodal SCS length distribution was found in the melt‐crystallized sample originated from the reactor powder with a very tenuous amorphous phase. In other samples recrystallized from powders with more ordered structure, the SCS length distribution was unimodal and approximately identical. The result is explained in terms of perfection of lamellar crystals formed under limited time and thermal conditions from differently organized initial structure.     

Raman analysis of synthetic eritadenine

Eritadenine, 2(R),3(R)‐dihydroxy‐4‐(9‐adenyl)‐butyric acid, is a cholesterol‐reducing compound naturally occurring in the shitake mushroom (Lentinus edodes). To identify the unknown Raman spectrum of this compound, pure synthetic eritadenine was examined and the vibrational modes were assigned by following the synthesis pathway. This was accomplished by comparing the known spectra of the starting compounds adenine and D ‐ribose with the spectra of a synthesis intermediate, methyl 5‐(6‐Aminopurin‐9H‐9‐yl)‐2,3‐O‐isopropylidene‐5‐deoxy‐β‐D ‐ribofuranoside (MAIR) and eritadenine. In the Raman spectrum of eritadenine, a distinctive vibrational mode at 773 cm⁻¹ was detected and ascribed to vibrations in the carbon chain, ν(C C). A Raman line that arose at 1212 cm⁻¹, both in the Raman spectrum of MAIR and eritadenine, was also assigned to ν(C C). Additional Raman lines detected at 1526 and at 1583 cm⁻¹ in the Raman spectrum of MAIR and eritadenine were assigned to ν(N C) and a deformation of the purine ring structure. In these cases the vibrational modes are due to the linkage between adenine and the ribofuranoside moiety for MAIR, and between adenine and the carbon chain for eritadenine. This link is also the cause for the disappearance of adenine specific Raman lines in the spectrum of both MAIR and eritadenine. Several vibrations observed in the spectrum of D ‐ribose were not observed in the Raman spectrum of eritadenine due to the absence of the ribose ring structure. In the Raman spectrum of MAIR some of the D ‐ribose specific Raman lines disappeared due to the introduction of methyl and isopropylidene moieties to the ribose unit. With the approach presented in this study the so far unknown Raman spectrum of eritadenine could be successfully identified and is presented here for the first time. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Silver‐bacterial cellulosic sponges as active SERS substrates

Synthetic Ag‐bacterial cellulose nanocomposites are reported here and their performance as surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates was investigated using thiosalicylic acid and 2,2′‐dithiodipyridine as analytes. These nanocomposite materials act as natural sponges when immersed in aqueous or ethanolic solutions allowing capture and SERS detection of certain dissolved molecules. The detection limits for the above organic analytes reached concentrations as low as 10⁻⁴ mol·dm⁻³ and are considerably lower than the conventional vegetable cellulose analogs. Furthermore, we anticipate that the use of these nanocomposites has a beneficial consequence for the development of handy and active cellulosic SERS substrates, in particular for bioanalysis, as we experimentally demonstrated by testing the amino acids L ‐phenylalanine, L ‐glutamin and L ‐histidine. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Vibrational spectra and crystal structure of the di‐amino acid peptide cyclo(L‐Met‐L‐Met): comparison of experimental data and DFT calculations

Experimental Raman and FT‐IR spectra of solid‐state non‐deuterated and N‐deuterated samples of cyclo(L ‐Met‐L ‐Met) are reported and discussed. The Raman and FT‐IR results show characteristic amide I vibrations (Raman: 1649 cm⁻¹, infrared: 1675 cm⁻¹) for molecules exhibiting a cis amide conformation. A Raman band, assigned to the cis amide II vibrational mode, is observed at ∼1493 cm⁻¹ but no IR band is observed in this region. Cyclo(L ‐Met‐L ‐Met) crystallises in the triclinic space group P1 with one molecule per unit cell. The overall shape of the diketopiperazine (DKP) ring displays a (slightly distorted) boat conformation. The crystal packing employs two strong hydrogen bonds, which traverse the entire crystal via translational repeats. B3‐LYP/cc‐pVDZ calculations of the structure of the molecule predict a boat conformation for the DKP ring, in agreement with the experimentally determined X‐ray structure. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.