拉曼光谱技术的应用及研究进展

本文简述了拉曼光谱产生的机理以及与红外光谱的区别,讨论了拉曼光谱在聚合物、生物分子、蛋白质和无机物等方面研究及应用,介绍了傅立叶变换拉曼、共焦显微拉曼、表面增强激光拉曼、固体光声拉曼光谱的原理及其应用以及拉曼光谱和其他检测手段的联用技术。     

光谱法研究阿莫西林及其与DNA的相互作用

报道了阿莫西林对照品与阿莫西林胶囊的常规拉曼光谱(NRS)和在银胶基底上溶液的表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS),归属了各个振动峰位和增强峰位;研究了阿莫西林对照品溶液与DNA相互作用的荧光光谱和表面增强拉曼光谱.结果表明:阿莫西林胶囊与阿莫西林对照品的NRS及SERS图谱基本一致,说明胶囊中的辅料对阿莫西林的检测几乎没有影...     

拉曼光谱技术在爆炸物检测中的应用

随着恐怖活动的蔓延,对爆炸物的检测和溯源变得越来越重要。拉曼光谱能够提供化合物的指纹图谱,是对物质定性分析的有力工具,具有无损、快速、准确度高等优点,近年来在爆炸物检测领域被广泛应用。本文介绍了共聚焦显微拉曼光谱、空间偏移拉曼光谱、表面增强拉曼光谱等拉曼光谱技术在爆炸物检测方面的应用及最新研究进展。     

酿造酒的激光拉曼光谱

用激光拉曼光谱的方法对市场销售的几种酿造酒进行了研究，对酿造酒的拉曼光谱的归属进行了设定，并指出了拉曼光谱对鉴别酒的质量所具有的意义     

近红外拉曼光谱快速检测地榆

采用先进的共焦显微拉曼光谱仪,测试了地榆的拉曼光谱,绘出地榆拉曼一阶导数谱。地榆拉曼光谱中,在155、195、902、1466、1476cm-1等处出现明显的特征峰。地榆拉曼谱的一阶导数谱,在152,192,900,157,197,905cm-1等处出现明显特征峰。分析地榆拉曼光谱,确认主要归属与已有的地榆化学成分研究结果相符。地榆拉曼光谱及其一阶导数谱可作为地榆快速准确检测的依据。     

近场拉曼光谱技术的发展

将近场光学技术与拉曼光谱相结合,发展出近场拉曼光谱术。综述了近场拉曼光谱探测技术的发展现状,讨论了近场拉曼光谱术的优点和纳米局域光谱分析能力。对两种常用的探测方法(常规近场光谱探测方法和近场增强拉曼光谱探测方法)进行了比较,并介绍了近场拉曼光谱技术在生物、化学、纳米材料等领域的一些应用。     

光纤中的拉曼效应

在液芯光纤内产生拉曼效应,可以增强自发拉曼、共振拉曼光谱强度10^3倍;降低受激拉曼光谱荫值功率为10^-1．光纤内拉曼效应在科学研究和教学方面都有广泛应用．     

多波长消荧光拉曼光谱仪的研制及应用研究

拉曼光谱技术作为探究分子、晶体及其结构特征的有力手段,具有快速、无损、样品用量小、无需前处理且适应性强等优点,已被广泛应用于食品安全、石油化工等领域。但在拉曼光谱应用中,常常受到荧光背景干扰,导致拉曼信号降低,严重的情况下拉曼信号甚至会淹没在荧光背景中。为解决拉曼技术在实际应用中荧光背景干扰的问题,从仪器角度出发,采用二色镜对多波长拉曼光谱进行光路耦合设计,研制了近红外拉曼光谱与移频差分拉曼复合一体的多波长消荧光拉曼光谱检测系统,其中近红外拉曼光谱采用1 064 nm激光光源设计,移频差分拉曼光谱选取784.5和785.5 nm两组激光光源进行时分复用,在移频差分拉曼光谱检测的同时,亦可获得两组单波长拉曼光谱数据。通过对比同步测试和分时逐次测试的强度及峰位稳定性,验证了多波长消荧光拉曼光谱仪的同步测试性能;选取了多种荧光背景强弱不同的样品,进行了单波长拉曼、近红外拉曼及移频差分拉曼光谱的对比分析。针对丙酮、乙腈等荧光背景较弱的样品,可采用单波长拉曼光谱对样品进行定量及定性分析;针对食用油、红色塑胶微粒等荧光背景与拉曼信号强度相当的样品,可采用近红外拉曼光谱对样品进行定量及定性分析;针对红酒、棕色塑胶微粒等荧光背景较强的样品,需结合近红外拉曼光谱和差分拉曼光谱对样品进行定性分析。研究表明：通过多波长消荧光拉曼光谱检测系统的研制,在常规单波长拉曼光谱技术的基础上,将两种抑制荧光干扰技术有机结合,有效扩充了应用领域及样品检测范围。     

低温冰箱冷冻对人体组织拉曼光谱的影响

研究了低温冰箱冷冻保存时间对人体甲状腺组织、子宫肌瘤组织的拉曼光谱的影响。组织用磷酸缓冲生理液浸泡 ,于 - 4℃保存 (未冻 ) 1 0 h,测试拉曼光谱 ;测后将组织样品浸入磷酸缓冲生理液 ,置于低温冰箱 - 30℃保存。分别于冷冻几天、十几天和六十天后 ,取出解冻测试拉曼光谱。结果表明 ,冷冻保存 1 0天内对组织的拉曼光谱没有明显的影响。该结果对拉曼光谱研究人体组织具有指导意义     

Co掺杂ZnO纳米棒的共振拉曼光谱和发光特性

采用X射线衍射(XRD)和透射电子显微镜(TEM)手段对微乳液法合成的Zn0.9Co0.1O纳米棒进行了表征.通过室温下的共振拉曼光谱和光致发光光谱手段,研究了所合成纳米材料的共振拉曼光谱和发光特性,并与体相ZnO的研究结果对比,发现合成的材料具有四阶声子紫外共振拉曼散射,而体相材料只有两阶,并观察到在紫外和可见区域所...     

Quantum processes in 8-Oxo-Guanine-Ru(bipyridine)<Stack><Subscript>3</Subscript><Superscript>2+</Superscript></Stack> photosynthetic systems of artificial minimal cells

Density functional theory methods were used to investigate various self-assembled photoactive bioorganic systems of interest for artificial minimal cells. The cell systems studied are based on nucleotides or their compounds and consisted of up to 123 atoms (not including the associated water or methanol solvent shells) and are up to 2.5 nm in diameter. The electron correlation interactions responsible for the weak hydrogen and Van derWaals chemical bonds increase due to the addition of a polar solvent (water or methanol). The precursor fatty acid molecules of the system also play a critical role in the quantum mechanical interaction based self-assembly of the photosynthetic center and the functioning of the photosynthetic processes of the artificial minimal cells. The distances between the separated sensitizer, fatty acid precursor, and methanol molecules are comparable to Van derWaals and hydrogen bonding radii. As a result the associated electron correlation interactions compress the overall system, resulting in an even smaller gap between the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO), and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) electron energy levels and photoexcited electron tunnelling occurs from the sensitizer (either Ru(bpy)₃²⁺ or [Ru(bpy)2(4-Bu-4’-Me-2,2’-bpy)]²⁺+ derivatives) to the precursor fatty acid molecules (notation used: Me = methyl; Bu = butyl; bpy = bipyridine). The shift of the absorption spectrum to the red for the artificial protocell photosynthetic centers might be considered as the measure of the complexity of these systems.     

Multifrequency time-resolved EPR (9.5GHz and 95GHz) on covalently linked porphyrin-quinone model systems for photosynthetic electron transfer: effect of molecular dynamics on electron spin polarization

Covalently linked porphyrin–quinone model systems for photosynthetic electron transfer were examined by using time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (TREPR) at intermediate magnetic field and microwave frequency (0.34T/9.5GHz, X-band) and high field and frequency (3.4T/95GHz, W-band). The paramagnetic transients studied were the light-induced spin-correlated radical pair states of the donor–acceptor complex in polar solvents below the melting point and in the soft glass phase of a liquid crystal. It is shown that the systems form strongly exchange-coupled radical pairs, whose TREPR lineshapes are determined mainly by fast electron recombination together with both spin–lattice relaxation and modulation of the exchange interaction. Below the melting point the spin–lattice relaxation rate naturally slows down, but that of the spin on the quinone site is still of the order of 10⁶ s^-1. Most probably this is due to contributions from spin–rotation interaction, and dependent on the molecular orientation with respect to the magnetic field. This relaxation anisotropy is related to anisotropic motion of the quinone site in the solvent cage. The results allow conclusions to be drawn concerning the molecular dynamics and flexibility of the systems. To yield long-lived radical pair states that would mimic photosynthetic electron transfer, the two mechanisms described, modulation of exchange and spin–rotation interactions, have to be suppressed by reducing the molecular flexibility of the complex.     

有序分子系统的线性与非线性光谱学的简化描述

通过对有序分子系统的线性与非线性光谱学的简化描述 ,帮助对有序分子体系光谱学进行研究的实验学家建立明确的物理图像和定量的研究工具 .这一描述是从最近对二阶非线性光学界面研究技术 ,即光学二次谐波 (SHG)和和频偏振振动光谱 (SFG VPS)的定量取向和偏振处理中推广出来的 .这一处理的方法关键在于简化线性和非线性光学中的有效极化率 ,构造出一个通用的取向泛函 ,并能通过实验参数清晰地计算出取向泛函的取向和强度因子 .同时还讨论了相干光谱技术在准确测量有序分子体系的取向和序的相比于非相干光谱方法的优点 .     

Resonance energy transfer: Beyond the limits

In pursuit of a better understanding of how electronic excitation migrates within complex structures, the concept of resonance energy transfer is being extended and deployed in a wide range of applications. Utilizing knowledge of the quantum interactions that operate in natural photosynthetic systems, wide‐ranging molecular and solid‐state materials are explored in the cause of more efficient solar energy harvesting, while advances in theory are paving the way for the development and application of fundamentally new mechanisms. In this review, an introduction to the underlying processes that cause singlet‐singlet and triplet‐triplet energy transfer leads into a discussion of how a new conception of these fundamental processes has emerged over recent years. Illustrative examples relevant to laser science and photonics are described, including photosynthetic light‐harvesting, light‐activated sensors, processes of cooperative and accretive energy pooling and quantum cutting in rare earth‐doped crystals, and incoherent triplet‐triplet energy upconversion in molecular solutions.     

Molecular rotations studied by nuclear resonant scattering

Nuclear resonant scattering techniques can be used to study both fast and slow dynamics of Mössbauer nuclei. The influence of rotational dynamics in molecular systems is studied applying three types of scattering techniques: (1) Synchrotron radiation perturbed angular correlation (SRPAC) yields direct and quantitative evidence for rotational dynamics in the μs-ns regime. (2) Nuclear inelastic scattering (NIS) monitors the relative influence of intra- and intermolecular forces via the vibrational density of states, which can be influenced by the onset of molecular rotation. (3) In nuclear forward scattering (NFS), information both on rotational and on translational dynamics can be extracted. Results using SRPAC and NIS on a plastic crystal and NFS on ferrocene confined in a molecular sieve are presented.     

ODMR spectroscopy of molecular functions in photosynthetic membrane proteins

For the last twenty years, in our laboratory in Padova, we have been studying photosynthetic membrane proteins by optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR), a spectroscopic tool very suitable to detect characteristics and features of the pigments in their triplet state. These studies parallel the epochal development of membrane protein single-crystal X-ray analysis, started in 1984, of which George Feher was a pioneer. Structural knowledge was a new starting point in asking the proper questions related to the functioning of reaction centers and light-harvesting complex proteins, unique to photosynthesis, and spectroscopists of all kinds found new enlightenment in their searches for function details. The first part of this review will be devoted to describe the molecular species which may be observed by ODMR and explain its principle and why it is a useful and powerful technique in the study of photosynthetic proteins. The second part will illustrate some examples of the functional mechanisms which can be revealed, especially in cases where one is able to look at systems which are among the more complex of those whose structures have been studied. We mean integrated systems where both the reaction centers and the light-harvesting complexes are present in their natural and mutual relationship within the large physiological membrane.     

Probing orbital structure of polyatomic molecules by high-order harmonic generation

The effects of electronic structure and symmetry are observed in laser driven high-order harmonic generation for laser aligned conjugated polyatomic molecular systems. The dependence of the harmonic yield on the angle between the molecular axis and the polarization of the driving laser field is seen to contain the fingerprint of the highest occupied molecular orbitals in acetylene and allene, a good quantitative agreement with calculations employing the strong field approximation was found. These measurements support the extension of the recently proposed molecular orbital imaging techniques beyond simple diatomic molecules to larger molecular systems.     

Fluorescence lifetime imaging in biosciences: technologies and applications

The biosciences require the development of methods that allow a non-invasive and rapid investigation of biological systems. In this aspect, high-end imaging techniques allow intravital microscopy in real-time, providing information on a molecular basis. Far-field fluorescence imaging techniques are some of the most adequate methods for such investigations. However, there are great differences between the common fluorescence imaging techniques, i.e., wide-field, confocal one-photon and two-photon microscopy, as far as their applicability in diverse bioscientific research areas is concerned. In the first part of this work, we briefly compare these techniques. Standard methods used in the biosciences, i.e., steady-state techniques based on the analysis of the total fluorescence signal originating from the sample, can successfully be employed in the study of cell, tissue and organ morphology as well as in monitoring the macroscopic tissue function. However, they are mostly inadequate for the quantitative investigation of the cellular function at the molecular level. The intrinsic disadvantages of steady-state techniques are countered by using time-resolved techniques. Among these fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) is currently the most common. Different FLIM principles as well as applications of particular relevance for the biosciences, especially for fast intravital studies are discussed in this work.      

Fluorescence lifetime imaging in biosciences: technologies and applications

The biosciences require the development of methods that allow a non-invasive and rapid investigation of biological systems. In this aspect, high-end imaging techniques allow intravital microscopy in real-time, providing information on a molecular basis. Far-field fluorescence imaging techniques are some of the most adequate methods for such investigations. However, there are great differences between the common fluorescence imaging techniques, i.e., wide-field, confocal one-photon and two-photon microscopy, as far as their applicability in diverse bioscientific research areas is concerned. In the first part of this work, we briefly compare these techniques. Standard methods used in the biosciences, i.e., steady-state techniques based on the analysis of the total fluorescence signal originating from the sample, can successfully be employed in the study of cell, tissue and organ morphology as well as in monitoring the macroscopic tissue function. However, they are mostly inadequate for the quantitative investigation of the cellular function at the molecular level. The intrinsic disadvantages of steady-state techniques are countered by using time-resolved techniques. Among these fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) is currently the most common. Different FLIM principles as well as applications of particular relevance for the biosciences, especially for fast intravital studies are discussed in this work.     

Characterization of Nanoparticles by Scattering Techniques

Basic principles and applications of different scattering techniques (including static and dynamic light scattering (SLS and DLS), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS)) on the characterization of nanoparticles are reviewed in this paper. By choosing a suitable scattering technique or a combination of different techniques for nanoparticle characterization, the particles' molecular weight, radius of gyration, hydrodynamic radius, size distribution, shape and internal structure as well as interparticle interactions of nanoparticles, can be determined. Examples including some sophisticated colloidal systems are presented.