Volatile phase profiling of mainstream smoke by glass capillary gas-chromatographic techniques

A heated injection system for a microprocessor-controlled GC has been developed for the (GC)² analysis of the volatile phase of whole smoke of a cigarette. Effects of injection port temperature and the presence of a Cambridge filter pad are demonstrated. Chromatograms are shown for smoke samples with and without a Cambridge Filter with the sample valve oven at 25°, 165° and 205°C. The use of a flame ionization and a nitrogen-phosphorous detector is illustrated.     

Solid-state nanopores for ion and small molecule analysis

Solid-state nanopore in analytical chemistry has developed rapidly in the 1990s and it is proved to be a versatile new tool for bioanalytical chemistry. This review focuses on the analysis of ions and small molecules with nanopores including nanopipettes, polymer film nanopores, Si₃N₄ nanopores, graphene nanopores, MoS₂ nanopores and MOFs.     

烷基苄基铵对芘的荧光猝灭行为研究

广义的荧光猝灭系指所有能使荧光强度降低的物理和化学过程,但通常涉及的主要有动态猝灭和静态猝灭,二者均遵从Stern-Volmer方程,但由于猝灭作用本质不同,它们在荧光寿命变化、温度效应及吸收光谱等方面表现出差异可资区别.本文通过稳态荧光强度变化和荧光衰减速率的比较研究了具有不同烷基链长的十四烷基苄基二甲基氯化铵(Zeph)和苄基三甲基溴化铵(TMBA)对芘的荧光猝灭,并基于电导实验结果以及猝灭剂全反式构象从理论上计算了Zeph和TMBA的猝灭速率常数,讨论了荧光猝灭的性质和长链分子的构型。     

Mechanical properties of single motor molecules studied by three-dimensional thermal force probing in optical tweezers.

A new method combining three-dimensional (3D) force measurements in an optical trap with the analysis of thermally induced (Brownian) position fluctuations of a trapped probe was used to investigate the mechanical properties of a single molecule, the molecular motor kinesin. One kinesin molecule attached to the probe was bound in a rigorlike state to one microtubule. The optical trap was kept weak to measure the thermal forces acting on the probe, which were mainly counterbalanced by the kinesin tether. The stiffness of kinesin during stretching and compression with respect to its backbone axis were measured. Our results indicate that a section of kinesin close to the motor domain is the dominating element in the flexibility of the motor structure. The experiments demonstrate the power of 3D thermal fluctuation analysis to characterize mechanical properties of individual motor proteins and indicate its usefulness to study single molecule in general     

小分子化合物在离子阱质谱中的分子离子反应研究

利用离子阱质谱的原理和特点，研究了小分子醇、醚、胺、醛、酮等有机化合 物（分子量小于200）在离子阱里的分子离子反应，总结了反应特点和规律，并把 它归类为自身化学电离（SCI）反应。以丁酮、丙烯醇为例，采用FTMS对反应产物 离子进行准确质量测定，验证了它们各自的分子离子反应结果。另外，把该类化合 物（30个）SCI反应的质谱图与NIST98库中的标准EI质谱图进行了比较，建立了 SCI质谱图库，提高了在离子阱质谱上对这类小分子化合物定性分析的准确率。     

Preparation and characterization of silica—polyimide composite membranes coated on porous tubes for CO2 separation

Silica-polyimide microcomposite membranes were prepared on γ-alumina-coated α-alumina support tubes, and their gas permeation properties were evaluated with He, N₂ and CO₂. Smoothing of the substrate surface and hybridization of silica and polyamic acid were both effective to form defect-free thin composite membranes. The CO₂ permeance of a membrane with a silica content of 68 wt% was one order of magnitude higher than that of a polyimide membrane having the same thickness. The permselectivity of CO₂ to N₂ was 30 at 30°C and 13 at 100°C. Contributions of the silica and polyimide phases to permeance of the composite membrane were analyzed with a two-phase permeation model. The effective thickness of the rate-controlling polyimide phase was less than one-tenth of the total thickness of the silica-polyimide membrane.     

Gas chromatography of hydrocarbons using packed liquid chromatographic capillary columns

Capillary columns of 0.3-0.5 mm i.d. packed with 3- to 30-μm silica-based stationary phases for liquid chromatography were used for gas chromatographic separation of hydrocarbons. Column efficiencies were evaluated for various commercially available packing material. The best column efficiency was achieved with 5-μm octadecyl group bonded silica gel, the surface of which was coated with a poly (dimethylsiloxane) film. The 30-cm column produced 11,000 theoretical plates.     

Hypercoulometric effect in an electron capture detector polarized with an additional voltage

Summary This paper reports measurements of the current characteristics and of the signal corresponding to a constant concentration of Freon F-11 for an electron-capture detector, supplied with a pulse voltage with a changeable pulse duration, amplitude and repetition time. It was found that an additional voltage applied to the detector cathode increased the detector signal by about 50% and that the maximal signal was observed at 5 V. The influence of the polarized voltage on the electron caputure efficiency coefficient (p) measured with two detectors in series was demonstrated and the reliability of the sample mass calculation by means of (p) is discussed.     

In search of new resonance structures in dissociative photoionization of H2

We present a theoretical study of dissociative photoionization of H₂ via the ¹Π_u symmetry in the photon energy range 30–43 eV. Our results explain the various peaks observed in the experiments below 40 eV and illustrate, in particular, the important role of the ²Π_u(2pπ_u) ionization threshold. At higher photon energies, they suggest the existence of new resonance structures that may be associated with doubly excited states of H₂ lying above the third and fourth ionization thresholds (the Q₃ and Q₄ resonance series). From the calculated resonance parameters, we conclude that the dominant mechanism at high photon energies should involve the Q₄ (and probably higher) doubly excited states of H₂. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2002