叠加内标法色谱定量分析

 叠加内标法是指在色谱定量分析中将内标法与叠加法结合的一种新的定量方法。叙述了叠加内标法定量的理论依据 ,规定了其操作步骤 ,并详细说明了这种方法的适用条件和优缺点。     

Method ruggedness studies incorporating a risk based approach: a tutorial

This tutorial explains how well thought-out application of design and analysis methodology, combined with risk assessment, leads to improved assessment of method ruggedness. The authors define analytical method ruggedness as an experimental evaluation of noise factors such as analyst, instrument or stationary phase batch. Ruggedness testing is usually performed upon transfer of a method to another laboratory, however, it can also be employed during method development when an assessment of the method's inherent variability is required. The use of a ruggedness study provides a more rigorous method for assessing method precision than a simple comparative intermediate precision study which is typically performed as part of method validation. Prior to designing a ruggedness study, factors that are likely to have a significant effect on the performance of the method should be identified (via a risk assessment) and controlled where appropriate. Noise factors that are not controlled are considered for inclusion in the study. The purpose of the study should be to challenge the method and identify whether any noise factors significantly affect the method's precision. The results from the study are firstly used to identify any special cause variability due to specific attributable circumstances. Secondly, common cause variability is apportioned to determine which factors are responsible for most of the variability. The total common cause variability can then be used to assess whether the method's precision requirements are achievable. The approach used to design and analyse method ruggedness studies will be covered in this tutorial using a real example.     

Computer-assisted optimization of selectivity (mobile phase,pH, and ion concentration) in high-perfomance liquid chromatography

A computer-assisted method is presented for optimization of mobile phase composition in reverse-phase and normal-phase HPLC. The method is based on window diagrams, but only three preliminary tests are required. The method is successfully applied to two examples and there is good agreement between predicted and experimental results. Optimal values for ion concentration and pH in ion chromatography from a published optimization method are compared to values calculated using the computer-assisted method presented in this paper. The same results are obtained, but the method presented here is simpler and faster than previously published one.     

The use of polyanions of hydrazines in the synthesis of heterocycles

A novel method for the synthesis of cyclic hydrazine derivatives is reported. The new method for the generation of nitrogen-containing heterocycles is based on a polyanion strategy. The described method provides a convenient access to cyclic hydrazine derivatives, which are extensively used in drug industry and agriculture. The advantages and limitations of the new method are also demonstrated.     

按独立组元计算复杂化学平衡的方法

本文通过分析独立组元的本质,提出了一个按独立组元来计算复杂化学平衡的方法。这个方法中的未知数和方程数比现有的自由能最小化法、质量作用方程组的方法和反应进度的方法中的未知数和方程数显著减少,因而计算过程大为简化。例如,对于计算一个由3个元素10个组元组成的复杂化学平衡体系来说,若采用其它方法须用电子计算机,而采用独立组元法仅须使用袖珍可编程序计算器即可完成。本文叙述了独立组元法的基本原理和具体方法,并根据理论分析和计算实践,将独立组元法与其它方法的优劣作了对比。     

Characterization and modeling of monolithic stationary phases: application to preparative chromatography

Two different approaches, the rectangular pulse method and a new method, the frontal velocity analysis method are applied to the determination of competitive isotherms for two systems on ODS-silica. Both sets of experimental data are found to fit well to the competitive-Langmuir isotherm equation. The data obtained from the rectangular pulse method and the frontal velocity analysis method are in general agreement with each other and the best coefficients of the competitive isotherms obtained with the two methods are close. This shows that the simpler and easier method, the frontal velocity analysis method can be used to determine binary competitive isotherms.     

Simulation in electrochemistry using the finite element method: Part 1: The algorithm

The finite element method (FEM) is well known in engineering technology. Numerous commercial packages are available. Extensions using an algorithm with an adaptive grid make this method very useful for a great variety of problems. This paper shows the applicability of this powerful tool to electrochemical problems in a general manner. In a first step, the mathematical equations are generalised to handle flexibly different electrochemical mechanisms and electrode geometries. Then, the finite element method is applied to these formulations and electrochemical boundary conditions are introduced. The spatial and time discretisations are discussed and a new method for flux calculation is introduced. Essential advantages of the adaptive finite element (AFE) algorithm are its flexibility and its applicability to many types of electrochemical processes and methods.     

Molecular tight-binding method. I. Many-electron method for hole bands of molecular crystals

A method for calculating ab initio electronic excitation energies of molecular crystals, based on a many-electron tight-binding approximation, is described. The method follows Frenkel's model for excitons and allows a many-electron treatment of the band-structure problem of molecular crystals. The case of hole bands is studied in detail and various versions of the method are considered. A computational scheme is proposed, in which approximate correlation corrections to the HFR matrix equations of the one-electron LCMO method are calculated. The main effects contributing to these corrections are the effect of relaxation of a molecular ion, the effect of intramolecular electronic-correlation change, and the effect of polarization of the remaining molecules in a crystal. The method developed in the present paper is applied to calculation of the hole bands of the HCP helium crystal.     

Simultaneous quantitation of the highly lipophilic atovaquone and hydrophilic strong basic proguanil and its metabolites using a new mixed-mode SPE approach and steep-gradient LC

A bioanalytical method is described for the simultaneous quantitative analysis of the highly lipophilic atovaquone and the strong basic proguanil with metabolites in plasma. The drugs are extracted from protein precipitated plasma samples on a novel mixed-mode solid-phase extraction (SPE) column containing carboxypropyl and octyl silica as functional groups. The analytes are further separated and quantitated using a steep-gradient liquid chromatographic method on a Zorbax SB-CN column with UV detection at 245 nm. Two different internal standards (IS) are used in the method to compensate for both types of analytes. A structurally similar IS to atovaquone is added with acetonitrile to precipitate proteins from plasma. A structurally similar IS to proguanil and its metabolites is added with phosphate buffer before samples are loaded onto the SPE columns. A single elution step is sufficient to elute all analytes. The method is validated according to published guidelines and shows excellent performance. The within-day precisions, expressed as relative standard deviation, are lower than 5% for all analytes at three tested concentrations within the calibration range. The between-day precisions are lower than 13% for all analytes at the same tested concentrations. The limit of quantitation is 25 nM for the basic substances and 50 nM for atovaquone. Several considerations regarding development and optimization of a method for determination of analytes with such a difference in physiochemical properties are discussed.     

Fragment-Based Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Combustion

We develop a fragment-based ab initio molecular dynamics (FB-AIMD) method for efficient dynamics simulation of the combustion process. In this method, the intermolecular interactions are treated by a fragment-based many-body expansion in which three- or higher body interactions are neglected, while two-body interactions are computed if the distance between the two fragments is smaller than a cutoff value. The accuracy of the method was verified by comparing FB-AIMD calculated energies and atomic forces of several different systems with those obtained by standard full system quantum calculations. The computational cost of the FB-AIMD method scales linearly with the size of the system, and the calculation is easily parallelizable. The method is applied to methane combustion as a benchmark. Detailed reaction network of methane reaction is analyzed, and important reaction species are tracked in real time. The current result of methane simulation is in excellent agreement with known experimental findings and with prior theoretical studies.     

Orbital correlation effects: The independent pair-potential approximation with application to the ground state and first ionized state of boron hydride

A new method is proposed for calculating correlation effects in atomic and molecular systems. The basis of the method is the formulation of a set of partial configuration expansions which yield directly variational orbital correlation corrections which are appropriately summed in order to obtain an estimate of the total correlation energy. This method is applied to the ground state of boron hydride and its cation at the equilibrium distance of BH. The results of the method are compared in detail with independent electron pair results and second order CI results. It is further shown that multiple substitutions are approximately accounted for in this method and the extent to which they are included is compared with other approximations. Finally, three methods of increasing accuracy, aimed at reducing the necessary computational effort, are given for determining the vertical ionization potential. The most economical method yields an IP of 9.70 eV or 0.03 eV less than the experimental IP. Completion of the basis is estimated to improve this value to 9.77 eV.     

Real space Hartree-Fock configuration interaction method for complex lateral quantum dot molecules

We present unrestricted Hartree-Fock method coupled with configuration interaction (CI) method (URHF-CI) suitable for the calculation of ground and excited states of large number of electrons localized by complex gate potentials in quasi-two-dimensional quantum dot molecules. The method employs real space finite difference method, incorporating strong magnetic field, for calculating single particle states. The Hartree-Fock method is employed for the calculation of direct and exchange interaction contributions to the ground state energy. The effects of correlations are included in energies and directly in the many-particle wave functions via CI method using a limited set of excitations above the Fermi level. The URHF-CI method and its performance are illustrated on the example of ten electrons confined in a two-dimensional quantum dot molecule.     

The Wolf method applied to the liquid-vapor interface of water

The Wolf method for the calculation of electrostatic interactions is applied in a liquid phase and at the liquid-vapor interface of water and its results are compared with those from the Ewald sums method. Molecular dynamics simulations are performed to calculate the radial distribution functions at room temperature. The interface simulations are used to obtain the coexisting densities and surface tension along the coexistence curve. The water model is a flexible version of the extended simple point charge model. The Wolf method gives good structural results, fair coexistence densities, and poor surface tensions as compared with those obtained using the Ewald sums method.     

预测烷烃密度的新方法: 基团键贡献法

根据分子结构的特点,通过用染色矩阵和邻接矩阵对分子结构进行矩阵化表征,发展了一种根据分子结构信息烷烃密度的新方法---基团键贡献法。该方法有机地将基团贡献法和化学键贡献法结合在一起,既考虑了分子中基团的特性,又考虑了基团之间的连接性(化学键),具有基团贡献法和化学键贡献法的特点。对658种烷烃的计算结果表明,密度预测值十分接近实验值,平均误差0.245%,进一步外推对聚乙烯、聚丙烯和聚1-丁烯等聚合物的密度进行预测,也取得了令人满意的结果。     

Thin-layer ion-selective electrode detection of anticardiolipin antibodies in syphilis serology

A method for a serological diagnosis of syphilis is presented, in which a thin-layer ion-selective electrode is used for monitoring the complement-mediated immune lysis of antigen-sensitized phospholipid liposomes in microlitre sample volumes. The liposomes are loaded with tetrapentylammonium ions (TPA(+)) which are then released from the liposomes by the immuno reaction and are monitored by a TPA(+) ion-selective electrode. This is a direct but much amplified measure of the syphilitic antibodies to be assayed. The principles and evaluation of the method are given. The results have been compared and correlated with those of a conventional method.     

Generating conformational transition paths with low potential-energy barriers for proteins

The knowledge of conformational transition paths in proteins can be useful for understanding protein mechanisms. Recently, we have introduced the As-Rigid-As-Possible (ARAP) interpolation method, for generating interpolation paths between two protein conformations. The method was shown to preserve well the rigidity of the initial conformation along the path. However, because the method is totally geometry-based, the generated paths may be inconsistent because the atom interactions are ignored. Therefore, in this article, we would like to introduce a new method to generate conformational transition paths with low potential-energy barriers for proteins. The method is composed of three processing stages. First, ARAP interpolation is used for generating an initial path. Then, the path conformations are enhanced by a clash remover. Finally, Nudged Elastic Band, a path-optimization method, is used to produce a low-energy path. Large energy reductions are found in the paths obtained from the method than in those obtained from the ARAP interpolation method alone. The results also show that ARAP interpolation is a good candidate for generating an initial path because it leads to lower potential-energy paths than two other common methods for path interpolation.     

A multilayered approach to approximating solute polarization

A hybrid multilayered "ONIOM"-type approach to solvation is presented in which the basic free energy of hydration is taken from the Poisson Boltzmann method and the contribution to the solute polarization is taken from a quantum mechanical implementation of the Born method. The method has been tested on the 52 neutral molecules used in the AM1-SM2 parameterization, and the polarized continuum method is taken as the standard by which the results are assessed. Regression analysis shows that the method gives a small improvement over the standard Poisson Boltzmann method or a dramatic improvement over the Born method. The system presented here represents one of the more straightforward applications of the multilayered approach to solvation, but other more sophisticated approaches are discussed.     

MS Xα and LCAO Xα calculations of ionization potentials. A comparison with Koopmans' theorem and accurate calculations

Ionization potentials of small molecules are calculated by the MS Xα and LCAO Xα methods. The results are compared with the experimental values and the results of previous accurate calculations. The Xα method proves to be rather accurate and potentially superior to the HF method. Indication is found of a possible failure of the method in the fluoromethanes. The limitation of the MS Xα method is discussed.