Single-cell analysis using Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is a well-established, non-destructive method of obtaining chemical information from biological samples such as tissues and cells. This review focuses specifically on the development of infrared spectroscopic microanalysis at the single-cell level. Technological developments, including that of the infrared microscope, synchrotron radiation FTIR, and focal plane array detectors, and their impact on the field are discussed along with the various data processing procedures that are currently used to extract meaningful information. There is then an emphasis on live cell infrared (IR) imaging, including developments in water correction and microfluidic device design. The review concludes with look to future directions, highlighting the potential impact of quantum cascade lasers.     

基于傅里叶变换红外光谱的土传真菌分类研究

应用FTIR-ATR光谱技术与多元统计分析相结合的方法对镰刀菌、立枯丝核菌、核盘菌、瓜果腐霉菌和辣椒疫霉菌等重要的土传致病真菌进行鉴别.对测得的FTIR光谱进行了归一化和二阶求导处理,选择了适合于真菌分类识别的14个光谱特征波段.在此基础上,采用典型判别分析和系统聚类分析对不同菌株进行了识别.结果表明,不同菌种间识别准确率达到100%,而镰刀菌种内不同菌株间识别准确率为95.56%,说明傅里叶变换红外光谱技术在植物病原真菌分类识别方面具有较大的应用潜能.     

Nilpotent Fourier transform and applications

We study the nilpotent Fourier transform on spaces of distributions. We use it to prove the equivalence between ^*-products on g^* for nilpotent g.     

Rapid detection of sucrose adulteration in honey using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Abstract

Honey authenticity is of great importance for commercial and health reasons. The most common adulteration methods are overfeeding of bees with sugar or by adding sucrose. In the study, a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy based on chemometric method, a partial least squares, for determination of sucrose sirup adulteration of Turkish honeys was improved. For this purpose, honey samples were adulterated with known amounts of sucrose sirup in concentrations ranging between 5.94 and 27.80%. A calibration curve was constructed within 992–923?cm^?1 with the regression coefficient of 0.999. Obtained results from the spectra were confirmed by high performance liquid chromatography-refractive index detector and a good correlation was found between the results of the spectroscopic and chromatographic methods. Additionally, some method validation parameters (linearity, repeatability, limit of detection, and quantification) of the spectroscopic method were studied and obtained results were compared with chromatographic method. To prove the usefulness of the method, twenty different honey samples were collected from markets in Turkey and analyzed for sucrose contents. The results indicated that predicted sucrose concentration of honey samples by the spectroscopic method ranged between 4.52 and 15.16% and results were confirmed by the chromatographic method with high correlation (correlation coefficient = 92%). The results of the present indicated showed that adulteration ratio of honey samples by sugar addition can be detected using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy technique in a short time with high accuracy. In conclusion, this method could be regarded as a new alternative technique for routine analysis in quality control of honey samples.     

Spectroscopic analysis of bladder cancer tissues using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers in Africa. It takes several days to reach a diagnosis using histological examinations of specimens obtained by endoscope, which increases the medical expense. Recently, spectroscopic analysis of bladder cancer tissues has received considerable attention as a diagnosis technique due to its sensitivity to biochemical variations in the samples. This study investigated the use of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to analyze a number of bladder cancer tissues. Twenty-two samples were collected from 11 patients diagnosed with bladder cancer from different hospitals without any pretreatment. From each patient two samples were collected, one normal and another cancerous. FTIR spectrometer was used to differentiate between normal and cancerous bladder tissues via changes in spectra of these samples. The investigations detected obvious changes in the bands of proteins (1650, 1550 cm^–1), lipids (2925, 2850 cm^–1), and nucleic acid (1080, 1236 cm^–1). The results show that FTIR spectroscopy is promising as a rapid, accurate, nondestructive, and easy to use alternative method for identification and diagnosis of bladder cancer tissues.     

利用开放光路傅里叶变换红外方法监测地表臭氧含量及分析

基于自研傅里叶变换红外光谱仪设计实现了开放光路臭氧在线监测系统,将计算机合成背景光谱方法与非线性最小二乘方法相结合进行定量分析,利用HITRAN数据库信息和仪器线型合成背景光谱,通过非线性最小二乘法反演出臭氧浓度,提高了测量精度和检测限,讨论了系统检测限测最方法,在16次平均情况下系统检测限达到1.42 nmol·mo...     

Orientation studies of fiber surfaces using Fourier transform infrared diffuse reflectance attachment

Fourier transform infrared (IR) diffuse reflectance optics have been applied to study molecular orientation of the surfaces of nylon, glass fibers and needle-like organic crystals. Samples were arranged parallel to the incidence first, and then perpendicular to it. The relative intensity changes between bands in the spectra show the molecular level orientation rather than the macroscopic geometry of the sample. This technique has the advantage over internal reflectance in that there is no optical contact problem.     

Fourier transform infrared emission spectra of MnH and MnD

Fourier transform infrared emission spectra of MnH and MnD were observed in the ground X⁷Σ⁺ electronic state. The vibration-rotation bands from v = 1 → 0 to v = 3 → 2 for MnH and from v = 1 → 0 to v = 4 → 3 for MnD were recorded at an instrumental resolution of 0.0085 cm⁻¹. Spectroscopic constants were determined for each vibrational level and equilibrium constants were found from a Dunham-type fit. The equilibrium vibrational constant (ω_e) for MnH was found to be 1546.84518(65) cm⁻¹, the equilibrium rotational constant (B_e) is 5.6856789(103) cm⁻¹ and the eqilibrium bond distance (r_e) was determined to be 1.7308601(47) Å.     

High resolution Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy using a high temperature argon arc source

Application of a high temperature wall-stabilized argon arc source (HTAAS) for high resolution near- and mid-infrared Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) has been investigated. Spectra of N₂O, NH₃ and the complex OC-HCl were recorded at maximum apodized instrumental resolution (0.004 cm⁻¹). The signal to noise (S/N) ratio of these molecular absorption transitions were compared with corresponding spectra recorded using a 1520(30) K globar source. At 7.6 μm, recorded ¹⁴N₂ ¹⁶O transitions are consistent with a HTAAS at approximately 10,000 K and an enhancement of 12.6 in recorded S/N ratios with respect to the latter globar source. Such results demonstrate a significantly enhanced performance for specific FTIR applications such as high resolution static gas phase spectroscopy and molecular spectroscopy in supersonic jet expansions, and potentially for infrared microscopy.     

Detection of lethal fake liquors using digitally labelled gas-phase Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Fake liquors have caused severe body injuries or even deaths worldwide, rapid detection of such lethal drinks is thus quite necessary. Methanol has been identified as a primary cause of the problem, so methanol monitoring is critical to the detection of fake liquors. The present work provides an effective strategy for rapid detection of different lethal fake liquors. Using gas-phase Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in a digitally labeled approach, the spectral bands of methanol were extracted by the iterative discrete wavelet transform for classification, which is named as digitally labeled gas-phase Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. In digitally labeled gas-phase Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, principal component analysis and least square support vector machine were combined to discriminate problematic samples using the iterative discrete wavelet transform filtered signals. As a result, the method could cleverly extract spectral features of methanol from the alcoholic drinks in the presence of uncontrolled matrix effects. The recognition accuracy was higher than 97.0%, and each measurement was done within 3?min. The results illustrate that the digitally labeled gas-phase Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy method serves well to rapidly discriminate fake liquors as an efficient and promising tool, and could be well extended to detection of any other targeted volatile substance in complicated systems.     

用傅里叶变换红外光谱研究增强UV-B辐射对PSⅡ蛋白结构的影响

运用傅里叶变换红外光谱技术研究了增强紫外线-B(UV-B)辐射对植物光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)中膜蛋白结构的影响.结果显示在增强的UV-B辐射条件下,PSⅡ中蛋白的α-螺旋、β-折叠强度增加,而β-转角的强度下降了近一倍,并且这些结构与周围的耦合减弱.此外,UV-B辐射使酪氨酸残基苯酚环的结构发生改变,并使其微极性降低.UV-...     

Field measurements of volcanic gases using tunable diode laser based mid-infrared and Fourier transform infrared spectrometers

The first field measurements of volcanic gases using mid-IR difference frequency laser spectroscopy are reported. The results were obtained at the summit crater of Masaya volcano, Nicaragua, with the gases being drawn into a multi-pass cell and measured at reduced pressure. Automated sensitive and selective detection of CO₂, SO₂, H^35,37Cl, H₂O, and CH₄ was achieved. Simultaneous measurements obtained with open-path Fourier transform spectroscopy provide a useful comparison of the two optical techniques. We also consider the potential measurement of CO₂ isotopic ratios in volcanic gases using laser-based spectroscopy.     

Recent infrared detector technologies,applications, trends and development of HgCdTe based cooled infrared focal plane arrays and their characterization

Infrared thermal imaging, using cooled and uncooled detectors, is continuously gaining attention because of its wide military and civilian applications. Futuristic requirements of high temperature operation, multispectral imaging, lower cost, higher resolution (using pixels) etc. are driving continuous developments in the field. Although there are good reviews in the literature by Rogalski [1–4], Martyniuk et al. [5] and Rogalski et al. [6] on various types of infrared detectors and technologies, this paper focuses on some of the important recent trends and diverse applications in this field and discusses some important fundamentals of these detectors.     

Spectroscopic investigations on kidney stones using Fourier transform infrared and X‐ray fluorescence spectrometry

Kidney stone is the most painful and prevalent urological disorder of the urinary system throughout the world. Thus, analysis of kidney stones is an integral part in the evaluation of patents having stone disease. Spectroscopic investigations of stones provide an idea about the pathogenesis of stones for its better cure and treatment. Hence, the present work targets multispectroscopic investigations on kidney stones using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and wave dispersive X‐ray fluorescence (WD‐XRF) spectroscopy which are the most useful analytical methods for the purpose of bio‐medical diagnostics. In the present study, FTIR spectral method is used to investigate the chemical composition and classification of kidney stones. The multicomponents of kidney stones such as calcium oxalate, hydroxyl apatite, phosphates, carbonates, and struvite were investigated and studied. Qualitative and quantitative determination of major and trace elements present in the kidney stones was performed employing WD‐XRF spectroscopy. The wide range of elements determined in the kidney stones were calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), phosphorous (P), sodium (Na), potassium (K), chlorine (Cl), sulfur (S), silicon (Si), iodine (I), titanium (Ti), iron (Fe), ruthenium (Ru), zinc (Zn), aluminum (Al), strontium (Sr), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), and bromine (Br). For the first time, ruthenium was detected in kidney stone samples employing WD‐XRF in very low concentration. Our results revealed that the presence and relative concentrations of trace elements in different kinds of stones are different and depend on the stone types. From the experiments carried out on kidney stones for trace elemental detection, it was found that WD‐XRF is a robust analytical tool that can be useful for the diagnosis of urological disorders. We have also compared our findings with the results reported using XRF technique. The results obtained in the present paper show interesting prospects for FTIR and WD‐XRF spectrometry in nephrolithiasis. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Image encryption and decryption using fractional Fourier transform and radial Hilbert transform

A technique for image encryption using fractional Fourier transform (FRT) and radial Hilbert transform (RHT) is proposed. The spatial frequency spectrum of the image to be encrypted is first segregated into two parts/channels using RHT, and image subtraction technique. Each of these channels is encrypted independently using double random phase encoding in the FRT domain. The different fractional orders and random phase masks used during the process of encryption and decryption are the keys to enhance the security of the proposed system. The algorithms to implement the proposed encryption and decryption scheme are discussed, and results of digital simulation are presented.     

中波红外微型静态傅里叶变换光谱仪的设计与分析

提出一种基于微光学元件的空间调制微型傅里叶变换红外光谱仪,通过引入红外微结构衍射光学元件、多级微反射镜和微透镜阵列,实现仪器的微型化.介绍了微型傅里叶变换红外光谱仪的结构及基本原理,分析了微型准直系统和聚焦耦合光学系统的设计理论,研究了单片折衍混合准直透镜的残存像差、衍射面的衍射效率、多级微反射镜的衍射、微透镜阵列的孔径衍射和中继系统的轴向装配误差对光谱复原的影响.最后,对中波红外微型傅里叶变换光谱仪进行了建模仿真,得到的复原光谱与理想的光谱曲线比较符合,实际的光谱复原误差为2.89%.该中波红外微型静态傅里叶变换光谱仪无可动部件,且采用了微光学元件取代了传统的红外镜头,不仅稳定性良好,而且体积小、重量轻,有利于在线监测应用.     

黑木耳霉变前后的傅里叶变换红外光谱研究

为了检验红外光谱技术在食品安全上的判断能力,利用傅里叶变换红外光谱仪测试了未霉变黑木耳和霉变黑木耳样晶的红外光谱.对比它们的红外光谱,两者在羟基和氨基叠加吸收峰、脂类物质吸收峰的频率位置上有较大差异,分别相差23.31和13.42 cm<'-1>.对羟基和氨基的叠加吸收带进行曲线拟合,发现霉变前后羟基和氨基的比例发生较...     

Advances in Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy of biological tissues

This article reviews some of the recent advances on FTIR spectroscopy in areas related to natural tissues and cell biology. It is an update on our previously published review on the applications of spectroscopic methods employed for the analysis of biological molecules, and summarizes some of the most widely used peak frequencies and their assignments. The aim of this review is to update and consolidate our previously published spectral database, which will help researchers in defining the chemical structure of the biological tissues introducing most of the important peaks present in the natural tissues more precisely and accurately. In spite of applying different methods, there seems to be a considerable similarity in defining the peaks of identical areas of the FTIR spectra. As a result, it is believed that preparing a unique collection of the frequencies encountered in FTIR spectroscopic studies can provide substantial help for future studies. In this article, we have included recent studies that have been reported since previous publication that will be of considerable assistance and added value to those who are focusing their research on defining chemical pathway to the progression of different diseases.