天青Ⅰ共振光散射法测定DNA

基于脱氧核糖核酸(DNA)对混合有机染料天青Ⅰ的共振光散射增强效应,拟定了一种测定DNA的共振光散射法。在pH9.5～10.5的范围内,天青Ⅰ在299、355、400、570、630nm附近均有较弱的共振光散射信号,随着DNA的加入,共振光散射信号大大增强。在355nm处,其散射光增强强度与DNA质量浓度呈线性关系。其线性回归方程为ΔI=-96.62 606.6ρ,线性范围为0 20～0.60μg mL,相关系数r=0.9998,检出限为11.2μg L。该方法可应用于合成样品中DNA的测定。     

光散射/荧光比率法测定全氟辛烷磺酸

在pH=1.81的Britton Robinson（BR）缓冲溶液中,全氟辛烷磺酸（PFOS）与罗丹明B（RhB）通过静电引力和疏水作用使RhB的光散射增强,荧光发生猝灭。 利用在普通荧光光度计上单次扫描获得的340 nm处的光散射强度（I340）与596 nm处的荧光强度（F596）之比,建立了测定PFOS的光散射/荧光比率法,检出限（3σ）为17 nmol/L。 方法用于环境水样中PFOS的测定,RSD≤4.2%。     

小檗碱共振光散射法测定脱氧核糖核酸

研究了小檗碱与DNA作用的共振光散射光谱，在pH＝2.0-2.8的范围内，DNA的加入导致小檗碱共振光散射的增强，在308nm处，存在一共振光散射增强峰，其强度与DNA的浓度呈线性关系，据此建立了一种测定DNA的共振光散射法。该方法的线性范围为0－600μg/L，相关系数为0.9972，检出限为19.9μg/L。将该方法用于混合样品中DNA的测定。结果令人满意。     

铁(Ⅲ)与脱氧核糖核酸作用的共振瑞利散射光谱研究

研究了Fe3 与脱氧核糖核酸(DNA)的共振瑞利散射(RRS)光谱和适宜的反应条件。实验结果表明,在pH2.20的Britton-Robinson缓冲溶液中,Fe3 与DNA自身的共振瑞利散射峰均较弱,但当二者发生静电作用形成缔合物后,体系的共振光散射峰增强,最大散射峰位于320.0 nm处。当Fe3 浓度为2.75×10-5mol/L时,在0~8.4 mg/L范围内,共振光散射强度与DNA的浓度呈线性关系。检出限为2.60μg/L。据此建立了一种定量测定DNA的简便、快速的新方法。本方法用于合成样品中痕量DNA的测定,回收率为93%~101%。     

光谱法研究CTMAB存在下荧光桃红B与 fsDNA的相互作用及应用

研究了阴离子染料荧光桃红B(PB)对鱼精脱氧核糖核酸(fsDNA)和阳离子表面活性剂溴化十六烷基三甲铵(CTMAB)的共振光散射光谱有协同增强作用,建立了一种定量测定fsDNA的灵敏度高、操作简便的共振光散射(RLS)方法。在pH 5.33和离子强度低于0.03 mol/L的条件下,fsDNA与CTMAB和PB共同作用产生最大散射波长为340 nm的特征共振光散射增强(RLSE)信号。在优化条件下,测定fsDNA的线性范围为0.01~3.0 mg/L,检出限(3δ)为1.4μg/L。方法成功应用于合成样中DNA的测定。     

灿烂甲酚蓝共振光谱散射法测定脱氧核糖核酸

研究了灿烂甲酚蓝与脱氧核糖核酸（DNA）作用的共振光散射光谱,在pH＝10．8－11．5的范围内,DNA的加入导致灿烂甲酚蓝共振光散射的增强,在347nm处,存在一共振光散射增强峰,其强度与DNA的浓度呈线性关系,据此建立了一种测定DNA的共振光谱散射法。该方法的线范围为80－100μg/L,检出限为23．3μg/L.     

Ru（bpy）3^2＋ -DNA体系的共振光散射光谱研究及其分析应用

研究了Ru(bpy)32 与脱氧核糖核酸(DNA)作用的共振光散射光谱。基于DNA对Ru(bpy)32 共振光散射的增强效应,建立了共振光散射法测定DNA的新方法。在最佳实验条件下,Ru(bpy)32 在373nm处的共振光散射增强与DNA的质量浓度呈线性关系,线性范围为0.04~3.2μg/mL,检出限为16ng/mL。应用于合成样品及实际样品中DNA的测定。     

甲基紫共振光散射光谱法测定日落黄

建立了甲基紫共振光散射光谱法测定饮料中日落黄的方法。在pH 3的B-R缓冲溶液中,日落黄与甲基紫之间相互作用形成离子缔合物,引起共振光散射强度的显著增加。共振光散射峰分别位于339 nm和650 nm处,在650 nm处,共振光散射强度与日落黄质量浓度在0.02～0.2 mg/L范围内呈现良好的线性关系(r2=0.9981)。考察了酸度、甲基紫用量、离子强度、温度等对体系光散射强度的影响,测定了缔合物的组成比。方法的检出限为7.5μg/L,相对标准偏差(RSD)为2.1%。方法用于饮料样品中日落黄的测定,结果与紫外分光光度法一致。     

DNA对Ru(bpy)_2(dppx)~(2+)-SDS体系共振光散射的猝灭作用及其应用

研究了Ru(bpy)2(dppx)2+-SDS-DNA(bpy=2,2′-联吡啶,dppx=7,8-二甲基-吡啶并[3,2-a:2′,3′-c]吩嗪)体系的共振光散射光谱。结果表明,在阴离子表面活性剂十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)预胶束聚集体存在下,Ru(bpy)2(dppx)2+-SDS体系具有很强的共振光散射,DNA的加入使其共振散射光猝灭。探讨了反应机理。基于DNA对Ru(bpy)2(dppx)2+-SDS体系共振光散射的猝灭作用,建立了共振光散射法测定DNA的新方法。在最佳实验条件下,体系在393nm处的共振光散射猝灭程度与DNA的浓度呈线性关系,线性范围为0.01～1.2mg/L,检出限为1.5μg/L。     

盐酸奎宁与全氟辛烷磺酸体系的共振光散射光谱研究及其分析应用

研究了盐酸奎宁(Quinine dihydrochloride,简称Quinine)与全氟辛烷磺酸(perfluorooctane sulfonate,简称PFOS)相互作用的共振光散射(resonance light scattering,RLS)光谱,并建立了PFOS的共振光散射分析方法.在pH值为2.87的Britton-Robinson(BR)缓冲溶液中,全氟辛烷磺酸根阴离子与质子化的盐酸奎宁通过静电引力和疏水作用形成2:1的离子缔合物,引起共振光散射强度(IRLS)显著增强,最大散射波长位于283nm处,增强的散射信号强度与PFOS浓度在0.10～50.0μmol/L范围内呈线性关系,据此建立了测定PFOS的散射分析方法,检测限为9.88nmol/L.讨论了体系的最佳反应条件及外来物质的干扰,同时研究了体系的吸收光谱及荧光光谱,并探讨了反应机理.本方法用于水样及人体血清样品中PFOS的测定,RSD≤4.2%.     

Analysis and assessment of the occurrence, the fate and the behavior of nanomaterials in the environment

Nanomaterials have one dimension <100 nm and possess physico-chemical properties dictated by their unusually small size, large surface area, shape and chemical composition. New properties of nanomaterials have boosted their production and industrial applications in many fields (e.g., microelectronics, catalysis, fuel cells, materials science, textiles, biotechnology and medicine). In biomedical fields, nanomaterials are of the appropriate dimensions to interact with biological matter. However, they may also have negative effects on biological systems. Nanotechnology is a major, innovative, scientific and economic growth area, but the increasing production and use of nanomaterials have led to calls for more information regarding the potential impacts that their release may have on human health and the environment.This review addresses analytical approaches for characterization and quantification of nanomaterials in the environment and recent studies on their occurrence, fate and behavior.     

The energy pump and the origin of the non-equilibrium flux of the dynamical systems and the networks

The global stability of dynamical systems and networks is still challenging to study. We developed a landscape and flux framework to explore the global stability. The potential landscape is directly linked to the steady state probability distribution of the non-equilibrium dynamical systems which can be used to study the global stability. The steady state probability flux together with the landscape gradient determines the dynamics of the system. The non-zero probability flux implies the breaking down of the detailed balance which is a quantitative signature of the systems being in non-equilibrium states. We investigated the dynamics of several systems from monostability to limit cycle and explored the microscopic origin of the probability flux. We discovered that the origin of the probability flux is due to the non-equilibrium conditions on the concentrations resulting energy input acting like non-equilibrium pump or battery to the system. Another interesting behavior we uncovered is that the probabilistic flux is closely related to the steady state deterministic chemical flux. For the monostable model of the kinetic cycle, the analytical expression of the probabilistic flux is directly related to the deterministic flux, and the later is directly generated by the chemical potential difference from the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis. For the limit cycle of the reversible Schnakenberg model, we also show that the probabilistic flux is correlated to the chemical driving force, as well as the deterministic effective flux. Furthermore, we study the phase coherence of the stochastic oscillation against the energy pump, and argue that larger non-equilibrium pump results faster flux and higher coherence. This leads to higher robustness of the biological oscillations. We also uncovered how fluctuations influence the coherence of the oscillations in two steps: (1) The mild fluctuations influence the coherence of the system mainly through the probability flux while maintaining the regular landscape topography. (2) The larger fluctuations lead to flat landscape and the complete loss of the stability of the whole system.     

Use of Isotope Effects To Understand the Present and Past of the Atmosphere and Climate and Track the Origin of Life

Stable isotope ratio measurements have been used as a measure of a wide variety of processes, including solar system evolution, geological formational temperatures, tracking of atmospheric gas and aerosol chemical transformation, and is the only means by which past global temperatures may be determined over long time scales. Conventionally, isotope effects derive from differences of isotopically substituted molecules in isotope vibrational energy, bond strength, velocity, gravity, and evaporation/condensation. The variations in isotope ratio, such as ¹⁸O/¹⁶O (δ¹⁸O) and ¹⁷O/¹⁶O (δ¹⁷O) are dependent upon mass differences with δ¹⁷O/δ¹⁸O=0.5, due to the relative mass differences (1 amu vs. 2 amu). Relations that do not follow this are termed mass independent and are the focus of this Minireview. In chemical reactions such as ozone formation, a δ¹⁷O/δ¹⁸O=1 is observed. Physical chemical models capture most parameters but differ in basic approach and are reviewed. The mass independent effect is observed in atmospheric species and used to track their chemistry at the modern and ancient Earth, Mars, and the early solar system (meteorites).     

McBain and the centenary of the micelle

In 1913, J.W. McBain introduced the word “micelle” into surface and colloid chemistry in the context of the association of surfactant molecules in aqueous solution. This article gives a biographic account of McBain, and reviews the early work on micellar aggregation, leading up to the pioneering ideas of G.S. Hartley who introduced the first model of the spherical micelle that we would recognise today.     

New study of the stability and of the spectroscopy of the molecular anions NCO- and CNO-

Using highly correlated wave functions, the ground and the low lying excited states of the molecular NCO(-) and CNO(-) anions have been reinvestigated. The stability of the electronic ground state of the two isomers with respect to dissociation and to electron detachment has been checked along the isomerization pathway. The regions of stability of the excited electronic states have been analyzed and identified and it is shown that only the ground state is stable and the corresponding potential energy surface presents three equilibrium positions. The rovibronic spectroscopy of the X (1)Σ(+) state of both NCO(-) and CNO(-) isomers has been determined by a variational approach leading to remarkable agreement with experimental data.     

Influence of the molecular structure and the nature of the solvent on the absorption and fluorescence characteristics of rhodamines

A study of the equilibrium of the molecular forms of rhodamine 19 in aqueous and ethanolic solution is carried out by determining the absorption and fluorescence characteristics of the zwitterionic and the cationic forms of the dye. The optical properties of rhodamine 19 are compared with those obtained for rhodamine 6G and also with those previously reported for rhodamine 3B and for the molecular forms of rhodamine B in water and ethanol. Different aspects of the molecular structure of the rhodamines and solvent effects are discussed, as well as their influence on the photophysical properties of the rhodamines. The aggregation of the molecular forms of rhodamine 19 is also studied in water and ethanol.     

Synthesis and pharmacological effects of the enantiomers of the N-phenethyl analogues of the ortho and para e- and f-oxide-bridged phenylmorphans

The N-phenethyl analogues of (1R*,4aR*,9aS*)-2-phenethyl-1,3,4,9a-tetrahydro-2H-1,4a-propanobenzofuro[2,3-c]pyridin-6-ol and 8-ol and (1R*,4aR*,9aR*)-2-phenethyl-1,3,4,9a-tetrahydro-2H-1,4a-propanobenzofuro[2.3-c]pyridin-6-ol and 8-ol, the ortho- (43) and para-hydroxy e- (20), and f-oxide-bridged 5-phenylmorphans (53 and 26) were prepared in racemic and enantiomerically pure forms from a common precursor, the quaternary salt 12. Optical resolutions were accomplished by salt formation with suitable enantiomerically pure chiral acids or by preparative HPLC on a chiral support. The N-phenethyl (-)- para-e enantiomer (1S,4aS,9aR-(-)-20) was found to be a mu-opioid agonist with morphine-like antinociceptive activity in a mouse assay. In contrast, the N-phenethyl (-)-ortho-f enantiomer (1R,4aR,9aR-(-)-53) had good affinity for the mu-opioid receptor (K(i) = 7 nM) and was found to be a mu-antagonist both in the [(35)S]GTP-gamma-S assay and in vivo. The molecular structures of these rigid enantiomers were energy minimized with density functional theory at the level B3LYP/6-31G* level, and then overlaid on a known potent mu-agonist. This superposition study suggests that the agonist activity of the oxide-bridged 5-phenylmorphans can be attributed to formation of a seven membered ring that is hypothesized to facilitate a proton transfer from the protonated nitrogen to a proton acceptor in the mu-opioid receptor.     

Isolation and identification of the anti-isohumulones and the anti-acetylhumulinic acids

The anti-isohumulones [5-(3-methylbutanoyl)-2-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-4-hydroxy-4-(4-methylpent-3-enoyl)-cyclopentane-1,3-diones] and the anti-acetylhumulinic acids [5-(3-methylbutanoyl)-2-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-4-ethanoyl-4-hydroxy-cyclopentane 1,3-diones] have been isolated from an isomerisation reaction mixture of humulone [2-(3-methylbutanoyl)-4,6-di(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-6-hydroxy-cyclohexane-l,3,5-trione] by counter-current distribution and identified by spectroscopic techniques. The formation mechanism is presented and the stereochemical consequences are discussed. The anti-isohumulones are the most bitter hop compounds presently known.