Characterization of paper finishes by use of infrared spectroscopy in combination with canonical variate analysis

The finishing process used by the paper industry involves subjecting the paper surface to the action of chemicals and physical treatments in a series of operations intended to provide an end-product suitable for its intended use. In this work, we studied various paper finishes by using infrared spectra processed with appropriate chemometric techniques. To this end, we used a wide range of paper samples supplied in various finishes (coated, offset and cast-coated) by several paper manufacturers. Fourier transform middle-infrared (FTIR) spectra for the paper samples were recorded by using an ATR module, and reflectance near-infrared (NIR) spectra with the aid of a fibre-optic probe. Both techniques are fast and require no sample pretreatment.The primary aim of this work was to develop a new methodology affording the accurate classification and identification of paper finishes in samples other than those used to construct the calibration model. To this end, we used the discriminant chemometric techniques principal component analysis (PCA) and canonical variate analysis (CVA), application of which was followed by that of the k-nearest neighbour algorithm to the samples in the prediction set. This procedure was also used to classify the coated samples into three subgroups. Both FTIR and NIR spectroscopy allowed most of the samples in the prediction sets to be accurately classified and identified.     

Progress in patterned paper sizing for fabrication of paper-based microfluidic sensors

In this paper, we report the progress in using paper sizing chemistry to fabricate patterned paper for chemical and biological sensing applications. Patterned paper sizing uses paper sizing agents to selectively hydrophobize certain area of a sheet. The hydrophilic-hydrophobic contrast of the pattern so created has an excellent ability to control capillary penetration of aqueous liquids in channels of the pattern. Incorporating this idea with digital ink jet printing technique, a new fabrication method of paper-based microfluidic devices is established. Ink jet printing can deliver biomolecules and chemicals with precision into the microfluidic patterns to form biological/chemical sensing sites within the patterns, forming the complete sensing devices. This study shows the potential of combining paper sizing chemistry and ink jet printing to produce paper-based sensors at low cost and at commercial volume.     

Combining a hydrogel and an electrochemical biosensor to determine the extent of degradation of paper artworks

Paper-based artworks are among the most valuable assets for transmission of knowledge. Historical paper is composed of different polysaccharides (e.g. cellulose), binders, and glues. During aging all of these components undergo several degradation processes, as a result of external and intrinsic causes, and these can compromise the state of conservation of the document. In this work, application of a new biotechnological strategy for paper artefact preservation is reported. By making use of innovative and non-invasive materials, for example appropriate hydrogels, in combination with selective electrochemical biosensors, it is possible to simultaneously verify the degradation condition of the paper artwork and then to efficiently clean it, while monitoring the process of removal of both pollution and degradation products. In this paper, we focus on specific examples in which such techniques have been applied to paper artworks and that illustrate the advantages and potential of this biotechnology compared with the traditional paper-cleaning methods currently in use.     

无墨喷水可重复打印纸工业化制备

“无墨喷水打印”技术因其绿色环保的特点引起了广泛关注,推进无墨喷水可重复打印纸的产业化具有重要的意义。 本文以具有水致变色性质的吲哚并[2,1-b]噁唑啉染料分子(TM)为例,选定聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(PET)代替滤纸基材,通过筛选合适的表面活性剂、调整染料用量以及涂层厚度,探究并得到了一种无墨喷水可重复打印纸的工业化制备工艺。 结果表明,利用优化后的制备工艺得到的无墨喷水可重复打印纸具有良好的可重复书写性能,并通过小量生产测试验证该制备工艺可以应用于实际工业生产。     

Metrological role of neutron activation analysis. IB. Inherent characteristics of relative INAA as a primary ratio method of measurement

This is the second part of a paper which deals with the advantages and disadvantages of relative instrumental neutron activation analysis concerning traceability and uncertainty, and the current scope and possible future extensions of neutron activation analysis as a primary ratio method. The first part of this paper has been published in this Journal [1]. Received: 19 March 2001 Accepted: 2 October 2001     

EDXRF analysis of some samples of cigarette paper

The effects of tobacco on human health have been widely investigated and documented However, there are not too many specific reports on the potential risk associated to the presence of metals in the paper employed for cigarettes fabrication Even more, there is a lack of national and international norms in this respect. Otherwise, in the literature INAA appears as the unique method for wrapping paper analysis. Therefore, without a nuclear reactor available at the National University of Mexico (UNAM), EDXRF was selected with the aim to explore the possibility to apply this method, instead of INAA, to the analysis of wrapping paper assuming this task, at the beginning, as a supplement to a previous research which was recently presented (2005).¹ The analytical work was developed on the wrapping paper of eight of the most known marks of cigarettes in Mexico, in two non-destructive stages: a first survey, by the classical technique of energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF), used a 1 11 GB qradiation source of ²³⁸Pu and a SiLi detector. In the absence of standard reference materials for cigarette’s paper, the SRM-1832 and 1833 were required for calibration, a fiberglass air filter was used as a secondary standard. The second stage was performed in a spectrometer TX-2000, anode of Mo, quantification software EDXRF32 (fundamental parameters). This paper presents a comparison of the obtained values with those found in the literature. The results show that the EDXRF method, in the Mo tube version, has the adequate precision and detection limits for the analysis of wrapping paper.     

A novel chiral column for the HPLC separation of a series of dansyl amino and arylalkanoic acids

In a previous paper [C. Andre, M. Thomassin, A. Umrayami, L. Ismaili, B. Refouvelet, Y.C. Guillaume, Talanta 71 (2007) 1817] a novel cyclic hexapeptide molecule dissolved in the mobile phase was evaluated as a chiral selector (CS) for the enantiomer separation of a series of dansyl amino and arylalkanoic acids using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). In this paper, this CS was immobilized to the surface of a monolithic support and the enantioselectivity and the performance of this novel column are discussed.     

Qualitative and quantitative assessment of the HPLC fingerprints of Ginkgo biloba extract by the involution similarity method.

In this paper, we develop a new method for evaluating chromatographic fingerprints of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) by the average involution similarity and the quantitative involution similarity. To validate this novel approach, we studied the chromatographic fingerprints of Ginkgo biloba extract by the new similarity parameters. The results were compared with those of the cosine of vectorial angle (S(F)), the correlative coefficient (r) and some other quantitative parameters, such as the apparent quantitative similarity of fingerprint R% and the average mass percentage M%. The approach represented in this paper was proved to well reflect the similarity alteration of each batch of Ginkgo biloba extract and the quantitative differences of the extracted constituents. The S(gxq) and S(gxsq) are the best qualitive and quantitative similarity parameters of all those mentioned in this paper; they can be profitably used for the qualitative and quantitative assessments of TCM chromatographic fingerprints. Through this study, the quality evaluation of TCM can be simplified by using only one parameter of with the qualitive and quantitative functions proposed in this paper.     

导电聚苯胺/橡胶复合材料的研究进展

聚苯胺是一种结构型导电高分子,因其特殊的结构和优异的物理化学性能,使它在二次电池、金属防腐、传感器、电容器、电磁屏蔽及抗静电等领域有着广泛而深入的应用前景。本文概述了导电聚苯胺的结构和特性,主要综述了聚苯胺/橡胶基复合材料的制备方法。其制备方法主要有共混法和聚合法,共混法主要有机械熔融共混法、溶液共混法和乳液共混法;聚合法主要包括电化学聚合、原位乳液聚合法、吸附聚合法等,总结了聚苯胺/橡胶基复合材料的研究情况及发展应用。     

Free‐standing Graphene/Poly(methylene blue)/AgNPs Composite Paper for Electrochemical Sensing of NADH

Highly flexible graphene/poly(methylene blue)/AgNPs composite paper was successfully prepared for amperometric biosensing of NADH. For this purpose, a dispersion including graphene oxide (GO), methylene blue (MB) and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) was prepared and GO/MB/AgNPs paper was acquired by vacuum‐filtration of this dispersion through a suitable membrane. After peeling it off from membrane, it was transformed to rGO/MB/AgNPs paper by performing reduction with hydriodic acid. In a three‐electrode cell, which is containing 0.1 M phosphate buffer solution (pH: 9.0), rGO/MB/AgNPs paper was used as working electrode and rGO/poly(MB)/AgNPs composite paper was generated by surface‐confined electropolymerization of MB using successive cyclic voltammetry approach in a suitable potential window. Characterization of this composite paper was carried out by using scanning electron microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, powder X‐ray diffraction spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, four‐point probe conductivity measurement and cyclic voltammetry techniques. Flexible rGO/poly(MB)/AgNPs composite paper has demonstrated high sensitivity, wide linear range and low detection limit for amperometric quantification of NADH.     

Analysis of Biological Samples Using Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry: An Investigation of Impacts by the Substrates, Solvents and Elution Methods

Paper spray has been developed as a fast sampling ionization method for direct analysis of raw biological and chemical samples using mass spectrometry (MS). Quantitation of therapeutic drugs in blood samples at high accuracy has also been achieved using paper spray MS without traditional sample preparation or chromatographic separation. The paper spray ionization is a process integrated with a fast extraction of the analyte from the raw sample by a solvent, the transport of the extracted analytes on the paper, and a spray ionization at the tip of the paper substrate with a high voltage applied. In this study, the influence on the analytical performance by the solvent–substrate systems and the selection of the elution methods was investigated. The protein hemoglobin could be observed from fresh blood samples on silanized paper or from dried blood spots on silica-coated paper. The on-paper separation of the chemicals during the paper spray was characterized through the analysis of a mixture of the methyl violet 2B and methylene blue. The mode of applying the spray solvent was found to have a significant impact on the separation. The results in this study led to a better understanding of the analyte elution, on-paper separation, as well as the ionization processes of the paper spray. This study also helps in establishing a guideline for optimizing the analytical performance of paper spray for direct analysis of target analytes using mass spectrometry.     

产妇及其新生儿全血微量元素含量调查和研究

本文是产妇及其新生儿全血微量元素调查研究系列论文中第一篇。介绍了本研究的起因、目的和本研究的大体情况以及规划。     

气体色谱分析的多图谱归一定量法和气体组分的相对校正因子

本文报道一种扩展的气相色谱归一化定量分析方法，使两台或两台以上色谱仪对同一样品的诸多组分所完成的多张色谱力痛应用归一定量法进行计算，从而在进行多组分测定（尤其是气体样品的分析）时大大减少工作量，本方法的关键是样品中某一组分在多张图谱中均有分离很好的峰。     

Detection of pesticides and pesticide metabolites using the cross reactivity of enzyme immunoassays

Enzyme immunoassay is an important environmental analysis method that may be used to identify many pesticide analytes in water samples. Because of similarities in chemical structure between various members of a pesticide class, there often may be an unwanted response that is characterized by a percentage of cross reactivity. Also, there may be cross reactivity caused by degradation products of the target analyte that may be present in the sample. In this paper, the concept of cross reactivity caused by degradation products or by nontarget analytes is explored as a tool for identification of metabolites or structurally similar compounds not previously known to be present in water samples. Two examples are examined in this paper from various water quality studies. They are alachlor and its metabolite, alachlor ethane sulfonic acid, and atrazine and its class members, prometryn and propazine. A method for using cross reactivity for the detection of these compounds is explained in this paper.     

柔红霉素与DNA作用的序列特异性研究

采用紫外-可见光谱法和紫外-可见光谱电化学法研究了柔红霉素(DNR)与不同寡聚核苷酸之间的相互作用.结果表明,DNR优先作用于寡聚核苷酸的CpG位点,然后是ApG和ApC.因为DNR可与鸟嘌呤之间形成3个氢键.与双链寡聚核苷酸作用时,DNR最先插入的位点是(CpG)₂碱基对之间,其次是(TpG)(CpA)和(GpC)(ApC)碱基对之间.当DNR与存在未配对G碱基的DNA链作用时,因游离的DNR量增加使其电化学活性增加,导致DNA构象和构型的变化,使DNA生理功能受到损伤,DNA碱基增色效应显著上升.此法可用于G碱基未配对DNA链的检测.     

五氟溴苯的合成工艺研究

五氟溴苯是一种非常重要的化工中间体.五氟苯甲酸通过脱羧、溴化两步反应可以得到五氟溴苯.本文通过采用加压脱羧的方法制备五氟苯,反应时间短,产品产率和纯度高,且操作简单方便,工艺绿色环保,适合工业化.同时分别研究了脱羧和溴化反应中反应条件对目的产物收率的影响.     

计算单向复合材料弹性模量的新公式

根据复合材料单层的实际构造，提出了串并联组合模型，采用微观力学与宏观力学相结合的方法，推导出一组计算单向复合材料弹性模量的新公式。其优点是：Ｅ１和ｖ（１２）、Ｅ２和Ｇ（１２）的计算式形式对称，结构简单，计算容易，物理意义明确。我们把由世界上许多著名学者提出的多组预测公式和本文导出式计算所得的结果与国内外已发表的硼／环氧、碳／环氧、玻璃／环氧复合材料的实验数据相比较，结果表明：导出式比其他公式精确、更有价值，可供二程设计使用。     

以制浆造纸产业为平台的生物炼制新模式

本文通过分析木质生物质炼制与制浆造纸工业之间的关系,提出以制浆造纸产业为平台的生物炼制模式。在蒸煮制浆前,增加对原料预抽提处理,提取半纤维素等成分用于生产乙醇燃料和（或）其他化工化学品,抽提残渣则采用传统化学法、高得率法或有机溶剂法制浆,实现植物纤维原料多组分分离综合利用。该模式给制浆造纸产业提供一条可持续发展的新思路。     

The de novo design of median molecules within a property range of interest

Summary In this paper an application is presented of the median molecule workflow to the de novo design of novel molecular entities with a property profile of interest. Median molecules are structures that are optimised to be similar to a set of existing molecules of interest as an approach for lead exploration and hopping. An overview of this workflow is provided together with an example of an instance using the similarity to camphor and menthol as objectives. The methodology of the experiments is defined and the workflow is applied to designing novel molecules for two physical property datasets: mean molecular polarisability and aqueous solubility. This paper concludes with a discussion of the characteristics of this method.