Single reaction interface in flow analysis

The dual or multiple reaction interface concept, commonly associated to the distinct flow techniques, was replaced by a single interface concept, which do not no rely on the utilisation of a well-defined and compelling sample volume but only on mutual penetration of sample and reagent zones at a single reaction interface where both sample and reagent met together prior to detection. In the proposed approach basic principles of flow analysis, such as controlled dispersion and reaction zone formation, are not influenced by sample and reagent volumes but determined exclusively by the extension of the overlap of two adjoining quasi-infinite zones enhanced by multiple flow reversals and the pulsed nature of the flowing streams.The detector is positioned at the core of the flow manifold (not in the conventional terminal position), and repetitive flow reversals enable interface manipulations, including multi-detection of the entire reaction interface or the monitoring of the evolution of a pre-selected interface zone by using suitable reversal cycle times.The implementation of the developed approach was facilitated due to the configuration simplicity and operational versatility of multi-pumping flow systems. Its performance was evaluated by monitoring processes involving two or four-solution reaction interfaces.     

纳米电极-膜片钳监测单个活囊泡连续释放

Carbon fiber nanoelectrode(tip diameter ca. 100nm)-patch clamp was firstly applied to realtime monitoring dopamine release from single living vesicles of single Rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells with highly temporal and spatial resolution. It is first demonstrated that there are continual vesicle releases of dopamine at the same site in the active release zone, which play a main role in the exocytosis.     

Single bubble in-tube microextraction coupled with capillary electrophoresis

Headspace (HS) extraction is a sample pretreatment technique for volatile and semivolatile organic compounds in a complex matrix. Recently, in-tube microextraction (ITME) coupled with CE using an acceptor plug placed in the capillary inlet was developed as a simple but powerful HS extraction method. Here, we present single bubble (SB) ITME using a bubble hanging to the capillary inlet immersed in a sample donor solution as a HS of submicroliter volume (∼200 nL). The analytes evaporated to the bubble were extracted into the acceptor phase through the capillary opening, then electrophoresis of the enriched extract was carried out. Since the bubble volume was much smaller than a conventional HS volume (∼1 mL), it was filled with the evaporated analytes rapidly and the analytes could be enriched much faster compared to conventional HS-ITME. Owing to the high surface-to-volume ratio of the SB, 5 min SB-ITME yielded the enrichment factor values similar to those of 10 min HS-ITME. When 5 min SB-ITME at room temperature was applied to a tap water sample, the enrichment factors of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP), 2,3,6-TCP, and 2,6-dichlorophenol were 53, 41, and 60, respectively, and the LOQs obtained by monitoring the absorbance at 214 nm were 5.6–8.3 ppb, much lower than 200 ppb, the World Health Organization guideline for the maximum permissible concentration of 2,4,6-TCP in drinking water.     

In Situ Self-Assembly of Fluorogenic RNA Nanozipper Enables Real-Time Imaging of Single Viral mRNA Translation

Real-time visualization of individual viral mRNA translation activities in live cells is essential to obtain critical details of viral mRNA dynamics and to detect its transient responses to environmental stress. Fluorogenic RNA aptamers are powerful tools for real-time imaging of mRNA in live cells, but monitoring the translation activity of individual mRNAs remains a challenge due to their intrinsic photophysical properties. Here, we develop a genetically encoded turn-on 3,5-difluoro-4-hydroxybenzylidene imidazolinone (DFHBI)-binding RNA nanozipper with superior brightness and high photostability by in situ self-assembly of multiple nanozippers along single mRNAs. The nanozipper enables real-time imaging of the mobility and dynamic translation of individual viral mRNAs in live cells, providing information on the spatial dynamics and translational elongation rate of viral mRNAs.     

单分子检测进展

单分子检测做为针对有限可数的化学微观个体性质和行为的测量分析方法,能够提供用传统的宏观测量方法得不到的分子微环境中微观个体信息,受到广泛关注。本文综述了近年来单分子检测领域的进展和单分子检测的基本技术,重点介绍了用电化学方法进行单分子检测的发展状况,并展望了单分子检测的发展前景。     

关于聚电解质单链抗衡离子浓度径向分布的研究

采用单分子荧光显微统计光谱技术,通过将pH响应型荧光探针分子精确标记于聚苯乙烯磺酸钠分子链末端,并通过不同长度的多肽链调节分子链与探针分子间的距离,有效测量了聚苯乙烯磺酸钠单分子链的抗衡离子浓度的空间分布.实验结果清晰展示了聚电解质分子链的抗衡离子云结构,并确定了抗衡离子浓度随着距离分子链末端长度的不同而发生变化的规律,为描述聚电解质抗衡离子浓度的径向分布特征提供了实验信息.     

Single molecule electro-catalysis of non-fluorescent molecule

Single molecule catalysis is very powerful in revealing catalytic mechanism at the single molecule level. But fluorescentmolecule is always necessary to take part into the catalysis directly in previous research. In order to study the single molecule electro-catalysis of non-fluorescentmolecule (SMECNFM) on nanocatalyst, we couple the SMECNFM with a single molecule fluorescence reaction. A certain number of fluorescent molecules will be generated and detected when the SMECNFM happens. Through this method, we can detect the electro-oxidation reaction of one HCOONamolecule. The stability of Pt nanocatalyst supported on active carbon is studied at the singlemolecule level by this method. This paper also provides a general way to make ultra-sensitive sensor, and to study the SMECNFM for the molecules, such as formic acid, hydrogen, oxygen, etc., on single nanoparticle.     

Optical Spectroscopy of Single Impurity Molecules in Solids

Optical spectroscopy of a single impurity molecule provides the first truly local probe of host–guest interactions in doped solids. In conventional optical high-resolution experiments with many molecules only ensemble averages of the microscopic parameters can be obtained. In the single-molecule regime, the exquisite sensitivity of an individual dopant molecule to both the local environment and to external perturbations has been exploited in recent experiments to reveal a wealth of fascinating novel phenomena such as spectral diffusion in crystals and polymers, optical modification of a single impurity molecule (spectral hole-burning), local field measurements at the site of a single impurity molecule, and quantum optics in a solid.     

单个等离子体纳米颗粒在生化分析和生物成像中的应用

等离子体纳米颗粒（PNPs）因其独特的物理、化学、光学和生物学特性而被广泛地应用于材料科学、生物学和医药学等研究领域。PNPs的光学性质是可以通过改变其组成、形状和大小来进行调控的,所以利用可控合成的方式能够筛选出适合的光散射探针。在单分子水平上实时研究PNPs的动态行为对于理解细胞及活体组织的生命活动机制、制备功能型纳米材料和开发新型化学生物传感器等有着重要的意义。基于传统的暗场显微镜（DFM）,通过对光源、检测器及其它光学元件的择优组装和调试,我们开发出了一系列具有高灵敏度、高时空分辨率和高通量的等离子体光散射成像技术,并将其应用于单分子检测、多颗粒传感、单细胞成像以及生物过程示踪等领域。基于具有光学各向异性的PNPs,我们还研制出了活细胞三维扫描成像系统和超连续激光光片成像与高速毛细管电泳联用系统,推进了单分子光谱方面的研究。本文将总结近十年来本课题组在PNP单颗粒分析及成像中的工作,并为该领域未来的发展提出一些新的思路。     

微流控芯片单细胞进样和溶膜

单细胞分析对重大疾病的早期诊断、治疗和药物筛选以及细胞生理、病理过程的研究有重要意义.将毛细管电泳用于单细胞多组分的测定已取得一些成果,但受毛细管的一维结构限制,单细胞进样和溶膜操作较复杂.微流控分析芯片的网络结构和微米级的通道尺寸使简化单细胞分析成为可能.     

Ceramic Films via Organometallic Complex as Single Source Precursor

Fe2(CO)6(μ-S2) was used as a single source precursor in attempt to produce FeS film via MOCVD. Pyrolysis of Fe2(CO)6(μ-S2) at temperature below 500℃ produced Fe1-xS or Fe7S8 powder as indicated by its powder X-ray spectra. At 750 ℃, polycrystalline FeS powder was obtained. In film deposition, polycrystalline Fe1-xS or Fe7Ss films were obtained on Si(100) and Ag/Si(100) substrates below 500 ℃. SEM micrographs showed the film on Si(100) substrate containing whisker like grains. However, pillar like grains were obtained on Ag/Si(100) substrate.Deposition rates are also different for different substrates as evaluated by the thickness of the films, which were obtained by SEM micrographs of the cross section of the films. At 750℃, similar polycrystalline Fe1-xS or Fe7S8 film was obtained.     

单一板钛矿相TiO2微晶的制备

以新鲜的无定形TiO₂沉淀为前驱体,在水热条件下得到了板钛矿型TiO₂微晶粉末,考察了前驱体制备过程中碱的种类与用量以及水热反应的温度和时间等因素对板钛矿型TiO₂的影响.XRD,TEM和Raman测试表明,所合成的样品具有单一的板钛矿型TiO₂结构,晶相纯度很高,晶粒形状相同且具有完美的内部结构,粒度分布均匀.此板钛矿型TiO₂样品在900℃时开始向金红石结构转化,1000℃时完全转变为金红石结构.     

单分子毛细管电泳

对室温下液流中的单分子光学检测技术的基本原理、主要方法以及它在生物学中的应用做了综述。重点强调了毛细管电泳与单分子检测相结合-单分子毛细管电泳在分析科学中战略上的重要性，并展望了单分子光学检测技术为特征的单分子毛细管电泳在分析化学中的应用前景。     

Simultaneous High Throughput Single Molecule Electrophoresis and Single Molecule Spectroscopy

Single molecule detection (SMD) has developed rapidly in recent years, especially high-throughput single molecule detection. Such research facilitated several fundamental studies at the single molecule level. In the fixture, SMD may be successfully applied to biological, clinical and medical research for DNA sequencing and single-molecule scans for disease detection. Presently, single-molecule identification of DNA and proteins is performed using fluorescence intensity, mobility or hybridization with a selective probe. In some cases, such methods are insufficient for confident single-molecule identification. Therefore, we invented a high-throughput combination single-molecule spectroscopy/imaging technique for monitoring the spectroscopic differences of several different individual molecules while they migrate in solution. The technique can offer three-dimensional data for each molecule:mobility, fluorescence intensity and spectroscopy information. Two sample systems were selected as test cases. In the first case, λ DNA is labeled with YOYO-Ⅰ,POPO-Ⅲ and a combination of the two dyes. Many individual λ DNA molecules are simultaneously imaged and identified by their spectroscopic differences. In the second case, a biotinylated 2.1 kb PCR product (also labeled with YOYO-Ⅰ) was reacted with avidin-conjugated R-phycoerythrin. The individual reactants and products are also simultaneously imaged and identified by their spectroscopic differences. This technique can be used for high-throughput DNA screening, molecular identification and monitoring intermolecular interactions with a speed of over 2,000,000 molecules per second. The existing method is the highest and most powerful single-molecule screening method available to date. Such technology is expected to have a great impact on single-molecule diagnosis and monitoring molecular interaction at the single molecule level and will be beneficial to early detection and diagnosis of disease (e.g. cancer, HIV). Furthermore, this technique allows one to directly observe and evaluate the data without any complicated calculations.     

Optical-facilitated single-entity electrochemistry

Single-entity electrochemistry focusing on the study of transient electrochemical process at the confined interface, has become a promising field that addresses questions from multi-disciplines such as cellular biology, material chemistry, organic chemistry, etc. It offers the fruitful information hidden in bulk electrochemical measurements. As the optical techniques improve in spatial and temporal resolution, the combination of electrochemistry with optical microspectroscopy provides more comprehensive information of single-entity electrochemistry. Herein, we review recent progress made in optical–electrochemical measurements covering three aspects from the precise localization and temperature measurements of single compartments, to the in-situ tracking of dynamic behaviors of single nanoparticles in electrochemical process, and to the monitoring confinement-controlled electrochemistry at the single molecule/ion level. The review demonstrates how these optical methods are innovatively integrated with single-entity sensing. It also reveals how these optical–electrochemical combinations push single-entity electrochemistry forward.     

基于单细胞拉曼光谱技术的葡萄球菌黄素生物合成分析

利用光镊拉曼光谱技术研究吲哚对金葡菌细胞中葡萄球菌黄素合成的抑制作用以及色素含量在分批培养过程中的动态变化。收集经不同浓度吲哚(终浓度为0,0.2,0.6,0.8,1.2和1.5 mmol/L)处理后的以及不同培养时间的金葡菌单细胞的拉曼光谱,以光谱1523 cm-1峰强度表征色素含量,并与紫外可见分光光度法得到的结果进行比较。结果表明,细菌拉曼光谱1523 cm-1峰强度与分光光度法测得的色素含量有良好的线性关系,相关系数达0.9772;群体和单细胞水平的光谱数据均表明,吲哚可剂量依赖性地抑制葡萄球菌黄素的合成,色素含量降低幅度超过70%;在分批培养中细菌色素含量在对数生长中期(12 h)达到最大值,各个时间点的群体内部细胞间色素含量的异质性较小,RSD在39.2%~61.1%之间。本研究表明光镊拉曼光谱技术是一种在单细胞水平分析葡萄球菌黄素含量的可靠方法。     

单分子结的构筑及分子电导性质的测试

分子电子学已成为21世纪研究的热点. 通过将具有特定功能的分子连接在纳米尺度金属电极之间从而构筑包括分子导线、开关、整流器在内的各种分子尺度电子器件, 这引起了科学家们广泛的研究兴趣. 在分子电子学研究中, 构筑金属/分子/金属(MMM)分子结是研究分子器件中电子传输性质的关键. 尽管已经取得了很大的进展, 目前在纳米尺度下构筑稳定可靠的MMM分子结并测试单个分子的电学性质仍然面临很多挑战. 本文着重对单分子电学性质的测试技术和相关理论研究的最新进展以及存在的挑战做了概述.     

Dithienylethene-Based Single Molecular Photothermal Linear Actuator

By employing a mechanically controllable break junction technique, we have realized an ideal single molecular linear actuator based on dithienylethene (DTE) based molecular architecture, which undergoes reversible photothermal isomerization when subjected to UV irradiation under ambient conditions. As a result, open form (compressed, UV OFF) and closed form (elongated, UV ON) of dithienylethene-based molecular junctions are achieved. Interestingly, the mechanical actuation is achieved without changing the conductance of the molecular junction around the Fermi level over several cycles, which is an essential property required for an ideal single molecular actuator. Our study demonstrates a unique example of achieving a perfect balance between tunneling width and barrier height change upon photothermal isomerization, resulting in no change in conductance but a change in the molecular length, which results in mechanical actuation at the single molecular level.