丝素蛋白在甲醇-水混合溶剂中构象变化的光谱学研究

应用圆二色谱、内源荧光和外源荧光探针研究了丝素蛋白在甲醇-水混合溶剂中的构象变化及机理。结果显示,在浓度低于30%(V/V)的甲醇-水混合溶剂中,处于无规卷曲状态的丝素蛋白可以通过疏水相互作用形成小的疏水区域,随着甲醇浓度的增加,丝素蛋白发生由无规卷曲向β-折叠的构象转变,削弱了疏水侧链的相互作用。分析表明,丝素蛋白的构象变化与溶剂体系的微观结构密切相关,其稳定性主要由肽键单元与混合溶剂中的分子簇之间的相互作用决定。低浓度的甲醇-水混合溶剂保持水固有的氢键结构,对丝素蛋白肽键单元的溶剂化和丝素蛋白构象的影响较小,而随着甲醇浓度的增加,溶剂结构出现由四面体结构的水分子簇向链状结构的甲醇分子簇的转变,丝素蛋白通过形成分子内氢键减少肽键单元与溶剂分子的接触,从而引发丝素蛋白的构象转变。     

Solvent Exchange in Excited-State Relaxation in Mixed Solvents

The fluorescence of styrylthiazoloquinoxaline (STQ) in the solvent mixture methanol and dichloromethane (DCM) and 2-octanol have many common characteristics: biexponential fluorescence decay, wavelength-dependent amplitudes, a negative amplitude for the short-lifetime component at long emission wavelengths, and a time-dependent red shift of the emission spectrum. In octanol, the fluorescence lifetime decreases with increasing temperature, whereas the lifetime increases with temperature in the methanol/DCM mixture. The fluorescence characteristics in 2-octanol ( = 7.29 cP) are readily explained by the conventional model of excited-state relaxation kinetics by solvent reorientation. This model is not applicable for low-viscosity ( = 0.455 cP) solvent mixtures. A model of excited-state relaxation kinetics involving solvent exchange (versus solvent reorientation in pure solvents) in the excited state is proposed for the solvent mixture. The model assumes that the solvent compositions around the solute are different in the ground and excited states and the solvent composition is temperature dependent.     

Invariance of activity coefficients for the hydrogen ion with charge-type of fluorescent indicators in aqueous-methanol solutions

Steady-state fluorimetric pH titrations of three fluorescent indicators of differing charge-type were carried out in aqueous methanol solutions containing up to 64 mol% methanol. The plot of the ratio of the relative fluorescence efficiency of the indicator acid to that of its conjugate base versus the product of the formal hydrogen ion concentration and the appropriate Bronsted kinetic activity factor gives straight lines for titrations in each mixed solvent, just as it does in water, but only if the constant terms in the Bronsted factor are modified to account for the bulk dielectric constant in each solvent. The product of the formal charges on the proton and the particular conjugate base studied in each titration must also be included in the Bronsted factor. This supports the hypothesis that a valid operational pH can be defined and kinetic parameters related to proton transfer can be extracted from the fluorimetric titrations in mixed solvents.     

溶剂对TNS与ANS荧光光谱的影响

研究了两种光谱探针TNS与ANS在不同溶剂中的荧光光谱,为此类荧光探针的应用奠定了一定的基础。结果表明溶剂对TNS与ANS荧光光谱的影响是一般溶剂效应与特殊溶剂效应共同作用的结果。     

Photophysical Studies on the Interaction of Acridinedione Dyes with Universal Protein Denaturant: Guanidine Hydrochloride

Photophysical studies of photoinduced electron transfer (PET) and non-PET based acridinedione dyes with guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl) were carried out in water and methanol. Addition of GuHCl to photoinduced electron transfer (PET) based acridinedione dye (ADR 1) results in a fluorescence enhancement, whereas a non-PET based dye (ADR 2) shows no significant change in the fluorescence intensity and lifetime. Addition of GuHCl to ADR 1 dye in methanol results in single exponential decay behaviour, on the contrary a biexponential decay pattern was observed on the addition of GuHCl in water. Absorption and emission spectral studies of ADR 1 dye interaction with GuHCl reveals that the dye molecule is not in the protonated form in aqueous GuHCl solution, and the dye is confined to two distinguishable microenvironment in the aqueous phase. A large variation in the microenvironment around the dye molecule is created on the addition of GuHCl and this was ascertained by time-resolved area normalized emission spectroscopy (TRANES) and time-resolved emission spectroscopy (TRES). The dye molecule prefers to reside in the hydrophobic microenvironment, rather in the hydrophilic aqueous phase is well emphasized by time-resolved fluorescence lifetime studies. The mechanism of fluorescence enhancement of ADR 1 dye by GuHCl is attributed to the suppression of the PET process occuring through space.     

SOLVATION DYNAMICS OF METHANOL INVESTIGATED BY FEMTOSECOND TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE UP-CONVERSION TECHNIQUE

The solvation dynamics of methanol has been investigated using a femtosecond time-resolved fluorescence up-conversion technique. Transient fluorescence spectra of Coumarin 152A dissolved in methanol at different time were reconstructed from the measured fluorescence decays. The Stokes shift was obtained and the solvent response function S_v(t) was fitted using a bimodal function with a fast Gaussian component and a slow bi-exponential component. The Gaussian component was attributed to the effect of free streaming motion of the solvent molecules, whereas the bi-exponential component was caused by the rotational diffusion motion of the solvent molecules. A comparison of our results with reported data was made.     

1-苯胺基萘-8-磺酸盐在各种固体基质中发光特性的研究

1-苯胺基萘 - 8-磺酸盐 (ANS)在不同的固体基质中发光特性的研究发现 :(1 ) ANS分子发射峰位置与在甲醇溶液中相比 ,发生明显的蓝移 ,可能是由于约束在固体基质中的荧光分子的运动受到一定的限制而接近单分子发光的行为。与纯粉末 ANS荧光相比 ,发生红移。ANS在极性的滑石基质中 ,发射峰移向更短的波长 ,在非极性的石蜡基质中移向更长的波长 ,反映固体基质微观环境的变化。 (2 ) ANS分子荧光寿命明显缩短 ,主要原因是在固体基质中 ,荧光发射速率常数 kf 增大。 (3) ANS分子相对量子产率明显增大 ,荧光分子运动受限 ,减弱分子之间的相互作用 ,减小了由于碰撞引起的猝灭 ,分子结构刚性增强。该结果对于研究固体基质的物化性质、探讨光化学反应中能量转移现象具有重要意义。     

Solvation and rotational relaxation of coumarin 153 in a new hydrophobic ionic liquid: An excitation wavelength dependence study

The solvent relaxation and rotational dynamics of coumarin 153 have been investigated in a new room temperature ionic liquid, 1-(2-methoxyethyl)-1-methylpyrrolidiniumtris(pentafluorethyl)trifluorophosphate [[MOEMPL][FAP]], at three different excitation wavelengths with a variation in temperature. Wavelength -dependent fluorescence decay behavior of the probe molecule in the present medium has been investigated by studying the time dependent fluorescence Stokes shift in the ps–ns time scale. The dynamic fluorescence Stokes shift measurements suggest that the time-resolvable part of the solvation dynamics is biphasic in nature and the average solvation time depends on the excitation wavelengths. Rotational coupling constants, obtained from the time- resolved anisotropy data, indicate no specific interaction between the probe molecule and the ionic liquids. The excitation wavelength dependent solvation dynamics is attributed to the heterogeneous nature of the present ionic liquid.     

Influence of Substituent and Solvent on the Radiative Process of Singlet Excited States of Novel Cyclic Azacyanine Derivatives

The photophysical properties of novel cyclic azacyanine derivatives have been investigated in acetonitrile, N-butyronitrile, methanol, ethanol, DMF and water. Introduction of electron donating or accepting groups on the cyclic azacyanine has a direct impact on the spectroscopic and photophysical properties. Irrespective of the nature of the substitution, azacyanine shows a general solvent relaxation in accordance with Lippert-Mataga’s prediction; however, in protic solvent, specific interactions are encountered. Fluorescence lifetime decay suggests a relaxation in the nanosecond time scale with monoexponential decay in polar solvents and biexponential decay in non polar solvents. The fluorescence lifetime of azacyanines are found to be longer than popular cy3 dyes. An electron donating substituent increases the fluorescence lifetime and influences the radiative process, whereas an electron withdrawing group marginally increases the excited state lifetime but remarkably enhances the radiative process. The fluorescence quantum yield of substituted cyclic azacyanine in water is noted to be at least five fold higher than the popular cy3 dye.     

西维因在甲醇-水二元混合溶剂中的三维荧光光谱特性研究

农药的广泛使用对环境产生了重要的影响,西维因作为一种重要的广谱高效杀虫剂在很多地表水中残留,了解和掌握西维因在环境中的光谱特性及检测方法具有重要意义。研究了西维因的激发-发射三维荧光光谱特性,通过改变甲醇-水二元混合溶剂中甲醇的体积比,探讨了不同体积比的甲醇-水混合溶剂对西维因三维荧光光谱的影响。研究结果表明,西维因的特征荧光光谱峰为单峰,西维因的激发波长和发射波长范围分别处于： 244~304和300~350 nm,最大激发/发射峰位置分别位于280和335 nm。随着甲醇-水二元混合溶剂中甲醇含量的增加,西维因的三维荧光光谱未出现明显位移,但是荧光光谱强度随甲醇含量的增加出现了非线性的变化,这主要与二元混合溶剂自身独特的性质有关。     

Intramolecular Fluorescence Quenching of Crowned 7-Aminocoumarins as Potential Fluorescent Chemosensors

The effects of the nature of solvent, temperature and complex formation with alkali and alkaline-earth metal cations, as well as protonation, on the efficiency and the kinetics of fluorescence of 3-azacrowned 7-diethylaminocoumarins have been studied. For the crown-ethers under investigation, the ratio of a dipole moment to the radius of Onsager cavity delta micro/rho is a constant value, and a macrocycle does not affect delta micro, and rho. The fluorescence of coumarin 1 in acetonitrile is quenched by an electron donor, triethylamine, with the Stern-Volmer constant being equal to (0.474+/-0.009) M(-1). The decrease in coumarin 1 fluorescence quantum yield upon the introduction of N-alkylazacrown moiety into position 3 is caused by an intramolecular photoinduced electron transfer from the nitrogen atom of macroheterocycle to the coumarin moiety, where the excitation is localized. The fluorescence quenching has an activation energy 2.32+/-0.05 kcal/mol in various hydrocarbons, and does not depend on the solvent viscosity. The fluorescence kinetics of free crowned coumarins in methanol is not monoexponential because of the existence of macrocycle conformers, or because of the hydrogen bond complex formation between the solvent and the nitrogen atom of macrocycle, in which the efficiency of intramolecular electron transfer is different. Upon complex formation with alkali and alkaline-earth metal cations and upon protonation, the fluorescence quantum yield increases and fluorescence decay becomes monoexponential.     

Solvation dynamics in methanol: Experimental and molecular dynamics simulation studies

We have investigated the ultrafast dynamics of methanol by time dependent fluorescent shift experiments and molecular dynamic simulations. The experiments were performed with two different probe molecules, 1-aminonaphthalene and coumarin 153. The molecular dynamic simulations employed these probes as well as small atomic and diatomic solutes. We find a previously unobserved fast decay component in the solvation response of methanol. The molecular dynamics results are in good agreement with this experimental result. The origin of this fast response and the linearity of the solvent response are discussed.     

若丹明6G溶液体系的荧光量子效率

本文对八种若丹明6G溶液的荧光量子效率进行了测量,并着重讨论了染料若丹明6G溶液体系的量子效率的溶剂效应.在研究中发现:若丹明6G溶渡的荧光量子效率与溶液极性(ε-1)/(2ε+1)之间存在线性关系,体系的荧光量子效率随溶剂极性的增加而下降.由于染料分子与成氢键溶剂作用愈强,能量散逸愈快将是导致这一结果的主要原因.这一规律也适用于ANS染料溶液体系中.     

噁嗪750激光染料分子在醇类溶剂中超快动力学研究

利用飞秒时间分辨荧光亏蚀光谱技术,研究了噁嗪750激光染料分子在典型的醇类溶剂中超快动力学过程.实验发现两个超快动力学过程:飞秒量级的快速弛豫过程和皮秒量级的慢速弛豫过程.快速弛豫过程来源于分子内振动能量再分配(IVR)和溶剂分子超快惯性弛豫动力学过程,而慢速弛豫过程对应于溶剂化的扩散分子弛豫动力学过程.实验结果表明慢速弛豫过程的时间常数随醇溶剂分子间氢键键能的增强而增大.     

黄烷酮及其羟基衍生物的荧光性质研究

黄烷酮类化合物是天然药物的重要活性成分,也是有机合成的研究热点之一,但此类化合物的荧光性质尚缺乏研究。研究了黄烷酮及其6种羟基衍生物的荧光性质,发现黄烷酮(Flavanone,FV)、7-羟基黄烷酮(7-Hydroxyflavanone,7HF)和6-羟基黄烷酮(6-Hydroxyflavanone,6HF)的水溶液有荧光,而2’-羟基黄烷酮(2’-Hydroxyflavanone,2’HF)、4’-羟基黄烷酮(4’-Hydroxyflavanone,4’HF)、柚皮素(4’,5,7-三羟基黄烷酮,Naringenin)和乔松素(5,7-二羟基黄烷酮,Pinocembrin)的水溶液基本无荧光。在三维荧光图谱中,FV的荧光激发波长(λ_ex)为235,265和340 nm,发射波长(λ_em)为386 nm;7HF的λ_ex为230,276和315 nm,λ_em为391 nm;6HF的λ_ex为260和356 nm,λ_em为482 nm。研究了pH对FV,7HF和6HF荧光的影响,从分子结构的角度讨论了pH对荧光产生影响的原因。研究了7HF和6HF在不同pH条件下的紫外吸收光谱,用pH-光度法测得7HF和6HF的羟基质子电离常数pK_a分别为7.26±0.05和9.90±0.02。研究了溶剂(甲醇)对FV,7HF和6HF荧光光谱的影响,发现FV和7HF在甲醇溶液中的荧光比在水中减弱,而6HF在甲醇中的荧光显著增强。在有序介质(SDS,CTAB,β-CD)中,FV和7HF的荧光减弱,而6HF在β-CD或CTAB中的荧光增强。以硫酸奎宁或L-色氨酸为参比,测得FV和7HF水溶液的荧光量子产率分别为0.057和0.012;6HF在甲醇中和在β-CD浓度为1.62 mg·mL-1的水溶液中的荧光量子产率分别为0.064和0.012。     

The Fluorosolvatochromism of Brooker's Merocyanine in Pure and in Mixed Solvents

The fluorescence-based solvatochromism (fluorosolvatochromism) of 4-[(1-methyl-4(1H)-pyridinylidene)-ethylidene]-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-one (Brooker's merocyanine) was studied. The results revealed that the fluorescence emission band of the dye was dependent on the medium ( nm in water and nm in DMF). The fluorescence quantum yields (φ _f) were calculated for the dye in the solvents investigated. Low φ _f values ( < 10%) were obtained for the dye and in order to better comprehend the radiative and nonradiative decay processes of this dye, its fluorescence lifetime in methanol was measured and was found to be very short (230 ps). The results suggest that the dye in the excited state decays rapidly through nonradiative processes. The behavior of the probe in binary mixtures including a hydrogen-bond accepting solvent (acetonitrile, N,N-dimethylformamide, and dimethylsulfoxide) and a hydroxylic solvent (water, methanol, ethanol, propan-2-ol, and butan-1-ol) was also investigated. All data were successfully fitted to a model based on solvent exchange equilibria, which allowed the separation of the different contributions of the solvent species in the solvation shell of the dye. The data obtained for the mixed solvents were explained based on solute–solvent and solvent–solvent interactions.     

Photophysical studies of xanthene dye in alkanols and in presence of inorganic ions

Eosin Y belongs to a xanthene group. It is an anionic fluorescent dye. The absorbance and fluorescence of Eosin Y have been investigated in a series of alkanols (methanol to propanol). When the solvents are added to the aqueous solution of Eosin Y (EY) the absorbance and fluorescence intensity are enhanced. The alkanols are found to affect the absorption and fluorescence spectra of the dye. On the basis of solvent adsorption model the binding constants of the dye with alkanols have been estimated. The interaction of solvent molecule with dye in aqueous solution is specific in nature. The fluorescence quenching of Eosin Y by the inorganic ions [Fe(CN)₆]⁻³, [Fe(CN)₆]⁻⁴ and Cl⁻ was also observed. The ions influenced the quenching process to different extents. The rate constants of quenching were calculated using the Stern-Volmer equation. The equilibrium constant of dye in presence of inorganic ions are determined by Scott equation.     

The tyrosyl fluorescence of angiotensin II in alcoholic solvents

Angiotensin II is an octapeptide hormone and contains a single tyrosyl residue and no tryptophyl residues. Intramolecular interactions of the tyrosyl residue with, for example, ionizable side chains or hydrogen bond acceptors can potentially perturb its fluorescence properties. The intrinsic fluorescence of angiotensin II was used to determine if the interactions of the tyrosyl residue were altered, as a consequence of conformational changes induced by certain alcoholic solvents. Steady state and time-resolved fluorescence data for angiotensin II in neutral aqueous buffer, isopropanol and 1,2=propanediol, provided no evidence for specific conformations, which facilitated intramolecular association of the tyrosyl residue with other moieties. Multiexponential decay kinetics in which the decay times were <5 ns were observed in all cases. No fluorescence which could be attributed to tyrosinate anion was detected in the solvent systems studied.Issued as NRCC publication No. 34266.     

A thermodynamic and photophysical study of the effects of thiourea on the micellar properties of aqueous sodium dodecyl sulphate solution

The micellar properties of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) in aqueous thiourea solutions were investigated with the aim of studying the effect of thiourea on these properties. The critical micelle concentrations (cmc) and the degree of dissociation of the micelle were determined by the conductometric method over the temperature range 298–323 K for different concentrations of thiourea. The cmc values of the surfactant in the presence of thiourea were obtained by following the change in the relative intensities of vibrational fine structure of the pyrene fluorescence spectra. The aggregation numbers were determined by employing the static quenching fluorescence method. The cmc values in the presence of varying electrolyte concentrations (NaCl) were obtained with 8-anilinonaphthalene 1-sulphonate (ANS) as a fluorescence probe, and from these values the degree of dissociation was calculated. The mass action model was applied in the present study to obtain various thermodynamic parameters of micellization. All these properties were compared with the micellar properties of an aqueous urea/SDS system, and it was found that thiourea is a better demicellization agent.     

Deactivation of an excited charge-transfer complex I. Influence of solvent polarity on radiative and radiationless transitions

The influence of solvent polarity on the fluorescence of charge-transfer complexes of pyromellitic dianhydride with some methylated benzenes has been investigated. Quantum yields and decay times of fluorescence, in mixed solvents of different polarities, have been measured. It was shown that with increasing solvent polarity the quantum yield of fluorescence is mainly decreasing owing to the decrease of the radiative transition probability k_f is due to the increasing degree of solvent-induced changes in the electronic and geometrical structure of the equilibrium excited state and increasing solvation of the components of the complex. Emissive properties of charge-transfer complexes are compared with emissive properties of heteroexcimers.