The impact of ionic strength and background electrolyte on pH measurements in metal ion adsorption experiments

Our understanding of metal ion adsorption to clay minerals has progressed significantly over the past several decades, and theories have been promulgated to describe and predict the impacts of pH, ionic strength, and background solution composition on the extent of adsorption. Studies evaluating the effects of ionic strength on adsorption typically employ a broad range of background electrolyte concentrations. Measurement of pH in these systems can be inaccurate when pH values are measured with liquid junction pH probes calibrated with standard buffers due to changes in the liquid junction potential between standard, low ionic strength (0.05 M) buffers and high ionic strength solutions (>0.1 M). The objective of this research is to determine the extent of the error in pH values measured at high ionic strength, and to develop an approach for accurately measuring pH over a range of ionic strengths using a combined pH electrode. To achieve this objective, the adsorption of cobalt (10(-5) M) onto gibbsite (10 g/L) from various electrolyte solutions (0.01-1 M) was studied. The pH measurements were determined from calibrations with standard buffers and ionic strength corrected buffer calibrations. The results show a significant effect of the aqueous solution background electrolyte anion and ionic strength on pH measurement. The 0.5 and 1 M ionic strength metal ion adsorption edges shifted to lower pH with increasing ionic strength when pH was calibrated with standard buffers whereas no shift in the adsorption edges was observed when calibrated with ionic strength corrected buffers. Therefore, to obtain an accurate pH measurement, pH calibration should contain the same electrolyte and ionic strength as the samples.     

柱状假丝酵母脂肪酶同工酶的一种高效液相色谱分离新方法

建立一种“疏水界面亲和色谱”分离柱状假丝酵母脂肪酶同工酶的高效液相色谱新方法。将商品化的CRL经离子交换色谱分离为两个同工酶组分 (CRLA和CRLB) ,在极低离子强度下 ,根据同工酶活性中心周围处于“开放”构象的疏水腔具亲疏水界面的特性 ,用疏水界面亲和色谱在NucleosilC4 (10 μ ,3 0 0 ,2 5 0× 4.60mm)柱上将CRLA和CRLB都分离为 4种同工酶组分。疏水界面亲和色谱非常适用于分离这种结构差异轻微的同工酶组分     

有机溶剂-水双液相体系脂肪酶不对称水解合成S-(+)-萘普生

采用有机溶剂－水双液相体系作为反应介质，并用键合有—Ｃ６Ｈ５的无定型多孔硅胶作为分散剂增大两相间的接触面，用圆柱状假丝酵母脂肪酶对萘普生甲酯进行不对称水解．考察了酶浓度、体系ｐＨ值、温度、分散剂对反应的影响．当转化率为２４．３％时，产品萘普生的对映体过量值（ｅｅ）为９４．９％，剩余底物萘普生甲酯的对映体过量值（ｅｅ）为３０．５％，当以异辛烷作为有机相时，该体系酶催化水解的对映体比率（Ｅ）约为５０．     

Optical Response of Porous Titania‐Silica Waveguides to Surface Charging in Electrolyte Filled Pores

In this work, we present a novel method for in situ investigation of surface charging and ion transport inside nanopores of titania‐silica waveguide by means of the optical‐waveguide‐lightmode spectroscopy. Porous oxide waveguides show a strong optical response when exposed to electrolyte solutions, and this response is consistent with oxide surface charging due to changes in ionic strength and pH of the solution in contact with the waveguide. The optical response to pH or electrolyte concentration change is stabilized within several minutes when the solution ionic strength is sufficiently high (0.1M ), while it takes two orders of magnitude longer to reach stable optical response at very low ionic strengths (<0.1mM ). The relaxation times at the high ionic strength are still by several orders of magnitude slower than expected from bulk diffusion coefficients of electrolytes in water. Our results indicate that diffusion of electrolytes is severely hindered (and more so with decreasing ionic strength) in charged pores inside waveguides.     

Not only pH. Specific buffer effects in biological systems

The aim of this work is to overview the specific effect of pH buffers in biological systems. The pH of a buffer solution changes only slightly when a small amount of a strong acid or bases is added to it. This is widely accepted and applied both in chemical and in biological (i.e. enzyme catalysis) systems. Here we show some examples – spanning from pH measurements, enzyme activities, electrophoretic mobilities, antibody aggregation, protein thermal stability – that demonstrate additional roles of buffers. They not only set pH, but also address specific ion effects, in terms of Hofmeister series, when strong electrolytes are also added. From the experimental data referred to some charged biological moieties it emerges that different buffers, at the same nominal pH, can specifically adsorb at the charged surface. Buffer specific adsorption modifies several molecular and macroscopic properties amongst which electrophoretic mobilities, and hence effective surface charges, are particularly significant. More importantly, buffers' weak electrolytes, even at low concentration, are found to compete for the adsorption at the charged surfaces with strong electrolytes, thus modulating Hofmeister effects.     

Adsorption and activity of lipase from Candida rugosa on the chitosan-modified poly(acrylonitrile-co-maleic acid) membrane surface

Efforts have recently been made to improve the biocompatibility of support surface for enzyme immobilization, which could create a specific microenvironment for the enzymes and thus benefit the enzyme activity. In this work, one natural macromolecule, chitosan, was tethered on the surface of poly(acrylonitrile-co-maleic acid) (PANCMA) membrane to prepare a dual-layer biomimetic support for enzyme immobilization. Lipase from Candida rugosa was immobilized on this dual-layer biomimetic support by adsorption. The properties of the immobilized enzyme were assayed and compared with those of the free one. It was found that the adsorption capacity of lipase on the chitosan-tethered PANCMA membrane increases with the decrease of ionic strength and there is an optimum pH value for the adsorption. The activity retention of the immobilized lipase on the chitosan-tethered membrane by adsorption (54.1%) is higher than that by chemical bonding (44.5%). In comparison with the immobilized lipase by chemical bonding, there is a decrease of the K(m) value and an increase of the V(max) value for the immobilized lipase by adsorption. Additionally, the experimental results of thermal stabilities indicate that the residual activity of the immobilized lipase at 50 degrees C is 38% by adsorption and 65% by chemical bonding.     

Impact of ionic liquid physical properties on lipase activity and stability

Lipase activity and stability was investigated in dialkylimidazolium and pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquids with a variety of anions including hexafluorophosphate, acetate, nitrate, methanesulfonate, trifluoroacetate, and trifluoromethylsulfonate. The initial rate of lipase-catalyzed transesterification of methyl methacrylate in these ionic liquids and several organic solvents was examined as well as the polytransesterification of divinyl adipate and 1,4-butanediol. Free lipase (Candida rugosa) catalyzed the transesterification of methyl methacrylate in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate at a rate 1.5 times greater than in hexane. However, no detectable activity was observed in all the "hydrophilic" ionic liquids studied. Methods of enzyme stabilization including adsorption, PEG-modification, and immobilization in polyurethane foam were ineffective in improving enzymatic activity in the hydrophilic ionic liquids. Polytransesterifications performed in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate using Novozym 435 produced polyesters with weight average molecular weights limited to 2900 Da due to precipitation of the polymer. Solvatochromic studies and partition coefficient measurements suggest that ionic liquids are more polar and hydrophilic than organic solvents such as hexane, acetonitrile, and tetrahydrofuran. Stability studies indicate that lipases exhibit greater stability in ionic liquids than in organic solvents including hexane.     

聚丙烯酸甲酯载体对柱状假丝酵母脂肪酶固定化的研究（Ⅰ）

合成了一系列不同结构的聚丙烯酸甲酯，考察了它们的固定化酵母脂肪酶催化酯水解反应的效果，得到了载体孔结构对固定化效果影响的一些规律．研究了最佳吸附条件，比较ｐＨ和离子强度对酵母脂肪酶自由酶和固定化酶催化酯水解反应活力的影响．     

Study of the factors affecting the forward and back extraction of yeast-lipase and its activity by reverse micelles

The experimental results of yeast-lipase extracted by AOT-reverse-micelles in isooctane are reported. The effects of pH values and ionic strength in the aqueous phase, surfactant concentration, phase volume ratio, temperature, stirring time, and cosolvent concentration on the phase transfer of the lipase by the reverse micelles are studied. One hundred percent of forward extraction yield, 68% of back extraction yield, and 45% of activity recovery yield for the lipase are obtained. The phase transfer of the lipase is controlled by electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions.     

Similarity of salt influences on the pH of buffers, polyelectrolytes, and proteins

Changes in pH induced by the addition of electrolytes to buffers, polyelectrolytes (a polycarboxy polymethylene and a polyethyleneimine), and proteins (casein, whey, and lysozyme) solutions are explored systematically. The two buffer systems are triethanolamine/triethanolammonium chloride and citric acid/sodium citrate. These are chosen because of the similarity of their acid-base equilibria with those of amino acids predominant in most proteins, that is, amino acids that include carboxylate or ammonium groups in their structures. The pH of triethanolamine and of citrate buffers respectively increases and decreases when salt is added. At low electrolyte concentrations (<0.15 mol/kg), the phenomenon is well accounted for by standard electrostatic theories. pH values at higher salt concentrations are not reliable when measured with a commercial glass electrode without cross-checking by a standard hydrogen electrode. The changes of the pH values of polyelectrolyte and protein solutions with added salts turn out to be remarkably similar to the salt induced pH changes in the buffer solutions. It is even possible to qualitatively predict these changes in protein solutions simply from the primary protein structure. At least in the systems considered here, the specific ion effects on pH seem to correlate with the bulk activity coefficients of the added electrolytes, at least at moderate salt concentrations.     

New forms of McKay-Perring equations for mixed electrolyte solutions

Pan, H. and Han, S., 1993. New forms of McKay-Perring equations for mixed electrolyte solutions. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 90: 289-306.

A rigorous derivation is given for new forms of the McKay-Perring equations and the partial differential equation relating the activity coefficients of two electrolytes in mixed electrolyte solutions. They all have simple and symmetrical forms when the independent variables are the total ionic concentration and the fraction of ionic concentration. However, the simple and symmetrical forms remain only when the electrolytes are of the same charge types and when the independent variables are ionic strength and the fraction of ionic strength. The method of surface fitting is introduced to evaluate the McKay-Perring equations. The calculated results for four systems are in good agreement with those from the Pitzer equations.     

恒电位自动滴定法分析脂肪酶水解活性影响因素

利用恒电位自动滴定法分析了脂肪酶(Candida rugosa lipase,CRL)催化橄榄油水解活性的影响因素,确定了适宜的酶活性测定条件,对比了传统表面活性剂和咪唑类离子液体对酶活性的影响.37 ℃时,与酶蛋白浓度呈线性关系的酶活性测定范围为1～14 μmol/min;酶蛋白浓度范围为0.01～0.07 g/L;...     

AOT/Triton X-100混合反胶束体系中假丝酵母脂肪酶催化蓖麻油水解的活性

研究了二(2-乙基己基)琥珀酸磺酸钠(AOT)/Triton X-100混合反胶束体系中假丝酵母脂肪酶(candida rugosa lipase)催化蓖麻油水解的反应. 考察了Triton X-100占总表面活性剂的摩尔分数(x(Triton X-100))、水与总体表面活性剂的摩尔比(ω0)、pH值、反应温度以及底物蓖麻油的浓度等因素对酶活性的影响. 研究结果表明, 加入非离子表面活性剂Triton X-100可以使假丝酵母脂肪酶的活性得到显著提高, 但是当底物蓖麻油的浓度大于0.24 mol·L-1时, 会对假丝酵母脂肪酶产生抑制作用.     

Lipase enzymatic microreactor in polysaccharide hydrogel: structure and properties

Russian Chemical Bulletin - An enzymatic microreactor was designed on the basis of sodium alginate hydrogel containing a lipolytic enzyme (Candida rugosa lipase) in the polymer matrix pores. The...     

Ionic-strength gradient during chromatofocusing in carboxylic columns

The presence of a strong electrolyte in mobile phases essentially influences the pH gradient profile generated by chromatofocusing. The variation in the strong electrolyte concentration in the chromatofocusing system is studied. The ionic strength gradient ends far more early than the pH gradient; anomalous segments of the pH gradient profile match the general trend of the ionic strength in the system. The pH gradients obtained under identical conditions on carboxylic sorbents MacroPrep 50 CM and MN are compared. The influence of the KNO3 concentration in the mobile phases on the gradient profiles is studied. Optimum systems are chosen for generating the smoothestlinear pH gradients.     

Low-conductivity background electrolytes in capillary zone electrophoresis--myth or reality?

The asymmetric triangle (fronting or tailing) concentration profiles and their broadening are the typical results of the electromigrational zone dispersion characterizing a system of the analyte in the background electrolyte (BGE). The present contribution suggests the parameter named the relative velocity slope, SBGE,X, which was introduced here as a quantity characterizing the peak broadening and the asymmetry. SBGE,X VS. analyte ionic mobility diagrams are suitable for the comparison of BGEs of given pH and the conductivity composed of electrolytes of different pKaS and ionic mobilities. The concept of SBGE,X diagrams is verified by capillary zone electrophoresis of the model analytes, which involve (i) the series of sulfobenzoylated poly(ethylene glycols) as examples of the strong electrolytes with different ionic mobilities and (ii) the series of monobasic phenols as weak electrolytes with different pKaS and similar ionic mobilities. It follows from both theoretical predictions of peak symmetry and their experimental verification that the optimum composition of BGEs is determined mostly by the suitable ionic mobility of the coion in dependence on the ionic mobility of the analyte. The low-conductivity BGEs based on low-molecular carrier ampholytes are at best only comparable with the properly chosen monobasic electrolytes.     

Prediction of activity coefficients of electrolytes in aqueous mixed electrolyte solutions

A method is proposed for calculating the activity coefficient of constituent electrolytes in aqueous mixed electrolyte solutions. The equations derived from the knowledge of Λ^*, the overall reduced ionic activity coefficient in a mixture, are found to predict activity coefficients accurately up to an ionic strength of 12 mol kg⁻¹ and a temperature of 473 K.     

表面活性剂对脂肪酶活性和选择性的影响

考察了几种表面活性剂对lipaseOF粗酶和纯化酶催化拆分酮基布洛芬的影响。除吐温-80,吐温-60和壬基酚聚氧乙烯醚外,大部分表面活性剂对酶活性有抑制作用,其中只有吐温-80能显著提高酶的立体选择性。酶的活性和选择性与表面活性剂浓度有关。在表面活性剂浓度为最佳(20mg/mL吐温-80或30mg/mL壬基酚聚氧乙烯醚)时lipaseOF粗酶的活性可分别提高13和15倍。加入80mg/mL吐温-80,粗酶和纯化酶的对映体选择率(E值)分别由1.1和8.0增至6.7和>100。     

聚碳酸酯基固态聚合物电解质的研究进展

液态锂离子电池由于采用易泄露、易挥发、易燃烧的碳酸酯有机溶剂,在高温或极端条件下使用时,存在极大的安全隐患.使用固态电解质替代液态电解液,可以从根本上避免此类安全问题的发生,与此同时还可以大幅度提升固态锂电池的能量密度.固态电解质又分为无机固态电解质和聚合物固态电解质2大类.无机固态电解质能够在宽的温度范围内保持化学稳定性,并且电化学窗口较宽,机械强度更高,室温离子电导率较高,但脆性较大,柔韧性差,制备工艺复杂,成本较高.聚合物固态电解质,室温离子电导率偏低,难以满足室温锂离子电池的应用,但其加工成型容易,形状可变.比较而言,固态聚合物电解质,更适宜大规模生产,离产业化相对更近.固态聚合物电解质中研究较多的是聚醚基固态聚合物电解质(如聚环氧乙烷和聚环氧丙烷),但其缺点是室温离子电导率低,需要对其改性或进一步开发综合性能更加优异的其他固态聚合物电解质.聚碳酸酯基固态聚合物电解质由于其特殊的分子结构(含有强极性碳酸酯基团)以及高介电常数,可以有效减弱阴阳离子间的相互作用,提高载流子数量,从而提高离子电导率,因此被认为是一类非常有前途的固态聚合物电解质体系.基于此,本文重点综述了最近研究热点的聚碳酸酯基固态聚合物电解质,包括聚(三亚甲基碳酸酯)体系、聚(碳酸丙烯酯)体系、聚(碳酸乙烯酯)体系和聚(碳酸亚乙烯酯)体系等,并详细阐述了上述每种聚碳酸酯基固态聚合物电解质的制备、电化学性能、优缺点及改性手段,归纳出其离子配位-解配位过程和离子扩散机制,还对聚碳酸酯基固态聚合物电解质的未来发展方向和研究趋势望进行了预测和展望.     

Synthesis of functional polycarbonates by lipase-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization

Poly(5-benzyloxy-trimethylene carbonate) (PBTMC), a new functional polycarbonate was synthesized by enzymatic ring-opening polymerization in bulk at 150°C using Porcine pancreas lipase (PPL) or Candida rugosa lipase (CL) as catalyst. Influences of different polymerization conditions such as the source of enzyme, enzyme concentration and polymerization time on the molecular weight and yield were studied. The results showed that PPL exhibited higher activity than CL. Both higher molecular weight(Mn, 18953) and yield(98%) could be obtained by the use of PPL as catalyst. ¹H NMR spectrum showed no decarboxylation occurrence during the ring-opening polymerization.