石英晶体微天平传感器的膜厚敏感性

近几年,石英晶体微天平(QCM)作为一种简易、灵敏的实时监测手段,广泛地应用于研究生物活性分子之间的相互作用,其中包括蛋白质吸附动力学、抗原/抗体相互作用、DNA杂交、适配体-蛋白相互作用等领域.但是QCM作为商业化的生物传感器一直发展不顺利.主要因为QCM在液态环境中的非理想行为导致了对QCM数据分析困难.我们利用阻抗分析法对QCM的数据进行分析,分离出质量和粘弹性两种因素引起的频率改变,解决粘弹性的困扰问题.同时,我们提出了"固化水层"模型,合理地处理了溶剂的影响.在该模型的基础上发展了一种基于QCM的分子尺技术,该技术能够简便、有效地测量出固定在固-液界面的生物大分子的纳米尺寸.我们的主要工作是将"固化水层"模型拓展到三维结构的高分子基质中.我们联合QCM和表面等离子共振(SPR)技术研究基于高分子基质的蛋白质的固定,抗原/抗体识别的过程,进一步采用"固化水层"模型解释高分子的溶胀行为、羧基活化、抗体固定、抗原、抗体识别等过程.理论分析表明,结合生物分子势必排出相同体积的溶剂,由于溶剂的密度接近于蛋白质溶液的密度.从而导致"固化水层"质量增加不明显.实验上也证实了石英晶体微天平的响应主要取决于"固化水层"的厚度变化(T2-T1),而并非固定的生物分子的质量.我们利用QCM实时监测在高分子基质中IgG的固定以及IgG与anti-IgG识别的过程,并将石英晶体微天平监测的频率变化与相应的厚度变化直接关联.这一方法的建立在一定的应用范围内简化了QCM的定量分析模型,有望实现QCM作为传感器在界面物理与化学等相关领域研究中的应用.     

书刊征订

《界面膜原理与应用》界面无处不在。本书从基本原理出发,引用一些实际的体系和过程,系统介绍各种界面膜的概念、形成、状态、性质、稳定性、应用及其研究方法。着重介绍气液界面单分子膜,固液和液液界面膜,对于各种有序分子膜如LB膜、人工双层     

放射性核素在固-液界面上的吸附：模型及其应用

放射性核素在固-液界面上的吸附行为是其在低浓度下物理化学行为研究的重要内容之一。本文综述了固-液界面吸附研究方面取得的主要进展,总结了放射性核素在固-液界面的吸附动力学、热力学模型,重点讨论了表面配位模型和亚稳态理论在固-液界面吸附行为研究中的应用和发展,较为详细地概括了部分先进光谱技术、理论计算方法和模型模拟手段等在...     

“固化水层”模型拓展石英晶体微天平的应用

石英晶体微天平(QCM)在液态环境下的应用一直由于数据分析复杂而受到限制。最近,我们提出了"固化水层"模型(SLL)以简化QCM数据分析过程。本文进一步提供了SLL模型的有关数据。根据SLL模型,1 Hz QCM频率信号对应于0.18 nm SLL层厚度的变化,而大多数商业的QCM均可以达到该精度。因此,根据SLL模型设计的检测方案将具有很高的灵敏度。QCM作为生物传感器的应用也得以拓展,可以相信SLL模型将大大增强QCM的分析能力。     

隐藏高分子界面及生物界面分子结构的和频振动光谱研究

界面的分子结构决定界面的性质.为了以优化界面的结构来改进材料的性质,原位实时地研究界面的分子结构是很重要的.近年来和频振动光谱已发展成为一个很有效及独特的手段来研究隐藏界面的分子结构,例如液/液界面、固/液界面及固/固界面等.这篇综述讨论了和频振动光谱在研究高分子界面及生物界面等复杂界面的分子结构上的应用.具体说来,本文论述了高分子表面在水里的分子结构变化,高分子及模型粘合促进剂硅烷在界面相互作用的分子机理和隐藏的高分子/高分子及高分子/金属界面的结构.另外,此文还将介绍不同二级结构的多肽及几个有代表性的蛋白分子在界面的结构.界面在诸如化学、生物、物理、材料科学及工程和纳米技术等许多领域都很重要.发展一个独特的能原位研究隐藏界面的分子结构的技术会有力地促进这些领域的研究及跨学科研究的发展.     

气液固三相反应过程固体溶解增强因子

基于双膜理论,考虑了气液液膜内、固液液膜内传质过程,推导出一个较确切的描述液固相界面随反应进行发生变化时伴有气体吸收与固体溶解并在液膜内发生瞬间反应的模型,给出一个描述三相反应过程的固体溶解增强因子的表达式。用本模型计算的固体溶解增强因子能很好地描述实验数据。     

限域单分子层冰-水两相平衡体系的分子动力学模拟

限域水因有极其丰富的结构物相变化而成为近年来水科学研究的一个热点.然而,不同相限域水之间的相平衡结构与性质却鲜有报道.论文提出一套分子动力学模拟技术,可实现纳米尺度限域条件下冰和水的不同结构相间形成的低维固-液界面（线）的平衡态模拟.应用此模拟技术,我们探索了0.65 nm限域尺寸、5000 bar限域压强条件下,单分子层厚度的冰-水（固-液）两相平衡,计算了该平衡体系一系列热力学量在界线附近的分布.平衡态的分子模拟结果直观地展示了粗糙型固-液界线的热毛细涨落、界线固-液结构转变的微观机制、以及缺陷在固-液相变区附近的形成与输运.各种热力学量分布函数呈现了二维限域冰-水共存界面（线）的特殊性质,如：相平衡区域的尺寸异于块体材料固-液界面,固-液界线处于切向压缩状态等.     

气体水合物膜生长动力学研究进展

由于大多数水合物客体不溶于水,水相与客体相界面首先形成一层气体水合物膜,气体水合物膜生长是水合物生长的主要形式,研究水合物膜生长规律对于理解水合物生长动力学及进一步开发促进和抑制水合物生长的应用技术具有重要意义.本文综述了近年来气体水合物膜生长形态、横向生长和增厚生长的理论和实验研究进展.首先介绍了不同客体-水体系(包括气/液界面、液/液界面和气-液-液体系)形成的水合物膜生长形态随实验条件的变化规律,然后分别从横向生长和增厚生长两方面总结了水合物膜生长的实验和模型方面的研究工作,阐述了常见的膜生长速率和膜厚度的测量方法,分析了水合物膜生长的传热和传质机理.同时展望了未来水合物膜生长研究的发展方向.     

酸性有机磷类萃取剂单分子膜的气-液界面行为:亚相pH和铺展溶剂的影响

液-液两相萃取过程中,有机磷类萃取剂分子的界面行为决定了其以何种形式参与到界面萃取反应中.为了阐明萃取剂分子界面行为的变化特点,采用Langmuir单分子膜技术研究了单分子膜中P507分子在气-液界面的吸附和聚集行为随亚相pH、有机溶剂极性的变化.通过测定表面压-分子面积等温线,并采用界面红外反射吸收光谱（IRRAS）分析表征气-液界面P507分子间相互作用,结果发现,以正己烷作铺展溶剂时,随亚相pH的降低,P507单分子膜质子化程度提高,P507分子极性端水化能力削弱,分子间相互作用增强,单分子膜中形成含有分子间氢键的聚集体.但采用极性有机溶剂（二氯甲烷和氯仿）铺展P507单分子膜,膜内P507分子界面聚集状态发生变化.铺展溶剂极性增强,单分子膜内会含有更多极性端水化能力强的P507分子单体,并且亚相pH降低,单分子膜不会出现类似正己烷条件下的π-A曲线收缩和P-O-H基团峰位红移现象.这证实了有机铺展溶剂极性可以改变P507单分子膜中分子界面存在形式和聚集状态.本工作为深入理解溶剂萃取过程中水油两相界面处酸性有机磷类萃取剂分子的聚集行为变化及其对界面反应活性的影响机制奠定了基础.     

双头基两亲分子在气液界面的Langmuir铺展膜结构

用表面压-面积等温线,原子力显微镜（AFM）和X射线衍射（XRD）对两种具有不同取代位置的新型双头基两亲分子（bolaamphiphile）A和B在气液界面形成的Langmuir铺展膜的结构进行了研究,化合物1,20-二十碳二β-萘酯（B）在气液界面形成了拉伸型 Langmuir单分子膜,而化合物1,20-二十碳二α-萘酯（A）在气液界面则形成了具有三层分子厚度的二维结晶膜.     

Solidified liquid layer model makes quartz crystal microbalance a convenient molecular ruler

The applications of quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) in biointerfaces are limited by its quantitative ambiguities caused by viscoelasticity and solution effects. Although many studies clearly indicated that the quantitative interpretation of QCM data needed caution, none of those studies provided a practical solution that enabled general and quantitative interpretation of QCM data. Recently we proposed a "solidified liquid layer" model that enabled QCM to be used as a biomolecular ruler. Here we applied five kinds of proteins with significant differences in their sizes and shapes to further validate this model. The effective thickness (T(eff)) of surface immobilized, hydrated proteins were 10.2, 4.7, 1.8 and 4.8 nm for rabbit IgG, streptavidin, lysozyme, and bovine serum albumin, respectively. The critical number of stakes needed for the formation of a solidified liquid layer was found to be protein dependent. We believed this "solidified liquid layer" model will facilitate the popularization of QCM as a valuable tool in biointerface studies, such as protein adsorption process or the conformational change on surface.     

Adsorption kinetics of laponite and ludox silica nanoparticles onto a deposited poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) layer measured by a quartz crystal microbalance and optical reflectometry

A quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) and an optical reflectometer (OR) have been used to investigate the adsorption behavior of Laponite and Ludox silica nanoparticles at the solid-liquid interface. The adsorption of both Laponite and Ludox silica onto poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDADMAC)-coated surfaces over the first few seconds were studied by OR. Both types of nanoparticles adsorbed rapidly and obtained a stable adsorbed amount after only a few minutes. The rate of adsorption for both nanoparticle types was concentration dependent. The maximum adsorption rate of Ludox nanoparticles was found to be approximately five times faster than that for Laponite nanoparticles. The QCM data for the Laponite remained stable after the initial adsorption period at each concentration tested. The observed plateau values for the frequency shifts increased with increasing Laponite particle concentration. The QCM data for the Ludox nanoparticles had a more complex long-time behavior. In particular, the dissipation data at 3 ppm and 10 ppm Ludox increased slowly with time, never obtaining a stable value within the duration of the experiment. We postulate here that this is caused by slow structural rearrangements of the particles and the PDADMAC within the surface adsorbed layer. Furthermore, the QCM dissipation values were significantly smaller for Laponite when compared with those for Ludox for all nanoparticle concentrations, suggesting that the Laponite adsorbed layer is more compact and more rigidly bound than the Ludox adsorbed layer.     

液相色谱-电喷雾离子阱质谱结合“Nin1”模式用于高通量分析药物及其代谢物

本文建立了一种基于液相色谱-电喷雾离子阱质谱(LC-ESI-ITMS)技术和"Nin1"模式的药物及其代谢物快速高通量分离与鉴定方法.该方法首先利用体外代谢方法得到肝微粒体中药物与各自代谢产物混合体系,然后采用"Nin1"模式对该混合体系进行处理,并利用LC-ESI-ITMS联用技术对各待测药物及其代谢物进行分析,得到药物和代谢物的分子量信息,进一步结合多级串联质谱(LC-MSn)分析结果获得结构信息,对代谢物进行鉴定,从而快速的推测代谢物结构,进而得到药物的生物转化规律.本方法用于6种药物及其4种代谢物的分析,实验结果表明:该方法具有快速、高效、灵敏,选择性好等特点.     

石英晶体微天平传感器及其在生物检测中应用的研究进展

石英晶体微天平(Quartz crystal microbalance,QCM)是一种具有灵敏度高、免标记、可实时在线检测等优点的重要分析工具。在生物检测领域,QCM与多种信号放大方法相结合,广泛应用于对生物分子的高灵敏检测。新型耗散型QCM(QCM-D)通过对薄膜厚度、粘弹性等的研究,主要用于考察生物分子的吸附分离、构型变化等微观过程。本文主要阐述了QCM及QCM-D生物传感器的构建及其在DNA、蛋白质、细胞和微生物检测中的研究进展。     

Quartz resonator signatures under Newtonian liquid loading for initial instrument check

The quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) has been increasingly utilized in the monitoring of the deposition of thin macromolecular films. Studies in the deposition of polymers, biomaterials, and interfacial reactions under electrochemical environment are some of the conditions for the study of these material and deposition properties at a lipid interface. Numerous studies have shown the difficulties in configuring an experimental setup for the QCM such that the recorded data reflect only the behavior of the quartz crystal and its load, and not some artifact. Such artifacts for use in liquids include mounting stress, surface properties such as hydrophobicity, surface roughness coupling to loading liquids, influence of compressional waves, and even problems with the electronic circuitry including the neglect of the quartz capacitance and the hysteretic effects of electronic components. It is thought useful to obtain a simple test by which the user could make a quick initial assessment of the instrument's performance. When a smooth quartz crystal resonator is immersed from air into a Newtonian liquid, the resonance and loss characteristics of the QCM are changed. A minimum of two experimental parameters is needed to characterize these changes. One of the changes is that of the resonant frequency. The second is characterized by either a change in the equivalent circuit resistance (DeltaR) or a change in the resonance dissipation (DeltaD). Two combinations of these observables, in terms of either Deltaf and DeltaR or Deltaf and DeltaD, which we define as Newtonian signatures of S(1) and S(2), are calculated to have fixed values and to be independent of the harmonic and of the physical values of the Newtonian liquid. We have experimentally determined the values of S(1) and S(2) using three different QCM systems. These are the standard oscillator, the network analyzer, and the QCM dissipation instrument. To test the sensitivity of these signatures to surface roughness, which is potential experimental artifact, we determined the values of S(1) and S(2) for roughened crystals and found that these signatures do reflect that experimental condition. Moreover, these results were qualitatively in accord with the roughness scaling factor described by Martin.     

发光ZnSalen配合物在分子荧光成像中的应用进展

荧光分子探针的设计、合成以及应用是分子荧光成像领域重要的化学问题.本文从Znsalen配合物的基本性质出发,概述了Znsalen配合物结构与功能的关系,特别是其发光性质与分子结构及分子聚集状态的相关性及应用.针对Znsalen配合物的发光性质,展示了其应用于分子荧光成像和活细胞中分子事件监测的研究进展.这些最新研究表明,Znsalen配合物探针的细胞毒性低(利于活细胞成像)、发光效率高(适用于单、双光子成像)、发光可调(通过配体的修饰和分子聚集状态的调节),有望作为一类重要的发光金属荧光探针实现在分子荧光成像中的应用.     

Contact mechanics studies with the quartz crystal microbalance: origins of the contrast factor for polymer gels and solutions

A contact mechanics methodology utilizing the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) has been applied to study the spreading behavior of polymer solutions and gels. Changes in the resonant frequency and in the dissipation are monitored as these materials are brought into contact with the electrode surface of the QCM. The primary application is in studies of elastic polymer gels, where spreading over the surface of the QCM is limited by the elasticity of the gel. Simultaneous measurement of the applied loads and displacements, along with measurement of the QCM/gel contact area, the frequency shift, and the dissipation, enable us to calibrate the QCM as a contact sensor. While changes in the frequency and dissipation both depend linearly on the contact area, measurements of the dissipation provide a more reliable indicator. The relationship between the dissipation and the contact area is determined by the solvent viscosity and by the high-frequency intrinsic viscosity of the system of interest. This result is consistent with previous results on the high-frequency rheological behavior of polymer solutions.     

Decoupling of the liquid response of a superhydrophobic quartz crystal microbalance

Recent reports using particle image velocimetry and cone-and-plate rheometers have suggested that a simple Newtonian liquid flowing across a superhydrophobic surface demonstrates a finite slip length. Slippage on a superhydrophobic surface indicates that the combination of topography and hydrophobicity may have consequences for the coupling at the solid--liquid interface observed using the high-frequency shear-mode oscillation of a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). In this work, we report on the response of a 5 MHz QCM possessing a superhydrophobic surface to immersion in water--glycerol mixtures. QCM surfaces were prepared with a layer of SU-8 photoresist and lithographically patterned to produce square arrays of 5 mum diameter circular cross-section posts spaced 10 microm center-to-center and with heights of 5, 10, 15, and 18 microm. Non-patterned layers were also created for comparison, and both non-hydrophobized and chemically hydrophobized surfaces were investigated. Contact angle measurements confirmed that the hydrophobized post surfaces were superhydrophobic. QCM measurements in water before and after applying pressure to force a Cassie-Baxter (non-penetrating) to Wenzel (penetrating) conversion of state showed a larger frequency decrease and higher dissipation in the Wenzel state. QCM resonance spectra were fitted to a Butterworth-van Dyke model for the full range of water-glycerol mixtures from pure water to (nominally) pure glycerol, thus providing data on both energy storage and dissipation. The data obtained for the post surfaces show a variety of types of behavior, indicating the importance of the surface chemistry in determining the response of the quartz crystal resonance, particularly on topographically structured surfaces; data for hydrophobized post surfaces imply a decoupling of the surface oscillation from the mixtures. In the case of the 15 microm tall hydrophobized post surfaces, crystal resonance spectra become narrower as the viscosity-density product increases, which is contrary to the usual behavior. In the most extreme case of the 18 microm tall hydrophobized post surfaces, both the frequency decrease and bandwidth increase of the resonance spectra are significantly lower than that predicted by the Kanazawa and Gordon model, thus implying a decoupling of the oscillating surface from the liquid, which can be interpreted as interfacial slip.     

对硫磷分子印迹石英压电微天平的构建条件考察及应用

采用对硫磷为模板,甲基丙烯酸为功能单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯为交联剂,偶氮二异丁腈为引发剂,乙腈为溶剂,热引发沉淀聚合制备对硫磷分子印迹聚合物微球.用包埋法将该印迹物固定在电极表面构建石英压电微天平传感器,并对电极上包埋的印迹物用量、pH等影响因素进行分析.最后将传感器应用于蔬菜中对硫磷的检测.结果显示,方法构建的分子印迹压电石英传感器对对硫磷有良好的响应特性.当用该传感器对蔬菜中对硫磷残留进行检测时,前处理过程中无需除去蔬菜的色素,且检测时间短.石英压电微天平传感器可以用于蔬菜中对硫磷的快速检测.     

A novel dual-impedance-analysis EQCM system--investigation of bovine serum albumin adsorption on gold and platinum electrode surfaces

Both quartz crystal micro-balance (QCM) impedance and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) methods are widely used in interface studies. This paper presents details about a new strategy for simultaneous, mutual-interference-free and accurate measurements of QCM impedance and EI, through connecting a suitable capacitance in series with the piezoelectric quartz crystal (PQC) between QCM impedance and EIS measurement instruments. Combined and individual measurements of QCM impedance and EIS during silver deposition gave results comparable with each other, demonstrating the reliability of the proposed method. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) adsorption on gold and platinum electrodes in Britton-Robinson (B-R) buffers was investigated, and the Fe(CN)6(3-)/Fe(CN)6(4-) couple was used as an electrochemical probe to characterize BSA adsorption. While the reversibility of Fe(CN)6(3-)/Fe(CN)6(4-) couple on bare Au and Pt electrodes changed very slightly with decreasing solution pH from pH approximately 7 to pH approximately 2, the standard rate constant (ks) of this couple increased abruptly with solution pH below pH approximately 4.5 at a BSA-modified Au electrode, but decreased with solution pH at a BSA-modified Pt electrode. By analyzing the QCM impedance data with a modified BVD equivalent circuit and the EI data with a modified Randle's equivalent circuit, inflexion changes at pH approximately 4.5 were all found at pH-dependent responses of the resonant frequency, the double-layer capacitance, the capacitance of the adsorbed BSA layer, the peak-absorbance values of BSA solutions at 277.5 and 224.5 nm, and so on. It was also found that a BSA adsorption layer can effectively inhibit gold corrosion during ferrocyanide oxidation in a ferrocyanide-containing BR solution. Some preliminary explanations of these findings have been given. The proposed method is highly recommended for wider applications in surface science.