Interaction of Low-Intensity Laser Radiation with Blood and Its Components

The response of the blood of rabbits to the intravenous irradiation by a He-Ne laser radiation (λ = 632.8 nm) has been investigated by the UV-visible and IR absorption spectra of the whole blood, plasma, and erythrocyte mass. It has been established that hemoglobin is a primary photoacceptor absorbing low-intensity He-Ne-laser radiation. The exposure of blood to this radiation causes clearly defined changes in the IR and visible absorption spectra of the blood and erythrocytes. These spectral changes arise as a result of partial photodissociation of hemoglobin-ligand complexes in the process of absorption of laser radiation. It is suggested that photodissociation is a primary reaction that arises in blood exposed to a low-intensity laser radiation.__________Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 230–235, March–April, 2005.     

Optical Properties of Spherical Metal Nanoparticles Coated with an Oxide Layer

Optics and Spectroscopy - The optical properties of an ensemble of metal nanoparticles coated with an oxide layer have been investigated within framework of the classical theory. The influence of...     

Hydrothermal Synthesis of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles at Supercritical Conditions

Hydrothermal synthesis of CeO₂ and AlO(OH) were conducted using a flow type apparatus over the range of temperature from 523 to 673 K at 30 MPa. Nanosize crystals were formed at supercritical conditions. The mechanism of nanoparticle formation at supercritical conditions was discussed based on the metal oxide solubility and kinetics of the hydrothermal synthesis reaction. The reaction rate of Ce(NO₃)₃ and Al(NO₃)₃ was evaluated using a flow type reactor. The Arrhenius plot of the first order rate constant fell on a straight line in the subcritical region, while it deviated from the straight line to the higher values above the critical point. The solubility of Ce(OH)₃ and AlO(OH) was estimated by using a modified HKF model in a wide range of pH and temperature. In acidic conditions, where hydrothermal synthesis reaction is concerned, solubility gradually decreased with increasing temperature and then drastically dropped above the critical point. The trend of the solubility and the kinetics around the critical point could be explained by taking account of the dielectric constant effect on the reactions. There are two reasons why nanoparticle are formed at supercritical conditions. Larger particles are produced at subcritical conditions due to Ostwald ripening; that could not be observed in supercritical water because of the extremely low solubility. Second reason is the faster nucleation rate in supercritical water because of the lower solubility and the extremely fast reaction rate.     

Numerical Study on the Coagulation and Breakage of Nanoparticles in the Two-Phase Flow around Cylinders

The Reynolds averaged N-S equation and dynamic equation for nanoparticles are numerically solved in the two-phase flow around cylinders, and the distributions of the concentration M₀ and geometric mean diameter d_g of particles are given. Some of the results are validated by comparing with previous results. The effects of particle coagulation and breakage and the initial particle concentration m₀₀ and size d₀ on the particle distribution are analyzed. The results show that for the flow around a single cylinder, M₀ is reduced along the flow direction. Placing a cylinder in a uniform flow will promote particle breakage. For the flow around multiple cylinders, the values of M₀ behind the cylinders oscillate along the spanwise direction, and the wake region in the flow direction is shorter than that for the flow around a single cylinder. For the initial monodisperse particles, the values of d_g increase along the flow direction and the effect of particle coagulation is larger than that of particle breakage. The values of d_g fluctuate along the spanwise direction; the closer to the cylinders, the more frequent the fluctuations of d_g values. For the initial polydisperse particles with d₀ = 98 nm and geometric standard deviation σ = 1.65, the variations of d_g values along the flow and spanwise directions show the same trend as for the initial monodisperse particles, although the differences are that the values of d_g are almost the same for the cases with and without considering particle breakage, while the distribution of d_g along the spanwise direction is flatter in the case with initial polydisperse particles.     

Experimental and Numerical Study of Aerosol Coagulation by Gravitation

The behaviors of aerosols having particle diameters of 1–5 μm were studied experimentally and the results were compared with numerical calculations. For the experimental study, a specially designed coagulation cylinder was developed and the moment method was used in the numerical predictions. The experimental results were characterized by the size parameters including the geometric mean diameter (GMD), the geometric standard deviation (GSD) and the particle number concentration (N). Particle distributions in the cylinder were measured at certain time intervals. In a closed cylinder, the mechanism governing aerosol behavior appeared to be gravitational coagulation. Separately, the numerical calculations were carried out using the moment method. The experimental results and the numerical predictions were in reasonable agreement. It is believed that the present work represents the first experimental study on gravitational coagulation.     

NIR‐Triggered Release of Nitric Oxide with Upconversion Nanoparticles Inhibits Platelet Aggregation in Blood Samples

There is a great challenge to overcome the limitation of tissue penetration depth, while maximizing the benefit of light‐triggered biochemical cascades in a well‐defined mode simultaneously. Here, a new method of near‐infrared (NIR) light‐triggered release of nitric oxide (NO) by developing upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs)‐based conjugate chemistry is reported. As the key nanotransducer in the design, core–shell‐structured UCNPs are encapsulated with a layer of SiO₂ and then covalently linked with a potent NO‐releasing donor (S‐nitroso‐N‐acetyl‐dl ‐penicillamine, SNAP). It is featured with highly localized breakage of chemical bonds of SNAP molecules by NIR–UV upconversion, enabling simultaneous NO release in a light dosage‐dependent manner. The biological effects of NO releasing are demonstrated by cellular imaging and inhibition of platelet aggregation from blood samples. This work provides a flexible and robust platform to generate cell‐signaling gas molecules trigged by NIR laser with deep tissue penetration.     

氧化钕纳米粒子的制备及其性能研究

以硝酸钕和氢氧化钠为原料,聚乙烯吡咯烷酮为分散剂,制备氢氧化钕前驱体,并于800℃焙烧3h可制得氧化钕纳米粒子。对合成的纳米样品进行了XRD和TEM表征,粒径为10nm,粒度均匀。然后用紫外可见光谱仪检测,所制得的纳米氧化钕具有一定的吸光性能。     

Fluorescence Property of ZnO Nanoparticles and the Interaction with Bromothymol Blue

We synthesized ZnO quantum dots (QDs) simply in alcoholic solution, and investigated the interaction between ZnO QDs and bromothymol blue. The structural, morphological, size and spectral properties of ZnO QDs were studied. It was found that ZnO QDs were spherical nanoparticles in the crystal structure, and the average diameter of ZnO QDs was about 4.8 nm. The excitation and emission peaks were located at 346 nm and 520 nm, respectively, which were obtained on a common fluorophotometer. The quantum yield of ZnO QDs was obtained by using quinine sulfate as a reference reagent. In addition, the fluorescence of ZnO QDs can be quenched by bromothymol blue, and the quenching mechanism was proposed in a dynamic quenching mode.     

Synthesis and Optical Properties of Anisotropic Metal Nanoparticles

In this paper we overview our recent studies of anisotropic noble metal (e.g. gold and silver) nanoparticles, in which a combination of theory and experiment has been used to elucidate the extinction spectra of the particles, as well as information related to their surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. We used wet-chemical methods to generate several structurally well-defined nanostructures other than solid spheres, including silver nanodisks and triangular nanoprisms, and gold nanoshells and multipods. When solid spheres are transformed into one of these shapes, the surface plasmon resonances in these particles are strongly affected, typically red-shifting and even splitting into distinctive dipole and quadrupole plasmon modes. In parallel, we have developed computational electrodynamics methods based on the discrete dipole approximation (DDA) method to determine the origins of these intriguing optical features. This has resulted in considerable insight concerning the variation of plasmon wavelength with nanoparticle size, shape and dielectric environment, as well as the use of these particles for optical sensing applications.     

Magnetic and Hyperfine Interactions in Systems of Antiferromagnetic Oxide Nanoparticles with Industrial Applications

We report characterizations of systems of antiferromagnetic iron oxide particles of importance in catalysis where Mössbauer spectroscopy has played an essential role. We show that signals contributing to the Mössbauer spectra that arise from the surface or from non-crystalline environments still find difficulty in their assignment in spite of the large amount of research already done on hematite and similar antiferromagnetic systems.     

The Interaction of Gaseous Ammonia with Some Transition Metal Salts

Several transition metal salts, as solids, were exposed to gaseous ammonia at room temperature in a cell designed to allow measurement of infrared energy absorption at various pressures. For those salts which did form compounds with the ammonia, the new absorption bands are discussed in reference to spectra of amine complexes of known composition.     

金属氧化物修饰对介孔纳米TiO2电极的染料敏化太阳能电池电化学性能的影响

将介孔TiO₂纳米粒子(m-TiO₂)多孔膜电极浸入相应的金属硝酸盐的500 oC热处理修饰金属氧化物(如Mg、ZnO、Al₂O₃或NiO).结果表明,金属氧化物修饰均可形成能垒对m-TiO₂膜电极的界面电荷传输过程产生影响,但外加偏压下其膜内电子传输和界面电荷复合均明显依赖于修饰氧化物的种类及其存在形态. 金属氧化物修饰的膜电极在电子传输和界面复合方面的变化与DSSCs的电流-电压特性曲线的变化规律具有明显的相关性,可不同程度地提高电池的光电压,而MgO、ZnO和NiO修饰的电池效率分别提高了23%、13%和6%. 上述结果表明调控电池的本征参数可以改善TiO₂-基DSSCs的性能.     

氧化铜纳米粒子的制备及其SERS特性

采用激光刻蚀法在水溶液中制备了氧化铜纳米粒子,刻蚀完成后将氧化铜胶体沉积在铝片上形成一层氧化铜岛膜.所得纳米粒子的紫外—可见吸收峰在280 nm处,表明所得为氧化铜.原子力显微镜观察表明所制得的纳米粒子具有椭圆状结构,长轴约为30～50 nm,厚度约为8 nm.扫描电镜图片显示氧化铜粒子沉积在铝基底后形成了大小在0.5...     

光谱法研究pH值对纳米银及其与赖氨酸相互作用的影响

利用化学方法合成纳米银,调节pH值,加入赖氨酸溶液,通过紫外光谱和动态光散射法研究pH对纳米银及纳米银-赖氨酸体系稳定性的影响,利用表面增强拉曼光谱考察赖氨酸与纳米银的相互作用方式。紫外光谱显示纳米银和纳米银-赖氨酸体系在pH值为5~10时,均具有较强的吸收峰;应用动态光散射测定了不同pH的纳米银及其赖氨酸体系的粒径及强度自相关函数,在pH值为5~10时,粒径分布均匀,DLS自相关曲线平滑,说明纳米银和纳米银-赖氨酸体系稳定性良好;SERS研究了pH为4、7、10时,赖氨酸在银粒子表面的吸附作用,体系出现比较明显的赖氨酸特征峰,当pH为4时,为δ(NH3+)的1444cm~(-1)谱峰和δ(COO-)的1576cm~(-1),此时赖氨酸通过氨根和羧酸根共同与银纳米粒子发生相互作用,当pH为10时,NH_3~+发生去质子化,此时赖氨酸只出现COO-的伸缩振动在1576cm~(-1)处,说明此条件下赖氨酸以羧酸根吸附在银粒子表面。     

牛血红蛋白与纳米雄黄相互作用的光谱研究

采用紫外-可见吸收光谱、荧光光谱研究牛血红蛋白(bovine hemoglobin,简称BHb)与纳米雄黄的相互作用。从紫外-可见吸收光谱可观察到,随着纳米雄黄浓度的增加,牛血红蛋白406 nm附近的特征Soret吸收带红移至413 nm,且强度逐渐降低。强度的降低表明纳米雄黄可能使部分血红素辅基逐渐从它们的键腔中脱离出来。特征峰位的红移推测为纳米雄黄中的砷结合了血红蛋白中的氧,诱导血红蛋白脱氧,变成脱氧血红蛋白,其构象由R态转变成T态。由荧光光谱研究可以得出随着纳米雄黄浓度的增加,牛血红蛋白338 nm处的荧光强度逐渐减弱,Stern-Volmer方程分析表明,纳米雄黄静态猝灭牛血红蛋白的内源荧光。紫外-可见吸收光谱与荧光光谱的计算结果均表明,牛血红蛋白与纳米雄黄的结合常数k的数量级达到109。     

GB1与金属离子相互作用的NMR研究

G群链球菌G蛋白的B1结构域——GB1蛋白,常被用作发展体外及体内基于顺磁核磁共振（NMR）的蛋白质结构测定方法的研究模型.为确保赝接触化学位移（PCS）、顺磁弛豫增强（PRE）等顺磁约束数据的准确性,了解GB1和金属离子,尤其是顺磁离子的相互作用非常必要.然而GB1和二价金属离子以及镧系金属离子的相互作用并不十分清楚.本文利用NMR波谱研究了GB1和镧系金属离子以及多种二价金属离子的相互作用.我们发现GB1和镧系金属离子之间存在弱特异性相互作用,和Mn²⁺、Cu²⁺以及Co²⁺等顺磁二价离子弱结合,但不与Ca²⁺、Mg²⁺以及Zn²⁺等抗磁二价离子结合.该研究表明在GB1上链接顺磁探针时,应使用与固有位点结合常数差异明显的顺磁标签以获取正确的PRE数据.     

Design of Some Oxide/Metal Composite Supports and Catalysts

Textural, mechanical and catalytic properties of porous composite materials Al₂O₃/Al, MeO _x (Me)/Al₂O₃/Al with metal particles homogeneously distributed in the alumina matrix were studied. These materials were prepared by mixing the powdered components with aluminum followed by hydrothermal treatment and calcination. The macroporous structure was shown to be controlled by the size of large (>microns) particles in starting blends. The mesoporous structure is primarily determined by the properties of alumina formed by dehydration of hydroxide produced in turn via aluminum oxidation by water. The mechanical strength of porous cermets is determined by the number and properties of contacts between micron-size components of composites. Improved catalytic performance of composites is ensured by the developed macroporous structure providing enhanced mass transfer inside the cermet granules.     

Clustering of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles with Amphiphilic Invertible Polymer Enhances Uptake and Release of Drugs and MRI Properties

A functionalization of iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) of different diameters by the amphiphilic invertible polymer, (PEG600‐alt‐PTHF650)_k (PEG and PTHF stand for poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(tetrahydrofuran), respectively), leads to different NP/polymer architectures for dye/drug uptake and release, as is reported here for the first time. It is demonstrated that 18.6 ± 1.4 and 11.9 ± 0.6 nm NPs are individually coated by this polymer, while 5.9 ± 0.6 nm NPs form nanoparticle clusters (NPCs) which could be isolated by either ultracentrifugation or magnetic separation. This phenomenon is most likely due to the character of the (PEG600‐alt‐PTHF650)_k macromolecule with alternating hydrophilic and hydrophobic fragments and its dimensions sufficient to cause NP clustering. Utilizing Rhodamine B base (RBB) and doxorubicin (DOX), the data on uptake upon mixing and further release via inversion into octanol (mimicking the penetration of the cell biomembrane) are presented. The magnetic NPCs display enhanced uptake and release of both RBB and DOX most likely due to the higher retained polymer amount. The NPCs also display exceptional magnetic resonance imaging properties. This and the high uptake/release efficiency of the NPCs combined with easy magnetic separation make them promising for theranostic probes for magnetically targeted drug delivery.