Studies on the Spectral-Luminescent Properties of the Novel Homodimer Styryl Dyes in Complexes with DNA

Series of homodimer styryls containing on (p-dimethylaminostyryl) pyridinium residues that are connected with aliphatic linkage group was synthesized. Spectral luminescent properties of obtained dyes in free state and in nucleic acids presence were studied. It was shown that DNA binding affinity of the novel homodimers exceeds that of parent monomer (p-dimethylaminostyryl)pyridine iodide. For homodimers with the linkage 4–10 carbon atoms preference in binding to DNA than to RNA was observed. It could be concluded that parent monomer has different mechanisms of binding to nucleic acids than corresponding homodimer dye.     

沢吨染料的光化漂白动力学及全息特性研究

研究了以三乙醇胺作为引发剂,五种沢吨染料的光化漂白过程.实验结果表明五种染料的光化漂白速率大小顺序是藻红B(ErB)＞曙红Y(EY)＞孟加拉玫瑰红B(RsB)＞罗丹明B(RoB)＞荧光素(F).并研究了曝光强度及染料浓度对漂白过程的影响,以及这五种染料的全息记录性能.     

Spectral-Kinetic Properties of Laser Dyes in Active Elements on the Basis of Sol-Gel Matrices

The absorption and photoluminescence spectra as well as the photoluminescence lifetimes of laser dyes (Phenylamine 430, Rhodamine 6G, Rhodamine 6G zwitterion, Rhodamine 4C, and Rhodamine 101) in new matrices are studied. These matrices represent the hybrid of two types of porous glasses (microporous and sol-gel glass). Chemical transformations of the dye molecules in the matrices are not found. The dye dimers mentioned above are also absent for concentrations up to 10^-4 M. The luminescence efficiencies of the dyes in the matrix and in the ethanol solutions are compared. The difference in concentration dependences of the photoluminescence spectrum of Rhodamine 6G in the matrix and ethanol solution is found and discussed. The collective emission of the dyes in new matrices is observed at a power density of exciting radiation of 10²⁵ cm^-2s^-1 and a concentration of 10^-4 M. The energies and collective emission spectra of the dyes in the matrix are compared with those in the solutions.     

基于ANEP染料荧光光谱迁移的单波长心脏光学标测系统

近几年来,光学标测技术已经成为心脏电生理研究中一种非常重要的手段。它利用对嵌在细胞膜上的电压敏感染料随着膜电位变化而产生的荧光光谱迁移进行成像,来进行心律失常与电击除颤等电生理研究。文章测量了常用的电压敏感染料di-4-ANEPPS的荧光光谱,并根据该染料的光谱迁移,设计了一套包括一个通用CCD相机的单波长光学标测系统,可以达到较高的时空分辨率。记录心肌细胞中的电兴奋传导过程,从而可以为今后国内心律失常作用机制的研究工作提供一个有力的工具。     

Spectral Properties of Single BODIPY Dyes in Polystyrene Microspheres and in Solutions

The absorption, fluorescence, fluorescence quantum yield, and photostability of five BODIPY dyes are characterized and compared as single dyes in two environments, in 40-nm polystyrene spheres and in solution. The absorption and fluorescence spectra of the dyes in spheres are similar in profile but shifted to lower energies compared to those in solution. All the dyes are highly fluorescent, with three having fluorescence quantum yields of 1.0. For three of the five dyes, the yields were the same in spheres as in solution (1.00, 1.00, and 0.73). The high concentration of these dyes in spheres does not quench their fluorescence. For two other dyes the yields dropped, from 1.00 to 0.55 in one case and 0.83 to 0.50 in another, comparing the dyes in solution versus in spheres. The photodegradation of the dyes decreases in spheres compared to in solution in all but one case. For one dye, it decreases as much as 800-fold. Dyes overlooked because of low fluorescence or stability in solution could become useful fluorescent materials in the microsphere environment.     

Solvent Effects on the Spectroscopic Properties of Styrylquinolinium Dyes Series

The study on the relationship between the structure and spectroscopic properties of styrylquinolinium dyes were carried out by measuring the electronic visible absorption, steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectra of quinoline based hemicyanine dyes. The influence of the solvent on absorption and emission spectra and the solvatochromic properties, observed for both ground and first excited states, for all the dyes were applied for the evaluation of their excited state dipole moments. The ground state dipole moments of dyes under the study were established by applying ab initio calculations. The measured, using solvatochromic methods, excited state dipole moments of tested hemicyanines are in the range from 5.38 to 18.90 D and the change in the dipole moments caused by excitation were found to differ from 1.88 to 6.64 D. It was observed that for all tested dyes the dipole moments of the excited states were higher than those of a ground states. The fluorescence lifetime measurements with picosecond resolution was performed for entire series of hemicyanine dyes possessing different dialkylamino groups attached to the phenyl ring. The average lifetimes of the dye fluorescence, determined from the measured data by multi-order exponential decay curve fitting, were in the range from about 120 to 1200 ps at the fluorescence peak wavelength. The fluorescence lifetime measurements were performed for dyes in ethyl acetate solutions. The time-resolved fluorescence spectra measurements allowed to propose the mechanism of the dyes excited states deactivation.     

Spectral-Polarization Properties and Light Resistance of Polyvinyl-Alcohol Films Colored With Disazo Dyes

Polarizers containing disazo dyes from the group of azobenzene-azonaphthalene have been developed. It has been established that their polarizing ability is determined by the mutual disposition of the azo group and electron-donor substituents in the naphthalene ring. On diazo coupling of γ acid into the α position relative to the oxy group, the M₁ and M₃ dyes are formed, the polarizing ability of which in uniaxially oriented polyvinyl-alcohol films is higher than in the M₂ dye produced as a result of diazo coupling into the α position relative to the amino group. On irradiation by UV light, the dyes are subjected to photodestruction, which, in the case of M₂, proceeds through trans-cis-isomerization. The rate of photodestruction depends on the aggregation of the dye molecules, and it increases in the presence of a free-radical initiator. The UV absorber (substituted benzotriazole) and the uniaxial orientation of the film retard this process. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 5, pp. 569–575, September–October, 2005.     

Photophysical Characterization of New 3-Amino and 3-Acetamido BODIPY Dyes with Solvent Sensitive Properties

The structural, electronic and photophysical properties of three new asymmetric, highly fluorescent difluoroborondipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes, bearing an amino or an acetamido group at position 3 of the chromophoric core, have been studied in different apolar, polar and polar/protic solvents. The presence of the 3-amido group extents the delocalization of the π-system, leading to bathochromic shifts in the absorption and fluorescence bands, as predicted by quantum mechanic calculations. The 3-amino dye shows photophysical properties highly dependent on the solvent polarity and acidity, and is characterized by a hypsochromic shift of its absorption band, with regard to the corresponding acetylated dye, as well as a low fluorescence quantum yield in acid media with proton concentration lower than 4 × 10⁻⁴ M. In media with higher proton concentration, the BF₂ bridge group of the 3-amino dye is removed, yielding the corresponding non-fluorescent dipyrromethene precursor. These results suggest that the 3-amino dye could be used as a fluorescence probe for the study of the acidity of different environments.     

Spectral-Luminescent Properties of Cationic Indotricarbocyanine Dyes in Cancerous Cells and Solutions

The spectral-luminescent properties of symmetrical indotricarbocyanine dyes with the same cation and different anions (Br^–, BF₄ ^–) in cancerous HeLa cells, an isotonic solution of NaCl, and organic solvents have been investigated. It is shown that when these dyes are present in cells in nontoxic concentrations, they are in a monomeric state, they are localized in the region with a low dielectric permeability, bonded to biological macromolecules, and do not make contact with an aqueous medium. It has been established for the first time that the molecules of the polymeric dyes are present in cells predominantly in the form of contact ion pairs, and in a dye with the Br^– anion the presence of free cations or solvately separated ionic pairs is revealed. It is shown that the shift of the ion equilibrium toward contact ion pairs for the dyes in the cells (as compared to the low-polarity organic solvents) can be due to the fairly high concentration of salts in the biosystem.     

Fluorescent Properties of Pentamethine Cyanine Dyes with Cyclopentene and Cyclohexene Group in Presence of Biological Molecules

A series of pentamethine cyanine dyes with cyclohexene or cyclopentene group in polymethyne chain, assumed as DNA groove-binders, were studied as fluorescent probes for nucleic acids as well as for native and denatured proteins. It was revealed that the presence of methyl or dimethyl substituent in 5 position of the cyclohexene group hinders the formation of dye–DNA fluorescent complex, while the methyl substituent in 2 position leads to the increasing of the dye–DNA complex fluorescence intensity. The dyes SL-251, SL-1041, and SL-1046 containing methyl group in the 2 position of the cyclic group, are reported as bright DNA-sensitive dyes. The study of the dyes DNA-binding specificity demonstrated significant AT-preference that points to the groove-binding interaction mode. At the same time, the dyes SL-251, SL-377, and SL-957 with the 2-methyl substituted cyclohexene group were shown to be sensitive fluorescent dyes both for nonspecific (in SDS presence) proteins detection and for native BSA.     

Spectral Properties of Probes Containing Benzothioxanthene Chromophore Linked with Hindered Amine in Solution and in Polymer Matrices

Absorption and emission spectroscopy as well as laser flash photolysis was employed in order to characterize the spectral properties of novel probes based on benzothioxantheneimide chromophore covalently linked with different types of sterically hindered amines. These were chosen as 2-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)-thioxantheno[2,1,9-dej]isoquinoline-1,3-dione (BTXINH), the equivalent stable nitroxyl radical, i.e. 2-(1-oxo-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)thioxantheno[2,1,9dej]isoquinoline 1,3-dione (BTXINO) and the alkoxy derivative 2-(1-(1′-phenylethoxy)-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)-thioxantheno[2,1,9-dej]isoquinoline-1,3-dione (BTXINOR). Spectral properties, in solutions and in various polymer matrices such as polystyrene, polymethyl methacrylate, polyvinyl chloride and polypropylene, were compared with the compound 2-(1-dodecyl)-thioxantheno[2,1,9-dej]isoquinoline-1,3-dione (BTXID) taken in the present study as a reference compound. By means of the fluorescence decay and in the contrary to three other probes, BTXINO probe clearly showed a biexponential decay while the three other probes led to monoexponential decay. Two different singlet excited states with lifetimes of about 0.4 and 5 ns were proposed. They correspond to two dispositions of the nitroxyl radical chain above and along the fluorescent moiety of the molecule. Such behaviour depends on the surrounding media. Moreover, an efficient intramolecular quenching of the fluorescence emission was only observed with the short lived singlet excited state. The ratio BTXID/BTXINO was found equal to about 4 and 9 in solutions and polymer matrices respectively. Laser flash photolysis indicated that the novel probes as well as the model compound yielded transient absorption with maximum at 530 nm, corresponding to the triplet states. The intermolecular quenching of such species by molecular oxygen and by free N-oxyl, such as 1-oxy-2,2,6,6-teramethylpiperidine (TEMPO) and 1-oxy-2,2,6,6-teramethyl-4-hydroxypiperidine (TEMPOL), and the intramolecular quenching was not efficient.     

甘油对酪蛋白酸钠光谱性质的影响

酪蛋白酸钠(sodium caseinate, SC)所制的可食食品包装膜能有效延缓食品中水份的迁移和扩散以及阻止氧气的氧化等从而对食品起到很好地保鲜和保护作用,由于酪蛋白亲水性较强,使其所制膜阻水性和机械性能均较差, 甘油(glycerol, G)作为添加剂可以增强酪蛋白酸钠膜的韧性和阻水性,为进一步阐明G和SC之间的作用方式及对酪蛋白酸钠结构产生的影响,本实验利用荧光光谱、傅里叶红外光谱和紫外光谱特性对它们的作用方式进行了研究。结果表明：G的加入可以使SC的荧光强度降低,由荧光强度变化速率和甘油的浓度的双对数回归曲线得出了G和SC的结合常数为1.127×103 L·mol-1和结合位点数为1.161, 得出G和SC分子之间结合方式为弱化学键;虽然添加G前后SC的红外光谱的吸收峰几乎相同,但吸收强度存在较大差异,说明SC二级结构受到了影响,使得β折叠β-转角结构减少,α螺旋、无规则卷曲、结构显著增多,以及分子间氢键加强;分析紫外光谱得出,G的加入没有改变SC肽键的结构,而是与SC以非共价键的方式结合形成分子质量更大的聚合物并使吸收峰值强度下降。该研究从分子的角度揭示了G和SC分子间的作用方式。     

甘油对酪蛋白酸钠光谱性质的影响

酪蛋白酸钠(sodium caseinate, SC)所制的可食食品包装膜能有效延缓食品中水份的迁移和扩散以及阻止氧气的氧化等从而对食品起到很好地保鲜和保护作用, 由于酪蛋白亲水性较强, 使其所制膜阻水性和机械性能均较差, 甘油(glycerol, G)作为添加剂可以增强酪蛋白酸钠膜的韧性和阻水性, 为进一步阐明G和SC之间的作用方式及对酪蛋白酸钠结构产生的影响, 本实验利用荧光光谱、傅里叶红外光谱和紫外光谱特性对它们的作用方式进行了研究。结果表明: G的加入可以使SC的荧光强度降低, 由荧光强度变化速率和甘油的浓度的双对数回归曲线得出了G和SC的结合常数为1.127×103 L·mol-1和结合位点数为1.161, 得出G和SC分子之间结合方式为弱化学键;虽然添加G前后SC的红外光谱的吸收峰几乎相同, 但吸收强度存在较大差异, 说明SC二级结构受到了影响, 使得β折叠β-转角结构减少, α螺旋、无规则卷曲、结构显著增多, 以及分子间氢键加强;分析紫外光谱得出, G的加入没有改变SC肽键的结构, 而是与SC以非共价键的方式结合形成分子质量更大的聚合物并使吸收峰值强度下降。该研究从分子的角度揭示了G和SC分子间的作用方式。     

Spectral and Generation Properties of a Nonsubstituted Analog of Rhodamine 101 in a Polyurethane Matrix

The spectral-luminescence and generation properties of a nonsubstituted analog of rhodamine 101 have been investigated and compared to those of rhodamines 101 and 6G in a polyurethane matrix. It has been shown that the former possesses a higher photostability, a longer lifetime at the local point, and a higher efficiency of conversion of the dye-laser energy than the latter. This has been attributed to the totally rigid structure of the analog of rhodamine 101 and the absence of photochemical-reaction-prone functional groups in it.     

Quantum Chemical Calculation of the Spectral Luminescent and Physicochemical Properties of Anisidines

The influence of the position of a methoxy group in the phenyl radical of aniline on the spectral, geometric, and photophysical characteristics, and also on the proton-donating and proton-accepting properties of the free molecules of o-, m-, and p-anisidines is investigated by the methods of electron spectroscopy and quantum chemistry. The energy levels of the singlet and triplet states of anisidines are calculated. For all the anisidines the band in the intermediate spectral region is shown to be formed by two electron transitions of the ^*- and ^* type of different intensity.     

Influence of the Aggregation of Homo-N-Mer Cyanine Dyes on the Nucleic Acids Detection Sensitivity

Novel benzothiazolopyridinium homo-n-mer cyanine dyes are proposed for nucleic acid fluorescent detection. Dependence of the sensitivity of detection in solution from the dye molecules/DNA base pairs ratio was studied. It was shown that the presence of the dye excess could significantly decrease the detection limit. We believe this could be explained by the formation of the dye aggregates on DNA surface.     

Sonochemiluminescence of lucigenin using amines as coreactant: Reactivity and mechanism studies

Sonochemiluminescence (SCL) from aqueous solution of lucigenin (Luc²⁺) has been studied using aliphatic amines as coreactant. The SCL intensity are strongly dependent on the dissolved gases such as air, oxygen, nitrogen and argon. The most strong SCL signals are observed from oxygen saturated alkaline solution containing Luc²⁺ when small amount of trialkylamine, such as tripropylamine (TPrA) was added into the solution. In an ultrasonic field, TPrA can adsorb onto the cavitation bubble/solution interface where TPrA is oxidized by OH to form a radical cation TPrA⁺ and subsequently produce a highly reducing TPrA species through a deprotonation reaction of the TPrA⁺. TPrA is suggested to initiate the reduction reactions of Luc²⁺ and molecule oxygen to produce Luc⁺ and superoxide radical anion (O₂⁻), respectively. The radical-radical coupling reaction between Luc⁺ and O₂⁻ is expected to initiate the light emission. The production of O₂⁻ is examined by spectrofluorometric method using 2-(2-pyridyl)benzothiazoline as a fluorescent probe. The results show that the production of O₂⁻ by ultrasound was more efficient in oxygen saturated solution in the presence of coreactants, consistent with the results with SCL measurements.     

黄腐酸对菁染料超分子组装及手性调控研究

利用菁染料超分子作为分子探针对黄腐酸进行标记,检测黄腐酸和药效机制,对于生命科学和药物化学领域的发展具有重要意义。采用紫外-可见吸收光谱和圆二色谱研究黄腐酸作为模板对不同结构菁染料超分子的组装及手性调控。结果表明：黄腐酸能诱导三种菁染料J-聚集体解聚为单体并伴有体系表观颜色的变化,并与菁染料单体之间具有很高亲和力。黄腐酸作为模板不仅可以诱导MTC形成具有一定手性的H-聚集体,而且能使MTC的H-聚集体的手性出现两次反转;还可以诱导ETC的J-聚集体发生分子间的重排,最终形成具有左手螺旋性的J-聚集体。除此之外,黄腐酸还对PTC的J-聚集体圆二色谱信号有显著的影响。同时,菁染料中位取代基影响到相互作用的能力：中位取代基越小,菁染料聚集体与黄腐酸的作用越强。菁染料与黄腐酸的结合能力大小为MTC>ETC>PTC。菁染料超分子可作为一类优良的分子探针对黄腐酸进行特异性识别并可达到可视化的检测效果。     

反应性RM不稳定混合特性研究: 反应活性与介质不均匀性的影响

预混火焰界面的RM（Richtmyer-Meshkov）不稳定现象在自然界和工程实践中十分常见,但目前关于反应性RM不稳定的研究主要集中于均匀介质的情况,而实际中的预混气体往往是非均匀的,因此开展非均匀介质中火焰界面演化和混合特性的研究十分必要。采用带单步化学反应的Navier-Stokes方程和高精度数值格式,研究了预混火焰界面在入射激波及反射激波作用下的RM不稳定过程,考察了化学反应活性以及介质非均匀性对RM不稳定过程中火焰界面混合特性的变化规律的影响。结果表明,在入射激波作用后的阶段,在均匀介质中的火焰界面形态呈现典型的"钉-帽-泡"结构,化学反应活性越强,界面的"泡"结构和"钉-帽"结构增长越快;而在非均匀介质中,火焰界面形态则呈现"钉-钉"结构,界面在流向速度差的诱导下被更大程度地拉伸。在第一次反射激波作用后的阶段,混合区的增长速率不依赖于反应活性和均匀性,仅与流动特性有关。时间尺度的研究表明,大尺度流动是反应性RM不稳定的主导因素,其次是化学反应,最后是小尺度混合,化学反应的强化会抑制大尺度流动,非均匀性会强化大尺度流动。