丙氨酸晶体太赫兹振动光谱的实验和理论研究

利用太赫兹时域光谱和低频拉曼光谱仪研究了丙氨酸晶体在0.2-2.6 THz 范围内的太赫兹吸收和拉曼散射光谱. 研究表明: 在该低频范围有四个振动模式, 其中两个只具有拉曼活性, 其余两个同时具有红外和拉曼活性. 基于B3LYP杂化密度泛函的自洽场晶体轨道法对丙氨酸周期性结构进行了理论研究和光谱计算. 通过比较实验和理论结果, 指认了实验光谱特征峰所属的不可约表示. 通过理论计算得到的图形, 得出在此低频范围的振动模式主要包含分子间氢键的扭转和摇摆运动.     

基于96孔板与拉曼光谱的发酵乙醇高通量快速检测

发酵液中乙醇含量是实验室研究和工业生产的必检项目.应用拉曼光谱在倒置显微镜上建立一种用96孔板高通量快速检测发酵液乙醇含量的新方法,通过最小二乘法拟合标准乙醇溶液与内标物的拉曼信号比值,得到回归方程,根据回归方程计算乙醇溶液和发酵液中的乙醇含量,与气相色谱法的检测结果进行对比.用本方法检测了菌株筛选、三角瓶发酵和500 L发酵罐发酵过程的乙醇含量.t-检验表明,与气相色谱法结果吻合较好(p=0.05).本方法只需要10～15 s的拉曼光谱收集时间,应用自编程序实时读取检测值,准确度高;结合96孔板可以实现大量样品的实时快速检测.     

原位拉曼光谱技术用于反应和结晶控制研究进展

随着高分辨光谱技术和原位技术的发展,原位拉曼光谱的研制促进一系列原位微观物理化学行为及机理的研究,对材料的设计和应用有着重要意义.本文从拉曼光谱的原理及拉曼信号的影响因素出发,概述原位拉曼光谱技术用于反应和结晶控制的具体实例,总结原位拉曼光谱在化学反应和溶液结晶中晶体多态性、中间体和产物微观结构、化学键合模式等方面的研究进展,为研究反应及结晶机理提供重要线索,并对原位拉曼光谱技术的发展趋势进行了预测.     

水溶液中碳纳米管的表面增强拉曼光谱研究

合成了碳纳米管和金纳米颗粒的复合物, 测量了水溶液相中复合物的表面增强拉曼光谱, 结果表明, 碳纳米管的巯基化修饰可以提高碳纳米管与金纳米颗粒复合的效率, 随着金纳米颗粒负载量的增加, 碳纳米管的拉曼信号逐渐增强. 加入己二胺分子可以减小金纳米颗粒之间的距离使表面增强效应更显著, 碳纳米管的拉曼光谱得到进一步的增强. 还可进一步在复合体系中加入对巯基苯胺和罗丹明B等小分子拉曼探针, 利用金纳米颗粒的表面增强效应, 这种多元复合体系有望作为多通道拉曼成像探针材料.     

激光拉曼光谱解谱和处理的方法研究

研究一种拉曼光谱解谱和处理的方法。以化学计量学为基础,信号处理技术为工具,配合计算机算法的数据处理方法。具体为基线校正:对拉曼光谱原始信号进行基于自适应迭代重加权惩罚最小二乘法的基线校正;平滑:对进行完基线校正的拉曼光谱信号进行基于惩罚最小二乘法的平滑;峰检测:对进行完基线校正和平滑的信号进行基于连续小波变换的峰检测。这种基于惩罚最小二乘法的光谱平滑具有快速,可以连续控制平滑度并且可以进行交叉验证得到最客观的平滑值。改善了基于非对称最小二乘法的传统基线校正方法的两个缺陷。同时,基于连续小波变换的峰检测算法可以自动地并且同时考虑峰形和峰高对峰进行检测,最大限度地降低了峰检测假阳性的概率。     

基于在位光还原银胶法的表面增强拉曼散射技术检测核酸碱基

在环状有机物存在的条件下,Ag+经激光诱导可发生光还原反应,形成Ag原子聚集的银胶体.本研究通过拉曼散射光谱、紫外-可见光谱和扫描电镜证明,核酸碱基和Ag+混合溶液经过激光诱导可以生成银胶体颗粒.随着银胶体的生成,核酸碱基的拉曼光谱信号因为表面增强拉曼散射效应而得到明显增强.实验表明,本方法不但可以获得高信噪比的拉曼光...     

基于拉曼光谱成像的食品中化学添加剂的无损检测

基于拉曼光谱成像技术对小麦粉中过氧化苯甲酰和L-抗坏血酸进行快速、 无损、 原位检测, 并对2种添加剂的空间分布进行了可视化研究. 采用实验室自行搭建的线扫描式拉曼光谱成像系统, 激发光源波长为785 nm, 有效光谱范围为0~2885.7 cm^-1. 分别在小麦粉中添加含量为0.1%~30%的过氧化苯甲酰和L-抗坏血酸, 对制备的样品进行拉曼光谱扫描, 选取感兴趣区域的光谱信号进行平均, 得到平均光谱代表该样品的拉曼信息. 分别选取过氧化苯甲酰和L-抗坏血酸的2个特征峰, 与该物质在小麦粉中的含量建立线性关系, 其决定系数R²分别为0.9828 和0.9912. 采集的特征波段拉曼图像经过自适应迭代重加权惩罚最小二乘(airPLS)方法扣除荧光背景后, 选取合适的特征峰强度作为阈值, 对校正拉曼图像进行二值化分析, 得到添加物的空间分布可视化图像. 该方法与点检测拉曼技术相比, 具有检测结果准确且检测时间较短的优势, 且可以实现不均匀样品中多种物质的同时检测与分布可视化.     

拉曼光谱技术及其应用进展

拉曼光谱作为一种无损分析方法,可以快速、精准地得到包括固体、粉末、液体、气体、胶体等不同类型样品的化学结构、相和形态、结晶度以及分子间相互作用等相关信息,因此被广泛应用于诸多领域。本文介绍了拉曼光谱的基本工作原理;总结了近年来拉曼光谱在环境检测、材料、食品安全、医疗、刑侦司法、勘探、工业等领域的应用,以期为今后拉曼光谱检测领域更好地发展提供参考。     

拉曼光谱技术在色谱分析检测中的应用

讨论了色谱分离与拉曼光谱检测的联用技术。表面增强拉曼光谱技术和紫外共振拉曼光谱技术克服了常规拉曼光谱技术所固有的灵敏度低的问题,所设计的与液相色谱联用的装置可以获取色谱柱流出液的拉曼光谱。评价了联用装置的重现性、动态范围和分析潜力,发现表面增强拉曼光谱仪和紫外共振拉曼光谱仪都可以作为薄层色谱、液相色谱法的检测器,可提供待测组分的结构信息,其灵敏度和其它常用检测器相似。     

表面等离激元增强金属光致发光助力表面增强拉曼光谱获取表界面分子的本征化学信息

<正>表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)因其具有单分子的检测灵敏度和特异的分子指纹信息,在表面科学和分析检测领域得到广泛关注~1。拉曼光谱研究中除了利用谱峰频率外,还利用不同谱峰间的相对强度,以获得吸附分子的吸附构象、分子与金属界面电荷转移、材料局域化学性质等多种重要物理化学信息。然而在SERS中,贵金属纳米结构的局域表面等离激元共振(LSPR)不仅增强了样品的拉曼信号的绝对强度,也改变了SERS谱图中不同谱峰的相对强度,即不同频率的拉曼信号受到的增强作用不同,从而导致用SERS峰的相对强度所获得的样品的物理化学信息变得不可靠。虽     

拉曼镊子结合多元统计方法分析两种人体滴虫的差异性

应用单细胞激光拉曼光谱分析技术,对不同来源的阴道毛滴虫和口腔毛滴虫的拉曼光谱数据进行减背景、平滑、基线校正、归一化等处理后做主成分分析(PCA)和辨别函数分析(DFA)等多元统计分析.平均光谱和PCA分析结果表明,阴道毛滴虫和口腔毛滴虫差异最为明显是 1002 cm<'-1>峰,其次,差异相关性最大的还有9个拉曼谱峰7...     

Optical tweezers for medical diagnostics

Laser trapping by optical tweezers makes possible the spectroscopic analysis of single cells. Use of optical tweezers in conjunction with Raman spectroscopy has allowed cells to be identified as either healthy or cancerous. This combined technique is known as laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy (LTRS), or Raman tweezers. The Raman spectra of cells are complex, since the technique probes nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids; but statistical analysis of these spectra makes possible differentiation of different classes of cells. In this article the recent development of LTRS is described along with two illustrative examples for potential application in cancer diagnostics. Techniques to expand the uses of LTRS and to improve the speed of LTRS are also suggested.     

Temperature dependent polarized Raman spectra of nonaaqualanthanoid (Pr) single crystal

Polarized Raman spectral changes with respect to temperature were investigated for Pr(BrO3)3.9H2O single crystals. FTIR spectra of hydrated and deuterated analogues were also recorded and analysed. Temperature dependent Raman spectral variation have been explained with the help of the thermograms recorded for the crystal. Factor group analysis could propose the appearance of BrO3 ions at sites corresponding to C3v (4) and D3h (2). Analysis of the vibrational bands at room temperature confirms a distorted C3v symmetry for the BrO3 ion in the crystal. From the vibrations of water molecules, hydrogen bonds of varying strengths have also been identified in the crystal. The appearance upsilon1 mode of BrO3- anion at lower wavenumber region is attributed to the attachment of hydrogen atoms to the BrO3- anion. At high temperatures, structural rearrangement is taking place for both H2O molecule and BrO3 ions leading to the loss of water molecules and structural reorientation of bromate ions causing phase transition of the crystal at the temperature of 447 K.     

Anomalous Lehmann Rotation of Achiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Droplets Trapped under Linearly Polarized Optical Tweezers

Continuous rotation of a cholesteric droplet under the heat gradient was observed by Lehmann in 1900. This phenomenon, the so-called Lehmann effect, consists of unidirectional rotation around the heat flux axis. We investigate this gradient heat effect using infrared laser optical tweezers. By applying single trap linearly polarized optical tweezers onto a radial achiral nematic liquid crystal droplet, trapping of the droplet was performed. However, under a linearly polarized optical trap, instead of stable trapping of the droplet with slightly deformed molecular directors along with a radial hedgehog defect, anomalous continuous rotation of the droplet was observed. Under low power laser trapping, the droplet appeared to rotate clockwise. By continuously increasing the laser power, a stable trap was observed, followed by reverse directional rotation in a higher intensity laser trap. Optical levitation of the droplet in the laser beam caused the heat gradient, and a breaking of the symmetry of the achiral nematic droplet. These two effects together led to the rotation of the droplet under linearly polarized laser trapping, with the sense of rotation depending on laser power.     

Partial dehydration of the retinal binding pocket and proof for photochemical deprotonation of the retinal Schiff base in bicelle bacteriorhodopsin crystals

In bicelle bacteriorhodopsin (bcbR) crystals, the protein has a different structure from both native bacteriorhodopsin (bR) and in-cubo bR (cbR) crystals. Recently, we studied the ability of bcbR crystals to undergo the photocycle upon laser excitation, characterized by the appearance of the M intermediate by single crystal resonance Raman spectroscopy. Calculation of the M lifetime by flash photolysis experiments demonstrated that in our bcbR crystals, the M rise time is much faster than in the native or cbR crystals, with a decay time that is much slower than these other two forms. Although it is now known that the bcbR crystals are capable of photochemical deprotonation, it is not known whether photochemical deprotonation is the only way to create the deprotonated Schiff base in the bcbR crystals. We measured both the visible and Raman spectra of crystals dried under ambient lighting and dried in the dark in order to determine whether the retinal Schiff base is able to thermally deprotonate in the dark. In addition, changes in the visible spectrum of single bcbR crystals under varying degrees of hydration and light exposure were examined to better understand the retinal binding environment.     

Design of crystal packings of styryl heterocycles and regularities of [2+2] photocycloaddition in their single crystals 8. Topochemical [2+2] autophotocycloaddition and back reaction in styryl dye of the benzothiazole series

New styryl dye of the 2-benzothiazole series was synthesized. The new dye contains two methoxy groups in the benzene ring and tosylate counterion. The [2+2] photocycloaddition (PCA) of the dye was studied in the polycrystalline film and in single crystal. Two modifications of the dye cocrystallizate with hydroquinone differed in the ratio of components were obtained, and their ability to enter PCA was studied. According to the X-ray diffraction data, molecular cations of the dye form stack packings either of syn-“head-to-tail” type or relatively isolated stacking dimers. In all cases, the ethylene bonds of the adjacent cations are brought together and antiparallel, favoring PCA to form the centrosymmetric rctt-isomer of 1,2,3,4-tetrasubstituted cyclobutane. In two cases, the PCA reaction proceeded as the “single crystal-to-single crystal” transformation. Hydrogen bonds in crystals including hydroquinone molecules strengthen the crystal packing retarding the PCA. The back photoreaction (retro-PCA) was detected: it occurs without single crystal decomposition and results in the accumulation of the initial styryl dye in crystal consisting of the cyclobutane derivative. This is the first example of such a transformation in single crystals.     

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microparticles produced by radiation pressure of a focused laser beam: a structural analysis by confocal Raman microspectroscopy combined with a laser-trapping technique

We developed a confocal Raman microspectroscopy system combined with a laser trapping technique and applied it to aqueous solutions (H(2)O and D(2)O) of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPA), which is well-known as a representative thermo-responsive polymer, i.e., phase transition/separation between coiled and globular states. By introducing a near-infrared (1064 nm) laser beam into a microscope, PNIPA microparticles were produced at the focused spot of the laser beam, both in H(2)O and D(2)O. By using the present system, we succeeded in obtaining the Raman spectra of PNIPA in the coiled and globular states over a wide wavenumber region (800-3500 cm(-1)) for the first time. For the D(2)O solutions (in which the photothermal effect is negligible and hence the microparticles should be produced purely by the effect of radiation pressure), some significant differences were observed in the Raman spectra for the coiled state, in the globular state, and for laser induced microparticles. By analyzing these spectra in detail, we revealed that the structure of the laser-induced microparticles was analogous to that in the globular state. We also discuss the fundamental mechanism underlying the transformation of the higher order structure of a polymer by radiation pressure.     

Raman scattering from amorphous ice films

The Raman spectrum from thin films of amorphous ice has been obtained by using a new laser beam trapping technique. Both the OH-stretching region of the spectrum and the always present intense scattering background have been interpreted.     

Crystallization of Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskites by Optical Trapping

Single crystals of organolead halide perovskites attract much attention to electrooptical and photovoltaic applications. They are usually prepared in precursor solutions incubated at controlled temperatures or under optimized vapor atmosphere conditions, and thus, multiple perovskite crystals are nucleated all over the solution. Multiple nucleation of crystals prevents efficient use of precursors in the preferential growth of large single crystals. An innovative approach is presented for spatiotemporally controlled, selective nucleation and growth of single crystals of lead halide perovskites by optical trapping with a focused laser beam. Upon such trapping in unsaturated precursor solutions, nucleation of MAPbX₃ (MA=CH₃NH₃⁺; X=Cl^?, Br^?, or I^?) is induced at the focal spot through increase in the concentration of perovskite precursors in the focal volume. The rate at which the nucleated crystal grows depends upon whether the perovskite absorbs the trapping laser or not. These findings suggest that optical trapping would be useful to prepare various perovskite single crystals and modify their optical and electronic properties; thereby, offering new methods for engineering of perovskite crystals.     

Towards an integrated optical single aerosol particle lab

We present a manipulation and characterization system for single airborne particles which is integrated onto a microscope slide. Trapped particles are manipulated by means of radiation pressure and characterized by cavity enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Optical fibers are used to deliver the trapping laser light as well as to collect the Raman scattered light, allowing for a flexible usage of the device. The system features a sample chamber which is separated from an aerosol-flooded injection chamber by means of a light guiding glass-capillary. The coupling of this device with an aerosol optical tweezers setup to selectively load its trapping sites is demonstrated. Finally, a route towards chip-integrated handling and processing of multiple particles is shown and the first results are presented.