Determination of Riboflavin in Human Plasma by Excitation‐Emission Matrix Fluorescence and Multi‐Way Analysis

Direct determination of riboflavin (Fig. 1), a vitamin, in human plasma was accomplished based on excitation‐emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence measurements and multi‐way chemometrics method based on parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC). The PARAFAC trilinear model, without restrictions and using one factor was used in the data analysis. The excitation wavelength range was from 380 to 460 nm and the emission was recorded from 480 to 600 nm. The calibration set was constructed with sixteen standard solutions in a concentration range of 0.02–0.38 μg mL^?1 for riboflavin. The capabilities of the method for the analysis were evaluated by determination of riboflavin in synthetic and real samples with satisfactory results. The accuracy of the methods, evaluated through the root mean square error of prediction (RMSEP), was 0.0059 for riboflavin by the PARAFAC model. Also, partial least squares (PLS) model was built at one excitation wavelength and used to determine a set of synthetic and real samples. The best model was obtained with PARAFAC. This result shows that molecular fluorescence spectroscopy can be used for the development of robust analytical methods for the direct determination of riboflavin in complex backgrounds such as human plasma.     

三维荧光光谱研究垃圾渗滤液水溶性有机物与汞相互作用

为了研究垃圾填埋过程中渗滤液水溶性有机物(DOM)对重金属配位能力的影响,采用三维荧光光谱、共振瑞利散射、荧光猝灭滴定技术及非线性回归拟合分析,研究了不同填埋年限渗滤液DOM与Hg(II)的相互作用过程.结果表明: Hg(II)与DOM中不同荧光基团配位比接近1: 1,配位过程中没有生成沉淀;不同填埋年限渗滤液DOM中类蛋白物质和类富里酸物质与Hg(II)配位的条件稳定常数分别为4.30～5.70和4.35～4.98;参与配位的荧光基团分别为54.1%～92.3%和35.8%～60.1%.随着填埋年限的增加,类富里酸物质对Hg(II)的配位能力降低,但参与配位的荧光基团的比例增加.渗滤液DOM-Hg(II)配位过程受介质pH值的影响,在酸性和碱性范围内尤为明显.     

光催化氧化处理过程中渗滤液溶解性有机物组分的三维荧光光谱变化特征

采用三维荧光光谱分析技术研究了垃圾渗滤液DOM不同组分的光催化转化特征。结果表明,憎水性碱(HOB)、憎水中性(HON)、憎水性酸(HOA)、亲水性酸(HIA)、亲水性碱(HIB)和亲水中性(HIN)组分在光催化处理过程中荧光光谱发生显著变化,HIA组分相对稳定。各组分中代表类腐殖酸区域的荧光信号在处理过程中变化最大,处理60 h后,该区域荧光峰完全消失,说明类腐殖酸类物质能优先发生光催化降解。在72 h光催化处理液中,主要残留可见区富里酸、类色氨酸和类酪氨酸的荧光信号,其中代表类蛋白的类色氨酸和类酪氨酸类物质占主要部分,说明光催化氧化能将大分子的腐殖酸和富里酸降解为小分子的类蛋白物质。     

三维荧光光谱结合物理和数学分离研究溶解性有机质组成

采用分子排阻色谱和激发/多波段发射荧光检测器,结合三维荧光光谱和平行因子分析,研究了新、老填埋垃圾渗滤液中溶解性有机质( DOM)的组成。实验结果表明,两种渗滤液来源的DOM均含有类蛋白和类腐殖质物质。在新填埋垃圾渗滤液中,类蛋白物质有4种存在形态,包括大分子蛋白质形态、高/低分子量腐殖质结合态和多肽/氨基酸形态;在老填埋垃圾渗滤液DOM中,类蛋白物质只有两种形态,分别为大分子蛋白质形态和腐殖质结合态。相比于分子排阻色谱,三维荧光光谱结合平行因子分析能够分辨出腐殖质和非腐殖质结合态的类蛋白物质,但不能有效区分蛋白质和以多肽/氨基酸形态存在的类蛋白物质。结果表明,三维荧光光谱结合平行因子分析和分子排阻色谱,可以表征DOM中不同形态分布的类蛋白和类腐殖质物质。     

Efficient Excitation‐Energy Transfer in Ion‐Based Organic Nanoparticles with Versatile Tunability of the Fluorescence Colours

Organic nanoparticles consisting of 3,3′‐diethylthiacyanine (TC) and ethidium (ETD) dyes are synthesized by ion‐association between the cationic dye mixture (10 % ETD doping) and the tetrakis(4‐fluorophenyl)borate (TFPB) anion, in the presence of a neutral stabilizing polymer, in aqueous solution. Doping with ETD makes the particle size smaller than without doping. Size tuning can also be conducted by varying the molar ratio (ρ) of the loaded anion to the cationic dyes. The fluorescence spectrum of TC shows good overlap with the absorption of ETD in the 450–600 nm wavelength region, so efficient excitation‐energy transfer from TC (donor) to ETD (acceptor) is observed, yielding organic nanoparticles whose fluorescence colours are tunable. Upon ETD doping, the emission colour changes significantly from greenish‐blue to reddish or whitish. This change is mainly dependent on ρ. For the doped nanoparticle sample with ρ=1, the intensity of fluorescence ascribed to ETD is ～150‐fold higher than that from pure ETD nanoparticles (efficient antenna effect). Non‐radiative Förster resonance‐energy transfer (FRET) is the dominant mechanism for the ETD fluorescence enhancement. The organic nanoparticles of a binary dye system fabricated by the ion‐association method act as efficient light‐harvesting antennae, which are capable of transferring light energy to the dopant acceptors in very close proximity to the donors, and can have multi‐wavelength emission colours with high fluorescence quantum yields.     

White‐Light Emission Strategy of a Single Organic Compound with Aggregation‐Induced Emission and Delayed Fluorescence Properties

A novel white‐light‐emitting organic molecule, which consists of carbazolyl‐ and phenothiazinyl‐substituted benzophenone (OPC) and exhibits aggregation‐induced emission‐delayed fluorescence (AIE‐DF) and mechanofluorochromic properties was synthesized. The CIE color coordinates of OPC were directly measured with a non‐doped powder, which presented white‐emission coordinates (0.33, 0.33) at 244 K to 252 K and (0.35, 0.35) at 298 K. The asymmetric donor–acceptor–donor′ (D‐A‐D′) type of OPC exhibits an accurate inherited relationship from dicarbazolyl‐substituted benzophenone (O2C, D‐A‐D) and diphenothiazinyl‐substituted benzophenone (O2P, D′‐A‐D′). By purposefully selecting the two parent molecules, that is, O2C (blue) and O2P (yellow), the white‐light emission of OPC can be achieved in a single molecule. This finding provides a feasible molecular strategy to design new AIE‐DF white‐light‐emitting organic molecules.     

Electrochemical Detection of Arsenic(III) in the Presence of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) by Adsorptive Square‐Wave Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry (Ad‐SWCSV)

This study has demonstrated that As(III) can be electrochemically detected and quantified in the presence of fulvic acid (FA) and dissolved organic matter (DOM). This eliminates the need to remove DOM prior to measurement of As(III) in environmental samples. Apart from reducing analysis time and the cost of the analysis, this could be potentially useful for the development of electrochemical methods for the detection and measurement of As(III) onsite. Both synthetic samples in which FA was added and a real sample with 22.16 mg/L total organic carbon (TOC) were analyzed.     

Evidence of Organic Luminescent Centers in Sol–Gel‐Synthesized Yttrium Aluminum Borate Matrix Leading to Bright Visible Emission

Yttrium aluminum borate (YAB) powders prepared by sol–gel process have been investigated to understand their photoluminescence (PL) mechanism. The amorphous YAB powders exhibit bright visible PL from blue emission for powders calcined at 450 °C to broad white PL for higher calcination temperature. Thanks to ¹³C labelling, NMR and EPR studies show that propionic acid initially used to solubilize the yttrium nitrate is decomposed into aromatic molecules confined within the inorganic matrix. DTA‐TG‐MS analyses show around 2 wt % of carbogenic species. The PL broadening corresponds to the apparition of a new band at 550 nm, associated with the formation of aromatic species. Furthermore, pulsed ENDOR spectroscopy combined with DFT calculations enables us to ascribe EPR spectra to free radicals derived from small (2 to 3 rings) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). PAH molecules are thus at the origin of the PL as corroborated by slow afterglow decay and thermoluminescence experiments.     

From Dark to Light to Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET): Polarity‐Sensitive Aggregation‐Induced Emission (AIE)‐Active Tetraphenylethene‐Fused BODIPY Dyes with a Very Large Pseudo‐Stokes Shift

The work presented herein is devoted to the fabrication of large Stokes shift dyes in both organic and aqueous media by combining dark resonance energy transfer (DRET) and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) in one donor–acceptor system. In this respect, a series of donor–acceptor architectures of 4,4‐difluoro‐4‐bora‐3a,4a‐diaza‐s‐indacene (BODIPY) dyes substituted by one, two, or three tetraphenylethene (TPE) luminogens were designed and synthesised. The photophysical properties of these three chromophore systems were studied to provide insight into the nature of donor–acceptor interactions in both THF and aqueous media. Because the generation of emissive TPE donor(s) is strongly polarity dependent, due to its aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) feature, one might expect the formation of appreciable fluorescence emission intensity with a very large pseudo‐Stokes shift in aqueous media when considering FRET process. Interestingly, similar results were also recorded in THF for the chromophore systems, although the TPE fragment(s) of the dyes are non‐emissive. The explanation for this photophysical behaviour lies in the DRET. This is the first report on combining two energy‐transfer processes, namely, FRET and DRET, in one polarity‐sensitive donor–acceptor pair system. The accuracy of the dark‐emissive donor property of the TPE luminogen is also presented for the first time as a new feature for AIE phenomena.     

Regulation of π‐Stacked Anthracene Arrangement for Fluorescence Modulation of Organic Solid from Monomer to Excited Oligomer Emission

The construction and precise control of the face‐to‐face π‐stacked arrangements of anthracene fluorophores in the crystalline state led to a remarkable red shift in the fluorescence spectrum due to unprecedented excited oligomer formation. The arrangements were regulated by using organic salts including anthracene‐1,5‐disulfonic acid (1,5‐ADS) and a variety of aliphatic amines. Because of the smaller number of hydrogen atoms at the edge positions and the steric effect of the sulfonate groups, 1,5‐ADS should prefer face‐to‐face π‐stacked arrangements over the usual edge‐to‐face herringbone arrangement. Indeed, as the alkyl substituents were lengthened, the organic salts altered their anthracene arrangement to give two‐dimensional (2D) edge‐to‐face and end‐to‐face herringbone arrangements, one‐dimensional (1D) face‐to‐face zigzag and slipped stacking arrangements, a lateral 1D face‐to‐face arrangement like part of a brick wall, and a discrete monomer arrangement. The monomer arrangement behaved as a dilute solution even in the close‐packed solid state to emit deep blue light. The 1D face‐to‐face zigzag and slipped stacking of the anthracene fluorophores caused a red shift of 30–40 nm in the fluorescence emission with respect to the discrete arrangement, probably owing to ground‐state associations. On the other hand, the 2D end‐to‐face stacking induced a larger red shift of 60 nm, which is attributed to the excimer fluorescence. Surprisingly, the brick‐like lateral face‐to‐face arrangement afforded a remarkable red shift of 150 nm to give yellow fluorescence. This anomalous red shift is probably due to excited oligomer formation in such a lateral 1D arrangement according to the long fluorescence lifetime and little shift in the excitation spectrum. The regulation of the π‐stacked arrangement of anthracene fluorophores enabled the wide modulation of the fluorescence and a detailed investigation of the relationships between the photophysical properties and the arrangements.     

铜（II）离子对脱镁叶绿素-a荧光猝灭的研究

本文介绍了一种利用荧光熄灭定量的测定铜（II）的新方法。从新鲜菠菜中提取叶绿素-a,用高氯酸溶液处理,制得脱镁叶绿素-a。测量脱镁叶绿素-a的紫外-可见吸收光谱,观测到505和535nm处有特征吸收峰。在60 ℃水浴中,脱镁叶绿素-a的丙酮溶液与铜（II）离子水溶液混合,5分钟后发现混合液颜色变绿,505和535 nm处吸收峰消失。铜（II）离子水溶液与脱镁叶绿素-a的丙酮溶液混合后发生荧光猝灭现象,而类似浓度的其它生理离子在相同反应条件下对脱镁叶绿素-a的荧光猝灭现象不明显。 研究了铜（II）离子与脱镁叶绿素-a的反应时间,反应温度对荧光强度衰减的影响。并通过阿累尼乌斯经验关系估算铜（II）离子与脱镁叶绿素-a反应的活化能约为10 ±1kJ·mol-1。研究了铜（II）离子的浓度对脱镁叶绿素-a的丙酮溶液荧光强度的影响,在8.0×10-5 ～8.0×10-7 mol·dm-3范围内,铜（II）离子的浓度与混合液的荧光强度成线性衰减关系,检测限可达8.0×10-7 mol·dm-3。利用脱镁叶绿素-a的丙酮溶液的荧光强度变化测量,有望发展成为一种检测铜（II）离子的新方法。     

Molecular‐Weight‐Dependence on Domain Formation of Grafted Poly(ethylene‐co‐propylene) in a Poly(propylene) Matrix

Several novel poly(propylene)‐graft‐poly(ethylene‐co‐propylene) copolymers with isotactic poly(propylene) (PP) backbones and ethylene/propylene rubber (EPR) branches were synthesized. The thermomechanical properties of these samples were investigated using a dynamic mechanical analyzer. There appeared to be a critical EPR molecular weight above which a two‐phase system developed with EPR domains dispersed in a PP matrix. This domain formation gave an enhanced loss modulus compared to a commercial high impact PP product below 40°C.     

Labelling of Carbaboranyl Compounds with a Selenium Atom with a View to Applications in Boron‐Neutron‐Capture Therapy (BNCT) and Positron‐Emission Tomography (PET)

We synthesized 2′‐carbaboranyl‐2,5′‐bi‐1H‐benzimidazoles containing 10 B‐atoms and labeled with Se or the positron‐emitting radionuclide ⁷³Se (t_1/2=7.1 h), with a view to their application to cancer treatment by boron‐neutron‐capture therapy (BNCT) and to compound‐distribution measurements in vivo by positron‐emission tomography (PET). Thus, 2,2′‐{{2′‐{4‐[1,2‐dicarba‐closo‐dodecaboran(12)‐2‐ylmethoxy]phenyl}‐[2,5′‐bi‐1H‐benzimidazol]‐5‐yl}imino}bis[ethanol] ( 26c ) was obtained by the reaction of 2,2′‐[(3,4‐diaminophenyl)imino]bis[ethanol] ( 19 ) with ethyl 2‐{4‐[1,2‐dicarba‐closo‐dodecaboran(12)‐2‐ylmethoxy]phenyl}‐1H‐benzimidazole‐5‐carboximidate hydrochloride ( 25 ), as well as the analogues 26a and 26b (Scheme 6). Tosylation of compound 26c gave 4 regioisomers 27a – d , which, after selenation, produced 2′‐{4‐[1,2‐dicarba‐closo‐dodecaboran(12)‐2‐ylmethoxy]phenyl}‐5‐(tetrahydro‐2H‐1,4‐selenazin‐4‐yl)‐2,5′‐bi‐1H‐benzimidazole ( 29 ) in 42% yield (Scheme 7).     

Turn‐On Fluorescence Detection of Apoptotic Cells Using a Zinc(II)‐Dipicolylamine‐Functionalized Poly(diacetylene) Liposome

A liposome‐based fluorescence sensing system for apoptotic cells has been developed from stimuli‐responsive poly(diacetylene)‐liposomes for the first time. The combination of the liposome components, a phosphatidylserine‐binding Zn^II‐dipicolylamine component and an alcohol‐terminated component in the ratio of 2:1, has led to an efficient detection system for apoptotic cells, as demonstrated by confocal fluorescence microscopy and FACS analysis. The liposome shows a color change from blue to reddish purple and emits fluorescence in the turn‐on mode upon interaction with phosphatidylserine. The present system thus avoids the washing steps required for “always‐on”‐type sensing systems.