Evaluation of doped and undoped poly (o‐anisidine) as sensing materials for a sensor array for volatile organic compounds

Poly (o‐anisidine) (PoANI) and PoANI doped with nickel oxide and zinc oxide were evaluated as sensing materials for four gas analytes (methanol, ethanol, acetone, and benzene). The sensing materials had high sensitivity (showing an affinity towards the target analytes even at low concentrations, in the range of 1‐5 ppm), but rather poor selectivity, especially when the gas analytes were in a mixture. To exploit the poor selectivity, the three sensing materials were combined into a sensor array using principal component analysis (PCA) as a sensing algorithm. It was found that using a sensor array, the four individual gases could be separated. However, when all four gases were present (in analyte mixtures), there was too much overlap in the responses to distinguish between individual gas analytes and their related mixtures.     

Fructose dehydration to 5HMF in a green self-catalysed DES composed of N,N-diethylethanolammonium chloride and p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (p-TSA)

Due to the increasing concerns about the availability and accessibility of fossil fuel reserves, and the subsequent effect of using them on climate change, production of green energy has recently become a hot area of interest in the research field. As a renewable energy source, biomass conversion to biofuels has shown a great potential towards green fuel production; particularly fructose conversion to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5HMF) as a building block material and source of green fuels and other high value chemicals.Herein, we investigate fructose dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5HMF) as a green fuel precursor, using a green self-catalysed environmentally friendly Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES), composed of inexpensive N,N-diethylethanolammonium chloride as organic salt and p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (p-TSA) as a hydrogen bond donor (HBD) and novel medium for the fructose dehydration reaction.The advantage of using this DES is its ability to act as a solvent and catalyst simultaneously. It has shown to actively catalyse the dehydration reaction of fructose under moderate reaction conditions with a high 5HMF yield of 84.8% at a reaction temperature of 80 °C, reaction time of 1 h, DES mixing ratio of 1:0.5 salt to p-TSA (w/w), and initial fructose ratio of 5.     

印迹分子聚合物结合低共熔溶剂用于山楂中咖啡酸的固相萃取

在相同的实验条件下,分别合成了以咖啡酸为模板的印迹分子聚合物和无模板分子聚合物。使用场发射扫描电镜法和吸附实验表征这两种聚合物材料的孔状结构和选择性吸附性能。然后利用印迹分子聚合物、无模板分子聚合物、C₁₈萃取小柱这3种材料结合固相萃取法纯化山楂提取物中的咖啡酸,提取率分别为3.46、1.01、1.17 μg/g。为了优化固相萃取过程,实验研究了不同洗脱剂的影响。分别利用用氯化胆碱和甘油、氯化胆碱和尿素(摩尔比均为1:2)合成出两种低共熔溶剂。甲醇与这两种低共熔溶剂分别以不同的体积比混合作为洗脱剂,用于优化咖啡酸的固相萃取过程。实验结果表明,印迹分子聚合物是一种良好的固相萃取材料;当甲醇和甘油基低共熔溶剂在体积比为3:1混合时,表现出最好的洗脱能力,得到咖啡酸的回收率为82.32%。     

Artificial neural networks for simultaneous spectrophotometric differential kinetic determination of Co(II) and V(IV)

A method for simultaneous analysis of V(IV) and Co(II) has been developed by using artificial neural network (ANN). This method is based on the difference of the chemical reaction rate of V(IV) and Co(II) with Fe(III) in the presence of chromogenic reagent, 1,10-phenanthroline. The reduced product of the reaction, Fe(II), can form a colored complex with 1,10-phenanthroline and make a visible spectrophotometric signal for indirect monitoring of the V(IV) and Co(II) concentrations. Feed forward neural networks have been trained to quantify considered metal ions in mixtures under optimum conditions. The networks were shown to be capable of correlating reduced spectral kinetic data using principal component analysis (PCA) of mixtures with individual metal ion. In this way an ANN containing three layers of nodes was trained. Sigmoidal and linear transfer functions were used in the hidden and output layers, respectively, to facilitate nonlinear calibration. Both V(IV) and Co(II) were analyzed in the concentration range of 0.1-4.0 μg ml⁻¹. The proposed method was also applied satisfactorily to the determination of considered metal ions in several synthetic and water samples.     

Optimization of the Physical,Optical and Mechanical Properties of Composite Edible Films of Gelatin,Whey Protein and Chitosan

The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of the concentration of gelatin (G) (3–6 g), whey protein (W) (2.5–7.5 g) and chitosan (C) (0.5–2.5 g) on the physical, optical and mechanical properties of composite edible films (CEFs) using the response surface methodology (RSM), as well as optimizing the formulation for the packaging of foods. The results of the study were evaluated via first- and second-order multiple regression analysis to obtain the determination coefficient values with a good fit (R ˃ 0.90) for each of the response variables, except for the values of solubility and b*. The individual linear effect of the independent variables (the concentrations of gelatin, whey protein and chitosan) significantly affected (p ≤ 0.05) the water vapor permeability (WVP), strength and solubility of the edible films. The WVP of the edible films varied from 0.90 to 1.62 × 10⁻¹¹ g.m/Pa.s.m², the resistance to traction varied from 0.47 MPa to 3.03 MPa and the solubility varied from 51.06% to 87%. The optimized values indicated that the CEF prepared with a quantity of 4 g, 5 g and 3 g of gelatin, whey protein and chitosan, respectively, provided the CEF with a smooth, continuous and transparent surface, with L values that resulted in a light-yellow hue, a lower WVP, a maximum strength (resistance to traction) and a lower solubility. The results revealed that the optimized formulation of the CEF of G–W–C allowed a good validation of the prediction model and could be applied, in an effective manner, to the food packaging industry, which could help in mitigating the environmental issues associated with synthetic packaging materials.     

低共熔溶剂——新型亲水作用色谱流动相改性剂

低共熔溶剂被用作亲水作用色谱流动相的新型改性剂。选用硅胶柱(150 mm×4.6 mm, 3 μm),以乙腈与低共熔溶剂(氯化胆碱-乙二醇(摩尔比为1:3))的混合溶液为流动相,考察了6个碱基与核苷的色谱分离效果,并讨论了低共熔溶剂在流动相中的比例及温度条件对分离的影响。结果表明,与传统的水相流动相条件相比,在加入低共熔溶剂改性后的流动相条件下,碱基与核苷分离效果得到明显的改善,尤其是胞嘧啶与胞苷能达到完全分离;同时,随着低共熔溶剂在乙腈中浓度的增加,6个碱基与核苷在色谱柱上的保留均有不同程度的减小,其中胞苷的保留减小最为显著;随着柱温的升高,碱基与核苷的保留同样有所减小。本文验证了低共熔溶剂作为亲水作用色谱流动相改性剂的可行性,可在一定程度上解决传统亲水作用色谱分离的困难。     

Simultaneous determination of Pt and Rh by catalytic adsorptive stripping voltammetry, using hexamethylene tetramine (HMTA) as complexing agent

Characteristics of the adsorption/electro-reduction of Pt/Rh hexamethylene tetramine (HMTA) complex on static mercury drop electrode surface were studied. Cyclic voltammetry was carried out to get the insight about the mechanistic behaviour of the catalytic current obtained in the voltammetric scan of Pt/Rh HMTA complex in acidic solution. Adsorptive stripping voltammetry using HMTA as the complexing agent was found to be highly sensitive method for the determination of Pt/Rh. Voltammetric measurements were carried out using hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE) as the working electrode, a glassy carbon rod as the counter and an Ag/AgCl/KCl_saturated as the reference electrode. Various electrochemical parameters like deposition potential, deposition time, concentration of the ligand, supporting electrolyte etc. were optimized. The detection limit of Pt and Rh was found to be 4.38 pML⁻¹ and 2.80 pML⁻¹, respectively for the deposition time of 30 s. Simultaneous determination of Pt(II) and Rh(III) in water samples was possible. The method was found to be free from the commonly occurring interfering ions such as Cu(II), Cd(II), Zn(II), Pb(II), Cr(III), Cr(VI), Fe(III), Fe(II), Ni(II) and Co(II). Spike recovery tests for both Pt and Rh in tap water and sea water samples were also carried out. The method has been verified by analyzing certified reference material (WMG-1).     

Food Industry Byproducts as Starting Material for Innovative,Green Feed Formulation: A Sustainable Alternative for Poultry Feeding

Rising global populations and enhanced standards of living in so-called developing countries have led to an increased demand of food, in particular meat, worldwide. While increasing the production of broiler meat could be a potential solution to this problem, broiler meat is plagued by health concerns, such as the development of antimicrobial resistance and lower meat quality. For this reason, the supplementation of poultry feed with vitamins and antioxidant compounds, such as polyphenols, has become an attractive prospect for research in this sector. Such supplements could be obtained by extraction of agricultural byproducts (in particular, grape pomaces and artichoke leaves and bracts), thus contributing to reductions in the total amount of waste biomass produced by the agricultural industry. In this review, the effects of poultry feed supplementation with bioactive extracts from grape pomace (skins and/or seeds), as well as extracts from artichoke leaves and bracts, were explored. Moreover, the various methods that have been employed to obtain extracts from these and other agricultural byproducts were listed and described, with a particular focus on novel, eco-friendly extraction methods (using, for example, innovative and biocompatible solvents like Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs)) that could reduce the costs and energy consumption of these procedures, with similar or higher yields compared to standard methods.     

Ultrasound-Assisted Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction Using Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) for Neutral Red Dye Spectrophotometric Determination

Deep eutectic solvents (DES), which have low toxicity and are low cost, biodegradable, and easily synthesized, were used for the extraction of neutral red (NR) dye before its spectrophotometric analysis. DES, containing choline chloride as a hydrogen bond acceptor and phenol as a hydrogen bond donor with a molar ratio of 1:2, was used for the extraction of NR dye from aqueous media. The possible interaction of different DESs with NR was studied using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Experimentally, a UV-visible spectrophotometer was used for the quantitative analysis. The most important parameters affecting method performance, such as pH, extraction temperature, DES type, its volume, THF volume, sonication time, and centrifugation time, were optimized. The developed method provides exceptional sensitivity in terms of LOD and LOQ, which were 2.2 and 7.3 µg/L respectively. The relative standard deviation was 1.35–1.5% (n = 10), and the pre-concentration factor was 40. The method was found to be linear in the range of 2–300 µg/L (R2 = 0.9967). The method was successfully used for the determination of NR in wastewater samples. Finally, the DES-based method presents operational simplicity, high sensitivity, and rapid determination (<5 min) compared with other analytical procedures.     

人工神经网络-微分脉冲伏安法同时测定尿液中的多巴胺、尿酸及抗坏血酸

研究了多巴胺、尿酸和抗坏血酸在玻碳电极上的伏安行为.在pH 5.7的Britton - Robinson缓冲溶液中,采用微分脉冲伏安法进行电化学扫描,3种化合物均有良好的氧化峰,但其波谱重叠严重,常规伏安法难以同时测定.采用化学计量学方法中的偏最小二乘法(PLS)、主成分回归法(PCR)、径向基人工神经网络法(RBF-...     

超高效液相色谱/飞行时间质谱法分析尿液中的代谢物用于区分人类性别的研究

尿中的代谢产物可以反映生命个体的生理状态。为了考察在非严格控制条件下(即对志愿者的饮食、生活方式以及样品采集时间等诸多条件不加以控制)基于尿中代谢物的指纹图谱对男女性别进行区分的可行性,采用超高效液相色谱/飞行时间质谱(UPLC/TOF-MS)联用技术分析了31个随机尿样,并用主成分分析法（PCA）和偏最小二乘法判别分析（PLS-DA）两种数据处理方法对数据进行处理,与PCA法比较,PLS-DA法能提高分类效果,并筛选出4种可能的与性别相关的生物标记物。研究结果表明,UPLC/MS联用技术通量高,数据量丰富;模式识别数据处理方法适合于从大量数据中提取信息,两者的结合有利于代谢组学的研究。     

高效制备液相色谱法从荷叶中分离制备黄酮类化合物

采用高效制备液相色谱法从荷叶(Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn)中分离制备荷叶黄酮类化合物。用60%乙醇回流提取荷叶，粗提液浓缩后经D-101柱及聚酰胺柱色谱分离，再在Symmetry PrepTM C18柱上分离,以水-乙腈为流动相进行梯度洗脱（流速为5.0 mL/min）,得到了3种黄酮类化合物。经紫外光谱、红外光谱、核磁共振及质谱分析,确定该3种物质分别为金丝桃苷、异槲皮苷和紫云英苷。所制备的3种化合物的纯度都在97%以上,其中紫云英苷为首次从荷叶中分离得到。     

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes modified with iron oxide and silver nanoparticles (MWCNT-Fe3O4/Ag) as a novel adsorbent for determining PAEs in carbonated soft drinks using magnetic SPE-GC/MS method

The synthesis of compounds with an excellent adsorption capability plays an essential role to remove contaminants such as phthalic acid esters (PAEs) with potential carcinogenic characteristics from different food products. In this context, for the first time, a novel adsorbent (MWCNT-Fe₃O₄/Ag) was synthesized by using iron (magnetic agent), and silver (catalytic and surface enhancer agent) to further approach in a magnetic SPE-GC/MS method for determining of PAEs in carbonated soft drink samples. The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) values of MSPE-GC/MS were determined in six PAEs as a range of 10.8–22.5 and 36–75 ng/L, respectively. Also, the calibration curves of PAEs were linear (R₂ = 0.9981–0.9995) over the concentration level of 10.000 ng/L and the recoveries of the six PAEs were ranging from 96.60% to 109.22% with the RSDs less than 8%. Moreover, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM) and transmission electron microscopy analyses (TEM) were utilized to characterize the produced MWCNT-Fe₃O₄/Ag. Based on the findings, the surface of MWCNT is relatively uniform, which became coarser after loading with Fe₃O₄/Ag particles. Also, EDX spectrum showed the carbon (C), iron (Fe), oxygen (O), Ag and copper (Cu) are the main components of synthesized MWCNTs-Fe₃O₄/Ag. The successful adhesion of Fe₃O₄/Ag on the texture of MWCNTs using a co-precipitation method was confirmed by XRD and FT-IR assays. Additionally, excellent crystallinity and clear lattice nanocrystals fringes of prepared MWCNT-Fe₃O₄/Ag was demonstrated by TEM analysis. Based on the obtained VSM images, the prepared sorbent (MWCNT-Fe₃O₄/Ag) has the good magnetic performance for magnetic separation and extraction processes. It was concluded that the synthesized MWCNT-Fe₃O₄/Ag could be used as an efficient adsorbent for determining contaminants such as PAEs in different beverage samples.     

分散固相萃取-液相色谱-串联质谱法测定淡水鱼中柱孢藻毒素、节球藻毒素和微囊藻毒素

建立了同时检测淡水鱼中柱孢藻毒素、节球藻毒素、微囊藻毒素-RR、微囊藻毒素-YR及微囊藻毒素-LR的分散固相萃取-液相色谱-串联质谱方法。样品粉碎后，用乙腈-水-甲酸（89 ∶ 10 ∶ 1，v/v/v）提取目标物，C₁₈分散固相萃取柱净化，Agilent ZORBAX Eclipse XDB C₁₈色谱柱分离，乙腈和水梯度洗脱，在多反应监测（MRM）模式下进行定性分析，基质匹配标准曲线外标法定量。考察了提取溶剂及吸附剂种类对提取效率和净化效果的影响，并优化了液相色谱-串联质谱条件。该法在各自范围内具有良好线性关系，相关系数（R²）≥0.9954；检出限为5~10 μg/kg，定量限为15~40 μg/kg；样品的加标回收率为62.3%~101.2%。该方法前处理方法简单快速，灵敏高效，适用于淡水鱼中柱孢藻毒素、节球藻毒素和微囊藻毒素的有效检测。     

Formation of heterocaryotic and homonuclear bridged–dimeric complexes on surface

The formation of coordinated dimeric complexes bridged by axial ligands on surface is observed with the help of a 1,3,5-tris(10-carboxydecyloxy)benzene(TCDB) template through scanning tunneling microscopy(STM). STM images of molecular adlayers of zinc tetraphenylporphyrin(Zn TPP), zinc phthalocyanine(Zn Pc), and their mixture are reported. Zn TPP and Zn Pc can spontaneously form highly an ordered structure with a 1:1 molar ratio, which is different from that of individual Zn Pc. The coordinated bimolecular complexes bridged with axial ligands, simply as Zn Pc–DPP–Zn TPP and Zn Pc–DPE–Zn Pc, are presented and the corresponding surface structures are compared. Zn Pc and Zn TPP can be connected by an axial ligand DPP and formed assembled structures out of surface. Two types of arrays with entirely new structure are obtained for the Zn Pc–DPE–Zn Pc complex. These bridged hybrid complexes provide an example of design of self-organized crystals on the basis of coordination through non-covalent interactions.     

Influence of MWCNT morphology on dispersion and thermal properties of polyethylene nanocomposites

In this study a series of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)/Polyethylene (PE) composites with different kinds and several concentrations of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were investigated. The morphology and degree of dispersion of the fillers in the polymer matrix at different length scales was investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Both individual and agglomerated MWCNTs were evident but a good dispersion was observed for some of them. TGA measurements were performed on nanocomposites in order to understand if CNTs affect the stabilization mechanism during thermal and oxidative degradation. The analysis demonstrates that MWCNTs presence slightly delays thermal volatilisation (15-20 °C) without modification of thermal degradation mechanism. In contrast, thermal oxidative degradation in air is delayed up to about 100 °C dependently from MWCNTs concentration, in the range used here (0.1-2.0 wt%), and degree of dispersion. The stabilization is due to the formation of a thin protective layer of entangled MWCNTs kept together by carbon char generated on the surface of the nanocomposites as shown by SEM images taken on degradation residues.     

Extraction chromatographic study of aluminium(III) and mutual separation of aluminium(III), gallium(III), indium(III) and thallium(III) with N-n-octylaniline

A selective method has been developed for extraction chromatographic studies of aluminium(III) and its separation from several metal ions with a chromatographic column containing N-n-octylaniline (liquid anion exchanger) coated on silanized silica gel as a stationary phase. The aluminium(III) was quantitatively extracted with the 0.065 mol/L N-n-octylaninine from 0.013 to 0.05 mol/L sodium succinate at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The extracted metal ion has been recovered by eluting with 25.0 mL of 0.05 mol/L hydrochloric acid and estimated spectrophotometrically with aurintricarboxylic acid. The effects of the acid concentration, the reagent concentration, the flow rate and the eluting agents have been investigated. The log-log plots of distribution coefficient (KdAl(III)) versus N-n-octylaniline concentrationin 0.005 and 0.007 mol/L sodium succinate gave theslopes 0.5 and 0.7 respectively and showed theprobable composition of theextracted species was 1:1 (metal to amine ratio) and the nature of extracted species is [RR''NH2+ Al succinate2-] org. .The extraction of aluminium(III) was carried out in the presence of various ions to ascertain the tolerance limit of individual ions. Aluminium(III) has been separated from multicomponent mixtures, pharmaceutical samples and synthetic mixtures corresponding to alloys. A scheme for mutual separation of aluminium(III), indium(III), gallium(III) and thallium(III) has been developed by using suitable masking agents. The method is fast, accurate and precise.     

超高效液相色谱-四极杆-飞行时间质谱法快速辨识芪玉三龙汤化学成分

利用超高效液相色谱-四极杆-飞行时间质谱(UPLC-QTOF-MS)的数据非依赖性采集(DIA)技术,结合靶向筛查方法,快速辨识芪玉三龙汤(Qi-Yu-San-Long decoction,QYSLD)化学成分.以Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18柱(100 mm×2.1 mm,1.7μm)为色谱柱...     

Simultaneous determination of the Cd and Zn total body burden of individual,nearly microscopic,nanoliter-volume aquatic organisms (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Hyalella azteca</Emphasis>) by rhenium-cup in-torch vaporization (ITV) sample introduction and axially viewed ICP-AES

The Cd and Zn total body burden of individual, up to 7-day-old aquatic organisms (Hyalella azteca benthic amphipod) with an average volume of approximately 100 nL was determined simultaneously by using rhenium-cup (Re-cup) in-torch vaporization (ITV) sample introduction and an axially viewed inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) system. The direct elemental analysis capabilities of this system (i.e., no sample digestion) reduced sample preparation time, eliminated contamination concerns from the digestion reagent and, owing to its detection limits (e.g., in the low pg range for Cd and Zn), vit enabled simultaneous determinations of Cd and Zn in individual, neonate and young juvenile specimens barely visible to the unaided eye (e.g., nearly microscopic). As for calibration, liquid standards and the standard additions method were tested. Both methods gave comparable results, thus indicating that in this case liquid standards can be employed for calibration, and in the process making use of the standard additions method unnecessary. Overall, the ITV-ICP-AES approach by-passed the time-consuming acid digestions, eliminated the potential for contamination from the digestion reagents, improved considerably the speed of acquisition of analytical information and enabled simultaneous determinations of two elements using individual biological specimens.