In situ monitoring of the seed stage of a fermentation process using non-invasive NIR spectrometry

Non-invasive NIR spectrometry has been used to monitor in situ the seed stage of a streptomyces fermentation process. The main spectral change occurred at 7263 cm(-1) in the 1st derivative spectrum, and from comparison with off-line NIR spectra acquired of components present in the fermentation broth, can be attributed to biomass. The biomass signal was constant for the first 20 h of the seed stage, after which it decreased before increasing again. The time at which the minimum occurred in the NIR profile was either the same or slightly earlier than that at which a maximum in the carbon dioxide evolution rate (CER) occurred. The changes observed for the biomass signal in the NIR spectra can be attributed to growth and then fragmentation of mycelia, which indicates a change in metabolic activity. Hence, it may be possible to use NIR spectrometry in situ to determine the optimum transfer time for the seed stage of a fermentation process. Spectra were also acquired of the final stage of the same fermentation process. The variation in the biomass signal in the NIR spectra was more complicated in the final stage owing to changes in stir rate, and biomass concentration and morphology.     

In situ monitoring of coordination copolymerization of butadiene and isoprene via ATR-FTIR spectroscopy

<正>FTIR spectroscopy in combination with a diamond tipped attenuated total reflectance(ATR) immersion probe was utilized to study in situ the copolymerization of butadiene(Bd) and isoprene(Ip) with neodymium-based catalyst in hexane. The relationship between the signal intensity of monomer and its concentration was investigated.The kinetic study of copolymerization of Bd and Ip was further conducted,and the monomer reactivity ratios were determined via in situ ATR FTIR.The signal band at 1010 cm~(-1) was assigned to wagging vibration of Bd and its intensity was proportional to Bd concentration([Bd]) in the range of 0.46-3.88 mol·L~(-1).The signal bands at 890 and 989 cm~(-1) were assigned to wagging vibration of Ip and the signal intensity was also proportional to Ip concentration([Ip]) in the range of 0.08-4.73 mol·L~(-1) at 890 cm~(-1) and 0.08-7.49 mol·L~(-1) at 989 cm~(-1),respectively.Thus the signal band at 1010 cm~(-1) was chosen to monitor Bd concentration and bands at 989 and 890 cm~(-1) to monitor Ip concentration during the copolymerization,respectively.It was demonstrated that the conversions of Bd and Ip calculated from FTIR data agreed very well with those obtained gravimetrically.The polymerization rates were first order with respect to both[Bd]and[Ip],respectively at different polymerization temperatures.The apparent propagation activation energy for Bd and Ip could be determined to be 54.4 kJ·mol~(-1) and 57.7 kJ·mol~(-1),respectively.The monomer reactivity ratios were calculated to be 1.08 for Bd(r_(Bd)) and 0.48 for IP(r_(Ip)) based on FTIR data.The Bd-Ip copolymer products with random sequence could be obtained with only one glass transition temperature.     

Combination of in situ UV–Vis-NIR spectro-electrochemical and a.c. impedance measurements: A new, effective technique for studying the redox transformation of conducting electroactive materials

Simultaneous in situ UV–Vis-NIR spectro-electrochemical and a.c. impedance techniques have been realized for the first time. Combination of the data obtained by these parallel, independent methods can be exploited in the future in the elucidation of the redox mechanism of various transparent electroactive layers.     

Studies on the intercalation of naproxen into layered double hydroxide and its thermal decomposition by in situ FT-IR and in situ HT-XRD

Layered double hydroxides, novel anionic clay, meet the first requirement as inorganic matrices for encapsulating functional drugs or biomolecules with negative charge in aqueous media. In this study, naproxen has been intercalated into Mg-Al layered double hydroxide by the methods of ion exchange. The structure and composition of the intercalated material have been studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-vis spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopy. A schematic model has been proposed. Furthermore, in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, in situ high-temperature XRD, and thermogravimetry (TG) have been used to characterize the thermal decomposition of the hybrid material. It has been found that the thermal stability of the intercalated naproxen is significantly enhanced compared with the pure form before intercalation, which suggests that this drug-inorganic layered material may have prospective application as the basis of a novel drug delivery system.     

Syntheses, structures and photoluminescence of a series of lanthanide-organic frameworks involving in situ ligand formation

A series of lanthanide-organic frameworks with aromatic pyridinecarboxylate ligand, generally formulated as [Ln(PYDC)(C₂O₄)_0.5(H₂O)₂]·H₂O (LnPr(1), Nd(2), Eu(3), Gd(4), Tb(5), Er(6); H₂PYDC3,4-pyridinedicarboxylic acid) have been successfully synthesized and characterized. Their isostructures are built up from one-dimensional (1D) infinite chains cross-linked via the tri-connected PYDC ligands, leading to the two-dimensional (2D) layer structure. The adjacent layers are further extended into three-dimensional (3D) supramolecular frameworks through hydrogen bonding and π-π stacking interactions. Interestingly, the oxalate bridging ligand is believed to form via in situ ligand synthesis through decarboxylation of the organic precursor, H₂PYDC. Complexes 3 and 5 exhibit strong fluorescent emissions in the visible region at room temperature.     

The detection of laser-induced structural change of MnO2 using in situ Raman spectroscopy combined with self-modeling curve resolution technique

In this paper, we present the use of one of the self-modeling curve resolution techniques, band-target entropy minimization (BTEM), which is independent of any spectral library, to elucidate Raman pure component spectra of two different manganese oxides arising from laser-induced structural changes. It is often extremely difficult to obtain the pure Raman spectrum of MnO₂ without changing it to another structural form. However, using BTEM to analyze the collected in situ Raman spectra measured as a function of laser exposure time, has enabled us to obtain both the pure component spectra of the original sample and the product due to laser irradiation. This technique proves to be an efficient Raman spectral interpretation method for thermal sensitive solid samples.     

A study of the use of microdialysis probes as a sampling unit in on-line bioprocess monitoring in conjunction with column liquid chromatography

Summary An automated on-line sampling and analytical set-up for the control of fermentations was studied incorporating a microdialysis probe as the sampling device. Applications to a penicillin broth and an ethanol fermentation were studied. Typical recovery values of carbohydrates were found to be close to 100% even after exposure of the microdialysis probe in the process for about 30 h.     

The first in situ tetrazole synthesis of lanthanide metal coordination frameworks

Hydrothermal reaction of 4-cyanobenzoic acid with NaN₃ in the presence of Ln(NO₃)₃?·?6H₂O produced two lanthanide complexes, [LnL(HL)(H₂O)₅] [Ln?=?Eu (1) and Tb (2)] (H₂L?=?4-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)benzoic acid). Both compounds were structurally characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complexes 1 and 2 are isostructural and display 3-D supramolecular frameworks. Solid-state properties such as thermal behaviors and photoluminescence for these crystalline materials were also investigated.     

溶解氧的快速现场测定

水体中存在的分子态氧被称为溶解氧 ( Dissolved oxygen,DO) .在环境保护工作中 ,DO是一个特别重要的指标 ,它可以直接反映水体污染的程度 [1] 和评判海水的新鲜程度[2 ] ,同时 ,DO是构建环境质量评价模型的重要参数和基础 [3] .在工业上 ,DO是有机生态肥料生产工艺过程和产品质量控制中的重要指标 [4 ] ,也是金属防腐工作中需要监测的重要参数 [5] .在生命科学中 ,DO还是反映细胞新陈代谢等重要生命活动的基本参数 [6 ] .因此 ,溶解氧的测定具有重要意义 .测定溶解氧的常用方法有碘量法及其修正法 [1,7] 、电化学方法 [8,9] 等 .这些…     

Studies on monitoring the composition of the copolymer by cyclic voltammetry and in situ spectroelectrochemical analysis

Electrochemical copolymerization of diphenylamine (DPA) with ortho-toluidine (OT) was carried out in 4 M sulphuric acid medium by cyclic voltammetry. Cyclic voltammograms (CVs) of the copolymer films were recorded to deduce the electrochemical characteristics. In situ UV-visible spectroelectrochemical studies on copolymerization were carried out using indium tin oxide (ITO) coated glass plate as working electrode for different feed ratios of DPA and OT. UV-visible spectral characteristics show clear dependencies on the molar feed composition of DPA or OT used in electropolymerization. Derivative cyclic voltabsorptogram (DCVA) was deduced at the wavelength corresponding to the absorption by the intermediate species and used to identify the intermediates generated during the electropolymerization. The molar composition of DPA and OT units in the copolymer for the copolymers synthesized with different molar feed ratios of DPA and OT was determined by UV-visible spectroscopy. Reactivity ratios of DPA and OT were deduced by using Fineman-Ross and Kelen-Tudos methods and the observed differences in the composition of DPA/OT in the copolymers were correlated with CV characteristics and results obtained from in situ spectroelectrochemical studies.     

In-situ monitoring by fibre-optic NIR spectroscopy and rheometry of maleic anhydride grafting to polypropylene in a laboratory scale reactive extruder

The graft copolymerisation of maleic anhydride (MAH) onto polypropylene (PP) has been studied in situ by interfacing a laboratory scale mini-extruder/processor with a near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer via a fibre optic link. Apparent viscosity was measured simultaneously with the NIR spectra. The graft reaction was carried out at several temperatures with and without the initiator, dicumyl peroxide (DCP). Analysis of the NIR spectra showed the reaction to be first order with respect to MAH, and that the graft reaction rate was not affected by the presence of DCP. However, DCP caused a large increase in chain scission reactions leading to a dramatic drop in apparent viscosity. In the absence of DCP, scission reactions occurred at a slower rate and the apparent viscosity remained steady, after an initial drop, for about 15 min during the early part of the reaction. We suggest that a possible explanation for this might be a “repair mechanism” involving the reaction of two PP macro-radicals with a single MAH moiety, thus maintaining the molecular weight. Once the concentration of MAH drops, this reaction becomes less significant and scission reactions dominate.     

薄层扫描快速检测发酵液中琥珀酸

基于CuSO4与发酵液中琥珀酸的显色反应,在硅胶板上不经层析展开使用薄层扫描定量分析琥珀酸含量.在0～12 g/L范围内,测定波长680 nm,参比波长500 nm条件下,琥珀酸浓度与显色斑吸光度呈良好线性关系.方法检出限(3 S/k)为0.028 mg/L,回收率94.80％～96.12％,相对标准偏差≤3.5％(n...     

Bis-pyrene carbocations for chromogenic and fluorogenic dual-detection of fluoride anion in situ

We have designed and synthesized a new carbocation precursor (carbinol) based on bis-pyrene derivative. The carbinol can be transformed to stable carbocations with quenched fluorescence and long wavelength absorption. The stable carbocations can be further used as fluoride anion detection in acidic environment, which show both chromogenic and fluorogenic responses in the presence of fluoride anion. UV–vis and fluorescence spectroscopy were utilized to monitor the changes during detection process. The responsive mechanism was studied by quantum chemical calculations and the results indicate that the carbocation mediated formation of C–F covalent bond leads to this dual responsive phenomenon. The bis-pyrene carbocations and corresponding F adduct was confirmed MALDI-TOF mass spectrum. The successful elucidation of this new mechanism opens a new avenue for carbocation-based sensor or biological labeling in the future.     

In situ study of the conductivity of the electrochemically deposited polyaniline film using a dual-disk microelectrode

A conductivity equation based on the dual-disk microelectrode was derived. This electrode was used for in situ measurement of the conductivity of polyaniline. Some factors such as electrochemical potential, solution pH, scan rate and over-oxidation, which influence the conductivity of polyaniline, were conveniently controlled by this electrode. Experimental results proved that this electrode is very useful for measuring the relative conductivity in situ and studying the conducting mechanism of conductive polymers.     

A straight forward in situ preparation of NHC-substituted phosphapalladacycles

A new simple technique for the preparation of NHC-substituted phosphapalladacycles is reported by using phosphapalladacycle acetate precursors and azolium tetrafluoroborate salts in DMSO. The one-pot synthesis avoids multi-step reactions employing free carbenes. With this technique, NHC-substituted phosphapalladacycles were thus obtained that are not accessible via the free carbene route.     

The Hydrogenation of the Zintl Phase NdGa Studied by in situ Neutron Diffraction

The hydrogenation of the Zintl phase NdGa was studied by in situ neutron powder diffraction. We find a compositional range of 0.1 < x < 0.8 in NdGaH_1+x. Hydrogen atoms are located in two different positions, in HNd₄ tetrahedra, and close to the polyanionic chains. For the latter, the Ga–H distance in NdGaH_1.66 is quite long (ca. 200 pm) with a trigonal bipyramidal Nd₃Ga₂ surrounding of hydrogen atoms. Hydrogen poor NdGaH_<1 phases as known for similar systems were not observed. The changing hydrogen content shows no measureable effect on the unit cell volume, but on lattice parameter ratios. Superstructures occur for 0.53 < x < 0.66 and 0.73 < x < 0.8, leading to a doubling or tripling of the lattice parameter a. They are probably caused by partial hydrogen ordering. The threefold superstructure contains a ¹_∞[(Ga–H–Ga–H–Ga)^6–] moiety with hydrogen bridging two gallium chains.     

原位聚合制备聚乙烯/蒙脱土(MMT)纳米复合材料的研究

利用MgCl₂在醇中溶解和蒙脱土(MMT)在醇中层间膨胀的特性,制备了MgCl₂/TiC_l4负载于MMT层间的MMT/MgCl₂/TiC_l4催化剂,并通过原位聚合合成了聚乙烯/蒙脱土纳米复合材料.经广角X射线衍射(WAXD)和透射电子显微镜(TEM)分析表明,蒙脱土片层在乙烯聚合过程中发生了层间剥离,以单片层或几片层共存的形式无规地分散于聚乙烯基质中.与分子量相近的纯聚乙烯相比,极低的蒙脱土含量(质量分数<1%)能使复合材料的屈服强度、拉伸强度和拉伸模量有很大提高.复合材料中蒙脱土片层以纳米尺寸在聚乙烯基质中的良好分布和对聚乙烯分子链运动的限制作用是力学性能提高的主要因素.     

季铵盐单体在蒙脱土中的插层原位聚合反应

通过四种结构相似的可聚合季铵盐(二甲基二烯丙基氯化铵、三甲基烯丙基氯化铵、丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵、甲基丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵), 通过蒙脱土层间构型排布的模拟及分析比较, 从分子水平上探讨了原位插层聚合反应中, 单体分子排列角度及构型对聚合反应的影响.     

一种简便的原位测定红树叶片表面菲的荧光分析方法

采用自行设计的多用途荧光比色皿,建立了一种秋茄(Kandelia obovata,Ko),桐花树(Aegiceras comiculatum,Ac)和白骨壤(Avicennia marina,Am)叶片表面菲(Phenanthrene,Phen)简便的原位测定方法,本方法测定Ko,Ac和Am表面Phen的线性范围分别为6.5 ～ 1200 ng/spot,18.5～600 ng/spot和3.2～700 ng/spot,检出限分别为0.6,0.7和1.3 ng/spot,加标回收率分别为92.4％～101.0％、94.8％～108.2％和93.8％～103.6％,相对标准偏差小于6.5％.本方法的检出限和相对标准偏差均优于固体表面光纤荧光法(Solid surface optical fiber fluorimetry,SSF),线性范围与SSF法处于同一数量级.本方法与SSF法测得的红树叶片表面Phen的浓度并无显著差异(p＞0.05),但本方法极大地简化了操作,提高了重现性.     

邻甲酚液相原位加氢反应

以Ni/CMK-3为催化剂,采用BET比表面积、X射线衍射和氢气程序升温还原对催化剂进行了表征.考察了不同Ni负载量、反应温度、反应初始压力及反应时间条件下,甲醇水相重整制氢与邻甲酚原位加氢的耦合反应.结果表明,当Ni负载量为20%、反应温度为230℃、反应前冷压为0.1 MPa、水-甲醇-模型化合物摩尔比为50∶15∶1及反应9 h时,邻甲酚转化率最高为45.4%.分别对比了甲醇、甲酸、甘油和异丙醇作为供氢溶剂对原位加氢反应的影响,其中以甲酸为供氢溶剂时,邻甲酚的转化率最高达82.2%.对比了甲酚3种同分异构体原位加氢的效果,发现邻甲酚和间甲酚的反应效果相差不大,而对甲酚的转化率则远低于邻甲酚和间甲酚.对20%Ni/CMK-3在原位加氢实验中的使用寿命进行了考察.