Porous Cu-NiO modified glass carbon electrode enhanced nonenzymatic glucose electrochemical sensors

Porous Cu-NiO nanocomposites were successfully prepared by calcination of the Cu-Ni(OH)(2) precursor at 400 °C for 2 h. During the process of calcination, Ar was used to deaerate O(2). The structure and morphology of Cu-NiO were characterized by X-ray diffraction spectrum (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray analyses (EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Using porous Cu-NiO nanocomposites, a simple non-enzymatic amperometric sensor has been fabricated (Cu-NiO/GCE) and evaluated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and typical amperometric method. When applied to detect glucose by the amperometric method, Cu-NiO/GCE produced an ultrahigh sensitivity of 171.8 μA mM(-1), with a low detection limit of 0.5 μM (S/N = 3). What's more, interference from common co-existing species, such as UA, AA, and fructose can be avoided at the sensor. Results in this study imply that porous Cu-NiO nanocomposites are promising nanomaterials for the enzyme-free determination of glucose.     

An integrated portable Raman sensor with nanofabricated gold bowtie array substrates for energetics detection

An integrated field-portable surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensing system has been developed and evaluated for quantitative analysis of energetics such as perchlorate (ClO(4)(-)) and trinitrotoluene (TNT) at environmentally relevant concentrations and conditions. The detection system consists of a portable Raman spectrometer equipped with an optical fiber probe that is coupled with novel elevated gold bowtie nanostructural arrays as a sensitive and reproducible SERS substrate. Using the standard addition technique, we show that ClO(4)(-) and TNT can be quantified at concentrations as low as 0.66 mg L(-1) (or ~6.6 μM) and 0.20 mg L(-1) (~0.9 μM), respectively, in groundwater samples collected from selected military sites. This research represents the first step toward the development of a field SERS sensor which may permit rapid, in situ screening and analysis for various applications including national security, chemical, biological and environmental detection.     

Mass spectrometric studies of the vapour phase in the (Pu + O) system

Vapour pressure measurements at high temperatures have been performed on plutonium oxide samples using a Knudsen cell coupled with a mass spectrometer. Different experimental conditions were applied for the derivation of the solid–gas phase relations for three composition in the Pu–O phase diagram: the (Pu₂O₃–PuO_2?x) two-phase domain, the congruent vapourisation composition and near stoichiometric PuO_2.00. The partial pressures of the gaseous species PuO₂, PuO, and Pu were assessed from ionisation efficiency curves recorded at constant temperature. The vapour pressure results for different phase fields were discussed together with all the available literature data.     

Development and validation of an improved method for the quantitation of sertraline in human plasma using LC-MS-MS and its application to bioequivalence studies

A rapid and sensitive LC-MS-MS method for the quantitation of sertraline in human plasma was developed and validated. Sertraline and the internal standard, telmisartan, were cleaned up by protein precipitation from 100 μL of plasma sample, and analyzed on a TC-C18 column (5 μm, 150 × 4.6 mm i.d.) using 70% acetonitrile and 30% 10 mM ammonium acetate (0.1% formic acid) as mobile phase. The method was demonstrated to be linear from 0.1 ng/mL to 50 ng/mL with the lower limit of quantitation of 0.1 ng/mL. Intra- and inter-day precision were below 4.40% and 3.55%. Recoveries of sertraline at low, medium, and high levels were 88.0 ± 2.3%, 88.2 ± 1.9%, and 90.0 ± 2.0%, respectively. The method was successfully applied to a bioequivalence study of sertraline after a single oral administration of 50 mg sertraline hydrochloride tablets.     

Evaluation of automated sample preparation, retention time locked gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and data analysis methods for the metabolomic study of Arabidopsis species

In this paper, automated sample preparation, retention time locked gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and data analysis methods for the metabolomics study were evaluated. A miniaturized and automated derivatisation method using sequential oximation and silylation was applied to a polar extract of 4 types (2 types×2 ages) of Arabidopsis thaliana, a popular model organism often used in plant sciences and genetics. Automation of the derivatisation process offers excellent repeatability, and the time between sample preparation and analysis was short and constant, reducing artifact formation. Retention time locked (RTL) gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used, resulting in reproducible retention times and GC-MS profiles. Two approaches were used for data analysis. XCMS followed by principal component analysis (approach 1) and AMDIS deconvolution combined with a commercially available program (Mass Profiler Professional) followed by principal component analysis (approach 2) were compared. Several features that were up- or down-regulated in the different types were detected.     

柱前衍生-反相高效液相色谱法测定不同方法煮制的猪肉及其汤汁中的游离氨基酸

建立了反相高效液相色谱(RP-HPLC)分离检测用不同方法煮制的猪肉及其汤汁中17种游离氨基酸的方法.样品经6-氨基喹啉基-N-羟基琥珀酰亚氨基甲酸酯(AQC)柱前衍生后,采用Nova- PakTMC18色谱柱分离,以AccQ·Tag Eluent A稀释液、乙腈和超纯水为流动相,梯度洗脱,检测波长为248 nm,在4...     

Synthesis and cytotoxic activity of 2,5-disubstituted pyrimido[5,4-c]quinoline derivatives

A series of 2,5-disubstituted pyrimido[5,4-c]quinoline derivatives were synthesized and their cytotoxic activity against H460, HT-29 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines was evaluated in vitro.It was found that most of the tested compounds especially compound 17, shown stronger activity to the selected three cell lines than ZM447439.     

高效液相色谱-电感耦合等离子体质谱联用技术用于环境中元素形态分析的最新进展

综述了高效液相色谱-电感耦合等离子体质谱(HPLC-ICP-MS)联用技术在环境科学中的应用情况.参考过去十年内的国内外文献,从方法学的角度论述了HPLC联用ICP-MS技术的发展,重点探讨了该技术在环境领域,尤其是在元素形态分析(包括生物学,生物无机化学和生物医学)中的应用.     

液相色谱串联质谱法测定养殖水体中孔雀石绿及其代谢物

研究利用液相色谱-串联质谱(LC-ESI-MS/MS)测定水产品养殖水体中孔雀石绿及其代谢物隐性孔雀石绿的方法.通过一系列实验对样品前处理条件进行了优化研究,养殖水样经乙酸酸化,净化后,采用HPLC-ESI-MS/MS检测分析.在多反应监测模式(MRM)下,外标法定量,定量限均为0.5μg/kg.在0.5～50μg/L...     

Synthesis and molecular structure of 7<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>-12-oxa-3,7-diazapleiadene-substituted 1,3-tropolones

An acid-catalyzed reaction of substituted 2-methyl-7H-12-oxa-3,7-diazapleiadenes with 1,2-benzoquinones leads to 7H-12-oxa-3,7-diazapleiadene-substituted 1,3-tropolones. Molecular structure of 5,7-di(tert-butyl)-2-[9,11-di(tert-butyl)-4-methyl-7H-12-oxa-3,7-diazapleiaden-2-yl]-4-nitro-1,3-tropolone was established by X-ray crystallography. Energy and structural characteristics of isomeric 5,7-di(tert-butyl)-2-[9,11-di(tert-butyl)-4-methyl-7H-12-oxa-3,7-diazapleiaden-2-yl]-4-nitro-1,3-tropolones in the gaseous phase and a polar solution were studied by the PBE0/6-31G** method.