Recognition of copper and hydrogen sulfide in vitro using a fluorescein derivative indicator

We report the development of a fluorescein-based chemosensor (L1) for monitoring ions or micromolecules (H(2)S). Copper ions are known to be toxic at high concentrations and hydrogen sulfide induces various problems. Herein we develop a simple method for detecting Cu(II) and H(2)S with high selectivity and sensitivity. The chemosensor L1 displays on-off-on type fluorescence change with alternately added Cu(II) and H(2)S to the media along with reversible forming-separating of the complex. The potential biomedical relevance of the chemical mechanisms involved in the detection of L1 is described.     

Discontinuity of Cappings in the Recursively Enumerable Degrees and Strongly Nonbranching Degrees

We construct an r. e. degree a which possesses a greatest a-minimal pair b₀, b₁, i.e., r. e. degrees b₀ and b₁ such that b₀, b₁ < a, b₀ ∩ b₁ = a, and, for any other pair c₀, c₁ with these properties, c₀ ≤ b_i and c₁ ≤ b_1-i for some i ≤ 1. By extending this result, we show that there are strongly nonbranching degrees which are not strongly noncappable. Finally, by introducing a new genericity concept for r. e. sets, we prove a jump theorem for the strongly nonbranching and strongly noncappable r. e. degrees. Mathematics Subject Classification : 03D25.     

POSS-embedded supramolecular hyperbranched polymers constructed from a 1→7 branching monomer with controllable morphology transitions

The research on the supramolecular hyperbranched polymers (SHPs) that combines the advantages of supramolecular polymer and hyperbranched architecture has attracted considerable interests in many applications. Here we demonstrate a simple approach to prepare POSS-embedded supramolecular hyperbranched polymers (POSS-SHPs) with varied morphology and size by controlling monomer concentration and mixed solvents. The SHPs formations can further transfer into the core-shell structured micelles by addition of competitive guests based on the double supramolecular driving forces.     

金属有机框架材料UiO-67富集净化牛奶中孕激素残留北大核心CSCD

该文制备了一种比表面积大、稳定性好的金属有机框架材料(MOF)UiO-67,将其用于复杂牛奶基质中痕量孕激素的富集和净化。结合超高效液相色谱-四极杆/静电场轨道离子阱高分辨质谱(UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap HRMS),建立了同时测定牛奶中7种孕激素残留的检测方法。采用X射线光电子能谱(XPS)对UiO-67吸附孕激素后的元素谱图进行测试分析,通过对比结合能和官能团相对含量的变化证明了UiO-67与孕激素间发生了化学作用,并研究了UiO-67对1 mg/L和5 mg/L孕激素的吸附效果。考察并优化了吸附剂用量、洗脱溶剂类型和pH值等关键参数,评价了基质效应对孕激素质谱信号的影响。优化结果显示,选择吸附剂用量为40 mg,在样品溶液pH值为5时,用5 mL丙酮洗脱目标物就可获得满意的回收率。基质效应在20%之内,可忽略不计。在优化条件下,7种孕激素在1~100μg/L范围内线性相关性良好,相关系数均达到0.99以上,方法的检出限(LOD)和定量限(LOQ)分别为0.06~0.30μg/L和0.19~1.0μg/L;在不同添加水平下,回收率为87.10%~105.58%,相对标准偏差为2.66%~9.64%。方法成功应用于实际牛奶样品中孕激素的测定,结果与SN/T 1980-2007标准得到的结果具有良好的吻合度。相比较已报道的牛奶中孕激素前处理技术和检测方法,该方法具有较高的灵敏度和满意的回收率,为今后这类材料在复杂基质中有毒有害物质的富集检测提供了新的借鉴思路。     

Simultaneous determination of 10 first-generation histamine h1 receptor blockers in feeds by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography triple quadrupole ion trap hybrid mass spectrometer

A method for simultaneous determination of 10 first-generation histamine H1 receptor blockers in feeds by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography triple quadrupole mass spectrometry combined with solid phase extraction. Instrument conditions, extraction solvents, and purification methods have been optimized. Under the optimum conditions, these analytes were separated effectively at 6 min. These feeds have been extracted by acid acetonitrile and purified by mixed cation exchange solid-phase extraction. The performance of this method meets the requirements of veterinary residue detection in feeds in China. It is appropriate for the confirmatory monitoring and quantitative analysis of 105 feed samples, five kinds of histamine H1 receptor blockers have been detected in 10 samples.     

铋钼青铜单晶的制备和结构分析

介绍了利用Bi_2O_3和MoO_3制备高质量紫色Bi-Mo-O单晶的电化学方法．能谱分析给出该单晶的化学式为Bi_(0.19)MoO_3,X射线衍射得到该单晶具有正交对称性,空间群为P_(mmma),晶胞参数为:a＝1.9985nm,b＝0.4085nm,c＝1.4437nm．X射线光电子能谱分析揭示在价带顶附近存在着一个窄的成键能带,Mo-3d芯能级谱含有Mo~(5 )和Mo~(6 )的特征。     

A retrievable and highly selective fluorescent probe for monitoring sulfide and imaging in living cells

A novel selective fluorescent chemosensor based on an 8-hydroxyquinoline-appended fluorescein derivative (L1) was synthesized and characterized. Once combined with Cu(2+), it displayed high specificity for sulfide anion. Among the various anions, only sulfide anion induced the revival of fluoresecence of L1, which was quenched by Cu(2+), resulting in "off-on"-type sensing of sulfide anion. What's more, the sensor was retrievable to indicate sulfide anions with Cu(2+), and S(2-), in turn, increased. With the addition of Cu(2+), compound L1 could give rise to a visible pink-to-yellow color change and green fluorescence quenching. The resulting yellow solution could change to pink and regenerate to green fluorescence immediately upon the addition of sulfide anion; however, no changes were observed in the presence of other anions, including CN(-), P(2)O(7)(4-), and other forms of sulfate, making compound L1 an extremely selective and efficient sulfide chemosensor. The signal transduction occurs via reversible formation-separation of complex L1Cu and CuS. What's more, the biological imaging study has demonstrated that the chemosensor can detect sulfur anions in biological systems at a relatively low concentration.     

2,2,2‐trifluoroacetophenone‐based D‐π‐A type photoinitiators for radical and cationic photopolymerizations under near‐UV and visible LEDs

Two D‐π‐A‐type 2,2,2‐trifluoroacetophenone derivatives, namely, 4′‐(4‐( N,N‐diphenyl)amino‐phenyl)‐phenyl‐2,2,2‐trifluoroacetophenone (PI‐Ben) and 4′‐(4‐(7‐(N,N‐diphenylamino)‐9,9‐dimethyl‐9H‐fluoren‐2‐yl)‐phenyl‐2,2,2‐trifluoroacetophenone (PI‐Flu), are developed as high‐performance photoinitiators combined with an amine or an iodonium salt for both the free‐radical polymerization of acrylates and the cationic polymerization of epoxides and vinyl ether upon exposure to near‐UV and visible light‐emitting diodes (LEDs; e.g., 365, 385, 405, and 450 nm). The photochemical mechanisms are investigated by UV‐Vis spectra, molecular‐orbital calculations, fluorescence, cyclic voltammetry, photolysis, and electron‐spin‐resonance spin‐trapping techniques. Compared with 2,2,2‐trifluoroacetophenone, both photoinitiators exhibit larger redshift of the absorption spectra and higher molar‐extinction coefficients. PI‐Ben and PI‐Flu themselves can produce free radicals to initiate the polymerization of acrylate without any added hydrogen donor. These novel D‐π‐A type trifluoroacetophenone‐based photoinitiating systems exhibit good efficiencies (acrylate conversion = 48%–66%; epoxide conversion = 85%–95%; LEDs at 365–450 nm exposure) even in low‐concentration initiators (0.5%, w/w) and very low curing light intensities (1–2 mW cm^?2). © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2016 , 54, 1945–1954     

Dual roles for promoting monomers to polymers: A conjugated sulfonium salt photoacid generator as photoinitiator and photosensitizer in cationic photopolymerization

An efficient strategy for comprehensive utilization of the conjugated sulfonium salt photoacid generator (PAG), namely, 3‐{4‐[4‐(4‐N,N′‐diphenylamino)‐styryl]phenyl}phenyl dimethyl sulfonium hexafluoroantimonate, was developed through photoinitiated cationic photopolymerization (CP) of epoxides and vinyl ether upon exposure to near‐UV and visible light‐emitting diodes (LEDs; e.g., 365, 385, 405, and 425 nm). Photochemical mechanisms were investigated by UV–vis spectra, molecular orbital calculations, fluorescence, cyclic voltammetry, and electron spin resonance spin‐trapping analyses. Compared with commercial PAGs, the prepared conjugated sulfonium salt generated H⁺, which can be used as photoinitiator. Moreover, the fluorescent byproducts from photodecomposition can be used as photosensitizer of commercial iodonium salt in the photoinitiating systems of CP. These novel D‐π‐A type sulfonium‐based photoinitiating systems are efficient (epoxide conversion = 85–90% and vinyl conversion >90%; LEDs upon exposure to 365–425 nm) even in low‐concentration initiators (1%, w/w) and low curing light intensities (10–40 mW cm^?2). © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2016 , 54, 2722–2730     

The accessibility of a unimolecular micelle's core to environmental ions: Exploration with a xanthene dye

To learn the impact of aqueous environmental species on the property of the isolated core of a water‐soluble unimolecular micelle (UIM), a guest dye of erythrosine B (EB) is used as a probe to map the dynamic microenvironment of the UIM. PEGylation of branched polyethylenimine (PEI) with oxirane‐functionalized polyethylene glycol (PEG) leads to a UIM of PEI@PEG, and the core is further chemically engineered. The resulting UIMs can irreversibly encapsulate EB exclusively by the core. It is found that the stacking of EB molecules is dependent on the electronic microenvironment of the UIMs, where a polar and ionic core favors a twist stacking of EB, but a less polar core results in an unprecedented parallel stacking of EB. Spectral analysis shows that EB is encapsulated along with its counter ion of Na+, and an exterior ion can cause dehydration of the UIMs but can hardly enter the UIMs; moreover, ion exchange through the PEG shell is actually allowed. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2015 , 53, 566–573